After picking up the White Cut Black Prince

As soon as Qi Mo saw Fang Xiu coming in, he was extremely frightened. His whole body was shaking and trembling, and his pupils were trembling visibly.

Seeing Fang Xiu entering Kunning Palace, Wen Chu pulled Qi Mo over and held him behind her. She wanted to comfort him, but seeing him like that, it seemed like he couldn't hear anything she said and he seemed to have lost his mind.

Qi Mo didn't want to hear what was said, and Wen Chu had no choice but to stand with Li Weiyan to completely hide his figure.

Li Weiyan spoke first, questioning Fang Xiu, "What do you mean by holding the seal? You broke into Kunning Palace without permission. Is there still a queen, and is there a crown prince like me?!"

Li Wei's tone was cold and hard, completely different from the humble Crown Prince in his daily life, and he finally had a bit of royal air.

Wen Chu came back, and Li Weiyan finally felt a little more confident. This confidence came from Emperor Linghui, because he knew that no matter what he did, Emperor Linghui would not blame him anymore. Unlike before, no matter what he did, he had to be careful in what he said and did, for fear that he would find some fault with him and make him unhappy, and then use it to attack him.

Now that Wen Chu is around, Emperor Linghui will no longer treat him the same way as before, at least for her sake, and he doesn't need to be as cautious as before.

Therefore, when he was beside Wen Chu, he finally dared to reprimand Fang Xiu harshly without having to worry about the sarcastic remarks that Emperor Linghui might make at any time.

Fang Xiu was unwilling to be outdone. He cupped his hands and replied, "Your Highness, I am serious. I am here to catch the thief! If the assassin breaks into Kunning Palace, we will be blamed for our crimes! My efforts are evident to all. Why do you think so of me? Have I ever offended you?"

He kept saying that he had lowered his posture to the lowest level, all for their safety, but there was no respect in his words and actions. The last sentence, "Have I ever offended Your Highness?" was a direct provocation.

The two parties were inherently hostile to each other and could not get along. The Second Prince's party provoked and offended the Crown Prince everywhere, but Fang Xiu still dared to say such words.

Wen Chu didn't get used to him either, she said directly: "Who offended whom?"

Her voice was not loud, but at this moment, the surroundings suddenly fell into silence because of this sound.

It seemed that no one expected her to speak suddenly.

Without waiting for Fang Xiu to respond, she continued to question him, "You ignored instructions and suddenly entered Kunning Palace. First, you didn't take the Queen seriously. Second, you questioned His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, which showed that you didn't take His Royal Highness seriously. Third, an assassin appeared, and the first reaction of the seal holder was to search Kunning Palace. What did you mean by that? Did you think that the Queen would harbor an assassin, or did you think that His Royal Highness would harbor an assassin?"

Wen Chu's questions were particularly clear in the dead silence. No one expected her to do this suddenly. However, her voice, although not loud or rough, but with a girl's sharpness, suddenly pierced Fang Xiu like a sharp arrow.

Even Qi Mo, who was protected by her behind him, felt a little relieved.

Fang Xiu had not expected Wen Chu's sudden questioning. He was caught off guard by this series of questions. Suddenly, a way to deal with it came to his mind. He laughed dryly twice and looked at Wen Chu with ill intentions. He asked, "I don't know who this girl is? I don't know who you are talking to me with. Is it Princess Li Zhaoxi? Or a parentless pariah, Wen Chu? If you are Princess, you don't seem to have a legitimate status."

His eyes were like those of a venomous snake, staring at her. His voice suddenly rose, and he asked, "If you were Wen Chu, how dare you speak to an official of the imperial court like this!"

Wen Chu didn't buy his tricks either. She raised her eyebrows at him impudently, "Who do you care about me now? I am Li Zhaoxi or Wen Chu, what does it have to do with you? Do you want to say that I am bullying my subordinates and not following the rules?"

Fang Xiu snorted, "No?"

