Chapter 211 Jiang Fuhai Confession

The death of the empress dowager was only a brief sadness for everyone in the palace. As the days and months passed, everyone's lives continued to move forward, and the poisoning incident that had been briefly shelved due to the death of the empress dowager was brought up again.

Inside the Ministry of Punishment.

Aunt Jianqiu, who had always been respected by the palace for following the Queen, had lost her previous decent image. She was now staggering, her whole body was covered with scars, and her hair, which she had previously carefully groomed, had become a mess.

At this moment, she was placed on a wooden board, with executioners with fierce eyes standing on both sides.

"Miss, you've been punished but you still refuse to confess? If you had confessed earlier, you wouldn't have to endure all this physical pain."

Jianqiu simply sneered at the nanny's kind words and said, "What do I have to confess? I've already admitted to poisoning Nian Shilan and Zhen Huan, but don't even think you can force me to admit something the Empress has never done. If the Empress learns of what you did to me today, she will definitely not let you fools have a good ending."

The two maids sneered when they saw that their kind advice was not appreciated at all.

"It seems you are truly delusional. I have never seen anyone enter the Ministry of Punishment and escape safely. Moreover, this matter was ordered by the Emperor himself. Even if you insist on not speaking, I have plenty of ways to serve you."

With the emperor's order, they were even more unscrupulous in using torture and had no fear of Jianqiu at all.

Looking at the thick, cool needles placed around her, Jianqiu felt it was impossible not to feel a little scared. However, she knew that she had to endure the fear no matter how scared she was, and she would never betray the queen.

"How dare you! I am someone close to the Queen, how dare you do this to me."

"Miss, please don't blame me. It's not that I dare, but you should see if the needle in my hand dares. Do you want to ask it if it dares to penetrate your delicate hand?"

How many people working in the Ministry of Punishment are kind-hearted? Their hands are stained with the blood of countless people.

"No, no, don't come over here."

Seeing the thick needle in the nanny's hand getting closer and closer to her, Jianqiu was so scared that she wanted to curl up, but her limbs were tied to the wooden board and she could not move. She had no way to stop the impending torture.

"ah!!!!"

No matter how Jianqiu dodged, she could only watch helplessly as the needle slowly pierced into her nail. The piercing pain made her wish she could faint.

A miserable sound penetrated the thick walls, startling the birds in the trees outside the house and making them fly away.

Jiang Fuhai, who was being held down by other people from the Ministry of Punishment and was standing outside the torture chamber to watch this scene, was so frightened that his face turned pale.

"You are forcing a confession through torture. The Empress will definitely not let you go."

Looking at Jianqiu's painful expression just now, and imagining what would happen if such a silver needle fell on his body, Jiang Fuhai felt extremely terrified just by thinking about it.

"What about you? Will you confess or not? If you are as stubborn as she is, then we don't mind letting you have an unforgettable taste."

"I recruit, I recruit, I recruit everything."

Jiang Fuhai is a coward who loves life and is afraid of death. It is only because he has been living a smooth life with the queen in recent years that he has not exposed this character.

Now facing these torture instruments, how could he still hold on? In his heart, nothing was more important than his own life.

"It would be great if he was obedient like this. Take him away and make him explain clearly what he has done over the years."

After Jiang Fuhai was taken away, the nanny in the room watched all this and sneered in Jianqiu's ear.

"Miss, why are you so persistent? After all the suffering we've endured, won't we still be able to get what we want to know in the end? Even if you're unwilling to confess, there are still people who are willing. Look at that Eunuch Jiang, how sensible he is. He's willing to tell everything after just a little scare."

Listening to what the nanny said in her ear, Jianqiu felt so angry that she even ignored the pain in her fingers.

"Jiang Fuhai, you traitor, you villain! How could you betray the Empress when she trusted you so much? You will die a horrible death, a horrible death!"

Jianqiu seemed to be screaming with all her might, and then, perhaps because she was extremely angry or for some reason, she fainted as she wished.

At this time, the Queen in Jingren Palace knew nothing about what was happening in the Ministry of Punishment.

"Someone come."

"My Lady, what are your instructions?"

The Queen's heart has been uneasy ever since Jianqiu was arrested and taken to the Ministry of Punishment. She knew that Jianqiu would never betray her given his loyalty to her, but why did she still feel uneasy?

After Jianqiu left, Yixiu could only let other maids take care of her personally, but no matter what, they were never as comfortable as Jianqiu.

"Where's Jiang Fuhai? Why haven't I seen him in a long time? Is he hiding somewhere and lazing around again?"

When the maid heard the queen mention the name Jiang Fuhai, her expression immediately became strange. She looked at the queen hesitantly, not knowing how to tell her about this.

"Tell me, what is there that I cannot bear now?"

"Your Majesty, Eunuch Jiang has been taken away by the Ministry of Punishment."

"How dare the people around me be taken away like this? How dare the people from the Ministry of Punishment treat me like this? Even when they came to take Jianqiu away, they specifically let me know before leaving. How could they treat me like this now?"

Yixiu slammed the table angrily.

The maid was so frightened by the queen's actions that she immediately knelt on the ground, fearing that she would be affected by the queen's anger.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I heard that this was the Emperor's order. The people from the Ministry of Punishment can take anyone in Jingren Palace for questioning except Your Majesty. The Emperor also said that this matter does not need to be informed to the Empress."

Hearing this, the Queen's expression became very strange. If it was simply because Jianqiu was involved in the poisoning of Nian Shilan and Zhen Huan, the Emperor would not have made such a big fuss. Something must have happened that she didn't know about.

"If there is anything else that I don't know, please tell me everything."

The maid whispered what she had heard privately: "I don't know the details, but I heard others mention Empress Chunyuan."

"What?"

When the queen heard Chun Yuan's name, she could no longer sit still. She stood up in fear, but at this moment her body went limp and she almost collapsed to the ground. The maid hurried forward to support her.

"My Lady, are you alright? Do you need me to call a doctor for you?"

The queen waved her hand gently and asked her to go out. She wanted to stay here alone and quietly for a while.