The ninth day of the first month of the fifth year of Tang Yonghui.

Night.

Tai Chi Palace.

Tai Chi Temple.

It was already night, but Li Zhi was still sitting on the throne, looking at the open space of His Highness in front of him in a daze.

On one side, De stood quietly, silently, in fact, the entire hall seemed to be frozen, without the slightest bit of vitality.

It's so quiet that you can hear your own breathing.

And this silence also made his breathing louder and louder, more and more clear, so clear that Li Zhi had a sense of madness.

But with a cup of tea, he seems to have passed thousands of years.

Suddenly, a small attendant hurried in, breaking the dead silence in the temple.

Li Zhi slowly raised his head and looked at the waiter who was singing a big salute towards him, with a blank expression.

Seeing this, De'an hurriedly said softly:

"Lord, after the mother came to Ryan a few days ago, didn't you refer to the shadow guard to do this?

This kid is from Master Li Yun, the shadow guard, so he must have gained some conviction. ”

Li Zhi's gaze suddenly became cold:

"Raise your head and speak."

His voice was extremely soft and soft, but the little waiter couldn't help but shudder, and barely raised his face a little, but he still didn't dare to look directly at Li Zhi.

Seeing him like this, Li Zhi had no intention of dwelling on it anymore, but said softly:

"Tell me, but what's the clue?"

"Back to ...... Back to Your Majesty, there is. ”

The little waiter trembled and said softly:

"Fang sent a message back to Lord Li Yun, saying that the people His Majesty and Niangniang wanted had already been brought back to Beijing, but these people were not decent in the end, and they couldn't be brought directly into the palace......

I was also afraid of alarming those people, so I asked His Majesty's will to see what kind of disposition it was? ”

Hearing this, Li Zhi closed his eyes, clenched his fists tightly, and then suddenly opened and looked at him:

Tell Li Yun and temporarily settle in the mansion of Xiuzhenfang.

As for what to do. ”

Li Zhi lowered his head, and the candlelight on one side reflected his bright and clear black pupils and white nose like jade, all of which were smeared with a faint light crimson, and even the originally full and slightly pale lip color was also covered with a faint light crimson color in an instant, as if a thin layer of firelight was burning on his face, and his eyes were burning.

After a while, Qingqing's soft voice sounded again in the hall:

"I'll leave it to Wu Zhaoyi.

See what she wants, just do it. ”

"Yes!"

……

Watching the little waiter leave, Li Zhi calmed down for a long time, and then without looking back, he clenched his hands into fists and put them on top of the jade table, and asked De'an lightly:

"Think it's weird?"

“…… The lord's heart hurts, but I'm afraid it's a little bit better than the mother.

It's just that in the end, the Lord still has to do the waist and support for the mother, so there are some things that still can't be interfered with......

What's more, the mother came to interrogate herself, and she could vent the pain and suffering in her heart to some extent.

After the pain, the suffering, as long as all the pain is released, it will always get better.

Moreover, in the face of such a mother, presumably those sluts will spit out the truth faster......

In this way, it is convenient to avenge the little princess and Wen Niang. ”

Li Zhi closed his eyes, and it took a long time to open them again, and said lightly:

"You know what?

In my life, there are really not many things I will really regret.

Because I think that there are only three things to be proud of in my life, one is that I have been taught by my father and queen mother, the second is that I have won Mei Niang with a sincere heart, and third, among all living beings, it is rare to have such a thorough understanding of myself as I am, far more than others.

It is really easy for a person to understand others, but it is even more difficult to know himself.

So whether it was when he was the king of Jin, or now he sits in the world......

Before I do something, I can think about what kind of result it will be, and what kind of thoughts it will cause me......

What kind of development will such a mind cause in such a state of affairs and situation, and what will happen next......

Every case, every thing, I will think carefully first, and naturally I will be more or less prepared for all my thoughts, so as not to act impulsively. ”

Li Zhichang sighed, paused, shook his head, and said softly after a while:

"But this time, I felt that I was really wrong......

It was really wrong......

Because I don't know what I will do after losing Yan'er, when I face Mei Niang, who also lost Yan'er......

I'm really scared......

