Chapter 1008

Medical Official Mu was unhappy; he didn't want to go to the Brocade Uniform Guard, and even less did he want to work in the Imperial Prison.

"Master, you must not agree. I swore an oath long ago that I would never go to the Imperial Prison in this life! Even if it's to help, I'm not willing. At most, I can provide medicine and prescriptions."

"Old Mu, don't be afraid. With me here, and the fact that they need your help, they will definitely have to treat you with respect."

"No, no! In any case, I am not going to the Imperial Prison, not even if I die."

It was clear that Medical Official Mu had a shadow over the Imperial Prison, and he had an uncomfortable expression whenever it was mentioned.

"You're really not going?"

"Not even if I die."

"Fine then. The environment in the Imperial Prison makes me frown just looking at it, and I'm not used to it either. I will refuse the man surnamed Xiao on your behalf; at most, we can only provide the prescriptions and let them busy themselves."

"That is how it should be!" Upon hearing this, Medical Official Mu immediately felt relieved. His nervous and uneasy emotions were also alleviated, as if he had come back to life.

Xiao Jincheng needed help, so naturally, he didn't dare to force anyone. If he couldn't get the person, getting the exclusive prescription would also do.

He sighed, "The world has misunderstandings about the Brocade Uniform Guard, and I don't hold it against them."

Upon hearing this, Chen Guanlou immediately laughed, "Master Xiao, are you sure it's a misunderstanding, and not a fact? The Heavenly Prison and the Imperial Prison are neighbors; people die in the Imperial Prison, yet everything in the Heavenly Prison remains as it was—this is the difference. It's not just a difference in environment, but a difference in people. Because people create the environment!"

"The Heavenly Prison indeed has its merits! When this matter is over, I hope Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen will give us a chance to let the people of the Imperial Prison learn from you."

"They won't learn it!" Chen Guanlou shook his head and refused, "With the working style of your Imperial Prison, you can't learn it now, you won't learn it in the future, and you will never learn it. Master Xiao, are you unconvinced? Let me put it this way: the principle of the Heavenly Prison is to guard the prisoners, with both sides cooperating and not overstepping boundaries. The principle of the Imperial Prison is that prisoners are animals, and the prison guards are superior to the prisoners and can abuse them at will. May I ask, how can you learn?"

Different philosophies, different principles; they can't learn it, they will never learn it!

Xiao Jincheng's face darkened, but he no longer argued, "Thank you, Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, for summarizing it for me. I understand. Farewell!"

Chen Guanlou waved his hand, "Go slowly, I won't see you out!"

While the Imperial Prison was busy with epidemic prevention, a piece of news that shocked the world came from the south:

The Prince of Chu has been defeated!

It was not a retreat, not a strategic withdrawal, but a complete defeat! The rebel Prince of Chu was surrounded, and with nowhere to run, he wanted to commit suicide but couldn't bring himself to do it. In the end, he had no choice but to surrender.

The leader had been defeated and was willing to surrender; the soldiers and generals below who still had the strength to fight saw this, felt disheartened, and threw down their weapons to surrender one after another.

Only a few stubborn ones chose to resist stubbornly, retreated into the mountains, and continued to oppose the imperial court.

With this, the rebellion that had been going on for seven or eight years was completely defeated!

The imperial court won a great victory!

When the news reached the capital, Emperor Jian Shi was so happy that he danced in front of the ministers. He immediately announced that he would set off for the imperial villa to escape the heat in three days, and the ministers would accompany him!

"Long live, long live, long live the Emperor!"

"The Emperor is the one destined by Heaven!"

"The rebel Prince of Chu, who gave the late Emperor such a headache, was finally defeated by the Emperor."

"With a holy monarch on the throne, this is the fortune of the world, the fortune of the people, and the fortune of the Great Gan dynasty!"

"Sacrifice to Heaven! Report to the ancestors of Heaven and Earth!"

The flattery of the court officials was more pleasant to hear with every sentence.

Emperor Jian Shi was full of pride. He decided to adopt the advice of the court officials to sacrifice to Heaven and report to the ancestors of Heaven and Earth.

