Chapter 360: Sent to the Torture Chamber
Yunluo was helped over by two people.
She was slender and pale, and indeed looked sick.
Others did not dare to let her get too close to the Queen Mother and Niu Niu, and just glanced at them from a distance.
Niuniu nodded and said, "She really looks like this sister."
"Send him to the Ministry of Punishment." The Queen Mother said on the spot.
Yunluo was suddenly helped over, and no one wanted to tell her what had happened. She was so frightened by the impending disaster that she collapsed to the ground.
"Empress Dowager, I don't know what I have done wrong. I am innocent!" Yunluo said crying.
The Queen Mother stared at her with cold eyes.
Nanny Sun said, "Now that you are in the Ministry of Punishment, I'm not afraid that you won't confess."
Some things cannot be said in public. Once the person is sent to the Ministry of Punishment, Li Shunfu will lead his men to interrogate him carefully.
Yunluo's face was full of despair, and the confusion in her eyes was real.
But these were not enough to move Nanny Sun, whose heart was as hard as a rock. She still urged other palace servants to drag Yunluo away.
But Niuniu suddenly said, "Wait a minute."
Yunluo immediately looked at Niuniu with expectant eyes.
After Niu Niu entered the palace, she brought countless joys to the empress dowager, and the atmosphere in Shoukang Palace also changed from the dullness of the past. Although Yunluo was a servant, she also liked Niu Niu very much. The last time she made a mistake, it was Niu Niu who pleaded for her, and only then was she gently let off by Nanny Sun.
"Niuniu, isn't this the person?" Nanny Sun wondered.
Niuniu looked confused and said, "This sister looks very aggrieved. I don't know if I have wronged her."
Nanny Sun said, "Don't you remember what that person looked like? Don't they look alike?"
Niuniu shook her head: "They do look alike, but... but... that sister has a rosy complexion, definitely not a sickly-looking one like her."
Nanny Sun said nonchalantly, "The sick look could be fake. These calculating people have many tricks up their sleeves. Don't be fooled by her."
Yunluo seized the opportunity and immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed vigorously: "Empress Dowager, I really didn't do anything wrong. I am innocent! Please, give me a chance to defend myself!"
Nanny Sun turned and looked at the Queen Mother with a questioning look.
"My dear, don't you think it's this person?" asked the Queen Mother.
Niuniu's face was tangled like a ball of wool: "That person looks almost the same as this sister, but I feel like they are not the same person."
The Queen Mother knew that Niuniu had a kind heart, and she didn't want to appear too cold-blooded in front of her beloved baby, so she said, "My dear, no matter whether it is true or not, we will know after the interrogation. If she survives the interrogation and proves her innocence, then we can release her."
This can only fool children. Once you enter the Ministry of Punishment, there will be no trace of good skin left.
Yunluo could only kowtow and keep saying, "I am innocent."
In a flash, a bloody mark appeared on Yunluo's forehead.
Niuniu couldn't bear to see this. Her little brain was working quickly and she said, "That bad guy has a mole on her wrist! Right here!"
Niu Niu raised her chubby little paw and showed Nanny Sun the location of the mole on her wrist.
Nanny Sun gave a look to the palace maid beside Yunluo, and the palace maid immediately rolled up Yunluo's sleeves.
Yunluo's right arm was clean, without any trace.
Yunluo hurriedly said: "I am really wronged. I don't even know what happened!"
The Queen Mother couldn't help but frowning when she saw this situation.
Nanny Sun immediately said, "Madam, the mole on your wrist might have been painted on, intentionally to let Niuniu see it..."
The Queen Mother said, "Since your face is not covered, why add a mole to it?"
A huge hope suddenly burst out in Yunluo's eyes.
Niuniu said casually: "Sister, this is so strange, is there anyone who looks very similar to you? Why did I recognize the wrong person?"
A hint of hesitation flashed across Yunluo's face, and her lips trembled, as if she didn't know whether she should say it or not.
"It seems that you also know that person. If you are unwilling to tell, it is obvious that you still want to protect that person. In this case, I will send you to the Ministry of Punishment." Nanny Sun threatened.
Yunluo closed her eyes, her face full of pain. Thinking about what happened today, although she didn't know what her sister had done, she was sure that she had used her identity to cause such a disaster.
Yesterday, after she ate the food her sister brought her, she immediately had a stomachache. Could it be that all this was planned by her sister? If Niuniu hadn't stopped her, she would have been imprisoned in the Ministry of Punishment.
Yunluo gritted her teeth.
Since her younger sister is not afraid of implicating her, why should she cover up for her younger sister?
Yunluo finally spoke up: "My sister! I have a sister who is also in the palace. She works in the Plum Garden and she is at least 80% similar to me."
As soon as Yunluo finished speaking, Nanny Sun immediately ordered the palace servants to arrest the person.
Not long after, Yunluo's sister Yunxuan was brought over.
Yunxuan and Yunluo are indeed very similar. If someone who doesn’t know them sees them, they might think they are twins.
Yunxuan, with a guilty look on her face, was not a particularly smart person. After being questioned by Nanny Sun, she immediately confessed.
"I don't know who that person is. She found me at night and said that if I helped me do this, she would give me fifty taels of silver and help me find a good job. The maids in Plum Garden have been bullying me, and I have no choice. I really don't want to stay in Plum Garden anymore." Yunxuan burst into tears.
Nanny Sun looked unhappy. The person behind the scenes seemed to be more difficult to deal with than she had imagined. This person knew the layout of Shoukang Palace as well as the Empress Dowager's concern.
On the surface, the purpose of the person behind the scenes seems to be to frame Niu Niu, but Nanny Sun can't figure it out. Niu Niu is just a little child, so who would be offended by her?
Yunluo, who was kneeling beside her and heard her sister's confession, couldn't help but say, "I said that after a while, when I have saved enough money, I will help you transfer to another place. Why are you so anxious?"
Yun Xuan couldn't help getting angry when she heard her sister's words. She looked at Yun Luo with resentment and said, "Wait, wait, you just keep making me wait. You live in Shoukang Palace with fine clothes and delicious food, but do you know what kind of life I live every day? We are sisters, why do you live so well while I have to suffer so much!"
Yunluo looked at her sister in disbelief. Her sister originally worked in the laundry department, but she said it was too hard, so Yunluo spent twenty taels of silver to transfer her to the Plum Garden. She never expected that in the end she would still be blamed.
Yunxuan couldn't ask any more questions here.
The Queen Mother said, "Pull out the tongue and throw the man into the torture chamber."
The torture chamber was filled with palace maids who had committed crimes. Once inside, they had to work hard, and there were strict old maids who would whip them to urge them to work. Once inside, they basically didn't have much time to live.
When Yunxuan heard this, her eyes were filled with fear. She was extremely panicked. She could only beg Yunluo: "Sister, I was wrong. Sister, please help me plead for mercy. I really know I was wrong. Sister, please, I can't go into the torture chamber. I will die!"
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