Emperor Wu has been feeling ill recently and coughing for a long time, and when he saw Chen Jinbao, he coughed again.

He had to wave his hand at the eighth princess, Princess Zhaohua, who was standing beside him and waiting

Princess Zhaohua is Emperor Wu's favorite daughter, I saw her glaring at Chen Jinbao with disdain, and scolded in a coquettish voice: "Okay, you Chen Jinbao, you don't forget if you steal chickens and dogs in other places on weekdays, but today you have the audacity to steal to the Qinzheng Palace!" ”

Hearing this, Chen Jinbao hurriedly smiled cautiously, "His Royal Highness has wronged the slave!" Even if a slave has a thousand guts, he wouldn't dare to do that thing of stealing chickens and dogs, let alone stealing things under the nose of the Lord of Banzai! ”

"This princess has seen it with her own eyes, and you dare to quibble!" Princess Zhaohua glared at Chen Jinbao angrily and shouted loudly: "You are stealing something!" ”

Princess Zhaohua is only twelve years old this year, and she still has a child's heart, she hated Chen Jinbao for a trivial incident earlier, and then embarrassed Chen Jinbao as soon as she seized the opportunity.

Therefore, Chen Jinbao denied her accusation with a hint of luck, hoping that Emperor Wu, as before, would think that Princess Zhaohua was unreasonably wronging him.

Besides, the brocade box was not stolen by him, and his answer was not a lack of truth.

"The minion really doesn't dare to do that thing of stealing chickens and touching dogs!" Chen Jinbao lowered his head while denying it, but he secretly glanced at Emperor Wu out of the corner of his eye, seeing that he kept coughing, he was even more determined that he couldn't take out the brocade box no matter what!

Princess Zhaohua saw that Chen Jinbao still dared to quibble, and immediately called her personal palace maid over, "Cuiguo, tell me what you saw with me before!" ”

Cuiguo immediately stepped forward and said: "The slave maid accompanied the Eighth Highness to the Qinzheng Hall before, and when he walked outside the side hall, His Highness saw a string of flowers and garlands hanging on the door, and when he was curious, he pulled the slave and maid over to take a closer look, who would have thought that he accidentally saw Chen Jinbao sneakily carrying a red brocade box into his arms!" ”

His Royal Highness felt that Chen Jinbao's behavior was suspicious, so he ordered the slave to follow Chen Jinbao quietly, and the slave and maid followed him all the way back to the small courtyard where he lived alone. The slave peeked through the window and saw him lock the red brocade box in the cage in the house! ”

As soon as Cuiguo finished speaking, Princess Zhaohua looked at Chen Jinbao with her chin held high and condescendingly, "You said that you didn't steal anything from the Qinzheng Palace, so where did that red brocade box come from?" Do you dare to have someone search your residence?! ”

Princess Zhaohua called Emperor Wu as she spoke, "Father, the child is very curious about what is in that brocade box, why did Chen Jinbao's expression change so much after seeing it and hiding it?" ”

As soon as Chen Jinbao heard this, he knew that his previous actions had all fallen into the eyes of Princess Zhaohua, and he couldn't help but be secretly a little anxious in his heart - the reason why he carefully collected the big red brocade box was actually not selfish, and he was even thinking about Emperor Wu.

But now that Princess Zhaohua is making such a fuss, his selflessness has become selfish!

At this point, even if he is unwilling, he can only take out the brocade box!

Chen Jinbao's mind turned quickly, and immediately stopped hesitating, and knelt in front of Emperor Wu with a "plop", "Slave should die!" Ask the emperor for mercy! ”

Emperor Wu had a calm face, and his majestic gaze fell on Chen Jinbao like a thousand catties of boulders, "I ask you again, is what Zhaohua said true?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minion did bring a brocade box back to his residence before, but it wasn't stolen by the minion!" Chen Jinbao knelt on the ground and told the story in detail.

After he finished speaking, he paused, and then carefully explained why he would hide the matter, "I don't know who deliberately left the brocade box on the ground, and the slave saw that the brocade box was useless to the emperor's illness, so he made the decision to collect the brocade box for the time being, thinking that he would give the brocade box when the emperor was well." ”

Chen Jinbao is different from the eunuch next to him, he is the eunuch who served by Emperor Wu's side when he was young, and he has served Emperor Wu all the way to the present, and his status in Emperor Wu's heart is different from that of ordinary slaves.

Emperor Wu knew that Chen Jinbao was loyal to him, and he had been thinking about him all these years, so after listening to Chen Jinbao's words, his brows gradually wrinkled, and he realized that the brocade box was extraordinary.

He finally spoke, and commanded in an unquestioning tone, "Go and fetch the brocade box for me first." ”

"Your Majesty......" Chen Jinbao glanced at Emperor Wu again and again, and finally swallowed back the words that came to his lips, nodded and answered "Yes".

Chen Jinbao quickly bowed down and withdrew from the Qinzheng Palace, rushed all the way back to his residence to get the big red brocade box, and hurriedly returned to the Qinzheng Palace and carefully served it to Emperor Wu.

Emperor Wu glanced at the big red brocade box that Chen Jinbao was holding, and saw that the brocade box looked no different from the ordinary brocade box, but Chen Jinbao looked like he was facing a great enemy.

He couldn't help but become more and more curious, and immediately commanded in a low voice: "Open it!" I want to see what is hidden here, and it makes you feel like a great enemy. ”

Chen Jinbao opened the brocade box as he said, and Emperor Wu looked down and found that there was a stack of letterheads in the brocade box.

Princess Zhaohua has been standing beside Emperor Wu, and naturally she also saw the stack of letterheads, and couldn't help but be disappointed, "I thought it was a great treasure, who would have thought it was a stack of worthless papers!" ”

Emperor Wu didn't think so.

He glanced at Princess Zhaohua with a majestic gaze, and Princess Zhaohua immediately shut up and didn't dare to say more, so she obediently walked to the side and sat down.

Only then did Emperor Wu put his hand into the brocade box and took out the top letterhead.

As soon as Chen Jinbao saw that Emperor Wu wanted to read the content written on the letterhead, he hurriedly stepped forward to speak, with a deep worry in his eyes, "Your Majesty, I don't know whether what is said on this letterhead is true or false, maybe someone with a heart made it up randomly, don't worry after you read it, take care of the dragon body!" ”

Emperor Wu glanced at Chen Jinbao, who was like a great enemy, and then swept his gaze over the letterhead in his hand, at first his gaze was only a little casual and curious, but after he read the content written on the letterhead clearly, his face gradually changed!

Chen Jinbao had been on the side, carefully observing Emperor Wu's complexion, only to see that Emperor Wu's face was shocked at first, and then after the shock, there was disbelief and deep suspicion, and then his face became eager!

One by one, he took out the letterheads in the brocade box and quickly swept the contents of the letterheads......

After reading the last letterhead, there was only anger on his face!

His hand holding the letterhead trembled a little, and just as he moved his lips to speak, a mouthful of blood spurted out without warning, and the whole person began to cough violently, and the letterhead in his hand was even more unstable and spilled on the ground.

"Your Majesty, you must take care of the dragon body!" Chen Jinbao has been observing Emperor Wu's reaction with a heart, and when he saw Emperor Wu vomiting blood in anger, he immediately rushed forward to support him with an arrow, "It's just a few letterheads from unknown sources, how can you take it seriously at a glance?" ”