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

Xie Chengze on the side laughed sinisterly twice. The advantage of being the second in command is that the big brother will take care of the big things, and the small things can be pushed to the younger brothers.

Emperor Jian couldn't bear to see Xie Chengze's smug look, so he stretched out his hand and pulled out the wolfskin scarf completely. "Then the three of you will get married together, and I will hold a peach blossom banquet for you - ok?"

Emperor Jian grabbed the wolfskin scarf, his eyes fell on Xie Chengze's neck, and he narrowed his eyes instantly, "Ze'er, what's that on your neck? Was it bitten by a mosquito?"

"Where do mosquitoes come from in winter?" Xie Chengze touched his neck subconsciously, "What's wrong? Is there something on my neck..."

He paused, and a vague memory flashed through his mind.

Last night seemed...

"It should be Xiaobai who bit him." Xie Chengze felt around his neck, "Are there any bites? Is there any bleeding? Do you have a bronze mirror?"

The battle-hardened Emperor Jian narrowed his eyes and looked at Xie Chengze with suspicion. The marks on his neck were obviously caused by sucking. Which tiger would suck a person's neck?

"You stayed in Wude Hall last night?" Emperor Jian asked. He remembered that Xie Chengze stayed in Wude Hall these days, and there were only Xie Jinyu and Xie Shoujun in that hall.

Is it...

No, that's impossible...

Emperor Jian felt dizzy and felt like the sky was falling.

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Xie Chengze looked at Emperor Jian in confusion, "Why is your Majesty asking this?"

"Who did you sleep with at night?" Emperor Jian asked with trembling lips.

"Xiao Bai." Xie Chengze stared at him suspiciously, "What happened?"

Emperor Jian was very dissatisfied with this answer. Although Xie Chengze and Little White Tiger shared a bed at night, who could guarantee that no one would sneak into the room and do something bad?

However, it is more reliable to ask Wuhen and Wuji for this kind of question.

"It's okay." Emperor Jian smiled kindly, as if the topic had passed. However, he was secretly thinking in his heart that he must find out which daring bastard dared to covet his brother!

……

Emperor Jian’s throne finally collapsed.

While the two brothers were reviewing memorials, Emperor Jian found Wuhen Wuzhi, but the answer he got was that Xie Shoujun, Xie Jinyu, Xie Zimiao, Shen Yuan, and Xie Chengze were all in the room last night.

Emperor Jian first ruled out Shen Yuan. He knew that Shen Yuan was an upright and self-disciplined person, and he would never do something inappropriate to Xie Chengze. Moreover, Shen Yuan was forced to stay with Ze'er, so how could he secretly do such a ridiculous thing?

In other words, the criminal is among those three brothers.

No matter what the answer was, Emperor Jian felt very crazy.

Although Xie Chengze is not his blood relative, he definitely treats Ze'er as his own son, so it is conceivable that no matter which of the three brothers did such a shameful thing, it would be a subversive blow to him.

He needs to calm down.

Emperor Jian sat on the steps, his legs trembling, his chin supported by his hands, his face very serious.

It shouldn't be Xie Zimiao. This kid has been sent out with Ze'er for such a long time. If something really happened, it would have been noticed by the sharp-sighted Ze'er long ago, and he wouldn't have had the opportunity to take advantage of it now.

It shouldn't be Xie Jinyu either. Over the years, the two have been at loggerheads. Jinyu has been to Chenghuan Palace many times, and he hasn't seen anything unusual about Ze'er. Especially since he knows his son well, he seems gentle and kind, but is actually domineering and coercive. If he wanted to take action, he would have done it long ago, and wouldn't have waited until now.

Then the only one left is Xie Shoujun, whom I haven’t seen for ten years.

Emperor Jian had heard about the little things that happened in the military camp, especially the wolfskin neck scarf that covered the marks on the neck, which was given by Xie Shoujun. If he was not feeling guilty, why would he give the neck scarf in today's not-so-cold weather?

Thinking about it this way, Xie Shoujun is indeed the most suspicious.

"It must be him." Emperor Jian stood up suddenly, and felt dizzy for a while. He held his head and shouted, "Zhao Quan! Let's go to Wude Hall!"

He wants to beat to death this bastard who covets the emperor's younger brother——!

In the main hall of Wude Hall.

Emperor Jian sat solemnly in the main seat, looking at Xie Shoujun standing in the middle of the main hall, silent and expressionless. He put down the teacup in his hand heavily and shouted majestically, "Xie Shoujun! Do you admit your guilt?"

Xie Shoujun raised his eyes to glance at Emperor Jian, his gaze fell on the wolfskin scarf in his hand, then lowered his eyes again, and said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner, "I wonder what crime this son has committed?"

"Hmph!" Emperor Jian snorted coldly and threw the wolfskin scarf in his hand fiercely at him, "If you are innocent, why do you have to be so guilty and give this thing to cover up!"

Xie Shoujun grabbed the fallen scarf and said calmly, "How about letting the whole palace know that the second prince was bitten by someone?"

Emperor Jian: ...

"It's not you?" Emperor Jian frowned. Seeing Xie Shoujun's reaction, he didn't look like he was guilty after being caught. He couldn't help but slow down his voice, "Who is it? As far as I know, you seem to have a high alcohol tolerance. How could you get drunk with Shen Yuan and the others last night?"

Xie Shoujun paused, obviously not expecting that Emperor Jian knew his alcohol tolerance.

It seems that he has asked someone about it before.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Jian was concerned about such trivial matters. Xie Shoujun sneered in his heart, lowered his eyelids again, and said indifferently, "How could your father know that I am the only one who can't drink much?"

He saw last night that Xie Jinyu, Xie Zimiao and Shen Yuan all seemed to be able to drink a lot and had to get up quite a few times to go to the bathroom.

When asked back, Emperor Jian curled the corners of his mouth, tapped the table with his fingertips uncalmly, and thought quickly in his mind.

The prince and Xie Zimiao rarely drank, so he really didn't know their true alcohol tolerance. But if they both had good alcohol tolerance, why did they pretend to be drunk? It couldn't be that they wanted to do it on purpose... No, no, no, no...

And Shen Yuan, a self-disciplined minister like him, would he really get drunk with the princes?

If he wasn't drunk, what was the purpose of pretending to be drunk?

The progress of the "investigation" has returned to the beginning.

Emperor Jian rubbed his brows feebly, feeling a severe headache, "My reputation will be ruined in an instant."

Xie Shoujun looked up at him in confusion.

Wasn't his reputation as an emperor destroyed when he married a minister?

It is normal for a son to learn bad things when his father is a tyrant.

"It really wasn't you who did it?" Emperor Jian glanced at Xie Shoujun tiredly and finally confirmed.

Xie Shoujun bowed with both hands and said calmly, "Father, don't worry too much. Since the other party only dared to offend in private, it is obvious that he does not have the courage and is afraid of being discovered by the second prince. I believe he will not dare to do it openly in the future. The second prince is still safe."

Emperor Jian thought so too.

Anyone who only dares to come secretly is a coward!

If you have the guts, just take my wife by force and bring her into the harem like he did back then~

After leaving Wude Hall, Emperor Jian did not take the sedan chair because he wanted to relax. As he was walking, he suddenly remembered something.

its not right……

When he just asked Xie Shoujun if he was the one who offended Ze'er, didn't Xie Shoujun give a direct answer?