After 15:00, no one came back to report. Honghui could no longer sit still. "Zhao Quanshun, go ask the gatekeeper if anyone knocked on the door at night?"

Could it be that Ama and Su Peisheng were both tripped up? Or was it that the banquet had not yet ended?

When he found out that there was indeed no one knocking on the door, Honghui stood up decisively and said, "Lead the way, and ask two servants to follow. Come with me!" He couldn't wait any longer, in case something unexpected happened.

As everyone knows, the Emperor doesn't like the Eighth Prince very much now, so the Eighth Prince's courtyard is quite remote, almost isolated in a corner. Even the Ninth Prince's residence is closer than his.

Unexpectedly, after walking for more than a quarter of an hour and passing by a garden, the person in front of me was Su Peisheng.

"Eunuch Su, why are you alone? Where's Ama?"

Su Peisheng replied while talking to Qian'er: "The master is a little drunk, and he is walking in the garden to sober up! Because the jade pendant was left with the Eighth Master, the master sent me back to get it, so I didn't go far..."

A typical trick of luring the tiger away from the mountain. Even a smart man like Su Peisheng was fooled. It shows how unvigilant Ama is!

"Father is drunk. If you leave him alone, what if something happens? Eunuch Su, this is the Rehe Palace. We are unfamiliar with the place. This is not the mansion!"

In a fit of anger, his tone was inevitably a little harsh, but Su Peisheng did not complain at all. Instead, he broke out in a cold sweat and was extremely scared.

"I am guilty, I deserve to die..."

Honghui waved his hand and interrupted him: "Alright, don't apologize, just go get the jade pendant as usual, I'm with my father."

As for where to look? Either in the garden where Li Jingui was on duty, or in her residence, anyway, it was related to her.

Following the direction I remembered, I walked for about half a quarter of an hour and indeed heard some noise.

"Your Majesty, please walk this way. You will soon reach your resting place."

Honghui looked in the direction he was looking and saw his father stumbling forward supported by a woman. Who else could this person be but Li Jingui?

Seeing that Li Jingui was about to help the man into the house, he ordered sternly: "Go, arrest him!"

Li Jingui was still feeling proud when she was pushed to the ground. When she looked up, she saw a cold and handsome young man looking at her with contempt.

"Who are you? What do you want to do?"

Seeing this, how could Zhao Quanshun not see that this woman was trying to curry favor with a rich and powerful man? Looking at that ordinary face again, a feeling of anger arose spontaneously.

"How dare you! This is the eldest prince of Prince Yong's mansion. How dare a little slave use her seductive tricks on the prince? What is your intention?"

Oh no! How come he was caught on the spot?

Li Jingui's face turned pale and her expression flickered. After a long while, she stammered, "Big Brother, I...I wanted to help Prince Yong go to the house to rest. I am wronged!"

Honghui ignored him and held onto Ama's body, shouting, "Ama, wake up, wake up, Ama..."

Yinzhen felt dizzy and seemed to be in a dream, but he could still hear a voice in his ear. No, where did the voice come from? It sounded like the eldest son's! Did he go back?

He slowly opened his eyes and saw his eldest son!

"Honghui, you...why are you...here?" This place looks like a garden.

How much wine did you drink?

"Father, take a hangover pill first, and we'll talk later."

The hangover pills carefully developed by the Imperial Hospital were quite effective. In just half a minute, Yinzhen regained most of his consciousness.

At this moment, he saw the palace maid being forced to kneel on the ground, and asked in confusion, "Who is that?"

"You haven't sent anyone back to tell me for a long time, so I was worried and took people out to look for you. I didn't expect to bump into Su Peisheng when I walked outside the garden. He said that you were walking alone in the garden to sober up. When I found you, this slave was about to help you go back to the house..."

There is no need to say more about what was said afterwards, as Yinzhen could guess it. Then, looking at the expression of the palace maid, she was so calculating that it was worth beating her to death!

Perhaps because the power was too obvious, Li Jingui screamed in fear: "My Lord, I am innocent. I really want to help you to rest..."

"Cover her mouth!" the father and son said in unison.

Glancing at Li Jingui who was still kneeling on the ground and struggling, Honghui whispered, "Father, can I have a moment to talk?"

You're being mysterious. Is there something you can't say in public?

Yinzhen did as he was told, and then he heard his eldest son whisper, "This maid's name is Li Jingui. I have met her once before, and I also saw her arguing with other maids. Because someone mentioned that she was in contact with the eunuch in Beijing, I was worried and asked someone to keep an eye on her. Then the investigation led to my eighth uncle!"

"Why didn't I hear you say that?"

"This is about Uncle Eight's backyard, how dare I say anything? Besides, it's not easy for me to tell you about this, after all, it involves romantic matters! I thought Uncle Eight was just interested in a maid, but I didn't expect that she would turn around and plot against my father."

Good! What a good Eighth Brother, using all these backyard tricks to plot against his brothers, Guo Luoluo from the Tenth Brother's house, the newly added Zhang from the Ninth Brother's house, and today's Li Jingui! Tsk! Does he still look like a royal grandson?

Yinzhen's face turned pale, and he immediately realized the viciousness of the Eighth Brother's action.

——If he falls into the trap today, firstly, he will be offended by the Emperor, secondly, he will be ridiculed by the world for not being picky about meat and vegetables, thirdly, there will be an extra spy in the mansion out of nowhere, and fourthly, he is so arrogant, how can he not be disgusted to death?

"Fortunately you are here, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous!"

Honghui did not continue to follow up on this, but asked in surprise: "Don't you carry hangover medicine with you? Why didn't you ask someone to come back and tell your son when you drank too much? Your son is worried about you for a long time."

Yinzhen gnashed his teeth and replied, "This is all Old Eight's fault! The porcelain bottle was suddenly knocked to the ground and shattered. How can the pills inside be eaten after being covered in dust? Haha, careless? It was clearly a careful plan! Oh, it's also Father's fault for being lax. He said a few more words when taking the pills. Now, didn't people see it?"

"How could you have known Uncle Eight's conspiracy in advance?"

Yinzhen was not comforted at all, and even became more angry and embarrassed: "After three rounds of drinking, Su Peisheng wanted to come back to pass on the message, but was stopped by someone with a few words. Now that I think about it, wasn't it the Eighth Brother who first tried to dissuade him? He kept saying, 'It's getting late, I guess nephew Honghui must have gone to bed, why are you bothering him?' Tsk, it turns out he was afraid that you would come and ruin his good thing!"

Despite such despicable behavior, he was once revered by the world as the Eight Wise Kings. Can this be called "virtuous"?

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