I'm really afraid that I'll become a murderous tyrant.

It's true. ”

Li Zhi sighed again, and his body, which was originally as straight as a sword, fell loose on the bench, his eyes were slightly closed, and two tears fell from the corners of his eyes.

……

A moment later.

Lizheng Palace.

Mei Niang lowered her eyelids and nodded silently to the waiter:

"Hongu knows. Go and get your prize. ”

The waiter was rewarded, and his heart was happy, but he didn't dare to show it, but he just said a few words of thanks, and then left on his own.

Ryan on one side immediately stepped forward and said:

"Mother, it's inconvenient for you to go out, or Ryan ......"

"It's all at this time, what's inconvenient?"

Mei Niang smiled faintly, raised her eyes to look at Ryan, who was still intent on fighting, and said softly:

"I know, you also want to avenge Wen Niang.

But Ryan, this time, just this time, you let me let myself do it!

I'll give you a chance - is my affection for Wen Niang less than yours? ”

Hearing this, Ryan nodded silently, and then said lightly:

"How is the lady going to get out of the palace?"

"How?"

Mei Niang seemed to be surprised, and glanced at him lightly:

"What's not so much about it?

Nature is to go out openly. ”

Ryan was stunned and looked at Mei Niang:

"But Niangniang, that's Xiuzhenfang, and it's also the Lord's ......"

"Tight."

Mei Niang said lightly:

"That's right, as soon as I go so openly, those people immediately know the meaning of that place, and they immediately know what I'm going to do."

She smiled faintly, but said:

"I just want them to know.

I just want them to resent and resent myself who is also the concubine of Jiro's wife, but I can never be of the same heart and mind with Jiro, and I can never go to Jiro's heart.

I just want them to be afraid, afraid of me, afraid that if I interrogate that prisoner, something terrible will come out.

I just want to make them anxious, anxious to death, and try to find proof for themselves to escape responsibility.

Ryan, people, once you do something wrong, you will inevitably be weak-hearted.

Because the most invincible thing for people is not the Xuanhuang of heaven and earth, nor the desolation of the universe, but their own heart.

Going to the sky and going to the earth, chasing the clouds and chasing the waves, it is difficult to escape this heart.

So I'm going to punish their hearts, and punish them until they make mistakes, make trouble, and ...... themselves."

Mei Niang held the plain handkerchief in her hand tightly:

"Sent to my knife!!"

The eleventh day of the first month of the fifth year of Tang Yonghui.

Changan.

Xiuzhenfang.

In the secret house that once locked up countless people.

Bursts of terrible wails came out.

Fortunately, there are no close neighbors on the left and right, otherwise I am afraid that the government would have been alarmed.

On the back hall, Mei Niang was dressed in a plain robe, wrapped in a snow-colored fox fur, sitting quietly in the circle chair in the hall, with a stove in front of her, which was burning brightly.

In the courtyard outside the hall, Ryan, who had put the white jade whisk upside down in his waist and curled his sleeves, was holding a leather whip, and the autumn wind was like a leaf in the middle of the courtyard and his arms and feet were tied firmly, and there was no good flesh in his body, and blood was pouring out from various wounds on his face, body, arms, and legs, and dripping down to the ground along his legs, and he was greeted by a man who had formed a small puddle of blood.

Several shadow guards standing next to him, including their leader Li Yun, although they were also used to seeing bloody scenes, they couldn't help but turn pale when they saw such a situation.

But no matter what others think, Ryan is just trying his best to fight and vent, not even asking if he is willing to recruit or not, just blindly venting all the anger in his heart.

However, when his strength was finally exhausted, after a short time, his strength slowly loosened, and the last two times he pulled out, and he felt that his heart was empty, so he stood in place, looking ahead in a daze:

What if you kill it?

Wen Niang couldn't wake up either.

Mei Niang looked at him like this, lowered her eyelids, and suddenly called Li Yun softly to step forward.

Li Yun didn't hear it at first, until Xiaowei next to him reminded him, so he hurriedly rushed forward and listened to Mei Niang's instructions.

