After returning to the county seat, Ji Qimu told Ji Changye and Song Qian everything he said to the emperor in the imperial capital.

Hearing this, Ji Changye frowned slightly, glanced at Song Qian, and never said anything about this matter, or gave Ji Qimu an idea.

After he left, Ji Changye said to Song Qian: "Lao Jiu is really in a hurry this time, after all, there is no conclusive evidence to prove that someone is indeed framing him in this matter, and the person who framed him is Ji Qirui. If His Majesty had not believed him, he would have been guilty of a greater degree."

At that time, Ji Qimu could have relied on the management of drought and plague to "make up for the mistakes" of the previous things, but because there is no evidence to be regarded as slander, it is really a pity that this time it is a pity.

Song Qian seemed to understand Ji Qimu's purpose for doing this, and he also knew what Ji Changye wanted to say to himself, but he still opened his mouth and replied, "Since the Nine Emperor Princes did this, there must be a reason for him. has always fought for power for the throne, fighting openly and secretly, and it is just a matter of who has the ability. And neither of these things has anything to do with you and me, so let it go."

They had no interest in competing for the throne, so they could only wait and see.

"Song Niangzi's words make sense. But we can't afford to be innocent." Ji Changye bowed his head.

After all, the only thing that can confront the prince's party in the court is the power of his regent, but now that the dragons are leaderless and extremely fragile, it is inconvenient for him to take over, and it is very likely that the prince will calculate and threaten their lives, so he must be extremely careful.

The two looked at the morning sun not far away, each with their own thoughts.

At the same time, Ji Qirui also received a letter from Xiao Xirou in the imperial capital, on which he wrote in detail what Ji Qimu said and did in front of the emperor, and Xiao Xirou bought off the people outside the emperor's study to know, so he kept telling Ji Qirui of things, hoping that he could be more wary of Ji Qimu and them here, and be cautious.

"This old nine! I knew that he was not a good stubble, but I didn't expect to go to the imperial capital to sue the prince?" Ji Qirui was angry, he originally wanted to get rid of them here, so as to have no worries, but he didn't expect to be beaten by them.

Seeing that he was so angry, Rong comforted him and said, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, since Your Majesty has not issued an order to summon you back to Beijing, it means that Your Majesty has not completely doubted you, so don't be too anxious."

"I'm not in a hurry now, when is I in a hurry? Do I have to wait until my father comes and escorts me back to the imperial capital, and then I am in a hurry? At that time, what was I anxious about?" Ji Qirui glared at him, and began to pace in the room anxiously, thinking about countermeasures.

At this time, in the imperial capital, the emperor had already sent someone to investigate the matter of the day, and Ji Qimu also received the news here.

He Yujin asked worriedly, "Brother Jiu, do you think we can succeed?"

"Even if it doesn't work, give it a try." Ji Qimu's expression was very determined and made up his mind.

Tufu.

Listening to the chaotic knocking sound outside the door, the housekeeper opened the door and found that it was someone from the government, and asked with disdain as always, "Is there anything wrong with the county magistrate?"

"Bold! We have come from the imperial capital on the orders of His Majesty. Can Tu Ren be here?" The leader pushed away the butler and went straight into the courtyard.

Hearing this, the butler's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly ran back to the study to inform Tu Ren of the matter, at first he didn't believe it, thinking that someone was deliberately pretending to tease him, so he came to the front yard and made a gesture of asking the teacher to ask the guilt and said, "Who sent you to tease me? Hurry up, or don't blame me for being unkind!"

"Sir, it seems to be true." The housekeeper carefully pulled Tu Ren to speak, telling him to calm down and not really offend them.

The other party also saw that Tu Ren didn't believe their identity, so he took out the token and held it up in front of him and said, "Open your eyes and see clearly, what is this? Believe it?"

Tu Ren carefully stared at them for a moment, and finally believed their identities, realized that he had just said the wrong thing, so he knelt down and begged for mercy: "It's a small one who has eyes and doesn't know Taishan, don't blame it, don't blame it!" As he spoke, he took the tube with him

The family knelt down.

But the people who came didn't eat him at all, after all, they were here to arrest people this time, so before Tu Ren could react, he put him in the carriage and took him to the imperial capital.

The housekeeper was sweating anxiously when he saw this, and after calming down a little, he was afraid that something would happen to Tu Ren there, so he went to Ji Qirui to report the incident and begged him to save Tu Ren.

Ji Qirui immediately panicked when he heard this, after all, Tu Ren knew a lot of things about himself, if he was asked by the emperor, he would be exposed, and when the time came, he would be completely defeated by Ji Changye and Ji Qimu, he would definitely be unwilling.

"Guys, go get the inkstone...... If you don't go back to the imperial capital and tell me about the queen mother, I must ask her to help me, and I can't let my father ask anything." Ji Qirui pressed Rong Men's shoulders in a panic and instructed, and the other party was also busy and set off.

