Along the way, Jiang Chengyi avoided the imperial guards arranged by Yue Luo and returned to Wuying Hall as fast as possible. At this moment, the hall was silent, with only the occasional whispers of eunuchs and maids mixed in the cold wind, accompanied by the sound of trees in the courtyard.

Jiang Chengyi smoothly walked from the front hall to the backyard. Just as he was about to cross the corridor and the steps to the south wing, a loud footsteps sounded outside the Wuying Hall. Immediately afterwards, an eunuch's voice came: "Your Majesty is here!"

Jiang Chengyi was shocked, his face changed drastically, and he thought to himself: At this time, why did Emperor Wei suddenly come to Wuying Palace?

While listening to the movements in the front hall, he quickly climbed up the beam of the corridor, grabbed the eaves and jumped onto the roof with force.

The footsteps in the front hall were getting closer and closer. He quietly poked out the roof to check the situation. He saw Liang Yue, who had been guarding the screen wall of the backyard, hurriedly stood up and ran out quickly from the circular arch.

Jiang Chengyi lay on the roof and continued to move forward with his hands and feet lightly. He held his breath and concentrated, and faintly heard a conversation coming from below.

"Your Majesty... It's so late, why are you here?" Liang Yue's careful inquiries floated over.

Only the Emperor of Wei heard the whispering to him: "The three of them were locked up here, but what are the abnormal actions?"

Liang Yue suppressed his breath and replied in a slight voice: "Report to Your Majesty, the three adults stayed in the house with peace of mind and no abnormal behavior."

"All three people are quiet?" Emperor Wei confirmed again.

Liang Yue nodded repeatedly and said, "I am always guarding the backyard, and there are people watching the interfaces of the corridors... The Imperial Guards and Generals are also in a row at their posts... If the three adults do any strange actions, they will not escape the eyes of the Imperial Guards and the Imperial Guards. Please rest assured, the three adults are indeed nothing abnormal."

Emperor Wei was silent for a moment, then said, "Turn me to the south wing, I want to meet Jiang Chengyi alone. I have something important to ask him."

Liang Yue was slightly stunned and said, "You... do you want to meet Jiang Zhusi?"

Somehow he suddenly stuttered, which aroused the suspicion of Emperor Wei: "What? Can't I see you?"

Liang Yue shook his head quickly and said, "Your Majesty can see you naturally. I asked a question too much, and I hope Your Majesty will atone for his sins."

Jiang Chengyi, who was lying on the roof, heard what Emperor Wei said, his shoulders trembled violently, and he quickly accelerated his pace and moved towards the south wing.

He heard from the inner courtyard outside, Emperor Wei said coldly to Liang Yue who was bent over, "Go and ask him to pick him up."

Liang Yue nodded quickly and responded: "I will do it now."

Seeing Liang Yue running towards the south wing, Jiang Chengyi couldn't help but be frightened, so he didn't care about the roof hiding his body, and stood up on the ridge and ran away. He moved quickly to lift the tiles on the roof and jumped towards the long beam of the main house of the south wing.

At this time, Liang Yue happened to come and knock on the door. A light inquiry sounded outside the house: "Master Jiang? Have you fallen asleep?"

Jiang Chengyi plopped on Changliang, tried to balance his body, and jumped toward the inner room of the warm cabinet. When his footsteps fell, he tried to keep his breath as much as possible to avoid making noise. Liang Yue heard only the subtle footsteps inside but did not reply, and felt strange in his heart, so he called again: "Master Jiang? Are you awake?"

Jiang Chengyi finally stood firm. When he heard Liang Yue’s questioning again, he hurriedly untied his outer robe and inner robe, messed up his hair bun, and walked out of the warm cabinet wearing only a thin middle robe.

Liang Yue asked twice, but when he saw that there was still no movement inside, he planned to knock on the door again. Unexpectedly, at this moment, the door of the south wing opened.

Jiang Chengyi walked out in a long robe with loose underwear, and was covered with a long tent with slightly velvet. He looked very pale, covered his mouth and coughed gently, and asked him, "Eunuch Liang... It's so late, why are you here?"

Liang Yue looked into his room and felt strange. As soon as he was about to ask, he heard Jiang Chengyi explain: "I... had injuries on my body, and I was sleepy and fell asleep, so I couldn't hear you calling me in time."

Liang Yue was silent for a moment and whispered to him: "I am really sorry to bother Jiang Zhushi late at night, but His Majesty is waiting outside the screen wall at this moment, waiting for you to pick up the driver..."

"Your Majesty? Why did Your Majesty come to Wuying Palace at this time?"

Jiang Chengyi had a pale face and looked out of the courtyard. He saw a slender black shadow reflecting in front of the screen wall. He closed his coat and walked quickly outside the house. Liang Yue hurriedly followed him and walked along.

The two of them hurried to the round arch in the backyard. Emperor Wei was standing in the dark place with his back, waiting patiently. Jiang Chengyi walked quickly to him, lifted up his outer robe, knelt on the ground without hesitation, immediately bowed, and said respectfully: "I am late to receive the emperor, I hope your majesty will forgive you."

