How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

Chapter 255: Weak man, you are sick, Cao Que

Xie Chengze was imprisoned.

A long black iron chain was fastened around his ankle. The cold iron sheet was wrapped in white and brown fluff. Although it would not cut the delicate skin, it was very heavy. Every step would make a clanging sound, which made Xie Chengze feel heavy.

He never imagined that one day he would be forced into captivity.

Oh, the kids nowadays...

He was just testing the waters and didn't say he was unwilling. At most, he could stay with Xie Jinyu in the palace for eight or nine years to correct his anxiety before going out to travel. However, the child didn't listen to anything he said, so he locked him up in a hurry, fearing that he would escape from the capital.

It’s really hard to be a kindergarten teacher.

Xie Chengze dragged the iron chain to the door, patted the door with both hands, and shouted to the two blurry figures outside, "Hey, is there anyone here? Open the door!"

No one responded. Xie Chengze licked his fingers and took a while to poke through the window paper. He glanced at the clothes of the two guards through the small gap. After confirming that they were members of the Imperial Guards, he shouted, "Outside, I need to see Cao Que. Go find Cao Que!"

The two guards looked at each other, then turned to Xie Chengze and said respectfully, "Please forgive me, Regent. The Crown Prince has ordered that no matter who you are looking for, you must not inform them."

"Even the prince can't do it?" Xie Chengze almost laughed out of anger.

"Yes."

"alright."

Xie Chengze clapped his hands and took a few steps back.

Unfortunately, he is not the weak daughter in ancient novels who was locked in her boudoir by her elders and could not escape and could only wait for others to rescue her.

He is a real man, a man with natural strength advantage. How could a mere locked, broken wooden door possibly trap a grown man like him?

As long as he uses all his strength——!

Xie Chengze took a deep breath, then dived and rushed towards the two large wooden doors!

“Ah—bang—ah!”

A human voice, a wooden voice, and a human voice.

Xie Chengze hugged his nearly broken arm, squatted down and cried silently.

Damn it, I should have listened to my brother and exercised more!

It hurts!

Woo woo woo, why did God treat such a weak and helpless man like him in this way!

Hearing the banging on the door, the two guards outside panicked and quickly asked Xie Chengze inside, "Your Highness, are you okay?"

Xie Chengze suddenly had an idea and fell to the ground pretending to faint. The two guards who heard no response also panicked and quickly took out the key to open the door. After seeing the fainted Xie Chengze, one of the guards said to the other, "Go find the imperial physician!"

The guard nodded quickly and ran out to find the imperial physician. The guard who stayed behind was about to pick up Xie Chengze and carry him to the bed, when he suddenly felt the scabbard was empty. When he came to his senses, Xie Chengze had already drawn the long sword from his waist and placed it against his neck.

"Your Highness!" The guard panicked. He never expected that Xie Chengze was pretending to be unconscious. "Please be careful! This knife is heavy! If you are not careful..."

"Call Cao Que!" Xie Chengze's eyes turned cold, and he interrupted him, saying in a stern tone, "Don't tell the prince, and bring back a few plates of melon seeds and tea, otherwise I will die here and you won't be able to complete your mission!"

The guard was stunned, feeling that there seemed to be something mixed in these requests that didn't fit the current atmosphere. However, seeing Xie Chengze put the blade directly to his neck without any experience, he was afraid that if he got hurt, the prince would be angry and execute him. He could only step back and said, "Your Highness! I will go now! Please don't let it get to your head!"

After all, he is chained and the Regent cannot escape to anywhere else, and Lord Cao Que is also the prince's man, so there should be no problem in calling him over!

The guards ran away in a hurry.

After the two guards left, Xie Chengze put down the long sword in his hand. He was indeed inexperienced and did not know how sharp the long sword in the imperial army's scabbard was. When he moved it, he directly cut his skin, and blood beads the size of yellow rice grains oozed out.

Xie Chengze felt the pain and wiped his neck:...

He has such a hard life!

Even a broken knife bullied him! Would he get tetanus?

When Cao Que stepped into the house, he saw Xie Chengze sitting on the ground with one hand on the ground. She looked delicate and weak, covering her bleeding neck and muttering something. She exuded the aura of a resentful woman.

When he saw him, he shouted with an extremely resentful look, "Commander-in-Chief Cao, wuwuwu, look at what your prince has done!"

Cao Que: ...

Cao Que frowned slightly and turned to look at the guard leading the way, "What's going on?"

The guard waved his hands quickly, "I don't know! It was the Regent who took the knife away! I didn't do anything!"

"As a soldier, you have lost your weapon. Go down and receive your punishment." Cao Que ordered indifferently, and the unfortunate guard could only make a bitter face, put the melon seeds and tea in the inner room, and leave to receive the whipping punishment.

Xie Chengze poked his head out from behind and looked in the direction the guard left. "Actually, there's no need to punish him. It was my own carelessness..."

"Your Highness." Cao Que interrupted him, "What do you want from me?"

"Ahem." He thought to himself that Cao Que was indeed a blockhead, not even knowing how to pity him. Xie Chengze covered his neck and walked towards the coffee table, motioning Cao Que to sit down as well. "This is a long story."

He sat down, poured a cup of tea for Cao Que himself, and said to him, "You can see that I am the regent after all, but your prince has imprisoned me like this. How shameful!"

He said angrily, "And you locked me up in such a despicable way!"

Xie Chengze kicked the iron chain on his feet, and then changed the subject, "So can you talk to the prince and ask the Ministry of Works to make a thinner and lighter iron chain? This one is really too heavy and not suitable for imprisoning a weak man like me."

Cao Que: ...

Cao Que was silent for a long time before he slowly revealed, "Your Highness has people in the Ministry of Works. If this news gets out, I'm afraid Lord Shen will find you immediately."

Xie Chengze: “…”

Cao Que took a sip of tea calmly.

Xie Chengze glanced at it and sneered, "Aren't you afraid that I'll put drugs in it?"

"Your Highness, you underestimate my ability. Besides, I went with the guard to get the tea... Dong."

The next second, Cao Que fell on the coffee table.

Xie Chengze:!!!

"What the hell?" Xie Chengze was frightened and tried to push Cao Que to see what was wrong with him. "No, I didn't poison him. Why did he really faint?"

Then Cao Que sat up again with an expressionless face.

Xie Chengze: ???

"The Regent is so easy to deceive." Cao Que said lightly.

Xie Chengze: ...

No? You are sick!