Chapter Ninety-Six: Sharing Worries for the Prince
Liu Ruxu seemed to have bumped into some Lord of Yama, and even forgot to bring the wooden ruler, so he immediately fled from the East Palace with a group of people.
As soon as the other party left, Li Yunxing's eyes became even more gloomy and terrifying.
Now that there are traitors in the East Palace, it has been decided, and last night's incident, Liu Ruxu came with people early this morning.
"Jinxi." Li Yunxing said in a low voice.
"The minions are here." The eunuch Jin Xi behind him hurriedly walked out.
He is the most trusted person in the East Palace, and he is usually the only one who can hear the master calling him, and no one else can.
Moreover, in this situation, he knows very well in his heart what the master wants to do.
He knew that once the master did it, he would never leave him alive.
"Let everyone in the East Palace come to wait outside the palace, and those who disobey will be killed." Li Yunxing said indifferently.
He walked slowly towards the study, his gaze becoming deeper and colder.
"Yes." Jinxi hurriedly retreated.
The so-called 'rebellion' in the East Palace is not difficult to investigate.
When Su Zhaoyang was beaten, Li Yunxing was not on guard, and it was difficult for the East Palace to catch the evidence.
However, at this time, the leak of secrets became the handle of Li Yunxing's attack, and it was counted in one fell swoop.
However, after a stick of incense, nearly fifty people from the East Palace all came to the outside of the hall, and even the holy daughter Su Miaoxue was announced.
It's just that her status is different, she stands aside with her eyes lowered, and she can't see her emotions clearly.
At the top of the main hall of the East Palace, Li Yunxing sat on the Taishi chair, his face gloomy and terrifying.
Everyone knelt on the ground and didn't dare to breathe, and the entire East Palace was lifeless, as if a storm was coming.
Li Yunxing folded his hands together and put them on his knees, and his slender and white nails were lightly buckled on the armrests, making a 'da-da' sound.
"Which of you told the palace that someone had delivered the news to the queen?" He asked indifferently.
The crowd looked at each other, but not one answered.
Su Miaoxue raised her eyes slightly, glanced around, and finally landed on Li Yunxing, but immediately avoided it.
"Tell His Royal Highness the Prince, from last night to today, only these five people have entered and exited the East Palace."
Lou Weibo stepped forward and slipped the three out of the room.
"They are the eunuch Jinlu who is responsible for delivering the food, the two women in the raccoon clothes, Bilian and Bihe, and the two guards who are on duty."
As soon as Jin Lu was picked up and slipped out, he was immediately trembling with fright, and he couldn't even speak: "Your ...... His Royal Highness Mingjian...... The villain never ......"
Syllable! Before he finished his words, Lou Weibo raised his hand and slapped him hard.
Jin Lu was suddenly knocked a few meters away, vomited blood at the corner of his mouth, and struggled on the ground for a long time, unable to get up.
Bilian and Bihe exclaimed in surprise, hugged each other and trembled, and didn't even dare to raise their heads.
"Say! Who are the five of you who are ventilating outside? "Lou Weibo is a guard with a knife, he is good at martial arts, and he has a fiery temper.
He rushed to Bilian and Bihe again, and directly reached out and grabbed their necks to lift them up.
Bilian Birou had never seen such a posture, she was already stupid, and she shook her head desperately and begged for mercy.
"Your Highness spares your life! The slave and the maid are wronged! ”
"Your Highness......"
Li Yunxing frowned slightly, and his eyes flickered.
He could have put five people to death directly, and would rather kill them by mistake than let them go.
But the East Palace will be his after that, and it doesn't matter if these people die, but if it affects his majesty and reputation, the gains outweigh the losses.
After all, if you really want to deal with them, all you need to do is send a few secret guards.
Lou Weibo was still using force to oppress, but the five just kept begging for mercy and did not admit it.
"Lou Weibo, stop." Li Yunxing suddenly spoke.
Hearing this, Lou Weibo let go of the two raccoon girls, took half a step aside, and respectfully waited for his master's orders.
His words made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, Bilian and Bihe almost fainted, they couldn't stand it.
"If you confess honestly, this palace can leave you a whole corpse."
"However, if you don't say it, the custody of this palace will make your life worse than death."
He smiled coldly. His laughter, like a demon from hell, was terrifying.
"Your Highness, our two brothers were the guards on duty in the outer court of the East Palace last night, and I really don't know what happened last night. After his shift this morning, he went straight back to the Guard's Mansion to rest. ”
The two knelt on the ground and explained tremblingly.
"Your Highness, we really didn't have any contact with anyone else last night, please let Your Highness know it." Another man knelt down.
Lou Weibo nodded, he was on duty last night, and he was with these two people, and there was indeed no deviance.
On the other side, Bi Lian and Bi He also explained in fear, "The two of us were ordered to go to the Huanyi Bureau today to wash His Royal Highness the Prince's clothes. ”
"Your Highness! Although the two of us are daughters, they are not as stupid as pigs, how could they betray the East Palace? I hope that His Highness will be clear. Bilian cried.
Bihe kept her head buried and didn't dare to speak.
"Prince...... Your Highness...... Slave ......"
"What about you, say it." Li Yunxing stared and turned his head to look at the little eunuch, his tone was cold.
Jin Lu was a little eunuch, less than twelve years old, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing at the moment, his body trembling violently.
The little eunuch swallowed his throat and stammered: "Your Highness, last night when I entered Xi, my father-in-law told the little one that the East Palace would ...... Be diligent and thrifty, and the little ones will make their own decisions and want to go...... Go to the imperial dining room and let them prepare the meal today, so as not to ...... Delay the rest of His Royal Highness the Prince. ”
After Jinlu finished speaking, his head was drenched in cold sweat, and he secretly glanced at Li Yunxing.
Seeing his grim face, he didn't know if he guessed what he meant, and he was very scared.
Jin Xi also looks like he hates iron and steel, this Jin Lu is a little eunuch he promoted, usually clever and sensible, but he didn't expect to do such a stupid thing.
"Jinlu, you are confused!" Jin Xi scolded bitterly.
Jin Lu looked regretful, and lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything.
Li Yunxing looked at the five of them, his eyes were cold and piercing.
"Since they don't want to take the initiative to admit it, then send it to the Tingwei Mansion and hand it over to them to deal with." He said coldly, his tone was resolute and decisive, without a trace of warmth to speak of.
"Your Highness, no."
At this time, Su Miaoxue hurriedly dissuaded her, and she walked up to Li Yunxing.
"Your Highness, if you really hand over the five of them to the Tingwei Mansion for interrogation, wouldn't it be that the five lives of the people would be confessed to the Tingwei Mansion."
Su Miaoxue continued: "If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince believes me, the concubine can help the Crown Prince find out who secretly delivered the letters. ”
Li Yunxing looked sideways at Su Miaoxue, as if considering the truth of her words.
What surprised him even more was that Su Miaoxue would take care of this matter, shouldn't she help the queen's eyeliner as a cover?
"Your Royal Highness, the concubine can guarantee that she will definitely be able to find out who is behind the scenes and share the worries of His Royal Highness the Prince." Su Miaoxue said sincerely.
"But it doesn't hurt to listen."