Zhitao lowered her head, not daring to look the ladies in the eye.

She had always been working in Lingmeiyuan and had never been in the spotlight of the ladies.

The hall, which was originally filled with the scent of incense, was now infected with a bloody odor.

The concubines all looked terrified and their disgust was evident in their words.

They covered their mouths and noses with silk handkerchiefs and asked, "What does the Queen mean by this?"

"Your Highness, you should have interrogated this maidservant in private. Why did you bring her out?"

"How can Your Majesty bring such a lowly person into the palace? It's really... really too unlucky!" Concubine Zhang couldn't help but complain.

Lu Changzai was also quite uncomfortable. She asked Wu Qing beside her softly, "She looks familiar to me. She seems to have been from Ling Meiyuan before?"

Wu Qing nodded.

The queen sat upright on the phoenix chair, the gorgeous phoenix crown shining brightly on her head.

She glanced at everyone with a cold gaze, finally landing on Zhitao.

The queen slowly spoke: "Xiao Luzi, tell me, what did you find out during the interrogation?"

Xiao Luzi nodded his head and then began to tell the result of the interrogation of Peach.

"Ladies and ladies." Xiao Luzi greeted those around him.

"Last night, it was this woman who ran into Concubine Ji's room and cast a curse on Concubine Ji."

"She scattered incense ashes mixed with the blood of ten people in the house, and made a voodoo doll, hiding it under the bed of Concubine Ji."

As he spoke, Xiao Luzi took out a cloth voodoo doll from his sleeve.

The doll's body was covered with fine silver needles, its face was scratched beyond recognition, and an eerie and spooky aura filled the air.

The concubines were in an uproar, some covered their mouths and screamed, while others frowned.

"This slave is so vicious, she must be taught a lesson!"

"Empress, please order her to be dragged away and beaten to death. I feel sick just looking at her."

Amidst the curses from all around, Xiao Luzi remained calm and continued to ask Zhitao: "What's your name? Which palace do you work for?"

Zhitao lowered her head and replied timidly: "I am the maidservant Zhitao... yes, I am a maid in Lingmeiyuan."

Yuepin suddenly exclaimed, "Oh, I remember, didn't Concubine Ji live in Lingmei Garden before? Why did she want to curse her former master?"

Concubine Shu nodded, her face full of disgust: "Those who betrayed their former master should be beaten to death."

The concubines' gazes also turned to contempt.

Xiao Luzi is very good at interrogating people.

Zhitao seemed like a different person. His usual arrogance was gone, replaced by endless obedience and obedience.

She answered whatever Xiao Luzi asked without any hesitation or concealment.

Xiao Luzi's eyes were like torches: "The cursed item is not easy to come by. How did you, a low-ranking palace maid, learn about the curse? And how did you get the doll?"

"I am also under orders."

Zhitao knelt on the ground and cried, "Someone gave my family outside the palace fifty taels of silver and told me how to sneak into Kunning Palace, asking me to... to harm Concubine Ji."

Having said this, Zhitao suddenly raised her head, with tears in her eyes, and kowtowed repeatedly to the queen.

"Your Majesty, this is all I know! Lady Ji is my former master. If I hadn't been instructed by someone, I wouldn't have dared to do such a thing. Please have mercy on me, Your Majesty, and spare my life!"

Everyone in the palace knew that the Empress was the most merciful. As long as one confessed his guilt sincerely, he would often have a chance of survival.

Compared with death, being exiled to the Xinzheku was nothing.

Some concubines really couldn't bear it, and Wei Zhitao said: "Your Majesty, she was also instructed by someone, why not give her a chance to reform."

"Besides, Lady Ji is still fine, she is very lucky."

Wu Qing laughed: [This blessing is given to you, do you want it...]

"Do you know why I want to hold the trial in this palace?"

The queen's face darkened.

"I want everyone present to see for themselves that from today onwards, I will not tolerate any of those who harbor evil intentions or harbour evil intentions."

The queen maintained a cold smile and continued, "Perhaps because I have been ill for many days, you no longer take me seriously. If anyone feels that you cannot bear it, you can leave first. I will not stop you."

Hearing this, the concubines were sweating and changed the subject one after another: "Your Majesty, you are too kind. Of course, I can wait."

The queen nodded with satisfaction and said nothing more.

The hall was completely silent, with only the occasional sound of breeze and the crackling of charcoal fire.

…

The 2321 system shuttles between various information flows.

In the blank and illusory high-dimensional world, it came to the information center and stopped in front of a platform with a suspended ball of light.

System 2321 issued a command: "Requesting to retrieve the complete video record of the world of "Palace Heart Palace"."

The light ball trembled slightly, as if verifying something. "Please provide a reason for the call."

The 2321 system responded without hesitation: "I suspect that the host was slacking off during the mission."

In view of the long-term outstanding performance and credit record of the 2321 system, the light ball did not ask further questions, but directly converted the videotape into a stream of information and quickly poured it into the 2321 system.

2321 quickly browsed through the entire content.

The voice of the light ball sounded in the consciousness space: "Is there any problem?"

The 2321 system was silent for a moment, then replied: "...No."

Light Ball: "That's good."

Light Ball: "The host of this world has made good progress in completing its mission and has the potential to become one of the top 100 outstanding hosts of the year. I know you have always wanted to upgrade to an advanced system, but don't be too harsh on the host."

If No. 2321 had a mannequin, it would have been sweating profusely.

It’s not that there are no problems, there are big problems!

In its unique field of vision, an information panel was quietly suspended, with the following words clearly written on it:

[Host: Wu Qing (survival time 58 days, exceeding 64% of hosts in the same series, good performance.)]

[Intelligence: 67 (medium level. Fluctuated a lot recently, has room for growth.)]

[Physical Strength: 94 (Top ten among hosts of the same series, excellent performance.)]

[Possible bugs: Inner voice ability (built-in sweet pet system), Tarzan ability (built-in survival system), dream co-appearance ability (built-in metaphysics system, charging)]

Every word and every symbol is like a heavy burden weighing on the heart of No. 2321.

2321: "..."

Impossible, there must be a bug in its vision section.