Wen Jin paused before continuing: "In order to prevent the person behind the scenes from acting rashly."
Xiao Yuchen narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this, "Are you worried that the person behind the scenes will interfere with the Criminal Department or even the Third Division?"
"He will definitely do it," Wen Jin said, "So, we guarded the palace entrance to let more people know about this and pay attention to it.
"There are more people watching the Criminal Department and the Third Division. Even if they want to bend the law for personal gain... they will still weigh the impact on the entire situation."
First, there is the imperial censor who supervises all officials.
Secondly, there are foreign envoys in Kyoto.
Xiao Yuchen nodded... Although he understood her intention, he still felt sorry for her.
Her clean and beautiful little face was now dirty.
The wet clothes in winter need to be warmed and dried...
She always had a faint fragrance of lotus, but now she smelled of being burned.
"You can take a nap, I'll wait outside."
Xiao Yuchen asked her to lie down and covered her with his windbreaker.
As expected, the carriage was stopped outside the palace gate.
"My lord, at this hour, I cannot open the door for you, nor can I communicate for you..."
"I know, I am right here, waiting to open the door."
Wen Jin didn't want to sleep.
But Xiao Yuchen put a pillow for her, let her lie down on the chair, and covered her with a thick fox fur cloak.
It was warm and comfortable, and she closed her eyes...and fell asleep.
Xiao Yuchen stepped off the carriage lightly.
He stood outside the carriage, breathing in the cold winter air.
Under the dark sky, the magnificent palace looked like a huge monster.
It is devouring people's hearts with its supreme power and huge temptation...
Once, he naively thought that as long as he didn't miss her.
As long as he deliberately keeps a distance, away from the whirlpool of power, away from temptation...
Then he will not be swallowed by this "monster".
But now...
Xiao Yuchen looked back at the quiet carriage.
The person in the carriage was breathing very lightly...but he seemed to hear her even and long breathing.
This man-eating "monster" never intended to let him go, not even his wife and children!
Game of Thrones is doomed to be inevitable.
And he was already in the game... Then why did he abide by the rules and give in blindly?
Maybe it's the same as Kung Fu - offense is the best defense.
…
The quiet night hides many secrets.
At this time, the East Palace was quiet, but not peaceful.
Mr. Chu entered the East Palace through the small door specially reserved for him.
He has always liked to walk quickly, but today he chose to take a sedan chair.
He was not honest when he was sitting in the sedan chair...It was itchy, it was so painful!
He was so twisted that the bearer could hardly lift the sedan anymore...
"Sir, please sit still!"
The bearer was sweating all over.
Mr. Chu was even more upset and scratching his heart.
It was late at night, and the prince did not sleep.
With his hair loose, he sat cross-legged behind his desk, lit by a bright candle, and placed a book in front of him, but he had not turned a page for a long time.
I saw Mr. Chu entering the door.
The prince immediately stood up to greet him without even putting on his shoes.
"Sir! How is it?"
Wearing only a pair of white socks, he walked to the middle of the room.
Mr. Chu's expression was ferocious, "It's too late!"
"What?" The prince was stunned.
"Why didn't Your Highness consult with Chu before taking action? Why did you have to wait until the matter couldn't be settled and caused a mess before you informed Chu?!"
Mr. Chu was very annoyed and his tone was impatient.
The prince frowned and looked at him suspiciously, "Mr. Chu is...blaming Gu?!"
The prince's voice also rose slightly.
Mr. Chu immediately realized that he had lost his temper.
And his lack of propriety has already angered the prince.
"Chu doesn't dare, Prince, please forgive me..."
Mr. Chu quickly knelt down... His posture was weird and he was not honest when he was kneeling. He was twisting and twisting there?
The prince looked at him sideways from the corner of his eye...
"Mr. Chu, do you think too little of Gu? Is this how you behave in the East Palace? Huh?"
"Hiss... Your Majesty, forgive me! That's not the case!"
Mr. Chu pinched himself hard and used the pain to suppress the itch.
"Tonight, Mr. Chu went to the governor of Jingzhao Prefecture to solve the matter in the west of the city... There was something unknown in the governor's car, and it actually made Mr. Chu itchy all over..."
