"emperor."
With a shout, Emperor Chen Ziyuan raised his immature face and looked at the eunuch Cen Da who was walking towards him.
"What's the matter?"
"Report to the Emperor and go outside the command hall to ask for an audience."
Hearing this, Emperor Chen Ziyuan suddenly couldn't care less about the matter in front of him and wanted to know why Commander Gu was here.
"quick!"
"Invite him in."
Listening to the emperor's order, Eunuch Cen responded, took a few steps back, and walked away.
After a while, footsteps came towards this side.
"Go down."
"yes."
Emperor Chen Ziyuan looked at Gu Yong, the commander of the Eastern Secret Guard who was about to salute:
"No need to be polite."
"But what do you want to tell me?"
Commander Gu said bluntly:
"emperor."
"The traitorous officials admitted that they bribed the money to Li Zi, the personal eunuch of Emperor Dechang."
Upon hearing this, it seemed that this was not surprising to Chen Ziyuan, who was only sixteen years old.
"Are you sure you gave him bribes?"
"No one else?"
Gu Yong, the commander of the Eastern Dark Guard, shook his head slightly:
"Your Majesty, it's confirmed."
"The official used the 'lime punishment' on these people, so he shouldn't lie."
Emperor Chen Ziyuan asked again: "Then...do you know where this eunuch Li Zi is?"
Commander Gu shook his head slightly: "They all said they didn't know. They said they didn't know the whereabouts of the eunuch Li Zi since he entered the capital."
After hearing this, he thought for a moment, and the emperor said: "You go down first and see if you can get some more clues. I will give you an answer after I think about it."
"good."
"Then I will retire first."
After saying that, Gu Yong, the commander of the Eastern Secret Guards, took three steps back, turned around and walked out.
Thinking of what Gu Yong said, Chen Ziyuan put the state affairs aside for the time being and began to think about it.
As for what he was thinking about, of course, only he knew.
After a while, Chen Ziyuan raised his head and glanced at the eunuch Cen Da beside him: "Go to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment."
"yes."
…
There was a clatter of chains.
Even without looking, Emperor Dechang knew that the person coming was none other than Chen Ziyuan.
"Uncle, how are you doing lately?" Chen Ziyuan smiled slightly.
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Emperor Dechang raised his head and looked at Chen Ziyuan with a haggard expression: "Let me go, don't kill me."
Listening to this, Chen Ziyuan didn't seem to pay attention.
He walked towards the chair set up in the cell next to him. After sitting down, he looked at the uncle.
"Don't worry, I won't kill you."
"I have some questions to ask uncle."
For Emperor Dechang, as long as he can live, that is naturally the best.
"You tell me, I'll tell you everything I know."
"Don't kill me, let me go free."
Chen Ziyuan's ears seemed to be filtering, and he only listened to the first sentence.
"OK."
"I ask you."
"Do you know that your trusted eunuch Li Zi has accepted a large amount of money from those officials?"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Dechang's expression changed.
Looking at his appearance, it seemed that he suddenly knew that he had been kept in the dark before.
"You said he...accepted money from those officials?"
Chen Ziyuan nodded slightly:
"I think...uncle is still in the dark, right?"
"I was planning to execute these officials today, but when I searched their mansion, I found that there was not much money. After Commander Gu learned about it, he was worried that the matter was not that simple."
"That's why you came to me."
"I asked him to take over those officials from the hands of the Third Law Division and give them a good trial."
"It seems that the secret prison is really useful. It didn't take long to get a clue."
"They all admitted that the money was used to bribe your trusted eunuch Li Zi."
After listening to these words, Emperor Dechang seemed to understand.
Hearing this, he murmured to himself:
"Good on you plum."
"After following me for decades, I never expected you to be such a person."
After muttering to himself twice, Emperor Dechang looked at the sixteen-year-old Chen Ziyuan without understanding: "Those officials were all with me at the beginning. How could they use money to bribe my trusted eunuchs?"
Chen Ziyuan smiled slightly:
"Uncle is really confused."
"Do you really think that after you become emperor, they will still stand by you?"
"Which of these officials is not motivated by money?"
"Uncle, I thought about it for a moment. If you were still pro-government and found out that the people who followed you were taking away people's wealth and making people's lives miserable, would you punish them?"
Emperor Dechang nodded and stopped talking.
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"I'm here. In addition to telling you this, I also have a question to ask you."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Dechang glanced at Chen Ziyuan: "You tell me."
"Do you know where your trusted eunuch Li Zi fled to?" Chen Ziyuan asked.
Emperor Dechang shook his head, feeling very regretful in his heart. He regretted that he could not be a good emperor as his father said before he died.
Seeing that Emperor Dechang was silent, Chen Ziyuan asked, "Does uncle still want to protect this trusted eunuch of yours?"
"No."
Chen Ziyuan: "Why is that?"
Looking at his face, Chen Ziyuan could tell that he had something to hide, but Chen Ziyuan probably understood why he didn't want to say it.
"Your two children were taken away by him, weren't they?"
"Did you order him to be taken away in the first place?"
After hearing this, Emperor Dechang hurriedly knelt in front of Chen Ziyuan, kowtowed, and begged:
"I beg you."
"Don't try to trick them."
"You can do whatever you want with eunuch Li Zi, and don't try to take any chances with my two children."
Seeing his uncle begging for mercy for his two children, to be honest, the kind-hearted Chen Ziyuan didn't want to harm his two children at all, he just wanted to capture the eunuch Li Zi.
"rest assured."
"I won't take advantage of your two children."
"They are innocent after all."
"That's probably it, I understand."
"Don't worry, your child will be safe and sound."
After Chen Ziyuan said that, he stood up quickly and wanted to walk out.
Despite his promise, Emperor Dechang was still a little worried. For the sake of his child, he hurriedly kowtowed a few more times:
"Show mercy."
"Don't hurt my two innocent children."
After walking to the door, Chen Ziyuan turned around and looked at the uncle: "Don't worry. I will naturally show mercy to innocent people."
After that, Chen Ziyuan headed towards the palace.
The door of this cell was locked with a chain. I really don't know what the purpose is when it is opened next time.
After returning to the palace, Emperor Chen Ziyuan quickly called the left prime minister Sun Zhicai, the right prime minister Xiao Hongyan, and the commander of the Eastern Secret Guard Gu Yong to the palace.
It was already dark at this time, and there were bright lamps everywhere inside and outside the palace.
The soldiers guarding the palace were walking around, and they all looked very dedicated.
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