Chapter 51: The Death of Silver Moon
The little eunuch who boiled the water explained to me the origin of the incident, roughly because Concubine Li was scalded by boiling water for no reason, and her whole body was destroyed in a large area, which was miserable. Later, there was evidence that it was Yinyue, and Concubine De, as the concubine who assisted the queen, naturally took her away to testify.
This matter is quite strange, and the only explanation I can think of is that Mu Han instructed it, and Mu Han's disagreement with Concubine Li was a well-known thing.
I found some new tea and entered the palace in the name of visiting Li Concubine, and there were many people guarding the scene. The guards lined up.
Yinyue knelt in the center of the main hall, embarrassed, looking like she had been tortured to extract a confession.
Mu Han stood aside unhurriedly, and I actually saw a look of ambition.
Concubine De sits on the top seat, dressed in a light purple palace dress, with light makeup and lead, not angry and arrogant.
"What are you doing, I heard that your relationship with Concubine Li is not good enough to visit each other." Concubine De's eyes were sharp, and there was no emotion on her face.
"Niangniang said and laughed, Concubine Li loves tea, the emperor told the slave maid to divide these new tea leaves in the past, who would have expected such a coincidence, encountering such a thing, it is really a pity...... "The surface of the work still needs to be done, give each other a step, she will not be too embarrassed for me."
"Alright, put your things down and go." Concubine De waved her hand impatiently.
"Wait!"
The person who spoke was Mu Han. "It's a coincidence that Miss Jin is here, it's suspicious."
I put the tea on the table, looked back at her, and probably understood what was going on on her face.
She stepped forward and walked slowly around me, scrutinizing it as she went, and I simply didn't move to see how she was.
Mu Han put his hand on my shoulder, slowly slid down his shoulder, stopped at the cuff, grabbed my arm and asked, "What is the white powder on this dress, Miss Jin?" ”
Looking down, I don't know when the cuffs were stained with white powder, and the powder floated on the lotus lotus cuffs on the ink bamboo embroidery, and the white marks on the ink bamboo were like fine snow fluttering outside. It's flour, but it's not. But it's clear that these things are what she just put on my clothes.
She wiped some with her fingers, put it under the tip of her nose and sniffed it, and was surprised: "It's phosphorus powder!" ”
Concubine De's face changed, and there was a storm in her eyes. She wiped her gilded armor with a silk cloth, the ruby sapphires on it reflecting a blinding light.
"Imperial Doctor, what did you say Concubine Li was burned by before?" Concubine De asked the imperial doctor who prescribed the prescription, but her eyes were still on the armor, and she didn't move for a minute.
The imperial doctor stopped his pen and said, "The palace people said that when Niangniang was bathing, the water in the bucket suddenly tumbled, and the temperature was no different from the hot water that had just been opened. The minister found that someone sprinkled phosphorus powder in the bucket, and the phosphorus powder spontaneously combusted when exposed to water, hurting the mother. ”
"The last time Concubine Li wanted to make rouge brand on you, it didn't work, and you held a grudge? Waiting for revenge? Mu Han's eyebrows and eyes were raised, and his lips were lightly opened, and he was domineering.
I smiled and flicked the phosphorus powder off my clothes. "I'm afraid it's not me who wants to take revenge, right? Mother, you know better than anyone else. ”
"When it comes to this, you still have a hard mouth? This time, the emperor will definitely not be able to call the shots for you. She said coldly. Silver Moon, you say! Who instructed you to put phosphorus powder in the palace of Li Concubine? If you tell the truth, I will beg Concubine De to be light, after all, you are also a member of my Hanshui Pavilion. ”
Yinyue was prostrate on the ground, her gray-black palace dress was stained with blood, and when she heard Mu Han call her, she raised her head in confusion, her teeth chattering. His greasy hair was stained with a little dust, and there was only fear in his eyes.
"Yes......"
She couldn't say it, and Concubine De's brows furrowed into a Sichuan character.
You have to come to see me often, Yinyue is your relative...... Yinyue's innocent and immature voice sounded in his ears again, and his heart was indeed cold. People are selfish after all, and if they already have a Muhan, they are not afraid of an extra silver moon. When I meet a god and kill a god and meet a Buddha**, I will never be soft-hearted again.
"Yes...... It's Sister Sujin...... It's her who doesn't want to go along with me, it's me who forces her to help me, but she doesn't! I planned everything together, because I hate Li Concubine! She doesn't like our mother, she has made trouble with us several times, and when my mother is not there, she will be angry at me, and I can't be angry...... I approached Sister Su Jin with phosphorus powder, but she refused, and the phosphorus powder was left by me when I grabbed her arm. Silver Moon said, tears streaming from her eyes.
"You! You are talking nonsense! Let's be honest! Otherwise, I won't be able to protect you! Mu Han blushed in anxiety, and his hands tightly twisted the handkerchief.
Concubine De didn't look up from beginning to end, it was like watching a farce for us.
"Isn't Mu Meiren's performance too much?" I teased.
She was so angry that she had nothing to say for a while, so she could only sit down angrily.
