Mind Reading: The villain wins after hearing the princess's inner voice

Xiao Lichen told Emperor Jianchang the news that Tao Yuwei had told him, after making some changes.

"Your Majesty, I don't know whether this news that my people got from the black market in the capital is true or not, but it concerns your safety, so I have to mention it."

"Chen'er, don't worry in front of me. Just say whatever you want to say!"

He was very satisfied with his nephew's cautious and well-behaved attitude.

"Someone is trying to poison you before your majesty's birthday. Regardless of whether the news is true or false, you must take precautions!"

Xiao Lichen's words were like thunder, exploding in the ears of Emperor Jianchang and Zhao Chong.

"presumptuous!"

Emperor Jianchang's hands on the imperial desk shook uncontrollably a few times.

The news was too shocking for him.

He felt that the people around him were very strict in checking and controlling their food, clothing, housing and transportation.

If the other party wants to poison you, they can only do it in some places that are easy to overlook and have omissions.

Who is this person? He couldn't help but think of the adult princes.

Zhao Chong, who was standing aside and heard the news, was so frightened that his legs went weak and he half-knelt on the ground.

Oh my, who is that bastard who dared to poison His Majesty?

If this were to come true, he would be the most unlucky eunuch chief in the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

"Chen'er, tell me the details of this news!"

Emperor Jianchang was worthy of being an emperor. After a brief trance, he came to his senses and asked him with concern how he got the news.

Xiao Lichen's answer in this regard was flawless.

He deliberately said that he got information about the safety of Emperor Jianchang when he was trying to find out about the northern barbarians.

"Your Majesty, this must be the work of those Northern Barbarian spies hiding in our Great Zhou, who are full of wolfish ambitions. I will take people to your bedroom first to check if there is anything suspicious."

Zhao Chong stood up and was about to go out when Xiao Lichen called him, "Eunuch Zhao, has His Majesty taken any medicine recently?"

Before he could finish his words, Zhao Chong turned pale with fright.

Emperor Jianchang's face changed, his heartbeat quickened, he stood up quickly, clenched his fists, and punched on the imperial desk, several of his fingers bleeding.

Fortunately, the medicine Cao Youliang prescribed for him to regulate his body had only been boiled once. He was busy last time and did not have time to drink it, so he let Zhao Chong take it away.

"Zhao Chong, what did you do with the medicine I didn't take last time?"

When Emperor Jianchang thought of this, he became furious and asked hurriedly.

"Your Majesty, I have poured it under a flower pot. I will find it now."

How could Emperor Jianchang still sit still at this time?

He ignored the blood on his hands and followed Zhao Chong out quickly.

Xiao Lichen turned his wheelchair and followed behind.

When Zhao Chong and his companions came to a well-maintained flower bed and stood still, Zhao Chong trotted to find the pot of flowers where he had poured the medicine.

He searched everywhere but couldn't find it. Soon, he was sweating profusely from anxiety.

Your Majesty, I originally poured the medicine into the flowerpot at this location.

Look, the bottom of this pot of flowers is clean and spotless. It is not the pot where I originally poured the medicine.

Emperor Jianchang walked over and confirmed personally that the bottom of the basin was indeed clean.

His face turned solemn and gloomy.

"Someone, go find the person who manages this flower bed."

The young eunuch Zhao Kui immediately took the order and went to find someone.

After searching for a long time, I couldn't find it.

After hearing this, Xiao Lichen still didn't understand something.

"Your Majesty, there is no need to look for it."

After his reminder, Emperor Jianchang sighed softly.

"It turns out that there are indeed people in my palace who don't want me to live."

The person who manages the flower bed must have been silenced.

"Come here, the Imperial Guards will quickly search the entire palace. Anyone who is suspicious will be sent to the Heavenly Prison for personal interrogation."

Seeing that His Majesty had made a decision, Xiao Lichen found an excuse to leave the palace.

After leaving the palace, he took a carriage to the prison where Xiaoyuwei was specifically used to detain serious criminals.

As soon as he entered the door, he was personally greeted by the deputy commander of Xiaoyuwei.

Come to the office room.

"Sir, the results of the interrogation of Huo Xiujie by the Dali Temple are here."

The other party showed Xiao Lichen the information that Huo Xiujie confessed.

He quickly read the contents on the rice paper and silently placed it on the table.

Huo Xiujie was resentful of the unpleasant incident that occurred between him and Princess Anle at the Grand Prince's Mansion that day, and he wanted to take revenge on Princess Anle.

