Two palace maids walked in, one walked to the table, glanced at the meal that had only been eaten a few bites, and turned to look at the "prisoner" in the corner with his companions. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

There were not many female guards in the palace, Meng E had seen these two people, but she couldn't name them, so she slowly stood up and calmly met their gaze.

A palace maid flashed the string in her hand and smiled, "Is it okay?" ”

Meng E nodded, since she chose to stay, she would not make senseless resistance.

A palace maid stood in place, and the other walked towards Meng E, Meng E knew the rules, turned around and put her hands behind her back, and the rope was put on her wrists, at first it was very gentle, as if she just wanted to mean it, but suddenly tightened it, and tied the knot two or three times.

The rope is not thick, it is made of cowhide strips, it is very strong, even people who are more powerful than Meng E can't break free.

Meng E turned around and walked out of the room, and the two palace maids took her one after the other.

It was already dawn, but the palace was extremely quiet, and no one else could be seen, and after turning a few corners, Meng E was taken into an independent courtyard, she was a little puzzled, this was not a place to interrogate prisoners, but an idle residence, only high-ranking eunuchs or female officials were qualified to live.

There was a chair in the main room, with her back to the door, this was Meng E's position, she sat down, and the palace maid took out a long rope, tied the waist with a chair twice, tightened it very tightly, and finally pulled it twice harder, confirmed that it was correct, and then retreated to the side.

There was a whisper outside the door, as if someone was ordering something, Meng E couldn't turn around, and didn't want to look, sitting silently on the chair, waiting for her fate.

There seemed to be a lot of footsteps, but there were only two people who went around in front of Meng E, one was Zong Zhengqing Han Chou, and the other was a eunuch, Meng E was a little impressed, but he couldn't name it.

The two of them humbled for a while, the eunuch sat down first, Han Chou second, the two did not start to ask questions immediately, leaned over, exchanged heads and ears for a while, and then sat upright, and the eunuch spoke first: "Your name is Meng E, the palace maid beside Your Majesty?" ”

"Hmm."

"Do you recognize me?"

"I guess I've seen it, I don't know the name."

"I'm the Imperial Horse Supervisor, Admiral Rong Huamin."

Meng E once taught martial arts to the emperor and others with her brother in the Imperial Horse Prison, and when she heard Rong Huamin say, she had an impression, "I remembered it, I did see it." ”

"Well, there are a few things I want to ask, would you like to answer them truthfully?"

"Yes."

Rong Huamin didn't start the interrogation immediately, turned his head to look at Han Chou, humbled again with his gaze and nodded, and continued: "You are from Yishi Island in the East China Sea, and your original surname is Chen, right?" ”

"Yes."

"What's your real name?"

"Chen Zhe, it's dumb and unspeakable."

It was a strange name, especially strange for a woman, Rong Huamin nodded, and began to ask the real question, "Have you been interrogated in the Cui Mansion?" ”

Meng E shook her head.

"Speak and answer."

"Nope."

"You killed a woman named Zhang Qinyan in Cui's Mansion, right?"

"Zhang Qinyan was poisoned and has nothing to do with me."

"Where did she get the poison?"

"I don't know, I guess she hid the poison in the piano, if Your Majesty goes to see her after hearing the sound of the piano, it will be Your Majesty who is poisoned, but Your Majesty went to see Cui Sheng's son, and Zhang Qinyan took the poison himself."

"Why would she do that?"

"She knew that she couldn't escape, probably to avoid the pain of flesh and skin, or maybe she didn't want to affect others."

"Then why did you go to see Zhang Qinyan?"

"She is from the rivers and lakes, I don't feel at ease, so I went over to check. Han Zongzheng should know Zhang Qinyan better than I do. ”

Han Chou's face did not change, and said to Rong Huamin: "As I said before, Yun Mengze has been planning the assassination for a long time, and slowly moving closer to the target from the periphery is their usual method, and I am willing to accept the crime of negligence." ”

"Lord Han's affairs are not in my charge, I am only responsible-" Rong Huamin pointed at Meng E on the opposite side and continued, "So you suspected that there would be assassins in the Cui Mansion?" ”

Meng E thought for a while, "I am the palace maid next to Your Majesty, and I am also a guard, I suspect that there are assassins everywhere, even the imperial palace, not just Cui's mansion." ”

Rong Huamin chuckled, slowly pulled out a roll of paper from his sleeve, unfolded it and read: "I have met the Chen brothers and sisters in Linzi City, and Chen Zhe expressed his willingness to return to the emperor to lurk, assassinate the emperor when necessary, create a big chaos, and cooperate with the righteous deeds in the east. Chen Zhe claimed that there was a way to gain the emperor's trust, and his brother Chen Mo was willing to vouch for it, so we let her out of the city. ”

Rong Huamin shook the paper in his hand, "Do you know who this confession comes from?" ”

"Holy Army."

"Is he telling the truth?"

"Yes."

Meng E replied so happily that Rong Huamin was a little confused, put away his confession, and coughed, "Are you admitting that you participated in the assassination?" ”

"I don't admit it, what I said to the Holy Army Master is just a way to get out, not the truth, Your Majesty knows these things, and he is willing to believe me."

Han Chou interjected: "Isn't it your goal to gain Your Majesty's trust?" ”

"I have countless opportunities to kill the emperor, there is no need to wait until the Cui Mansion."

"Maybe this is Yun Mengze's arrangement, you are just acting on orders." Han Chou said.

"This is Han Zongzheng's speculation, and Han Zongzheng should come up with evidence."

Han Chou laughed, "What a smart woman, you know that Your Majesty is unconscious, but you claim that only Your Majesty can testify for you." ”

"You made me answer truthfully, and I did, believe it or not."

