"The prince's body is indeed unfit to come to a place like this. In this case, let's start the trial!" Prince Li said with a smile.
King Qi and King Rong looked at each other, each feeling a little heavy, but they had no other choice and started to torture directly.
For a time, the entire inner prison was filled with shrill screams.
"It's not us, we don't know!"
"Have mercy on me! I have always been loyal and loyal!"
"..."
The palace people screamed for mercy, but the executioners ignored them.
"It seems that everyone is very strict with their mouths. If this is the case, then let's increase the punishment. Do you have any objections?" Prince Li said.
"Prince Li, are you trying to beat him into submission?" Prince Rong stared at him and said.
"If you can still grit your teeth under severe punishment, then of course you can prove your innocence. After all, this is about the assassination of the Queen. Of course, it must be investigated clearly. Chongyang, don't you think so?" Prince Li looked at him.
Double Ninth Festival.
Chongyang: "His Royal Highness Prince Rong and Prince Li only have the right to observe, but now it is my subordinates and His Highness Prince Qi who are interrogating the prisoner!"
Prince Li smiled and motioned for them to come.
The sounds of torture inside were still coming, along with the smell of blood.
However, everyone present did not even frown.
It didn't take long before one of the palace maids couldn't bear the attack anymore.
"I would like to inform the three princes that a palace maid has been recruited!" Someone came out to report.
Immediately afterwards, a palace maid covered with bruises was dragged out and thrown to the ground.
As soon as he saw her, King Rong's expression changed drastically, "Why are you Zhen'er? Are you a spy?"
Zhen'er is a first-class palace maid beside her mother and concubine, and her status is only below that of the nun in charge!
"My lord, I am just a slave, but I am not a spy. They beat me so much that it hurts me so much that I can't help it anymore, so I have no choice but to do it!" cried the palace maid named Zhen'er.
Prince Rong pointed at her and rebuked angrily, "You cheap maid, you have to think clearly before you speak. My mother and concubine usually treat you well! This will also be sent to the father. If you dare to deceive me, then you will be punished."
The great crime of annihilating nine tribes!"
Prince Li said with a half-smile, "What are you doing? Are you threatening?" He looked at Zhen'er and said, "Your name is Zhen'er, right? If you don't want to continue to be tortured, tell the truth about what you know."
I’ve confessed. You don’t need to worry about King Rong’s threats. You understand the principle of leniency if you confess and severity if you resist!”
"Yes, in fact, the slave was unwilling to do this, but Concubine De was ordered by Concubine De, and the slave did not dare to disobey, so she could only make the doll according to Concubine De's order. Later, Concubine De did not know where to start from.
I found a birth date and pasted it on it, and in the middle of the night a year ago, I ordered my slave to bury the box under the tree!"
Jane was kneeling on the ground talking about these things.
"You bitch, you're such a mouthful!" King Rong kicked her directly in the heart.
Zhen'er couldn't bear it and spit out a mouthful of blood.
Prince Li's face darkened, "Prince Rong, what are you doing? Do you still want to kill people and silence them in front of us?"
"This cheap maid clearly wants to frame my mother and concubine!" King Rong said angrily.
Zhen'er covered her heart and cried: "Slave... How dare you? What I said is the truth!"
Prince Rong pointed at her and was about to curse when he heard Nanny Ying's weak voice, "You are so brave, how dare you bite my empress!"
Nanny Ying was taken out by the officers and thrown to the ground. She was bruised all over her body after being punished. She was originally the nun who was in charge of Concubine De, but now she was also bruised.
"Mammy Ying!" King Rong's expression changed.
After taking a breath, Grandma Ying stood up and said, "I have met several princes, and this old slave came out to confess his crime."
"Nanny Ying, did you also betray your mother and concubine?" King Rong said in disbelief.
Aunt Ying looked at him and said, "How could I betray you? I'm the one who hopes your best for your Majesty the most. That's why I committed such a heinous crime that deserves death. Princes, please be lenient if I confess.
That stuffed doll was actually buried by the old slave without telling Concubine De, Concubine De, and Concubine De did not know about it from beginning to end!"
King Rong was stunned.
Chongyang said: "Why are you doing this?"
"I am Empress De Concubine's nanny. I have been by her side for all these years. To put it bluntly, in my heart, Concubine De Concubine is just like my child. How can I let my child be wronged? In the eyes of the Emperor,
There was always only the Empress in the house, and I could never see Empress De, so I thought what if the Empress was gone? But I knew Empress De’s temperament, and she would never be disrespectful to the Empress, so I kept it a secret.
He followed her, made this puppet, and used a strategy to send people into the Royal Ancestral Temple to get the birth date of the Queen!" said Grandma Ying.
King Rong was stunned.
The King of Qi did not expect such a turning point, and immediately shouted: "You brave dog slave, you dare to murder the queen for your own selfish desires, you are so brave!"
Prince Li's face darkened: "Zhen'er said she did it, and now you come out and say it was you? Which of you did it?"
"Of course it's me. Who is Zhen'er? She is a palace maid. She can't even hear what the queen is saying. How can the queen explain such a big thing to her? This is simply a joke. She was bribed on purpose.
You bit me! I did this from beginning to end!" Nanny Ying stared at Zhen'er fiercely and said.
Zhen'er sneered and said: "Mama Ying really worked hard for the sake of the empress, and she was able to shoulder such a serious crime of genocide on herself. What a good dog! But there is no way that Mammy Ying can mess around with this matter. This is the Concubine De.
The empress told her slaves to do it, and the empress De Fei instructed King Lin'an to bribe the servants of Guozhang's Mansion, and took advantage of the free time to sneak into the ancestral hall of Guozhang's Mansion. As she saw in the genealogy, the slave accidentally heard the servants of Guozhang's Mansion calling...
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Zhen'er also explained these things clearly and with good evidence!
"This is all slander!" Nanny Ying said: "If the three princes don't believe it, go and kill the eunuch over there at the Royal Ancestral Temple. His name is Xiao Yuzi. He is the one who helped me get the birth date of the Queen..."
"Come here, send someone over immediately to arrest Xiao Yuzi!" King Rong said immediately.
"Wait a minute!" Prince Li said in a deep voice: "Has Prince Rong forgotten that you and I only have the right to observe? You'd better stay here well!"
This is to prevent serial confessions.
"Yes, now it is me and His Highness the Crown Prince who are trying the case!" King Qi said: "During the Double Ninth Festival, it shouldn't be a problem for me to send someone to arrest Xiao Yuzi, right?"
"Yeah." He was told this before Chongyang came, so he nodded.
King Qi immediately sent people to arrest the little Yuzi. Soon the little eunuch was also arrested and confessed directly!
Prince Li gave Prince Qi a gloomy look: "I don't know, Prince Qi is a good brother who loves his younger brother."
"I don't know what Prince Li is talking about!" Prince Qi is not afraid of him!
King Rong breathed a sigh of relief.
Soon, the servant of the Guozhang's Mansion who was bribed was also arrested and brought back. There was another confession that he was bribed by the Lin'an Prince's Palace, as well as many gold and silver treasures given to him by the Lin'an Prince's Palace, and a token!