"I am Wen Chu, so why can't I talk to the seal holder like this? The seal holder also knows that his position is not right, so there are some things he can't say. Then I sincerely admit my crime of bullying the subordinates. But if I admit my guilt, the seal holder should also admit his guilt."

Fang Xiu frowned, "What nonsense are you talking about?!"

Wen Chu replied: "You acted rudely in Kunning Palace. Didn't you not take the Crown Prince and the Queen seriously? Or did the seal holder think he was older than the Queen or the Crown Prince, so he could act so recklessly?"

Fang Xiu's moral kidnapping tactics were useless against her. She had already been cursed with all kinds of names, so how could he curse her? If she responded to a shameless person like Fang Xiu with shamelessness, things would be much easier to resolve.

If Wen Chu wanted to save some face, Fang Xiu could still use these things to argue, but she didn't care about her face at all. It was rare for him to be choked by someone, and if it was someone else, it would be easy to talk, but he knew that the person in front of him was Li Zhaoxi. Even if she really violated the rules, so what? Could he really skin her alive?
The breath stuck in his chest.

The people he had met were all people who valued morality and face. Even if they were well-dressed hypocrites, they all took it into consideration. At least, face and morality were indispensable. Because in Dazhao, this was the foundation of the country. Gentlemen should value clothing and respect, and people should value respect. Punishments should not be imposed on officials, and courtesy should not be extended to common people. If you want to be a decent person, you must protect your face.

Everyone should be careful about losing face and being afraid of other people's gossip.

But what is Wen Chu doing?
Is she shameless?
Firstly, she has no shame, and secondly, she has Emperor Linghui protecting her. Isn't this lawless?

Emperor Linghui was originally discussing matters with Song Yusheng, and upon hearing the commotion, they hurried over here. Song Yusheng heard that Fang Xiu had taken people to Kunning Palace, and fearing that something might have happened, he also followed Emperor Linghui here.

The two of them were standing at the palace gate, listening to what happened in the hall just now.

When Emperor Linghui heard Wen Chu's voice, a look of pride spread across his face, as if he was saying, look, my daughter is so powerful.

Song Yusheng didn't notice the change in Emperor Linghui's expression. At this moment, the strings in his mind were plucked by Wen Chu again.

This was the first time that Song Yusheng heard Wen Chu say such words and questioned others in this way, and the object of the questioning was Fang Xiu, a powerful eunuch in the court.

It was completely different from the situation she had just seen him in the Qianqing Palace.

Only then did he remember that she had always been very courageous.

Inside the palace, Fang Xiu finally came back to his senses. Being questioned by Wen Chu like this, his face had become extremely ugly, but he couldn't refute. There was really no point in arguing with such a shameless person like Wen Chu. After all, there was Emperor Linghui standing behind her. Emperor Linghui was still the emperor after all. If they really offended Wen Chu, I am afraid that Emperor Linghui would fight them to the death even if he risked his life.

There is no need, there is really no need!

Thinking of this, Fang Xiu simply stopped paying attention to Wen Chu and just pointed at Qi Mo behind her and said, "This man looks strange and looks so evil. He is really suspicious. Please ask the commander to arrest him and take him to the imperial prison. I want to interrogate him carefully!"

Han Qi followed Fang Xiu and knew Qi Mo's identity. He also knew what Fang Xiu had done to him. If Qi Mo fell back into Fang Xiu's hands, one can imagine what would happen.

He hesitated a little, but Fang Xiu's eyes immediately swept to his face. Han Qi was afraid of exposing his true colors, so he did not dare to delay. He walked in front of Wen Chu and Li Weiyan, bowed and said, "This man's identity is suspicious. He may be related to the assassination. Please hand him over, Your Highness."

Li Weiyan said: "He is just a weak boy, he doesn't look like an assassin. The palm print must be wrong."

Fang Xiu said: "As the old saying goes, you can't judge a person by his appearance. This man, whether he is an assassin or not, is suspicious and should be arrested! Otherwise, if something really happens in the future, it will harm people!"

