little emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 162 Confession
Before Min Qiu finished speaking, Empress Dowager Li yelled, "Things without rules, wanton!"

Two old eunuchs rushed up behind her, one stretched out his hand and pressed her to the ground, the other stuffed a numb numb into Min Qiu's mouth, and there was no sound at all.Seeing that these eunuchs' hands and feet are clean and smooth, and their movements are smooth and smooth, it seems that they are experts who have been used for many years.

Panicked at beating mules and horses, panicked at killing chickens and monkeys, seeing the empress dowager being so ruthless, everyone in the palace was anxious, afraid that it would be their turn next.

Concubine Zhou Duan knelt on the ground, even though she was usually wise and well-mannered, her hands and feet were cold at this time, her heart was fluctuating, and it became a mess.Seeing that Empress Dowager Li had a cold face and didn't look at her at all, she turned her eyes to Concubine Zheng helplessly, but saw that the latter's face was pale, with a hint of sarcasm in the corners of his eyes and brows, Concubine Duan felt a chill in her heart, and an extremely ominous feeling of being overwhelmed made her She was flustered.

At this time, Empress Dowager Li had already sent a message: "Xiaochun, come and see these boxes, which one did you see that day?"

When he saw Mi Qiu being pushed to the ground by several eunuchs, Xiao Chun was already paralyzed from fright. Hearing the Queen Mother's call, he agreed with a straight voice, and struggled to get up, but unexpectedly his legs and feet were so stiff that he couldn't control it. He fell to the ground with blood all over his head and face.

Ah Man couldn't bear it, "Empress Dowager, you can just ask that eldest sister to walk a few more steps and send her to have a look."

Empress Dowager Li smiled: "It's up to you."

At this moment, the entire Kunning Palace was covered with dark clouds, the sparrow was silent, and no one dared to pant loudly. This child actually spoke up and shouted again and again, but Empress Dowager Li didn't think it was strange at all, and seemed to be a little obedient. Even Concubine Zheng was surprised by this abnormality.

Huichun sent several boxes to Xiaochun, and Xiaochun struggled to pick them up, and picked out a red box carved with branches and flowers all over, and was ecstatic: "Me! It's... me! "It turned out that Xiaochun fell and broke his mouth, and his words were a little out of style, but the ecstasy on his face couldn't be concealed.

Hui Chun held the box and sent it to the Empress Dowager's desk, and replied in a low voice: "This box is indeed used to hold the Jiulong Cup."

Empress Dowager Li didn't speak, but took the Nine Dragon Cup and put it into the box, and it was as expected, she stretched out her hand to caress the box a few times, Yasai's cold eyes suddenly fixed on Concubine Duan.

Concubine Duan lowered her head and ignored it in panic, but the other people in the first hall were all terrified.

"Concubine Duan, why did you poison the emperor?"

The previous ominous feeling finally became a reality, but no matter how much I thought about it, I never thought that it was actually this crime!Caught off guard, Concubine Zhou Duan was usually quick-witted and unpredictable, and at this moment she was completely panicked, "...the concubine dare not, and there is no reason to do such a thing. This is a frame-up, Empress Dowager!"

"The Ai family also very much hopes that it is a false accusation." Empress Dowager Li nodded with a sneer, then turned her head and said to Huichun: "Take this box to Ziyan for identification."

Ziyan had long been paralyzed on the ground, her face turned blue in a flustered state, and her tears were flowing like tears.

Huichun brought the box over and held it in front of her eyes, Ziyan stretched out her hand and gently pushed it away without even looking at it, and put her head on the ground, "I did it!"

Everyone took a breath of air-conditioning at the same time, but after being shocked, there was an inexplicable relief that a big sin had been washed away.

Empress Dowager Li chuckled: "Good girl, you are quite courageous. Tell me, who told you to do this?"

Concubine Zhou Duan looked at all this in shock, bursts of golden stars flashed in front of her eyes, suddenly she seemed to wake up to something, she screamed suddenly, got up like crazy and grabbed Ziyan, her hands pinched her neck and shook vigorously Said: "Are you crazy? Why did you do this? Quickly tell me who ordered you to do it, it wasn't me, right?"

Ziyan's face was pale, her body was stiff, she closed her eyes like a puppet and let Concubine Duan pinch her neck and sway, but she refused to say a word, her pale face turned black and purple after a while.

