The sun was shining brightly, with a few thin clouds floating in the light blue sky.Xu Shengao stood outside the hall, feeling uneasy.A few days ago, Pei Ziqi ordered him to take someone to the First Prince's Mansion to search for a letter, and immediately bring the letter into the palace after finding it.Pei Ziqi repeatedly emphasized that the prince must meet His Majesty before he can present the letter in person.

Although he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Pei Ziqi's gourd, he followed Pei Ziqi's order and took someone to search for the eldest prince first.Sure enough, I found a letter written by the eldest prince to His Majesty.After that, he brought the letter into the palace non-stop, and after seeing the prince was taken away by the imperial army, he asked the little eunuch to report the letter.

Now the little eunuch has been in for a while, and there is no movement in the hall. Could it be that this is not the time to face the saint?He took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.There is no turning back left and right, and now there is only waiting.Pei Ziqi is still locked up in the prison of Dali Temple, there is no reason to harm him in this matter.

In his thoughts, he had chosen to trust Pei Ziqi.A quarter of an hour passed, and a young eunuch trotted out.He bent his body and said with a smile: "Master Xu, you have been waiting for a long time, and His Majesty let you in."

Xu Shengao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Thank you, Eunuch, thank you, Eunuch." As he spoke, he strode into the main hall, looked at Luo Di sitting upright, and immediately bowed down and kowtowed: "My minister, Xu Shengao, sees Your Majesty, Long live Your Majesty! Long live."

Luo Di closed his eyes, knocking on the table casually. The knocking sound of 'da da' echoed in the quiet hall.Xu Shen fell on the ground, his heart no longer flustered as before.His Majesty's willingness to see the prince after disposing of him is enough to show that Pei Ziqi did not lie to him.

After a while, Luo Di slowly opened his eyes, looked at the people on the ground and said: "It's Xu Aiqing. Get up quickly, the ground is cold."

Xu Shengao Yingnuo stood up, took out the letter from his pocket, and held it in both hands: "Your Majesty, this time I have entered the palace to report back on the murder of the eldest prince."

"Oh?" Luo Di leaned over and said calmly: "It seems that Xu Aiqing has found out the truth, let me tell you about it."

Xu Shen held up the letter and said: "I am incompetent, I haven't found out the truth yet. This time I entered the palace, in fact I discovered the letter from His Majesty the First Prince in the palace. I dare not browse Your Highness without authorization. The letter left is to enter the palace to request His Majesty's instructions."

Luo Di was stunned, stood up involuntarily, frowned and said, "Boss's letter? Boss has been dead for so long, why did you only find out the letter that boss left me now?"

"Your Majesty, this case was previously handled by the Ministry of Criminal Justice. After Du Qiong'er surrendered herself, His Majesty ordered the Dali Temple to have a separate trial in this case." Xu Shengao paused, and said: "After the case was handed over to Dali Temple, my minister immediately Send someone to arrest Pei Ziqi. After Pei Ziqi was imprisoned, he was tortured overnight. After the third prince learned about it, he was not only furious, but also determined to live in the prison. The third prince is the most honored I'm afraid of neglecting His Highness because of my humble position, so..."

"What did you say? Pei Ziqi was tortured?" Luo Di grinned and gnashed his teeth, pointing at Xu Shengao and yelling, "When did I ask you to torture him?" He walked up to Xu Shengao and kicked Xu Gaogao. : "Even if Pei Ziqi is guilty, I ordered his head to be beheaded. How dare you torture him privately?"

Xu Shengao quickly knelt down, with footprints still on the green robe: "Your Majesty, it is not that I want this minister to torture Pei Ziqi, but Feng Jing and Mr. Feng tortured Pei Ziqi without authorization. This minister has banned him from contacting this case. But he didn't listen to Weichen's orders, and brought people into the prison to interrogate Pei Ziqi."

"Feng Jing?" Luo Di thought for a while, and said, "Is that the father of Concubine Feng? His daughter is useless and can't keep the child, but she will make trouble for others." He snorted coldly, and said: "Feng Jing is right. What punishment did Pei Ziqi use?"

"Pull out nails, whip..."

Luo Di suddenly opened his eyes wide, turned around and pointed at Sun Lu in a hurry, and said, "Hurry up and send the imperial physician to the prison to see if there is anything wrong?"

