Zhao Ma's cloudy eyes rolled around, and she suddenly knelt on the ground, crying.
"Your Majesty, I hope you will understand. I have served Princess Pingyang in the palace, working tirelessly all my life. Now half my body is in the earth. How could I possibly do such a vicious thing?"
As the person involved, Ruan Mian was stunned to see that the old woman was crying sincerely and it didn't seem like she was acting.
"This maid probably holds a grudge against me because I made her do some rough and tiring work a few days ago, so she's taking revenge on me, an old woman!"
Nanny Zhao was nearly sixty years old, with pale hair and a haggard face. She knelt on the ground and cried miserably.
Many palace maids had already believed her words. After all, the old woman's personality was indeed very strict, so it was understandable that she caused Ruan Mian's dissatisfaction.
The girl is simple-minded and not good at arguing, so she can only suffer in silence like a dumb person eating bitter herbs.
Lou Che lowered his eyes and looked at the girl, his voice clear and smooth.
"Do you agree with what this nun said?"
The scorching sun shone on her but there was no warmth at all, and a chill rose from the bottom of her heart.
The black hair soaked with sweat stuck tightly to the girl's snow-white skin, and her slender, fair body was trembling.
Ruan Mian choked up in his throat, "Your Majesty, it wasn't me..."
The weak and pitiful appearance of the girl made many ministers secretly moved. Perhaps they should investigate further, what if the murderer was someone else?
Qiao Lingling stood up and saluted.
"Your Majesty, you don't need to consider my face. Just execute this vicious maid and give General Hu an explanation."
Nanny Zhao seemed unable to bear the scorching heat and suddenly fainted.
"Someone, come quickly."
Qiao Lingling and the guards helped the unconscious old woman into the inner room to escape the heat.
Only the girl, whose knees were purple from kneeling, was left to face the aftermath.
Ruan Mian was almost out of strength. She looked up at Lou Che who was standing in front of her against the light.
The outline of the man's handsome face was not very clear, and there was a sickly pale look between his eyebrows.
The girl crawled to his legs, pulled at the man's golden dragon robe, and smelled a faint bitter smell of medicine at the tip of her nose.
"Your Majesty, I really didn't do it. I was wrongly accused."
The girl's beautiful white face was covered with tears and she was sobbing like a kitten.
The man's outer robe was still grasped in her tender pink palm, and her heartbeat became irregular for a moment.
A flash of terrible viciousness and paranoia passed through his deep eyes covered by his long eyelashes.
Lou Che bent down and helped her up with a gentle smile on his lips.
"I will investigate thoroughly and will never wrongly accuse anyone."
Mo Yan looked at the intimacy between the two of them and felt an inexplicable irritation in his heart.
He suggested in a stern voice, "Why not temporarily detain her in the cell? I'll give her a thorough interrogation and then report the results to His Majesty."
The man's extremely handsome face was filled with coldness and desolation, and the murderous aura he exuded brought a strong sense of oppression to everyone around him.
No one dared to refute what the imperial teacher said, and everyone was waiting for the emperor to make a decision.
Ruan Mian hated him and deliberately wanted to find an excuse to kill him behind his back.
The girl held Lou Che's hand tightly, shaking her head with red eyes as she refused.
"Your Majesty, please don't hand me over to him. He will kill me..."
The emperor pondered for a moment and then opened his mouth.
"What the Imperial Master said is not without reason, but I don't think she is someone who would do evil. Why don't you take her back with you first?"
A smile gradually appeared on the girl's fair cheeks, and her curved eyebrows made her look elegant and refined.
The emperor is such a good man.
Unexpectedly, Mo Yan said again, "Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance and should be handed over to the Ministry of Justice. Who knows if she is deliberately pretending to be innocent to deceive people?"
Ruan Mian was so angry that she almost cried. Did this bad guy hate her so much?
The girl pursed her rosy lips tightly and glared at the cold man in black next to her, "You bastard."
After all, he is my uncle, so it is not good to argue with him.
Lou Che sighed softly.
"Then let's do as the Imperial Master says."
The girl was forcibly pulled away by the guards, her hands and feet were shackled, and she was dragged away with her mouth covered.
cell.
The road ahead of Ruan Mian was so dark that he couldn't see the depths. Water was still leaking above his head, making it so damp that he felt cold all over.
The rough stone floor was broken and covered with dried blood. It was unknown how many people had died here.
The delicate body was pulled forward by the iron chain, and she couldn't stop trembling with fear.
"Ouch, hey hey."
"I'm going to kill you, hahahaha, give me your life."
The prisoner imprisoned nearby had a distorted and crazy look on his face, he must be crazy.
He stretched out his hand to grab her, but the girl quickly dodged.
It's so scary here.
"Come in, you can call us if you need anything."
The jailers never pay any attention to these death row prisoners.
But the girl in front of him had fair skin and a slim figure, and her fair and tender wrists were red and swollen from being rubbed by the shackles.
They couldn't help but feel pity and helped her untie the shackles, leaving only the shackles on her ankles.
Ruan Mian squatted in the corner where there was only a little light, staring outside pitifully.
She seemed to see a fat mouse running past.
“Oh my god…”
The girl's long eyelashes were wet with tears, her jet-black hair was scattered around her waist, and her eyes were red.
It’s all Mo Yan’s fault, I hate him!
Originally, Lou Che was planning to take me away, but he had to interfere and locked me up in this damn place.
It’s so cold! The man next door started banging his head against the wall again, muttering something horrible.
The girl covered her ears and didn't dare to listen to what he was saying.
The cell door was opened.
who?
It turned out to be the man she had just scolded, the stinky-faced imperial tutor.
"You all go down, I want to talk to her alone."
"No, he will kill me..."
Ruan Mian retreated timidly to the corner. Her palace maid uniform had long been dirty and worn out.
There was a little bit of dust on the tip of its upturned nose, making it look like a pitiful and embarrassed little pet.
"Why did you want to harm Miss Hu? What was your purpose?"
The man's low voice was without any ups and downs, as indifferent as a ruthless executioner.
The girl's heart was beating fast, she sniffed and shook her head.
"It wasn't me!"
Mo Yan listened to her weak shouting, narrowed his bloodthirsty eyes, and sneered.
"We in the Ministry of Justice will use sharp hooks to pierce the bones of stubborn prisoners and wait for them to bleed to death."
Ruan Mian was frightened by him and her face turned pale and tense.
"If the prisoner still refuses to confess, they will chop off her fingers with a knife and gouge out her eyes."
As he spoke, the man with a stern face stretched out his hand to touch the girl who was frightened into a state of paralysis by him.
"Please, don't dig my eyes out."
The girl dodged his fingers, her eyelashes trembling violently, and her almond-shaped eyes were filled with mist.
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