Chapter 11 Peeling off the cocoon
Emperor Renzong was furious when he saw the dossier presented. subconsciously thought that the queen wanted to get rid of Meng Zhaoyi, but after a little thought, he felt that there was something strange about this matter.
He looked tired, and the clothes he wore were not as neat as usual.
"Father-in-law Yan, what reason do you say the queen has to harm Meng Zhaoyi?"
Gonggong Yan on the side has long been accustomed to His Majesty's sudden questioning, whether it is a matter of the court or the harem.
Even if His Majesty has made a decision in his heart, he still wants to hear what others think about this matter, but he only listens to it.
Gonggong Yan respectfully stood aside, and when he heard this, he said unhurriedly: "The queen is generous and kind, and everyone in the palace praises her."
In terms of the ability to transfer thousands of catties, no one in the palace is as good as this Yan Gonggong.
The kitten on the side stretched lazily, and Emperor Renzong waved his hand at it when he saw the cat's naïve state. It's just that the cat doesn't care if you're the Ninety-Five Honor or not, and twists its body and runs away.
"Tell the queen about this and see how she decides," he said, and went to the Akihito Hall where the queen was.
Emperor Renzong did not let people pass it on, but quietly walked into the palace, and it was a warm scene in his eyes, and the palace ladies performed their duties. The queen was holding a book and reading, and when she got closer, she realized that the book she was holding was "Mencius".
"Why did the official family come at this hour?" The empress noticed that her light was blocked, and as soon as she raised her head, she crashed into the eyes of Emperor Renzong.
"It's for Zhaoyi's sister's business"?
Emperor Renzong was not surprised when he heard this, and lifted his robe to the chair on the other side.
"Mama Zhou has been with you for a long time."
Hearing Renzong say this, the queen chuckled in her heart, she guessed a few people who had a holiday with Meng Zhaoyi, but she never thought that this matter would have something to do with the people in her palace.
She put the book in her hand on the table and said gently: "If this matter is related to Mama Zhou, let Dali Temple come directly to pick up people."
Her eyes were clear, and her whole body was calm.
"The queen is not going to ask why"? Emperor Renzong couldn't quite figure out her temperament.
"Today, I will review a sentence in the book, and the official family must be no stranger to this sentence."
The palace maid on the side served tea to the two of them, and retreated silently.
"Oh? I would like to hear about it. Emperor Renzong took a sip of tea.
"Mencius has a cloud: 'Nourishing the heart is not good at having few desires. He is also a man with few desires, although there are those who do not exist, they are widowed; He is also a man with many desires, although he has a presence, he has few people'. The queen quietly spoke her mind.
In fact, where does she have so many ideas, but she just wants the people to live and work in peace and contentment, without many changes; Court ministers, Your Majesty can make good use of gentlemen, and degrade villains; Everyone in the harem has few incidents and coexists peacefully.
Emperor Renzong couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this, and his heart was silent. Gonggong Yan on the side saw Emperor Renzong's demeanor, and sent the little eunuch around him to Dali Temple with a very good look.
"The queen doesn't defend the people around her"?
"If she did it, then there is no need to protect it; If she didn't do it, the Dali Temple would not have wronged her."
"Sister Meng's matter was rash to me, I just thought that if she didn't handle her matter well, it would make you unhappy. So someone told you that in retrospect it really shouldn't be. You are tired enough to deal with the affairs of the court on weekdays, but I still let the affairs of the harem haunt your mind." The queen recalled the way she handled Meng Zhaoyi's case a few days ago, and smiled bitterly.
The two talked for a while in the Mingren Palace, and then saw the palace guards take the officials of Dali Temple to the outside of the Mingren Palace.
Mama Zhou didn't expect that things would be revealed so quickly, and she looked depressed when she was arrested. The face is like a vegetable, and the officials push her.
The temperature in the prison was much cooler than outside, and the dim light made Mama Zhou almost unable to open her eyes. The rat searched along the wall of the cell, and Mama Zhou felt that the rat was laughing at her ignorance.
The little jailer on the side was accustomed to such a scene, and when he saw a prisoner coming in, he didn't move, but mechanically opened the cell door.
In the same position, Qin Li casually crossed Erlang's legs and looked at the visitor.
"Are you going to give it directly? Or do you want to spend a while with me"? The tone of his voice was also unfluctuating.
Qin Li's work of interrogating prisoners has been done with ease, he doesn't need to figure out the annoying psychology, just a few punishments in prison are enough.
"That little girl recruited it, right, saying that I killed the person."
"Hehehe, but you also know that I, an old man next to the queen, have no reason to kill a Zhaoyi?"
She was a little crazy and tried to exonerate herself, but her idea was wrong. Since the queen sent her here, it can be seen that she is also aware of her strange behavior.
"Tie her up." Qin Li instructed the jailer on the side.
"This time, let's change to a new way of playing, the girl in the palace didn't survive my iron nail punishment. Look at your bones, they are stronger than hers, so let's grind them slowly."
"What is the punishment for removing the armor"? After speaking, he felt that this punishment seemed to be not bad, and nodded to himself.
"Then start with the thumb of your left hand." As he spoke, he took the torture instrument and forcibly pulled off Mama Zhou's nails.
That week's grandmother was also stiff, although she was trembling in pain, she didn't say a word.
"Come, pluck out her right hand." He summoned the jailer who was waiting on the side to Mama Zhou's side.
Mama Zhou was almost fainting at the same time on both sides, but Qin Li didn't give her a chance to faint, he directly poured the salt water directly on Mama Zhou's hands.
"It's just an appetizer, if Mama Zhou really doesn't want to say it, you can not say it. I'm a man who has nothing, but a lot of patience."
Mama Zhou was already half-dead that time, "It's not about the queen's business, it's my idea alone."
Qin Li was obviously not interested in her words, only to see him holding a small iron needle, and pierced into Mama Zhou's Fengchi acupoint in the dim light.
Mama Zhou couldn't stand the punishment of this intensity, and fainted as soon as she tilted her head.
When she was splashed awake again, she was already terrified of the man in front of her. After living for half her life, she has seen a lot of torture methods, but these have never been imposed on herself. It wasn't until today that she truly realized what it meant to be unable to live and die.
She was too old to endure the torture anymore. The tears in her eyes had also dried up, "I recruit, I recruit them all."
"This is my idea alone, then Meng Zhaoyi deserves it." Saying this, Mama Zhou had already used up all her strength.
However, she did not stop what she had already started, and continued: "She always pretends to be innocent, as if she can't get used to most of the people in this palace. cough cough ...... "She obviously has no strength because of the criminal law, but she is still persevering, as if she is not vomiting or unhappy."
"Do you know why she always goes to the Imperial Garden, because the queen's Lin'er was killed there by her! For a long time, she did not dare to set foot in the imperial garden, and later I don't know where she learned that she said that she went to the place where the deceased died to repent in order to get the deceased's forgiveness, so she went to tend the flowers and plants every day and worship the spirits of the dead. in order to find comfort in their own hearts"!
She was already caught up in the memories, her eyes wandering.
It was the child that Meng Zhaoyi killed indirectly, and the queen also hated it in her heart. But she quickly let go, maybe she had no relationship with that child, and she couldn't put the blame on others.
But Mama Zhou has never been able to let go of this matter, the queen has been raised by her since she was a child. Since that incident, she has hated Meng Zhaoyi very much, and always thinks about how to make Meng Zhaoyi taste helpless.
Mama Zhou, who blindly lives in hatred, has lost her heart, and what she has done is no longer what she wanted to take revenge on at the beginning.