Chapter 1486

For the next few days, the capital was calm.

The officials in the court were all law-abiding and consciously avoided the Emperor's anger burning themselves.

The harem and the front court are not separate; everyone knew something happened in the harem, involving the favorite Consort Jing, and the Emperor's anger was rising, so he looked at everyone with displeasure.

Whoever dared to stick their head out as a thorn, Emperor Emperor Jian Shi could kill them.

Such a quiet court, so much so that the common people outside the court thought the country was peaceful and the monarch and subjects were harmonious.

Eunuch Wang Hai came overnight to find Chen Guanlou for a drink.

He said directly: "Consort Liu will lose a layer of skin this time even if she doesn't die! I heard you are an old acquaintance with Consort Liu; be careful she involves you."

"Is there a conclusion to the poisoning case?" Chen Guanlou wanted to hear gossip, so he was exceptionally polite to Eunuch Wang. He poured the wine and tea himself, not letting the other party move.

Eunuch Wang Hai smiled. "The Seventh Prince is unlucky! Consort Jing is truly not simple; they investigated and investigated, and in the end, it actually led to Consort Liu herself. And using Consort Liu as a clue, they investigated to Consort Xiao. It's just a pity that Consort Xiao was one move ahead and cut off the clues early, so there was nothing to investigate."

After listening, Chen Guanlou lowered his head and smiled. "Not one of them is a simple character. I guess Consort Liu dares not bite Consort Jing, nor dares to bite Consort Xiao, and can only bear the guilt herself. Bearing the guilt of not taking good care of the prince!"

"You guessed right; Consort Liu pleaded guilty before His Majesty, and His Majesty kicked her in the heart, taking half her life, and she vomited blood on the spot."

Eunuch Wang Hai clicked his tongue twice.

The force of that kick, he dared to guarantee, Consort Liu must have injured her lungs and internal organs, so she probably won't get better. In the future, she will be a sick person. She didn't get favor when she was healthy, and it's even more impossible to get favor as a sick person.

After all that scheming, she didn't get anything in the end; why bother.

"Hearing she vomited blood, aren't you worried?" Eunuch Wang asked with a bit of gossip.

Chen Guanlou sneered. "You look down on me too much! My friendship with her was broken ten years ago. Don't make wild guesses."

Then, he asked another sentence: "The Seventh Prince's poisoning, whose handiwork was it?"

Eunuch Wang shook his head. "I'm not sure. It's definitely not Consort Jing; she doesn't need to deal with an unfavored little prince. Those who are suspicious, besides Consort Xiao, are the Empress. Unless Consort Liu says it herself, no one knows."

"What do you say she is aiming for?"

"Aiming for a promise!" Eunuch Wang guessed. "The Seventh Prince is unfavored, and his aptitude is average; he is not outstanding among the many princes. Actually, this is nothing; honestly, after a few years, when His Majesty bestows a title, at the very least he will have the status of a Commandery Prince. I guess Consort Liu is not reconciled and wants more. It must be that someone gave her a promise, so she dared to take a risk and use her own son as a pledge. Tsk, truly a fool!"

Chen Guanlou agreed.

Consort Liu is living more and more backward.

Perhaps it is because Emperor Emperor Jian Shi hasn't gone to her palace for a long time, and seeing Consort Jing being favored, she was stimulated and simply went all out to gamble.

When people are determined to go all out, they have no brains, relying entirely on a burst of courage, paralyzing themselves with the beauty of success.

"Are you sure she won't die?" He asked.

Eunuch Wang shook his head. "She shouldn't die! Even if His Majesty abandons her, for the sake of the Seventh Prince, he will spare her life. It's just that her situation in the future certainly won't be good."

"I didn't expect the Emperor to have a bit of a father's heart."

Imagine, which prince can accept his father ordering his mother's death, which child can accept his father killing his mother. How painful, how hateful! Even hating but not daring to hate, only able to make himself suffer. In the end, he becomes a pervert and dies in depression! His whole life is finished!

Emperor Emperor Jian Shi obviously thought of this point too.

He doesn't favor the Seventh Prince, but after all, he is his own son; he can't just watch his own son give birth to inner demons and become a disaster!

Eunuch Wang raised an eyebrow and teased: "His Majesty occasionally still has a conscience and a bottom line."

Such words, Eunuch Wang wouldn't even dare to think about before, let alone say them. He is a eunuch, loyal to imperial power, loyal to the Emperor. This is the education he received since he was small, carved into his bones.

He just spent a long time with Chen Guanlou, learned the other party's indifferent attitude—people die and the bird faces the sky, if you don't die, you live for ten thousand years—and now he dares to complain about the Emperor's faults.

It's so refreshing!

Eunuch Wang savored that kind of energy, that kind of energy of not putting the Emperor in his eyes, and felt his thoughts were clear.

Chen Guanlou laughed heartily. "Brother Wang, you have sublimated! Come, I'll toast you!"

The two drank and chatted.

Wang Hai finally remembered a proper matter. "My people inquired in many places in Qingyang Prefecture, following the route Dou Anzhi took back then, and dug up two withered bones in a forest. The withered bones are on the way back to the capital; when they arrive, I will notify you."

"Did you really find them?"

This was truly an unexpected surprise.

It was originally just a line of thought; I didn't expect to really dig up corpses.

Does this prove that their speculation was correct?

Wang Hai, while claiming credit, complained: "This matter is troublesome to death. After inquiring in many ways, we determined three addresses. We hired hundreds of people to dig, and finally dug them out. Don't say, in the wilderness, there are really many people killing and robbing.

We dug up several female and child corpses and handed them to the local government to handle. We also dug up several male corpses, and after identification by the coroner, at least fifteen years ago, they were not paid attention to, and were still handed to the local government. Only two male corpses fit Dou Anzhi's time."

Chen Guanlou didn't speak empty words and directly took out a stack of silver notes and handed them to the other party.

Eunuch Wang smiled and accepted them; both were very direct, without needing to be polite.

"When the corpses arrive in the capital, where should I send them?"

"Send them directly to the Heavenly Prison! I have a professional coroner here, no need to find outsiders to help."

"That's fine! I'll send them directly to you when the time comes." Eunuch Wang paused. "Consort Liu, do you need me to look after her? It's just a matter of one sentence. As long as you bring it up, I can make her life in the future easier."

Chen Guanlou lowered his head and gave a self-deprecating laugh. "Brother Wang, oh Brother Wang, you are testing me!"

Eunuch Wang smiled. "How can it be a test? Don't slander me. She was once the widow of your colleague; it is only right for you to look after her, and no one can pick a fault."

Chen Guanlou laughed. "Fine, look after the Seventh Prince more. The mother is ruined, the child still has to move forward."

Eunuch Wang nodded knowingly. "Fine! I understand!"

Looking after the Seventh Prince is looking after Consort Liu.

It's just that the resources are poured onto the Seventh Prince, without needing to go through Consort Liu's hands to distribute.

"Consort Liu should be grateful to you; setting up a spirit tablet for you wouldn't be too much! If it weren't for you, she would have died eight hundred years ago." Eunuch Wang said.

Chen Guanlou raised an eyebrow. "You are helping her!"

Not a question, but a confirmation.

Eunuch Wang didn't deny it. "For your sake, occasionally passing by, I help out. No need to thank me!"