"Your Highness, there's news from Your Highness Jingfei: the palace maid Xiaoqing is gone!"
"What?"
Concubine Hua was shocked and hurriedly put down her chopsticks and rushed to Xianfu Palace.
He was still holding Feng Wanwan in his arms.
In Xianfu Palace.
Concubine Jing was already standing in the room where Xiaoqing was imprisoned. She had a serious expression, her brows furrowed, and her chin raised.
"Tell me, who ordered you to do this?"
"Empress Jing, I am innocent. I was just delivering the food according to my duty and did not poison it!"
The young eunuch kneeling on the ground was trembling, but he tried his best to defend himself.
"But Xiaoqing died after eating the food, which was delivered by you. The evidence is irrefutable, and you still want to deny it?"
Concubine Jing frowned and shouted in a deep voice.
"It seems you won't tell me unless I punish you. Qingliu, bring me the branding stick!"
"Yes, my lady!"
Qingliu waved his hand, and sure enough, a young eunuch brought a brazier with an iron rod inserted into it.
Qingliu pulled the iron rod out of the brazier. The top of the iron rod was already burning red.
She held up the red-hot iron rod and pointed it at the young eunuch's face.
It would be fine if it burned somewhere else, but the iron rod was coming towards the face. The red iron rod and the scorching heat magnified people's fear infinitely.
"Please spare my life, Concubine Jing! I really didn't poison the food. Please forgive me, Concubine Jing!"
The young eunuch was so frightened that he hid backwards, but two young eunuchs behind him held his shoulders and head, forcing his face to touch the iron rod.
It was at this time that Feng Wanwan arrived at Xianfu Palace with Concubine Hua.
When she first saw such a thrilling scene, Concubine Hua was so frightened that her first reaction was to cover Feng Wanwan's eyes.
Feng Wanwan pulled her hand away and paid close attention to the matter anxiously.
How did the palace maid Xiaoqing die? What did this young eunuch do? Could it be that this young eunuch killed Xiaoqing?
At the same time, Concubine Hua also asked the same question.
"Sister Jingfei, what exactly is going on?"
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