Hearing this, Shen Jasmine secretly breathed a long sigh of relief, and as soon as the Queen Mother's words fell, the people around her also looked at Su Mian.

The gaze with all kinds of emotions made Su Mian like a man's back and a stalk in his throat.

The Queen Mother said this, Su Mian knew that no matter what she said, there was no way to change the Queen Mother's meaning.

Cane punishment is a unique criminal law in the harem, in other words, it is an easy-to-understand saying, that is, beating to death with a stick.

Therefore, cane punishment should be a relatively heavy punishment, compared with the humanitarian punishment of beheading, it can be said to be very inhumane.

The death process of the cane is extremely slow, and the tortured person will be more painful, and eventually the whole body will be beaten to a bloody blur before stopping.

In Su Mian's understanding, cane punishment and Ling Chi are the same level, and when the cane punishment is carried out, the person being tortured will be wrapped in a roll of white cloth until the blood stains the red and white cloth.

There will be a lot of people around to watch, and the death is extremely miserable.

Why Su Mian knew this was because Beichen Yu had described this cane punishment to her before, because Beichen Yu had seen it with his own eyes.

Su Mian also remembered that although it was an unrelated palace person who died, Beichen Yu still didn't eat well for three days and three nights after witnessing that scene, so Su Mian still remembered this punishment vividly.

But she didn't expect that in the end, this punishment would fall on herself.

Hearing the Queen Mother's conclusion, Su Mian felt a basin of cold water splashed on the top of his head.

For a while, Su Mian didn't have any thoughts, she didn't even beg for mercy or defend, she just knelt on the ground in a daze, and she had already lost the ability to act.

Hearing the queen mother's order, the surrounding eunuchs hurriedly stepped forward to set up Su Mian to carry out the punishment, and at this moment, there was a sudden sound outside.

"Stop!"

This voice sounded a little more beautiful in Su Mian's ears than the sound of nature, Su Mian had seen many bloody plots before, the male protagonist would always stage a hero to save the beauty at the last moment, the most common line is to stop, slow, and leave people under the knife, but I didn't expect this kind of bloody episode to happen to me.

Su Mian didn't despise this kind of strange episode before, because Su Mian felt that this kind of episode was simply insulting people's IQ, but when this episode really happened to him, Su Mian could really feel the beauty of this kind of aftermath of life. It's just that it's not Beichen Yu who came, but the emperor.

Seeing the emperor hurrying over from outside with a group of people, he looked at Su Mian who was kneeling on the ground, nodded lightly at her, and then said to the queen mother: "Queen Mother." ”

Shen Jasmine and the palace people next to her also greeted the emperor one after another, and after a series of complicated and cumbersome etiquette to greet him, the matter really got to the point.

"I heard about what happened in the harem, and I hurriedly came over non-stop, how are you, the queen mother? Were you hurt, were you frightened? ”

The emperor asked the Queen Mother with great concern, but he didn't know how much of this concern was sincere and how much was false.

Seeing the appearance of the little emperor, the Queen Mother showed an extremely relieved smile: "It's okay, fortunately, the mourning family is careful on weekdays, and this time there is nothing wrong, the emperor has a heart." ”

The emperor looked at the Queen Mother and nodded to himself, "The Queen Mother's body has always been my greatest concern, how is it?" Do you have a clue about this? ”

The Queen Mother nodded, pointed to Su Mian, who was kneeling on the ground, and said to the emperor: "She is the one who started it." ”

The emperor looked at Su Mian who was kneeling on the ground with some shock: "Oh, then how did she poison her." ”

The Queen Mother smiled and said: "This time the matter is still thanks to the queen, and the queen thinks that it should be Su Mianjiang's poison." put it in the clothes in advance, and then did something in the clothes to cause the poison to seep out of the inner lining of the clothes, fortunately, the mourning family was prepared to check in advance, and did not go up, and as a result, the palace man who came into contact with the poison died quickly, and such a rebellious thing must be punished heavily. ”

The emperor nodded and said, "If this is really the case, then this Su Mian is really inescapable, but I don't know if the queen's remarks are based on facts?" What proof do you have? ”

Shen Jasmine didn't speak just now, and when she heard the Queen Mother say that she was convicted of Su Mian, Shen Jasmine secretly scolded in her heart: The Queen Mother, the old fox, knew that this matter was unclear, so she put the responsibility on me.

Hearing the emperor ask like this, Shen Jasmine didn't dare not answer, so she had to bow to the emperor.

"The concubine also reasoned based on the existing evidence, after all, Su Mian is too cunning, she has done many things well, leaving no traces, so there is no actual evidence to prove that this matter must have been done by Su Mian, but Emperor, if you think about it carefully, you know that no one else can do it except her."