When the traitor Prince of Chu is escorted to the capital, by autumn, the grand ceremony of sacrificing to Heaven will be held. He wants to inform the ancestors of this good news. Especially the late Emperor!

Presumably, if the late Emperor knew this news, if his spirit were in Heaven, he would definitely be grinning from ear to ear. Perhaps he would be so happy that he couldn't even keep his coffin lid down.

Emperor Jian Shi was excited and couldn't wait; he wished he could see the late Emperor's face with his own eyes and see what else the late Emperor had to say. Back then, he deposed him as Crown Prince, but now, wasn't it he, this deposed Crown Prince, who stabilized the country, wiped out the rebels, and preserved half of the Great Gan dynasty.

The late Emperor was devoid of virtue and blind!

He used his solid achievements to strike back at the late Emperor's stubbornness back then.

He walked to the Fengxian Hall, pointed at the late Emperor's spirit tablet, cursed, shouted, and laughed wildly, just like a raving mental patient.

Wang De stood outside the hall door, vaguely hearing the movement inside, and was scared to death.

He had no choice but to drive the guards far away so that the movement inside could not be heard by them. If it spread out, the Emperor would be scolded by the people of the world, called an unfilial descendant, and even questioned about the legitimacy of his throne.

As the most favored eunuch by the Emperor's side, he had to nip potential bad things in the bud in advance.

Emperor Jian Shi pointed at the late Emperor's spirit tablet and kept cursing, kept cursing, until he couldn't curse anymore.

Wang De stood outside the hall door, and only after confirming that there had been no movement inside for a long time did he dare to walk in silently.

"Your Majesty, have some water!"

A cup of ice water with ice cubes was brought to Emperor Jian Shi.

Emperor Jian Shi took it, tilted his head, and drank it all in one go; the ice-cold water entered his mouth and stomach, chilling him to the core, and his whole body felt comfortable. The anger that had been pent up in his heart was all dissipated because of this cup of ice water.

"Old Wang, do you think I'm interesting?"

Wang De was so nervous that his legs were shaking; how was he supposed to answer this question!

"Your Majesty is destined by Heaven! If Your Majesty thinks it's interesting, then it's interesting; if Your Majesty thinks it's not, then no matter who comes, it's not."

"Hahaha... you slippery fellow. I am indeed destined by Heaven!"

"Of course! Before the late Emperor passed away, he was anxious about the rebels in the north and south. Now, the Prince of Chu has been completely defeated, which proves that Heaven's mandate is not with the late Emperor, but with Your Majesty!"

"Then tell me, why did an explosion occur when the late Emperor sacrificed to Heaven?"

"This servant believes that the explosion of the late Emperor's sacrificial altar must have been a punishment from Heaven."

"A punishment from Heaven?" Emperor Jian Shi first frowned, then his brow smoothed out, and he laughed out loud, "You are right, it must have been a punishment from Heaven. The late Emperor was licentious and lawless in his later years, and the world called him a muddled ruler, and even Heaven couldn't stand it. So Heaven sent down a punishment as a warning. But I didn't expect that the late Emperor was terrified by the punishment from Heaven, so he fell into a coma and eventually passed away in his sleep."

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"Therefore, the sacrificial altar case and the late Emperor's death all need to be changed. What do you think?"

This was to tamper with historical records.

Wang De was shocked and almost couldn't control his expression. He cautiously reminded: "Does Your Majesty want to discuss this with the ministers of the Secretariat? If you can get the support of the ministers, this matter will be easy!"

Emperor Jian Shi felt unhappy and frowned, saying: "I'm afraid they won't agree. A bunch of old stubborns."

"Master Xie is agile and smooth in his work; perhaps he has a way to persuade others," Wang De suggested again, determined to drag Xie Gechen into the water. Such a big thing, tampering with historical records, as a mere eunuch, what virtue or ability did he have to dare to do such a big thing.

He didn't want to die!

He wanted to live!

Therefore, he would never touch this matter; he could only let the ministers of the Secretariat take the blame.