The emperor was furious, and ordered someone to escort Cao Shangshu here today, so he didn't plan to let him go back alive, the emperor was furious, and stared at Cao Shangshu with cold eyes: "Someone! Crush him into the Penal Division! Punishment awaits! ”

Lord Cao was very panicked, and hurriedly bowed: "The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life......"

The emperor didn't look back, strode away, and the guards pressed Lord Cao to go to the palace to be cautious, Lord Cao panicked: "The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life......"

The emperor strode into the house: "From now on, all the illnesses of the people in the west of the city will be handled by the four princes!" ”

Tuoba Zeyan bowed his hand and saluted: "Sons obey orders!" ”

The people cheered even more: "Thank you to the emperor, thank you to His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince!" Thank you, Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness the Fourth Prince! ”

At this moment, in the Shen Punishment Division, the airtight room was very damp, and there was no daylight, and more than a dozen punished subordinates were desperately doing their work, and Lord Cao was already dressed in tatters, no longer bright, and was beaten all over his body.

The fierce official held a leather whip in his hand, and with a "snap", he slapped Lord Cao fiercely: "Lord Cao, the emperor sent us to question, and it would be better for me to say it as soon as possible, so as not to suffer from flesh and skin again!" ”

Master Cao was already dying, unable to raise the slightest strength, gasped, and barely squeezed out a little voice: "Say no, just no!" ”

The vicious official held Luo Tie in his hand, which was red and transparent, and gestured in front of Lord Cao: "Lord Cao, do you want to taste the taste of this Luo Tie?" ”

At this moment, in the Zhaoyang Palace, the queen also heard that Lord Cao had been pressed into the Shen Criminal Division, and she was very panicked, for fear that Lord Cao would confess, and she was nervous and uneasy.

The queen thought about it for a long time, and she was even more unhappy in her heart, but at this time, she couldn't go to see Lord Cao, as soon as she saw him, she would be exposed, and the queen was very nervous: "Cai'er, you go to the Criminal Division for the palace to take a look at Lord Cao." ”

When the maid heard this, she was very alarmed: "The queen really wants to be like this? ”

The queen was even more uneasy, nervous in her heart, and nodded lightly: "Go quickly, don't let people catch you." ”

The maid bent down and saluted: "Yes, Queen Mother." After saying that, he left quickly and went to the Shen Penal Division to visit Master Cao.

The queen was even more restless, waiting in the house, very nervous, Cai'er hurriedly came to the Shen Criminal Division, took the silver, and handed it to the palace person in charge of the Shen Criminal Division: "Auntie, I heard that Cao Shangshu has just entered the Shen Criminal Division?" ”

The palace man took the silver and glanced at Cai'er with slanted eyes: "So, the girl came to see Lord Cao?" ”

Cai'er nodded hurriedly: "That's right, please also ask your aunt to be accommodating." ”

The palace man weighed the silver with one hand, was very satisfied, and smiled lightly: "Someone! ”

In an instant, more than a dozen guards strode towards Cai'er, surrounding Cai'er, holding spears in their hands, which looked actually very fierce.

Cai'er suddenly panicked, turned around and stared at the palace people: "Auntie, what is this doing?" ”

The palace people were as serious as they were: "The emperor has an order, no matter who comes to Lord Cao, they will all be arrested and handed over to the emperor for disposal!" ”

In an instant, more than a dozen guards hurriedly went up, and couldn't help but say, holding Cai'er: "Go!" ”

The person in charge of the palace escorted Cai'er, strode towards the door, and handed it over to the emperor to dispose of.

In the imperial study, the guards escorted Cai'er to come and knelt on the ground to salute: "Your Majesty, my subordinates have caught the palace maid who came to visit Cao Shangshu, and they will be handed over to the emperor for disposal." ”

The emperor was very satisfied, sat upright, and stared at the palace maid in front of him: "Raise your head!" ”

Cai'er was very nervous, she didn't dare to raise her head, lowered her eyes and kowtowed: "The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life......"

Hearing this, the emperor felt that the voice of the palace maid in front of him was a little familiar, and he was even more displeased, staring at the palace maid, Long Yan was furious: "Raise your head!" ”

The palace people on the side picked Cai'er's face and forced her to raise her head.

Seeing this, the emperor was taken aback: "Cai'er? Cai'er by the queen's side? ”

Cai'er was even more panicked: "The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life......"

The emperor was furious, threw down the fold in front of him, and was furious: "How can this be true! Queen again? Someone! Call the Queen! ”

Cai'er was very panicked: "The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life!" ”

The emperor was even more angry, frowning, and very displeased.

In the Zhaoyang Palace, the queen was worried and looking forward to Cai'er's news, but before the news came, she saw the emperor's people coming, and several eunuchs walked slowly into the Zhaoyang Palace, bending down and saluting: "The slave sees the queen's mother." ”

The queen was very frightened, staring blankly at the eunuch in front of her, full of horror: "No need to be polite, get up quickly." ”

The subordinates did not dare to slack off, and bent down to salute: "Yes, Queen Mother." With that, he stood up.