At this time, the emperor raised his head and looked at Shen Jasmine coldly, his eyes were full of disgust: "In this way, the queen blames Su Mian, but there is no substantial evidence, right?" ”

Shen Jasmine didn't dare to look up, so she nodded silently.

"If that's the case, do you think this matter can be concluded, Queen? If Su Mian is put to death in this way, when this matter reaches the ears of the people, won't everyone in the world think that the royal family does not know black and white, does not distinguish between right and wrong, convicts at will, and cares about human life, can you stop the queen of the people of the world at that time? ”

Hearing the emperor's reproach, Shen Jasmine hurriedly knelt down: "The emperor clearly inspects the concubines just to ensure the safety of the entire harem and the safety of the queen mother, as for the rest, the concubines think that this matter must have been done by Su Mian, but we still lack evidence, and Su Mian is the maker of this dress, even if she is not poisoned, but this matter is inseparable from her, what is wrong with punishing her now to set an example in the entire harem?" ”

"Queen, Queen, you are the queen of a country, you represent not only yourself, but you also represent the entire harem, represent the entire royal family, is this how you do things, you are so indiscriminate, and there is no substantial evidence. and sentenced a man to death. It's really a loss of the demeanor of a country. ”

Shen Jasmine, who was reprimanded, was red-faced, and the emperor did not give up, and continued to defend Su Mian, "Besides, although this dress is made by Su Mian, if someone with a heart puts the clothes in the warehouse and secretly puts the poison in it, then Su Mian has no way to control it, if this is the case, she is a victim, someone deliberately planted the blame on her, you said that if something happened to this..."

Before the emperor finished speaking, the queen mother directly interrupted, "Your Majesty, don't blame the queen, after all, she is also thinking about the safety of the entire harem, and for the smooth holding of the sacrificial ceremony." ”

The emperor then said, "What you said is that this matter still needs to be considered in the long run, and now it is only difficult to convict the world." ”

The Queen Mother let out a long breath and said, "In that case, what does the emperor think about this matter?" ”

"I heard that a few days ago, in the pond in this imperial garden, all the lotus flowers died overnight, and the koi in the pond also died miserably, and I always thought that it was poisoned, and now it seems that it has nothing to do with this matter."

"I think that this matter cannot be hastily resolved, it must be considered in the long run, carefully examined, I will send someone to form a special team, carefully and thoroughly investigate this matter, and when the time comes, the guilty will naturally be punished as they deserve, so that it can also show the people of the world that our royal law is impartial and honest, what do you say?"

The Queen Mother nodded and said, "The mourning family is tired, so it's up to you, so what should I do with this Su Mian?" ”

The emperor glanced at Su Mian: "Although this Su Mian can't be convicted yet, she is still suspected of being involved in this matter after all, so I feel that she should be imprisoned in the prison." When this matter is revealed, if she is guilty, she will be punished heavily, and if she is not guilty, she will be returned to her innocence. ”

The Queen Mother pressed her temples and didn't say anything, and waved her hand towards the emperor: "Since that's the case, let's do it." ”

The emperor saluted the queen mother: "Today's affairs are also a lot of trouble, the queen mother is still sick, you still need to recuperate." ”

The Queen Mother nodded, and returned to the palace with the support of the two palace maids.

The Emperor looked around, and finally locked his gaze firmly on Shen Shen Jasmine's body.

The emperor didn't say anything, but the look in his eyes was clearly admonishing.

Shen Shen Jasmine knelt on the ground and didn't dare to raise her head, so the emperor walked in front of Su Mian and got up to help Su Mian up from the ground.

During this period, he secretly said to her: "I know that you didn't do this, don't worry, I will definitely pay you a fair one." ”

Before Su Mian Xie could say anything, the emperor left in a hurry with a group of people.

Immediately afterwards, two people rushed into the main hall and dragged Su Mian away, Su Mian knew that these two people were the emperor's people, so Su Mian didn't struggle much, so he obediently followed the two people away.

There was a deathly silence in the entire hall, and Shen Jasmine was still kneeling on the ground.

She knew that the emperor's anger had come to her because of this incident, and Shen Jasmine didn't plan to come forward in this matter.

On the one hand, Shen Jasmine knew that the emperor's mind was now on Su Mian, so Shen Jasmine didn't want to have any head-on conflict with Su Mian in front of the emperor.

In addition, Shen Jasmine is also very weak-hearted, after all, she is the initiator of this matter, if it weren't for her own instructions, Xiaocui would not have done this, so Shen Jasmine was reluctant to come forward in this matter, but now it has backfired, not only did she come out in this matter, but she simply had a head-to-head confrontation with the emperor.