Xiao Wu knelt down and said: "If I tell you, Your Majesty, I...have already put Lan Yi to death!" At this point, he choked up and said, "I was so confused that I almost made a mistake by marrying such a flirtatious, ruthless and unjust woman.
This is a major matter for the Emperor, and this servant deserves to die!"
Hongli did not expect that Xiao Wu would kill Lan Yi himself, and said in surprise: "Why kill her? Didn't you ask me to let her go before?"
Xiao Wu choked up and said: "I didn't know until now that she has always disliked the slave as a eunuch and could not live a real life as a couple with her. She also cursed the slave to still be a eunuch in the next life. The slave lost his mind in anger. Wait until the slave wakes up.
At that time, she... was already dead!" As he said that, he kowtowed with a bang and cried: "I'm sorry for the emperor, I deserve to die!"
Seeing him like this, Hongli couldn't bear it and said: "Lan Yi is dead. There is no need to mention this matter again. You must take this as a warning in the future and don't make the same mistake again."
Xiaowu endured the guilt in his heart and said with tears: "I will obey the emperor's teachings!"
After ordering people to take Lan Yi's body to a mass grave, Hongli said: "Li Jifeng has a very tough mouth. Have you two thought of any way to pry his mouth open?"
Huang Ying thought for a moment, then lowered his head and said: "I'll forgive you for speaking frankly. Although Li Jifeng refused to say anything and the secret agents couldn't find any connection between him and the Tiandihui, it is an indisputable fact that he entered the palace to assassinate and injured the Queen.
, this one article alone is enough to convict him of all the crimes, and there is no need for him to admit it personally."
"I'm afraid his assassination was just a temporary motive!" Hongli's words made Huang Yingzhang confused and couldn't figure out what he meant.
Xiao Wu knew more than Huang Ying and asked tentatively: "Does the Emperor suspect that there is something ulterior between your concubine and Li Jifeng?"
Hearing this, Huang Ying's heart skipped a beat and she blurted out: "Impossible, what relationship can your concubine have with Li Jifeng?"
Xiao Wu said: "You came to the Yangxin Palace not long ago. There are some things you don't know. When my concubine was banned by the emperor, Li Jifeng was the person in charge of guarding the Yongshou Palace. Once, he even saved my concubine's life. What's more,
Don't say he still takes it
The money manager is responsible for escorting the Wei family to Ninggu Pagoda." There is another sentence, he did not say, Li Jifeng and Wei Jingxuan have such a deep relationship, will he let Lan Yishao ask him about the twelfth elder brother, and also with Li Jifeng
Is it related to Wei Jingxuan?
Huang Ying was sent to inform Lan Yi, but he didn't hear about it. He was surprised for a moment. Then he remembered that when Mao Gui came to ask him about Li Jifeng yesterday, he looked a little panicked, especially when he heard that
When Hongli sent spies to track down his concubine's family, things went even worse.
Could it be that... your concubine had an affair with Li Jifeng? If so, it would be a matter of fornication in the palace. According to Hongli's temperament, he would never let his concubine go. Thinking of this, Huang Ying broke into a cold sweat. Over the years,
He had received many benefits from his concubine and told her about Hongli's affairs, including this time. If his concubine was found out, he would also be implicated.
At this moment, Huang Ying really wished that she and Wei Jingxuan had never crossed paths, but at this moment, it was too late to regret it. She could only pray in her heart that things would not be as she guessed. If it was true, Wei Jingxuan would never
Don't give yourself away.
At this moment, he heard words that made him tremble with fear. He only heard Xiao Wu say: "Your Majesty, I can see that Kang Wei has tried his best, but he still can't get the words out of Li Jifeng's mouth, even if...
...It will be the same if you use torture again."
Hongli narrowed his eyes slightly and said coldly: "You mean to just forget it?"
"No, I think this slave thinks that since Li Jifeng's route doesn't work, we can try to take the concubine's route. Maybe we can find something by taking another route."
Huang Ying heard the words and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, I think what the master said is inappropriate. After all, my concubine has been with you for many years. Now I just have a little doubt, so I rashly questioned her. If that's true, that's all. But what if my concubine and the concubine are together?"
There is nothing illegal between Li Jifeng and I am afraid that it will hurt the relationship between the emperor and the empress, so I hope the emperor will think twice."
Xiao Wu glanced at him and said, "Then according to you, is there any better way?"
Huang Ying was suddenly asked, what could he do? What he said just now was just to stop Hongli from questioning Wei Jingxuan. After thinking for a while, he tentatively said: "Why don't we wait and see if the spy is still there?"
Can you find out anything else?"
At this moment, a palace official came in and said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Hui and Brother Eleven would like to see you."
"What are they here for?" Hongli muttered to himself, and ordered the palace servants to call them in. After they had bowed, he said, "Concubine Hui, why did you bring Yongxuan here?"
Xia Qing hesitated and said: "Returning to the emperor, after Yongxuan heard about Yongshou Palace last night, he told me that he had met Li Jifeng, and it was in the inner palace."
"Oh?" Hongli looked at Yongxuan in surprise and said, "What's going on?"
Yongxuan said truthfully: "For the record, Emperor Ama, I remember that one time when my twelfth brother's smallpox was getting better but not yet fully recovered, I came back from Kunning Palace. It was getting late at that time, and I was returning home.
On the way to Yonghe Palace, he accidentally bumped into Guard Li. Erchen knew that guards were not allowed to enter the inner palace at will, so he asked
Why was he here? He told Erchen that he broke in unintentionally to chase a black shadow, and begged Erchen not to pursue the matter. At that time, Erchen saw that what he said was pitiful, so he agreed, and did not tell the matter afterwards.
I told no one about it, but it was not until I heard that he entered the palace to assassinate me that I thought about it again."
Xia Qing took over and said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that that time, Li Jifeng had already thought of entering the palace to assassinate him, but Yongxuan broke his whereabouts, or he didn't find a suitable opportunity, so he didn't carry out the assassination."
Yongxuan said guiltily: "It's all my fault. If I had spoken out at that time, Li Jifeng could have been arrested earlier, and the emperor's mother would not have been injured." After that, he knelt down and said:
"Please Emperor Ama to punish you."
After Hongli asked Yongxuan where he met Li Jifeng, he said: "That's all. It's not strange if you don't know. Get up."
After Yongxuan stood up, Xia Qing asked: "Your Majesty, has Li Jifeng confessed?"
"No, this person is very tough and refuses to speak." Before Xia Qing could say anything, he added, "Don't worry, Concubine Hui, even if he has iron teeth and bronze teeth, I will find a way to pry him open."
After Xia Qing and the two left, Hongli closed his eyes and tapped on the table, and the sound of "Dudu" sounded repeatedly in the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart.
In this way, after an unknown amount of time, Hongli finally opened his eyes, looked at Xiao Wu and said: "I will do as you say, start with your concubine, and send word out that Li Jifeng will not survive the punishment and has confessed everything."