Concubine De sat up slowly and said, "This little girl refuses to tell the truth, so she can only suffer some more flesh and skin." ”
Silver Moon trembled and fell to the ground, a choked sound coming from her throat.
I knew I couldn't do anything, and I had to do it the same. As soon as I say one more word, I jump into the fire pit they designed for me.
"Come on, pull down the twenty boards."
The wooden planks used in the palace are all nailed, and once the punishment is carried out, the lower body will be bleeding like a river. It's so cruel that I can't bear to look at it directly.
The little eunuch came up resignedly and said, "Master, if you go on like this, you will die......"
"Are you the master or am I the master?" Concubine De dismissed the little eunuch in one sentence.
Yinyue was pulled down like this, and the screams were endless. I tried to calm my breathing, and my right hand tightened unconsciously.
Concubine De tasted tea, Mu Han meditated, and there was no trace of pity in them.
After a while, the little eunuch came to reply: "Master, she still said that...... said that she did things by herself and took on ......"
"Keep fighting!" Concubine De replied.
"!" I interrupted her, "The emperor must have given Niangniang the word "Niangniang" because Niangniang is virtuous and virtuous, compassionate and compassionate. The slave and maid also think of this, and take you as an example......"
Concubine De smiled coldly and said: "Liu Sujin, don't think that you are a person next to the emperor, this palace will not dare to do anything to you, if you use that little girl's confession, this palace can still cure you for the crime of covering up!" ”
"...... Man, man is dying......"
I didn't finish listening, and ran out the door, the bright red on the snow was shocking, and she lay on the ground, blood slowly spreading beneath her.
Approaching step by step, holding her lifeless body, Yinyue tried to open her eyes and grinned, as heartless as the first time I saw her.
The chapped lips were bleeding and snaking down.
Before his hand could touch her clothes, his hand was stained with slippery blood.
"Sujin...... Don't feel bad, I don't hurt. She reached out to brush the snow off my brow. I've been waiting for you to come and see me every day, and today it's finally here. ”
"You hold on, I'll take you to the doctor."
Silver Moon coughed up a few mouthfuls of dirty blood and grabbed my arm. "You can't do it...... If you can't offend them for me, I'm a dying man......"
A corner of my heart gradually disintegrated, my eyes were a little sour, and I would be much better if I took a breath of cold air.
She trembled and took out a pair of earrings in her arms, which were very ordinary broken jade. "This is what you gave me last time, originally, I treated it as my mother's illness, and it was finally redeemed...... Look at ......" The smile slowly froze, and before I could catch it, her hand slipped off instantly, and her earrings fell to the ground, and I couldn't feel her breath anymore.
"Silver Moon...... You open your eyes and look at me...... Shall I take you out of the Hanshui Pavilion today? The cheek was pressed against her forehead, and the residual warmth was still there.
A pair of embroidered bow shoes appeared in front of him, Mu Han half-squatted down, and said in a very small voice: "It's really a deep sisterhood, I didn't expect that she would rather die by herself than pull you into the water with me." Why do you have so many people to help? ”
"Why? I don't owe you, why should I be? ”
"Because I just want you to have nothing to rely on, to make all the people you care about disappear!"
"Liu Sujin, for the crime of harboring, he will be fined three months of silver." Concubine De left with this sentence and disappeared into the snow.
The person in his arms gradually became colder, and the snowflakes fell on his eyelashes and turned into water vapor.
Sister Su Jin, I'm Yinyue......
Sister Su Jin, tell me about what's interesting in the paddock......
I only have one relative here, Sister Sujin, and my sister must come to see me often......
My heart was crushed by a stone, I didn't think about treating her sincerely, she was just my nominal friend in the palace, a lonely comfort. But the person I don't want to care about treats me with sincerity, and the person I want to be good to her betrays me.
The snow above his head suddenly stopped, and there was no more snow flowing into his neck socket.
Looking up, it was the cold of holding an umbrella.
"Can you call the Imperial Doctor for me?"
"If you want to cry, cry."
The corners of my lips spread out a bitter arc, I don't cry, I can't cry, I don't want them to see my cowardly side.
Yinyue will not die in vain, and I will let the people who are our enemies in this palace bury her.
Picked up the broken jade earrings on the ground, and gave her the earrings at the beginning, just because she felt that this little girl was upset that she was crying in the kitchen, and wanted to send her away early, but she remembered this incident for so long.
The jade-colored stone was stained with a light blood color, and shimmered faintly in the palm of his hand.
It was dark twilight, and the snow had stopped.
I buried her in the wasteland behind the palace, using a wooden plaque as a tombstone.
She dedicated her precious youth and her precious life in the palace, but in the end she didn't even get a coffin.
Mu Han and Concubine De were aimed at me and used me as a shield to get rid of Concubine Li, but they didn't expect that it was Yinyue who was sacrificed.
For them, she is just a little palace maid, no one knows what her surname is, and life is more humble than grass.
I always thought that even if I was responsible for the great cause of recovering the country, even if I wanted to kill innocent people, I would have to leave some leeway, and today, I will never leave any room for these pathetic women, they are to blame!