He had been here for a while and saw tears falling from Xianyue's closed eyes. He did not dare to wipe them away for her for fear of waking her up.
Xianyue choked with sobs and said: "The fourteen-year relationship is either parted or given up. Whenever I think of Concubine Yi being harmed by an adulterer, my heart feels like a knife being cut. It is really painful."
Hongli stroked her pale and bloodless face and said softly: "I understand that Dehai just came to report that little Mencius is willing to tell the truth. I have escorted them outside. You can interrogate them at any time as long as you think it is possible.
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Hearing this, Xianyue immediately sat up and said eagerly: "My concubine is fine, send them in immediately."
"Go and pass it on." Hongli expected that she would react this way, so he came to Kunning Palace in person to save Xianyue from traveling back and forth.
Soon, the scarred and bloody Xiao Yuanzi and others appeared in Xianyue's sight. They could not walk and were thrown to the ground like a piece of rag by the palace servants.
After saluting, Dehai glared at Xiao Mencius and scolded: "Why don't you tell the truth quickly?"
Little Mencius struggled to kneel on the ground and said weakly: "Yes, the master did not commit suicide, but was harmed by others. The person who harmed her was none other than... a slave!"
Hongli said coldly: "Are you finally willing to tell the truth? Dog slave, you are so brave that you dare to harm Concubine Yi!"
Xianyue stared at him and said: "Tell me, who ordered you to do this? Is it your concubine?"
Little Mencius curled up his fingers, lowered his head and said: "I don't know why the Queen is suspicious of your concubine, but this matter really has nothing to do with your concubine. Everything is my own will and no one instigates it."
Xianyue stared at him for a long time, then suddenly sneered, "Little Mengzi, you think that I and the emperor are both three-year-old children, and you can let you fool them, right? You mean it yourself, what reason do you have to kill Concubine Yi?
?”
Little Mencius gritted his teeth and said: "To tell you that the servant did not intend to harm the master, but since the concubine had a miscarriage the day before yesterday, the master has been suspicious and kept saying that the servant and Liu Qi wanted to harm her and wanted her life. That night
, she suddenly sent the slave to the inner hall, scolded him, and even said that she would cut the slave into pieces and cut him into pieces. No matter how much the slave begged, she refused to let him go. The slave was very scared, and then...
My mind is empty
Bai, when the slave came to his senses, he found that he was holding the torn curtain around the master's neck. The slave...the slave wanted to save the master. Really, the slave really wanted to save the master. But at that time,
The master is out of breath
"Sigh." He swallowed hard and continued: "The slave knew that once this matter was known to others, the slave would definitely die, so he boldly made the master look like he committed suicide in fear of crime. The door bolt... was indeed defeated by the slave in advance.
Broken."
"You alone don't have the strength to hang Concubine Yi from the beam. Besides, there are no teeth marks on your body. In other words, the person that Concubine Yi bit before she died was not you." Xia Yue said in a cold voice:
"Tell me, is it Xiao Yuanzi?
Xiao Mencius denied it flatly: "No, Xiao Yuanzi has never been to the inner hall."
"The slave is unjust!" Xiao Yuanzi cried at the side: "The slave really has not harmed Concubine Yi. If the empress does not believe it, you can have someone check whether there are any teeth marks on the slave."
Xianyue ignored him, only stared at Xiao Mencius and said: "You cannot bear this matter alone. If you still have the brains, tell the truth, and I can give you a whole body."
Little Mencius gritted his teeth and said: "Everything I said is the truth. I don't dare to lie. Besides, how could I risk my life by talking nonsense!"
"You don't want to say that? Okay!" After spitting out this word, Xianyue became fierce and said sternly: "Drag this bitch slave down and beat him, break his bones inch by inch, I will see if he is still so arrogant then.
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Little Mencius said sharply: "I have told you the truth without hiding anything. What else do you want me to say?"
Xiao Yuanzi also cried on the side: "Your Majesty, this matter really has nothing to do with me. I didn't go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs the night before. Concubine Shu can also testify for me. I don't know why the empress insists on it."
It has something to do with the slave, but the slave is really unjust, I beg the emperor to investigate clearly."
Hongli just glanced at him and said to Sixi who was waiting aside: "Follow the Queen's instructions and break all the bones in this dog slave." Hongli turned his eyes to Dehai who was covered in sweat, and coolly said
He said: "As the director of the Criminal Punishment Department, you are really doing better and better. I asked you to interrogate, but you came up with such a result."
Dehai quickly knelt down and said, "This slave deserves to die. Please forgive me, Your Majesty." He felt aggrieved. Not to mention that he had not heard what Mencius said. Even if he had, it would be difficult to tell whether it was true or false.
Hongli said indifferently: "Go back and get twenty sticks. If you make another mistake, you won't have to be the steward anymore."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!" Dehai kowtowed repeatedly to thank him. Although he had to suffer physical pain, he was able to keep his position as general manager, which was considered a great blessing among misfortunes.
Seeing that Xiao Mengzi was about to be pulled down by the palace people, Xiao Yuanzi suddenly said excitedly: "The empress said that Concubine Yi had bitten someone before she died, but everyone in the palace had checked, and no one had any teeth marks on her body; she also said that the night before, she had bitten someone.
The servant is in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but the fact is that the servant has not set foot in
Instead of going to the House of Internal Affairs, he went to Concubine Shu. This time, even if Xiao Mengzi admitted it, it was just a surrender, which was not true at all. I know that you have always disliked the master, but the master has just lost the twins of dragon and phoenix. How can you
I can’t bear to hurt her like this again.”
Xianyue looked coldly and said: "I have never thought about harming anyone. I just want to know who killed Concubine Yi."
"Xiao Mengzi has admitted this matter, but you are not satisfied." At this point, Xiao Yuanzi shook his head and said: "No, you don't want to know the murderer of Concubine Yi, you want the master's life.
Forcing Concubine Yi's death on the master, to be honest, that is how you get rid of the master!" Once Xiao Mencius is allowed to tell the truth, he will definitely not end well. In this case, it is better to take advantage of the opportunity now.
Give it a try.
"Presumptuous!" Qi Kuan scolded: "How dare you talk to the Queen like this!"
"Your Majesty is acting unfairly, why can't I say it?" Xiao Yuanzi said with a stiff neck: "If your Majesty insists on saying that I have been to Chonghua Palace, that's all. I just admit it, and you should not embarrass Xiao Mencius again. But this matter has nothing to do with it.
The master has nothing to do with it. No matter how much you torture the slave, the slave will not frame the master out of thin air."
Xianyue stared at Xiao Yuanzi without saying a word, with a murderous intention flashing in her eyes, but she must not underestimate the few words Xiao Yuanzi just said, which suddenly caused a subtle change in the situation, and her
The interrogation turned into a frame-up, which put her in a passive situation. There really is a slave like a master.