Zhang Yong is personally overseeing the situation in the duty room to prevent anyone from resorting to desperate measures.

Upon hearing Heying's request, they showed no consideration whatsoever and coldly rejected it.

"Our family only obeys the Emperor's orders."

He Ying had a sudden inspiration: "Miss Zhou toasted our lady today, so it's possible that it's related to our lady's poisoning. How can we let this go unnoticed?"

A sharp glint flashed in Zhang Yong's eyes as he coldly ordered his soldiers:

"Arrest them."

He Ying then secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It's better for Zhou Wanxiu to be arrested and interrogated than to fall into the hands of Empress Zhang.

We'll see how to handle this once Her Majesty the Empress wakes up.

...

Zhou Wanxiu looked at Empress Dowager Zhang with tears streaming down her face and her eyes filled with fear:

"That's all I really know, Your Majesty, please spare me!"

The eunuch's gleaming dagger was only centimeters from her face.

Her face would be slashed at the Empress Dowager Zhang's command.

Empress Zhang, her face filled with hostility and hatred, coldly said:

"One finger."

The eunuch grabbed Zhou Wanxiu's hand and pressed it onto the table. With a swift motion, he slashed the knife, and Zhou Wanxiu's little finger rolled to the ground, splattering blood everywhere.

"ah!"

A piercing scream tore through the night sky.

"If you dare to conceal even the slightest thing, I will chop off your fingers one by one." Empress Dowager Zhang smiled coldly, her smile full of malice.

Zhou Wanxiu trembled all over in pain, looking at Empress Dowager Zhang with pleading cries, her sobs heart-wrenching:

"I didn't kill Princess Xiuyi! I don't know anything! Please spare me! Please spare me!"

"Who killed her?!" Empress Dowager Zhang stepped forward, pinched her face, and glared at her fiercely.

Like a vengeful demon from hell, baring its blue face and fangs.