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Chapter 418: It's all over

Zhang Jing smiled and saw Emperor Tianqi and Wei Zhongxian with confusion.

He said: "Actually, things are very simple. First of all, they are nothing more than exclusion."

"I have some understanding of the situation in the palace, and those related to His Royal Highness, that is, those who have the opportunity to sneak into His Royal Highness at night, are actually just eunuchs from several nearby palaces, or eunuchs responsible for cleaning the temple."

Zhang Jing paused and then said, "So yesterday, I called them all to ask. After this inquiry, I saw something strange."

Speaking of this, Zhang Jing pointed at Liu Neng with one hand and said, "I smelled the wine on him."

Wei Zhongxian remembered what happened yesterday.

Emperor Tianqi continued to hold the child tightly, but he also listened quietly.

Zhang Jing said: "Your Majesty and Brother Wei knew about the situation at that time. The prince disappeared. When I went to check it, it had been an hour or two. The smell of wine on Liu Neng was still so strong, which shows that he drank wine within one or two hours."

"This is very strange. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the Crown Prince disappeared and the palace was shocked. Your Majesty must investigate what happened in the palace one by one, and may find out Liu Neng's head. No matter how much Liu Neng drinks, he will not have the courage to drink at this critical moment."

After hearing this, Emperor Tianqi thought it made sense.

On weekdays, it doesn’t matter if you drink some wine secretly, but you dare to drink wine at the forefront of the storm. Isn’t this asking for death?

Even alcoholics will not risk this inevitable discovery.

What an unreasonable behavior this is.

Zhang Jingyi continued: "So when I asked him, I thought he would deny him in every way, but I didn't expect that when Liu Neng heard that I angrily scolded him for drinking, he immediately pleaded guilty and was willing to be punished."

"Your Majesty think about it. If Liu Neng is really a confused person, he dares to drink at this critical moment. Logically speaking, such a person is lucky. Therefore, when the minister scolded him for drinking, he did not deny it and even confessed, which is even more suspicious."

"Of course, in order to prevent Yu Weiran, I asked Zhang Shun to inquire about it, and learned that although Liu Neng had a few sips of wine on weekdays, he had to say that he was drunk, but he was wronged."

"So, I was wondering why he was drunk at this time. After that... I suddenly thought of a possibility."

Emperor Apocalypse looked at him calmly and said, "What's the possibility?"

Zhang Jingyi said: "If someone hides a child in the palace, what is the biggest problem? What is the reason why everyone is not suspicious of the child in the palace?"

Wei Zhongxian suddenly became enlightened: "Children will cry."

"Not bad." Zhang Jing said: "Once the child cries, it will be earth-shaking. But it is so easy to prevent the child from crying? Is it so easy to stop crying if you threaten him? If you want to find some medicine to make the child faint, it is not easy. Some medicines are not so easy to be taken into the palace. Especially now, Brother Wei has long been alert to the fact that someone may make a fuss in the palace. These days, the guards in the palace have been strengthened a lot. But... if you secretly dipped some alcohol and put them on your fingers and gave them to the child for sucking? Such a young child will be drowsy as long as he gets dipped in some alcohol."

"At that time, the palace was already in chaos, and I had already begun to personally ask the eunuchs involved in the prince. Liu Neng was afraid that he was too anxious. On the one hand, he was worried that the child would wake up and make a noise, so he quickly poured some wine and gave it to the child for food. On the other hand, he had to come to me with an inquiry. In this way, he could only come to me with alcohol."

"Immediately, when I noticed the smell of alcohol on him, he felt guilty and must be panicked. So in order to prevent himself from being discovered, he simply admitted that he was drinking. At this time, drinking would have to be beaten. But compared to discovering the guilt of hiding the prince, what is this mere drinking?"

Zhang Jing sighed, "Liu Neng, what else do you have to say at this point?"

Emperor Tianqi suddenly understood that he became vicious at this time, and hurriedly carried the child to other eunuchs, and whispered: "Let me take good care of you..."

So the eunuch hurriedly left with the child in his arms.

Emperor Tianqi looked at Liu Neng with resentment and said sternly: "Liu Neng, you were also an old man from the Eastern Palace at the time. I didn't expect you to be so bold. Are you sorry for you?"

At this time, Liu Neng knew that he was about to die. He smiled bitterly and said, "I'm sorry for me? I don't understand what Your Majesty said."

Liu Neng lay on the bed, looked at Emperor Tianqi hatefully, and said, "Your Majesty also said that I am an old man from the Eastern Palace. There were many people around you after you, and everyone pointed to climbing the dragon and supporting the phoenix. When Your Majesty ascended the throne, you will soar into the sky."