After Ji Qirui calmed down, he sat down in his seat, rubbing his eyebrows and thinking about what to do next and what countermeasures to use to deal with it.

Three days later, Rong successfully entered the palace to see Xiao Xirou and informed her of the incident.

"This palace knows, you go back and tell the prince not to panic, this palace will take care of this matter." Xiao Xirou lowered her eyes and thought about it before instructing Rong, and then sent someone to investigate where Tu Ren was at this time and whether he was talking nonsense.

After doing this, she came to Xiao's house under the pretext of leaving the palace to ask for Xiao Jianyuan's help.

But Xiao Jianyuan's face was furious when he heard about these things, and he patted the table and said, "After so many years, what I have done for you is not enough? He can sit on the position of the crown prince today, that is, I used all the connections and means in my life, I thought that he could be competent to make others unreasonable, and rightfully become the prince and prince. But now? Trouble after trouble, what if I don't help him?"

After that, he sighed helplessly, and was angry with their mother and son. Now he regrets a little bit, he did his best to help Xiao Xirou and Ji Qirui pave the way, did so many bad things, lived on the tip of the knife every day, and couldn't sit still. Especially when he saw Ji Qirui so unenterprising, the position of the prince was in jeopardy, not to mention that it would be best not to pull himself into the water in return. So he didn't want to get involved in it again this time.

Seeing this, Xiao Xirou immediately made a pitiful appearance, knelt down and prayed: "My daughter has never begged you for anything in her life, only this time, Rui'er is really in danger. He is your daughter's own flesh and blood, your own grandson, how can you stand by and let him be counted by those people? My daughter begs you this time, please help Ruier. Even if it's not for our mother and son, it's for the Xiao family."

After all, the current Xiao family has been completely tied to Ji Qirui, how could the emperor not know that they were surging in the dark waves of the previous dynasty, just for the sake of the face of Empress Xiao Xirou and the crown prince Ji Qirui, they had to get by. But if the two of them lose power, the Xiao family will also go downhill.

Xiao Jianyuan listened to these faintly threatening words, looked at Xiao Xirou with anger and said, "You are really my good daughter. That's it, only this time I will help him as much as possible, but he himself has to fight, what should be done and what should not be done should be clear, otherwise who will help him in the future?" He eventually relented.

Xiao Xirou immediately smiled when she heard this, got up and came to Xiao Jianyuan's side to pinch his shoulder and toast tea for him, and said with great gratitude: "Don't worry, when this turmoil passes, my daughter will definitely teach him to keep to himself, do his duty as a prince, and no longer cause trouble to the Xiao family."

"I hope so." Xiao Jianyuan naturally didn't believe his words, but now that he has reached this juncture, he can only pretend to reconcile and maintain each other's last face.

Guozijian.

Tu Ren was locked in a damp prison, although he had not been tortured according to the emperor's orders, but looking at those terrible torture tools, he still couldn't help but swallow his saliva in fear, his body couldn't help but tremble, and his heart was full of regret for being involved with Ji Qirui, otherwise he should be at ease next to his family now.

At this time, a miserable white light suddenly shone into the land not far away, Tu Ren cautiously got up and looked, and suddenly the masked figure appeared in front of him without warning, which frightened him and exclaimed

Sheng then collapsed to the ground, shifted his body and stepped back, watching warily as he opened the door and entered.

"Who are you! What a man!" This person is not wearing the clothes of an official here, and he is definitely not an official here, so Tu Ren is very strange, and boldly guesses whether he is the person sent by Ji Qirui to save him.

But what the man did next made it clear to him how whimsical his idea was.

I saw this person come over with a pill, forcibly broke Tu Ren's mouth and fed it, and said, "Someone will come to ask you about the prince soon, remember that His Royal Highness the prince has not done anything, everything is your idea, remember?"

"Who are you! Did the prince send you? Why admit what I didn't do! Why?" Tu Yi was angry for a while, and pounced on the masked man to take off his face towel to see his true face, but not only was the other party dodge, but he also grabbed his collar and pushed him to the ground.

The masked man lost patience and threatened, "What you just took is a chronic poison, if you do what I just taught you, you will not be executed and we will find a way to get you out, but if you don't say that, don't think about getting the antidote, not only will you wait for death but also your family, they won't want to live!" His tone was vicious and didn't seem like a joke.

Tu Ren fell to the ground and grinned with sore teeth covering his arm, listening to the masked man's words for a while, because he knew that he was going to be a scapegoat, so he gritted his teeth and could only agree to compromise for the sake of his own life and that of his family: "I know, but if I agree to help the prince take the blame, I must be rescued, and my family's safety must be guaranteed, otherwise everyone will not think about it." It's a big deal, he will die and break the net, and it won't be much better if he is an accomplice anyway.

The masked man sighed helplessly at his nonsense and turned to leave.

Sure enough, not long after he left, the people who had been sent to interrogate Tu Ren came here, and they didn't find anything unusual.

Then the two of them dragged Tu Ren out.

The chief officer said, "Do you know why you are here?"