If it is related to the assassin, it is not a good idea to stop it. It is only natural for the Jinyiwei to catch the assassin.

If Qi Mo is not handed over, Fang Xiu will definitely take the opportunity to cause trouble later. No matter what happens, he can put all the blame on Qi Mo today, and drag Li Weiyan into the water, saying that he harbored an assassin and caused a disaster.

But do we really have to hand over Qi Mo like this?
How could this be.

The situation was at a stalemate for a while. Wen Chu refused to let anyone go, but Fang Xiu insisted on taking them away.

A cold voice came from the palace gate.

"Where are the assassins?"

No one was seen, and no one heard the voice. Everyone looked in the direction of the voice, only to see Emperor Linghui and Song Yusheng walk in one after the other. Everyone first saluted the emperor.

The person who just spoke was Song Yusheng.

After Fang Xiuxing finished his ceremony, he pointed at Qi Mo and said, "That man has an unknown origin and looks strange. Some people said they saw the assassin walking this way. I'm afraid it's this man. I think we should take him to the Imperial Prison for interrogation."

Fang Xiu said that he would take the person to the Imperial Prison. Anyway, the Imperial Prison was the territory of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, so who knew where Fang Xiu would take the person at that time.

Song Yusheng followed Fang Xiu's gaze and looked towards Qi Mo. He had silver hair and white eyebrows, and it was hard to tell whether he was a man or a woman. Wasn't this the person Qi Chen was looking for?
What a coincidence.

Their child actually ended up in the palace. No wonder they couldn't find him.

Judging from Fang Xiu's behavior, this matter must be related to him again.

At this moment, Qi Mo, who had not spoken for a long time, knelt down again.

This was the third time he knelt that night.

He knew that if he was taken away by Fang Xiu again, he would have to spend the rest of his life in that dark place again.

Wen Chu saw him kneeling again, turned around and wanted to pull him up, she said to him: "You are not wrong, don't kneel, don't be afraid, we are all here."

Song Yusheng heard Wen Chu's words clearly. She told him not to kneel and not to be afraid.

Even the voice was gentler than ever before.

Song Yusheng didn't say anything, but suddenly walked towards them.

No one seemed to have expected Song Yusheng's sudden action. Emperor Linghui wanted to speak out to stop him from approaching Wen Chu, but at this moment, he inappropriately remembered what he had just said in the Qianqing Palace, and for a moment, he was silent.

Li Weiyan observed the expressions of the people and seeing that Emperor Linghui didn't say anything, he also stopped talking.

Wen Chu had her back to the crowd. She heard the silence behind her, and then heard footsteps coming from behind. She immediately knew that Song Yusheng was approaching her. Wen Chu suddenly became nervous. Even though she knew there were people all around her, she was worried and scared for no reason. The domineering aura she had just shown was extinguished in an instant.

Her back suddenly stiffened.

The sky was enveloped in darkness, the night breeze blew gently, and a scent of sandalwood wafted into her nostrils.

What does he want to do? What does he want to do?
Fortunately, Song Yusheng didn't want to do anything to Wen Chu. He just walked to Qi Mo's side, pulled him up from the ground, and then smiled kindly and said to him gently: "Just tell us what's going on. We are here, so you don't have to be afraid." This move distanced Wen Chu from Qi Mo without making a sound. Wen Chu saw that Song Yusheng was not sick and was comforting Qi Mo, so he breathed a sigh of relief. Even though he didn't know whether he was sincere or not, at least he looked reassuring.

It seemed that with him here, Fang Xiu couldn't take Qi Mo away today.

Wen Chu didn't know what to say anymore. She could only watch his every move silently. But fortunately, she was not as wary as before.

Qi Mo raised his eyes and met Song Yusheng's gaze. Although Song Yusheng's eyes were cold, they showed some tenderness under his best efforts to disguise. He was like the waves of forests in the mountains, and the unquestionable words in his mouth inexplicably soothed people's fears.

