"The Second Young Master is fine now," Nan Xing chuckled, "He's alive and well, and he even caught the eunuch who led him there and is going to file a complaint."

Song Mingli smiled silently. His second brother was really something. He couldn't even wait until tomorrow to file a complaint.

Song Mingli entered the Funing Hall.

The hall was bustling with officials and nobles toasting each other.

The emperor and empress had already left the throne, and everyone seemed more relaxed.

But in the imperial study.

The emperor stood with his hands behind his back.

Song Yunqi, who was standing behind, had a look of indignation on his face.

The young eunuch kneeling on the ground was trembling.

The emperor frowned and said, "Are you still not telling the truth?"

"He Hongxi, send him to the Shenxing Division. I want to see how stubborn he is."

The young eunuch was so frightened when he heard this that he opened his mouth and was about to bite his tongue.

Song Yunqi reacted faster than him and stepped forward and chopped his neck with a knife.

"I haven't even told you the truth yet, and you already want to commit suicide! You wish!" Song Yunqi snorted.

The emperor glanced at him and said half-jokingly.

"It's obviously a honey trap, but you're still feeling wronged?"

Song Yunqi bowed his hands with a serious face and said, "Since I was a child, I have seen that father and mother are deeply in love. There has never been any jealousy or intrigue among concubines or maids."

"I often hear that those families with many women in the backyard have difficulty in having peace. Daddy also often teaches us brothers not to ruin the harmony of the family for the sake of lust."

"I do not wish to be involved in affairs of fame and fortune, I only wish to marry the woman I love peacefully and smoothly."

Upon hearing this, the emperor couldn't help but nod slightly. No wonder the fourth brother could get along well with the Song brothers.

This personality is quite similar.

Or maybe the fourth brother was also influenced by General Song.

"You can go back without worry. I will make sure to get to the bottom of this matter," said the emperor.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Song Yunqi bowed and took his leave.

He Hongxi asked someone to send the young eunuch to the Shenxingsi.

The young eunuch would rather bite his tongue and commit suicide than go to the Shenxingsi... because he had already heard about the methods used by the Shenxingsi.

Once you are sent in, it becomes difficult to commit suicide.

The emperor didn't even sleep at this moment, just waiting to hear the results of the interrogation by the Shenxingsi.

"Your Majesty, it's late at night..." He Hongxi asked the tea room to prepare some calming tea.

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the emperor, "Is the efficiency of the Shenxing Division so low now? Tell them, when the results of the investigation are out, I will rest."

The pressure was put on Shenxingsi.

The people in the Shenxing Division didn't even dare to take a nap, and they wanted to use all their skills...

However, the young eunuch could not endure so much torture. He confessed everything by the third shift.

When He Hongxi received the confession handed over by the Shenxing Division, he first breathed a sigh of relief, "The Emperor can finally rest."

But after reading the confession, he breathed a sigh of relief. After the emperor reads this confession, will he still be in the mood to rest?

The confession was presented before the emperor.

"Prince Cheng's spy?" The emperor did not look surprised. "It is indeed Prince Cheng. Seeing how much I favor Song Yunqi, he can't sit still?"

"He Hongxi..."

"The slave is here!"

"Am I very old?" the emperor suddenly asked.

He Hongxi was startled and quickly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty is young and strong, and in good health. How could you be old? You..."

The emperor waved his hand and said, "Although I am young and strong, my sons have grown up!"

As we grow older, our desires also expand.

After the emperor finished speaking, he threw the confession back to He Hongxi.

"Tell Shen Xingsi to continue the investigation and dig out all the clues he knows!"

"You must do this yourself, and don't let anyone go!"

There was not much anger on the emperor's face.

But He Hongxi knew that the emperor was already angry.

The emperor went to rest, but He Hongxi did not dare to do so. He went back to the Shenxingsi without stopping and personally watched the officials of the Shenxingsi try the young eunuch.

There hasn't been a major reshuffle in the inner palace for many years.

That night, He Hongxi, armed with the emperor's handwritten edict, arrested dozens of palace maids one after another and escorted them to the Shenxingsi.

After daybreak, the weather was fine and seemingly calm.

The emperor looked at the list on his desk with a gloomy expression.

"Oh, there are quite a few rats raised right under my nose!"

The emperor snorted coldly, "I usually turn a blind eye and don't bother to pay attention to them, but they are getting bolder and more rampant! Do they really think that my eyes are blurry?"

"Leave no one alive."

The emperor's face darkened, and the emperor's coldness and majesty were fully displayed in him at this moment.

He Hongxi immediately took the order and left.

……

The third prince was sleeping when he was suddenly awakened by someone.

"Dad, Dad!" Chu Shilin's face turned pale and he looked dazed.

The Third Prince sat up and said, "What's the matter? Your father is still behaving well, how dare you go out and cause trouble?"

Chu Shilin quickly shook his head, "No, Dad! I didn't cause any trouble, but those spies that Dad had set up in the palace for a long time... are gone!"

"What?" The third prince was stunned when he heard this, thinking that his way of waking up was wrong.

He lay down again, closed his eyes and covered himself with the quilt.

Chu Shilin stood aside, staring blankly.

"……father?"

The Third Prince took a deep breath and opened his eyes again, "What did you say? Say it again?"

Chu Shilin swallowed his saliva and said, "The spies you had been deploying in the palace for a long time were all eliminated overnight last night. Not a single one was spared."

The third prince blinked and said, "I must not have woken up yet."

After saying that, he closed his eyes again, expecting a different result.

Chu Shilin was young after all, and he couldn't keep his cool, so he sat beside his bed and sighed.

The third prince opened his eyelids suddenly, "I'm not dead yet! Why are you sitting beside my bed and sighing?"

Chu Shilin pursed his lips, "Dad, you should have a good rest."

Chu Shilin stood up and walked out.

"Wait, come back here!" The third prince threw back the quilt and got out of bed. "Why? I didn't do anything!"

"Since I came back from the clan house, I have been very quiet and have stayed at home more than a young lady. Why is that?"

Chu Shilin glanced at his father's face and lowered his voice, "According to the gossips that my grandfather and uncle brought back..."

"It was my second uncle, King Cheng. Last night at the Mid-Autumn Festival Palace Banquet, he plotted against others... but failed, and was caught by someone."

"Grandfather became furious and conducted a thorough investigation overnight, punishing all the problematic palace servants..."

After Chu Shilin finished speaking, the Third Prince stood there in amazement, not moving for a long time.

God is so blind!

He stayed at home obediently and did not even dare to show up at the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, for fear of making his father unhappy.

He behaved so well, but he still couldn't escape this sudden disaster? !

"Don't be sad, Father... You should look at the bright side of things. There is actually a good side to this matter."

Seeing that his father was hit so hard, Chu Shilin had to rack his brains to comfort his father.

Our family is already in a state of decline, and my father cannot let this despair continue!

The Third Prince raised his head slowly, looking at his son intently, "What's the benefit?"

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