After Liu Hao finished speaking, he ordered the jailers: "Lock him in a secret room and only give him one meal a day."
"Your Highness, what about the daily torture instruments?"
Liu Hao didn't even think twice: "Proceed as usual!"
The jailer received the order and immediately carried it out, throwing Liu Zhi into a secret room where it was pitch dark.
Agan, one of Liu Hao's men, got a cage of vegetable snakes and a cage of rats from somewhere, threw them into the secret room through a small opening, and then quickly blocked the opening.
But in just a moment, heart-wrenching screams were heard from the secret room.
"Ah...snake, there's a snake! Help..."
Kunning Palace.
Liu Hao and Nangong Yunxue brought Nangong Jiu back to Kunning Palace, and Empress Chen hurried to greet them.
"How? Did he admit it?"
Liu Hao nodded: "I admit it, but I have no regrets!
I will let someone experience all the harm he has inflicted on Xueer.
Jiuer said he was afraid of snakes, so I asked Agan to release some vegetable snakes and mice in there.
Empress Chen looked at Nangong Yunxue again: "Xue'er, how do you want to take revenge?"
"My Lady, so many things happened today, my head is still dizzy.
Brother Hao has already had him locked up in a secret room. As for the rest, I'll think about it and ask Dad and Big Brother tomorrow morning."
"Okay! After all, you and your family are victims in this matter, and they have the right to know the truth.
When you have made up your mind, just tell us and the Emperor will make the decision for you."
"Yes, thank you for your consideration, Madam!"
On the other side, Emperor Dongling finished his work and stood up and walked out of the imperial study.
At the intersection of the roads leading to the Hall of Mental Cultivation and the Kunning Palace, he hesitated for a moment before turning onto the road leading to the Kunning Palace.
As soon as he reached the door, a eunuch shouted, "The Emperor has arrived!"
Empress Chen and others hurried forward to pay their respects.
Emperor Dong Ling waved his hand and said, "No need to bother. Sit down and talk."
Several people took their seats.
Emperor Dongling said, "The entire Xue family will be executed at Caishikou tomorrow. This has been announced to the public."
Empress Chen couldn't help but be curious: "Your Majesty, what evidence did Ah Bing and the others find?"
"He was a servant who worked for Xue Huaian back then. Everyone else was killed, but he was lucky enough to survive.
He knew everything about the couple, including Liu Heng's identity.
His health was almost failing, and Ah Bing and the others took great pains to bring him back to the capital safely."
Empress Chen sighed, "This person must not do bad things. After all, the truth will eventually come out. No matter how private the matter is, it will be exposed sooner or later."
Emperor Dongling looked at Nangong Xue and said, "Xue'er, Concubine Zheng and her son plotted against you. I will compensate you."
Liu Hao interrupted, "Father, speaking of them and my son, the evil things they did to Xue'er weren't limited to just this one incident today.
After Xue'er came back from the imperial study, she remembered a lot of things. Liu Zhi was the man behind the kidnapping of Xue'er.
We've already gone to the Imperial Clan Court to ask him, and he admitted it!"
Although he had guessed it in his heart, Emperor Dongling was still furious when he heard it.
"What a misfortune for our family! My royal family has produced such a sinister descendant. How can I explain this to Nangong Lie? How can I explain this to the world?
Come on, Concubine Zheng was banished to the cold palace for failing to educate her son.
Liu Zhi is a man of tyrannical and cruel character, and has committed countless evil deeds. If he is still alive after the torture, he will be imprisoned in the clan residence and will not be allowed to leave for the rest of his life."
Nangong Yunxue knelt down to express her gratitude: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for upholding justice!"
"Get up, I owe you this!"
Emperor Dongling looked at Liu Hao, then at Nangong Yunxue, and finally at Queen Chen.
"Actually, there's one more thing I've never mentioned. Back then, my sixth son died under strange circumstances, and it's likely that my third son had something to do with it."
Empress Chen was shocked: "Your Majesty, is there any basis for this?"
Emperor Dongling nodded and said: "Back then, after the Sixth Brother died, I sent people to investigate. The only person who was with the Sixth Brother at that time was the Third Brother!
At that time, he was only a six-year-old child, so no one suspected him, but instead accused him of failing to take good care of the palace maids and beating them to death."
Empress Chen thought for a moment and said, "He was still young at the time and his true nature was not exposed. It is normal that no one suspected him.
A two-month-old baby cannot suffocate himself no matter how he moves his hands and feet.
Maybe he dragged the small quilt over Lao Liu's face...
In the end, Concubine Xian couldn't bear the pain of losing her son and died of depression. It was such an injustice for both mother and son to die!"
Nangong Yunxue shook her head and murmured, "A six-year-old child should be innocent. What makes him so cruel and ruthless at such a young age?"
"What else could it be? Zheng Yurou has been taught since she was a child that she regards Liu Zhi as a tool to fight for power and profit, which harms both herself and others!" Queen Chen sighed.
Side hall of Renchun Palace.
Concubine Zheng was forcibly moved from the main hall of Renchun Palace to a side hall. She was crying and screaming, and before she could come to her senses, several more eunuchs arrived.
Without saying anything, he dragged her out of the side hall like dragging an object.
Concubine Zheng struggled hard: "What are you doing?"
"The Emperor has issued an oral decree that Concubine Zheng is incompetent in raising her children and is banished to the cold palace!"
"How? Why?"
A eunuch kindly explained, "The Third Prince has already admitted that he abducted Madam Xue when he was eight years old. The Emperor is furious."
Concubine Zheng stopped struggling. With so many things happening together, it was no wonder that the emperor blamed her for not educating her son well.
If that thing...
Concubine Zheng was like a puppet, letting others manipulate her: "Where is my prince? What happened to him?"
"From now on, the Imperial Clan House will belong to His Highness the Third Prince."
"What? No, no..." Concubine Zheng struggled desperately again, almost crazy.
"I want to see the emperor. I must see the emperor, or I will bite my tongue and commit suicide."
Seeing that Concubine Zheng was not in good condition, several eunuchs were afraid that something might happen to her before she even entered the cold palace, so they hurriedly discussed it.
"You cooperate well, we will go and report."
A eunuch ran away quickly, and after an incense stick of time, he ran back quickly.
"Let's go to the clan residence. The emperor has allowed you and your son to meet."
The Imperial Clan Court.
When Concubine Zheng and her entourage arrived at the clan house, Liu Zhi had already been taken to a slightly tidier cell.
In just half a day, Liu Zhi became bruised and dazed.
Concubine Zheng called out softly with concern.
"Emperor!"
Liu Zhi raised his head and looked at Concubine Zheng: "Mother, I don't want to stay in the clan residence anymore. Find a way to rescue me."
"My son, please be patient. When your father's anger subsides, he will let you go." Concubine Zheng suppressed the bitterness in her heart.
"It's all Mother's fault! It's all Mother's fault!
I only know how to teach you how to plan. If we had been law-abiding, would today's outcome be different?
Now that I think about it, Mother was wrong from the beginning. I regret it so much!"
"Mother, I know you are doing this for my own good!" Liu Zhi grabbed Concubine Zheng's hand pleadingly.
"Hurry up and find a way to save my son."
"My dear, if you want to live..."
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