But Shui Liniang did not die; her eyes suddenly became vacant, staring straight ahead as if she had lost her soul.
“She talks too much and lies constantly. Deceiving the emperor is a capital offense. She should be made to tell the truth.” Zhu Chumo gave the emperor a mysterious smile after finishing the acupuncture.
The Emperor: "?" Why does my back feel a little cold?
The Empress, however, was completely distraught. She kept muttering to herself, "Are you saying that the child who is currently unconscious in Jinyu Palace is not my Long'er? But how could that be? She looks so much like me, and even the birthmark on her body is the same. If it were a fake, it would be too convincing. How could it be?"
"Tell me, how did that little girl get that birthmark? What secret method did you use?" Zhu Chumo asked Shui Liniang in a low voice.
At this moment, Shui Li Niang was clear-headed. She didn't want to confess, and she wanted to do her best to cause trouble for the dog emperor before she died. However, she couldn't control what she said. She was like a puppet. As soon as Zhu Chu Mo gave the order, she confessed everything.
She said in a wooden and mechanical voice, "Use tattooing to bring out the horns on your back. It's a coincidence that the mole on Ye Ling'er's foot is something she already had, something she was born with."
"Where is my Long'er? Where is my princess now?" the empress cried out.
"At the Zhu residence." Shui Liniang told her everything she knew.
“There’s no use keeping this person around. We know more about what’s going to happen than she does.” Zhu Qiuyu meant that Shui Liniang could be executed. Prince Gong’s men were either dead or captured, and now only this one was left to be dealt with. She was injured like this and wouldn’t survive in prison, so it was better to just kill her.
"Why are you so determined to kill her?" Emperor Taikang asked, puzzled.
"I just don't like her," Zhu Qiuyu replied matter-of-factly.
Suddenly, Zhu Qiuyu and the others' ears twitched, and they all looked out the window. The emperor also looked over.
"Junior brother is here. Take care of things here quickly, so we don't have to come back and deal with them later." Trouble should be resolved once and for all; going through another round just makes us look foolish.
Zhu Chumo pressed an acupoint on Shui Liniang's body, and she saw her head tilt to the side, her eyes close, and she fall silent.
A fatal weakness?
The emperor gave Zhu Chumo a deep look, feeling both horrified and wary. These people were unfathomably skilled and acted erratically. Although they had saved him and the entire harem yesterday, the emperor still dared not determine whether they were friend or foe.
"Let's go to that Jinyu Palace and interrogate that fake princess." Zhu Qiuyu said and walked out first, followed closely by Zhu Xichen, Zhu Chumo, and Zhu Yueran.
"Your Majesty," the head eunuch called out hesitantly to Emperor Taikang.
Those people were so arrogant, acting as if the palace was their territory. The situation was completely controlled by those men in white, and the emperor and empress seemed very passive. The chief eunuch had long been fed up and wanted to ask the emperor if he should teach those people a lesson and regain the initiative.
"Let's take another look. Let's go to Jinyu Palace," the emperor said in a deep voice, then walked away with his hands behind his back.
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