Chang Zuihou

"The city gate is just ahead, quickly give my badge to the gatekeepers and let them open the gate."

Commander Xue poked his head out to look at the heavily guarded Baihumen in the capital, and handed his waist badge to a guard next to him, asking him to go over to check it.

The snow was heavy this time, and Ye Piaoyao saw that the magnificent city walls were covered with snow, a vast expanse of whiteness, and the tall city gates towered majestically in this endless white field, looking like an isolated city of ice and snow.

It's finally here.Ye Piao let out a sigh of relief, put down the curtains, turned to Fang Hongfei and the others beside him and said, "Ye has kept his promise to escort Chang Zuihou to the capital, and the future matters have nothing to do with Ye."

After he finished speaking, he took a deep look at Li Xiao who was sleeping with his eyes closed, and wanted to say goodbye to him, but the words reached his lips, and he was unable to utter them.

"Why, won't Master Ye follow me into the city to wait for the reward?"

Fang Hongfei pretended to hold Ye Piao's hand affectionately, his face full of reluctance.

"No. As I said earlier, I did not escort Chang Zuihou back to Beijing with you for any reward."

Ye Piao waved his hands, looked sideways at Li Xiao, and got up to leave the carriage.

That being the case, Fang Hongfei naturally wouldn't stop him any more. Originally, the so-called Li Xiao still had a group of dead soldiers.

He opened the door curtain for Ye Piao, the pride in his heart did not show on his serious face.

"Hero Ye, take care all the way."

Ye Piao jumped off the carriage and stood in the snow, her brows were tightly locked, and deep helplessness was still engraved on her face.

He said to Fang Hongfei: "If he goes, there must be more bad luck than good luck. If he..."

If he is executed by the emperor, I hope you can tell me where the tomb is, so that Ye can go and see him in the future.

Ye Piao couldn't continue talking about what happened next, he wanted to take another look at Li Xiao through the curtain in pain, but was blocked by Fang Hongfei's figure, and he could only see the color of the corner of his clothes.

"That's all. A love-hate relationship is ultimately empty."

Ye Piao smiled, turned around silently, and walked back.

Not far away, the heavy city gate had been opened, and the carriage began to move forward again, leaving only a few winding ruts on the vast snow.

Ye Piao suddenly turned her head back, silently looking at the carriage that was drifting away, and the city gate that was slowly being pushed up.

The wind and snow howled, and in an instant, there was only loneliness left in the world.

"Five-flowered horses, thousands of gold, Hu'er will exchange for fine wine...to sell eternal sorrows with you!"

Ye Piao chanted this poem in a low voice, took out the wine bag and took a few big gulps, looked at the back of the carriage, smiled and spilled the wine slowly on the snow.

"Chang Zuihou, Ye respects you."

He grasped the hilt of the sword with messy eyes, and suddenly pulled out the Piaoling sword that had accompanied him for half his life.

The flowers are also falling, and the leaves are also falling, the most ruthless.I just don't know whether this ruthlessness is towards others or towards myself.

Ye Piao held his sword horizontally in his chest, and poured the remaining wine onto the coldly exposed blade of the sword.

Looking at the solemn ice and snow in front of him, he raised his left arm slightly, moved his right wrist, and after a flash of blood, an arm fell from the snow.

"If I cripple your foot, I will repay you with my arm. From now on, you and I will owe nothing! Haha...hahaha..."

Ye Piao restrained the acupuncture point, the severe pain made him stagger and almost fell, he leaned on the sword, the blood from the severed arm spilled all over the ground, the drops were very dazzling on the pure white snow.

"Five-flowered horses, thousands of gold, Hu'er will be exchanged for fine wine! Let me sell the eternal sorrow... Hahaha..."

Ye Piao's staggering shadow gradually became a small dot on the vast snow, but his sad laughter could still be heard in the whistling wind and snow. In the end, his figure went farther and farther, and a road stained red with blood did not know. Where did the stretch go, and his laughter was completely covered by the wind and snow.

A sinful person like Li Xiao is not qualified to see the emperor right away.

Chen Tingwei, who was in charge of the Yan Prison Mansion, personally brought Li Xiao to Yan Ming, and then took him into the sky prison of the Yan Prison Mansion.

"You two adults have worked hard all the way."

The culprit bowed his head, and everyone heaved a sigh of relief. After Chen Tingwei, Commander Xue and Fang Hongfei had a shambles, they immediately made preparations to interrogate Li Xiao.

