The prince is hard to serve

"Your Majesty, please allow my concubine, together with Concubine De, to interrogate this court lady—"

Hearing this, Emperor Yan did not directly refuse, he first stared at Concubine Xian for a while, then nodded after a while, and said softly: "That's fine."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After getting the consent, Concubine Xian stood up, blessed Emperor Yan, and then took the lead to walk in the front, led by an eunuch, to the palace vacated by Yan Wenhao.

Seeing the back of Concubine Xian leaving, Concubine Degui's eyes flickered slightly, but she quickly returned to her gentle and peaceful appearance. She tilted her head and spoke softly to Emperor Yan, and then slowly He got up, supported by the maid, and walked out of the palace slowly.

When Concubine Degui arrived in the palace, Concubine Xian had already started questioning, but Si Ruo still kept silent about the people behind her, just kept saying that she was obsessed with ghosts, bowed her head and pleaded guilty, and took all the blame alone.

In the harem, there are actually many methods of extorting confessions, which can instantly make life worse than death. Even a well-trained soldier may not be able to stand it and tell everything, let alone a small Maid?

However, Concubine Xian will never use these methods. She is a person who eats vegetarian food and recites Buddhism, and has a heart of compassion in her heart. She always believes that if she accumulates virtue and does good deeds, then those who have passed away can get The happiest and healthy life.

Concubine Degui walked into the palace slowly, and then sat down beside Concubine Xian, with a shallow smile, she asked knowingly, "I don't know if Sister Xianfei ever asked anything?"

Concubine Xian entered the palace with Empress Zhuang. She was two years earlier than Concubine De Gui. Although she was one level shorter than Concubine De Gui in terms of concubine status, she was two years older than Concubine De Gui. of.

Concubine Xian's expression was indifferent when she heard the words, she glanced at Concubine De Gui, and replied out loud: "I haven't asked yet, she is still unwilling to reveal the person behind the scenes."

Slightly surprised, Concubine Degui blinked her eyes, then covered her mouth and smiled lightly, her appearance was overwhelming, but she used such a beautiful face to speak frightening words lightly, without even blinking her eyes: "Why doesn't my sister send someone to torture her?"

After finishing speaking, before Concubine Xian could respond, she let out another 'Oh', then patted herself on the head, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, sister, I almost forgot that you are a Buddhist believer and firmly believe in the cycle of cause and effect. .”

After a pause, she thought for a while, and then continued: "For so many years, my sister has been chanting scriptures and chanting Buddha day and night, and her whole heart is to find a better life for the queen sister and the eldest prince. Now she must not make a move at will. You see Sister, my memory is really terrible, if I am really old, sister, don't blame me."

There is no one else here, and Emperor Yan is not there, there are only three or four palace servants who often serve them, and they are far away from them.

Therefore, Concubine Degui no longer needed to put on a gentle, virtuous, kind and loving appearance, so at this moment, there was seven parts of sarcasm and three parts of sarcasm in her smile.

And in her words, she even ridiculed Concubine Xian one after another. The first half of the sentence said that she believed in Buddhism and recited scriptures all these years, and wanted to find a better life for the First Prince and Empress Zhuang, but it was just a joke.

How can there be cause and effect in the world?

And the last half of the sentence is to take this opportunity to clearly refer to himself, but in fact it is to insinuate that Concubine Xian is old.

Concubine Xian was originally a stunningly talented woman with extraordinary intelligence, so she could naturally hear the meaning behind her words. In an instant, her face darkened, and her eyes also turned cold, "If the imperial concubine has an idea, please hurry up!" Use it, you promised His Majesty that it will only take half an hour, but now it is almost a quarter of an hour."

Her tone was very cold and stern, and it was full of deep anger.

She doesn't mind how Concubine De Gui satirizes herself, because she doesn't care, but the dead are dead, and the most basic respect should be given, and she can't bear it no matter what.

Having achieved her goal, Concubine Degui no longer provoked Concubine Xian any longer. After all, in her eyes, Concubine Xian was an invisible person, not even the slightest threat to her.