Seeing that someone was spreading the story about Princess Anle and Tian Linwen, he took advantage of the situation and added fuel to the fire. He specially sent people to spread the story about Princess Anle and Tian Linwen. That was not enough, he even had someone boldly run up to Princess Anle and provoke her.

The only thing that happened to him was the conflict between him and Princess Anle, nothing else.

Huo Xiujie said nothing about the matter between Concubine Huo and the Fourth Prince.

The evidence he currently has is not enough to completely eradicate Concubine Huo and Minister Huo.

The piece of evidence obtained from Princess Anle was just a rather obscure letter written by Concubine Huo to someone.

It said that it was all over and that the annoying wild daisies were all dead.

To reassure the other person, don't worry about spreading the seeds of discomfort on the wild daisies.

In the clan residence, he has arranged people to get close to the Fourth Prince. In order to find out the truth of what happened that year, he can let the Fourth Prince go first and get him out of it.

He had a hunch that the person who corresponded with Concubine Huo must be one of the murderers who framed his grandfather's family.

The Huo family has not received any more useful information for the time being.

"Has there been any progress in the interrogation of Gao Huaizhen?"

Concubine Gao and the Second Prince, mother and son, have behaved noncompetitively in front of His Majesty over the years, and have not given people the impression that they have any intention of competing for that position.

The second prince is a bit arrogant, but compared to the fourth prince, he is much more low-key.

Gao Huaizhen was imprisoned, but there has been no movement from his daughter, Concubine Gao, and his grandson, the Second Prince.

He didn't even go to His Majesty to plead for mercy. This was unusual no matter how you looked at it.

Normally, concubines would not be so quiet when an accident happened at home.

What's more, Concubine Gao's biological father encountered big trouble, but Concubine Gao did not say anything. Could it be that she and Gao Huaizhen were estranged?

Xiao Lichen's Xiao Yuwei did not find any useful information in this regard.

"Minister Gao remained very calm and denied any crime."

The deputy commander of Xiaoyu Guard is a very capable young man. He has a headache about interrogating an old veteran like Gao Huaizhen.

Considering that Gao Huaizhen is a second-rank official, he has not been tortured yet.

"You should hurry up and collect evidence of his crimes and try to convict him."

Xiao Lichen has already received a hint from Emperor Jianchang that he is determined to bring Gao Huaizhen down.

"Don't worry, Commander. I'll do it right away."

After walking a few steps, the other party suddenly turned around and said, "His Majesty ordered our Xiaoyu Guard to thoroughly investigate the matter of Tian Linwen throwing dirty water on Princess Anle. Tian Linwen has been taken back to the prison department and is currently being tortured in the cell."

After hearing this person's name, Xiao Lichen couldn't hide the disgust on his cold face.

"Has he confessed everything?"

Disregarding other people's lives and using women's reputation to fulfill certain personal interests, such despicable behavior is shameful.

"He insisted that it was Princess Anle who drugged him and they had sex."

Hearing this, murderous intent flashed in Xiao Lichen's deep peach blossom eyes.

If Princess Anle were here, she would definitely chop him with her knife.

"Keep on torturing him until he lets up."

Xiao Lichen was very familiar with the methods of his subordinates.

No matter how hard-mouthed one is, he has to speak the truth in the prison.

Tian Linwen used despicable means to destroy Anle's life and happiness.

He believed that there was someone behind Tian Linwen, and he had to take precautions to prevent the other party from killing to silence him.

"Let them keep a close watch on him."

The deputy commander understood what his superiors meant, nodded and left.

Xiao Lichen went to the office, sat at his desk, and began to review the documents that had accumulated recently.

At this time in the Dali Temple Prison.

Tian Ce sat alone on the hay in the cell.

His hands were bound with chains and he could not move freely.

After a sound of footsteps, a middle-aged man dressed as a butler appeared at the door of his cell.

"Master, you have suffered so much, I am here to see you."

The middle-aged man hurriedly stuffed a silver ingot into the jailer's hand. After taking the silver, the jailer urged him not to stay too long. When he saw that the middle-aged man agreed, he left with satisfaction.

When Tian Ce saw the person coming, he hurriedly stood up, put on his prison uniform, and walked to the cell door tremblingly.

"When will you rescue me, Master?"

He asked anxiously in a low voice.

The other party handed a box of hot food he had brought in through the gap in the cell door.

"The master asked me to tell you not to worry, he will protect your family."

Hearing this, Tian Ce raised his head and laughed.

Who did he do all these things for?

As a result, the other party was unable to save his life.