Han Chou turned to Rong Huamin and said with a smile: "Yun Mengze is mostly a person of rhetoric, this woman killed Zhang Qinyan obviously to kill her mouth and protect someone behind her. ”

Rong Huamin was silent, he was also an old eunuch in the palace, although he didn't believe Meng E's words, but he didn't dare to torture the people around the emperor easily, for fear of retaliation afterwards.

"The Queen Mother said very clearly, there is very likely to be the support of the ministers of the DPRK and China behind the scenes, the two assassins of the Cui Mansion have been killed, the Holy Army Master and others do not know the details, only this woman is the only clue, we can't live up to the Queen Mother's trust."

Rong Huamin nodded and said to Meng E: "Let me ask one last time, are you willing to confess the facts?" ”

"Every word I say is true, and Your Majesty can testify for me."

Rong Zhongmin waited for a while, and said to Han Chou, "Please Han Zongzheng go to the other room to rest for a while." ”

Unless it is in the public court, the minister usually does not participate in the torture, especially the torture of female prisoners, Han Chou got up, and Rong Huamin humbled each other for a while, and left together, talking in a low voice as they walked, and the tone was cordial, as if discussing what to eat for the next meal and where to go when the weather was good.

Meng E sat on the chair and couldn't move, nor did she want to move, calmly looking at the two empty chairs opposite.

A palace maid came around and persuaded: "You still confess well, those torture instruments can't even stand men, you will tell everything sooner or later, why suffer in vain?" ”

"Hasn't Your Majesty woken up yet?" Meng E asked rhetorically.

The palace maid was slightly stunned, "You asked the wrong person." ”

Meng E nodded, "Use torture." ”

The palace maid beckoned, and another palace maid came over, holding a pair of hammers in her hand, which is a finger-clamping torture instrument, which is very simple and effective, ten fingers are connected to the heart, and most people can't pass this level.

The ladies showed Meng E for a while, then walked behind her, untied the rope tied to the chair, and let Meng E stand up, moved the chair, put the hammer on her fingers, and deliberately slowed down the movement, so that the prisoner could understand the fear before the torture.

There was more than one person who was tortured behind her, Meng E did not look back, someone pressed her shoulder, trying to make her kneel, she refused, and stood straight.

The palace maid on the opposite side said, "As long as you have a name and say who is helping Yun Mengze's assassin, you don't have to suffer." ”

"Only Your Majesty can bear witness for me." Meng E still repeated this sentence.

The palace maid stared at her for a while, nodded behind her, and slowly tightened her hand, the pain in her fingers gradually intensified, and after a while it began to weaken again.

Meng E felt strange, she had not been tortured, but she also knew that this pain was too weak to be called real torture.

The palace maid on the opposite side seemed to have received an order, waved her hand, the shackle was untied, the chair was moved back to its original place, Meng E sat down, the rope was re-tied, and two more turns were added.

When everything was done, the palace maid walked out, there was a sound of footsteps behind her, and everyone seemed to be leaving, leaving Meng E alone.

She still doesn't look back.

After a while, someone came in again and walked around to Meng E, it was Tong Qing'e and Zhang Youcai.

Tong Qing'e looked a little nervous, as if she was reluctant to come, but she had to come, Zhang Youcai guarded the side in front of her, her expression was so serious that her age did not match, "Meng E, you really didn't betray Your Majesty?" ”

"Your Majesty can testify." Meng E still said that.

"You know ......"

Meng E interrupted Zhang Youcai, "Have you seen Your Majesty?" ”

Zhang Youcai nodded hesitantly.

"He's not awake?"

"It's not that I'm awake, Your Majesty has opened his eyes, but he doesn't seem to see anyone, and occasionally makes a little noise......"

"The face is very red and the pulse is disordered." Meng E continued for him.

Zhang Youcai was taken aback, "You, how do you know?" ”

"It shouldn't be, Your Majesty is just making a mistake in internal breath, there are masters of internal strength in the palace, and Your Majesty should have been cured a long time ago."

Zhang Youcai was even more surprised, "Since you know the cause, why didn't you say it earlier?" ”

"To whom?"

Zhang Youcai was speechless, when they were in Cui's mansion, they were all imprisoned alone, and they couldn't see each other, let alone pass the word to the palace.

"You should say it when you return to the palace." Tong Qing'e whispered.

"I thought Your Majesty was getting better, but I just pretended to be unconscious, and I don't trust those people, you two can be trusted."

The two on the opposite side glanced at each other, Zhang Youcai ran out, Tong Qing'e faced Meng E alone, and was a little nervous, "Actually, I also believe in you, how many nights, Your Majesty would rather sleep in the study than go back to the bedroom, only you are by your side, Your Majesty really, very trusts you really, very much." ”

Meng E didn't answer, looking at Tong Qing'e's stomach, "Congratulations." ”

Tong Qing'e smiled slightly, "I didn't expect it, I don't know if it's a man or a woman." ”

"Your Majesty will like it, both male and female."

Tong Qing'e's expression darkened slightly, "I hope so, if Your Majesty wakes up......"

"Your Majesty will definitely wake up."

"Then I hope it's a girl." Tong Qing'e gently stroked the lower abdomen that was not yet pregnant, "You can stay away from all disputes." ”

There was a question hidden in Tong Qing'e's heart for a long time, and when there was no one left and right, she said it, "Why are you...... Don't want a name? Your Majesty will give it to you. ”

Meng E was silent for a while, "You misunderstood, I will never join the harem, that's not my purpose." ”

Tong Qing'e was stunned. (To be continued.) )