How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

"Ze'er, has the prince really been poisoned?" After dismissing all the imperial doctors, Emperor Jian couldn't help but ask Xie Chengze, who was yawning and sleepy, as he looked at Xie Jinyu, whose lips were purple and whose face was in pain, lying on the bed.

"Isn't it obvious?" Xie Chengze clapped his hands and replied lazily, "The poison is quite deep. I think he won't survive. It would be better if father decreed the dethronement of the crown prince as soon as possible, so that..."

Xie Chengze pointed his finger at Xie Zimiao who came to visit the prince. Xie Zimiao quickly lowered his head and trotted behind Emperor Jian, pretending that he was not there.

Then the finger lazily pointed at Xie Shoujun again, "Let elder brother be the crown prince! He is strong and healthy, not afraid of baldness, and can review two thousand memorials a day!"

Xie Shoujun:?

Emperor Jian clapped his paws speechlessly, "If something really happens to the prince, I will make you the emperor and let you approve all the memorials!"

Xie Chengze was shocked, and all his sleepiness disappeared. "Father? Are you going to be buried with your brother, the Crown Prince? Don't let this foolishness get to you!"

Emperor Jian: ???

"What are you thinking?" Emperor Jian was so angry that he patted his lower back again, "What I mean is, I will be the emperor emeritus! I will enjoy the happiness and you will suffer! If the prince can't cure the poison for a few days, you will review the memorials for a few days!"

"What—?!" Xie Chengze let out a miserable wail, "No—! My vacation—!"

If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have acted with them. Why was he the one who got hurt in the end?!

The prince was poisoned twice, and the palace maid who poisoned him committed suicide out of fear of punishment. The clues were suddenly cut off. The Dali Temple investigated for three days without finding any results. Emperor Jian was furious, and thought of Shen Yuan in prison. He ordered him to make amends for his crime and find out the mastermind behind the poisoning.

On the day Shen Yuan was released from prison, Xie Chengze came to pick him up specially and ran into Cao Que who came with him.

"Second Prince." Cao Que performed the etiquette between a monarch and his subject towards Xie Chengze and said no more.

This person has always been low-key and inconspicuous in the Cao family. Now that he has changed into the purple official robe that symbolizes a high-ranking official, it is refreshing and makes people notice that his appearance and manners are equally extraordinary, which had never been noticed before.

Xie Chengze looked at him secretly. In the original novel, Cao Que only appeared once. That was when the crown prince was assassinated by the second prince. He helped the crown prince escape and rush to Liaozhou for safety.

Now that he shows up so early, could it be arranged by Shen Yuan?

Wait for him to come out and ask.

Xie Chengze withdrew his gaze and looked towards the entrance of the sky prison.

And the moment he withdrew his gaze, Cao Que's gaze also fell on him silently, stayed for a moment, and then slowly withdrew.

……

When Shen Yuan walked out of the prison, he saw Xie Chengze standing outside, whose eyes lit up when he saw him.

He couldn't help but smile and strode towards Xie Chengze. He didn't stop smiling until the man standing beside him saluted him.

"Sir Shen." Cao Que bowed slightly, "Congratulations on receiving the dragon's favor again."

"Who is this?" Shen Yuan pretended to be surprised and asked Xie Chengze.

"This is the newly promoted commander of the four wings of the Upper Four Armies' Divine Guards, Cao Que." Xie Chengze coughed lightly and explained.

"So it's the new commander-in-chief." Shen Yuan suddenly realized and nodded to Cao Que, "I wonder what Lord Cao wants to see me about?"

"I believe Lord Shen has already known about the Crown Prince being poisoned." Cao Que explained his purpose. "The Crown Prince is related to the safety of the Cao family, the court, and even the entire Jian'an. I hope Lord Shen will do his best to find the real culprit as soon as possible. My Cao family will definitely reward you handsomely."

"It is my duty, and I will do my best." Shen Yuan returned the greeting politely.

Cao Que nodded, then turned and left.

After the people walked away, Xie Chengze turned back and asked doubtfully, "Isn't Cao Que your man?"

