Mu Yun'an looked at the copper coins in Qiu Wu's hand. They were only a few dozen coins. It was definitely not enough to buy an incense burner.
But she knew what Qiu Wu was thinking and said, "That's enough. Let's go. I'll take you to buy an incense burner."
She pulled Qiu Wu up and prepared to take her out of the palace to buy an incense burner for Feng Changling to fulfill her wish.
Qiu Wu burst into tears of gratitude: "Thank you, Sister Princess."
Yuan Jiahe said: "I'll go too. I'm bored staying in the palace, so let's go out for a walk together."
Mu Yun'an naturally had no objection. She ordered someone to prepare a carriage, and then asked someone to deliver a letter to Xiao Chengyi, before leaving the palace with Qiu Wu and Yuan Jiahe.
At this time, the Inner Court Department.
Su Xie was kneeling on the ground, trembling a little. In front of him sat Xiao Chengyi and Yan Jingxuan, both of whom were so imposing that people didn't dare to look up.
Xiao Chengyi said in a cold voice: "Say it."
Su Xie said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, I am aware of my crime. I was deceived by wealth, accepted bribes from officials, and corrupted the law. Please forgive me for your life."
He put his forehead to the ground and admitted his crime of corruption and bending the law.
Xiao Chengyi said: "This is not what I heard. On the seventh day of last month, you met an important guest in the study. Who was that person?"
When Su Xie heard that it was the seventh day of the last lunar month, his expression suddenly changed. There was a look of shock in his eyes, and he looked a little flustered, but he lowered his head and no one could see him.
He tried to calm down and pretended to be suspicious: "What kind of distinguished guest? I don't remember such a thing."
Xiao Chengyi slammed the table and said angrily: "How dare you argue? Su Limo followed that person that day and intercepted a letter. The letter was not written in Chinese characters, but in desert script."
Su Xie raised her head and looked at Xiao Chengyi and said, "Your Majesty, do I really not know anything about Mowen?"
Xiao Chengyi said: "It seems that you won't cry until you see the coffin."
With that said, he gave an order: "Come here and torture me. I want to see how hard your bones are?"
A guard came up, held Su She down and put his ten fingers on the splint.
The so-called ten fingers are connected to the heart. Once the splint is pulled, it will be excruciating pain.
Seeing this, Su Xie turned pale in fright and said, "Your Majesty, I really don't know anything about Mowen.
Su Limo hates me so much, he must be the one who framed me, I...ah..."
Before he could finish his words, the torture device had been activated, and Su Shee screamed, her face turning pale.
Xiao Chengyi leaned on the chair and said: "I have thousands of ways to torture people, you can try them one by one."
Su Xie was in pain so much that he was covered in cold sweat. He felt that his fingers were no longer his. The excruciating pain was really unbearable.
But he also knew that colluding with Mobei and taking bribes and bending the law were more serious. Once admitted, it would be a capital crime that would implicate the nine clans.
He gritted his teeth and refused to speak.
At this time, Qing Ying hurried over, presented a book to Xiao Chengyi and said: "Your Majesty, I found this in the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion."
Xiao Chengyi took it over, but it was about the comparison of Mobei characters and Central Plains characters.
He took out the letter in his arms and said to Qingying: "Prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone."
Qingying quickly brought up the pen and ink. Xiao Chengyi spread out a piece of rice paper and translated the contents of the letter against the book.
Yan Jingxuan looked on and his expression suddenly changed: "This..."