HLnovel Chapter 131 Tianzi Building
Chapter 131 Tianzi Building
"Qi Shuo, do you have any way to help me get rid of this disaster?"
The emperor looked at Qi Shuo solemnly.
Qi Shuo nodded and said in a sonorous voice: "I am willing to be your majesty's sword, be loyal to your majesty, and help your majesty deal with this worry."
"How can you help me? Tell me!"
The emperor looked at Qi Shuo, waiting for his next words.
Qi Shuo opened his mouth and said, "I am willing to be your Majesty's spy, lurk beside the Duke of Ying and seize the opportunity to seize the Duke of Ying's power."
"Can you do it?"
The emperor still found it difficult to trust Qi Shuo. After all, Qi Shuo was just an illegitimate son of the Duke of England, and the Duke of England now clearly wanted to abandon him. How could he gain the Duke of England's true trust?
Qi Shuo smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you will know if I am useful after you try me. I will do my best to serve Your Majesty."
"How can I trust you?" After all, Qi Shuo was the son of the Duke of Ying, so it was inevitable that the emperor found it difficult to trust him.
Qi Shuo said: "I know that Your Majesty does not trust me, so I will tell Your Majesty one thing as a token of my loyalty to Your Majesty."
"Oh? What's the matter?"
The emperor was in a good mood.
Qi Shuo said, "Your Majesty, the matter of Shanzhou this time was actually caused by Duke Yingguo sending me to lead troops to negotiate with the Hu people. Duke Yingguo wanted the Hu people to help him rebel against Your Majesty, but who knew that he fell into the Hu people's trap."
Qi Shuo suddenly told the emperor what happened in Shanzhou, which shocked and angered the emperor.
The emperor gripped the throne tightly and said angrily, "What a great Duke of Ying! He actually plotted a rebellion behind my back. I will not be at peace until this threat is eliminated!"
"Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to confess, but the Duke of England holds the names of my relatives and told me to stay silent and that he would find a way to rescue me. I was temporarily coerced and lured by him, so I stayed in the cell and refused to reveal the matter. Now that I have met Your Majesty, I know that Your Majesty can protect me, and I am willing to share Your Majesty's worries!"
Qi Shuo expressed his loyalty to the emperor with confidence.
The emperor suppressed his anger towards the Duke of Ying and asked Qi Shuo, "Do you have any evidence to bring down the Duke of Ying so that I can have a legitimate reason to remove his military power?"
Qi Shuo shook his head in frustration: "I am incompetent. The British Duke sent verbal instructions to me for this operation. I believe that the British Duke was afraid of being exposed, so he wanted me to be a scapegoat when the situation became desperate."
When the emperor heard this, he took a few deep breaths.
This British duke is so meticulous and cruel that he even abandoned his own son.
But his ruthlessness just happened to make him pick up an undercover agent.
"Qi Shuo, I can believe your words, but you can't come up with a letter of surrender that would be beneficial to me at the moment, so I can't feel at ease with you." After all, the emperor was in a high position and was very suspicious. How could he believe Qi Shuo's words so easily?
The emperor looked at Qi Shuo and said, "You should stay in prison for now and see what the attitude of the Duke of Ying is. If he wants to save you, then you are still useful to me. If the Duke of Ying treats you as a flag and wants you to be a scapegoat, then you are really useless."
The emperor's eyes were deep, hinting to Qi Shuo that if he was useless, he would be dead.
"Your Majesty, I am definitely someone who can be of use to you. Please trust me for now!"
"Okay!"
The emperor pressed his forehead, closed his eyes and said, "Come here, take Qi Shuo away and continue to imprison him!"
"My minister retire."
Qi Shuo was led out by the guards. Qiu Changye had been waiting outside. When he saw him coming out, he stepped forward and asked the chief eunuch Guo Baocai, "Eunuch Guo, does His Majesty have any instructions?"
Guo Baocai conveyed the emperor's words: "Your Majesty said that Qi Shuo should be imprisoned for the time being."
"Then..." Qiu Changye glanced at Qi Shuo and asked, "Do you still want to interrogate Qi Shuo?"
Guo Baocai raised his head and smiled, "Don't act rashly if His Majesty hasn't told you to. Sir Qiu, just do as His Majesty says."
"Yes!"
The reason why Qiu Changye was so humble in front of a eunuch was simply because the emperor had favored eunuchs in recent years, causing these eunuchs to become arrogant and look down on others.
Qiu Changye looked at Qi Shuo and said angrily, "Let's go!"
Afterwards, Qiu Changye took Qi Shuo back to the Dali Temple.
Qiu Changye asked curiously, "What did you tell His Majesty?"
Qi Shuo sneered, looked forward and ignored Qiu Changye.
Qiu Changye frowned, feeling very unhappy. It was fine that he couldn't afford to offend the eunuch beside the emperor, but now Qi Shuo, a criminal, dared to be rude to him.
Qiu Changye took Qi Shuo back to the Dali Temple with a sullen look on his face. Although Qi Shuo would not be tried, he didn't know what task the emperor would assign to him next. He knew nothing and had no idea what to do.
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Cheng Wenwen has been taking care of her two children these days, and with the addition of Old Madam Cheng, the house is very lively.
When it was busy, Qi Xing and Qi Qi would follow Old Madam Cheng and ask Cheng Wenwen to concentrate on business.
After finishing her work, Cheng Wenwen would also take Qi Xing and Qi Qi out to play.
"Sister Cheng, Sister Cheng, you're back! Why are you back so early today?"
Qi Qi ran to Cheng Wenwen first. Qi Xing looked at Cheng Wenwen not far away, with a smile in his eyes.
Cheng Wenwen nodded and said, "After today's work is done, I will come back early. Come on, Sister Cheng will take you out to eat something delicious."
"Where are we going?" Qi Qi's eyes lit up first.
"I'll take you to Tianzilou for dinner! The food there is the best in the capital."
The only drawback is that it is too expensive.
Therefore, Cheng Wenwen rarely goes there.
Fortunately, she negotiated a business deal with Tianzilou today, and their boss gave her a free coupon as a treat.
Of course Cheng Wenwen was not polite and wanted to take her family to eat together.
"Okay, okay, we can go eat something delicious now!" Qi Qi said happily.
Qi Xing also ran over. Of course he had to follow to eat the delicious food.
He has seen so many new and interesting things in the capital these days, which have greatly broadened his horizons.
"Grandma, you should go too!" Cheng Wenwen looked at Old Madam Cheng and said.
Madam Cheng shook her head: "I won't go! You guys go!"
"Oh, grandma, let's go eat by ourselves, you can go! The food in Tianzilou is delicious!"
When Cheng Wenwen was a girl, she didn't have much monthly salary, and she had to save her private money for emergencies, so she never ate there twice.
Now that I have made money, I can only order food carefully every time I go out. Now I finally have the chance to eat for free, so I certainly can’t miss it.
"Let's go, Pei'er, go call Mother He and Mother Ying, let's go together!"
These are the people I’m familiar with at home, and they can just sit at one table.
Old Madam Cheng couldn't resist and nodded.
"Hurry, go and help our great-grandmother." Cheng Wenwen pushed the two little kids.
The two little kids were very impressed with Old Madam Cheng, so they walked over, each holding one of her hands, and said to her, "Great-grandmother, we will lead you."
"Okay, be good."
Old Madam Cheng was very happy to have a child.