Smiling softly, Concubine De Gui ignored the anger in Concubine Xian's tone on purpose. She lowered her head, took a sip of tea, then raised her eyes and said unhurriedly: "Sister, don't worry. There is really a way, no matter how tight the palace maid's mouth is, my sister can pry her out, and she will definitely find the person who really wants to harm him for the Second Highness."

After she finished speaking, she winked at her close maid, who nodded knowingly, and after saluting, she walked out quickly, and soon, she came back again, followed by three old nuns.

These three nuns, namely Zhou Shi, Li Shi and Wang Shi, were originally serving the Empress Dowager, but after the Empress Dowager passed away, Concubine Degui brought them back to her bedroom.

They were all the dowry maids of the Empress Dowager back then, and they have been in the palace for 50 to [-] years. They are old people in the palace. Therefore, they are very familiar with all the methods commonly used in the harem, and they are very good at extorting confessions by torture.

Their methods are very cruel, often making people want to live but not die, but no scars can be seen on the surface of the prisoner. However, once they pass through their hands, none of the palace servants can insist on hiding secrets and not confessing. Straightforward.

The reason why Concubine Degui dared to swear and promise Emperor Yan that it would only take half an hour for Si Ruo to speak clearly was because of them.

When Concubine Xian entered the palace, the Empress Dowager was still alive, and the concubines had to go to the Empress Dowager every day to make peace with her. Naturally, she knew these three nuns. At this moment, seeing them appear, she couldn't help being surprised one time.

Respectfully bowing to Concubine Degui, the palace maid lowered her head and said: "Return to your empress, this servant has brought you here."

"Ah."

After answering, Concubine Degui looked past her and looked at the three old men standing behind with their heads bowed: "Do you know why I summoned you here?"

Hearing this, the three of them stepped forward together, first Concubine Degui and Concubine Xian bowed respectfully, and then said in unison: "This old slave knows."

"Well, then I will hand her over to you. After a stick of incense, I will hear from her the name of the mastermind behind the scenes." The slender and white fingers gently moved towards Si Ruo's position. Pointing, Concubine Degui ordered in a cold voice.

"Yes, this old slave is taking orders." After they finished speaking, they straightened their faces and walked towards Si Ruo who was kneeling not far away with a terrifying expression.

Seeing them coming towards him, Si Ruo knelt on the ground, feeling even more frightened.

She has been in the palace for five or six years, and she has heard about and even witnessed some appalling criminal methods in the harem.

Now, she knew that Concubine Degui was going to use these methods on herself, her legs softened immediately, and she knelt down on the ground, her body was shaking violently, her face was extremely pale, without the slightest trace of blood.

Just when she was terrified and hadn't recovered, the three old nuns had already walked to her side, bent down and stretched out their hands, ready to take her away.

Suddenly reacting, Si Ruo's eyes widened, and she broke free from them without knowing where she was, and crawled a few steps towards the seat where Concubine Xian was sitting, begging repeatedly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it was really the work of a slave and maid alone. , I know I was wrong, I beg your mother to kill this slave—”

Her voice was hysterical, especially sharp and loud in this silent night.

Hearing Siruo's stern voice, Concubine Xian couldn't help but frowned, a little unbearable, but when she thought that Yan Wenhao was almost injured by the poison cast by Siruo, and her life was in danger again, her eyes became sharp again .

Turning her face away, she waved her hands and said in a soft voice, "Hurry up and take her down."

"Yes."

Hearing this, the three old nuns stepped forward quickly, grabbed Si Ruo's hand, ignored her fierce resistance, and dragged Si Ruo, who had already turned pale from fright, to the cubicle.

After they left, Concubine Degui picked up the teacup and lowered her eyes quietly. She heard lung-piercing screams from the next door, she smiled softly, narrowed her eyes, and began to sip tea one by one, leisurely Feel at ease.

On the other hand, Concubine Xian kept her brows tightly locked, with an ugly expression on her face.