According to the information disclosed by Fang Hongfei, after returning to Beijing, Xiao Ling put Prime Minister Sui under house arrest in the mansion, and made people secretly arrest General Chen and his uncle's traitors. It can be said that he won a complete victory.

But the little emperor still felt that his uncle would not be so simple, and that there must still be his unexposed remnants in this huge government and opposition parties, so he ordered the Yan Prison Mansion to conduct a strict investigation immediately after Marquis Gezi returned to Beijing. The trial of Xiao Li's treason case came to light.

Fang Hongfei, on the other hand, was appointed as a hero in countering the rebellion and allowed to participate in the interrogation of Ge Zhihou's case.

In fact, the seven years when Xiao Li was relegated to the Marquis of Gezi were the happiest seven years in Fang Hongfei's life. In those seven years, although Chang Zuihou was still indifferent to him, he obviously became more dependent and trusting. Let him do everything, and let him handle any major matters.

At that time, he needed himself and could only rely on himself.

When King Ning's power was gone, only he was still by his side, exiled to Gezi with him, without complaint or regret.

Fang Hongfei always thought that as long as he stayed by Xiao Li's side and treated him unremittingly, he would one day touch this proud master, but unexpectedly, Ye Piao's appearance completely wiped out his hopes.

Originally, he could not have betrayed Chang Zuihou, but he couldn't find a reason to convince himself.

He didn't want to lose that person's tenderness for the rest of his life. If so, it would be better for him to hate himself for the rest of his life.

From the very beginning, few people knew the news of the rebellion of the former King Ning and Marquis of Gezi, Xiao Li, until he was defeated and captured, and the news that he arrived in the prison today was still unknown.

Chen Tingwei knew the emperor's intentions, the world is peaceful now, why should there be another disturbance.

"Master Hou, your case of treason has been confirmed, so why do you pretend to be deaf and dumb, and recruit if you refuse to be honest?"

He smiled and took a sip of hot tea, glanced at Li Xiao who was tied to the rack and closed his eyes, and waved his hand. The jailer immediately understood and poured a bucket of snow water mixed with ice slag over it.

The snow water was piercing, Li Xiao trembled all over, gasped heavily, and exhaled white air.

After all, he is the uncle of today's emperor. Although there are a variety of instruments of torture in this torture room, no one dares to use them on him.

But Chen Tingwei bears the emperor's order, and vows to pry words out of his mouth.Since they couldn't easily torture the emperor's relatives, they specially found some methods of torture without leaving any traces to torture him.

Chen Tingwei asked someone to take off Li Xiao's brocade fur, and only let him wear a single piece of clothing and tie it to the torture rack. If he didn't say anything, he would be splashed with bitter snow, which made him shiver.

At first, Chen Tingwei thought that the dumb medicine given by Commander Xue and the others hadn’t expired, so the Lord Hou couldn’t speak. It was useless to ask him, but after he asked the imperial doctor to examine it carefully, the dumb medicine It turned out that the medicine had expired a few days ago.

Seeing Li Xiao's blunt mouth, Chen Tingwei, who has always been self-proclaimed, sneered coldly, stepped forward to wipe the snow from his face, and threatened in a low voice: "Master Hou, I dare not hurt you with torture tools , but there are many ways to make your life worse than death. Therefore, I advise you to recruit honestly, after all, inside and outside the court, are there other people who obey your orders?"

Every time he was drenched in snow, Li Xiao would feel as painful as if his flesh and blood had been cut alive with a knife.

He is a person who is afraid of pain, but he is arrogant but not stubborn. It stands to reason that as long as he said everything, he would not have to suffer any more.

It's just that Fang Hongfei's betrayal and Ye Piao's abandonment have already made him feel so heartbroken. All thoughts are lost and he wants to die.

Chen Tingwei saw that Li Xiao still didn't even open his eyes, Qingwu's lips were whispering something, and there was a smile on his lips.I don't know who I am laughing at.

"Since Lord Hou insists on not speaking, please forgive me for being rude! Come here, take a silver needle and probe the lungs for Lord Hou!"

He clapped his hands, and the guards immediately stepped forward and tore off Li Xiao's single clothes, which had been soaked in snow for a long time, exposing his slowly rising and falling chest.

Chen Tingwei personally picked up a one-finger-long silver needle and held it in his hand. The torture room was dark and even the firelight looked cold.

The silver needles shone slightly under the cold firelight, and slowly sank into Li Xiao's chest one by one.