"Ryan is tired, come on! Change the whip, preferably with some stiff bristles, and soak it in salt water. ”

A gentle sentence made Li Yun's whole body cold, and he glanced at Mei Niang with a flat expression in horror, and nodded after a while:

"Yes."

Soon, the thing was ready - with a short, stiff and fine-haired cowhide whip, soaked in full salt water, Li Yun hesitated for a moment, and finally slammed it at the man.

As soon as they were next to each other, they heard a creepy scraping sound, and then they heard the man's cry of "whooping", as if he was not alive.

"! Empress! Empress! Spare your life, mother! I say! I'll say everything! Empress! Spare your life, mother! Spare your life......, ahhhh

The man howled wolf, and Li Yun hesitantly stopped his hand and turned his head to look at Mei Niang.

Mei Niang's eyelids didn't match, so she just said softly:

"Bengong doesn't like to hear such a cry, Bengong asked, you just say, don't swallow, don't forget a word, otherwise this whip will not stop again."

The man hurriedly groaned and stopped, and nodded his head whimpering.

Mei Niang lowered her eyes and looked at the fiery charcoal basin in front of her:

"Those two grandmothers are from the Xiao family, right?"

"Yes."

"They are the old Xiao family, who came to deal with Concubine Xiao Shu, right?"

"Yes."

"The charcoal poison was prepared by them, but after the queen was coaxed by you to the Lizheng Palace to take Yan'er's blood droplets, they first used the drug to stun Wen Niang, and then practiced the method of charcoal poisoning, right?"

"Yes."

"How? Don't tell Hongu that the doors, windows, and ventilation channels are closed. ”

"Yes...... It was the two of them who had prepared a large thick leather blanket soaked with water early, and ...... Pile two braziers on the sleeping little princess...... and Wen Niang, who was unconscious, then piled some semi-wet charcoal into the two braziers, and then used a wet leather blanket to ...... Cover the little princess and Wen Niang with the bed together, and leave no gaps......

In this way, the charcoal gas will be sufficient immediately, although it may not be because the charcoal gas is poisoned and died, but the breath in it is limited, but after a while, the little princess and Wen Niang will naturally ...... So......

I was suffocated by the charcoal......"

If Li Yunfang heard Mei Niang's sentence just now, he was just frightened, then when he heard such words at this moment, his whole body was already cold-

Such a vicious method, someone can actually think of it!?

He gritted his teeth, and suddenly felt that Mei Niang's punishment was a little too light!

That's a little baby who hasn't yet reached the age of a year, and a weak woman who can't hold a chicken!

He gritted his teeth, but heard Mei Niang's indifferent question:

"What about Concubine Xiao? You're not going to tell Hongu that she didn't show up from beginning to end, right? ”

"Niang Niang is wise, such a thing, she is doing things in secret, how dare she take action in person? Rest assured, rest assured, we, in our previous correspondence, there is already a handwritten letter from Concubine Xiao Shu that can prove what I said, please spare me! I'm just a low-class pawn who was ordered by Concubine Xiao Shu to coax the queen to go to the Lizheng Palace! I didn't have any thoughts about the little princess, no! ”

"Who made the cloth marks on Yan'er's lips?"

"Yes...... It's Queen Wang herself, this is really not what Concubine Xiao Shu did. Although she was still alive when Queen Wang pressed the little princess's lips, she did this in order to take advantage of the absence of Wen Niang, who was transferred by her close old attendant, to take the little princess's blood drops and prevent her from crying! This is what the queen herself said, mother! She, she also said that if it wasn't for the consideration of the situation at the time...... She...... She really can't wait for the little princess to never cry! Mother, the two of them are the real murderers! We're just at their command, mother! ”

When Mei Niang heard this, her hands in her sleeves were tightly clenched into fists, and after a while, she smiled faintly:

"yes...... What you said is true, and Hongu believes it. So...... This palace will reward you with a good one.

Ryan. ”

After Mei Niang said this, the wizard who had lost his humanity began to wail, pleading, and struggling in horror, trying to escape from Ryan, who was approaching him step by step, but to no avail.

The last sentence he heard in his life was what Mei Niang said:

"You are already a blessed person, you don't have to be like them, and the palace will personally use the way they treat Yan'er to send you on the road."