Chapter 234: The utmost benevolence and righteousness
No matter whether Old Liu Tou yelled or cursed, Bi Yuntao remained indifferent and lay on the bed pretending to be dead.
"What do you call it?! Your skin is itchy, right?!" Wang Laotou held a saber in his hand and hit Lao Liutou with a hoe, punching and kicking him.
"Eunuch, please come here." After cleaning up the scolding old Liu Tou, Wang LaoTou welcomed Eunuch Gui in and smiled flatteringly, "Eunuch, please don't be offended. This man made mistakes and didn't repent, and made Eunuch laugh."
"The Zajia doesn't care what you do. The Zajia came here on the emperor's order to check whether the prison has been cleaned by His Highness Prince Qi. Where is His Highness Prince Qi now?"
"Back to my father-in-law, His Royal Highness Prince Qi is tired from cleaning and is resting in the cell now." The prison head Wang smiled flatteringly, "I will lead my father-in-law to His Highness Prince Qi's cell now."
"His Royal Highness King Qi, Eunuch Gui is here." Wang Laotou led Eunuch Gui to the cell where Bi Yuntao was. He looked at Bi Yuntao who was sleeping with his head covered, and called out quickly.
Seeing that Bi Yuntao was indifferent, Wang Laotou smiled awkwardly and wanted to step forward to wake Bi Yuntao up.
Seeing this, Eunuch Gui waved his hand to stop Prison Chief Wang's movements, then took out a piece of silver from his sleeve and stuffed it into Prison Chief Wang's hand, "Okay, you have nothing to do here. You go first." Go down! If anything happens, we will call you."
"Yes! I'm waiting not far away. Father-in-law, you can call me anytime if you need anything." Wang Laotou calmly stuffed the money into his pocket, the flattering smile on his face deepened, and he quickly nodded and bowed back. .
"Your Highness, Prince Qi, the Zajia family came here to inspect the hygiene on the emperor's order. Have you cleaned it well?" After the king's cell leader stepped back, Eunuch Gui said, "If you didn't clean it quickly, you can't blame the Zajia family for being disrespectful to you." .”
"It's so noisy and irritating, aren't you annoying!" Bi Yuntao angrily lifted the quilt off his head and stared at Eunuch Gui impatiently, "I just want to sleep peacefully, but you guys are so noisy and noisy. , I wonder if I worked too hard last night and need to catch up on some sleep?"
"Ahem!" Eunuch Gui coughed twice to cover up his embarrassment, "His Royal Highness King Qi is quite funny. The Za family is acting under the orders of the Emperor. If you bother me, please forgive me."
"It's great to act upon orders!" Bi Yuntao tilted his head unhappily, leaving the back of his head to Eunuch Gui. "If you want to check, check quickly. I am very sleepy now!"
"Your Highness, King Qi, I have already seen it on the road to Zajia. There is no trace of you cleaning it at all along the way!"
"Nonsense! It would be weird if you could see it!" Bi Yuntao rolled his eyes at him, "I didn't even do anything."
"His Royal Highness, Prince Qi, you are resisting the imperial decree!" Eunuch Gui saw that he looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water. He couldn't laugh or cry. "If the Za family goes back to report to the emperor, you will really be whipped."
"Just suffer it!" Bi Yuntao said angrily, "Anyway, Ruo Xi was tricked by my father, so there is no point in living for me! I might as well just die."
There was resentment in Bi Yuntao's tone, and this resentment was obviously caused by the emperor.
"It's okay to let me do the work! Ask my father to call Ruoxi and let her return to me. Otherwise, I won't be able to lift a finger."
"How long do you want to stay here? If you are fine, go and report back to your father as soon as possible and repeat my words to him exactly!"
Bi Yuntao saw that Eunuch Gui behind him was motionless and thought he was gone. When he turned his head, he saw Eunuch Gui still standing there dumbfounded and said angrily.
Come on, you are the master, you must be reasonable! I can’t afford to offend my father-in-law, so why can’t I hide from him?
"Then the Za family will leave first." Eunuch Gui did not stay any longer and left quickly.
"Get out of here, get out of here!" Bi Yuntao waved to him impatiently with his back turned, "I'm annoyed when I see that old face of yours."
"Ruoxi, dear Ruoxi, why did you leave me? Come back soon, I can't bear it alone."
After exiting the cell, Eunuch Gui listened to the mutterings coming from behind him. Eunuch Gui shook his head helplessly and quickly left the prison.
Bi Yuntao, who was lying on the bed with his back on his back, kept his ears open to listen to the movement behind him. When the noisy footsteps of Eunuch Gui and others gradually weakened, until there was no movement at all, he turned his head cautiously.
Seeing that there was no one in front of him, Bi Yuntao had a wicked smile on his face, "Gah ga ga, let you trick me! Do you want me to follow your orders to clean the cell? You are so beautiful! If you don't get Ruoxi back to me, don't let me." I’ll listen to you obediently!”
On one side, Bi Yuntao crossed his legs and daydreamed happily. On the other side, Eunuch Gui returned to the emperor.
"Kowtow to the Emperor."
"Excuse me!" The emperor put down the book and looked up at Eunuch Gui, "Guizi, why did you come back so quickly? Didn't I ask you to go to the prison to check the hygiene? Has Prince Qi cleaned the prison?"
