Chapter Seventy-One: Murder and Silence
It turned out that this person was Xiao Chunzi, today is his duty, the prince is in the study at night and a few little palace maids are fooling around, Xiao Chunzi can't see it, and wants to persuade him, but he didn't think that the prince not only didn't listen to the persuasion, but scolded him, and drove him out of the study.
The more Xiao Chunzi thought about it, the more annoyed he became, seeing that after the prince's marriage change, his temperament changed greatly, and he sank day by day, he knew that there was one person who played a role in fueling the trouble, and that was Liu Ji.
Xiao Chunzi saw that the prince and Liu Ji were haunted every day, and knew that Liu Ji was not well-intentioned, but he also knew that Liu Ji was now a popular person next to the prince, so what could he do.
Xiao Chunzi went out of the study, upset, and couldn't sleep, so he walked around the palace alone, and after a while, his mood calmed down a little, yawned, and was about to go back to sleep, when he suddenly saw a person from the palace wall, and was about to shout that there was an assassin, but he didn't think that the assassin was convenient next to the tree, and he saw that the person turned out to be Xiaofu!
Xiao Chunzi was horrified, Xiao Fu turned out to be a martial arts master, and he may be an unpurified eunuch! He used to mess with Empress Jia, could it be that she deliberately summoned the male pet into the palace for her own enjoyment! It's a pity that the prince has no fighting spirit now, otherwise this one thing would have killed Jia!
He shouted to Liu Ji, Liu Ji turned his head to see that it was Xiao Chunzi, and his heart was a little calm, after all, it was much easier to deal with him.
Liu Ji calmed down and said, "It turned out to be Gonggong Chun, aren't you on duty tonight?" How did it end up here? The crown prince and the crown princess are asleep, right? β
Xiao Chunzi saw that he wanted to divert the topic, so he said in a tortured tone: "Father-in-law Fu, I can't see that you are still a practitioner, and your skills are not bad, such a high palace wall can also leap forward, it's really not simple, it turns out that Father-in-law Fu is a master who hides deeply?" β
"Grandpa Chun joked, I came in by digging the wall, I can't hide it, I secretly went out to drink some wine when I wasn't on duty today, so I came back late." Liu Ji wanted to test his reaction.
Xiao Chunzi heard it and said: "Father-in-law Fu, who are you deceiving, there is no alcohol on your body at all, and I still see you ......"
Liu Ji was afraid that he would know his identity and wanted to kill him with one slap, but after thinking about it, if he made a mistake, he was afraid that he would find out about his body, because the two were at odds with each other, so Liu Ji wanted to see what Xiao Chunzi wanted.
"Father-in-law Chun, I ......"
"Father-in-law Fu, you don't have to say anything, let me say it on your behalf, Father-in-law Fu has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, but due to changes in his family, he had to be sold into the palace as a eunuch...... And later, he was appointed by the queen to come to plague the prince, no wonder you will lead the prince to indulge in fireworks, you are a lot of harm. β
Liu Ji understood when he heard this, it turned out that he regarded himself as Empress Jia's male pet, and the only thing he said right was that he was appointed by Empress Jia to enter the East Palace, he deliberately admitted it and asked: "Father-in-law Chun, you know everything, so what do you want?" β
"Actually, I have long found out that you have a problem, because you always want to lead the prince to the evil path, which also caused us to be at odds, and now I finally understand everything, Father-in-law Fu, you must not let people know that you are the queen's male favorite, right?"
"This is natural."
"I don't want to reveal your identity either, as long as you promise me one condition."
"On what terms?"
"As long as you promise to leave the East Palace and never harm the prince again, I will never expose the matter between you and the queen, you can be as romantic as you like, how about it?" Xiao Chunzi knew that even if Liu Ji was exposed as a fake eunuch, the prince's current situation might not be able to beat Empress Jia, so he wanted to force Liu Ji out of the East Palace first, and then slowly save the prince's decline.
How could Liu Ji be willing to be at the mercy of Xiao Chunzi, he said: "What if I don't agree? β
"If you don't agree, then I have to arrest you, in that case, the queen will not be happy, you weigh it carefully, where to go, you take a good idea yourself." The result that Junko wanted most was for him to leave the East Palace.
"Hehe, Junzi, you're too naΓ―ve to think about it, our big things are about to be clear, how could I leave the East Palace, as long as the prince doesn't die for a day, I won't leave the East Palace." Liu Ji changed his name to Chunzi, which was a bit of a joke.
"Your big deal? Does the queen have to put the prince to death? β
"You're wrong, the person who really wants the prince to die is not the queen, the queen is just our pawn." Liu Ji had already shown a fierce light, but in the dark night, Xiao Chunzi couldn't see it.
"Not the Queen? The queen is your pawn, so who are you and what is your identity! Only then did Xiao Chunzi know that this matter was far from simple.
Liu Ji took another step forward, grabbed Xiao Chunzi's collar, and said viciously: "I am a Huns, not what you said is a blessed father-in-law!" β
Xiao Chunzi felt Liu Ji's hand choking his neck, he wanted to shout, but he couldn't shout, there was a grunting sound in his throat, and after a while, he returned to the West with his life, but he didn't understand until he died, what Liu Ji's true identity was.
Liu Ji took the little Chunzi, dragged his body to the pool, threw it into the water, and then quietly returned to his lodgings to sleep as if nothing had happened.
The next day, Liu Ji came to the prince's bedroom, and the palace maid told him that the prince was not resting in the palace, he turned to the study, and saw that the prince had not woken up yet. β
Liu Ji pretended to be surprised: "Ah! Why, take me to see it first, and then tell the prince when he wakes up. β
Liu Ji led people to the water, and saw that Xiao Chunzi's body was placed in a small pavilion, and he stepped forward and pretended to cry: "Grandpa Chun, why are you killing yourself, what happened to make you can't think about it......"
The other palace maids and eunuchs looked at Liu Ji and said that they were killing themselves, and there was no sign of him killing at the scene, and no one expressed a different opinion, so Liu Ji immediately ruled out that he was the murderer.
A palace maid said: "Father-in-law Fu, Gonggong Chun was on duty last night, and he was lectured by the prince for a few words, and he was in a bad mood, could it be ......?"
As soon as Liu Ji heard that he was scolded last night, he gave him a topic to play, he said: "Father-in-law Chun is really not angry, he is usually not treated by His Royal Highness the Prince, and he committed suicide by throwing himself into the water after saying a few words, alas, it is really sad." β
"Father-in-law Fu, let's go tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince now, right?"
"Don't worry, dispose of Gonggong Chun's body first, and tell him when the prince wakes up, remember, no one is allowed to disturb before the prince wakes up!"
"Yes, father-in-law."
Everyone knows that Liu Ji is now the prince's celebrity, and he is the only one.
It wasn't until the afternoon that the prince woke up, and Liu Ji told him about Xiao Chunzi, saying that he committed suicide by throwing himself into the water.
After hearing this, the prince said: "I must have said a few words to him last night, and he couldn't figure it out in his heart, so he did something stupid, alas...... Xiaofuzi, you go and make proper arrangements for his funeral, and give his family a sum of silver taels. β
Sima Shu's words were full of regret and grief, after all, he had been with him for many years, and suddenly committed suicide because of himself, how could he let go of his heart all of a sudden.
At this time, a eunuch came, it was Xiao Shunzi, he brought the holy decree, and Sima Shu knelt down to receive the decree with the support of the two palace maids.
Xiao Shunzi read out the holy decree and said: "When the day is good, the emperor says: ......"