Chu Xuan nodded and looked at him kindly, "You are very smart, you have done a good job, and you have made a great contribution to the rescue. Please work with me from now on."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Shou Tou bowed and saluted, with a look of joy on his face. Then he couldn't help but ask, "Master Zhou and the others..."
"They deserved to die, and I have already thought of a way to torture them painfully and execute them." He lowered his ruthless eyes and sneered secretly.
"Empress, empress!" anxious shouts came from the crowd.
"Let her come over."
As soon as the guard in the way let go, Tian'er crawled over and grabbed the edge of Chu Xuan's robe, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I have been wronged, I have been wronged."
Chu Xuan looked at her in a mess and covered in blood, her eyes darkened again, "Get up and tell me carefully."
Tian'er stood up and told how Concubine Ning framed the empress, wiping her tears while talking.
The more Chu Xuan heard about it, the angrier she became. How well it was settled for such an unwarranted charge! Not to mention the fakeness of Concubine Ning's performance, it must have been impossible to fool the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother knew it was false and pretended not to know it.
He went along with the flow and helped Concubine Ning.
Concubine Ning fell down and blamed the imperial concubine for the bad debt. Why did the good railing break inexplicably when she touched it? It was obviously a trap designed by someone in advance, but something happened midway and she fell into the water.
It was actually the imperial concubine instead of Ning Concubine. This move was a good move, as it could both eradicate Concubine Ning and drag the imperial concubine into troubled waters.
This was done step by step, and the arrangement was quite clever. Although there was a detour and a small snag along the way, the imperial concubine was still pushed to the prison as scheduled.
This Zhou Chang is a disciple of Ning Guogong. He must have been instigated by someone to be so bold in murdering the imperial concubine. They wanted to prevent the imperial concubine from getting out of this dark inner court situation! This wishful thinking was a good one.
Unfortunately, it is full of errors and omissions, and it is bound to fail.
Ning Cai'er! Chu Xuan gritted her teeth and recited the name. This woman didn't seem to be so thoughtful. There must be an expert behind her to give guidance, and this expert, hidden behind the scenes, might be the one who designed the layout before.
, the person who wanted to catch up with Concubine Ning and the Imperial Concubine. Ning Cai'er didn't know the situation and didn't guess that the master wanted to kill her as well. At this moment, she was probably still complacent about the imprisoned Concubine Huang.
"Your Majesty, why would your Majesty do this?" Tian'er pointed at Qin'er and asked in a panic.
"It's okay, I'm just too frightened. You'll be fine in a while."
"Your Majesty, everything is ready." Ye Ying stepped forward and bowed, turned around and pointed to them a row of large pots emitting smoke on a fire in the distance. He hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but said, "Your Majesty,
If torture is used against them in private, will it disgrace the prince's reputation if word spreads about it..."
"What I want is for them to spread the word." Chu Xuan smiled bloodyly, "These people have planned to take the life of the imperial concubine, and I naturally have the right to execute them. Even if they fall into someone's mouth, I can't tell the truth.
Any mistakes. It is natural for the king to execute the rebels and traitors who attempted to murder the imperial concubine. The only difference lies in the method."
"That's what the prince said." Ye Ying nodded, and ordered people to tie up Zhou Chang, Zhang Fa and others' hands and feet, check them properly, and then move them one by one to the big pot in front of them.
Zhou Chang, Zhang Fa and others kept crying and begging.
Tian'er stretched out her hand to cover her mouth in horror, "Your Majesty, are you going to... cook them?"
Chu Xuan waved her hands heavily.
Those people were naturally thrown into the pot, and with the steaming smoke, they struggled in pain, and their intestines turned green with regret. Especially Zhou Chang, if he knew that following Concubine Ning's orders would lead to such a fatal disaster, he had a chance
Even a thousand heads would not dare to attack the imperial concubine!
Chu Xuan lowered her head and saw that the little guy had turned away his eyes at some point and stared at the big pots with great interest. He didn't say anything, but his eyes showed interest.
He couldn't help but laugh, raised his hand to touch her little Naodai, lowered his head and asked softly, "Is it fun?"
She nodded her head hard. It was very interesting. These people were sitting in a big pot in front of her, like a sauna, surrounded by smoke, but their expressions were in pain.
Her eyes were wide and bright. After looking at them for a while, Chu Xuan took her away with a smile. After all, it was cruel and bloody. If he looked at her again, he was afraid that she would vomit. Facing those people who rebelled against their superiors, Chu Xuan felt no softness in her heart.
If they don't get up, these people will die unjustly.
After returning to Fengluan Palace, a group of maids and eunuchs under his command looked at their wounded empress and cried bitterly again.
Su Bichun and Fuluhai endured their heartache and stepped forward to instruct them to move Qin'er to the bed and lay her down gently.
The imperial doctor prescribed medicine for internal and external use, and told her to apply it carefully three times a day, otherwise it would leave ugly scars.
Su Bichun and others did not dare to neglect, collected the medicine, and planned to give the empress water to bathe.
It was at this moment that Chu Shen hurriedly came after hearing the news.
"How about it?"
"The situation is very bad." Chu Xuan frowned and roughly told Chu Shen Qin'er's situation.
Chu Shen anxiously waved away the golden curtain, opened his eyes wide, and looked at Qin'er who was lying on the bed, staring at the curtain above, neither speaking nor moving, just her eyes rolling around, and took a sharp breath.
"Qin'er." He touched the hand on her red and swollen face and trembled violently.
He clenched his fist suddenly, his face full of cold murderous intent, "Who is it? Who made her do this?"
"Your Majesty!" Tian'er couldn't help but threw herself to the ground again and repeated what she had just said. Tian'er shivered non-stop at the mention of Concubine Ning's viciousness and the Queen Mother's coldness.
Su Bichun stepped forward, hugged her with his coat, and comforted her, "It's okay, everything is decided by the emperor and prince. Tian'er, you are seriously injured and you have to let the imperial doctor take a look."
Chu Shen nodded and asked Tian'er to be taken down, with a furious look on his face that looked like he wanted to kill someone.
Chu Xuan frowned again and told the emperor about the scene where Qin'er was almost humiliated when she went to the inner court bureau first. She just ignored Qin'er's superpower in front of everyone.
After everyone listened, their faces showed indignation. Chu Shen punched the bedside table. How the hell could such a thing happen? He had been in the study all day today, busy with meeting the Yuan envoys.
No news was received. It seems that someone deliberately concealed him! If someone hadn't tipped off the Prince Regent, the consequences would have been disastrous.
He stretched out his hand to hug her, but who knew that the little guy was shrinking very much, pulling the quilt to cover himself airtight, but a pair of big eyes stared at him strangely, as if he didn't know him but also knew him, empty.
Very pitiful.
Chu Shen clenched his fists, feeling mixed emotions and unspeakable bitterness in his heart. He really didn't expect that after several days of quarrels, the result would be like this. If he had known this, he would never have gotten angry with her and slammed the door and left.
How could he be willing to let her suffer so much and be wronged? For so long, he had not been willing to touch her with his finger. He actually beat her and almost insulted her. Those people should all deserve to die!
"The Queen Mother has arrived——"
"The Ai family heard that the regent used severe tortures of cooking and killing the adults in the Inner Court Bureau. This punishment was abolished more than ten years ago when the late emperor was still alive because of its cruelty and harshness. The Ai family wants to know why the regent uses this method today.
Torture, what does the Emperor have to say about this?" A series of aggressive words followed as the gorgeous Queen Mother appeared in front of the two of them.
Chu Shen and Chu Xuan tightened their handsome faces at the same time, and their jade-like eyes flashed with bloodlust.