"what……"

A burst of severe pain finally made Li Xiao, who had endured it for a long time, yell out. He saw the silver needle still piercing into his body, he gasped for breath, his chest tightened, and his lungs throbbed violently. It was so painful that he dared not take a breath.

"Master Hou, it's too late to say it now."

Chen Tingwei stopped his hand, but the silver needle was still in Li Xiao's body, piercing his lung, causing him to take a breath and feel the pain.

Although the pain was unbearable, Li Xiao endured it.

He looked at the Senluo Hell in front of him in a trance, and shook his head stubbornly.

He won't confess because he doesn't want to live anymore.

When he died, Fang Hongfei would be satisfied, the emperor's nephew would be at ease, maybe even Ye Piao would be at ease, even himself.

"I don't know what to do. Come here, let me stick all these needles in. I want to see how hard your bones are, Uncle Huang?"

Chen Tingwei's face turned cold, and he ordered the jailer to continue to torture.

When Fang Hongfei rushed to the torture room of the Heavenly Prison in Yan Prison Mansion, the guards were still repeatedly torturing Li Xiao with silver needles.

They stabbed the silver needle into his chest, then slowly withdrew it, and stabbed it in again.

Li Xiao was tied to the torture rack with a pale complexion, and from time to time his whole body convulsed in pain, and a hoarse gasp came out of his throat, which was very painful.

"Uncle Huang is really stubborn, and I have no choice but to do so."

Chen Tingwei was surprised to see Fang Hongfei standing at the door in astonishment, fearing that he would question why he dared to torture the royal family, so he hurriedly explained.

Fang Hongfei didn't care about listening to his explanation, and walked up to Li Xiao, who was already in a trance, in a few steps.

He was about to push away those jailers and pull out the silver needle that had been pierced into Li Xiao's chest, when he heard the word "Ye Piao" slowly calling out from his chapped lips.

Fang Hongfei's hand about to pull out the needle stopped in the air, and his face suddenly became strangely gloomy.

"That's right, the emperor has ordered us to sternly investigate this case of treason. If Lord Hou keeps silent like this, it will be difficult to explain it when the time comes. Master Chen, let's continue."

Now that even Fang Hongfei nodded in acquiescence, the guards had no more scruples, and rushed to fetch water to wake up Li Xiao who had fainted from the pain.

"Uh……"

The silver needle between the chest and lungs was twisted viciously, and the pain was even worse. Li Xiao woke up from the pain, slowly opened his eyes, and saw Fang Hongfei who had arrived at the prison at some time.

His loyal Director Fang still had a serious and unsmiling look, but he was watching him being tortured indifferently at this moment.

As the silver needle pierced another point, Li Xiao hardly dared to breathe anymore. He held his breath in pain and looked at the person in front of him in pain. Unconsciously, there was a look of pleading.

"Hongfei..." He weakly called Fang Hongfei's name, his pleading intentions were already in his trembling voice.

Fang Hongfei lowered his head and smiled, waved his hands and said, "Master Hou, don't call me. Master Chen has the final say here, I can't help you."

The pain in the lungs became more and more acute, and Li Xiao gasped slowly, unable to utter a single word.

Suddenly his body trembled, and a mouthful of blood finally overflowed from between his lips.

When Chen Tingwei saw that he was vomiting blood, he knew something was wrong, so he hurriedly had the silver needles that had been pierced into his lungs pulled out for him, and he was released from the rack.

Li Xiao half-kneeled on the ground, his body covered with wet snow, he covered his mouth and couldn't stop coughing, more and more blood dripped from between his fingers onto the stone slab.

Fang Hongfei turned pale with shock, he didn't expect Chang Zuihou's internal injuries to be so serious, he hastily squatted down to support him, and put his palm on his back to breathe out his true energy.

Li Xiao let go of his hand covering his mouth, which was covered in blood. He looked up at Fang Hongfei who was panicked at this moment, with a disdainful smile all over his face.

"Why do you have to act now? Cough cough cough..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Li Xiao coughed again. He pushed Fang Hongfei away and sat down on the bloody ground.

"That's all for today, take him down, so that he can be kept in custody."

Chen Tingwei waved his hand helplessly, and had no choice but to order Li Xiao to be taken back to the cell first. If the trial continues, he will kill the emperor's uncle, which he cannot afford.

When Ye Lixiao developed a high fever, he was wrapped in a thin quilt and lay on the cold stone bed in the prison, tossing and turning, his chest and lungs still aching.

