His Royal Highness the Crown Prince took this matter very seriously and was very angry. It almost cost him his life. Eunuch Xia naturally knew that he had to solve the case quickly. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was going to General Cheng Yaojin's house at night, and he had to find out before His Royal Highness the Crown Prince left. Only in this way could he appear capable and get back some points in front of His Highness.
The Imperial Household Department has special criminal laws for eunuchs, and those laws are extremely deadly. There are a total of eighteen procedures. If you want to go in and go through them, there will not be a single intact part of your body when you come out, and you will be completely disabled. Even if they know that you are innocent, no one will say a word for you in the end. You will be thrown into an ox cart and pulled out and buried in a random grave. Is there anyone who will speak for eunuchs these days?
Xiao Anzi was breathing heavily, with a look of unwillingness in his eyes. He had obviously done everything very carefully, but he still didn't expect to be discovered. The main reason was that these people moved too quickly. After Xiao Anzi learned about these things, he had planned to escape this afternoon, but was stopped.
"Then take me to try it."
What surprised everyone was that they thought this coward would say everything, but they didn't expect that he actually wanted to go to the Imperial Household Department to try it out. I really don't know who gave him the courage.
Xiao Xiazi wouldn't give him that much time, so after he said this, Xiao Xiazi immediately drew the guard's knife and chopped off the guy's left hand. "Don't you have the ability? Don't you want to experience the pain inside? Then let you try it first. If you can't even bear this pain, then forget about the eighteen procedures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
"Block it."
After Xiao Anzi's left hand was cut off, he was about to scream out, but unfortunately he had no chance at all. The eunuchs on both sides had been waiting with cloth. When Xiao Xiazi finished speaking, the two men immediately covered his mouth to ensure that he could not make any sound. The Crown Princess was sleeping, and if we woke her up, we could not afford it. Your left hand is nothing.
"Still want to give it a try? Let me tell you, this isn't even an appetizer there. Don't think you're a tough guy, but I know you. A burn on your hand will hurt for days. You're much more valuable than others. If you really go in, you might spill the beans somewhere in the process. Why put yourself through that?"
Xiao Xiazi leaned over and looked at Xiao Anzi with his eyes wide open. She really didn't know what made him work so hard.
"You said you have no children, so isn't it just about being nice to your family? After this incident, even if your family fled to the ends of the earth, the imperial court would still be able to bring them back. Besides, when they sold you, they didn't treat you as one of their own. Is it worth it for you to stand up for them like this?"
Xiao Xiazi is a very bad guy. He is a eunuch himself, so of course he knows where the weak points of these eunuchs are. Xiao Anzi must be in collusion with people outside, and the people outside have also made guarantees and will definitely make promises to his family. So this is one of the reasons why Xiao Anzi is holding back. When the interrogation began here, someone had already gone to arrest his family.
"Reporting to Chief Xia, all the people have been captured."
After hearing this, Xiao Anzi's eyes dimmed. He had originally thought of helping his family hide for a while. If he could hold on, it would be good for his family. However, he did not expect that the people from the East Palace acted so quickly. It had only been an incense stick of time since the incident, and the people had been caught.
"Got you heard? Do you still want to hold on? If you do, I'll call your family over and we'll have a proper discussion with them. We'll beat them up one by one. If they can hold on, then your efforts are worth it. But if they confess right away, what's the point of all that suffering?"
Xiao Xiazi continued to deceive Xiao Anzi, and now his psychological defenses had been broken.
"I said, I said, the deputy director of the Imperial Observatory..."
At this point, there was nothing to hide anymore. Xiao Anzi told everything he knew. He played a very important role in this matter. He was not only responsible for the communication between Aunt Fan and Mr. Fan from the Imperial Observatory, but also for spreading rumors and letting these rumors reach the ears of the Crown Princess.
They made a miscalculation. They thought that the Crown Princess would tell Li Chengqian this, then the chances of success would be very high. After all, there was affection between Li Chengqian and Aunt Fan. Even if he had some suspicions recently, but thinking of Aunt Fan's gentleness in the past, Li Chengqian would definitely let her off.
Unexpectedly, the Crown Princess didn't tell Li Chengqian, but instead called Li Xiang over directly. Li Chengqian might not be able to analyze the problem, but Li Xiang was a veteran in playing political games, so how could he not understand what was going on? Xiao Anzi knew something bad was going to happen and was about to pack up and run away, but he was blocked by someone, which led to what happened later.
"Someone, stop the bleeding for our eunuch An. Without His Highness's order, no one can do anything to our eunuch An. If anything happens, you guys can't afford it."
After Xiao Xia Zi received the confession, he immediately rushed over to tell Li Xiang. If all of them were servants in the house, he could continue to investigate. However, this involved court officials. Although their rank was not very high, it was not something that eunuchs like them could control. If they sent someone to investigate, a memorial would be sent to the emperor, and not only would they lose their lives, but Li Xiang would also be implicated.
Although there was no such thing as eunuchs not being allowed to interfere in politics in the Tang Dynasty, there was still a barrier between the front court and the harem. You could only do it if the emperor allowed you to. If the emperor did not have this imperial edict, then the eunuchs could not handle such matters. After all, their bodies were defective and were regarded as a bad omen. As for the eunuchs' full expansion in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, it was also due to the emperor's incompetence, which allowed the eunuchs to have great power. They even had a say in the emperor's dethronement and enthronement. These emperors disgraced the people of the Tang Dynasty.