In the following days, Liu Deng spent time in the dock almost every day.
After more than ten consecutive days, with the arrival of those Mohist disciples and a large number of academy students, the matter of the dragon bone finally began to come to the fore.
But at the same time, Jin Yizhuo finally returned to Chang'an City with Wanxi's body.
"What did you say? Wanxi is dead?"
Hearing that Wanxi was dead, Li Ji's face suddenly turned ugly.
When she first entered the palace, Wanxi followed her into the palace. In order to serve him personally, he even purified himself.
"That's what the Jian Zhang Army soldiers who went with him said!"
Several little palace ladies quickly knelt on the ground.
"How did he die? With so many people passing by, why did he die?"
Li Ji asked with a frown;
"Listen, listen to what they said, it was Wanxi who offended His Highness the King of Dai, and was stabbed to death by His Highness the King of Dai!"
"Empress!"
Before the little palace maid finished speaking, Chuntuo actually walked in directly.
"Eunuch Chun is a rare visitor. Do you have any business coming to this palace?"
Li Ji, who was about to lose her temper, endured it again and forced a smile.
"Your Majesty is joking, but this slave brought back some bad news for Your Majesty today..."
Chuntuo felt embarrassed for a while.
"What is the bad news? Father-in-law, you might as well just tell me."
Li Ji couldn't help but frown.
"Replying to your Majesty, this slave Wanxi was so lucky that he died before he reached Buqi City. But no matter what, he died in the king's affairs. Your Majesty asked me to come and tell your Majesty!"
While Chuntuo was talking, someone came in behind carrying several boxes of jewelry.
Li Ji still doesn't understand why. It seems that the emperor intends to cover up this matter.
"Eunuch Chun, where is the body of this slave? He has been with me for many years. Even if he is gone, I should bury him properly."
As Li Ji spoke, the smile on her face became stiffer and stiffer.
"This, this..."
At this moment, Chuntuo really couldn't go back.
"Empress, you'd better not ask!"
After hesitating for a moment, Chuntuo said again.
"Eunuch Chun, what you said is so interesting! Someone close to me died, shouldn't I even ask? You said he died on the road, why did I hear something different?"
As Li Ji spoke, her face turned livid.
Of course she understood that this was what the emperor meant.
However, since Liu Rong became the prince, her character has become more and more arrogant day by day.
Although it is said that the life and death of a slave is insignificant, in any case, it depends on the master to beat the dog.
Liu Deng hit her hard in the face this time!
She originally asked Wanxi to send a letter to Liu Deng, hoping to obtain the operating rights of SF Express in South Vietnam from Liu Deng.
But I didn't expect that this news finally came.
At least in her opinion, this was Liu Deng's provocation to her!
If it had been before, she might have tolerated this matter, but now in this harem, mother is more valuable than son. Although she has not yet become the queen, Liu Rong has become the real prince after all.
Liu Deng's provocation to her was naturally regarded by her as a provocation to Liu Rong.
Even if the emperor wanted to make a big deal into a trivial matter at this time, she was not willing to just hold her nose and admit it.
"My Majesty is joking. Your Majesty has sent people to investigate the same thing. How could there be any other explanation? My Majesty, please don't listen to the instigating words of those shameless villains."
Seeing Li Ji's aggressive look, Chuntuo had no choice but to carry the emperor out.
"What do you mean? Are you using Your Majesty to suppress me? How did my people die? I must find out clearly about this matter. No matter who kills my people, they must pay. It’s a price! Although he is just a eunuch, he is here to deliver the decree on behalf of Your Majesty after all!”
"My dearest lady, please think twice!"
Chuntuo didn't expect that Li Ji's reaction would be so big.
Things that I thought I could get through easily now suddenly seem to have become complicated and confusing.
"What is there to think twice about? A person in this palace cannot die in such an unexplained way. He went out to do errands for His Majesty, and finally died in an unexplained way. How do you want the people in the world to think of Your Majesty? From now on, who will dare to do this? Working hard for national affairs?"
"In that case, I'll take my leave, old slave."
Since this matter couldn't be accomplished, Chuntuo naturally didn't want to waste time here, so he simply turned around and prepared to go back and report to the emperor.
"Come on! Go and bring me those people who went out with Wanxi!"
After watching Chuntuo leave, Li Ji became even more angry.
"Mother, I'm afraid it's inappropriate to do this. Those people are all members of the Jianzhang Army..."
The little palace maid next to her quickly tried to persuade her.
From the day it was established, the Jianzhang Army belonged directly to the emperor.
Not to mention that Li Ji is not the queen yet, I am afraid that even if she becomes the queen, she will not be able to command these people.
"What? My man is dead. Can't I call him over and ask him a few words?"
As Li Ji spoke, he angrily overturned everything on the table to the ground.
"promise!"
"Send another person to tell Uncle Guo this news!",
"promise!"
The maids didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore and quickly lowered their heads.
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"Your Majesty, Lao Nute has come to plead guilty, please punish your Majesty."
The errand was ruined, and Chuntuo had no choice but to come to the emperor to apologize.
"Excuse me? Li Ji wants to continue making trouble?"
Liu Qi was also upset for a while.
The first time he heard about this, he also thought about punishing Liu Deng severely, but he soon figured it out.
This kid clearly did this on purpose, and he obviously wanted to make a big fuss out of this incident.
Now, things in Lingnan have just begun to take shape. There are so many things going on in the court. He feels like he is almost dizzy just doing serious things. How can he have the mind to accompany Liu Deng to fool around here?
Therefore, he was ready to hold his nose and admit it.
Reduce this major matter into a minor matter, and just press it down first. After the serious matters are dealt with, you can talk about it slowly when you have the opportunity in the future.
But he didn't expect that while he was busy cleaning up the mess, his own backyard seemed to be on fire.
"The empress said that she must get to the bottom of this matter."
Chuntuo had no choice but to choose something nice to say.
"You don't have to worry about this anymore. I will go and tell her in person tonight."
After hesitating for a while, I decided to go there myself.
However, although this was a small thing, it also made him hate Li Ji a little more...
