Summary of the previous chapter: The emperor summoned Ma Xiaoquan to the palace and told him to restart the investigation into the cause of Ma Zhi's death...
Zhu Youxiao said oh, nodded and pointed at Ma Xiaoquan: "Okay, take off your clothes, I want to see the scar on your back."
Ma Xiaoquan suddenly became nervous. He was not the real Ma Xiaoquan. There was no scar on his back.
"Your Majesty, you should have seen it when we were taking a bath in the hot spring, right?" Ma Xiaoquan prevaricated.
Zhu Youxiao chuckled: "I didn't pay attention, haha, come on, take it off, it's okay, they are all men, well, although Zhongxian and the others are not men, it doesn't matter!"
Ma Xiaoquan looked at Wei Zhongxian, who had a sinister smile on his face, and it looked like something was going on.
Ma Xiaoquan cursed in his heart, it must be Wei Zhongxian's instigation to restart the investigation into the cause of Ma Zhi's death. Alas, there is no way. In this dynasty, it is impossible not to obey the emperor's order, right?
Ma Xiaoquan slowly took off his outer robe, and an ominous premonition suddenly appeared in his heart. He narrowed his eyes, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Ma Xiaoquan immediately realized that the emperor asked him to take off his clothes. He probably knew something.
What should I do, what should I do? If I take off my clothes and the emperor finds that there is no scar on his back, how should he explain it? In this dynasty, there is no skin grafting yet.
Damn it, Wei Zhongxian must be causing trouble in all of this. Wei Zhongxian, that stupid fake eunuch, must know something.
"Uh" Ma Xiaoquan took off his clothes halfway, suddenly stopped and said respectfully to Zhu Youxiao, "Your Majesty, I have an injury on my back, so I can't let it attract the wind, otherwise I will feel uncomfortable..."
Zhu Youxiao was a little unhappy and said, "Why, is it still cold in my Yangxin Palace?"
"No, no, no, Your Majesty, Wei Chen didn't mean that. Wei Chen just felt embarrassed...Although Eunuch Wei was once a man, he is not now..."
Wei Zhongxian couldn't help it anymore and interrupted: "Ma Xiaoquan, what are you talking about? Are you scared, or are you not the fourth young master of the Ma family at all?"
Ma Xiaoquan gritted his teeth and retorted to Wei Zhongxian: "Eunuch Wei, let's not say whether I am Ma Xiaoquan or not, but there have been rumors in the palace that Eunuch Wei, you still have that thing under your crotch. I don't know if it is true. In this way, I, Ma Xiaoquan,
In order to prove my innocence, I took off my clothes, and Eunuch Wei, take off your pants and let us see if you are what the rumors in the palace say."
Wei Zhongxian was stunned. He did not expect that Ma Xiaoquan would fight back against him like this, and he would fight back just right.
Zhu Youxiao was also stunned. He looked at Wei Zhongxian, frowned and said, "Zhongxian, is what Ma Aiqing said true?"
How could Wei Zhongxian dare to admit it? He knelt down in front of Zhu Youxiao and cried: "Your Majesty, Ma Xiaoquan is spitting blood. This old slave has long been cleansed. How can there be anything in his crotch..."
Ma Xiaoquan snorted coldly and said, "Then you should take it off. Take it off to prove it!"
Wei Zhongxian became anxious, pointed at Ma Xiaoquan and said: "You can take it off if you can, huh, do you think I don't know that you are the fake Fourth Young Master of the Ma family?"
Ma Xiaoquan did not argue with Wei Zhongxian. He turned to Zhu Youxiao and said, "Please make your decision, your Majesty!"
"Well!" Zhu Youxiao hummed, looked at Ma Xiaoquan, then at Wei Zhongxian, and said slowly, "In that case, well, then Ma Aiqing, you and Zhongxian can take off your clothes together.
Let me see!"
Ma Xiaoquan and Wei Zhongxian each had their own ulterior motives, so they were unwilling to obey. Ma Xiaoquan was worried that he had no scar on his back, and his identity would be suspected. Wei Zhongxian had something in his crotch because of the rebirth of a jade stem. He couldn't let the emperor see it, otherwise
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Ma and Wei looked at each other and reached a rare moment of tacit understanding. They knelt in front of Zhu Youxiao at the same time and said in unison: "Your Majesty, I am a humble servant who is loyal to your Majesty and has no second thoughts.
Please see the emperor and see that I have always been loyal to the emperor. I hope that the emperor will take back your order. I will present it to the emperor alone..."
Zhu Youxiao was still a child, and Ma Wei put pressure on him at the same time, and he actually panicked.
Wei Zhongxian often followed Zhu Youxiao. He knew very well Zhu Youxiao's mentality at the moment and quickly forced him to the palace again: "Your Majesty, the Yangxin Palace is a sacred place. How can we allow low-class people like us to take off our clothes? Isn't this right?
It will not tarnish the emperor’s sanctity.”
Ma Xiaoquan also echoed: "Yes, Your Majesty, if Your Majesty really wants to see it, we will go into the inner room to see it later!"
"This..." Zhu Youxiao was a little reluctant, but without much political experience, he couldn't think of what to say next.
Ma Xiaoquan winked at Wei Zhongxian, who understood and made two secret gestures. Several eunuchs immediately came and carried Zhu Youxiao into the inner room of Yangxin Hall.
As Zhu Youxiao entered the inner room, Ma Xiaoquan and Wei Zhongxian let out a long breath at the same time.
Then, the two suddenly looked at each other and said fiercely at the same time: "We'll see!"
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After leaving the palace, Ma Xiaoquan hurriedly returned to Ma's house. Wei Zhongxian returned to Wei Mansion. As soon as he entered the house, he ordered Hua Yue to find a way to make a scar on his back. Wei Zhongxian asked Li Yongzhen and others to find a way to give him a scar.
He covered up what was in his crotch.
After getting ready, Ma Xiaoquan hurriedly entered the palace. Wei Zhongxian also got ready and returned. In the inner room, he took off his shirt and exposed his upper body for the emperor to examine the "scar".
Wei Zhongxian also took off his pants for inspection.
The person responsible for the inspection had already been arranged by Wei Zhongxian. After an inspection, Wei Zhongxian naturally found "no problem." Since Ma Xiaoquan and Wei Zhongxian had reached a brief tacit understanding, he was actually afraid that Ma Xiaoquan would expose him as a fake eunuch, so the person who inspected also helped him spread the word.
After being panicked, Zhu Youxiao was prevaricated.
Zhu Youxiao was just curious and didn't pay too much attention to the scar on Ma Xiaoquan's back and the words in Wei Zhongxian's crotch. Seeing that both of them were "innocent", Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "I'll just say it,
You are all my confidants, and I trust you! But you let me see it, but you made me wait for a long time, haha!"
After hearing this, Ma and Wei both knelt down in front of Zhu Youxiao to thank him. At the same time, they did not forget to roll their eyes at each other and curse each other silently.
Zhu Youxiao helped the two of them up at the same time and said with a smile: "Well, I still said the same thing, Ma Aiqing, I want to restart the investigation into your brother's death, so if you have any difficulties, just tell me if you think of it,
