Banqu had a troubled look on his face and said nothing.
"Hmph! He still has time to think about the affair."
The Mad King immediately walked over and saw Marquis Xuanping sitting in front of the case, feasting on wine and meat.
The door lock was unlocked, and the Mad King sat opposite Xuan Pinghou. He looked at the messy table with cups and plates, and saw that Xuanping Hou was burping after eating.
"Have you a good appetite?"
Marquis Xuanping swallowed a large piece of meat and grinned at the Mad King: "Hey! Cousin! I'm getting fat here! Can we change places?"
"sure!"
The Mad King crossed his arms and nodded.
"Death row, or the place of execution."
After hearing what the Mad King said, Xuanping Hou immediately put down the mutton chops and went to catch the Mad King across the table. The Mad King kicked his legs and retreated three feet away.
"No, cousin, that's not what you said at the beginning! You asked me to cooperate with you inside and outside and be a spy for you, but you promised me benefits!"
The Mad King did not deny it: "You are taking advantage of both sides, what's going on?"
Marquis Xuanping retracted his hand guiltily: "Aren't I just a little greedy for money? I just took this little bit from Sun Qingshuang."
Marquis Xuanping used his little finger to make a fingertip-size gesture.
"A little bit? No matter how magnificent the image of my aunt is in your heart, you can't build a golden statue of her in the yard, right?"
"Isn't that to paralyze Sun Qingshuang? Besides, the golden statue is not real. It is just a layer of gold powder on the outside and full of stones on the inside."
Seeing that the Mad King's face was not so good, Xuanping Hou quickly turned around and said, "I have written everything down in the account book. Isn't it okay to pay you back no matter how much I take from Sun Qingshuang?"
"Cousin, look at how I am so brave! I followed your instructions, and I didn't dare to make any mistakes step by step. From the loss of disaster relief money, you asked me to test it, to collecting plums and ink The benefits, and then the subsequent impeachment of the Mei family, and later taking in Sun Qingshuang, and investigating Sun Qingshuang’s activities in the past few years, were all based on your request, and I have no favoritism at all!"
Marquis Xuanping wiped his hands and mouth with a handkerchief. Seeing that the mad king still had a sinister expression on his face, he thought to himself: Could this madman want to destroy the river and destroy the bridge?
"I'm telling you Gu Huaijiu, my mother, Princess Jinghuai, left me the late emperor's will. No matter how big the trouble I get into, you can't kill me! Besides! It was me who caused the uprising in the first place. Where’s the money! I don’t have any merit, but my money does!”
The Mad King still didn't speak.
Marquis Xuanping was a little panicked. He couldn't take the madman's words seriously. He shouldn't have believed this madman in the first place!
"Gu Huaijiu, you can't do this to me! I have never harmed you!"
The Mad King then leaned forward slightly: "What do you mean by digging such a big snake cave in your school grounds? Those snakes eat people!"
Although there was a demon causing trouble when Liang Yue fell into the snake cave, the snake cave belonged to Marquis Xuanping and he was also responsible.
"That's all just to scare people! I've only fed chickens, ducks and geese, how dare I!"
Naturally, the Mad King did not believe what Marquis Xuanping said.
Those snakes have almost become sperm after being eaten, and anyone with a discerning eye will know it at a glance.
"Sun Qingshuang uses it often. The best I can do is stand by and watch..."
"Well, I believe in you."
The Mad King smiled slightly at Marquis Xuanping and said, "What else have you heard from Sun Qingshuang in these years?"
"That's a lot. How about I write to you? But this can't be finished in just one sentence. Can you let me..."
The Mad King stopped asking and said outside: "Send Marquis Xuanping back to his home. I'll be waiting for you."
Suddenly pardoned, Marquis Xuanping jumped up overjoyed and hurriedly walked out.
"I can finally go out, this bed is so hard!"
Marquis Xuanping rubbed his neck and left.
When Marquis Xuanping's chatter was no longer heard, a masked man in black walked out from the darkness. He walked up to the Mad King and was about to salute, but the Mad King waved his hand.
The Mad King said, "You don't have to."
The man then stopped his hand and pulled down the veil from his face.
"how?"
The Mad King turned to look at this man and called out: "Zhou Mu."
Yes, it was Zhou Mu, the teacher at Wenyu Academy.
"Hou Xuanping is trying to please both sides. He spied on Sun Qingshuang for the prince, and at the same time participated in Sun Qingshuang's rebellion. According to my subordinates, he is judging the situation. Once the prince loses power, he will probably be the first to betray the prince. of."
The Mad King understood what Zhou Mu meant. Marquis Xuanping was just a wallflower, thinking that no one would be offended, and he would benefit from whoever won.
The Mad King looked at Zhou Mu's hands and asked, "Can your hands still kill people? Aren't you useless in Wenyu Academy?"
Zhou Mu cupped his hands and responded, "Your Majesty, you can ask your subordinates to give it a try."
"Well, do it cleanly, just like how you dealt with Crown Prince Xuanping back then."
"My lord, don't worry. I will never be merciful to my enemies."
Zhou Mu covered his face and disappeared.
Only the Mad King was still sitting in the cell, leaning against the wall. He lowered his head, covered his eyes with his hands, and let out a jeering laugh.
He had known about Mei Tinghan's whereabouts for a long time, and this trip to the Bishui Lake Palace to escape the summer was his deliberate arrangement.
He also expected that Mei Tinghan would assassinate him.
Everything was done according to his own ideas, step by step. From the first day when he returned to Beijing to seize power and became the regent, he never thought of letting go of everyone who had framed him.
He killed whatever he wanted to kill. Everything he wanted to keep was kept.
However, Gu Huaijiu didn't feel relaxed at all. He really wanted to bury himself in this prison.
He cares about drinking, which is not the case!
He had also thought that without an official position, he would be a carefree and idle person, looking for a beautiful woman to spend the day and night.
However, looking to the end of the world, he has finally become the kind of person he once most disdained and despised.
But he had to stand up and walk the rest of the way, even though he had already expected that, as a regent with overwhelming power and holding the emperor hostage, one day in the future, he would end up no better than Mei Song.
If he was destined to be slaughtered one day, he would rather the person who dealt with him was taught by him personally.
In this way, he was worthy of all the bad reputation he had suffered.
That night, Marquis Xuanping was very drunk and accidentally fell into the snake cave and never came out. Since he has no heirs, all his assets belong to the treasury.
In recent days, several houses in Beijing have been robbed, including the homes of two ministers of the DPRK and China. The robbers were rampant and no one in the family was spared.
The vacancy of the Minister of Justice was filled by Mr. Zhou. The Minister of Punishment finally no longer needs to excuse himself because he has a more capable person than Li Sinian to help him, and the Punishment Ministry can finally rest for two days.
As for Li Sinian, the Mad King did not give him an official position, but took him with him and stayed in Prince Rui's Mansion, where he was treated like a counselor.
Bai Guyun couldn't understand this arrangement the most. He really didn't think Li Sinian was so resourceful. If he was so smart, he couldn't even save Mei Tinghan.
After everything settled, the Mad King spent the rest of his time in Yusheng Garden, waiting for Liang Yue to wake up, except for his daily affairs.
