Zhao Xi is uncertain if they can meet tonight, after all, running into each other this morning was too coincidental.

  Even if there is a slight possibility, he will have to do it, and by the way, also give his old man a reminder: it's time to clean up these concubines, what have they become?

  Wang Zhongzheng accompanied Wang Ye in squatting under the palace wall, he didn't know what Wang Ye wanted to catch, anyway Wang Ye wanted to do it, so he just accompanied him.

  He had followed the king before, and also served as a night watchman, so he knew how to stay up all night. But the king...the king wouldn't let him get close, instead letting him pull the fishing net on this side, saying that they would catch something good if they waited patiently.

  Huh...... Wang Zhongzheng suddenly heard a rustling sound, as if it came from the palace wall... someone!

  Wang Zhong's scalp felt numb. Wang Ye... looked at Wang Ye, but saw that Wang Ye was making a gesture to himself, meaning not to make a sound.

  Wang Zhongzheng didn't dare to make a sound either. At least for now, Wang Ye was dressed in the attire of an imperial guard, and he was afraid that if he shouted, people would know it was Wang Ye. If Wang Ye made a mistake, not to mention himself, even if all his nine clansmen were to accompany him, they couldn't save Wang Ye.

  It's finally here! I hope this is just the first and last time. Zhao Xi is worried about his father, what a terrible day it has been.

  The sound is getting closer and closer, no need to strain your neck, you can already see the lower body of a person.

  It really stopped... and slowly fell down, still leisurely untying the ropes on its body.

  Just as that person untied the rope, Zhao Xi used all his strength to scoop up the edge of the fishing net...

  Wang Zhongzheng had been paying attention to Wang Ye. He could have actually taken him down, but since Wang Ye had instructed him, he didn't dare take matters into his own hands and had to follow Wang Ye's lead.

  The two men were limited in height, and the fishing net they scooped up didn't even cover the person, it just made him frantically pull at the net.

  Wang Zhongzheng still remembered the king's entrustment, needing to press his head and cover his mouth... Seeing that it was just this one person, Wang Zhongzheng didn't need to worry about the king's safety anymore. His legs slightly lifted off the ground as he jumped up, accurately grabbing the man who was pulling the fishing net, and firmly grasped the man's head.

  Wang Zhongzheng busied himself by accurately finding the man's mouth, exerting great force to knock him against the palace wall, pinning him down motionless, his hand still grasping the man's body.

  It seemed that this man did not dare to shout, but only wanted to free his hands from Wang Zhongzheng. Unfortunately, every time he pulled a section, the empty net would wrap around his arm, and his movements were completely uncoordinated.

  Zhao Xi also ran over, pinching a long silver needle in his hand, looking at the head that was fundamentally out of reach...

  Alas, it's still too small.

  Zhao Xi suddenly crawled over, hugged his leg, and took out the prepared iron nail, fiercely stabbing it into the person's armpit...

  "Wooo..."

  Finally couldn't help but speak out... Wang Zhongzheng's arms and hands were tightly wrapped around him.

  "Whoosh..."

  Kneel down! At this time, Zhao Xi finally got it.

  "Don't let him get dizzy!"

  Zhao Xi tried several times but couldn't accurately poke the silver needle into her ear.

  Wang Zhongzheng has done his best, but after all, he is only twelve or thirteen...

  Zhao Xi clenched his fist, with his middle finger joint protruding, and viciously aimed at the person's neck... Hmm, it actually worked.

  For a moment's pause, Zhao Xi inserted that long silver needle into the man's ear hole...

  The two of them were panting heavily, neither of them was very big, Wang Zhongzheng was a bit better off, but Zhao Xi was only three or four years old and had exhausted all his energy in this one burst.

  "Your Majesty, has the Ice Well been notified?"

  "No, let's go back."

  "Go back?"

  Wang Zhong looked at the person leaning against the palace wall like a dead dog and was unsure why Wang Ye wanted to go back. This... this was a great merit for him.

