Zhu Houzhao likes slightly cooler weather, and now is the time.
But people like Liu Jin didn't feel comfortable, especially when the prince mentioned Zhang Tianrui, they felt a cold air rushing from their backs to their heads, and they felt that the prince was becoming increasingly difficult to coax.
Fortunately, Liu Jin responded quickly. After all, he was rich in experience. He immediately said with a smile: "Your Highness, Zhang Zhongyun is ill."
"Sick?" Zhu Houzhao was a little doubtful. It was not like he couldn't feel the change in the atmosphere. The faces of these people changed to varying degrees after he spoke.
It is normal for an official to not come on duty when he is sick, so why do these people have abnormal reactions?
An old fox like Liu Jin is impeccable.
Zhu Houzhao walked slowly again, his eyes scanning the faces of each eunuch,
Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong... all of these people lowered their heads,
Perhaps it was an intuition that he felt these people were hiding something from him.
So there was a chilling feeling in my heart.
In fact, it was understandable for him that eunuchs had some flaws, and he did not expect to be surrounded by great saints who were dedicated to the public and had absolutely no selfish intentions.
He himself is not a selfless person.
However, eunuchs are dependent on the imperial power and must obtain the value of their existence through the extension of the will of the imperial power.
They should not guide the emperor and princes to do things to achieve their own goals.
Liu Jin has this problem.
For example, if he guides the crown prince to have fun, what is his purpose? Is it to gain the prince's trust? What is the purpose of gaining trust? It’s not for the country or the people, right? He wanted to gain power for himself and become a prisoner of power to satisfy his desire for power.
In essence, this is an act of imperial authority.
This is something Zhu Houzhao cannot agree to.
He was already thinking about the way to treat Liu Jin, and Li Guangzhi's incident happened at the right time, just to see his choice and performance...
Now you are still hitting the muzzle of the gun. There is a way to heaven but you don’t take it, and there is no door to hell but you break in.
Speaking of which, if Liu Jin is touched, you can also see Li Guang's reaction...
Da da da……
Following the footsteps of the Crown Prince, Liu Jin was so nervous that she could hear her own heartbeat.
Suddenly, the crown prince stopped and stood in front of a eunuch who usually had no chance to speak.
"Look into my eyes." Zhu Houzhao said.
"Your Majesty... Your Highness..."
"Cheating and concealing... once discovered, it is a capital crime."
The more plainly he said these words, the more terrifying they became.
The young eunuch was frightened, his mouth was trembling, his eyes were darting around, his face turned pale and he immediately knelt down.
Then he lay on the ground and crawled towards Liu Jin!
"Eunuch Liu, Eunuch Liu, help!"
Liu Jin was horrified and kicked him away, "You blind thing! Your Highness is the one who makes the decision here! Why should I save your life?!"
"Your Highness!" Liu Jin also knelt down, "This kid was so scared that he lost his mind and started talking nonsense! Your Highness, please enlighten me!"
When he knelt down like this, Zhang Yong and others could only kneel down, so all the eunuchs knelt on the ground.
There is no need to ask any more questions about this situation, what must have happened behind the scenes.
But Zhang Tianrui, a small sixth-grade official, offended the crown prince, what value can he have?
Zhu Houzhao couldn't figure it out after thinking about it.
He rubbed his fingers and his eyes fell on the little eunuch who was so frightened that he lost his soul. "Aren't you going to tell me? Keep hiding it?"
"Your Highness... Your Highness, this, this is none of my business. Your Highness, spare your life!"
Zhu Houzhao observed that he glanced at Liu Jin secretly, but actually he was asking for help.
He couldn't let this person go, otherwise Liu Jin would kill him.
"Liu Jin, he asked you for help, what did you say?"
Liu Jin is not an ordinary person, and given time, he also thought clearly about his words.
"Your Highness, Zhang Zhongyun was unable to be on duty due to illness. This servant knows about this. As for this man, he may have done something wrong and was frightened by Your Highness, so he asked my servant for help. But what exactly did he do? , I really don’t know about it, let alone my instigation.”
"Oh." Zhu Houzhao had already sat down, putting his hands on the table and tapping his index finger regularly.
Liu Jin said this,
Actually it's wrong,
He minded.
Mind very much.