Liu Neng's eyes showed a resentful look, his face became more ferocious, and he said, "But when others entered the Forbidden City, which one did not soar into the sky, not to mention the others, Wei Zhongxian was just a eunuch from Xixinsi, but after His Majesty entered the Forbidden City, he immediately sent him to the Silijian. What is he? Have he taken care of His Majesty in the East Palace? Instead, he was a slave. He was sent to somewhere in the East Palace, but now he was sent to the Shen Palace Prison, where he was specially cleaned up for people. Compared with Wei Zhongxian, what is a slave?"

The main responsibility of the Shengong Prison is to clean up. Of course, Liu Neng is definitely not responsible for cleaning. After all, he is the chief secretary of the Shengong Prison and is a senior eunuch. Although he is a little worse than the eunuch in charge of the seal and the governor, he is also the third person in the prison.

But obviously, Liu Neng was not satisfied with this. At this moment, he laughed and said, "The so-called king regards his ministers as grass, and the ministers regards his king as enemies. Since Your Majesty does not take his servants seriously, naturally someone will take his servants seriously. Today, when it comes to this, I have nothing to say..."

He gritted his teeth, but he looked like he was full of hatred.

Emperor Tianqi was already trembling with anger: "Just because others are at a higher position than you, you want this? You don't think about it, how can you compare to Wei Zhongxian? Can you do what he can do? Haha... OK, okay... I did not misread the person. Fortunately, I didn't ask you to go to the Silijian and the Imperial Horse Prison, the person... the person... took this person down."

Zhang Shun also took the opportunity to grab Liu Neng's hair, then opened his bow, slapped him a few times, and cursed: "You unsatisfied dog slave, I am irrelevant with you."

Wei Zhongxian stood aside and looked at everything in front of him with a smile.

Obviously, Liu Neng was actually jealous of him. Although he didn't surprise him, the palace was a place of intrigue and deception, and such things were commonplace. However, the chief officer of this mere Divine Palace Superintendent was so heartless, but he was still a little surprised.

At this time, Zhang Jingyi said: "You said, someone takes you seriously, who is the person you are talking about?"

Liu Neng was beaten to death by Zhang Shun. At this time, the corner of his mouth was bleeding, but he said, "Why should we sell him if a scholar dies for his confidant? I have no worries. My parents don't care about me and castrate me into the palace. I have long since broken up with them. Now, how can I be willing to implicate others!"

Emperor Tianqi was both angry and anxious.

Now he urgently needs to know who instructed Liu Neng, so he angrily said, "Come on, take him down and torture him carefully."

Zhang Jingyi looked calm and looked at Emperor Tianqi and said, "Your Majesty, actually... it doesn't matter if he said it. Last night, he had already revealed his strength."

Emperor Aoki couldn't help but say in surprise: "What?"

Zhang Jing said, "I was beaten yesterday, and I was suspicious of him, but I was not sure yet, so I asked Zhang Shun to stay with him overnight. In fact, to find out who he colluded with, as long as I know... who has visited him, I can find out one or two."

When Liu Neng heard this, his face changed suddenly.

Zhang Jingyi continued: "Because it's very simple, at the forefront of this storm, Liu Neng hides the prince. The people behind him must be more anxious than us. On the one hand, they are afraid that the children will be discovered, and once they are discovered, they will lose all the money. On the other hand, they are also afraid that Liu Neng will show his flaws. So when something happens to Liu Neng, of course, someone needs to know his current situation. Although doing so may be a bit risky, but if you don't check his current situation, you will still feel a little worried."

"I asked Zhang Shun to come here... I squatted all night, waiting for the fish to take the bait by themselves. Zhang Shun, come and tell Your Majesty who came here yesterday."

Zhang Shun immediately said: "It's Dr. Zhou from the Imperial Hospital."

Emperor Tianqi frowned: "The imperial physician may just come to deliver medicine."

Zhang Jingyi said, "How could he, a eunuch, ask the imperial physician to come to the home for consultation in person? And as far as I know, the imperial physician Zhou is specialized in treating noble people. Ordinary eunuchs are just ordinary apprentices and give some medicine. Although Liu Neng is also a chief officer in the palace, the palace is the most realistic place. After all, he is just a sacred palace supervisor, not a sacred supervisor or an imperial horse supervisor, but he has to work the imperial physician to come in person. This is obviously unreasonable."

"So I have predicted that the Imperial Doctor Zhou is also one of their accomplices. This person must have been instructed. Your Majesty will know as long as he arrests the Imperial Doctor Zhou, he will ask."

Liu Neng's face had become extremely ugly. He was still unruly, but at this moment, he realized that it was over and everything was over.

He struggled to get up, but at this moment, Emperor Aoki kicked him back to the bed with a kick.
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