Sun Lu responded repeatedly, ordering a young eunuch to rush to the imperial hospital to find an imperial doctor.Luo Di said again: "Let all the imperial doctors in the imperial hospital go." After speaking, he seemed to have remembered something, and turned to Xu Shengao and said: "Is this Feng Jing still alive? The third brother didn't kill him, right?

Xu Shengao nodded hastily, and said, "He's still alive. His Highness the Third Prince said that Lord Feng is a subject of His Majesty, and he has no right to decide whether Lord Feng lives or dies, so he just whipped Lord Feng a few times."

"The third child is a good boy who knows the rules." Luo Di nodded in satisfaction, and then said to Sun Lu: "Sun Lu, you go and tell the third child, Feng Jing will be handed over to him."

Seeing the situation, Xu Shengao hurriedly held the letter and said again: "Your Majesty, this is a letter from His Royal Highness the First Prince."

Luodi paused, took the letter in his hand, and opened it to read.His expression became more and more solemn, and his whole face was full of gloom.He pinched the letter, his fingers trembling slightly, as if he didn't believe the contents of the letter, but he couldn't question the contents of the letter.

For a while, he turned sideways to cover the expression on his face, and said softly, "Go down."

Xu Shengao was stunned for a moment, and immediately resigned.Although he couldn't figure it out, looking at His Majesty's expression should be beneficial to Pei Ziqi.As long as Pei Ziqi can be rescued in the end, there is no need to know the process.As soon as he left the palace, he rushed to the prison of Dali Temple and told Pei Ziqi everything that happened in the palace today.

Pei Ziqi pondered for a while, and said, "Is there anything else to say, Your Majesty?"

Xu Shengao shook his head, "Your Majesty has told you everything you said today. Mr. Pei, is there any problem?"

Pei Ziqi frowned, "Something's wrong. Your Majesty's reaction is somewhat different from what I expected." He paused, and then asked, "Is there anything strange about the South Study Room? Or, what happened in the court recently?" thing?"

"Recently, the DPRK and China have been very peaceful, and nothing happened." Xu Shengao said thoughtfully, "There are very few low-level jobs in the South Study Room. I don't know where it is strange, but it is not strange. But the case table is full of memorials. Presumably, the adults are not here. His Majesty is unable to handle the memorials. The humble official overheard those little eunuchs say that His Majesty often complained that the ministers’ memorials were lengthy, and even the most important things were reported.”

Pei Ziqi's eyes were wide open, full of disbelief: "You said His Majesty complained about the minister's long memorial?"

Xu Shengao nodded, puzzled: "Yes, Mr. Pei. Is there something wrong?"

Pei Ziqi pursed his lips and would not answer him.Four years ago, he established the rules, and all those lengthy memorials were sent back for the minister to rewrite.He didn't have time to see if the ministers' literary talents were good, so the memorial should be concise and clear.

At first, quite a few ministers thought he was joking and wrote lengthy memorials as usual.He was not polite, and directly arrested those ministers and scolded them as models.Over the past few years, the memorials of the ministers in the court have basically become less lengthy.

It's the end of the year soon, and the memorials are mainly submitted by officials from all over the country.Although it is said that there is one king and one courtier, the officials from all over the country are far less well-informed than the officials in Beijing and China.There is no reason that he has only been in prison for less than a month, and officials from all over the country have changed the text of the memorial.

Unless, there must be someone secretly instructing them behind this.Let them deliberately write lengthy memorials to make it more difficult for Luodi to deal with the government.This is tantamount to putting pressure on Luo Di in disguise, coercing Luo Di to release him to share his worries.

After thinking for a while, he suddenly understood and said: "Master Xu, quickly change me to a damp cell and prepare a worn-out prison uniform. Move faster, or it will be too late."

Xu Shengao was stunned for a moment, then hesitated and said: "Lord Pei, this is not very good. His Royal Highness the Third Prince just got out of the prison, and the humble position will change the cell for you. If His Highness comes back and sees it, he will think that the humble position is treating you badly. You can't bear the low position." charged with this."

Pei Ziqi didn't bother to pay attention to him, got up and walked out of the cell: "I'll explain to him when he comes back, don't worry."

Xu Shengao followed behind him, wondering: "Master Pei, what is this?"

Pei Ziqi stopped in his tracks, his eyes sparkled with excitement: "Your Majesty is coming to visit me in the prison."

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