"Master Hou. I'm here to see you."

Fang Hongfei stood at the door, looking at Li Xiao's trembling back, feeling unspeakable guilt in his heart.

He hated Li Xiao's indifference and contempt towards him, but his love for this person in his heart was no less than hatred.

Hearing Fang Hongfei's voice, Li Xiao smiled lazily, then turned around and asked, "What are you doing here? Seeing me make a fool of myself or come up with another way to torture me?"

"Subordinates...don't dare."

Fang Hongfei asked the jailer to close the door, and walked slowly to Li Xiao's side.

He lowered his hands respectfully, stood with lowered eyebrows as usual, and sat down when he saw that Li Xiao ignored him.

"Master Hou, I brought you some medicine."

He took out a blue and white porcelain vase from his arms, and then helped Li Xiao up.

Li Xiao was supported by him all over weak and weak, only his beautiful eyebrows and eyes never lost the awe-inspiring arrogance of Chang Zuihou.

Fang Hongfei saw that his face was terribly pale and the corners of his mouth were still bloodshot, so he hurriedly pulled off the bottle cap and brought the medicine to Li Xiao's mouth.

"Take it away." Li Xiao turned her head slightly, and flatly rejected the other party's kindness.

Fang Hongfei looked at him helplessly, and forcefully poured the potion into his mouth regardless of Li Xiao's resistance.

"Master Hou, forgive me."

Li Xiao didn't know what kind of medicine he brought, but after swallowing, he felt that the burning and aching lungs seemed to be surrounded by a burst of coolness, and the pain began to gradually ease.

He glanced at Fang Hongfei contemptuously, and couldn't help but sneer.

"What are you still pretending to do? Why don't you just kill me with one knife!"

Fang Hongfei didn't answer his words, but just supported him to lie down and covered him with the quilt.

After everything was done, Fang Hongfei got up quickly and knelt down in front of Li Xiao.

"Master Hou, I know you hate me, and I dare not ask Master Hou to forgive me. I just hope you can take care of your health. In the future, if there is a chance... maybe we can meet Daxia Ye again."

When he said this, he was very reluctant in his heart, but he also knew that only Ye Piao could make this indifferent and cold Chang Zuihou show off his face and laugh. Xiao thought to himself, let him not ask for death so easily.

"Ye Piao..." Li Xiao murmured the name, and the imposing figure appeared in front of him again.

Fang Hongfei didn't mention it, but when he mentioned it, he missed him so much and wanted to see him.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to see him." Li Xiao sighed softly and smiled calmly.

Given his situation, where would the end be better?It would be happier if he died, but if he was imprisoned here in such a dark place, he would just die with hatred after being tortured.

Li Xiao coughed a few times, causing a throbbing pain in his chest and lungs, a sweetness in his throat, and forced himself to swallow the blood that was about to come out.

Suddenly, he sat up, his eyes suddenly fierce.

"Fang Hongfei, listen, if I die in the future, you must never let Ye Piao know the news!"

Fang Hongfei raised his head and stared at him dazedly, with bitterness on his face, not knowing how to answer.

"Promise me!" Li Xiao's words were already half pleading and half tough, he grabbed Fang Hongfei's shoulder and shook it hard.

The bitterness on Fang Hongfei's face gradually turned into a mocking sneer, he shook off Li Xiao's hand that was holding him, and stood up indifferently.

"Okay, I'll promise you. However, my subordinates think that after a few years without news of you, Lord Marquis, Daxia Ye will gradually forget about you, so what's the matter with your life or death?"

"Ye Piao is not that kind of person!"

Li Xiao was so angry that he choked out a mouthful of blood, and his voice was hoarse and low.

"If he really has Master Hou in his heart, how could he be willing to hurt you like this?"

Fang Hongfei saw that Li Xiao was provoked by himself, and for some reason he felt pleasure in his heart, and sneered again mercilessly.

Li Xiao took a deep breath, lay down on the bed, closed her eyes and smiled, and asked, "What about you? Is it your sincerity that you hurt and humiliated me so much?"

Fang Hongfei couldn't answer, he was ashamed and at the same time hated Li Xiao a little more.

He stared at Li Xiao's weak and haggard face expressionlessly, and said word by word: "If Master Hou had the slightest sincerity towards his subordinates, his subordinates would not have acted so presumptuously. If you want to blame, blame yourself Too flimsy."

