On the way to Yong'an Palace, Nanny Peng tried to give An Rong a reminder, but An Rong didn't know what happened and couldn't communicate with her.
After entering Yong'an Palace, Nanny Peng was thrown to the ground by Feng Jiu.
Mu Ci was sitting at the front seat. She looked at Aunt Peng on the ground with a cold expression. Such a good Platycodon was actually killed by a lowly slave like Aunt Peng. It was really unjust.
"Why did the Queen bring Nanny Peng here? What did she commit?" An Rong asked in a deep voice.
"Be patient, you will soon know what evil deeds this dog slave has done." Mu Ci said, and ordered the servant who bought arsenic to be brought up.
"Go on, do everything that Aunt Peng told you to do." Mu Ci ordered quietly.
In this way, the chamberlain confessed everything that Nanny Peng had told him.
Aunt Peng gave him a lot of benefits and asked him to buy arsenic.
On Platycodon's way back home, the murderer he bribed secretly put arsenic into the drinking water of Platycodon and his fellow servants, and Platycodon died quietly.
This matter was originally done without anyone noticing. If Mu Ci hadn't been investigating in secret, these inside stories would not have been found out.
When Nanny Peng saw the servant appear, she knew that the matter had been exposed.
At the moment, she has only one option, which is to fight to death and refuse to admit guilt.
"Your Highness, this is a trap set by the Queen. The old slave has been serving the Queen in the palace. He doesn't know this servant at all. How can he deal with this person? This is clearly a frame-up. The Queen clearly wants to kill the old slave and isolate him.
Dear Concubine!" Nanny Peng knew that it was useless to beg for admiration, so she crawled to An Rong's feet to beg for mercy.
An Rong is her master, and there is no way she will die without saving her.
"Did the queen make a mistake? Aunt Peng has indeed always been by my side. How could she find time to kill Platycodon?" An Rong calmed down and said.
Kikyo died well, but if she was really killed by Granny Peng, it would be very bad.
With a temperament like that, Grandma Peng could indeed kill Platycodon.
"I knew you would be sophistical. I have already called your fellow villagers to bear witness for you!" Mu Ci said, and ordered someone to bring a country woman into the hall.
As soon as the woman saw Nanny Peng, she called out Nanny Peng's name, and then she was surprised to see the chambermaid.
It turned out that this chamberlain had an old relationship with Nanny Peng, but later one of them entered the palace as a chamberlain, and the other was sold into the Anguo Palace as a slave, and the two lost contact.
"Just now you said you didn't know him. Now there are witnesses proving that you are old acquaintances and had an old relationship. Do you have anything else to say?!" Mu Ci sneered.
Aunt Peng said sharply: "So what if we know each other? It was just a trick. Platycodon was not killed by the old slave at all -"
"What a submissive move. Today, I will show you what a submissive move is!" Mu Ci ordered in a cold voice: "Come here, beat me to death!"
An Rong's expression changed when she heard this: "Queen, you can't!"
"No? You brought this naughty slave into the palace. She committed a capital crime, and you, the master, cannot escape the same responsibility. I will settle this debt with you later!" Mu Ci looked at An Rong coldly.
Under Mu Ci's gaze, An Rong gradually showed her timidity.
Because she knew that it was indeed Nanny Peng who killed Platycodon grandiflorum, and she was Nanny Peng's master. In order to clear herself, she could not interfere in this matter, even if Nanny Peng was brought into the palace from Duke Anguo's mansion.
People, she can't act selfishly.
When Nanny Peng saw An Rong showing timidity, her heart dropped.
If the imperial concubine did not protect her, then why did she kill Platycodon in order to protect the imperial concubine?
Next, the executioner began to torture Granny Peng to extract a confession.
"You not only killed Platycodon grandiflorum, but Zhixiu was also killed by you. What grudge does Zhixiu have against you? You tortured her like that before killing her?" Mu Cicai didn't kill her until Granny Peng beat her until she was only half alive.
Signal the executioner to stop and continue the forced confession.
Nanny Peng said angrily: "No, I don't know what the Queen is talking about. The Queen will kill me if she has the ability..."
No matter how hard she is beaten to death, she will not confess, and she will not betray Concubine An even if she dies.
"What a loyal servant. Now I understand why Concubine An will reuse you. Do you think you can handle it, but I can't do anything to you?" Mu Ci quickly understood what Granny Peng had in mind.
Are you going to fight to the death without taking action? But Nanny Peng is loyal to An Rong.
Because of this, she saw what Nanny Peng's weakness was.
"Come here, take Concubine An and beat her to death until this evil slave gives up!" Mu Ci then gave an order.
An Rong and Nanny Peng changed their faces at the same time. They couldn't believe that Mu Ci would actually issue such an order.
"I am a noble concubine, how dare you torture me without any evidence?!" An Rong never expected that Mu Ci would push her out so quickly.
"These are all witnesses. This evil slave is yours. Is there no evidence?" Mu Ci didn't want to talk nonsense anymore and ordered people to take An Rong directly.
Aunt Peng was heartbroken when she saw the executioner taking An Rong away: "You bitches, you are not allowed to touch the imperial concubine!!"
When Mu Ci saw Nanny Peng reacting so fiercely, she knew that she had made the right move.
"The visitor is a guest. Treat Concubine An well. Even if you beat Concubine An to death, it won't be a big deal. In the eyes of the emperor, Concubine An is nothing but a waste." Mu Ci deliberately used words to provoke her.
Aunt Peng said angrily to Mu Ci: "Mu Ci, you will die badly. I, I will not allow you to touch the imperial concubine..."
Before Nanny Peng could finish her words, the executioner over there had already tortured An Rong.
Nanny Peng's eyes were about to burst: "Let go of the imperial concubine, you bitches, you are not allowed to touch the imperial concubine!"
It was a pity that no one listened to her words, and An Rong was soon beaten until her skin and flesh were torn apart, and she was in excruciating pain.
When Aunt Peng saw this posture, she knew that Mu Ci was not joking, this vicious woman really wanted to beat Concubine An to death.
"I'm going to attack you, I'm going to attack you, don't fight me. Madam, it's my slave who can't stand you and has caused you trouble..." Aunt Peng cried out in pain.
Mu Ci had known that this method would work.
She signaled to the executioner to stop the execution and took some time to speak: "Why don't you wait until I beat the imperial concubine to death and then confess?"
Nanny Peng crawled up to An Rong and said, "It's the old slave who is sorry for the empress. Platycodon is clearly the queen's spy in Jingyang Palace. With just one word from the queen, the traitor Platycodon was released from the palace. The old slave felt it was unfair, so he thought no matter what
They all have to kill Platycodon. The old slave bribed him, and he doesn’t think there is anything wrong with killing Platycodon. As for him, if he explains a trivial matter and gets a lot of pushback, what is the use of such a slave? Sooner or later, he will betray the imperial concubine.