Although he restrained himself from the pain, his whole face was still red from holding it in.
"Mr. Chu's head, is it swollen?" The prince heard this and looked at him suspiciously, "Hey...don't it be a big head plague?"
The prince immediately took a few steps away in disgust and covered his mouth and nose with his sleeves.
"Mr. Chu, let's make a long story short! How did things go tonight?"
Being so disliked by the prince, he was also cursed with "big head plague".
Mr. Chu's face turned green.
He took a deep breath to calm down the anger in his chest, "It was too late, the assassin failed to kill Princess Huai, but was captured by King Huai instead!
"The governor of Jingzhao failed to recapture the assassin, but was taken over by the Ministry of Punishment and asked for a joint trial by the three departments. The Ministry of Punishment was under strict supervision and it was difficult to take action."
Mr. Chu was so itchy that he wanted to roll on the ground.
His face turned blue and purple.
"Even if you are in the Ministry of Punishment..."
"Prince Huai and his wife have not even returned to the palace. They are already waiting at the gate of the palace. They are just waiting for dawn. They must ask to see the emperor!" After Mr. Chu finished speaking, he kowtowed and resigned.
The prince's face tightened, "Mr. Chu!"
He stretched out his hand to try to stay, but he was cautious and hesitant in his steps... If it was Big Head Plague, he couldn't contaminate the East Palace!
Mr. Chu glanced at the prince and his face turned cold.
He was so uncomfortable... The prince didn't even say that he wanted to ask a doctor for him.
The cold feeling in my heart seemed to have diluted the itching on my body, leaving only a bone-chilling cold.
Mr. Chu lowered his eyes and his face became colder, "Assassins have strong bones. Even if the punishment department is very good, they can still survive for a while...
"Chu will go to see a doctor tomorrow...and then we will find a countermeasure! Your Highness will have a rest early, and Chu will retire."
The prince opened his mouth, but just waved his hand, "Go ahead..."
An imperial doctor...it is absolutely impossible to hire an imperial doctor!
If it is really a big head plague...if the imperial doctor knows about it, the East Palace will be doomed!
He will not forget that his mother is still locked up in Fengqi Palace because of a rash that is suspected of being a "plague"!
Don’t let anything go wrong in the East Palace!
The east is getting whiter.
Dawn in winter always comes very slowly.
The emperor woke up from the dragon bed and immediately asked Eunuch Gao to serve and change his clothes so that he could go to the Furong Garden to watch the performance.
But the moment I opened my mouth, I suddenly remembered...
"Yesterday was the final championship game, and there is no program today."
The emperor muttered to himself, feeling disappointed.
The eunuch who served him had ears longer than those of a donkey.
Hearing the movement on the dragon couch, Eunuch Gao stepped forward, bowed in front of the dragon couch, and whispered: "King Huai and the princess stayed outside the palace gate all night..."
The emperor was stunned, with an expression as if he hadn't woken up. "It's Chinese New Year. If they don't go back to the palace to sleep, what are they doing outside the palace gate?"
"I heard that there was a fire in the west of the city yesterday. Princess Huai was in the other courtyard where the fire broke out...and she was kidnapped!" Eunuch Gao lowered his voice.
The emperor frowned, "Which yamen is handling this matter?"
"The Ministry of Punishment has arrested someone, and I heard that there will be a 'three-division trial'." Gao Gong was fair.
The emperor snorted softly, "This must be Chen'er's idea, he looks at his princess like a ball in his eye!"
"Do you want to be summoned by the Holy Spirit?"
"No! It's so early in the morning... Since the Criminal Department has arrested someone, Princess Huai can stay out all night, so it doesn't seem to be a serious problem.
"Tell them to go back, and I will comfort him after the punishment department completes the trial!"
The emperor waved his hands, a little lazily and a little indifferently.
Eunuch Gao was about to retreat, but suddenly a young eunuch hurried forward and whispered a few words in Eunuch Gao's ear.
Eunuch Gao's face changed in shock, his legs went weak and he knelt down.
The emperor was also stunned by him.
"Your Majesty, Princess Huai said..."