The queen was still very frightened: "Father-in-law, why are you here?" ”

The subordinates did not dare to slack off: "Return to the queen, the emperor invites the queen to come over!" ”

The queen was even more alarmed: "Does the emperor have orders, what is the matter?" ”

The eunuchs were even more nervous: "Back to the queen's mother, the slaves don't know." ”

The queen's heart became more and more uneasy, her right eyelid kept jumping, and the corners of her lips couldn't stop trembling, and she was very panicked: "Father-in-law, what did you tell the palace?" Hongu is also good to prepare, isn't it? ”

The eunuch is still like this, even if it is the queen, she does not reveal the slightest: "The queen mother, please hurry, don't let the emperor wait." ”

The queen was very satisfied, and nodded lightly helplessly: "Okay, this palace will go with you." As he spoke, he strode away with a few eunuchs.

After a short time, the queen had already come to the imperial study, and before she entered, she felt that the momentum in the room was pressing, and her heart became more and more nervous, she raised her eyes and looked at the door in front of her, and made up her mind to stride towards the imperial study.

After a long time, the queen had already walked into the house, and saw Cai'er being suppressed by the guards and kneeling in the imperial study, the queen was suddenly shocked, and knelt on the ground and saluted: "The concubine sees the emperor." ”

The emperor was even more so, frowning, glancing at the queen in front of him, those slightly cloudy eyes, but unusually sharp: "Can the queen recognize her?" As he spoke, the emperor raised his hand and pointed to Cai'er in front of him.

Cai'er also raised her eyes and glanced at the queen on the side, very nervous: "Queen Mother." He whispered, his delicate eyes were slightly teardropped, and he looked pitiful.

The queen also glanced at Cai'er beside her, she was very panicked in her heart, and hurriedly raised her eyes to look at the emperor, knowing that the emperor recognized Cai'er, and she had no choice but to refuse, she was very entangled in her heart, and hurriedly replied: "Back to the emperor, the concubine knows, it is the concubine's personal maid Cai'er." ”

Cai'er still knelt aside, very respectful: "The queen mother helps, the queen mother helps......"

The queen was even more panicked, and her heart was uneasy: "I don't know what crime Cai'er has committed, and I ask the emperor to make it clear." ”

The emperor stared at Cai'er in front of him, his heart was very unhappy, his eyebrows were tightly locked, and he glanced at the queen on the side: "The queen really doesn't know?" ”

The queen was even more trembling, trembling all over: "Back to the emperor, the concubines really don't know." As he was talking, he hurriedly looked at Cai'er on the side: "Cai'er, what did you do?" Hurry up and recruit it truthfully! ”

Cai'er was even more nervous, trembling all over: "The queen mother spares her life, the queen mother spares her life!" Slave maid, slave maid went to visit Cao Shangshu. ”

The emperor frowned, staring at the queen in front of him: "Cao Shangshu has just been imprisoned, isn't it the queen who instructed Cai'er to visit Cao Shangshu?" Between the words, those sharp eyes were very clear, staring at the queen in a panic.

The queen was even more nervous, and went up and down: "The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life, the concubines really don't know, and ask the emperor to investigate." ”

The emperor snorted lightly, obviously not believing it, and stared at the queen on the side with cold eyes: "Cai'er, I ask you, why did you go to visit Cao Shangshu?" If you can't give a reason, I'll punish your nine clans! ”

The emperor's voice was very cold, which made Cai'er even more shocked, very nervous, and hurriedly kowtowed: "The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life......"

The queen knelt aside, even more anxious, frowning: "Cai'er, you should say it quickly!" ”

Cai'er panicked: "Back to the emperor, the slave maid had received the favor of Lord Cao before, and when she heard that something had happened to Lord Cao, she specially went to visit Lord Cao, and asked the emperor to forgive her sins, and asked the emperor to spare her life!" ”

The queen was even more nervous: "Yes, what Cai'er said is that I also ask the emperor to spare his life and let Cai'er go, and the concubines will definitely discipline ......"

Cai'er also hurriedly kowtowed: "Please also ask the emperor to spare your life, please also ask the emperor to spare your life......"

The emperor listened to her explanation, but it made sense, but he still didn't believe it in his heart, thought about it for a while, or took into account the overall situation, and ordered softly: "In this case, you should go back first!" It is a felony to meet the courtiers privately, from now on, after a month of retreat, the Zhaoyang Palace, punished for half a year, in order to set an example! ”

The queen was also satisfied with such a result, but she was still very nervous in her heart, for fear that Lord Cao would confess: "Thank you, concubine, Your Majesty!" After saying that, he stood up, took Cai'er, and left together.

In the Zhaoyang Palace, the queen was lying on the chaise longue in a daze, her eyes were full of sadness, and her dark eyes were already full of tears, very melancholy.

Cai'er walked slowly and knelt on the ground to salute: "It's all slaves and maids who are not doing well, let people be caught, and even the queen mother, and ask the queen mother to condemn the crime!" ”

The queen raised her eyes and glanced at Cai'er in front of her, her face was still sad, and her dark eyes were even more sad: "It's okay, Cai'er, you have served the palace since you were a child, and you are the most trustworthy person in the palace, get up quickly." ”

Cai'er was still a little guilty: "Thank you, Queen Mother." After saying that, he stood up, walked forward slowly, and carefully kneaded the queen's shoulder, not daring to say anything.

The queen was still full of sadness, and her heart was very sad, for fear that Lord Cao would confess, and she had mixed feelings in her heart.

Cai'er took care of the queen carefully, for fear that something would happen to the queen.

The queen is now also imprisoned, Cao Shangshu is even more in prison, the eldest prince faction has no available people, and above the court, the civil and military ministers are all looking forward to the four princes Tuoba Zeyan, and they are very respectful.