Chapter 408: Exposing the Queen's Evil Deeds
"I, your Majesty, am confused. May I ask, is the Sixth Princess your biological daughter?"
When Pang Qingyun said this, everyone present was shocked, of course, excluding Chen Zhao, Chu Mu, Li Yuwan and Feng Li.
After all, the four of them knew the queen's true identity.
The queen looked at Pang Qingyun in disbelief.
Brother, does he know what he is saying?
Could this be part of the story?
"Of course Chaohua is my biological daughter. As my elder brother and Chaohua's uncle, how could you not know this?"
The queen was a little angry.
Even if her brother wanted to help her, he couldn't question her in public.
She is the queen!
Pang Qingyun looked puzzled and asked, "Since the Sixth Princess is the Queen's biological daughter, why would the Queen support the cunning slave who nearly killed the Sixth Princess?"
"The Sixth Princess is in imminent danger, yet Her Majesty is not anxious to seek justice for her. Instead, she is begging the Emperor to spare those who have humiliated and tortured her. I would like to ask Her Majesty, what is the rationale behind this?"
The queen froze instantly.
Brother, do you want her to abandon these maids and palace servants?
She would have given it up even without her brother's reminder.
But the emperor used the relatives of these lowly people to force them.
If I don't save their relatives, these people may betray her.
Although everyone knew who was behind this, without solid evidence, the emperor would not really do anything to her.
Over the years, she has already figured out the emperor's temperament and is timid and cautious.
"Brother, you also said that Chaohua is in danger. I am doing this to accumulate merit for her. What's wrong with that?"
The queen's tone became heavier. She was telling Pang Qingyun that she would not give up on these people.
Pang Qingyun curled his lips into a sneer.
"What's wrong?"
"They are committing a grave offense by humiliating and torturing the princess of the royal family. The Sixth Princess is their master and they are their servants. According to the laws of Southern Chu, these people deserve the death penalty."
"The Sixth Princess is a daughter of the royal family and is under the protection of the Holy Dragon. Why should she rely on these thieves with black consciences to accumulate merit?"
"Sparing them is not for the Sixth Princess's benefit, but is harming her and torturing her."
Pang Qingyun pressed on step by step and said:
"The Queen is pleading for mercy for these wicked slaves. Could it be that you are the one who ordered them to torture the Sixth Princess?"
The queen finally realized that Pang Qingyun was not helping her, but harming her.
Looking at Pang Qingyun who was not giving in to her, the queen instantly became furious.
"Master Pang, please remember your own identity."
"I am the queen, and there is no need for you to criticize me!"
"I am Zhaohua's mother, there is no need for you to suspect me of harming Zhaohua!"
Pang Qingyun said with cold eyes:
"This old minister will remember his identity well."
The queen's heart began to beat rapidly. She felt that there was something else behind Pang Qingyun's words.
The old emperor looked at Pang Qingyun with satisfaction.
This old thief is pretty good, he knows right from wrong.
"Lord Pang is right. The Queen is so protective of these people that I can't help but suspect you even if I don't want to."
The queen choked and glared at Pang Qingyun fiercely.
Shen Zhao also spoke appropriately at this time.
"Your Majesty, why don't you take advantage of this opportunity to send people to arrest all the clansmen of these rebellious slaves."
"To prevent those people from being silenced by those with ulterior motives."
"Let them witness with their own eyes those innocent people who died tragically because of them. Surely, there will always be people with conscience who will tell the truth."
As soon as Shen Zhao said this, the maids and palace maids all looked at the queen.
The queen almost vomited blood when she saw this scene.
The old emperor was very pleased and ordered:
"According to Prince Zhong's instructions, arrest all of these people's clansmen. If anyone is not in Kyoto, pass on my order to execute them locally!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the palace maids and nannies panicked instantly.
They didn't want to die in the first place, and no one of them didn't want to live.
Now that the emperor wants to kill them all, what else do they have to worry about?
One of the palace maids said with a fearless attitude:
"I confess everything. I only ask Your Majesty to spare my family."
She entered the palace voluntarily.
Her parents died when she was young, and she was raised by her grandmother. She has a younger sister and a younger brother.
The three siblings had a very deep relationship. In order to ensure that her younger siblings and grandmother would not go hungry, she resolutely entered the palace to be a maid.
However, she had bad luck and had been working in the laundry room. Later, she was assigned to the side hall of the Buddhist temple by the housekeeper nanny from her fellow villager.
She did not participate in torturing the Sixth Princess. The Sixth Princess was the same age as her sister. Seeing the Sixth Princess was like seeing her younger sister outside the palace walls. She felt sorry for her so much that how could she collude with those people to humiliate the Sixth Princess.
Many times, she provided convenience for the Sixth Princess's servants when the Queen ordered the maids and aunts to punish the Sixth Princess.
She often secretly brought food and medicine to them, the master and the servant.
She just didn't dare let the Sixth Princess and her servant know. She was afraid that they would be afraid that she had bad intentions and wanted to harm them, and would not eat the food she sent them.
But this time the Sixth Princess was injured too badly, and she couldn't get medicine to treat her injuries.
She couldn't bear to see the Sixth Princess about to die.
Taking advantage of the fact that she was on duty today, she secretly let September out.
She does not regret her decision today.
But she could die, but her grandmother and siblings could not.
She knew that even if she denied it today, the Queen would not spare her family afterwards.
Why not take a chance and confess everything? She trusts the emperor more than the queen.
Chen Zhao listened to the palace maid's thoughts and couldn't help but look at her twice more.
She is also a pitiful person.
Poor kind-hearted person!
The old emperor said in a very calm voice:
"If you want me to spare your family, tell me everything you know, no matter how big or small."
The palace maid kowtowed heavily to the old emperor several times.
"Five years ago, I was transferred from the laundry room to the side hall of the Ten Thousand Buddha Hall to serve the Sixth Princess..."
The palace maid began to tell what she had seen and heard in the five years since she came to Wanfo Hall.
The old emperor's face grew darker with every word he spoke.
The queen's face darkened.
Everyone was so frightened that they dared not breathe.
No one had ever imagined that the Sixth Princess would live such a miserable and depressed life.
The daily meals consisted of the leftovers from the maids and palace servants.
Even these evil-hearted palace maids would let the leftovers from the previous day go bad before sending them to the Sixth Princess.
If you don't eat, you will be hungry.
It's okay in spring and autumn, but in summer the food smells so bad that you can't swallow it, and just smelling it can make you vomit everything in your stomach.
Although the leftovers in winter will not rot, they will turn into ice chips.
As soon as I put the food in my mouth and swallowed it, I felt like I had fallen into an icy cave.
The ice in summer and the charcoal in winter never reached the Sixth Princess, as they were all withheld by the palace servants.
The Sixth Princess had an easier time in the Buddhist temple in the summer, but in the winter, every day in the temple felt like torture.
The maids would wrap themselves in thick cotton clothes and deliberately leave the doors and windows of the Buddhist hall wide open.
The howling cold wind mixed with snow rushed into the Buddhist hall and hit the thinly dressed body of the Sixth Princess.
Every time, the Sixth Princess was frozen to the point of shivering all over, with her face turning blue and her lips turning pale.
Not only that, the Queen Mother also gave instructions to let the Buddha feel the Sixth Princess' sincerity.
No mats were allowed in the hall, so the Sixth Princess had to kneel directly on the cold marble floor to copy the scriptures.
From before dawn until late at night, those people were willing to let the Sixth Princess go back.
Having said this, the queen shouted coldly.
"Who on earth sent you, a lowly servant, to frame me?"
Then he turned to look at the old emperor and said aggrievedly:
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