Reborn to overthrow the throne, I became the new emperor's dark moonlight

Chapter 119 Request for Body Search

The person who entered the house to search with several female spies was Qi Niang, the deputy commander of the secret factory and Qiao Xi's subordinate.

She is also Lin Yuanbo's old lover and Cao Ying's goddaughter.

She grew up in a dark factory and is an outstanding person in the dark factory.

But Qiao Xi joined in halfway and ended up being superior to Qi Niang.

This made Qi Niang very dissatisfied with Qiao Xi. She always regarded Qiao Xi as her rival, so she paid special attention to Qiao Xi.

Then he also knew Qiao Xi's true identity.

Being regarded as Qi Niang's number one competitor, Qiao Xi would naturally keep an eye on the other party, so just by looking at those eyes, she knew that this person was Qi Niang.

When Qiao Xi was reborn, Qi Niang was sent out on a mission.

As soon as she saw the joy in Cao Ying's eyes, Qiao Xi knew that Cao Ying had told Qi Niang about Lin Yuanbo.

Qi Niang loves Lin Yuanbai deeply and will never miss any opportunity to avenge Lin Yuanbai.

What's more, she has always wanted to find fault with Qiao Xi.

Su Heting noticed that Qiao Xi's back was slightly tense, so he hurriedly held her hand and moved it a few times in her palm, both to comfort her and to ask what was going on.

This was a game they often played when they were young. Just a few strokes could represent a word.

Qiao Xi touched his palm with her fingertips and responded, "Qiniang, a handkerchief."

Su Heting had already heard of Qi Niang from Qiao Xi, and after a little thought he knew what Qiao Xi was worried about.

Qiao Xi is the commander of the secret factory. It is normal for him to prepare a few sets of night clothes in his room for the convenience of carrying out missions. Even if he finds them, they cannot be used as evidence.

But Qiao Xi had just been to the Cold Palace and the Eastern Palace, both of which were deserted, so it was inevitable that her shoes would be stained with dust.

The rest of the palace was spotless, so Qiao Xi shouldn't have stepped on any dirt today.

So when Qiao Xi came back, she wiped her shoes clean with a handkerchief, and hid the dusty handkerchief on her body.

This is a habit she developed in the dark factory.

If an ordinary person enters the house and cannot find anyone or any clothing, they will give up.

But Qi Niang came from a secret factory and knew Qiao Xi. If she also believed that the assassin tonight was Qiao Xi, she would most likely think of the fact that Qiao Xi left the shoe-polishing handkerchief on her body and find an excuse to search her body.

Fortunately, when Su Heting went out again, he put on a cloak. He held Qiao Xi in his arms and calmly stuffed the handkerchief on Qiao Xi's body into his clothes.

Qi Niang searched the room carefully and then walked up to the emperor, "Your Majesty, there are no assassins in the room.

However, this does not rule out the possibility that the person in the room was not an assassin, because the Second Prince took too long to stop him.

That's enough time for the assassin to erase the traces, and if they want to erase the traces, they need to wipe them with a handkerchief or something like that, and carrying such an item on their body can conceal it."

"I see."

Cao Ying acted as if he had realized something. "No wonder the Second Prince insisted on stopping us. I guess he was trying to buy time for the assassin."

The emperor looked at Su Heting with an unsure expression, "Second Brother, tell me the truth. Why did you stop them from searching? Do you have anything to do with what happened tonight?"

He was also worried that Su Heting had ulterior motives for returning to Beijing.

At the same time, he also did not trust Qiao Xi, worried that Qiao Xi was covering up for Su Heting, or even that the person was Qiao Xi.

If Qiao Xi went out in the middle of the night while concealing his whereabouts, it would be a big problem.

Su Heting shook his head and chuckled, "You all said there was an assassin. Besides that eunuch, did anyone else see it?"

No one answered.

He walked towards the eunuch and said, "I asked you to tell me earlier. Was the assassin you mentioned a man or a woman? Was he tall or short? What did he do? But you couldn't tell me anything."

"And you."

Su Heting walked towards Cao Ying. "There was no theft in this palace, and no casualties. Yet, based on this unfounded claim, you insist on searching my room. And now, searching my room isn't enough; you're also searching me and my wife."

He suddenly struck Cao Ying with a palm, "Even the barbarians dare not act so arrogantly in front of me. Whose power do you rely on to dare to cause trouble to me like this?"

The King of Northern Xinjiang was known for his tyranny, and he could not tolerate this injustice.

Qi Niang blocked the palm strike for Cao Ying in time, and the two of them immediately started fighting.