Shen Yuan shook his head, "The Queen's people."

Xie Chengze opened his mouth wide.

Closed again.

"That's right." He muttered, pinching his thigh flesh intentionally or unintentionally with his fingers, "The queen must have some people, it's not surprising, not surprising."

Even Xie Zimiao has his own confidants, not to mention the queen who is the master of the harem. Xie Chengze quickly put it behind his mind and said to Shen Yuan enthusiastically, "Let's go! The food in the sky prison must be bad, I will treat you to a big meal when I go back~"

"Where to go back to?" Shen Yuan raised his eyebrows, "Cheng Huan Palace? Or Wu De Palace?"

“Uh…” Xie Zimiao immediately touched his hands guiltily, “Imperial Study…”

"Oh, so he was detained in the Imperial Study to review memorials." Shen Yuan crossed his arms and said jokingly, "Second Prince, did you deliberately poison the Crown Prince in order to seize the throne of the Eastern Palace?"

"Yes, yes, it's me." Xie Chengze was desperate and offered his hands, "Then quickly arrest me, I will let you do whatever you want with me!"

He really didn't want to review memorials at all, it was such a headache!

"Then I won't be polite." Shen Yuan leaned over and got into the circle formed by Xie Chengze's arms, put his arms around his waist, then jumped onto the eaves, stepped on the top of the wall and flew quickly towards the direction of Chenghuan Palace.

Being caught off guard like this, Xie Chengze was so frightened that he hugged his neck tightly and howled, "Mr. Shen! Don't fly around the palace just because everyone here is Cao Que's people!"

"Even if there is a fight, so what?" Shen Yuan smiled faintly, "Isn't it because of the favor and trust of the Second Prince that I can be so successful in this palace?"

"Tsk." Xie Chengze rolled his eyes. "How come you become so hypocritical after being in jail?"

"Maybe it's too lonely in prison." Shen Yuan tightened his hand on his waist, "You haven't sent any messages these days, I thought..."

I thought the second prince was back.

"Cough." Xie Chengze coughed a few times. "I've been busy marking memorials, writing teaching materials, and exercising these days. You don't know how abnormal Xie Shoujun is. He doesn't allow me to relax at all. Although he will rub my legs afterwards, but also..."

He paused, and suddenly looked up at Shen Yuan, "You noticed that my legs were hurting, so you carried me and flew with me?"

Shen Yuan glanced at him calmly, "Slow."

Xie Chengze curled his lips, "Slowness is a blessing."

"It's the first time I've heard of it." Shen Yuan laughed, "But it's good to be a little slow."

At least, he probably hasn't discovered the prince's paranoid feelings towards him.

Otherwise I don’t know how scared I would be.

-

"Did they go to Cheng Huan Palace?"

After receiving the news, Sheng Shihuai stopped feeding the fish and said, "Well, it seems that the two of them are going to discuss it privately."

He had not expected that the prince would be poisoned for the second time. He originally thought that Xie Chengze had poisoned him while the chaos was going on, but now it seems that it may be difficult to draw a conclusion.

However, the person who poisoned the person was very cunning. He even took advantage of the first poisoning to frame someone. I wonder who this person is?

Could it be the eldest prince?

Sheng Shihuai was thinking about this possibility, picking up some fish food in his hand and scattering it into the pond.

Or maybe, the prince directed and acted in the play himself?

No matter who it was, the poisoning of the Crown Prince in the Wude Hall would cause the Crown Prince and the First Prince to fall into turmoil. With just a little fueling of the flames, the two would go their separate ways and become political enemies.

"Send someone to confuse the public," Sheng Shihuai ordered, "lead the clues to the eldest prince, and take the opportunity to add fuel to the fire and spread the cause of death of the eldest prince's mother."

He wanted to make it impossible for the Crown Prince and the Eldest Prince to cooperate.

"Yes."

After I left, Sheng Shihuai threw all the fish food in the bowl into the pond and then walked out of the mansion.

Now that Shen Yuan is out of prison, we can't let him monopolize Xie Chengze's trust. It's time for him to show his face.