Chapter 15: The Dungeon Demons
On the gloomy steps, the lantern in the palace maid's hand swayed, and the falling figures were longing. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
It was a dungeon at the back of the Longevity Palace, in disrepair, and the iron door made a heavy, creaking sound when it opened.
I heard that during the war in the previous dynasty, there was a concubine who was locked up here and starved to death, and when they found out, they had already left white bones.
The bones were somewhere, but there was an eerie and dreary aura in the air, as if a desperate cry could be heard from the netherworld.
Yang Xi and his entourage followed the lights, and soon arrived in the room, where there were no chiseled windows, not even a trace of light could penetrate in, and the dull air was filled with a fishy smell.
A palace maid was in rags, hiding in a corner of the iron prison, and her exposed skin was stained with blood. "It's the palace maid in charge of spices by Niangniang's side, and her name is Xiaohong." In the dim light, Aunt Lian took a stack of papers from the hands of several deacons and eunuchs holding iron whips, writing confessions, and the paper was stained with blood.
Yang Xi stretched out his hand, and Aunt Lian hesitated for a moment and handed over the offering paper. Yang Xi looked at it and raised his eyebrows: "The big palace maid Agate beside Concubine Li instructed her to take medicine in the queen's spices?" Yang Xi raised his hand and pointed to the candle flame: "Xiaohuan is also involved." ”
Aunt Lian bowed her head and said, "After three days of trial, it's still the same statement." Yang Xi smiled in the dark, and when he walked into the prison, Xiaohong shrank back.
Yang Xi sighed: "After three days, you haven't come up with anything else, and you are also determined." ”
She raised her tone slightly: "In order to survive, some people will bite everything and dare to say anything, but you still have the same set of statements, the master behind you has not taught you, is it true when it is false." ”
Xiaohong's body trembled for a moment, and gradually froze, reaching out to grab her dress, and her voice was mournful: "Your Highness spare your life, what I said is true." ”
Yang Xi took a step back, his face blurred in the dark: "The queen mother is famous, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is ruthless." A five-grade little palace maid dares to drug the queen's materials, which is nothing more than two kinds, one for wealth and the other for coercion. Yang Xi paused: "If something happens to the queen, everyone in this palace will have to be buried with you, so you are not afraid of death." ”
"What are people who are not afraid of death? Naturally, it is the person behind him. ”
Yang Xi squatted down, his eyes shining in the dark, like a demon in human skin in the night: "I will find your family, relatives, and anyone who has anything to do with you." Even at the ends of the earth, I will find them. ”
"If you dare to lie to me, I will let their men be slaves forever, and women will be prostitutes forever, and they will never be able to turn over for the rest of their lives, and I will also tell them that you killed them, so that they will not let you go in hell."
Word by word, cold and vicious, spit out of a child's mouth, especially eerie.
Mama Fang and Aunt Lian both trembled unconsciously. Although the two are both Yang Xi's henchmen and have seen her methods, they feel for the first time that she is not just a five-year-old princess.
She is like a Shura from hell at the moment, with the aura of destruction all over her body.
Xiaohong raised her head and looked at the little princess in gorgeous clothes in front of her, her eyes showed fear, and the lip she bit out was oozing blood.
"If you tell the truth, I will guarantee that your family will be prosperous and prosperous in this life, and they will not be able to enjoy it." Yang Xi slowed down his voice. "I say it, I do it."
After a long silence, a trembling voice sounded: "It's Tang Beauty." ”
Walking out of the dungeon, Yang Xi exhaled deeply, feeling that the sun was shining on her body, warming her cold and stiff limbs, and Mama Fang hurriedly put on her coat.
Aunt Lian followed, her voice condensed and killed: "Do you want to bring Tang Meiren?" The person in the big palace next to her is called Bai Su. ”
Yang Xi shook his head: "Didn't I say it, when it's true, it's true, whether she wants to catch it, or take it step by step, we don't know, let's follow the original plan." Tang Meiren is now pregnant, we looked for it, and she beat her upside down, and it was difficult for my father to explain it. ”
"Yes." Aunt Lian took the order. Yang Xi sniffed his sleeves: "It's all dirty, I'll go change my clothes and then go to see the queen mother." What is happening here, you are not allowed to say a word to the queen mother, lest she worry. ”
"So, what about Xiaohong's family?" Mama Fang asked weakly.
Yang Xi stopped his pace: "Send someone to find it, whether you live or die." "Even if she does have a family, I'm afraid it won't be clean, and maybe she can find out something.
She walked a few steps with the palace people, and then turned around: "If it falls into the hands of others, find a way to kill it, and make it look like killing people." ”
Mama Fang trembled for a moment, looked up at the princess, and then lowered her head deeply.
"Yes."
When Yang Xi went to Wanshou Palace again, he saw the honor guards of Concubine Li and Concubine De.
The queen sat on the jade seat, and it was difficult to hide her emaciated body under her dress. "Dark incense" is a drug addiction, and once it is quit, it is extremely damaging to the body.
Yang Xi and Aunt Lian told the queen mother that she had a cold. But seeing such a tired queen mother, Yang Xi was still heartbroken.
Concubine Li Wanyu sat on the left hand side of the lower head, is the youngest daughter of the Li family, since she was a child, she has enjoyed thousands of favors, her face is magnificent, the jewelry on her wrist is dazzling, rich and powerful, the emperor likes her arrogant temperament, especially favored. She sat there with her stomach on her back, looking complacent. After the queen, another high-ranking concubine was pregnant, and she was born to both men and women.
Yang Xi didn't care, the person who showed everything on his face, although it caught people off guard, could also be seen at a glance. The most important thing for Concubine Li now is the child in her belly, and Yang Xi feels that she will not jump up and down at this time to make trouble for herself.
Even if she is stupid, the Li family behind her must not want to have an accident. The Li family has always been ambitious, and finally has the opportunity to win the throne, and they will definitely keep moving in private.
Concubine De Liu was born in a famous family in the south of the Yangtze River, and everyone is beautiful. Naturally, she will not be as arrogant as Concubine Li, just drinking tea quietly. Yang Xi snuggled up to the queen mother, listened to the queen mother and Concubine De discuss the state banquet, and prepared to let Concubine De assist in holding the state banquet.
It seems that the queen mother has realized that her health is fine, so it's okay, Concubine De has always been cautious, with her there, the queen mother is also more relaxed.
Concubine Li saw Princess An Ning and exclaimed, "The little princess has become beautiful again." ”
Yang Xi looked at Concubine Li and just smiled, and the queen raised her hand and stroked Princess Anning's hair, "It's a little taller." Yang Xi looked at the skinny hands and felt a little sad.
Since she said that to her mother last time, the queen mother has been decadent as if she had suffered a heavy blow, and she is not interested in anything, even if she sees Concubine Li, she will not be as cynical as before.
It's like resigned to fate.
But she didn't want to see such a queen mother, like a bird imprisoned in a golden cage.
I knew it was so, I knew it was so...... Yang Xi couldn't help but ask herself, would she still say such affectionate words?
After the discussion, Concubine Li finally found the opportunity: "Niangniang, the number of palace people in the palace of the concubines is ......" Yang Xi suddenly realized, it turned out that Concubine Li disliked too few people in the palace.