The emperor did not stop him, he wanted to see Su Heting's skills.

Although Su Heting could not defeat the reborn Qiao Xi, he was no problem for Qi Niang.

The prince used to be a gentleman, but Su Heting had no habit of not beating women. He twisted Qin Niang's arm and slammed her to the ground.

Everyone felt the ground seemed to shake. Qi Niang's face turned pale and she had broken her ribs.

Su Heting showed his violence and strength several times tonight, which frightened many people present.

The feared person clapped his hands and looked at the emperor, "Your son does not understand the rules of the palace. He did not know that the prince's room can be entered by servants at will.

But I know one thing: if I were to have someone search me tonight, I would not have to stay in this capital.

Father, do you really want to search me?"

There was anger in his open eyes.

The emperor had already felt his bottom line and knew that if he insisted on searching him, the father and son would definitely fall out.

He had previously thought of using the father-son relationship to win him over and make him a pawn to deal with that person and the queen, and even the various vassal states.

Naturally, she didn't want to quarrel with him, so she shouted, "Nonsense! When did I ever say I would search you?

But you also need to understand the difficulties of being an official. Since someone has discovered that there is an assassin in the palace, if they don't search carefully, they will be derelict in their duty."

Upon hearing this, Su Heting walked directly to the eunuch who had first mentioned the assassin and picked him up. He asked, "Which palace are you from? Where do you usually work?"

The eunuch was afraid that he would be smashed into a meat pie by Su Heting, so he said timidly, "I work in Linghua Pavilion."

"Is it your turn to be on duty tonight?"

The eunuch shook his head.

It's not his turn tonight.

But thinking about how he hadn't slept in the middle of the night and had discovered the assassin, he hurriedly added, "I had a stomachache, so I got up to go to the bathroom."

"But I heard that you discovered the assassin outside Linghua Pavilion."

This was what Qiao Xi had just said to him in the room. He looked at the leader of the imperial guards who came with the eunuch.

The leader of the Imperial Guards nodded, bowed, and said to the Emperor, "When I heard the shouting, this eunuch was indeed outside Linghua Pavilion."

Su Heting raised his eyebrows, "Why? Linghua Pavilion's toilet is not worthy of your noble buttocks?"

"No, no, it's... I went to the toilet and couldn't sleep for a while, so I wanted to take a walk."

The eunuch felt guilty.

Although he worked for Linghua Pavilion, he was Cao Ying's man. He did not sleep tonight because he was waiting outside Linghua Pavilion on Cao Ying's orders.

And he wasn't the only one waiting there.

Previously, he thought he was lucky because he was the first to discover the abnormality, and he might even get a reward from Manager Cao.

Now he just felt that he was extremely unlucky. Why was he the one who discovered it? Why was he the one who was waiting here?

Su Heting smiled, but the smile did not reach his eyes. "Then you just happened to see the assassin, and Manager Cao just happened to rush over."

He immediately exerted force and dislocated the eunuch's arm, saying sternly, "If you don't tell the truth, I will twist your head off."

The eunuch glanced at Cao Ying. Cao Ying was wearing a veil, so he couldn't see anything clearly, but he could clearly see the corpse whose head was twisted off by Su Heting.

The force on the arm became stronger and stronger, and fear finally made the eunuch confess everything.

Su Heting sneered at Cao Ying, "You really can't tolerate me."

He took all the responsibility on himself, leaving Qiao Xi alone. "I have no grudge against you. I really can't understand why you are targeting me."

He then knelt on one knee before the emperor and said, "General Cao inexplicably sent someone to keep an eye on me. I suspect the story of the assassin was fabricated by this eunuch under his orders.

As for the purpose, I do not know, but I ask Your Majesty to give me justice."

Even the emperor stopped calling his father because of what happened tonight and he became estranged from the emperor again.

The emperor glanced at Cao Ying.

Cao Ying wanted to say that she had nothing to do with Su Heting originally, and she only wanted to target Qiao Xi at the beginning.

It was Su Heting who got involved to help Qiao Xi and beat her in public, which led to the hatred between them.

But there are imperial guards and many palace maids here, what should she say?

She couldn't even say why she was targeting Qiao Xi.

He had no choice but to kneel before the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, everything we do is for the palace and for your safety."

Qiao Xi sneered.

The emperor and Cao Ying fabricated so many lies to deceive her and the world, and now they are beginning to suffer the backlash of the lies.

She said slowly, "So, Steward Cao thinks that the prince and I are both detrimental to His Majesty?"