"Your Majesty, His Highness the King of Qi was lying on the bed soundly asleep. Even when the servant came over, His Highness the King of Qi didn't even raise his eyelids." Eunuch Gui had a wry smile on his face.
He didn't even have to make up lies. If he made up lies to the emperor, if the emperor had a whim and wanted to go to the prison to check in person, but the results were completely different from what he said, he would be left with no consequences.
"Huh?" The smile on the emperor's face disappeared instantly and he glared angrily, "Is yours true?"
"Your Majesty, every word of this slave is true. His Highness King Qi is not only so, but he also treats the slave..." Eunuch Gui almost blurted out what Bi Yuntao said in the prison. Fortunately, he reacted in time and swallowed the words that were on his lips. go back.
"What? Tell me exactly what King Qi said." The emperor looked at Eunuch Gui with an unkind look and said word by word.
"Return to Your Majesty." Eunuch Gui hesitated for a while, reorganized the words in his mind, and then slowly spoke, "His Royal Highness, King Qi, to this servant, without Miss Meng by his side, he has no strength to do anything. If Your Majesty, you want to cure Qi for this." As for the king's crime, it's up to you, Your Majesty. It's best to try him for a capital crime. There's no point in living anyway, so it's better to die."
"Ha!" The emperor laughed angrily, "Is King Qi threatening me? Do you really think that I dare not punish him?"
"Come here, put King Qi into death row and behead him at noon tomorrow!" The emperor was so angry at King Qi's words that he flew into a rage in the room.
The guards standing outside the door looked at me and I looked at you, gesturing to each other with their eyes. Finally, they seemed to have made up their minds, standing like statues, with stern expressions on their faces and wide eyes. Look ahead. It was as if the noise just now had never happened.
"Your Majesty, please calm down! Your Majesty, please calm down! Take a sip of tea first and calm down." Eunuch Gui quickly stepped forward to comfort him and handed the hot tea on the table to the emperor. "His Royal Highness, King Qi, was abandoned by Miss Meng after all. It is inevitable that You will feel resentful. If your Majesty really executes His Royal Highness King Qi in a fit of anger, wouldn’t all your plans be in vain?"
"Fufufu! I'm so angry! This bastard won't let me worry about it even in prison. He only thinks about women!" The emperor breathed heavily and drank down the tea rudely. The anger calmed down a bit.
"Your Majesty, you also know that His Highness Prince Qi likes this. He and Miss Meng are in love, and they are tired of being together, as if they were the same person. But now Miss Meng has abandoned him , it was inevitable for him to feel uncomfortable, so he spoke out in frustration."
"You mean, it's my fault?" The emperor stared at Eunuch Gui with an unkind look in his eyes.
"I don't dare!" Eunuch Gui hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy. "What I mean is that His Highness, Prince Qi, is excusable. Then why don't Your Majesty issue an imperial edict and betroth Miss Meng to His Highness, Prince Qi?"
"Hmph! He's so beautiful!" The emperor snorted coldly, "He refused to resist and asked me to bow to him. How brave! He didn't even weigh how much he weighed. I didn't flog him according to the order. This is already an open policy. He wants me to betroth Meng Ruoxi to him, and then wait until he helps me get things done!"
"Huh!" Eunuch Gui wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his heart filled with lingering fear. King Qi, King Qi, the Za family has done its best to be benevolent and righteous. You and Miss Meng, two miserable mandarin ducks, will probably have a lot of difficulties getting together in the future!
At this time, the anger in the emperor's heart also dissipated a lot, "Well, since King Qi is unwilling to obey my orders, then forget it! Anyway, I was at fault first!"
kindness? Eunuch Gui rubbed his eyes in disbelief. Could it be that his old eyes were dizzy? How could the emperor take the initiative to admit his mistake?
"Guizi."
"yes!"
"It's dinner time soon. Please go down and prepare a big meal for King Qi tonight. Send it to King Qi yourself and tell King Qi that this meal is his last supper."
After the emperor finished speaking, he did not wait for Eunuch Gui to say anything, and continued, "By the way, I am giving instructions to the imperial kitchen. Starting from tomorrow, there will be no need to prepare King Qi's food for three days."
Um...can I take back what I just thought? Eunuch Gui was speechless for a while. Your Majesty, you are still angry, so you cut off King Qi's food.
"Okay, you have nothing to do here, go ahead!" The emperor waved his hand impatiently and dismissed Eunuch Gui, picked up the books on the table and continued reading.
Eunuch Gui also understood the situation and quietly retreated from the house without making a sound.
Do you want to inform the Imperial Concubine of the news? Ask her to prepare some food for His Highness King Qi in advance to prevent His Highness Qi from going hungry?
Eunuch Gui thought for a while, then shook his head and rejected the idea in his mind.
It's better to forget it and let His Highness King Qi teach him a lesson, so as not to think about women all over his mind. However, the emperor had ordered the imperial kitchen to cook a big meal, so he could ask the imperial kitchen to cook more. The weather was cold now, and the food would be fine if he left it overnight. At least he would be less hungry.
Having made up his mind, Eunuch Gui walked towards the imperial dining room with his thoughts in mind.