Because things have reached this point, Liu Jin still calmly said that he didn't know about it, which shows that he has enough confidence that even if he is tortured, this little eunuch will never dare to tell him to come out.
To put it bluntly, it may be because the prince himself is too young and is still a child, so Liu Jin's weight in the East Palace has reached an impossible level.
It's impossible not to attack this person.
Civil servants and eunuchs need a balance, and eunuchs also need a balance between them.
Zhang Tianrui's incident may also be related to this.
If this is the case, after Zhang Tianrui was fucked by Liu Jin, Liu Jin was safe and sound, and Zhang Tianrui lost power from then on.
Then this time he gently uncovered it,
From then on, it was Eunuch Liu who really spoke loud and clear in the East Palace.
So Zhu Houzhao was very concerned about it. What Liu Jin said was just a trap for himself.
This was okay in the past. The prince at that time did not have such political sensitivity.
But it's different now, and he needs to know it's different.
"What's your name?" After thinking about it, Zhu Houzhao asked slowly without being in a hurry.
The little eunuch cried and replied: "Qizhen... Tai... Prince, I call you Ping An."
"Peace, you don't have to be afraid yet."
"Thank you...your highness."
"Zhang Yong."
"My slave is here."
"Take Ping An down and lock him up, and provide him with good food and drink. No one is allowed to visit the prison or deliver messages without my order. You personally deliver food every day. If he is silenced, you don't have to come to plead guilty to me and kill yourself. Just apologize."
After Zhang Yong heard this, his body tightened and he said, "I obey your order!"
At this time, Zhu Houzhao looked at Liu Jin again and found that he was trying to stay calm, as if nothing was wrong.
But Liu Jin was already in a state of chaos in her heart.
The prince's reaction and decision today were definitely not what he expected in the past!
The prince has completely changed!
"Since you obey the order, then go quickly and don't waste any more time. Remember, you live when he lives and you die when he dies. Don't tell me that he was scared to death or accidentally fell to death while walking. Yes, I only look at the results. Even if he becomes terminally ill tonight, you still have to find a doctor to cure him, do you understand?"
Such words are already very heavy.
Zhang Yong did not dare to be negligent, "I understand, slave, from now on Ping An is my biological grandfather."
"Well, not bad." Zhu Houzhao deliberately praised, "I always feel at ease when you do things. If you handle the matter well this time, you will be rewarded."
"Thank you, Your Highness! I will resign, this servant!"
Zhang Yong is also a smart man. He knows that the prince wants to get to the bottom of this matter, so he absolutely cannot let anything happen to Ping An.
After the people left, the Crown Prince picked up his bow and started practicing again without talking to Liu Jin or letting him get up.
This silence is excruciating.
I didn't stop until I was tired and thirsty.
"Liu Jin,"
The old eunuch knelt for a long time when he suddenly heard the prince calling him, and his scalp began to feel numb. It felt like he was facing a powerful enemy!
"My slave is here."
"You have served me for many years, and my heart is not made of stone. I will give you another chance. As long as you tell the truth, I will let it go. If not... you should think about it yourself. Qiuyun,"
The girl serving tea did not expect that the prince suddenly called her too,
She was also very honest today, turning sideways and saluting: "Your Highness."
"Now go ask for peace, just say...just say that His Highness the Crown Prince is angry, and Liu Jin has already confessed. However, he had previously deliberately concealed this from the Crown Prince. If he wants to be exempted from this crime, he must confess what he knows. If it is the same as what Liu Jin said, this crime can be avoided. If it is not the same, just... sink into the river."
"My slave obeys the order."
This was said in front of Liu Jin. The incident happened so suddenly that the two of them had no time to discuss it and make up the same story.
This method is a trick, and the news cannot be passed on. What if Ping An really believes that he has confessed?
The old eunuch has been serving a real child for so many years, but he has never felt such pressure of life and death!
In an instant, my inner defenses were on the verge of collapse.
"Your Highness..."
"You don't need to explain more. I'm not in a hurry to hear your explanation." Zhu Houzhao interrupted him, not giving him a chance to speak, "Kneel down in front of the Xiefang Hall and think carefully about my feelings from yesterday to this moment. What you said. Think about it before you tell me. This is the last chance I will give you."
Liu Jin suddenly understood that what His Highness did yesterday was intentional!