Qi Mo no longer wanted to kneel, he stood up.

He continued what he had been interrupted and had not finished.

He said: "I'm really not an assassin. I was captured and brought here by them."

"Who are they?" Song Yusheng asked him.

Qi Mo pointed at Fang Xiu, and he lifted up the clothes at his feet, revealing a shocking red mark on his ankle.

He said: "He took me away from the farm and locked me in a room with a chain. The room was very dark and I couldn't see any light. I don't know how long I was locked up, and I don't know how many days passed. I just know that he often came to my place and often took off all my clothes."

There are many powerful people who have affairs with men, and there are even more old eunuchs like Fang Xiu who like to molest boys. Moreover, the methods they use to play with people are even more perverted and inhumane. Just thinking about it, you can know what Qi Mo has experienced.

The house where the chain is invisible
Song Yusheng suddenly felt a little regretful about why he was asking him these questions here.

He turned his head for some unknown reason to look at Wen Chu who was standing beside him. At one glance, he saw that her face was pale.

She thought about that and recalled that she had also been chained by him before.

"Nonsense! You are full of nonsense! How dare you, a lowly person and shameless child, to offend me!"

Fang Xiu's angry shout drew Song Yusheng's attention back. He seemed to be really wronged, and his voice was full of injustice. He cried directly to Emperor Linghui, "As a minister, I am embarrassed to talk about hard work and dedication in front of my master. For so many years, since the emperor ascended the throne... No, when the emperor was still young, I have always followed the emperor. At that time, the emperor always liked to call me 'Otomo Otomo'. I dare not be arrogant, I just want to serve the emperor for the rest of my life, and be a cow or a horse, which is also a chance given by God. However, I have no other thoughts, only the emperor, but my sincere heart is still being fabricated and raped like this!"

If an uninformed person heard what Fang Xiu said, they would really think that he was the most loyal person in the history of the Jokhang Dynasty.

If it was in the past, when Emperor Linghui was young, he might have been deceived by these words, but now he is like this, how could he believe Fang Xiu's words again?

To judge what kind of person you should not listen to what he says, but look at what he does.

Especially in Dazhao and in the imperial court.

They all call themselves gentlemen, upright and virtuous, but what about the things they do? They are worse than beasts in human clothing.

Emperor Linghui was too lazy to listen to Fang Xiu's clichés. He ignored Fang Xiu and turned to look at Li Weiyan. His eye sockets, which were full of wrinkles, looked quite deep.

"Brother, what do you think?"

Before Wen Chu and Defei got into trouble, Emperor Linghui called Li Weiyan "elder brother", but after they got into trouble, Emperor Linghui never called him like that again. Most of the time, he never looked at him directly or called him by his name.

To him, he was not a son, but some bitter enemy with whom he had a deep grudge against.

But now, Wen Chu is back, and he also calls him elder brother.

Li Weiyan didn't know whether he should be happy or not. His fingers hidden in his sleeves were clenched so tightly that his chest felt a little sore.

The eldest brother.
He actually knew that he was his son.
He is his first child.

Li Weiyan was no longer swayed by emotions and quickly responded to Emperor Linghui's words. He cupped his hands and said, "The seal holder is loyal to the emperor and the country, so it is not good for him to be wronged. But I think the young man's words are not false. It would be better to check whether there is really a black room iron chain on the seal holder's side. If so, then the young man's words are not false. And where the seal holder got this person from is also open to discussion."

Emperor Linghui nodded, seeming satisfied with Li Weiyan's statement. Fang Xiu saw that things were getting weird, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the most important thing now is to investigate the assassins, other matters..."

Before Fang Xiu finished speaking, he saw Emperor Linghui said with a half-smile: "Why not? The assassin's matter is one thing, and the Otomo's matter is even more of a matter."

At this moment, Emperor Linghui mentioned the title of Otomo again, with only sarcasm in his words.