"Hahaha..." Li Xiao laughed dumbly, and asked slowly: "You mean, if I had treated you better, you wouldn't have betrayed me and brought me down to where I am today?"

"Yes!"

Fang Hongfei spat out a word with a firm expression.

"It's a pity that Chang Zuihou never forces himself to do what he doesn't want to do, and neither can others."

After Li Xiao finished speaking in a low voice, she turned around without looking at Fang Hongfei.

Fang Hongfei looked at this indifferent and rejection-filled back in extreme disappointment, his eyes dimmed, and he quietly left the cell.

"What? Uncle Huang still refuses to confess?"

Xiao Ling tapped on the imperial case, and looked at Chen Tingwei and Fang Hongfei who were kneeling below with great dissatisfaction.

It has been ten days since Xiao Li was brought back to the capital and handed over to the Severe Prison House for interrogation. He naturally knows the methods used by the Severe Prison House. Anyone who enters will come out without telling the truth.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I have tried my best to interrogate him, but the emperor never opened his mouth. I dare not inflict severe punishment on him...so there has been no progress." Chen Tingwei reported the situation of interrogating Chang Zuihou these days with trepidation. , has long been entangled in this matter.

Xiao Ling glanced at the two of them coldly, remembering his arrogant uncle, snorted heavily, and ordered: "Bring him into the palace immediately, let me ask him personally."

Xuanren Pavilion was the place where the prince studied and practiced martial arts in the past. Looking at these familiar palace walls, Li Xiao seemed to be back in his youth, and his imagination was running wild.

Back then, his lofty ambitions and pride sprouted here, and he always thought that one day he would be able to rule the world as the emperor with both civil and military skills. But now, the world is unpredictable, and everyone will be punished if he comes back here again. Rebellious ministers and thieves.

He looked into the bright Xuanren Pavilion, the nephew who was always crying and acting like a spoiled child to him was sitting in the center wearing a dragon robe in high spirits.

Li Xiao staggered into Xuanren Pavilion dragging heavy iron shackles, standing without kneeling.

Seeing that he dared to offend the emperor, the guards on the side stepped forward and shouted, "Kneel down!"

Xiao Ling raised his hand to make them retreat first, stepped forward and smiled at Li Xiao: "Long time no see, Uncle Huang."

Li Xiao looked at the heavy shackles on his hands and feet, and smiled hoarsely, "There is only the sinner Xiao Li here, and there is no His Majesty's uncle."

"You are still my emperor's uncle before I have issued an order to deprive you of your clan status."

Xiao Ling approached Li Xiao's side, looked at his disheveled temple hair and haggard face, and suddenly found that he had been estranged from this uncle who loved him very much when he was a child for a long time.

Being in the royal family, from the very beginning, there was only power struggle. The so-called family affection is always a victim in the face of power.

"Uncle, my father once said that you are a talented person. With you in one day, the country can maintain peace for a lifetime, but why do you rebel in your heart again and again? Do you really want to see the chaos of war to be satisfied?"

Xiao Ling's reprimand sounded like a joke to Li Xiao's ears. He squinted at the young emperor arrogantly, and said with a sneer, "Why do you rebel in your heart? This throne belongs to me! I miss your father." Although I am older than me, it’s a pity that the essays and martial arts are better than this king! If this king hadn’t been fighting outside all the year round, how could your father have the chance to take my throne! What this king is doing is to get back what belongs to me. , the world of the Xiao family, if the people of the Xiao family are to be emperors, those who are able should live there!"

"The capable ones live here? Emperor Uncle, you ask yourself that you are capable, why do you fail to do things again and again, and suffer from it instead?"

Xiao Ling laughed loudly, and his sharp eyes immediately returned to Li Xiao's pale face.

He watched his uncle's expression change slightly after hearing this, and he forced himself to remain calm again.

"It's not me who is incompetent, I just mistrust others."

While talking, Li Xiao turned her head and cast a resentful look at Fang Hongfei who was standing by.

Fang Hongfei stood on the side silently, staring straight ahead, not moving at all, let alone interjecting a word.

Winning the king and defeating the enemy is an ancient principle, Xiao Ling also thought, if not for Fang Hongfei's help, if Li Xiao's uprising was successful, his situation might not be better than he is now.

"Uncle Huang, I want to know, if you really arrested me that day, how would you deal with me?"

He walked to Li Xiao's side, his cold eyes darkened, and he had a slight killing intent that had never been seen before.

Maybe his father is right, Xiao Li is indeed a talent, but unfortunately he is his enemy.As long as his rebellious heart does not die for a day, he may not be able to sleep peacefully.

