Zhu Qi had followed Qiao Gui for several years and was very skilled in serving his superiors.

Su Fengyi asked him to move the armchair, but Zhu Qi was worried that if he put a bare armchair at the door, it would not look good for the princess to sit on, so he arranged something else.

Not only did he place a throne for Su Fengyi, he also set up a table and served tea and snacks.

Then she specially selected fifty young and strong Jinyiwei with outstanding looks and well-proportioned bodies, and asked them to stand on both sides with swords and hold the guard of honor for her.

Su Fengyi looked at them holding signs, flags, umbrellas, and fans, occupying half of the street, busy and orderly, and asked Zhu Qi:

"Where did all this stuff come from?"

Zhu Qi also held a knife and served beside him, and answered respectfully:

"Your Highness has been here every day recently. Although he is approachable, etiquette cannot be abandoned. I am worried that if you need to use ceremonial guards, it would be a loss of dignity for Your Highness to find them at the last minute. So I wrote a note to the Minister of Rites, Lord Yao, and borrowed them from the Ministry of Rites."

Lord Yao, the Minister of Rites, is currently imprisoned in the imperial prison. Su Fengyi has just gone to see him. Perhaps the food provided by Zhu Qi is too good. After these few days in prison, Lord Yao has gained some weight.

Su Fengyi smiled and said:

"You can't just borrow a ceremonial weapon. The fact that you can lend it to me shows that Master Yao is indebted to you this time."

Zhu Qi also laughed and said:

"Lord Yao is not doing me a favor. Lord Yao is a man who knows what is good and what is bad. He is doing me a favor. I am just taking advantage of your Highness. I am worried that the arrangement is not good enough, so I asked Lord Yao for advice several times. Your Highness, do you think this arrangement of the ceremonial procession is okay?"

It takes quite a lot of space to display these ceremonial objects, and there is definitely not enough space in the prison cell. If Lord Yao wants to give instructions, he can only come out to give instructions. Lord Yao is really pitiful because he is forced to work overtime while sitting in prison.

In the past, whenever Su Fengyi went out, he would travel alone on a horse, with light luggage, and he never did any of those fancy things.

So before, Su Fengyi just wanted to put a chair at the door and sit on it, and then stop the imperial guards from entering, and she didn't think of making it so troublesome.

But after Zhu Qi displayed all these ceremonial objects, Su Fengyi thought that they were quite impressive, so she decided to just keep them.

It was a rare opportunity to serve the princess. When Su Fengyi was sitting and drinking tea surrounded by a bunch of guards, Zhu Qi seized the opportunity and began to express his loyalty:

"Your Highness's orders are in my mind and I will guard the gates of the Imperial Guard with all my heart. I have assigned special personnel to guard each lord's cell. There are three shifts of guards in the Imperial Prison every day. Even the wellheads are watched day and night to ensure that the lords will never accidentally jump into the well or hang themselves.

I have hired two doctors to check the food and vegetables delivered to the Jinyiwei every day, and to check the pulse of the adults twice a day, morning and evening. I personally eat and drink the food and drinks of the adults every day, and make sure there is absolutely no problem before I dare to send it to them..."

Su Fengyi found this method more and more familiar, so she asked him:

"Did you ask Wutong anything?"

Zhu Qi smiled very honestly:

"Yes, yes, Lord Lu, you are generous with your teachings. I have benefited a lot from them."

Ever since Zhu Qi became Su Fengyi's secret agent in the East Factory, his contact person has been Wutong. Since Wutong was still a little maid, Zhu Qi has always been humble and never acted arrogantly, so he has a very good relationship with Wutong.

This time the princess specifically asked him to do such an important task, so he went to Wutong for advice that day. Wutong was busy with such an important matter as the palace examination. Since it was Zhu Qi who asked, he also took the time out to come out and tell him what he would do if he were to do it himself.

Zhu Qi was studious and did not miss a single step. He put all of them into practice and even surpassed his teacher, even completing the ceremonial process and testing the poison on himself.

Su Fengyi naturally had to praise his subordinates who were so capable and loyal:

"Commander Zhu is so loyal to me, I will certainly not treat him unfairly, and you will definitely remember Master Zhu's kindness. Since the doctor has seen it every day, is there anything wrong?"

Zhu Qi immediately took out two notebooks from his body, one of which was the daily pulse records of each adult, and the other was the log of the daily inspection by the Jinyiwei.

Su Fengyi looked at the pulse case and found nothing wrong except that a few adults had indigestion due to eating too much for a few days and the widow of the Luo family was mentally damaged due to excessive grief.

As for the logs checked by the Royal Guards, Su Fengyi read them and asked Zhu Qi:

"What did you find out after you caught the person who disguised himself as a vegetable farmer and poisoned the vegetable?"

Zhu Qi was ashamed:

"I am incompetent. When the person who came found out that the conspiracy was exposed, he committed suicide by taking poison on the spot before he could be caught."

The deadly poison of King Pingliang is hidden in his teeth, so it is really difficult to capture him alive.

As the two were chatting, the sound of horse hooves came from afar, and dozens of people, dressed as imperial guards, appeared at the street corner.

Seeing the eldest princess's procession from afar, the visitor did not dare to rush forward and stopped. Then one person walked over alone. It was He Hongfei.

He Hongfei came closer and looked at the fifty Jinyiwei holding the ceremonial guards with great admiration, and said to Su Fengyi:

"Not bad, not bad, beautiful, beautiful."

I don't know whether he is talking about the procession or the people.

Su Fengyi was not surprised to see that it was her. Every hour she would randomly go to the prison to pick a person from her own family to behead. Most people would not dare to take this job.

Seeing Su Fengyi drinking tea, He Hongfei did not talk about her assignment. He borrowed a chair from Zhu Qi, sat next to Su Fengyi, and started drinking tea.

After a while, another person from the Imperial Guard came over, saluted Su Fengyi, and whispered something in He Hongfei's ear. He Hongfei spread his hands:

"The errand is important, but this is not easy. The princess is drinking tea here. You have to wait until His Highness finishes drinking tea. Or do you want the princess to make way for you?"

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