Fang Xiu finally understood what was going on. Now there was no point in trying to hide it. Everyone was planning to openly confront each other.

Just when the atmosphere was at a stalemate, a voice was heard from outside the door.

"Welcome to the Empress Dowager!"

The Queen Mother came here.

When Fang Xiu heard the voice, he breathed a sigh of relief without making any expression.

The Empress Dowager's voice rang out from the palace gate, "Kunning Palace is so lively tonight. People who are usually not seen here have gathered here today. It seems that my trip was not in vain."

The Empress Dowager's voice arrived before she did, and it brought with it a great sense of oppression.

After all, she was the empress dowager who supported the young emperor. She survived the rebellion of Prince Li unscathed. Even Prince Li never touched her. It is conceivable how cruel her methods were.

Just the way he spoke carried the arrogance of a superior.

After the ceremony, Emperor Linghui asked, "What wind brought your mother here today? Isn't your mother always worshipping Buddha in the Cining Palace and unwilling to go out?"

The Queen Mother laughed and said, "Why, I can't come?"

Emperor Linghui put his hands behind his back and said leisurely, "How dare I?"

The Empress Dowager no longer paid attention to Emperor Linghui. She just looked at Fang Xiu and asked, "Tell me, what did you do wrong?"

Fang Xiu knew that the Empress Dowager was trying to give him a way out, so he quickly explained what had happened.

After hearing this, the Queen Mother just nodded and looked at Qi Mo, who had silver hair.

She said slowly, "Really? I thought it was something else. Emperor, have you forgotten that Fang Daban has always been by your side? Now you would rather believe what outsiders say than what Daban says? This is too hurtful."

It's a heart-breaking experience. They are mother and son, he and Otomo, and have come to this point. Who hurt whose heart first?

They also forced him to kill the Grand Tutor in the first place. Why didn't they think about hurting his heart? When the country was destroyed, she gave up on him, her own son, and would rather support his father's brother than him, just because he didn't listen to her.
She has treated him like this, why does she still dare to bring it up and hurt his feelings.

When Emperor Linghui heard this, he was no longer as calm as before. He laughed twice, his voice was extremely sarcastic, "The queen mother is caring, so the son is not, right?"

The Empress Dowager still didn't think there was anything wrong. She continued to press, "Emperor, if you have any intention, you shouldn't do this to Otomo. When you were so young, who was by your side? It was your mother, Otomo, and your teachers. How could you be like this when you grow up?"

"My teacher has been forced to death by you!"

Emperor Linghui began to get excited again, and the Empress Dowager achieved her goal. She smiled and said, "The Emperor is too worried today. My dear companion, help the Emperor go back to rest. Also, take the assassin away with you."

Fang Xiu stepped forward and tried to help Emperor Linghui leave this place, but was fiercely brushed away by Emperor Linghui, "I am not dead yet!"

"Emperor, you should rest." The Queen Mother looked at Wen Chu again and said with a fake smile: "Third sister is back, why didn't you come to see the Queen Mother?"

Wen Chu ranks third among the princesses.

Emperor Linghui saw her looking at Wen Chu and said sternly, "Enough!"

It was like this every time. It was like this in the past and it is still like this now. In the confrontation between the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, he always loses to her. This is how she has treated him for so many years.

This time, she wanted to use Wen Chu to deal with him again.

The Empress Dowager knew that Emperor Linghui had admitted defeat. Fang Xiu also saw it and immediately gave Han Qi a look.

Han Qi's back was already covered in cold sweat. He looked at Qi Mo with a bit of pity in his heart. If he took him away, wouldn't he fall into hell again? He escaped this time, but if he was caught again, how could Fang Xiu let him go?

But the Empress Dowager had already given the order, so he could only walk towards Qi Mo. His steps felt like they were filled with lead and he couldn't move at all.

Fortunately, Song Yusheng stood in front of Qi Mo.

He said, "I want this person."

These words are like a stone falling into the water, causing a huge wave.

(End of this chapter)