"There are rumors outside that my son is not his biological son. What's going on?"

Tian Ce still remembered this incident, but since he came to the cell, he no longer knew any news from the outside world.

The other party told him the truth. After hearing it, Tian Ce excitedly grabbed the other party's hand through the gap in the cell.

"Then where is my biological child?"

It's ridiculous that his wife loved him so much, but she actually exchanged her child with someone else without telling him.

The middle-aged steward shook his head and said, "This is your family affair. The master is not very clear about it."

The other party pulled his hands out of his hands and said, "You take care of yourself."

After saying this, the other party left quickly.

Tian Ce sat down weakly on the hay, staring blankly at the hot food that was served to him, not knowing what to do for a moment.

After an unknown amount of time, Tian Ce got up, kicked the hot food on the ground, and kept shaking his head and talking to himself.

"I will not die until I find my own child..."

In the palace.

Emperor Jianchang conducted a large-scale search for suspicious persons in the palace in the name of catching an assassin.

A eunuch who was in charge of cleaning the outer perimeter of the Wenying Palace went to his residence carrying a basket of pulled weeds.

He planned to dry the weeds and burn them into ash to use for washing things.

After returning to his residence, he took out something from the pile of weeds in the yard where they were drying in the sun, went into the house, looked at it quickly, and then put it in his mouth and ate it.

Not long after, the searching Imperial Guards arrived here, but after searching for a while, they found nothing and left quickly.

Standing at the door, watching the backs of the Royal Guards leaving, he took a deep breath of gratitude.

I don't know who sent someone to the palace to assassinate His Majesty at this time. This alerted the enemy and caused the mission assigned to him by his superiors to be temporarily interrupted.

Inside the cold palace.

Concubine Huo was anxiously awaiting news that her son would be released from the clan house by His Majesty.

The man promised her that he would help the prince restore his title within a few days.

The maid beside her ran in nervously, "My queen, it's bad, a lot of imperial guards are coming towards our cold palace..."

After hearing this, Concubine Huo said calmly, "Why panic? Just let them do what they want. There's nothing to be nervous about."

Just as the master and servant exchanged a few words, a team of imperial guards arrived and took her to the cold palace.

This time Zhao Chong followed in person.

When Imperial Concubine Huo saw Zhao Chong, she stepped forward and greeted him cordially, "Eunuch Zhao, did His Majesty remember me and want me to leave this damn place?"

Zhao Chong said with a serious face, "Princess Huo, someone was so bold today that he actually sent an assassin into the palace to assassinate Your Majesty. The man fled towards the harem. For your safety, please make way. We are searching for the assassin's trace."

Concubine Huo stood aside with a look of disappointment, giving up her seat and letting the imperial guards search around in the cold palace where she lived.

These imperial guards searched very carefully. It took them a long time to finally leave under the leadership of Zhao Chong.

"My Lady, why do I feel like they are not looking for someone, but something instead?"

Concubine Huo said nonchalantly, "Whatever they are looking for, it has nothing to do with us. Wait until the news of the search for the assassin in the palace has died down, and then you can help deliver another message."

The palace maid bowed respectfully and agreed immediately.

At night.

After half a day of chaotic searching, the Imperial Guards found nothing.

Emperor Jianchang sat on the dragon throne in the imperial study, with his hands clasped under his chin, and fell into long contemplation.

It seems that the person who drugged him was hiding quite well.

The young eunuch who was responsible for making medicine for him was arrested and interrogated severely. In less than a quarter of an hour, he recounted in detail the process of making and delivering the medicine that day.

The young eunuch said that he went to the toilet on the way to deliver medicine, and due to the other party's negligence, he was almost poisoned. He did not take the young eunuch's life, but punished him to serve in the cold palace.

Zhao Chong stood beside him and dared not say a word.

Knowing that the medicine soup prepared by the young eunuch is for Your Majesty, it means that the person is hiding in the dark and keeping an eye on Your Majesty's movements all the time.

I also know that the imperial physician has prescribed medicine for Your Majesty.

Judging from these circumstances, it is a terrible thing that the other party can easily obtain your Majesty's daily life.

It was because he did not do his job in maintaining His Majesty's daily affairs.

According to palace rules, Your Majesty will punish him without complaint.

"Zhao Chong, the person who drugged me will strike again. We must catch him next time. Go and make arrangements!"

In the absence of any definite clues, he temporarily pretended that nothing had happened.

Meanwhile, in a secret courtyard in the capital, someone was also making a decision on this matter.