famous eldest daughter

Chapter 417 Confession
When the palace maid heard the words, she was about to kowtow when she suddenly trembled. The movement of bending down was like a carriage that failed to stop in time. With a loud "bang", she fell towards the ground. When she raised her head again, she was already halfway to the ground. After drinking a cup of tea, my forehead was swollen and red blood oozed out and flowed down my temples.

"Your Majesty, slave..." Even though the pain on her head forced tears to well up in her eyes, she didn't dare to raise her hand to touch her, "I am loyal to your Majesty and have absolutely no outside intentions. I don't know why I feel that I I will be loyal to the queen."

As she said this, she glanced at Gu Yuqing with a look of loyalty on her face, "If anyone slanders you in front of your Majesty, I hope your Majesty will trust you because of your hard work and dedication."

The person she was talking about was naturally Gu Yuqing.

The maid next to Concubine Hui glanced at Gu Yuqing hurriedly, and immediately reprimanded her coldly: "How presumptuous! You are here as a distinguished guest, so you can talk nonsense!"

Who is Gu Yuqing? She is the princess that His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince wants to marry!

Not to mention the Fourth Highness, even Concubine Hui, who is the mother-in-law, is very happy with her.

When the palace maid heard this, she immediately cried: "I don't know whether a guest is a distinguished guest or not. In my eyes and heart, I only have the queen!"

That grievance really showed his loyalty to the fullest.

As soon as she finished speaking, Concubine Hui glanced at the palace maid holding the tea cup. The palace maid understood and tilted the tea cup in her hand, and a cup of scalding hot tea flowed down the cheek of the palace maid who was kneeling on the ground.

When the tea fell from the cup, the first place it touched was the spot where her forehead was bleeding.

The boiling water irritated the wound and caused a burning pain on her face. She couldn't bear it anymore and immediately let out a heart-rending cry.

As she wailed "Ah", Concubine Hui tilted her body half-tilted without moving her eyebrows, turning the jade bracelet inlaid with gold and silver on her wrist, and said leisurely: "Just now in front of Concubine Shu's door, what are you doing? What are you talking about!"

Without talking too much nonsense, Concubine Hui asked straightforwardly.

The palace maid immediately shrank her neck and shook her head, "I don't know what your Majesty means. Today, I have been in the palace courtyard and never stepped out of the palace gate." She endured the severe pain on her forehead and gritted her teeth. In this way, the muscles on the face and at the corners of the eyes are trembling.

"You're quite tough!" Concubine Hui sneered, two cold rays of light burst out from her eyes, shooting directly at the palace maid, "I have always been gentle to you, do you really think that I am easy to bully! Since this boiling water cannot let you If you open your mouth, let’s use acupuncture!”

As soon as the voice fell, a palace maid stepped forward and unfolded a small cloth bag in her hand. There was a silvery light inside, and there were densely packed with long and short pointed needles, like cow hair.

As the palace maid holding the silver needle bent down and squatted beside her, huge fear filled the palace maid's eyes.

Although she had never seen this kind of acupuncture torture, she had heard the old ladies in the palace mention it.

The torturer will insert all these densely packed silver needles, one by one, into the fingers of the victim. This kind of torture is too cruel and inhumane. Nowadays, the Department of Punishment no longer uses it, but Concubine Hui... …

"Your Majesty, you cannot use needle torture on slaves. Your Majesty has made it clear that this kind of torture will be banned in the palace." In the overwhelming panic, she didn't know where the courage came from. She almost rolled up and ran towards the door. go.

It is true that His Majesty's decree prohibits acupuncture in the palace. If she is really allowed to run out of the house, she does not need to leave the courtyard. As long as she shouts a few words at the door, the queen will surely get the news in the blink of an eye.

In this way, it is equivalent to giving the handle to the queen.

Thoughts flashed like lightning, Gu Yuqing immediately raised his finger and pointed at her, "Jixiang, catch her!"

Following Ji Xiang's command, he stepped forward with just two steps. He lifted her up like a chicken, turned around and shook her hands, and dropped her heavily to the place where she was kneeling just now.

The silver needles, which were like ox hair, stimulated the palace maid's infinite desire to survive. Regardless of the pain of falling to the ground, she crawled and struggled to get up again.

After Gu Yuqing signaled, Jixiang stepped forward and stepped on her back. Who was Jixiang? Who was she? How could she resist Jixiang's kick? What's more, Jixiang deliberately used his strength.

Suddenly, the body she had just propped up collapsed with a soft "click" in her back, and at the same time, a miserable scream slipped out of her throat.

The moment she opened her mouth, a court lady followed Concubine Hui's signal and stuffed a rag into her mouth, and the screaming turned into a mournful whine in an instant.

But as the silver needles were inserted into her fingers one by one, even though the bones in her back were broken, she couldn't help but struggle again.

Compared with the pain in the finger joints, the pain of broken bones is already insignificant.

When the first round of acupuncture was over and ten fingers were filled with silver needles, Concubine Hui slowly raised her eyes, looked at her, leaned her body, stretched her arms, and raised her sweaty chin with her index finger, her pair of smiling peach blossom eyes stared at her. Looking into her eyes filled with great pain and fear, he said, "Are you willing to tell me?"

The light tone is clearly conveying another meaning. If you don't say it now, I won't mind spending a little more time with you.

The palace maid nodded desperately, her mouth stuffed with a rag, um uh uh uh uh.

Concubine Hui stood up and sat down. After a brief gesture, a palace maid took out the rag from her mouth. Suddenly, she was like a goldfish on the verge of death, gasping for air, but every time she gasped, it pulled the broken bones in her back, so, With the exhalation of breath, she kept trembling.

After taking several deep breaths, she finally opened her mouth with a trembling voice, "The Empress asked the servants to spread the news in front of Concubine Shu's door, saying that with the help of His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, His Majesty found out that His Highness the Second Prince was not the Emperor's biological son, and would be punished tomorrow. Beheading."

Following her words, Gu Yuqing's heart trembled. It was just as she expected. However, she did not expect that the queen's words specifically emphasized Xiao Yu.

It’s really... vicious with good intentions!

"Then, have you spread the news?"

After Concubine Hui finished speaking, Gu Yuqing glanced at the palace maid for a moment, her heart skipping a beat.

If the news has spread, trying to restore it will not be as simple as putting in some effort.

"No, the Queen's intention is to let the slaves spread the news when the Emperor comes to the Queen's palace."

With one word, the breath in Gu Yuqing's heart suddenly came out.

Fortunately... fortunately nothing has happened yet.

It was just a blink of an eye, but she was shocked. In just a moment, the cold sweat on her vest soaked her clothes.

She breathed a sigh of relief, so was Concubine Hui. When she heard this, her eyes moved slightly, her chest rose and fell, and the hand that was holding the handkerchief loosened, and then she looked towards the palace maid again.

(End of this chapter)