The Queen Mother seemed to be thinking about it, but the eldest princess An Le whispered a little anxiously, "Queen Mother, a rare opportunity, what are you hesitating about?"

When the queen mother heard the words of the eldest princess, she raised her head and looked at Ji Ruhuan, and said with a cold look in her eyes, "Drag down this rebellious minister and thief girl who colludes with foreign enemies, and beat the mourning family hard." ”

Ji Ruhuan sighed secretly in her heart, and didn't speak again, this is an iron heart to kill herself, she said that it is useless to be afraid of it.

I only hope that my father and the emperor will find out earlier and find it in time, otherwise her life will be buried here today, why does the eldest princess and the queen mother want to let themselves die like this?

Ji Ruhuan was pulled out of the main hall by the tough guards and pressed on the torture bench that had been set up outside for I don't know when.

With a stick down, Ji Ruhuan let out a muffled snort, this guard seems to have already been explained, and he has made a lot of effort, Ji Ruhuan gritted his teeth and whispered, "You still think about it, if you kill the county lord, will the emperor spare your life." ”

Sure enough, the torture guard was stunned, and then heard the old lady guarding the door of the main hall reprimand loudly, "What are you doing in a daze, beat me hard." ”

The guards began to execute again, but it was obviously lighter than before, Ji Ruhuan gritted her teeth and suffered, thinking that she didn't know how many times she could be beaten, so she counted them in her heart.

Maybe it was because he had suffered too much torture in his previous life, and his patience for this kind of flesh pain was beyond the ordinary, and the pain in his back was numb, but he didn't snort anymore, only the muffled sound made when the board hit his back, which was particularly clear.

Even if the clothes on the body were not thin, they began to soak a little blood, and the guards began to hesitate, only the movements of their hands were a little slower, and the henchmen beside the Queen Mother, who was watching at the door, scolded loudly, "Didn't you eat, beat me hard." ”

Ji Ruhuan's mind gradually began to become cloudy, and just when her head began to sink and she was about to lose consciousness, she suddenly heard someone shouting, "There are assassins, catch assassins quickly." ”

Feeling that he was being picked up, Ji Ruhuan breathed a sigh of relief, someone should have come to save him, but fortunately he didn't die.

Thinking like this, the hard-held trace of clear consciousness gradually began to blur because of relaxation, and at the last moment of fainting, Ji Ruhuan smelled a smell of mint that seemed to be somewhat familiar.

At this time, the Shou'an Palace was in a mess, the Queen Mother sat at the head of the hall with a gloomy face, the eldest princess stood aside tremblingly, surrounded by palace maids and guards.

At this time, the guards outside came in and knelt down to report, "Empress Dowager Qi, the assassin has robbed the county lord of Fengyang and is missing. ”

The Queen Mother picked up the teacup on the side, smashed it at the guard, and scolded angrily, "A group of waste, assassins can enter and leave the palace at will, what is the use of you waste." ”

The guard gave a salute and pleaded guilty, "The queen mother is angry, and her subordinates have already sent someone to chase after her." ”

The eldest princess on the side was relieved when she heard that the assassin was gone, and hurriedly said, "The queen mother is angry, those assassins must have come to save Ji Ruhuan's thief, and they are so familiar with the terrain in the palace, I am afraid that it has nothing to do with the Zhenguo Mansion, as long as we send someone to the Zhenguo Mansion to arrest people, we will definitely have a harvest." ”

As soon as the eldest princess finished speaking, a waiter ran in in a panic outside, knelt down and said, "Niangniang, Your Majesty is here, and General Ji is still by your side." ”

A trace of worry flashed in the Queen Mother's eyes, but she quickly regained her composure, and reprimanded a group of palace maids who were still surrounding her, "A group of useless things, the assassins have all run away, what are you doing around the mourning family, what should you do, ready to drive." ”

As soon as the Queen Mother finished speaking, she saw that the emperor had already entered the main hall with people, followed by General Ji, who was still walking with a limp, precisely because of his leg injury.

