"Your Highness, we're here," eunuch Li said in a somewhat eerie tone.
Wei Ying curled his lips, casually glancing at the eunuch before slowly saying, "What, are you planning to use torture on me?"
Eunuch Li just covered his mouth and let out a snigger without saying a word.
He looked up at the people following behind him and then said meaningfully, "His Majesty has ordered me to ask some questions. There might be some... so, gentlemen?"
Eunuch Li didn't elaborate, but those who understood knew what he meant.
The prison warden, seeing the eunuch's meaningful look, immediately nodded in understanding and flattered with a smile, "I understand, sir. I saw nothing and know nothing."
After saying that, he led a few jailers and left.
After the warden was out of sight, eunuch Li closed the door with a smile and then slowly turned around.
"Sorry to trouble Your Highness," he said, putting away the false smile and showing a respectful look.
Wei Ying wasn't surprised at his behavior.
"It's okay. Everything is for His Majesty and the Great Yan Kingdom. Why did His Majesty send you here?" Wei Ying walked up to a set of torture instruments with dignity and calmly asked.
Hearing this, eunuch Li took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Wei Ying.
"Your Highness, this is the secret letter presented by Minister Xu with your private seal on it. His Majesty ordered me to give it to you personally."
Wei Ying raised his eyebrows and took the letter, then slowly unfolded it.
As he read, a smile appeared on his lips.
"Poor Xu Han. He not only found someone to imitate my handwriting but also took great pains to make a private seal. Look," Wei Ying paused and continued, raising his eyebrows, "even the missing corner of my seal was copied."
Eunuch Li lowered his eyes and said nothing.
Having reached his current position, he always knew how to read the situation. After all, it wasn't appropriate for him to say too much at this moment.
Wei Ying didn't care whether eunuch Li responded or not. Instead, he casually asked, "Is there any water here?"
Although surprised, eunuch Li still scanned the surrounding environment.
Sure enough, he saw a bucket of relatively clean water in the corner.
After fetching the water, Wei Ying dipped his finger in it and gently smeared it on the private seal on the letter.
Apart from the part where the water was smeared getting wet, nothing else happened.
Wei Ying had expected this. He said expressionlessly to eunuch Li, "Go back and tell His Majesty that he can use this method on other things with my private seal. He'll find something different."
Eunuch Li was a smart man. Hearing Wei Ying's words, he immediately understood.
Seeing that eunuch Li had grasped his intention, Wei Ying suddenly asked a question that seemed unrelated to the matter at hand:
"What kind of torture is there here?"
"???" Eunuch Li was stunned for a moment before answering, "Whipping and water torture."
Just then, Wei Ying saw a whip.
Then...
The whip ended up in eunuch Li's hand.
"???" After the initial surprise, eunuch Li was completely shocked.
Was this guy asking him to whip him...?
Eunuch Li waved his hands in a hurry and said, "Your Highness is of noble status! I dare not!"
"Just now, it seemed that you were eager to use some torture on me. If I leave here unharmed, those with ulterior motives might... start to think too much."
Hearing Wei Ying's words, eunuch Li quickly forced a smile and took out a small bottle from his bosom.
"Your Highness needn't worry. His Majesty has already arranged for me to prepare this. This medicine will make you weak for two hours."
Wei Ying slightly raised his eyebrows, took the small bottle from eunuch Li and swallowed the medicine without hesitation.
He always trusted those he employed and never doubted them.
Since he had chosen to trust the emperor, he naturally wouldn't doubt the people around the emperor.
After taking the medicine, Wei Ying indeed felt extremely fatigued.
After giving eunuch Li some more instructions, the two of them walked out one after the other.
At this moment, Wei Ying's steps were unsteady and his face was pale.
...
When Chu Qing saw Wei Ying return with a pale face, his expression immediately darkened.
When they were alone, Chu Qing couldn't help asking coldly, "Did they use torture on you?"
Seeing the anger in Chu Qing's eyes, Wei Ying looked around to make sure there was no one else. After thinking for a while, he whispered in Chu Qing's ear, "Don't worry. I'm like this because I took the medicine."
Chu Qing was stunned for a moment and then carefully examined Wei Ying.
He saw that Wei Ying's face was pale, his body was slightly trembling, but the sparkle in his eyes remained.
Chu Qing immediately understood.
However, this wasn't the time to ask more questions. Chu Qing and Wei Ying exchanged a look, and they seemed to understand each other's thoughts.
...
After hearing eunuch Li's report, the emperor didn't waste any time. He immediately found some previous letters with Wei Ying's private seal in the study.
There were letters from a few days ago and some from before.
Then the emperor took some clean water and gently smeared it on the part with the private seal. After a while, the wet part...
Turned blue!
After the initial surprise, the emperor immediately understood. He knew that Wei Ying must have added something to his seal ink or when making the private seal.
And when it came into contact with water, it turned blue.
No wonder he was his imperial uncle. He thought of everything and took precautions in advance.
...
The Prince of Ning had been imprisoned for a long time, but it seemed that the emperor hadn't taken any substantial action.
Xu Han felt something was wrong. It was like a storm was approaching.
But when he sent people to investigate, they found nothing.
It was like throwing a stone into a deep pool. After a small ripple, everything became silent as if nothing had happened.