  It's strange that Wang Ye said he was going back, but he still followed the same path back, walking while constantly looking down at the wooden pillars in the corridor...

  Tonight, the king's behavior was very strange. He pierced an earring hole with a silver needle, stirred for half a day, and after that person died, the king still checked if there was any bleeding in the earring hole. Feeling no blood came out, the king was very satisfied.

  Before leaving, Wang tied up the man's armpits that had been nailed with iron nails, as if he was still afraid that this dead person would bleed to death.

  These non-stop corridors and wooden pillars... are all mortise and tenon joints, what can be seen from them?

  What's going on again?

  Wang Zhongzheng saw Wang Ye staring at a wooden pillar for half a day, then inserted the bloody iron nail into the bottom corner of the already rotten wooden pillar.

  Looking at the exposed bloody nail tip, Wang Ye seemed very satisfied again.

  Zhao Xi took off the clothes of the inner guard under the windowsill and let Wang Zhongzheng take them back to burn, only then did he climb back through the window.

  The next day, Zhao Xi woke up again just after midnight. Feeling a bit sleepy, he still forced himself to stay awake despite his drowsiness.

  As usual, Wang Zhongzheng shouted 'one two one' and ran a lap around the inner courtyard before going to school.

  When passing by Xu Cairen's mansion, Wang Zhongzheng glanced at King Wang several times, but saw that King Wang was acting as if nothing had happened.

  The king is still the king, thinking back to when he first saw a murder, his legs were even trembling.

  ……

  "Who is it?"

  Chen Lin reported to Zhao Zhen early in the morning about the person who died under the palace wall.

  "Returning home, still unclear!"

  "Then investigate! Let the detective agency investigate!"

  "He returned to his official residence, and it seems that when he escaped from Xu Zizang's place, he was injured by the iron nails on the corridor, and suddenly died of a brain disease under the palace wall."

  "Brain disease?"

  "Returning to the official residence, the imperial city coroner's office has made a determination. There is an injury on the right leg, and a bloody iron nail was found in the corridor leading to Xu Zai's palace. The coroner's office has determined that the injury was caused by this iron nail."

  "There is bleeding in the deep part of the mouth and nose, with unexamined wounds, which should be caused by intracranial rupture."

  Zhao Zhen had always wanted to avoid Xu Cai, whom Chen Lin mentioned, but Chen Lin brought it up again.

  Every time it's mentioned, he feels like he's been slapped in the face, crisp and scorching pain.

  He's not stupid and can understand what really happened. Although it's just a guess, it shouldn't be far from the truth.

  "Has it been made known to the sage?"

  "Returning home, I haven't mentioned it to my mother yet."

  "Tell the saint..."

  After all, the queen is the first of the six palaces, and how to deal with it will be decided by her.

  Empress Cao never thought that such an ugly thing would happen in the inner palace...

  "Who else knows about this?"

  "Go back, young lady, only the Imperial City Guards are on duty, I have already warned them."

  The official let himself handle it... It's indeed a palace affair, just hand it over to the Imperial City Guard. Alas, that's the kind of person he is!

  The eunuchs brought Xu Zizhi along and also summoned the imperial physician He into the Ciming Palace.

  If this is confirmed, there is no other way but to put them to death. The inner palace cannot be sullied by such filthy things.

  ……

  "Your Highness, Xu has hanged himself."

  Every day after school, Zhao Xi always walks home with a swagger, no longer shouting as he goes.

  At this time, there were always people coming and going in the palace, and from time to time, they would stop to pay their respects.

  Wang Zhongzheng didn't stay at Cishantang for the whole day, and he couldn't stop thinking about the person who had died. As soon as school was over, he went to report to Zhao Xi.

  The coroner found the iron nail and determined that the man had died suddenly from a brain disease. Then, Xu Zai was summoned by his mother, and during the change of clothes, he hanged himself.

  Wang Zhongzheng spoke casually, but his heart couldn't figure it out. He was very clear about how that person died, but why did the coroner determine it was a sudden cerebral disease?