My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 94: Trick You to Death

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui anxiously helped Xu Qin up. When Xu Qin saw that they were coming, he forced a smile, then looked at Zhu Gaosui and said, "Third cousin, I give in. Well, I can't help it now that I'm in your hands. Don't worry, I won't steal your money anymore."

"Sakyabao, you, me, this is not what I meant!" Zhu Gaosui shouted anxiously when he heard what Xu Qin said. If Xu Qin's words were heard by his mother, he would be in great pain if he didn't die. How could he take revenge on his little cousin in the prison cell?
Zhu Gaochi stared at Zhu Gaosui with an angry look on his face: "Third brother, what do you mean? Ah? I think you did it on purpose!"

"Brother, I didn't, really. I am innocent, brother!" Zhu Gaosui was anxious. If his brother told mother later, he was afraid to think about the consequences.

"Hmph, go explain it to your mother yourself!" Zhu Gaochi said anxiously. Others may not know Xu Qin's ability, but how could he not know it? Xu Qin was wronged this time. Do you want him to work next time? Don't even think about it!

My father and I were impressed by Xu Qin's ability to make money. Xu Qin didn't want to go to the Weaving Bureau in the first place, and he even hung the token in the Weaving Bureau yesterday. Now that Xu Qin has received such treatment in the imperial prison, one can imagine what will happen in the future.

"Okay, I give in. I give in. I can't afford to offend you anymore. But third cousin, I just want to ask you one thing, does this imperial prison provide quilts? Why don't I have a quilt? Third cousin, if you want to freeze me to death, can you just do it quickly? It would be better if you let me go outside and freeze to death directly. I wouldn't be so painful." Xu Qin continued to stare at Zhu Gaosui and said.

"Nothing, come here!" Zhu Gaosui shouted, and immediately, a centurion came in. It was the centurion who was on duty here last night. "

"I ask you, why are there no quilts provided here?" Zhu Gaosui shouted angrily.

"This, this, I don't know. I came on duty last night and no one told me." The captain bowed and said calmly. Anyway, this matter had nothing to do with him.

"Then why don't you ask? Look at what kind of condition the imperial prison you manage has become." Zhu Gaochi shouted at Zhu Gaosui, who became furious.

"Okay, okay, whoever was on duty yesterday, tell him to come over here." Zhu Gaosui shouted angrily.

"Yes, I'll go right away." The centurion went out immediately.

Zhu Gaochi helped Xu Qin sit on the stool next to him. Xu Qin looked at them and said, "What are you two doing here? Go back if you have nothing to do. Cousin, go back and tell my grandmother. I'll let you be buried next to my grandfather!"

"Not really, not really!" Zhu Gaochi waved his hands and shouted outside, "Bring the things in, quickly!"

Soon, the people outside came in carrying things, including beds, tables, chairs, etc., anyway, everything.

"Get out, get out, get out!" Xu Qin shouted angrily at those people.

"No, Sakyabao, why are you doing this?" Zhu Gaochi looked at Xu Qin and advised.

"Third cousin, what do you mean? I asked you for these things yesterday, but you didn't send them to me. What do you mean by sending them now? I don't need yours. Just give me a quilt that ordinary prisoners can use." Xu Qin said to them.

"Third brother!" Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhu Gaosui angrily.

"I, I, I!" Zhu Gaosui felt that he could not clear himself even if he jumped into the Yellow River. He did not capture Sakyabao, but his father sent people to capture him. No one told him that he should treat him well. He just came to take a look and then went to the palace to capture people and do business. How could he have thought of this?
"Get out, all of you get out! I don't want it! The grandson of King Zhongshan can handle it!" Xu Qin shouted at those who came in carrying things.

Those people stood there and looked at Zhu Gaochi.

"Hurry up and bring it in, and also, bring the charcoal fire!" Zhu Gaochi shouted, very angry, thinking to himself, how could the third brother do things like this, no wonder he got beaten, he also wanted to beat him up.

"No, don't worry, cousin. I can handle it. I slept on the floor last night and it was a bit cold, but I had a quilt! I was so hungry this morning, so I ate some prison food. It was okay, I could eat it." Xu Qin sat there, waving his hand and said.

I thought to myself, Third cousin, I can't kill you this time, but you dare to make me sleep on the floor.

"Isn't there a bed here?" Zhu Gaosui pointed to a shabby bed in the distance and said to Xu Qin.

"You try it. There's a draft from below, and it will be even colder when you sleep there. The gaps in the bed boards let in cold wind! If you sleep on the ground, the ground is still a little warm." Xu Qin shouted angrily at Zhu Gaosui.

"I was wrong, I really didn't know. Don't worry, you can have whatever you want, okay? You can have whatever you want." Zhu Gaosui looked at Xu Qin pleadingly.

"I don't want anything, nothing! Even if you bring these things in, I don't need them. Cousin, please go to my house and tell my grandmother that her grandson can't fulfill his filial piety." Xu Qin said while looking at Zhu Gaochi.