When Emperor Wei heard the movement behind him, he turned his head, lowered his eyes and looked at him, then frowned and said, "Ye Lu is deep, you have injuries on your body. Even if I want you to take it personally, you should wear it all. Why are you wearing only a robe? You are not afraid of being frozen by yourself?"

Jiang Chengyi leaned on the cold ground, endured the cough in his throat, and asked softly: "Thank you for your care, I... It's not a big deal. When I heard the eunuch Liang say that Your Majesty is coming, I dare not delay at all, so I did not care whether the clothes were thin on my body... I just wanted to come and pick you up. I wonder what happened to Your Majesty when he was visiting late at night?"

After he slowly said this, he coughed repeatedly. He was so angry that he couldn't breathe, and his whole body was trembling with his naked eyes. Emperor Wei immediately bent down and helped him up and said, "It's cold outside. You are so weak that you can continue to blow the cold wind? Get up quickly! Come into the house with me."

Jiang Chengyi slowly stood up from the ground as Emperor Wei helped each other, then continued to cover his chest and coughed for a while, then began to gasp loudly.

Seeing this, Emperor Wei sighed helplessly, turned to Liang Yue and instructed him: "Please support him well. It's so dark and his body is so weak. Don't ask him to fall again."

Liang Yue got the order and nodded repeatedly, "Here."

He tiptoed and quickly came to Jiang Chengyi's side, held him shakingly, and said softly: "Master Jiang, please walk slowly."

Jiang Chengyi coughed a few more times and let him support him. He lowered his eyes and thought carefully about the reason why Emperor Wei suddenly visited late at night.

The three of them walked slowly and walked for a long time before they arrived in the southern wing. After closing the door, a warm feeling came over. Jiang Chengyi naturally broke free from Liang Yue's arm and knelt behind Emperor Wei.

"Your Majesty...My..."

As soon as Jiang Chengyi was about to speak, Emperor Wei turned around and saw him kneeling on the ground again. He said helplessly: "Get up, don't kneel down at any time. I'm here tonight, just want to ask you something."

Jiang Chengyi then stood up, retreated to the side and asked, "I wonder what Your Majesty wants to ask?"

Emperor Wei glanced at him and turned to sit on the long mat in the main room. Jiang Chengyi also followed his steps and sat on the right side of the soft push. The two sat opposite each other. Emperor Wei then took out the memorial and folded scroll from his arms that Jiang Chengyi gave him at noon today.

"What I want to ask you...is the matter in this memorial."

A slight coldness flashed in Jiang Chengyi's heart, and he lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, please ask, I will tell you everything."

"What you said in the memorial is that Deng Ling was attacked by the third battalion of Changming Army, who was pretending to be a remnant soldier in the capital, and was seriously injured and died because he was planning to attack the Lingyi team in the suburbs those days?"

Hearing the Emperor of Wei’s questioning, Jiang Chengyi’s eyebrows slightly closed, thinking carefully whether there was anything wrong with his documents, and replied casually: “Report to Your Majesty, this is the truth.”

Emperor Wei continued to ask: "Why did Deng Ling organize manpower to attack the Lingyi team?"

Jiang Chengyi's eyes were stunned and said strangely: "I... have explained this in the memorial."

Emperor Wei waved his hand, stared at him, and said coldly: "I want to hear you say it in person."

Jiang Chengyi felt even more strange. He looked up at the Emperor of Wei. There was a trace of strangeness in his dark and deep eyes. He replied according to his words: "After checking all the clues, I dared to be sure that Deng Ling threatened his wife and sister to prevent him from going to Hongnong, so that he would attack the Lingyi team and imprison the entire team's officials."

"Why did he stop you from going to Hongnong?" Emperor Wei continued to ask.

Jiang Chengyi endured the discomfort and doubt in his heart and replied: "At that time, I happened to be ordered to go to Hongnong to investigate the remaining evil party in the case of Su Ren. According to my opinion... Perhaps it was because of the Taichang Qing who thought that I wanted to borrow Su Ren's case and attack the Deng clan, so that I would act so recklessly..."

"Jiang Qing, do you really think that Deng Ling was thinking of kidnapping your wife and sister as a threat to prevent you from going to Hongnong?" Emperor Wei raised a question.

Jiang Chengyi's face gradually became solemn. He secretly restrained his eyes and asked in a deep voice: "I am stupid... I don't understand what Your Majesty means?"

Emperor Wei was sarcastic and his deep eyes were filled with distrust: "Do you really don't know, or are you pretending to be stupid with me here?"

Jiang Chengyi said silently and did not answer his words.

Emperor Wei snorted and slowly grinned, "Since you are not speaking... I will tell you what you think. I guess, Deng Ling may think that Chang Mengjun's counterattack Ji Cheng suddenly appeared in Hongnong, which is very likely to be related to you... Then he thought of kidnapping your wife and sister, as a hostage, and threatening you to hand over Ji Cheng."

Emperor Wei's analysis came into Jiang Chengyi's ears like a thunderclap, which made him feel panic.

Jiang Chengyi's eyes widened, his heart was beating, and he felt confused: How could Emperor Wei suddenly associate him with Ji Cheng?
Chapter completed!