After saving Yi Kuan's life, it was time to close the city gate at night. Yi Pei hurried out of Desheng Gate before closing the city gate and went straight to the Old Summer Palace.
What happened to Yixin and Yikuang made him very worried. He could have gone to the Old Summer Palace to visit Yixuan tomorrow, but he couldn't stay any longer!
It was already dark when the group arrived at the Old Summer Palace. After passing numerous inspections, they finally met Prince Chun Yixuan. Seeing Lao Qi, he was finally relieved!
After all, he is the emperor's seventh uncle and uncle. The protection of the dual relationship makes Yixuan's life relatively good!
One person has a small courtyard to himself, the room is clean and tidy, and there are two dishes and one soup on the Eight Immortals table, one air-dried venison, one plate of scrambled eggs, a hot and sour soup in the middle, and even better, a bottle of wine!
The lamps and candles had been lit. Yixuan looked up and saw that Fifth Brother was coming. He immediately stood up excitedly, "Fifth Brother? Why are you here? Why are you here at this time?"
"Sit, sit, sit... I don't have anything here, and I don't even have good tea, only high and broken tea..."
"The wine is not good, just ordinary Lotus White... Brother, don't you mind having a drink?"
"Hey...where is my stool? Where is the stool..."
Seeing Lao Qi hurriedly greeting him, Yi Pei stopped him and said, "Stop being so busy. You have done these things before! Lotus white is just lotus white. I am the prince of the market. I have never drunk anything..."
"It's too slow...Brother, don't be offended, it's just two dishes, hey..."
Yi Pei took a bite of the egg, put down his chopsticks, and burst into tears. "Lao Qi... what do you mean by being simple? Do you know how miserable Lao Liu and Yi Kuang are?"
"Lao Liu bribed all the yellow jade rings given by his father just to wait a little longer to meet people! Yi Kuang almost died just now..."
"Ah!" With a snap, Yixuan's chopsticks fell on the table.
Listening to Prince Dun's account of what happened that day, tears welled up in Yi Xuan's eyes, "Why bother with this... Why bother with this... We've all been imprisoned, can't we just give him a way to survive?"
"Shh... don't talk nonsense. Now every word you say will reach His Majesty's ears. You can still maintain your life relying on the relationship of the Queen Mother. This is a blessing!"
"Don't make matters worse! You have to take good care of your body and bones. You will be stronger than anything else if you survive!"
"Stay alive? Fifth Brother... This life is more uncomfortable than death. Your Majesty has decreed that I should climb up to see the ruins of the Old Summer Palace every day. Even further away is the Qinghe construction site!"
"He is so cruel! He forces me to think about the events around the Xinyou period every day. When I go to bed at night, my dreams are all about the British and French allied forces, the Longhairs, the Hunan Army, and the Rakshasa ghosts..."
"They are killing endlessly, and the Eighth Minister... Na Sushun comes to me almost every night, pointing at my nose and laughing and cursing... What will be your end? This is your end!"
"I really can't stand it any longer... Fifth Brother! This torture is even more painful than killing me directly..."
"Old Summer Palace... the place where we played since childhood, but now there is nothing there, it is all in ruins... Wuwuwu..." Yi Xuan put her head on the table and cried bitterly.
Yi Pei picked up the jug and unscrewed the porcelain lid of the jug without using the wine glass. He drank half the wine in one gulp!
"You still have memories...It's a pity that I was kicked out when I was a teenager..."
When the emotions were finally vented, Yixuan raised his head and looked at Fifth Brother and said, "You shouldn't have come, it's too dangerous. Don't think that if you always support Zai Chun, he will take more care of you..."
"You are useful now, and he is supporting you! Once he finds out that you are useless and you are still not obeying his orders, he is doing something wrong! Let's go, leave quickly, and don't come to see me again in the future!"
"Old Qi, please wait patiently. Brother, I will try my best to rescue you!"
Yixuan smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Stop thinking nonsense, it's impossible. If you don't believe me, you can see the results of the court's treatment of those slaves tomorrow!"
You can't say too much. Everything here is the emperor's eyes and ears. After staying there for less than an hour, Yi Pei left and went straight to the Zhuangzi outside the city to rest!
There was nothing to say all night, but the next morning Prince Dun received news from the city!
The imperial court tried the "assassination case" against Prince Qing with incredible efficiency. The family members, relatives and friends of the guard who was stabbed to death by Yi Pei were all brought to the Yamen for interrogation. The guard who was on duty with him was lucky enough to survive. The guards who came down were even tortured to extract confessions!
The supervisors of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Imperial Household were also interrogated all night without anyone sleeping, but the results were announced the next day!
Several government officials were responsible for poor supervision. Some were fined for half a year and some were demoted to one grade. The final murderer was the guard who was killed by the prince!
This guard had a personal grudge against Prince Qing. Testimonies from many people confirmed that Prince Qing had drunkenly insulted his ancestors five years ago!
This man holds a grudge and has been seeking revenge on Yi Kuang since then!
The person on duty with him was a drunkard who basically didn't bother to care about anything, so the guard secretly succeeded in deliberately abusing the prince and wanted his life!
After reading the news, Yi Pei's eyes almost popped out of his head, "Grandma! It's so shameless to throw the blame here, and let that dead body take away all the blame?"
"A living person has no responsibility at all? What kind of bullshit..."
The court's solution is very simple. The one who dies will die in vain. No one can make Prince Dun pay for it!
The accomplice was assigned to Ning Guta and went to blow the cold wind with General Hunchun. Who told him to drink and neglect his duty?
The other supervisors are all ineffective in supervising and they will be punished accordingly. In the future, if a new person is appointed to take good care of the imprisoned Prince Qing, this case will be cleared up!
This is so perfunctory, Yi Ping's heart trembled, "Zaichun! You don't even want to lose the last bit of face? You can drag this case for ten days and a half before closing it!"
"Just one night? The blame was thrown out? I admire... I admire you. You really want your uncles to die!"
Duobao Dao was on the sidelines and quickly tried to persuade him, "My lord, don't be angry. Isn't this a good thing? The more Emperor Tongzhi goes against the grain, the more beneficial it will be to us in the future!"
"I know... I understand everything you said, but my heart... I still can't get over it, I can't get over it!"
"You have to live with it or not... Your Majesty, you have tried your best. You have also taken care of the food and clothing of the three imprisoned princes. I believe that after this turmoil, the court will have to save some face!"
"At least the lives of the three princes can be guaranteed. This is all due to your contribution! Don't continue. We really can't mess with His Majesty right now. We have to stay dormant..."
Yi Pei shook his head and sighed, "This is the Qing Dynasty, this is our Qing Dynasty... It is really impossible not to change, we must change!"
