Xiao Lichen waited quietly for Concubine Huo's answer.
However, this favorite concubine who seemed lawless and even superior to Queen Gu in the harem now had a struggling look on her face and seemed to have some reservations.
Hei Yan snorted coldly, "I gave you a chance, but if you don't take advantage of it, forget it."
Concubine Huo took a deep breath and then slowly said, "Before, it was that person who had this idea, but I disagreed, so it didn't happen."
The person she was referring to was her lover, who was also the Fourth Prince's real father.
Seeing Xiao Lichen's brows furrowed slightly after hearing this, Concubine Huo quickly continued, "I know there's an old eunuch whose behavior is rather suspicious. He lives in a palace not far from the Imperial Hospital."
"Then why do you think he is suspicious?" Hei Yan continued to question Concubine Huo on behalf of his master.
They hoped to get more information about the palace from her that they didn't have before.
Concubine Huo seemed to recall something horrible. She said in a fearful tone, "A year ago, I went to the Imperial Hospital several times in person to make my skin whiter, but I saw an elderly eunuch walking out of a side courtyard of the Imperial Hospital."
"There were a lot of herbs drying in the side courtyard. When he saw me, he hurriedly lowered his head. When he left the Imperial Hospital, I noticed that he was heading towards a nearby palace. That palace was usually only inhabited by a few young eunuchs."
When Concubine Huo said this, she suddenly turned around, walked to the corner of the cell and sat down, hugged her head with her arms, buried it in her bent legs, and began to sleep.
After hearing what she said, Xiao Lichen felt even more that Concubine Huo was hiding many things from him.
What she confessed was ambiguous. She didn't specify the direction, but she did mention a suspicious person. However, she kept silent about more specific things and was unwilling to continue.
Xiao Lichen understood that Concubine Huo must have realized that they were using the Second Prince to blackmail her, so she was unwilling to say anything more.
This trip to the Heavenly Prison was not without gain.
Even if the old eunuch is no longer in the palace, he will be a clue that cannot be ignored.
After all, those servants had seen what the old eunuch looked like.
The middle-aged eunuch who helped the young eunuch in Wenying Palace to prepare medicine had also asked people who had come into contact with this person to describe his appearance to the painter.
Unless these two people are dead, he will be able to find them based on the clues.
As for why Concubine Huo was afraid when she mentioned the mysterious old eunuch, Xiao Lichen had a bold guess.
However, it needs to be verified.
"Noble Concubine Huo, why did you murder the Zhuguogong family back then?"
Xiao Lichen's dangerous voice made Concubine Huo, who was pretending to be asleep, tremble all over.
"I don't know. I don't know anything."
Concubine Huo didn't even raise her head and answered in a muffled voice.
Xiao Lichen thought of the list of people he got from the Huo family's study, and a fierce murderous intent burst out in his dark and dangerous eyes.
"Back then, was my aunt Han Ruoxuan in the palace really because she had murdered the Fourth Prince?"
Faced with Xiao Lichen's angry questioning, she maintained her original posture and did not dare to move.
In Xiao Lichen's opinion, her silence was caused by her guilty conscience and her fear of facing him.
"Punishment!"
The hatred and sadness hidden in Xiao Lichen's heart suddenly overwhelmed his rationality and made it difficult for him to completely calm down.
soon.
Heiyan brought two Xiaoyu guards, got the key, opened the door of the cell, carried the panicked Concubine Huo, and took her to the cell specially used for interrogation.
Her arms were chained to the wall.
His legs were entangled in heavy iron chains, unable to move at all.
Xiao Lichen sat in a wheelchair, standing at a certain distance, allowing Hei Yan and his men to interrogate him.
He chose not to get too close.
The self-control he had cultivated over the years completely collapsed when he faced one of the murderers who killed his grandmother's family. He picked up the torture instrument and killed her with a knife.
He could follow the list and accuse them of any crime and quickly cut them into pieces one by one with his own hands.
To be frank, he could indeed do this easily.
But, he couldn't do that.
His heart wouldn't allow it.
He wanted to erase the slander for his grandfather who had lived a glorious life, and to seek justice for his uncle and aunt who had died unjustly.
Dispel the merciless slaughter caused by ugly sin.
And give them a clear blue sky above their heads.
What's more, I want to seek justice for the mother who has been tortured for half her life, and let the blind man, who was completely abandoned by his mother, give up his obsession and become himself again.
If Tao Yuwei knew what he was thinking, she would definitely exclaim that the villain was too upright.
Unlike what is written in the original book, he was forced into a desperate situation, with hatred in his heart, dressed in red, and killed people indiscriminately.
He liked red the most. If any minister in the court made a mistake, he would be arrested and taken to the prison overnight.
He even killed the family of his father, Prince Yong's favorite concubine. In broad daylight, he brought his men and took advantage of the grand birthday banquet held at the Liu Mansion to kill the entire family on the spot in front of his father.
Blood flowed like a river, and Prince Yong fainted on the spot due to the shock.
Even several powerful princes and royal relatives vying for the throne were beheaded by him.
Inside the cell at this moment.
Hei Yan held an extremely sharp tendon-breaking knife that shone with a cold light in his hand and said coldly, "Tell me, why did you frame the second Miss Han and why did you frame the Zhuguogong family?"
"If you don't tell me, I'll cut the tendons in your hands and feet, and then peel off your skin."
When the incident happened, Emperor Jianchang had been named Crown Prince, and Concubine Huo was just a concubine in the Eastern Palace.
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