After a salute, the Queen Mother stepped down from the first place with an excited face, took the emperor's hand and said worriedly, "Your Majesty has heard about the assassin? This assassin entered the palace as if he had entered a no-man's land, and he was unaware of it before, and he could still get out of the house, this matter can be strictly investigated, and this is related to the safety of His Majesty." ”

The emperor quietly brushed the queen mother's hand away and asked, "Don't worry, the queen mother has already arranged it, but the son came over because he heard that the queen mother took Ruhuan into the palace, so he came to take a look, but why didn't he see anyone?"

The Queen Mother responded, "The Mourning family was about to tell His Majesty about this, that Ji Ruhuan colluded with the Western Xia to release the Tartars into the north, and the Mourning family had just summoned the rebel girl into the palace, and the assassins came to rescue the people, and those assassins were afraid that the Western Xia was sent to save Ji Ruhuan." ”

General Ji was about to speak with a calm face, but was stopped by the emperor, and he himself opened his mouth and responded, "Ruhuan colluded with Western Xia? I don't know, where did the queen mother know?"

The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment, and the eldest princess on the side hurriedly responded, "Your Majesty still doesn't know about this? There are rumors outside, and even I heard some rumors in the house, so I entered the palace to see the queen mother, and the queen mother summoned Ji Ruhuan after hearing about it, and wanted to inquire about the situation, but I didn't want to ask before an assassin broke in and rescued that Ji Ruhuan." ”

At this time, He Shun came in from outside, leaned into the emperor's ear, and whispered a few words, the emperor's face became more and more ugly, and the eyes looking at the queen mother became more and more gloomy.

The eldest princess and the queen mother looked at the changing expression on the emperor's face, and they also faintly began to worry in their hearts.

General Ji on the side also looked worried, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

The emperor did not answer General Ji's words, but looked at the queen mother and the eldest princess, and said in a cold voice, "The queen mother is afraid that she has forgotten what I said to you at the beginning, if Ruhuan has three long and two short, how do the queen mother and the imperial sister plan to explain to me?"

The eldest princess hid behind the Queen Mother in fright, not daring to say anything.

The queen mother's color turned from red to white, glanced at everyone in the main hall, and said angrily, "That Ji Ruhuan was kidnapped by assassins, what does Your Majesty want the mourning family to explain? If that Ji Ruhuan has something, does Your Majesty still plan to let the mourning family and that Ji Ruhuan be buried together?"

The emperor gritted his teeth and looked at the Queen Mother, and replied coldly, "I don't know that the Queen Mother is so vicious now, and she wants to beat people to death." ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for the Queen Mother to speak, so he said loudly, "Heshun, spread my will, the Queen Mother was frightened by the assassination, she was unwell, she needs to recuperate, she looks at people well, and she is not allowed to let people go in and out to disturb her, the eldest princess is filial piety, touching and touching, and she is willing to stay in the palace to serve the sick." ”

The Queen Mother looked incredulous, looked at the emperor and asked, "Your Majesty, you are actually under house arrest for that little scumbag." ”

The emperor's expression was even more gloomy, and he looked at the Queen Mother and asked aggressively, "In the Queen Mother's heart, am I also a little." ”

The Queen Mother said bitterly, "Your Majesty, the mourning family was for you...... , is that how you view the mourning family?"

The emperor closed his eyes and opened them again, he had regained his composure a little, and his tone gradually returned to calm, "I still have to track down the assassin, so I won't disturb the queen mother's rest, and before the assassin is caught, the queen mother will stay in Shou'an Palace to recuperate, and the son will retire." ”

Walking to the door, looking at the torture bench in the open space in the courtyard outside that had not had time to be cleaned up, the emperor paused, and said to the side with a gloomy face, "All the guards and subordinates of Shou'an Palace are not good for escort, and they will be put in prison for me, waiting for disposal, if you ...... , I want them all to be buried together. ”