The corner of Li Xiao's lips raised, and a hint of complacency appeared in his eyes involuntarily. He knew that this nephew was afraid of him after all.

"Of course you will be imprisoned in the strict prison forever."

"Oh? If you shut it down and don't kill it, you won't be afraid of chaos in the future?" Xiao Ling was a little surprised by his answer, and asked again.

Li Xiao turned around, dragging the shackles rattling, looked at his nephew contemptuously, and replied arrogantly: "Just you kid, I don't need to be careful."

Xiao Ling was taken aback by what he said, remembering the situation when he was reprimanded by the emperor when he was a child, it seems to be the same as now, the difference is that he was still small at that time, standing short, and he was very unconcerned about his willful and unrestrained nature. The surly uncle can only look up.

"Then uncle, tell me, how should I deal with you?"

He lowered his brows and smiled, the helplessness of the king could hardly be concealed on his young and handsome face.

"A hero's end, but he wants to die."

Xiao Ling looked up in astonishment, and clearly saw the calm and high-spirited smile on Li Xiao's face.

At this time, Fang Hongfei's eyes finally started to panic. He almost stepped forward to intercede for Li Xiao, but his legs were as if they had been injected with lead, making it difficult to move.

What is he?If he hadn't betrayed Chang Zuihou, this hero's end would not have happened.

Fortunately, the little emperor didn't intend to go against what he said before not to kill Li Xiao.

"Uncle, if you don't kill me, how can I have the heart to kill you? You'd better tell the truth about those people inside and outside the court colluding with you, so you can spend the rest of your life in peace as soon as possible, and don't have to suffer from torture..." Xiao Ling sighed heavily, and helped Li Xiao.

"Since they have chosen me as their master, I will not betray their trust. Your Majesty, you should kill me as soon as possible. Once I die, they will have no more attachments and will naturally submit to you."

Li Xiao's tone was firm and indifferent, as if everything he was talking about now had nothing to do with his life or death.

From time to time, he looked up at Fang Hongfei, who was in a panic, with a happy and cold smile on the corner of his mouth.

"It seems that Uncle Huang has made up his mind...in that case..."

"emperor!"

Fang Hongfei thought that Xiao Ling was moved by Li Xiao, and he was really going to die, so he was confused and immediately knelt down.

"No need to say more!" Xiao Ling waved his hands impatiently, closed his eyes and sighed, and ordered, "Xiao Li, Marquis of Gezi, is a traitor and intends to rebel, and now he is secluded in the strict prison mansion, and he will not be released by imperial edict, and will never be released! Someone, take Xiao Li away immediately!"

Li Xiao smiled faintly, feeling at a loss for this punishment, how to deal with him is ultimately the emperor's business, life or death, to him, it doesn't really make much difference.

After Li Xiao was escorted away, Xiao Ling sat back on the soft couch with his forehead resting, hissed softly, "Uncle Huang is really powerful, he almost forced me to bear the notoriety of murdering my uncle, even though his court failed to settle, But as long as he is in my hands, the dry man must be worried and dare not act rashly. Fang Aiqing, this matter will be concluded for the time being. I want to make you the second-rank General Zhengxi and Marquis of Guannei. I don't know what you want How about next?"

"Fang Hongfei thanked the lord for his kindness. It's just that I don't have much merit, so I can't bear such a generous gift... I wish..."

Xiao Ling is a smart person. Seeing Fang Hongfei's hesitation, he knew that he wanted something else.

"Then what do you want?"

"Although Lord Hou rebelled against His Majesty, I have always been with his master and servant. Seeing him in such a state of desperation, I can't bear it. I only hope that I can serve the Severe Prison House. On the one hand, I can serve Lord Hou until his old age, and on the other hand, I can treat him for His Majesty." Keep it under strict supervision, so as not to cause trouble in the future."

Fang Hongfei dared to say what was in his heart, knelt even lower, and did not dare to raise his head.

He waited for a long while but didn't hear Xiao Ling's answer. He was about to raise his head when he heard the emperor's chuckle.

"Fang Aiqing is worthy of both loyalty and righteousness. Well, I will grant you, and I will make you the deacon of the Severe Prison Mansion immediately, and you will be in charge of all the affairs of the mansion. If there is any movement from the emperor's uncle, you can Report anytime."

This night, when people are sleeping peacefully, they don't know that the country has just ended a mutiny that almost caused civil strife.