In Hua Qi's words, because the Fourth Prince returned to the palace to report the news, the Emperor really wanted to bring the Third Prince, the Crown Prince, to interrogate him in person. However, this Emperor always did whatever he wanted, while the Crown Prince knew what was important and what was not, and was a first-class good boy. So the Emperor, who came to watch the fun, was personally guarding the Qianqing Palace, so the two of them came to see what was going on.
Chu Kuan, on the other hand, highly praised Zhang Shou for his carefulness and thoroughness in discovering the flaws of the so-called envoy, and even praised Zhang Shou's idea of sending Ah Liu to single out the most suspicious person for trial. Anyway, when Hua Qi praised the prince, the former number one in the Imperial Household Department directly praised Zhang Shou as a detective superman.
Even though Zhang Shou had long been accustomed to unrealistic flattery, he still felt itchy when he heard it. When he caught a glimpse of the Fourth Prince staring at him expectantly, he helplessly spread his hands and said, "If you two came here with the Fourth Prince specifically to ask the guy who claimed to be the ship supervisor of the diplomatic mission, then you may be disappointed."
Seeing Chu Kuan and Hua Qi's faces change, and the Fourth Prince was so angry that he almost jumped over, he laughed and said, "I don't know what this guy was like when he was in Shanhaiwei, but after Ah Liu drugged everyone, he took him out of the room alone and poured a basin of cold water on him. Before he could use any tricks, he confessed directly."
"How is that possible! If you are an envoy, how can you be so useless!"
It was as if a toy that he had expected to be fun suddenly became boring. The little boy, the Fourth Prince, was so angry that his face turned red. After he cursed out loud instinctively, he came to his senses and muttered gloomily, "I thought I should at least scare him!"
Hua Qi and Chu Kuan were not as concerned about the process as the Fourth Prince, they only cared about the result. And Zhang Shou did not intend to let people guess, he said directly: "The person is in Room C6 of East Second House, let the Fourth Prince take you there."
When the Fourth Prince saw Hua Qi and Chu Kuan looking at him, he turned around and ran without saying a word, but in his heart he was still complaining that Zhang Shou and Ah Liu were so quick and didn't wait for him to come back before taking action. It was a pity that he had to run back and forth in such a cold weather, and his third brother had deliberately delayed his father, but he didn't catch up.
However, when he ran to the East Second Building out of breath and was looking around for Room C6, he saw a familiar figure not far away. He ran over without thinking and called out "Sixth Brother".
Before he could ask for the follow-up, Ah Liu stepped aside and pointed to the door: "It's inside, just ask anything."
Hua Qi had long been accustomed to Ah Liu's habit of not saying much unless necessary, but when he saw the Fourth Prince rushing in alone, he still stepped forward and grabbed the man, and then glanced at Ah Liu with an unpleasant look. But Ah Liu seemed to see through his thoughts and stood there without moving: "Don't worry, he can't hurt anyone!"
The Fourth Prince then realized that people were worried about his safety, and he immediately showed a big smile to Ah Liu. After Hua Qi let him go, he patted his clothes and complained without turning his head: "Sixth Brother is so cautious, why does he need your reminder! Well, I'll just follow you!"