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Chapter 521 Make him kneel
Eunuch Gao quickly responded, turned around to give instructions, glanced at Lu Qing, and then looked questioningly at Emperor Jin.

Emperor Jin had been serving Emperor Gao for quite some time, and he naturally understood the meaning behind the questioning look Emperor Gao gave him.

"If you won't give it to him, then make him kneel!" He pointed at Lu Qing and said with a hint of displeasure, "You've grown wings and become too arrogant, actually daring to take people to the Kingdom of Brahma on your own."

Since his bones are so hard, let him kneel a little longer! Let's see if his knees are harder, or the stone slab in my study!

Lu Qing knelt there with his eyes down, not uttering a sound.

He had to kneel, so naturally, the others around him had to too.

Emperor Jin's gaze swept over each of them, and when it reached Zhu Yu, he subtly sized her up.

"Nephew, you must have endured a lot of hardship transporting your uncle's remains from the Brahma Kingdom to the capital day and night. Your filial piety is truly commendable." Emperor Jin calmly shifted his gaze from Zhu Yu to his nephew, the Brahma King. "I have already read the memorial you submitted, and I will arrange for a suitable person to examine your uncle's remains."

No matter what, I will definitely give you an explanation.

However, I am suffering from a headache today and am feeling unwell. You have also traveled a long and arduous journey, so why don't you rest first? Once my headache has subsided and your uncle's examination has yielded results, I will naturally act fairly in accordance with the established order.”

Brahma's nephew was a little conflicted.

Firstly, he had indeed been traveling for so many days, and this was the first time in his life that he had traveled such a long distance. He was really exhausted. In addition, he hadn't been sleeping, eating, or drinking well along the way, so he couldn't wait to take a break and treat himself to some good food and drinks.

Secondly, when that person gave the order, he didn't mention that there would be a situation where everything had to be put on hold. He had been hoping to make a concerted effort, but now that things weren't progressing as expected, he couldn't help but feel a little lost and didn't know how to deal with this unexpected situation.

But he soon figured it out.

Before him stood not just any high-ranking official or nobleman, but the current ruler of the world.

The current emperor himself said that he was suffering from a headache and was not in good spirits. He has several heads and dares to insist on demanding an explanation on the spot.
So he hurriedly agreed, then turned to look at Lu Qing and the others with a hint of unease.

Emperor Jin seemed to understand his meaning and said to Eunuch Gao, "Have someone escort the Prince of Xiaoyao and his close associates to the prison. Without my written order, no one is allowed to visit them or take them elsewhere!"

As soon as he said this, everyone present, except for Lu Qing, showed a look of astonishment.

Within this palace, there are three areas where offenders can be imprisoned.

If eunuchs or palace servants committed crimes, they would be imprisoned in the Imperial City Prison.

If a member of the royal family committed a crime, he or she would be imprisoned in the Inner Palace Prison.

As for the imperial prison mentioned by Emperor Jin, it was a place where important court officials were imprisoned and interrogated by the emperor himself.

Although none of the three confinement locations in the palace were places for ordinary prisoners, especially the latter two, those imprisoned there were all of extraordinary status, Lu Qing, as a prince, should, in principle, be imprisoned in the Inner Palace Prison even if he committed a serious crime. For Emperor Jin to order them to be taken to the Imperial Confinement Center… wasn't this tantamount to treating him like a court official?
If this had happened to someone else, it probably wouldn't have caused any suspicion. But if it had been Prince Xu or Prince Yi, people might have thought that they had angered Emperor Jin so much that he had them locked up in the shackles as a form of punishment and a warning.

But now he was facing Lu Qing, who was originally an adopted son and was given the title of "Two-Character King" when he was granted the title of King and established his own government.

Even after all these years, people are still gossiping about it privately, and now they're saying they want to put him in jail...

What this signifies is left to others to ponder.

This overthinking wasn't limited to old palace servants like Eunuch Gao; it even included the King of Brahma's nephew, who was visiting Jin Kingdom for the first time.

He looked up at Emperor Jin with some surprise, thinking he had misheard. Then he looked at Eunuch Gao on the other side and saw that he was also surprised. Only then did he come to his senses and felt a surge of joy.

Seeing how polite and respectful the deputy commander and the old eunuch were to Lu Qing, he thought he had been deceived. He was worried that the subsequent development of this matter would not be as expected. In addition, the coincidence of Emperor Jin's headache made him very worried that there would be unexpected complications and some situations that he did not know how to deal with.

Now, upon hearing about the shackles, my previously anxious heart has finally settled down.

So Brahma's nephew quickly got up, knelt down, and thanked him.

Emperor Jin seemed to lack the energy to deal with him much, and waved his hand, signaling Eunuch Gao to send the Prince of Brahma's nephew away.

After the Brahma King's nephew left, only Lu Qing and the other four remained kneeling in the open space in front of the desk in the South Study.

Emperor Jin looked at Lu Qing for a long while before coldly snorting, "My head is throbbing with pain today, and I don't want to talk to you anymore. You should reflect on your actions carefully in prison. When I summon you, you'd better think carefully about how you will explain your actions to me."

After he finished speaking, the guards that Eunuch Gao had summoned arrived outside the door. They rushed into the South Study and, without giving Lu Qing a chance to speak again, pulled all five of them up from the ground and took them outside.

When they were taken to the prison, Eunuch Gao accompanied them all the way. However, he had previously instructed someone to take Brahma's nephew to settle down and rest, but now he came along again, busy with both sides.

He was getting old and couldn't keep up with the guards' pace, so he could only follow at a distance until they reached the shackles. There, the guards stopped to wait for him, and he finally caught up slowly.

"Eunuch Gao..." The guard leading the way had never done anything like locking a prince in such a place before, and was momentarily at a loss. He could only ask the most authoritative and knowledgeable person by the emperor's side, "The prince and the others... there are five people in total..."

Should they be detained separately, or kept in one place?

Eunuch Gao waved his hand: "It's fine to keep them in one place. It will be more convenient to deliver their meals every day. When His Majesty recovers from his headache and wants to summon them over, it will be easy to take them with him."

"Yes!" the guard replied hastily, then turned around and ordered the people inside to prepare a larger cell.

It is said that the emperor's heart is unpredictable. Even though the Prince of Xiaoyao is currently being held in a place like a shackled prison by the emperor's men, those of them below dare not be careless in the slightest, much less dare to take advantage of his misfortune at this critical juncture.

If the emperor calms down in a few days, and the family returns to their filial piety, then those who "rebelled against their superiors" will be in big trouble.