Empress: The Old Emperor's Way to Pursue His Wife

Chapter 124 Homage (8)

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Kyoto, which was supposed to be immersed in the taste of the new year, suddenly became a mess.The medical materials used exclusively by the royal family in the imperial hospital were replaced. Once the news got out, it would be hard not to shock the whole of Kyoto.

The Secretary of the Criminal Ministry, who was still on annual leave, even recalled all the officials who had left their posts on vacation, and began to investigate the replacement of medicinal materials.

The white catkins were still fluttering outside the window, and inside the room, everyone present held their breaths and stared at the empress who was feeding the imperial daughter with soup, because Cheng Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice was saying...

"Reporting to the emperor and queen, according to the investigation of the ministers, the tribute medicines of the imperial hospital used to be specially selected by the chief executive from all over the country from credible imperial merchants, and then specially selected the best of these medicines for the palace, just now... ..."

"Get to the point." A lot of nonsense paved the way for the next sentence.snort!She really thought that Xiao Yi was spoiled and made a fool of her.

Although since she married Xiao Yi, she didn't have to bother fighting with the women in the harem, of course, no one would fight for her.But Xiao Yi still knows a thing or two about her family's property.

Among them, there is this medicinal material supplier, which is the tribute of her Xiao family.

Cheng Shangshu was choked by Xiao Yi, and his face turned red: "Uh... this... since the emperor and empress got married, the supply of medicinal materials has been designated by the Xiao family company."

"So, Master Shangshu is talking about it." Xiao Yi fed the last mouthful of soup into Xiao Xi'er's mouth.

This set of medicine is still the same set of medicine that Xiao Xi'er took before, but this medicinal material is the ordinary medicinal material that Bao Shuhua specially went out of the palace to find an ordinary medicine shop to buy.

Ordinary medicinal materials, yes, the medicinal materials of this pair of antipyretics are all ordinary medicinal materials.And Bao Shuhua also checked all the medicinal materials in the Imperial Hospital, rare and expensive ones, common and cheap ones.

It was concluded that the replaced ones were all ordinary medicinal materials.

The only real masters in the Great Chu Palace are Xiao Yi and Xiao Yi, and of course there is a little Xi'er now.

But for Xiao Xi'er's food and care, Xiao Yi put all her heart and soul into it. Because the little guy's body is very strong, they never thought that Xiao Xi'er would be sick and need to take medicine one day.

Usually, if Xiao Yi and Xiao Yi have any health problems and need to be recuperated, those ginseng and deer antlers are used. Besides, they are in good health, so they don't need these medicinal materials at all.Therefore, these common medicines are more for the treatment of palace people in the palace.

It is also because of this that no one noticed that these medicinal materials were replaced.

but……

Xiao Yi handed Xiao Xi'er to the nanny, her phoenix eyes turned slightly, she squinted at the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment standing in the center, and said with a sneer, "My father still wants to kill me and the emperor."

"I don't dare." Cheng Shangshu bent his legs and fell to the ground.

"I don't dare, but no matter what I hear, I feel that you, Mr. Shangshu, are quite daring."

"Your Majesty is serious, it's just that I have interrogated the medical officials who are in charge of medicinal materials..."

"What? Could it be that the Xiao family did the trick?"

"No, no, no." Cheng Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment broke out in cold sweat and laughed awkwardly. "No one of them confessed, let alone said that the replacement of medicinal materials was done by the Xiao family."

"If that's the case, then why are you staying here? Da Chu raised you, not for idle food." Xiao Yi sat on the main seat next to Xiao Yi, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, as if he was different from usual He is completely different.

Cheng Shangshu received the order to salute, but he didn't dare to look up at the emperor on the throne from the beginning to the end, and he didn't even dare to take a sneak peek.

I don't know when, the former young emperor has grown up, and there is a natural majesty in his words and deeds.

On the way to the Ministry of Punishments, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment couldn't help thinking about the emperor from being supported to sit on the throne of God until now...

With Mo Yanxiao's departure, Dingguo Duke Wei Liu's age, a group of officials thought that the current emperor is now just a "puppet emperor" relying on his father-in-law's wealth and his brother-in-law's military power.Then the commotion started again...

Hehe, according to what he saw and heard today, I'm afraid there will be another big change of blood inside and outside the court.

He had already prepared the carriage and was going to say goodbye without saying goodbye. Once he got the news, he rushed to the palace non-stop, and Xiao Shu also entered the palace after getting the news, and stayed by his sister's side all the time.

Xiao Shu heard what Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice said, but he never said a word.

When Xiao's couple entered the palace, Xiao Xi'er's fever had subsided and she was sleeping soundly.

"Xiao Xi'er." Hua Caiyou hurried into the room, seeing Xiao Xi'er sleeping soundly on the bed, and Xiao Yi dozing off by the bed.

Hua Caiyou lightly touched Xiao Yi's shoulder and called softly, "Yueyue."

Xiao Yi opened her eyes and saw that the person who came was Hua Caiyou, she plunged into her arms, "Mother."

"Shh, keep your voice down, don't wake up Xiao Xi'er."

"Well, mother." Xiao Yi lowered her voice, but she couldn't suppress the sobbing in her throat.

Hua Caiyou understood, hugged her daughter and comforted her softly.

Outside the door, Xiao Moyu listened to Xiao Shu's words with a solemn expression, sighed quietly, and remained silent.

"Mom, where's dad?" Xiao Yi asked with a panicked expression.

