The beautiful and powerful minister hooked up with the crazy emperor and couldn't escape

The imperial prison in the capital.

"How is the Emperor's uncle these days?"

Mo Ling walked slowly into the cell. King Zhao was originally sitting listlessly, but he immediately stood up after hearing Mo Ling's voice.

"A Ling, you are finally here. The emperor's uncle is innocent. Please let him out! The emperor's uncle can't stand living here for even a day!"

Mo Ling casually glanced at the environment inside the prison. Although it was not big, it was clean and tidy. Of course, it could not be compared with Prince Zhao's Palace.

"If your uncle is innocent, the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple will definitely clear his name. Your uncle should not worry too much."

King Zhao had a bitter look on his face. He rushed over, hugged Mo Ling's legs and knelt at his feet: "A Ling, please let me out! This prison is not a place for human beings to live!"

Mo Ling squatted down, looked at King Zhao straight in the eye, and asked softly, "Uncle, do you know how those people in Xitai Tower live?"

King Zhao usually went to Xitai Tower to enjoy himself, and other people would take care of the rest. How could he know where and how the people in Xitai Tower lived?

Seeing that King Zhao didn't say anything, Mo Ling stood up, broke away from King Zhao, walked to the middle of the cell, and smiled at King Zhao, but there was no smile in his eyes.

"It was about half the size of this cell, and there were more than a dozen skinny women living inside, without even a piece of clothing to cover their bodies."

After saying this, he turned around and faced the King of Zhao: "I see that your uncle's clothes are neat and tidy, and this cell is clean too. It is a thousand times better than those women's residences. What else is there to be dissatisfied with, uncle?"

Prince Zhao looked at Mo Ling in shock: "How can they compare with me? I am a first-rank prince!"

Mo Ling nodded: "Yes, you are a first-rank prince, so you can talk to me here intact."

King Zhao looked at Mo Ling in disbelief: "A Ling, what do you mean?"

Mo Ling walked back to King Zhao step by step: "Uncle, don't you have any regrets? So many people died in Xitai Tower, so many people were ruined by Xitai Tower, don't you feel any guilt at all?"

Prince Zhao was even more surprised: "How could this be? Xitai Tower has always been managed by Lou Xinyu, the emperor's uncle really doesn't know! Ah Ling, you must believe the emperor's uncle, the emperor's uncle really knows nothing!"

Mo Ling lowered his eyes, the last glimmer of hope in them disappeared, leaving only darkness.

"Okay, then let's assume that the emperor's uncle doesn't know. But he should know who the other person behind Xitai Tower is, right?"

"Another person?" Now King Zhao was really confused. What another person?

Mo Ling chuckled, "Uncle, are you still trying to tell me or do you know nothing? I was once assassinated in the courtyard of Prince Zhao's mansion, but the guards in Uncle's mansion seemed to be dead. Not a single guard showed up until I killed all the assassins."

"I was assassinated by your guards at the gate of Prince Zhao's mansion. You didn't know about this?"

King Zhao frowned, the shock on his face was more real: "It wasn't me! I never thought of harming A Ling, A Ling, believe me!"

Mo Ling looked directly at King Zhao and said, "Uncle, if you tell me who the man behind this is, I can still give him a lighter punishment for the sake of our uncle-nephew relationship."

"I really don't know! Aling, I really don't know!" King Zhao was almost going crazy. Where did the person behind the scenes come from? He knew nothing at all!

Looking at Prince Zhao's expression, Mo Ling basically knew that his uncle might really know nothing. The entire palace had been infiltrated by others. Even the attendants knew more information than he, the prince. It was really hard to describe.

At least the servants knew that the message was sent from the capital. Based on the information Mo Ling had obtained so far, it was speculated that the person behind the scenes was most likely in the capital.

"Since the royal uncle knows nothing, I will come to see him another day!" Mo Ling did not want to discuss meaningless issues with King Zhao anymore, so he walked out of the prison.

