Wei Jingxuan quickly knelt down and said: "I know my sin. After my master passed away, I have been living with guilt every day. If possible, I am willing to give my own life in exchange for my master's resurrection. As for what I just said about opening the coffin, that's not true."
What are you afraid of? Rather, you are worried that you will disturb the master and make her restless."
"Only by allowing the Queen to embark on the road to death can we find true peace. I believe that the Queen has a spirit and will understand the Emperor's painstaking efforts."
Hongli nodded and said: "Yes, the queen will understand that I don't want her to linger in the world forever, unable to be reincarnated as a human being."
Wei Jingxuan glanced at Xianyue quietly and said: "But all these are just one-sided words of that little eunuch. What if... he has never seen the master's soul at all?"
Hongli frowned and said, "You mean that little eunuch is lying?"
"I dare not say for sure, but everything is possible, and no one has seen the master except him."
When Hongli was silent, Xianyue said coldly: "Then tell me why he told such stupid lies?"
Wei Jingxuan's eyes flashed, she lowered her head and said, "This servant doesn't know, maybe someone instigated him."
Xianyue smiled leisurely and said: "What you said makes some sense, but I am very curious. What is the purpose of going to so much trouble to instruct a young eunuch to lie and deceive the emperor? Is it just to open the coffin? What are the benefits?
Do you want me to arrest that little eunuch and torture him severely?"
Facing Xianyue's gaze, Wei Jingxuan really wanted to tell her what she saw that day, but she couldn't, so she could only say: "All this is just a slave's guess. Maybe there is no such thing."
Xianyue looked down at her and said in a cold voice: "Jingxuan, it has been seven years since you entered the palace. You should know the rules in the palace. Everything you say must be well-founded and not be believed in nonsense. Otherwise, everyone will be fooled."
If you just make random guesses, aren't you talking about chaos?"
Wei Jingxuan was so angry that she had taken advantage of her, but she could not get angry. She lowered her head and said, "I am not a person who does not understand the rules. I am just afraid that disturbing the master will make her soul in heaven uneasy."
Hongli raised his hand and said, "Don't talk about it anymore. I have made up my mind about this matter. I will open the coffin at a certain date."
While they were talking, A Luo took Xia Qing outside and scolded: "How many times have I told you not to be impulsive, master? Why don't you listen? Do you have to wait until something happens to be happy?"
Xia Qing slowly released her hands, stared at the purple-red nail marks on her palms, and murmured: "I can't stand it. I really can't stand it anymore. If this continues, I will go crazy!"
"I understand how you feel, but no matter how uncomfortable it is, you have to endure it. As long as the coffin is opened to prove that the queen did not die by drowning, the master can convict Wei Jingxuan. When the time comes, you can watch her suffer the death penalty of a thousand cuts.
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Xia Qing stared at A Luo for a long time. She shook her head and said, "No, you don't understand. You will never understand the pain of your loved ones dying because you believed in the wrong person. They... they died because of me. If
If I can't kill Wei Jingxuan, my life will be a waste of time!"
A Luo sighed and said: "Yes, I don't understand, because I have had no relatives since I was six years old. Compared with me, you are already very happy. At least you can stay with your parents for fourteen years."
Years; and I... don't even know if I can see my mother again in my lifetime."
Xia Qing didn't know this, and said guiltily: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."
"It doesn't matter." A'luo smiled, held Xia Qing's cold hands and said, "You can bear it longer. I believe the master, she will definitely give you justice."
Xia Qing gritted her silver teeth and nodded: "I understand. I promise you that I won't be as impulsive as before."
Hearing what Xia Qing said, A Luo nodded and said, "That's good. The coffin opening should happen in the next few days. It won't take too long."
The day of opening the coffin was finally set two days later. Hongli personally took Xianyue, Song Zihua and others to Jing'an Village outside Dongzhimen, where Mingyu's coffin was placed.
When the time was chosen by the Qin Tianjian, Hongli and Xianyue successively lit incense and worshiped, and then ordered the palace servants to pry off the thick and long coffin nails, open the layers of coffin lids, and reveal Mingyu's undead body.
Seeing Mingyu's face again, Hongli's eyes turned red, and he said softly: "Mingyu, I'm here to see you. Don't worry, Dr. Song will be able to force out the saliva in his throat soon, so that you can feel at ease.
Embark on the road to the afterlife.
"After that, he reluctantly retreated and said to Song Zihua, who was standing aside with his hands hanging down: "It's time to start. Remember what I said before, you must force out the saliva from the Queen's throat, otherwise I will only
You are asking."
"Yes." Song Zihua responded, walked to the Zi coffin, and pressed Mingyu's cold body according to his techniques, gradually spreading from the abdomen to the throat. He repeated this several times, but no water was spit out.
Hongli's face became more and more ugly. When Song Zihua repeated it for the fourth time, he said coldly: "Didn't you say this method is feasible? Why haven't you forced the saliva out yet?"
"Wei Chen... Wei Chen..." Song Zihua was covered in cold sweat and looked horrified. Xianyue advised softly: "Your Majesty, this matter is not finished after all. Please give Imperial Physician Song some more time."
Hongli pursed his lips and said nothing, Xianyue said to Song Zihua, who was still standing aside with a bow: "Mr. Song, why don't you continue?"
Song Zihua nodded repeatedly and continued to press Mingyu's body, but no water came out. Hongli's anger at being persuaded by Xia Yue emerged again, "Song Zihua, what on earth is going on?"
Song Zihua hurriedly said: "If I go back to the emperor, it is clearly recorded in the medical books that it is indeed possible to force out the saliva from the queen's throat while the corpse is not decomposed; but for some reason, it has not been effective."
Hongli scolded him coldly: "In my opinion, you are the one who is incompetent. Someone, please pull him down and give him thirty sticks!"
Song Zihua was shocked and quickly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. I haven't said a false word to you. The Queen has not vomited water yet. It is possible that there is no water in her throat at all."
Hongli said flatly: "It's impossible. If there was no water, how could the queen linger in the world of heaven?"
Song Zihua gritted his teeth and said: "Indeed, Wei Chen dares to guarantee it with his life. Even... Wei Chen suspects that the Empress did not fall into the water and died."
Hongli didn't expect that Song Zi would suddenly say such a sentence, and said in shock: "What did you say? Didn't the queen fall into the water and die?"
Song Zihua said with certainty: "Yes, if the Queen had drowned, she would have drank a lot of water, but after several attempts just now, the Queen did not spit out a mouthful of water, which is really unreasonable."
Ji You, who followed Hongli, said: "Maybe your method is wrong?"
Song Zihua glanced at him and said: "I performed the technique according to the medical records. There is nothing wrong. The queen probably did not drown."
[Author's digression]: There will be one or two chapters later.