There was no need for the Queen Mother to speak, and several eunuchs rushed forward and dragged the crazy Concubine Duan away.

Concubine Duan didn't know the strength that came from it, the eunuchs couldn't hold it back, they kept yelling and scolding each and every time.

Empress Dowager Li shouted: "Concubine Duan, did you kill Ziyan to prove your crime of regicide?"

With just this sentence, Concubine Duan, who was struggling desperately, was like a snake hit to seven inches, and instantly collapsed and cried loudly: "The Empress Dowager Mingjian, although Ziyan is a concubine in the palace, but what she did It really has nothing to do with my concubine..." The shrill cry was piercing and piercing, echoing continuously in the hall, at this moment Concubine Duan was disheveled, like a madman, her eyes were filled with endless fear, which made people terrified.

The two sides of the curtain parted, Zhu Changluo frowned and lifted the curtain, Ye He and Song Yizhi followed behind him.

His appearance immediately attracted everyone's attention, Queen Wang was the first to jump up, and said in a trembling voice: "Luo Er, Your Majesty...how is he?"

This most concerned issue immediately made everyone hold their breath, even the crying Concubine Duan fell silent.

Just listen to Zhu Changluo say: "Don't worry, mother, emperor father is fine for the time being."

Saying nothing, Empress Dowager Li who stood up nervously shook a bit, exhaled lightly and sat back on the chair.

Concubine Zheng's eyes were full of unbelievable light. If she hadn't been worried about Queen Mother Li, she would have rushed into the tent to see what happened at this moment.

Suddenly there was a sound of 'gudong', only to hear Huichun exclaimed: "My lady, what's wrong with you?"

It turned out that Queen Wang had been frightened and frightened that night, and her mind had been exhausted, like a bow that was stretched taut, and it broke at the touch. At this moment, she suddenly heard that the emperor was fine, she couldn't hold it anymore, and passed out.

Song Yizhi rushed forward, took out the golden needle and pricked her Wenxiang and Chengqi acupoints respectively, Queen Wang's body trembled, her throat moved a few times and she woke up slowly.

Relieved, Zhu Changluo glanced around at the crowd, and said to the Queen Mother in a low voice: "Grandmother, the noise here is not good for Father's illness."

Empress Dowager Li patted her forehead with her hands, and said repeatedly: "My good boy, you are right." Turning her head, she told Huang Jin: "Move the emperor to the Compassionate Palace of Aijia, remember what happened today, and don't leak any news from outside! "

Huang Jinnuo took the order and took the people to resettle without touching the ground.

Zhu Changluo hesitated, then lowered his head and whispered a few words in Empress Dowager Li's ear.Empress Dowager Li's complexion suddenly became extremely ugly at that moment, and changed to normal after a while: "...so let Mr. Song go and take care of it." After finishing speaking, she gave Zhu Changluo a deep look, "You stay here first , I still have something to ask you later."

Glancing at this place of right and wrong, Zhu Changluo bowed his head and said yes, then turned and stood next to Queen Wang.

Concubine Zheng gritted her teeth, watching all this coldly, with an inexplicable ruthlessness.

"Ziyan, are you still unwilling to tell the truth? Who asked you to borrow a cup from Min Qiu, and then poisoned the emperor!"

Ziyan raised her head slowly, her expression blank and blank, she ignored the Queen Mother's shouting and questioning, her eyes were focused on the ground, as if a blooming flower was blooming above.

Empress Dowager Li smiled angrily, and pointed out: "Slap your mouth, if you don't speak, hit her to speak."

Two of the old eunuchs rushed out, one pressed Ziyan, and the other bowed left and right, and after a while, Ziyan's watery face was swollen to torn, and blood splattered everywhere with a slap. Fei, when everyone saw this tragic situation, they were all jaw-dropping in fright and trembling all over.

Concubine Duan's frantic, terrified and helpless eyes wandered around, wandering around the faces of everyone in the hall, and the desperate light made people dare not look directly, as if to find out who the person who harmed her was. who.

Now she is like a wild beast caught in a trap, with a hundred knives on the bottom shining upwards, and sharp nails on the top, there is no escape and no escape.

Zhu Changluo sighed for a long time, only he knew that the real murderer would definitely not be Concubine Duan!

Li Qingfu, an old eunuch who was executing the sentence, suddenly stopped his hands and said: "Report to the Queen Mother, if you go down again, this lowly maidservant will lose her job. According to this old slave, it's better to find another way."