King Zhao wanted to come out with Mo Ling, but was stopped by the guards. He could only shout loudly behind him: "A Ling! I am really innocent, let me out!"

Innocent? Perhaps the King of Zhao was innocent in the assassination attempt, but Mo Ling didn't believe that he really knew nothing about the incident at Xitai Tower. He just didn't take those people seriously.

The Grand Master said that he who wins the hearts of the people wins the world. All people in the world, regardless of their status, are his subjects, and he should treat them all equally. Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. Only the will of the people can last long.

However, it was difficult to decide how to deal with the King of Zhao. After all, he was not a direct participant and was a prince of the royal family. If the punishment was too light, it would be unfair to the innocent people who died in vain. If the punishment was too heavy, I'm afraid the royal family would not agree easily.

Unlike Mo Ling who was full of sorrow at the moment, Feng Jiuqing was in a good mood at the moment, and he toured the entire Qianyuan Palace. Although he was actually quite familiar with Qianyuan Palace, as he had always lived in a side hall of Qianyuan Palace when he was the Grand Tutor, after all, he had not been back for a year, and some things had changed inadvertently.

For example, this thing on his feet was not in Qianyuan Hall before he retired, but it was unknown how long this thing had been in Qianyuan Hall before he came back.

The other end of this thing is fused with the Panlong Pillar in the hall. I really don't know what Yan'er was thinking to put such a thing in the hall.

Are you so afraid that he will run away?

Although he really wanted to run away, and he could have, he didn't want to see his portrait on the wanted poster. After all, the wanted poster would be posted all over the country, and if his friends knew about it, they would laugh their heads off. So when he thought of that scene, he couldn't take a step to escape.

But his position as Grand Tutor was not in vain, especially since he had lived in the palace for three years. It could be said that there was no place in the palace that he was not familiar with. When he was Grand Tutor, he often ran around the palace, and no one dared to stop him. Even the cold palace had his footprints.

Therefore, even under Mo Ling's close surveillance, he could still communicate with the outside world.

But it is indeed a bit boring to stay in Qianyuan Hall all day long, so it is better to find some fun.

Feng Jiuqing seemed to have suddenly thought of something, and smiled towards the darkness: "My friend on the roof, do you want to come down and chat? It's so hot on the roof. There are iced watermelons here. Would you like to come down and try it?"

After a while, nothing happened, but Feng Jiuqing heard a swallowing sound, and it seemed that he had taken the bait.

"Are you really not going to come down? Isn't it hot outside? I'm in this condition, how can I not run? Even if you come down, it won't have any impact."

Still no movement, Feng Jiuqing smiled and placed the watermelon on the table in the distance.

"Forget it, if you don't want to come, then don't come. I can't eat it anyway, so just leave it here."

Feng Jiuqing put it down and went back. He opened a storybook and started reading it with great interest. When he had read half of it, he suddenly felt a gust of wind. When Feng Jiuqing looked over, the watermelon was gone.

Feng Jiuqing raised his eyebrows. He thought that man would not be tempted. It seems that he is also a vulgar person. However, this secret guard is still too young.

The Queen Mother has been too quiet these past few days and hasn't bothered him at all. It's probably because the Duke of Weiguo was punished.

Duke Wei thought that no one would care about his ridicule, but who knew that Wen Chu would bring it to Mo Ling. It must be said that Duke Wei is also a talented person. Doesn't he know that whether he scolds him or spreads rumors at this time, he is slapping Mo Ling in the face?

No one knew what he had said to Mo Ling that caused him to be punished so severely. Normally, he would be fined a few months' salary at most, but Duke Wei was not only fined two years' salary, but was also almost demoted to a marquis.

I guess they weren't nice words. When Mo Ling came back that day, his face was very ugly, but in the end, he didn't tell him anything, which made him feel very upset now. It is most taboo to eat half of the melon.