A trace of fear flashed across Mrs. Hu's eyes. Qiao Yan'er was more troublesome than she expected. This woman... was really difficult to deal with. It's a pity that she knew it too late, otherwise she would have persuaded Xianyue to send her out of the palace earlier.
If you get married, maybe you won't be in trouble today.
At this time, Sixi walked in and said respectfully: "To inform the emperor, Zheng Jiu and Xiao Chengzi have been brought to the east and west side halls respectively."
Hongli nodded, stood up and left. After he left, Mrs. Hu lowered her voice and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, judging from the emperor's appearance, he wants to confess to the two of them. If there is anything wrong in the slightest, they may be guilty."
If you want to take a firm position, do you need to find a way quickly?"
Xianyue said helplessly: "At this point, I have no choice but to resign myself to fate." With that said, she stared at Qiao Yan'er and said coldly: "Who are you?"
Qiao Yan'er raised her head and said with some confusion: "To tell you the truth, my maid's surname is Qiao, a nickname..."
"You are not Qiao Yan'er!" Xianyue interrupted her and said coldly: "You are so eloquent and have such weird thoughts. You are definitely not an ordinary farm girl. As long as you are willing to tell the truth, no matter what you have done before
No matter what the mistake, I can put it aside and keep you safe; but if you continue to conceal it and bring trouble to the palace, I will definitely not forgive you after I find out."
Qiao Yan'er sighed and said: "I really don't know what your Majesty is talking about. I have already said everything I know. I really don't know what else to say."
Hu said in a cold voice: "Qiao Yan'er, are you really going to keep your words to the end? Don't forget that standing in front of you is the empress of the dynasty and the second-grade concubine. Do you really think that you can do it alone?
, can you compete with us?"
"I have never thought about resisting anyone. I only do what I think I should do. In fact, Zheng Jiu did go to feed the crows. Does the imperial concubine say this, intending to use her status to pressure me and force me to change my confession?"
?If the emperor hears what the empress just said, I am afraid that even the empress will not be able to bear the emperor's anger!"
"You!" Mrs. Hu's expression suddenly changed. She originally wanted Qiao Yan'er to tell the truth under pressure, but she didn't expect that she would defeat her. She was really cunning.
"If she doesn't want to say anything, forget it." After saying that, Xianyue leaned over and held Qiao Yan'er's chin, saying coldly: "However, don't think that you will win, the days... are still long."
Meeting her gaze, Qiao Yan'er suddenly curved her lips slightly, revealing a smile with unknown meaning, "Your Majesty is right, but I also have something to remind you - Your Majesty, the Holy Might, no one can cover the sky with one hand!"
At that moment, Xianyue saw deep hatred from the depths of her eyes. In the end...who is this Qiao Yan'er?
If the third concubine who escaped from the Yehenala clan had not been found and executed, she would have suspected that Qiao Yan'er was the remnant.
After about half an hour, Hongli walked in with a gloomy expression. After sitting down with his sleeves folded, he said coldly: "Zhou Quan, Zheng Jiu is very loyal to you. He was beaten half to death and refused to say a word.
It's a pity that there is another Xiao Chengzi. He is not as good as Zheng Jiu.
You are such a strong-willed person. In order to save your life, you have already told all your deeds. You instructed Zheng Jiu to lure the divine crow to Yongshou Palace, and used the scent of lily of the valley to lure the divine crow into madness and hurt Wei Yao. Later, for fear of being discovered by Zhang Quan, you used Shu Brocade to frame him.
, so that Zhang Quan was demoted to the clean room."
Hearing these words, Zhou Quan felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and his teeth chattered. Fortunately, he believed in Xiao Chengzi so much that he did such a treacherous thing. Does he know how many people will be implicated after this matter is revealed?
, even the empress...
No, he is where he is today only because of the grace of the empress. He has not completed what the empress told him, which is a shame. How can he bring trouble to the empress again!
While Zhou Quan's thoughts were spinning, Mrs. Hu said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhou has been in the palace for more than ten years. I don't believe that he would do such a thing. Could it be that Xiao Chengzi is talking nonsense to save his life?"
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Hongli stared at her coldly and said: "What Fu Tai said before, the imperial concubine said was not credible; then Ding Mo and Qiao Yan'er made confessions respectively, but the imperial concubine still felt that it was not credible. Now that Xiao Chengzi confessed, the imperial concubine said it was nonsense.
"Is it true that in the eyes of the noble concubine, all the comprehensive evidence is nonsense and cannot be trusted?" Ding Mo is the little eunuch who feeds the crows.
Mrs. Hu heard the displeasure in his words and said quickly: "I don't dare, I just can't believe that Manager Zhou would do such a thing; besides, he really has no reason to harm Wei's consent."
Hongli said solemnly: "With all the personal and material evidence, is it possible that he will be wronged?"
Hu's lips moved, but she didn't say anything. Just as Hongli said, there were all the witnesses and physical evidence. Even if she wanted to help Zhou Quan, she couldn't. This time, it was really a disaster.
Hongli glanced at Xianyue and said coldly: "Zhou Quan, can you plead guilty?"
"Slave...slave..." Layers of cold sweat broke out all over his body, and the innermost layer of clothes was completely wet and stuck to his body. After a long time, he gritted his teeth and kowtowed heavily: "Slave
Confess!"
Hearing these words, a look of disappointment flashed across Hongli's eyes. He nodded slowly and said, "Okay, you finally admitted that you plotted to kill the concubine and framed me. Zhou Quan, tell me yourself, how should I deal with you?"
Zhou Quan said with a gloomy face: "This slave knows that his sins are serious and he is willing to accept any punishment from the emperor. But Zheng Jiu... he was coerced by the slave and had no choice but to do this. Please spare his life!"
Fu Tai, who was kneeling next to him, gritted his teeth and said, "Why did you do that? Wei promised to be trapped in the Yongshou Palace. What did it do to you? You had to take her life. For this reason, you even caused Eunuch Zhang to become a Jingjun."
, don’t you feel any uneasiness in your heart when you harm others like this? Or is it someone who instigated you to do this? "
Zhou Quan lowered his head and said: "No one instigated it. It was the slave who hated Wei's promise, so..."
"Nonsense, how could you..." Halfway through Fu Tai's words, a loud shout suddenly came from his ears, "Shut up!"
Fu Tai hurriedly looked up and saw Hongli glaring at him. He was so horrified that he quickly lowered his head and did not dare to speak.
However, it was too late, and Hongli had no intention of letting him go. "Drag this talkative slave down and punish him for twenty years!"
Fu Tai looked up in horror at Hongli, who had a stiff face. What did he say wrong? It was obvious that the queen instigated Zhou Quan to do this. Now that the incident has come to light, Zhou Quan deliberately took over the upper body to protect the queen. Could it be that Hongli even did this?
Can't you see it either?
It wasn't until the palace attendants came to pull him that Fu Tai came to his senses and exclaimed: "No! Your Majesty, spare your life. Someone really instigated Zhou Quan. I'm not talking nonsense!"
His response was to impose another twenty punishments, for a total of forty strokes. After Fu Tai was taken away, Hongli calmed down and said to Zhou Quan: "Keep talking!"