Chapter 22 Ni Sun, how dare you pinch our beard!

Erhu heard the sound outside the door and immediately ran out following the sound.

It turned out to be a few royal guards who found a bottle of pills in the maid's quarters in the side hall.

“Record where you found it and keep it in a safe place!”

"promise!"

Just as Erhu finished giving his instructions, something was discovered in other rooms.

"Master Hu, there is something here too!"

"Master Hu, we found it too!"

Erhu couldn't help but reveal a sneer on his face as he listened to the sounds of harvesting one after another.

Unexpectedly, there is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger in this prince's palace. So many evidences of crime were found in such a short time!

While Erhu was busy checking various evidences, Lu was sitting in the main hall of the palace with a calm face, smiling at the fuss of the royal guards.

After Erhu collected dozens of pieces of evidence, he immediately ordered the evidence to be sent to the Imperial Hospital and asked the imperial doctors to check whether there were any poisons here.

After finishing all this, Erhu raised his fists and saluted the Crown Princess, expressed his offence, and then left with a group of royal guards cheering.

Lao Zhu reviewed the memorial all afternoon, and towards evening he saw Erhu walking in with his head hanging down.

"What's wrong? Didn't you find out?"

Erhu took a step forward and knelt down to apologize.

"Replying to your Majesty, you are humble and incompetent. I have been interrogating you for an entire afternoon but you haven't found anything useful!"

Lao Zhu raised his eyebrows when he heard this and asked somewhat displeasedly.

"Have you ever been tortured?"

"Reporting to your Majesty, some people in the palace were tortured, but they were not severe..."

"Tell me about the specific process!"

"Reporting to your Majesty, although I have found some pills from the Prince's Mansion, after inspection by the imperial doctors, they are all ordinary medicines for treating diarrhea, headaches and brain fever, and there are no poisonous elixirs as mentioned by the judge of Ge Yuan."

"What did the palace people say?"

"Reporting to the Emperor, the opinions of the palace people are basically the same. Even Princess Jingyi's maid, Chang Hongyu, and His Highness Yunxi's wet nurse, Mrs. Chang, said that this matter has nothing to do with the Crown Princess."

"Because the Crown Princess is very self-respecting and never brings food into the room of any children who are not her biological children, and she always adheres to the rule of eating at the same table as her legitimate concubines, there is no chance of poisoning her."

Lao Zhu frowned slightly when he heard this and asked with a bit of uncertainty.

"Could it be some other way?"

"Reporting to the Emperor, I have also ordered people to inquire. Everyone said that the Crown Princess has never set foot in the residence of any concubine's children, and has never entered the courtyard of His Highness Yunxi."

"For so many years, His Highness Yunxi's food and daily life have been served by the dowry of Crown Princess Jingyi's natal family. The Crown Princess herself has never interfered."

"As for the clothes and utensils required for the two annual festivals, the Crown Princess herself and her personal servants never handle them. They are all brought in by each prisoner in accordance with the rules."

"hiss!"

After hearing Erhu's words, Lao Zhu took a deep breath for no reason.

Although he did not hear any evidence against Lu, he understood one thing and understood why Zhu Yunxi hated Lu so much and called it hypocrisy.

Mrs. Lu cherishes feathers too much and is too meticulous in her work, as if she is afraid that others will doubt her...

As the Crown Princess, Mrs. Lu always takes care of herself as her first priority. She can take good care of all the emperor's grandchildren. It's only strange that the emperor's granddaughter can take care of her!

"Okay, we get it!"

"The people detained in Jinyiwei..."

"Let them all go!"

After Lao Zhu finished saying this, he followed his usual habit and added another sentence.

"I will give each person another two taels of silver to calm them down. Those who have been punished will be rewarded five taels of silver, and the imperial doctor will be invited to diagnose and treat them!"

"promise!"

"By the way, Your Majesty, the Crown Princess also rewarded the humble minister fifty taels of silver. The humble minister didn't dare to keep it secretly. Please see it, Your Majesty."

As Erhu said this, he took off the silver collar from his waist.

In fact, even if he didn't say it, Lao Zhu would have seen it a long time ago. Is it hanging on his waist clearly for fear that others will not know that he has benefited from it?

"Hmph, she is virtuous and more generous than our emperor!"

"Since someone rewarded you, what did you do with it for us?"

Erhu laughed when he heard this.

"I humbly take my place on behalf of my brothers and thank you for your reward!"

Lao Zhu laughed and cursed after hearing this.

"You are such a bastard, so get out of here and don't delay our review of the memorial!"

Lao Zhu had just sent Erhu away and was about to review the memorial when he saw a small hand reaching out from behind him and stealing a memorial from his imperial case.

As soon as Lao Zhu saw the little hand, he knew who the little thief behind him was and asked without looking back.

"Are you awake?"

"My grandson has been awake for a while."

"If you say that, did you hear everything Erhu said just now?"

"I heard."

"Then tell me, what do you think about this matter?"

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he couldn't help but curl his lips.

It can be seen from Mrs. Lu's behavior in the mourning hall that this woman's moral character is not shallow. Even if she poisons herself, she will not leave any clues.

Therefore, he knew from the beginning that Jin Yiwei would not be able to find any evidence on this matter.

"Reporting to Grandpa Huang, my grandson thinks everything is normal."

"If the person who harmed me was found so easily, my grandson wouldn't be interested in investigating on his own!"

"oh?"

Lao Zhu couldn't help but look surprised when he heard this. Even though he didn't find out what he heard, he was inevitably a little disappointed and even resentful.

However, as a victim, this child could still maintain such a state of mind, which really made him wonder.

"You really want to check it out yourself?"

"certainly!"

When Zhu Yunxi said this, he suddenly became vicious.

"I want to pull him out with my own hands, then peel off his skin and whip him..."

As soon as Lao Zhu heard this, he picked up this naughty grandson, placed him across his lap, and slapped him several times.

"Shut up!"

"You are not allowed to speak like me in the future. What we say is just angry. How could we be so cruel!"

Zhu Yunxi lay on Lao Zhu's lap and couldn't help blinking his eyes when he heard this, with a look of disbelief on his face.

Although he has forgotten many things in his previous life, he remembers one thing very clearly, that is, Lao Zhu stripped corrupt officials of their skins and stripped them of their skins and hung them in public in the City God's Temple.

Now he actually said it was just for fun. Does he really think he is a three-year-old child?

When Lao Zhu saw that he had slapped him several times, Ni Sun didn't even cry out in pain, so he immediately ordered someone to do something to him.

"Someone is coming!"

"Bring us our whip!"

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he was so frightened that he screamed.

"It hurts, it hurts..."

"Grandpa Huang, I know I was wrong. I will never dare to imitate your speech again, wuwuwu..."

As soon as Lao Zhu heard the grandson's cry, he knew that this guy was pretending to cry. But fortunately, he didn't really want to hit him, he just wanted to scare the grandson.

"Hmph!"

"Since I know you were wrong, I won't punish you."

"But from tomorrow onwards, you have to go to the main hall to study. If you dare to cheat, see how we punish you!"

When Zhu Yunxi heard about reading, his face immediately fell.

"ah?"

"You still have to study when you are the grandson of the emperor..."
To be continued...