"Not really, not really. You know my mother was very worried when she found out about your situation. She called us both over and gave us a lecture." Zhu Gaochi waved his hand at Xu Qin and said, "Humph, my aunt lied to me. I said I didn't want to go to the weaving bureau. I just wanted to make a little money. But she insisted on asking me to go. The weaving bureau didn't have any money. I went there to make money and offended those eunuchs and palace maids. Now they are messing with me, and my aunt doesn't care!" Xu Qin complained.

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui were very worried when they heard this. If this got to their ears, who knows how many more people would be in trouble.

Meanwhile, at Jiming Temple, Zhu Di also received the news from the Queen.

Zhu Di and Ji Gang looked at their father-in-law kneeling on the ground in dumbfoundedness.

"What did you say? Sakya Bao is in the cell, sleeping on the floor, shivering from the cold, and eating prison food?" Zhu Di said, staring at the eunuch.

"Yes, the Queen is extremely anxious." The eunuch said while kneeling there.

Zhu Di turned his head and looked at Ji Gang.

Ji Gang immediately knelt down and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, I have instructed the captain on duty to meet all his demands, as long as he does not leave! The King of Zhao was not in the imperial prison yesterday, but in the palace. I did not see the King of Zhao in the palace, so I instructed the captain to go and talk to the King of Zhao."

Ji Gang was so depressed. What was going on? He really confessed.

Zhu Di pointed at Ji Gang and was so angry that he didn't know what to say. After a while, he said, "You can't even handle such a small matter? Huh?"

"Your Majesty, I am wronged. The people below me are incompetent. Your Majesty, it is my fault. I, I, I am willing to be punished." Ji Gang knelt there, shouting in frustration.

"Go and find out for me what happened. If it is proved that you did it on purpose, then get out of here. Go to Liaodong or Qiongzhou. It's your choice!" Zhu Di pointed at Ji Gang and said.

"Yes, yes, I'll go right away!" Ji Gang stood up immediately, terrified.

The eunuch just explained it clearly, and the Empress asked him to wash his neck. Ji Gang had been with Zhu Di for so many years, how could he not know that when Empress Xu got angry, His Majesty would be afraid of her. Zhu Di couldn't stop Empress Xu from killing anyone, and even said that she would hand him a knife. If he was targeted by the Empress, if he didn't explain it clearly and cleared himself of the responsibility, it would be His Majesty's wishful thinking to go to Liaodong or Qiongzhou, and the real end would be beheading.

Ji Gang and his men quickly left Jiming Temple.

Zhu Di had a headache and sat there rubbing his head. How could the people below do things like this? Isn't this just digging their own grave?

"Your Majesty, we need to appease Sakya Bao on this matter." Yao Guangxiao said worriedly while sitting there.

"How to appease him? Didn't you hear that eunuch say that all the things sent by the queen were thrown out by Sakyamuni? This is troublesome!" Zhu Di sighed. How much harm would it be for a married woman to have her things thrown out by her nephew? The key is still the eldest nephew. If it was Xu Jingchang who threw it, it wouldn't be so serious.

"This, eh, Your Majesty, if this is the case, I'm afraid the master behind Sakya Bao will not come out so easily. In addition, if there is no master behind Sakya Bao, I'm afraid Sakya Bao will not do things easily." Yao Guangxiao sat there and said with a sigh.

Zhu Di had a headache, a very big headache. Now it was not a question of whether Shakyabao would do anything or not, but that he might not be able to go to Kunning Palace in the short term. Thinking of this, he got angry. Ji Gang and Zhu Gaosui could not even handle such a small matter.

In the palace, the queen was also anxious and wanted to leave, but she couldn't leave easily. Now Zhu Di had gone to Jiming Temple. If she left the palace to meet Sakya Bao and the ministers or princesses knew about it, the previous arrangement would probably be in trouble.

Empress Xu could only worry in the palace. She couldn't help hating Ji Gang even more for humiliating her eldest nephew and making her lose face. She couldn't let her brother and mother know about this. If they knew, they would not know how to look at her.

But Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui never came back, so he could only worry.

At this moment, Zhu Gaosui and Zhu Gaochi were sitting there persuading Xu Qin. The charcoal fire was already under Xu Qin's feet, and the quilt was draped over Xu Qin's body.

Zhu Gaosui looked at Xu Qin in an almost pleading tone: "Shijiabao, can I ask you for help this time? Please don't talk nonsense."

"Nonsense? What I said is not the truth? Also, third cousin, don't worry, I'm in the cell, who can I tell? Even if I die here, no one will know! Now I'm in your hands, what are you afraid of?" Xu Qin said to Zhu Gaosui with contempt.

"You, me, this matter really has nothing to do with me. I didn't catch you, right? You asked for those things yesterday, but how could I dare to give them to you? I didn't receive any news either. Sakyabao, how about this? See if you need anything else and I'll get it for you?" Zhu Gaosui said with tears in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)