Pretty Fox: Misunderstood His Royal Highness

Chapter 526 Banquet Disturbance 10
　Hu Qingmei also said good things for Wu Meiren: "Yes, Your Majesty, how could Wu Meiren murder concubines? I'm afraid there is something else hidden, I hope Your Majesty will find out."

　Wu Meiren seemed to have caught a life-saving straw, and said again and again: "Your Majesty, please be careful! Your Majesty, please be careful!"

　The queen said softly: "The witnesses and physical evidence are all here. Isn't it clear enough? How else do we need to investigate?" She raised her eyes to look at Song Yuanfang, and said slowly: "Siqing Song, what do you think?"

　Song Yuanfang said: "According to the current analysis, Wu Meiren is the biggest suspect—"

　Before he could speak, the queen interrupted him: "Isn't that all right?"

　Hu Qingmei said: "If you just think it's Wu Meiren, isn't it too hasty?"

　The queen smiled, and said softly to Hu Qingmei: "Sister, you are too kind-hearted. Don't you know that Wu Meiren hates you? If you let her go once, you can't guarantee that she won't hurt you a second time. Three times? You can't guarantee it, are you as lucky as this time?"

　Wu Meiren glared at the queen: "Empress, the concubine didn't do it! The concubine really didn't do it!"

　The queen sneered: "Whether you did it or not, you know it in your heart!"

　Wu Meiren only felt hopeless: "Empress Empress—"

　The queen ignored her, turned her head and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, all the courtiers have seen it, you must deal with the murderer severely! This kind of outrageous thing cannot be tolerated! This matter is not just a matter of our palace. It is still a matter for the entire Nanyue Kingdom. If you let it go, there is no guarantee that others will follow suit. Some people in the palace follow the example, and some people in the ministers' mansions follow the example. What will happen then? It will disturb the order of the entire Nanyue Kingdom !"

　Wu Meiren opened her mouth wide.

　At this time, she realized that the queen wanted to put her to death, no matter whether she did it or not, she must die!In the past, the queen tolerated her domineering, not because she didn't care about it, but because she was just waiting for an opportunity.As the saying goes, those who owe on credit must be repaid, but the time has not yet come, and when the time comes, they will have to repay twice as much!
Wu Meiren sat slumped on the ground, clutching her chest, panting heavily.Wave after wave of chills couldn't help rushing up from her back, and finally couldn't help it, her whole body trembled unceasingly.

　The emperor slapped the table hard, and said angrily: "Come here, pull down this hateful beauty Wu! Sentence him to the 'iron skirt punishment'!"

　When Wu Meiren heard this, she was so frightened that she collapsed into a puddle of mud and knelt on the ground, crying.She screamed fiercely: "Your Majesty, spare your life! Your Majesty, spare your life! The concubine is wronged! The concubine is wronged! The concubine did not poison the imperial concubine, really did not! Your majesty, spare your life! Your majesty, forgive me!"

　Terrible screams echoed in the hall.

　The emperor was unmoved, and looked at her coldly.

　Several strong servants rushed up and pulled down Wu Meiren who was utterly frightened and crying.Everyone was terrified like a frightened bird, they didn't dare to breathe out, they all stood tremblingly with their necks shrunk, fearing that if they made the slightest sound, they would be hurt and suffer.

　What is the "iron skirt punishment" criminal law?
　It was a kind of horrific torture: the iron sheet was made into a torture tool, just like a skirt, and the victim was forced to wear it, and then the "skirt" was baked on the fire.The instruments of torture are heated, and the flesh of the punished is as if being scorched by a branding iron until the flesh and flesh are scorched and the person dies completely. The tragedy is self-evident.

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