Seeing Xiao Yi's slumped face, Hua Caiyou couldn't help scolding: "Your father is fine, look at what you look like, lie on the bed and sleep for a while, rest."

"Mother, I'm not sleepy." Before the words finished, an uncontrollable yawn immediately betrayed Xiao Yi.

"He said he wasn't sleepy, he was obedient, good-looking, and Xi'er will be fine with his mother around."

Xiao Yi nodded after listening to the words, and looked into the room again. "Where's Xiao Yi?"

"My mother didn't see him when she came in. Thinking about it, it should be to investigate the medicinal materials."

"Oh."

"Go to sleep."

Under Hua Caiyou's urging, Xiao Yi went to the dragon couch.

From New Year's Eve to now, she only occasionally leaned against the bed for a short while, and Xiao Yi also... I don't know, what did he do?
After a while, Xiao Yi fell into a deep sleep.

In the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, Cheng Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment is standing by, bowing his head and obeying orders.

It never occurred to him that Xiao Yi would personally come to this prison to interrogate the suspect, and it was the first time he had seen the ruthless cruelty of the emperor.

Several suspects related to the case were tied to a cross, and a black-clothed guard was walking past them one by one with a dagger in his hand. He was explaining to these suspects what he was about to do with a cold and ruthless hoarse voice.

"I will use this dagger to make a gash on each of your wrists. Don't worry, the gash won't be too big. It just cuts your blood vessels just right. Of course, don't worry, I won't let you bleed to death Yes, I'll put some honey on the wound."

Cheng Shangshu's legs couldn't help trembling when he heard the words, he knew that this black-clothed guard was Xiao Yi's personal secret guard.And the purpose of these dark guards is to achieve their goals by any means.

As Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, he had seen and heard a lot of strange punishments, but today he heard it from this secret guard, and he just couldn't help being afraid and trembling.

It's all because... On the presiding judge's chair, Xiao Yi sat with his buttocks sideways, his pair of dragon legs kept shaking, and his hands kept peeling dried fruits. He didn't eat them himself, but kept them on the table. in the belly box.

This appearance is the same as in the hall before, but at this moment in this dim prison, it is particularly frightening.

The hidden guard holding the dagger seemed satisfied with the suspects' reactions, so he asked, "Now, does anyone know the inside story?"

No one answered.

The dark guard nodded, picked a person at random, rolled up the sleeves on his wrist, stared at his wrist and looked again and again, seeing that no one made a sound, when the dark guard turned the dagger in his hand, the person felt pain. Gotta yell.

Seeing this, Xiao Yi clapped his hands and applauded: "Good skill, Li Zhong, your knife skills are getting stronger and stronger, fast and without bleeding, not bad."

Hearing this, Li Zhong twisted the dagger in his hand, inserted it into the scabbard at his waist, took out a celadon vial from his waist, unplugged the small cork from the bottle mouth, and pointed at the wound that had only a little blood oozing out just now. Add a drop of thick honey.

Cheng Shangshu frowned in puzzlement, if he wanted to use honey to attract ants to nibble on the suspect's wound, but the wound is too small, and this little bit of honey dripped on the small wound on the wrist, it would have to wait until the year of the monkey to attract ants!
Seeming to see his doubts, Xiao Yi smiled slightly, and explained to him one by one with an excellent attitude: "Does the supporter feel that this is really nothing compared to the punishment here?"

"I don't dare." Cheng Shangshu clasped his fists tightly and bowed. Although he didn't understand what he meant, he definitely didn't dare to underestimate the punishment used by the secret guards to extract confessions.

"Well, I see that Master Shangshu is so modest, it just so happens that I am interested in it today, so I will explain it to you."

Xiao Yi really acted as a commentator, explaining every detail of the punishment clearly.

Cheng Shangshu raised his eyes and took a sneak peek, only to see that thick drop of honey was gradually disappearing under the catalysis of Li Zhong's internal force.He thought, this should be what Xiao Yi said, to push this drop of honey into the cut wound with internal force, and then...

As soon as Li Zhong raised his hand, another hidden guard appeared in the prison and handed a small wooden box to Li Zhong.Li Zhong opened the wooden box, picked up a rather large ant from it, and placed it on the wound. In the blink of an eye, the ant crawled into the suspect's body along the wound.

The torture from the body made the suspect yell like crazy, and the bound body writhed and shook constantly.

Li Zhong said quietly: "That drop of honey has been catalyzed by internal force and melted into your blood, and what this carnivorous ant loves most is this long-lasting sweet honey, so he will penetrate it with the blood. Your body. Oh, yes, I repeat, this is a carnivorous ant, so..."

Therefore, if the ant is extremely hungry, it will not only swallow blood, but also nibble on the human flesh wherever it goes.

Li Zhong shrugged his shoulders apologetically, as if he was not energetic enough, and added, "It has been hungry for several days."

Cheng Shangshu was stunned by the expression of the punished suspect in front of him.

With a ferocious face, extremely twisted, and frantically struggling body, within just a few words, the suspect broke free from the ropes that tightly bound his hands, fell to the ground, and kept rolling around.

Seeing the suspect fell beside him, Li Zhong took half a step back, staring at the suspect writhing on the ground with a pair of ruthless eyes, just like the living Yama.

With a plop, Cheng Shangshu sat down on the ground, his head was sweating profusely, his eyes were round and swollen, which showed that he was quite frightened.

Xiao Yi continued to peel the dried fruit, kept swinging his legs, and didn't even look at the suspect on the ground, as if he didn't hear the heart-wrenching wailing at all.

(End of this chapter)