Li Qingfu, who has worked in the Department of Punishment for decades, has a high-pitched voice, and his voice is as sharp as a knife scraping an iron wok, which is extremely unpleasant.

Ah Man was very uncomfortable hearing this, and immediately glared at him.

Empress Dowager Li did not hesitate at all: "Yes!"

"Thank you, Empress Dowager, just take a look." Li Qingfu smiled obsequiously at the Empress Dowager, then twitched the corner of his mouth, and stretched out his hand to pull out a long needle from his cuff.

He grabbed Ziyan's hand and pierced it hard along the nails!

Ziyan originally closed her eyes and suddenly opened them wide. Her face, which was swollen purple from the slap, instantly turned white. Big, so that the old eunuch who was holding her down almost couldn't hold it down. After screaming, another one ran next to her, and with the combined strength of the two, Ziyan was pushed to the ground.

Ziyan bit her tongue with her teeth, blood gurgled out from the corner of her mouth, and her whole body was soaked in water.

With ten fingers connected to the heart, this needle will make life worse than death, like falling into the nine hells.

Li Qingfu grinned grimly, and pulled out the second needle from his cuff, "Thanks to Miss Ziyan, I haven't tasted meat with this set of needles for a long time... You must hold on, this set is ten Needles, you can’t treat one more favorably than another.”

After finishing speaking with yin and yang, he shook his hand and was about to pierce her second finger...

Ziyan burst into tears all of a sudden: "...don't do it anymore, I'll recruit the queen mother, and all the servants!"

"If you figure it out, let's talk about it!" Empress Dowager Li had a firm heart, and signaled Li Qingfu to stop and back down with her eyes.

Ziyan fell to the ground: "I borrowed the cup from Min Qiu, I put the poison on the mouth of the cup, I did everything."

The whole hall was silent and silent.

Empress Dowager Li laughed, and said a word from between her teeth: "When death is imminent, you still refuse to tell the truth, Zha!"

Li Qingfu responded excitedly, grabbed Ziyan's hand, and the long silver needle was about to fall.

Seeing that the sharp needle tip was about to pass through her fingertips, Ziyan's eyes almost popped out of their sockets, and finally collapsed completely.

"...My mother ordered me to do it, it's my mother!"

So the world is quiet...

Concubine Zhou Duan was dumbfounded, stretched out a finger and pointed at Ziyan and opened her mouth a few times, then clenched her fist and beat her chest hard a few times, she didn't say a word, she rolled her eyes and passed out past.

Ziyan, who was paralyzed on the ground, was still muttering incessantly: "I said it, I said it all... the empress asked me to do it!"

Empress Dowager Li sighed: "It's all said and done, Aijia may make your death easier."

Ziyan was as stupid as she was, and laughed: "My servant thanked the queen mother for her kindness... Your empress really despises the empress's favor... It just so happened that she knew that your servant and Miqiu's sisters from the same country in the queen's palace... Later, my empress took me Called into her palace, gave me a pack of medicinal powder, and asked me to find a way to apply it on the Jiulong Cup... She said that the empress loves that cup the most, and she will definitely use it to drink..."

Ziyan spoke intermittently, but everyone felt chills involuntarily when they heard it.

Zhu Changluo frowned, always feeling that something was wrong.

Mi Qiu, who was lying on the ground, suddenly got up, rushed to Ziyan like crazy, scratched, beat and cried: "You are a heartless bitch, we are sisters from the same town, I didn't expect you to hurt me like this ..."

Ziyan's eyes were scattered, and finally there was a sense of life in her absent-minded eyes. She glanced at Mi Qiu guiltily, and muttered to herself, "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, I have to... , If you do it, you will die, if you don’t, you will die..." After saying that, he suddenly stood up and rushed towards the queen mother.

This sudden elbow and armpit, everyone was caught off guard, Li Qingfu screamed: "Guarantee, hurry up!"

Empress Dowager Li turned pale with fright, but she saw Ziyan's head knocked on the corner of the desk in her hand, and immediately rolled red and white all over the floor.

"Your Majesty asked me to do it... Your Majesty asked me to do it..."

"Your Majesty, the servants have done what you ordered... Are you satisfied now?"

Ziyan, who was lying in a pool of blood, smiled happily and sighed contentedly. Her weak voice echoed in the empty hall... The voice gradually became weaker and weaker, and finally there was a dead silence.

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