Xia Chu neatly arranged the memorials he picked up on the case and stepped aside.
The emperor heard that he was unconscious this morning, and now he looked at his thin body standing obediently to the side, and his heart softened again.
As Xia Chu said, the poisoning was indeed fishy, and he couldn't believe it on both sides.
But after questioning Lan Yuying this morning, the child was as innocent as a blank sheet of paper. Looking at that god-like face, the emperor did not even tell the truth about her detention.
He just asked insinuatingly about her life experience and how she had lived these years.
At first, Lan Yuying still insisted on what Xia Chu had taught him before, saying that his father was a reclusive doctor and his mother was gentle and virtuous and he could not escape from the world.
When the emperor told him that Xia Chu went to Hanyang and burned the bodies of tens of thousands of soldiers, Lan Yuying turned pale and said: "Impossible, he only told us to go to Hanyang to see How could his grandfather do such a thing?"
The emperor bluffed her, saying that he already knew about Xia Chu's medical consultation. If Lan Yuying still kept secret and refused to tell the truth, then he would not be able to protect Xia Chu.
Lan Yuying had never seen such a formation before, pouring beans out of a bamboo tube, detailing all the details of her sixteen years of life.
The emperor heard that her life in the mountains over the years was monotonous and boring. When he mentioned the mother he had never met, his expression was vaguely lonely.
If these are all scenes performed by Lan Yuying, then his acting skills are indeed much more exquisite than those of a veteran who has been immersed in officialdom for many years.
The emperor believed in Lan Yuying Qiba, so he naturally believed in Xia Chu Qiba.
Therefore, he said to Xia Chu, who was standing silently aside at this moment: "I will naturally investigate the matter of poisoning. As for the matter of burning the corpse, you yourself admitted it. I sent you to the prison of Dali Temple to repay the injustice." Can’t I kill you?”
Xia Chu touched his nose and felt a little aggrieved: "It's not unfair, but I have no choice but..."
The emperor raised his eyebrows: "You have no choice but to deceive the emperor? Do you have to burn the body? What else do you have to do? I will give you a chance to explain it properly."
Xia Chu leaned forward slightly, moved his head upward, and asked tentatively: "Can you really tell?"
The emperor's pupils narrowed slightly and he said calmly: "Do you really have one?"
Xia Chu winced and said vaguely: "It's all trivial. I'll tell the Emperor when he finds out about the poisoning."
The emperor snorted coldly and did not ask any more questions. To him, except for the poisoning, everything else was indeed a trivial matter.
When Xia Chu saw that he didn't ask any more questions, she calmed down a little. She had just had the slightest impulse and almost told the emperor that he was disguised as a man...
"Your Majesty, that Chu'er is going to jail right now." Seeing that he didn't ask or speak, Xia Chu resigned.
The emperor suddenly raised his head, looked at him solemnly and asked, "How did you know about Lan Yu Ying's marriage?"
Xia Chu's heart sank, she couldn't tell the truth, saying that she found it in the imperial study room, picking out a painting with a needle...
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid you won't believe it if Chu'er tells me." Xia Chu's eyes flashed and turned slyly.
"Are there not many outrageous things that have happened to you?" The emperor sneered.
"One day when Chu'er was leaving the palace at night, he was shot with a note. It said that seventeen years ago, there was a Miao incense shop in the capital that was related to Lan Yuying's life experience." Xia Chu's words were sincere and his face was sincere. .
"Can you see his appearance clearly?" The emperor's pupils shrank, and his hands tightly grasped the armrests of the chair.
"No, that person was masked, but..." Xia Chu paused.
"But what?" the emperor asked urgently.
"But I saw the general direction of his escape." Xia Chu looked at the emperor and met his gaze and said word by word: "Jade Palace."
The emperor frowned and lowered his eyelids. Xia Chu then added: "That person must not be from the palace. At that time, I was still curious, could there still be secret guards in the palace?"
The emperor raised his eyes and looked at him: "Perhaps King Yu entered the Yufu Palace and secretly brought the secret guard with him?"
Xia Chu's eyes lit up, he blinked and tilted his head: "Your Majesty, King Yu sent someone to notify me of this letter?"
Only then did the emperor realize that he had been bypassed. He sneered: "Where is the letter?"
Xia Chu curled his lips: "I received such a letter out of nowhere. Naturally, I was burned. Who would have believed it at the time?"
The emperor sneered: "Burn it? How can I trust you?"
"Chu'er said it a long time ago, but you don't believe it even if I say it." Xia Chu shrugged, then took a step forward and said with great seriousness: "But Your Majesty, if you don't believe it, you might as well think about it, what happened so many years ago, don't She said she was born, but my mother didn’t even have me in her belly yet. If no one informed me, how would I have known about it?”
The emperor was silent for a while and looked at him with raised eyebrows: "Did you see clearly that it is the Jade Palace?"
Xia Chu nodded: "I can't catch up with him whether he went in or not. He ran in that direction anyway. I even inquired about it out of curiosity. Prince Ye Yu didn't enter the palace..."
The emperor snorted coldly: "You have done a lot of research, why didn't you report it then?"
"I didn't know Lan Yuying's life experience at that time, or that she had anything to do with you." Xia Chu touched his nose and leaned forward: "Speaking of which, Your Majesty, you and Lan Yuying's mother..."
"Get out!" The emperor's eyes suddenly turned cold and stern.
"Okay." Xia Chu bowed curtly and left.
After leaving the Qingxin Hall, Eunuch Li and Xiao Yuanzi gathered around him, looked at him nervously and asked, "How is it, little Marquis? Has the Emperor's anger subsided?"
Xia Chu patted Eunuch Li on the shoulder, looking like he had a long way to go: "Eunuch Li, I'm afraid the emperor has not been in a good mood recently."
Eunuch Li blinked his little eyes twice, and his face fell instantly.
"Eh? Didn't the emperor send someone to follow me to Dali Temple?" Xia Chu asked Xiao Yuanzi.
"When we left Ci'an Palace, I had ordered the imperial guards to wait at the entrance of the palace. I thought you could coax the emperor, eh..." Xiao Yuanzi sighed, the look on his face was really serious. Worry for him.
"Hurry up." Xia Chu looked at the gradually dimming night and urged Xiao Yuanzi.
Xiao Yuanzi was still sighing at the same spot, but after being urged by him, he had no choice but to carry him forward and lead him towards the entrance of the palace.
At this time, after receiving the news that Xia Chu was leaving the palace, Xiao Muhong went directly to the palace gate to see him off, and Xiao Zimu also appeared on the balcony of Yongning Palace.
He watched from a distance until he saw a fiery red figure running towards Xia Chu. He was extremely envious in his heart, envious that she could do whatever she wanted.
At the same time, the figures of Concubine Li and her son also appeared on the pavilions of the Jade Palace. Their similar faces revealed a smile of success...
(End of chapter)