Empress can't eat enough

Chapter 65 King Huan's Intentions
King Huan Li Mu entered the palace, and as expected, the emperor ordered the third inspectorate to try the case of Zhou Qingyao's regicide.Knowing that Prince Li Ji was involved, he was a little excited.

Ever since the East Palace was concluded with Pingning Hou's Mansion, the crown prince has been overpowering him everywhere.Now this matter can finally make him suffer a little bit.

He decided to do something.

And because he found the replaced blunderbuss, Jiang Chiyi was sent back home as a matter of course.The suffering of a day in prison and the danger of family destruction were all false alarms.

When Jiang Huai, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, went to the Ministry of Punishment to pick up his son, he thanked Wei Yuan a thousand times.

Both of them are honest and upright officials. They were speculative, and they have long been called brothers. Now that they have saved their lives, their relationship has deepened.

Wei Yuan told Jiang Huai, "Prince Huan's contribution to today's matter is indispensable. If he hadn't been there to help me, I wouldn't be able to clear up the suspicion of Young Master Ling overnight."

King Huan listened, feeling a little guilty.Today's matters are all investigated by the father-in-law, and he has never helped anything.But he also knew what Wei Yuan meant by saying this, so when Jiang Shangshu thanked him, he also accepted it with a smile.

After Jiang Huai left with Jiang Chiyi, he also expressed his admiration for Wei Yuan: "Father-in-law only entered the palace once, but within two hours he found the replaced bird gun, and involved It's a really good skill to come out with all kinds of truth!"

"Your Highness, I appreciate it." Wei Yuan smiled shyly.

God knows there are ghosts and gods to help!Otherwise, no matter how perceptive he is, he can't get twice the result with half the effort.

"Your Highness, Zhou Qingyao was a hard nut to crack." Wei Yuan returned to the subject, "The most grievous torture of the Ministry of Criminal Justice was also used on him. He insisted that it was Jiang Wuchen at the beginning. Now that we found the bird gun, let us go." I have confessed to the crime of regicide and treason, and I will not say anything else. If you want to pry his mouth open tonight, I am afraid it will not be easy."

"I'm going to meet him, I'm not in a hurry." Li Mu's eyes were cunning, as if he had plans.After thinking for a while, he said again: "Your father-in-law has been busy for a long time, why don't you go back and rest?"

Wei Yuan was somewhat hesitant, fearing that such behavior might be disrespectful.

"Go back and rest!" Li Mu smiled meaningfully, "If Aning knows that I make you work so hard, you will definitely not spare me when you go back."

Wei Yuan was slightly taken aback, and then smiled.

Thinking about how his daughter got along well with King Huan, he was of course happy.

After he also left, Li Mufang came to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Seeing Zhou Qingyao, who was only half alive after being tortured, he looked at him for a long time, his eyes full of interest, like a hunter looking at prey that has fallen into a trap.

"I'm a little hungry." He suddenly said to Wynn beside him: "Go, prepare a table of good wine and food for the hall."

When the food and drink were ready, Zhou Qingyao woke up after not seeing a good spot in his body.When he opened his eyes, he vaguely saw a person sitting in front of him, drinking wine and eating meat. His appearance was as bright as a bright moon. He thought he was wrong, so he blinked hard to see that the person in front of him was Prince Huan. Li Mu.

"King Huan? King Huan." He couldn't help laughing, and the laughter became even more wild.

Li Mu was unmoved and continued to drink and eat meat.

"Why did the sage send His Royal Highness Huan to interrogate me again?" Zhou Qingyao looked at him with scarlet eyes, and the smile on his face remained undiminished, "I told you before, even if you find out that I replaced Jiang Chiyi, that's what I said." So what if you hold a bird gun? The big deal is death! So what if you kill the king and murder the nine clans? I, Zhou, is alone, with no relatives and no reasons, so why care about the lives of others? stop!"

Li Mu still didn't pay attention, savoring the delicacies among the chopsticks carefully, eating elegantly, just like being in a banquet room or fan building, not caring at all about the filth and bad luck of being in a prison cell at this time.

Zhou Qingyao looked at him patiently, wanting to see how he could pry his mouth open with this manner!

Finally, Huan Wang Li Mu had enough to eat and drink.

However, he asked someone to remove the leftovers, but he also asked someone to bring him a few books, which he read with great interest.

Zhou Qingyao was quite surprised, but still let out a sneer: "His Royal Highness Huan wants to waste time with me? Well, then it will be wasted!"

Who would have expected that Li Mu spent three days with him!
In the past three days, while he asked Wei Yuan to look up all the information related to Zhou Qingyao outside to find his weakness, he asked the medical officer to treat his injuries, but he didn't give him water or food. Eat, don't let him sleep with his eyes closed, just make him so hungry, thirsty, awake, alive with indistinguishable day and night.

And King Huan would appear in the cell from time to time, and every time he appeared, he was eating and drinking!
"His Royal Highness Prince Huan...give me something to stutter...give me saliva..." Zhou Qingyao finally couldn't bear it any longer.

Poor him, his mouth is parched from thirst, he is dizzy from hunger, and he can't bear to watch someone eat and drink spicy food in front of him!

"Zhou Zhongjun really has nothing to worry about in this world?" Li Mu took a sip of tea and spoke to him the first words since entering this prison.Without waiting for his answer, he continued: "No one loves you, no one loves you, and you have nothing to worry about. That must be the worst tragedy in the world. However, Zhou Zhongjun is not that miserable. After all, there is still someone who cares about you."

After all, someone brought in a woman in her thirties from outside the prison.The woman has delicate skin and tender flesh, and the clothes on her body are also high-quality goods, which shows that she is also pampered on weekdays.

When she saw Zhou Qingyao was tied up in the cell by bracelets and anklets, with dried blood all over his body, she burst into tears and called out "General Zhou" in grief.

"Yuanniang?" Zhou Qingyao's expression also changed.

But they were not allowed to say the first half of the sentence, and Li Mu asked someone to take out the Yuan Niang that Zhou Qingyao was talking about.

"Yuanniang is also a poor person. She was sold into a brothel and tile house when she was young. She was lucky enough to meet Zhou Zhongjun, so she finally changed her life. It's a pity..." Li Mu sighed, and then told Zhou Qingyao unhurriedly: It was not in vain that Zhou Zhongjun had raised her for many years, and when she heard that you had committed the crime of regicide, she would die for you without saying a word."

Hearing this, Zhou Qingyao suddenly laughed, and said, "Your Highness, do you think that I will betray you just because of a woman..."

He realized that he was delirious and almost said the wrong thing, so he quickly shut up.

Li Mu's eyes froze, and it was enough to just listen to these half sentences.Soon, he took his words and said, "Abandon the prince."

Although Zhou Qingyao was so hungry that his eyes were dizzy and his ears were ringing, but at this moment, he was sure that he understood Huan Wang Li Mu's intentions.

Li Mu stopped beating around the bush.He approached him and whispered in his ear: "As long as you firmly insist that it is the crown prince's instigation, this hall can arrange a way for you to survive tonight. When you get out of this prison of the Ministry of punishment, you can go far away with that Yuan Niang and leave forever." Kyoto City."

"Heh! Haha..." Zhou Qingyao looked at him sideways, almost crying from laughter. "His Royal Highness Prince Huan originally had this in mind!"

Li Mu took two steps back, smiled contemptuously, and said with deep meaning: "Up to now, you still don't understand how to be truly loyal to your master."

(End of this chapter)