"Your Highness, I will take you out."
Outside the Imperial Study Room, Xue Hai stood up straight and bowed slightly to Song Huan.
"Thank you so much, Prince Rong!"
Song Huan was stunned for a moment, then grinned and said, "It seems that Eunuch Xue listened to what I said that day."
"I am still afraid that my words that day were too abrupt and might cause some misunderstanding to Eunuch Xue!"
Three days ago.
Just after Song Huan discovered the spy agents all over the palace, he immediately found Xue Hai when he went to court.
As the first eunuch in the royal family, Xue Hai had served Emperor Liang for many years, and his status was self-evident.
If Xue Hai was also developed into an informant by Song Liang, it would be troublesome.
Although Song Huan didn't believe it in his heart, with Xue Hai's identity and status, he shouldn't be bribed by Song Liang.
However, there are no absolutes in anything. In a cautious attitude, Song Huan still found Xue Hai alone to test it out.
The result of the test was naturally self-evident, but a very bold idea suddenly popped into Song Huan's mind -
Since Xue Hai was not used by Song Liang, why couldn't this highly respected eunuch be used by himself?
So Song Huan made an insinuation and proposed this idea to Xue Hai——
"If I can get Eunuch Xue to take care of me, I will be able to better assist my father and make my father Longyan very happy."
Song Huan's words were not very subtle. Anyone with long ears could hear that he wanted to win over Xue Hai.
However, Xue Hai remained unmoved, as if he did not understand, and did not respond to Song Huan's words.
I thought that this matter might just be settled like this.
I didn't expect that Xue Hai would suddenly make such a move while standing outside the imperial study room today!
Song Huan was puzzled. What happened to this guy suddenly? Why did he have to thank himself?
Xue Hai opened his mouth and said: "Just now in front of the Holy Lord, His Highness took the initiative to propose that the servants clear out the idle people in the palace and select the candidates to serve in the imperial palace."
"I understand that His Highness knew that Li Cong, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was not dealing with me, so he gave me such power."
"Your Highness's kindness will never be forgotten by this servant!"
“I will definitely remember it in my heart!”
Looking at Xue Hai's sincere eyes, Song Huan felt a little complicated.
Brother, I really don’t know what kind of hatred you have against the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs!
What I just said was purely to disgust Song Liang and has nothing to do with you!
Song Huan never dreamed that the two or three words he said sarcastically about Song Liang just now would go astray and give Xue Hai such a huge favor!
Seeing that Xue Hai was quite moved, Song Huan swallowed back all the complicated emotions in his heart.
"Eunuch Xue is the first person to serve the emperor. He has served my father for so many years, and he has both merit and hard work."
"The reason why I do this is because I hope that Eunuch Xue can serve my father in peace!"
Although this matter was not Song Huan's original intention, high-sounding nonsense was still necessary.
Xue Hai looked around for a few times and saw no one around, so he took out a small and flat wooden box from his arms.
"Actually, before today, I was already determined to make friends with the prince."
"Last night, the Holy One suddenly summoned His Highness the Third Prince and asked him to find this thing."
"Although I don't know what the purpose of this thing is, I vaguely heard that this thing seems to have something to do with you, Your Highness, so I put it away."
Xue Hai is such a good person, he can naturally see the current situation clearly at a glance.
As Prince Rong, Song Huan was the prince who received the most attention from the emperor.
What's more, the Holy Emperor has already made a golden statement that the position of prince of Daliang belongs to none other than Prince Rong.
What harm can it do to yourself to establish a good relationship with the future prince as soon as possible?
So when Xue Hai went to look for the box first that day, he took the initiative and put it away.
Seeing the box in Xue Hai's hand, Song Huan quickly reached out and took the thing.
"Eunuch Xue is interested!"
"Don't worry, Eunuch Xue. There is no need for Eunuch Xue to take action. Li Cong from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and I will help Eunuch Xue solve the problem."
Xue Hai smiled happily: "Then your Highness is welcome!"
"This servant must quickly return to the imperial errand. The contents of this box are very important. Your Highness should take a closer look after you return."
I thought I had given Xue Hai a favor by mistake, but I didn't expect that Xue Hai had given me a bigger favor first!
But Song Huan was a little curious, what was the important thing that allowed Emperor Liang to release Song Liang late at night?
Song Huan thanked Xue Hai and rushed back to the palace without stopping.
The first thing I did when I got back was to open the wooden box and take a closer look.
I saw a piece of letter paper lying quietly in the wooden box. Most of the letter paper had been burned by the fire, and there were still some traces of unknown liquid on it.
What is this and why is it relevant to me?
Although Song Huan had a slight mysophobia, he couldn't resist his curiosity, so he stretched out his hand to unfold the dirty letter and read it.
After reading the letter twice, Song Huan finally understood what it had to do with him.
Although more than half of the letter paper had been burned, the names of Song De and Ma Shaoxing were clearly left on the paper.
And the most important thing is that Song De made it very clear in his letter that he was instigated by Ma Shaoxing and became rebellious.
Obviously, this is a half-burned letter from Song De!
Song Liang actually still had this secret letter in his hand, which Song Huan did not expect.
What Song Huan didn't expect even more was that Emperor Liang summoned Song Liang late at night just for this matter!
Could it be that Emperor Liang was still brooding about Song De's rebellion and had not completely let it go?
If this is the case, with Emperor Liang's suspicious character, he might still be suspicious of himself because of this matter!
Song Huan was lost in thought when he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps.
"who!"
Song Huan raised his head and saw Huo Qiban appearing in front of him with his head lowered.
In the past, Huo Qi rarely showed up unless Song Huan called him.
Today this is...
Song Huan frowned slightly: "But what happened?"
Huo Qilue nodded: "Your Highness, the palace maid Qiu Rong who just sent away last night..."
"She's dead."
"Dead?!" Song Huan's eyes widened suddenly, "How could she be dead?"
"Didn't you personally escort them out of the city last night?"
"Who is so skilled in martial arts that he can kill someone right under your nose?"
Huo Qi still had that calm expression on his face: "Back to Your Highness, Qiu Rong was fine when we parted outside the city."
"But not long after we separated, my subordinates heard her sister's screams."
"By the time my subordinates rushed there, Qiu Rong had already had her throat cut and died."
"Her mother Zhou was so frightened that she suddenly suffered from heart palpitations and died instantly."
"My subordinate saw that her sister was really pitiful, so he found a place to put her sister down temporarily."
