Chapter 445 Xiaoying's Confession

But right now, the Qiao family has a very high reputation in the court, and their disciples are spread all over the world.

If even the only political enemy, the Shen family, falls, there will be no one to hinder Qiao Rushi anymore.

"If you were me, what would you do?"

Qiao Jibai lowered his eyes and kowtowed, "I am only the emperor's subject, I dare not offend the emperor. As long as it can make the emperor live forever and his reputation spread throughout the world, I am willing to do anything."

"You are very good." The emperor said, "What if I intend to use this incident to suppress the Qiao family?"

"Your Majesty, whatever you do is for the sake of the empire and the good of the world. I am a member of the Qiao family, but I am first and foremost your Majesty's subject."

Qiao Jibai's tone was firm, and there was no trace of flattery in his expression.

The emperor paused and said, "You go back first. Report to me when the case is closed."

Qiao Jibai stood up, "Yes, Your Majesty."

The rain still didn't stop. When Qiao Jibai was returning to the Imperial Household with an umbrella, a guard came to report that Qiao Yihuan suddenly had a severe stomachache and wanted to call a doctor.

"Sir, would you like to ask the healer to come over?"

Qiao Jibai didn't even pause, "Once you enter the Imperial Envoy's Office, you'll be a criminal, as long as you don't die."

The guard understood, "Yes, sir."

Qiao Jibai was planning to go to the torture chamber, and on the way he saw Jiang Qiyun, who seemed to have been waiting for him for a long time.

"The young marquis was in the Imperial Envoy Department trying to stop me from handling the case. I didn't dare to touch the young marquis, but I still dared to go to the emperor and ask him to lock you up in the palace."

He knew it would be useless to go find Marquis Jing'an, so he didn't even mention Marquis Jing'an's name.

Jiang Qiyun: "Who stopped you? You also asked Sister Wanyan, why didn't you let her go? She has been pampered and you let her stay in such a cramped place. Aren't you bullying her?"

"I will release him when it's time. Can you please stop being so unreasonable, young marquis?"

Jiang Qiyun was immediately annoyed by being ridiculed like this, "Who are you calling unreasonable? Are you looking for death?"

Qiao Jibai spoke calmly, but his expression was obviously sarcastic. "I am Wanyan's brother. Although we are not biologically related, we have a good relationship. If the young marquis gets angry and hits me, I will naturally not fight back. I will just go to Wanyan and let her see."

Jiang Qiyun was stunned, gritted his teeth for a long time and finally cursed two words.

“Shameless!”

Qiao Jibai was too lazy to deal with this unreasonable and troublesome playboy, so he walked around him and went to the torture room.

Even a burly man couldn't withstand the torture instruments here, let alone a weak woman like Xiaoying.

A series of torture instruments were used, and even when Xiaoying wanted to speak, the guards did not stop their actions. They kept the other person alive and used the torture instruments one by one.

At that time, Xiaoying was tied to a wooden stake and fainted. A bucket of cold water was poured on her and she came to her senses.

The water and blood on his body mixed together and dripped onto the ground, and the smell of blood filled the air.

Qiao Jibai appeared in the dark torture room in a neat official uniform, which was out of place.

"Now, you can speak."

Xiaoying's hair was stuck to her face, her skirt was wet, and every breath she took was painful.

If he hadn't been fixed to the wooden stake, he wouldn't even have the strength to stand up at this moment.

Even though she begged for mercy and wanted to tell the truth, those people did not give her a chance to speak. For a moment, she felt that she was going to die here, and die here in agony.

The only finger bone left after the clamp was applied was broken and the body was constantly cramping due to the pain.

Although she can finally breathe a sigh of relief, Xiaoying doesn't dare to really relax.

The pain in the body will never go away.

The clerk had already prepared paper and pen, and was just waiting for Xiaoying to speak during the interrogation.

Qiao Jibai sat down and asked in a low voice, "Is it true that your young lady was drugged? You are her close maid, you must know this."

Qiao Yihuan rushed over at this time. When he saw Xiaoying's miserable appearance, he was so frightened that his breathing stopped for a moment. Then he quickly ran towards her.

"Xiaoying, we are not sisters but we are better than sisters. We were framed by Qingbai. You have to tell us the truth so that we can get out of here safely!"

Qiao Yihuan held her shoulders tightly and whispered, "You have to think about our future!"

Qiao Jibai looked normal, and Jiang Ying beside him seemed also surprised that someone who shouldn't be here suddenly ran out of the Imperial Envoy's Office, which was supposed to be under strict guard.

The people from the Imperial Household Department would never make such a careless mistake, so there is only one other possibility.

The people above acquiesced.

At the moment, the only person in the Imperial Envoy's Office was his son.

Qiao Jibai waved his hand, and the guards immediately stepped forward and pulled Qiao Yihuan away.

"Since you are innocent, you will tell the truth when you are tortured and won't make up stories. What are you afraid of? It makes people feel guilty."

Qiao Yihuan said: "I just heard Xiaoying's screams and felt worried. She is the person closest to me, and I was worried that something might happen to her."

Qiao Jibai: "If you are worried, you should ask me why I tortured her first, instead of warning Xiaoying to tell the so-called truth. Since it is the truth, she will tell it without you saying anything more. Are you here to threaten her or to care about her?"

Qiao Yihuan was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously turned around to look at Xiaoying. She saw Xiaoying looking at her with a gaze that was so cold that she had never seen before.

When people are at their most vulnerable, their minds are the most sensitive, and they are also the most impulsive.

Xiaoying was "awakened" by Qiao Jibai's words at this moment. At this moment of life and death, how could she still remember the "kindness" that Qiao Yihuan had shown her in the past?

She only felt that Qiao Yihuan didn't care how much punishment she suffered, how much pain she was in, or how devastated she was mentally in order to survive.

Xiaoying looked at Qiao Yihuan for a long time and spoke slowly.

"For a while, I was locked up in the Second Young Lady's yard. At that time, the Second Young Lady spared my life in exchange for letting me return to the First Young Lady in the future and be her eyes and ears."

"When the second young lady learned that the eldest young lady was named the county lady, she felt resentful. Knowing that the county lady position was conferred by the emperor himself and there would be no unexpected changes, she found me and asked me to frame the eldest young lady."

"The plan is for me to drug the eldest lady and slander her for having an affair with Jingxin. Then the second lady will have people spread rumors in the capital that it was the eldest lady who wanted to get a high position and seduced Abbot Jingxin, completely ruining the eldest lady's reputation."

Qiao Yihuan felt relieved when he heard these words, or to be more precise, excited.

Xiaoying is indeed her best helper!

The words spoken under extreme torture are naturally the most truthful, and no one will doubt them!

Xiaoying stared at Qiao Yihuan's obviously relieved expression and spoke again.

"The above words were forced upon me by the eldest lady last night."