I became the tyrant's only belief.

Chapter 171 Disgraceful to politeness
[Tsk tsk, how could a person be so unlucky? He was killed by mistake because the killer misheard. Prince Li will have to complain to the King of Hell even if he goes to the underworld.]

Chu Liuzheng integrated all the gossip he had dug up.

[Let me think about it. First, Prince Li found out that the men he sent to rob the prison had not returned. Later, he realized that robbing the prison was not a reliable method and was worried about being implicated. He hurriedly sent someone to inform the Mansion of the Loyal and Brave Marquis and asked the Loyal and Brave Marquis, who was his uncle, to help him clean up the mess.]

[When King Cheng was fighting for the throne, Princess Cheng asked for help from the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery, but Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery chose to protect himself and stood aside, so that King Cheng's army was not strong enough to fight against the tyrant. After the defeat, he was forced to leave the capital and become a vassal. Because of this, Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery always felt guilty towards his sister Princess Cheng. Now that his nephew came to ask for help, Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery agreed after weighing the pros and cons.]

[Loyal and Brave Marquis planned to divert the blame and frame the prison break on the Prince of Cheng. He pretended to be the Prince of Cheng and was arrested. His subordinates mistakenly believed that the Prince of Cheng was imprisoned in the Shuntian Prefecture Jail, so they organized people to break the prison.]

[In order to complete the play, the loyal and brave marquis ordered the head of the secret guard to pretend to assassinate the prince of Li, pretending to be the king of Cheng to kill and silence him, so as to clear the prince of Li of suspicion.]

[Who would have thought that the head of the secret guards injured his ears during a mission last time, and his hearing was damaged. He could hear sometimes, but not sometimes. In order to save his life, he did not report to the loyal and brave marquis. So the order of the loyal and brave marquis fell into his ears as "Prince Li... kill to silence him", and he just obeyed the order and went to kill. ]

[The unlucky Prince Li was quite happy when he saw the head of the secret guards, thinking that his uncle had something important to tell him, but he didn't expect that his head would be torn apart and blood would splatter three feet in the next moment! ]

[Tsk tsk, if I were the prince of Li, I would also die with my eyes wide open. ]

After Chu Liuzheng finished eating the big melon, he smacked his lips and dug up some gossip about the Loyal and Brave Marquis's Mansion.

[The news of Prince Li's death has spread. How will the loyal and brave Marquis react when he finds out that his own nephew was killed by the head of the secret guards he sent out? ]

Xiao Jingfan, who had walked around the Moon Pool for who knows how many times, said: I want to know too.

Zhou Yuande looked at Nong Yun Garden not far away and then at his own Majesty. He opened and closed his mouth several times, not knowing whether he should say any more.

Xiao Jingfan was so intent on hearing the gossip that he didn't notice that his chief eunuch was getting so upset that he almost died.

【Got it! Got it! 】

[When the loyal and brave marquis learned of his nephew's death, he fainted and the loyal and brave marquis's mansion was in chaos... Wait! The second daughter of the loyal and brave marquis's mansion eloped with the head of the secret guards? ? Frog fun! Is this true or false? ]

It was the first time that Chu Liuzheng heard about the secret guard eloping with a powerful lady, and he was so excited that he quickly searched for it.

【Um? 】

She clicked on it to take a closer look, and her excitement quickly subsided.

[Uh... okay, it wasn't an elopement, it was the Second Miss who wanted to take the opportunity to escape the marriage, and the head of the secret guards didn't want to die, so he took a ride with the Second Miss. ]

[Who is this fiancé who could force a lady from a wealthy family to run away from her marriage? ]

She searched curiously.

At the same time, Xiao Jingfan, who had heard enough news, walked towards the Yangxin Palace, with the corners of his lips slightly raised, feeling that he should be able to sleep well tonight.

The next day, a strange thing happened at the grand court meeting.

After the meeting, the emperor did not rush to adjourn the court. Instead, he ordered the imperial physician to examine the health of all court officials, even the ninth-rank clerks.

The official explanation was that the emperor sympathized with the hard work of his officials and was taking advantage of the year-end break to allow any illness to be diagnosed and treated, allowing them to recover faster by recuperating at home.

The civil and military officials were puzzled. It was not strange for the late emperor to do this, but if it happened to the current emperor... it would be horrifying no matter how they thought about it. Could it be that he had dug a trap for them to fall into again?

With a nervous mood, all the officials watched as the imperial physician took their pulses, recorded their words, and then handed the recorded paper to them and asked them to line up and enter the side hall for examination.

The officials were puzzled. They had already taken the pulse, so what else did they need to check?

The first official walked into the side hall, and soon a scream like a pig being slaughtered was heard.

The officials standing in line were all trembling. What was going on here? It was just a physical examination, why was it so loud?
Could it be... that he is torturing me?
Thinking of this, the officials became more and more uneasy, and all kinds of torture played out in their minds one after another until the official came out in tears.

When the official met the gazes of the others, he was immediately filled with sadness and almost ran away in tears.

His appearance, which looked like he had been ravaged, made all the officials' anus tighten, and they became more and more uneasy. What was going on in there?
The second official walked into the hall with a fearless attitude, followed by the third, fourth, fifth... The officials who came out had different expressions, but no matter who asked what was going on inside, they kept their mouths shut and refused to reveal a word.

Soon it was the turn of Tao Shidu from the Hanlin Academy. He walked in with the record paper in his hand, also feeling nervous.

There were two solid wooden screens at the entrance of the side hall, making it impossible to see what was going on inside.

Wu Yuanshi and two judges were waiting inside. When they saw Tao Shi coming in, the first word they read was: "Take off."

Tao Shidu:?!
He suspected that he had heard wrongly.

Doctor Zhuang said, "Please take off your clothes, sir."

Tao Shidu:!!!

His face turned red before he uttered four words: "Disgraceful!"

Doctor Wu and the other two looked at him and said, "This is the order of His Majesty."

Tao Shidu, who did not have the courage to disobey the order, had to endure the occasional pain somewhere, untied his belt, and took off his clothes layer by layer, leaving only a pair of underwear.

There are several braziers in the side hall, so you won’t feel cold even if you don’t wear anything.

Seeing that he stopped, Wu Yuanshi said, "Keep taking it off."

Tao Shidu: "..."

He put his hands on the edge of his underwear, but couldn't bring himself to pull it down.

The three imperial doctors have seen many such cases, and most of those who refuse to take off their clothes have hidden illnesses.

Wu Yuanshi waved his hand, and immediately a eunuch came forward, grabbed Tao Shidu's underwear and pulled it down swiftly.

Before Tao Shidu could react, his legs suddenly felt cold.

The three imperial doctors looked somewhere and immediately gasped.

Tao Shidu's face turned green, and he really wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

After looking around, he asked desperately, "Can it be cured?"

The three doctors looked at each other, and Doctor Zhuang said tactfully: "My lord, just eat more of what you want." It's all rotten, who can cure it?
After understanding what he meant, Tao Shidu tried to hold back his tears but couldn't help but burst into tears.

If he had known that he would really get this disease, he would never go to a brothel!

Hearing the crying and wailing coming from the side hall again, the officials in line all shuddered.

Can someone please tell them what is going on in there?

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"Your Majesty, all civil and military officials have gone back, and the Imperial Hospital is compiling pulse records." Zhou Yuande came in with a memorial.

"I will send it to you as soon as it is compiled." Xiao Jingfan raised his eyes and saw the memorial in his hand. "Who sent it?"

"It's His Royal Highness Prince Rui." Zhou Yuande presented the memorial with both hands, "Please have a look, Your Majesty."

"Old Nine went to Quanzhuang to recuperate, and he was so happy that he didn't miss his homeland. He actually still remembered me, his royal brother." Xiao Jingfan took it and read two lines before shaking his head helplessly, "Old Nine, he waited until now to send the memorial. It turns out that he doesn't plan to return to the capital for the New Year."

Zhou Yuande said: "Your Highness Prince Rui is weak, and the winter in the capital is very cold. I'm afraid he will not feel well after returning."

"His body really can't stand the cold." Xiao Jingfan threw the letter away and said, "Forget it, let him be."