Chapter 545 Confession
"Heh..." Lu Xiang sneered: "You are not afraid of retribution for murdering the Queen, so why should I be afraid of punishing you?"
retribution?
In her previous life, she was kind and generous to others, but she still ended up with a miserable death.
No one should talk to her about kindness in this life. She is not afraid of retribution if anyone dares to harm the people she cares about.
"You..." Yingxue was shocked by the murderous look in her eyes and was too frightened to speak.
Lu Xiang shouted coldly outside the house: "Someone come..."
Hearing the sound, Hu San and A Man walked in.
"Miss San, what do you want?" Hu San bowed.
Lu Xiang pointed at Yingxue and said, "Take her to the next door."
Upon hearing this, Yingxue stood up in fear and was about to run out. Seeing this, Hu San grabbed her arm, and without asking any questions, led her out with an expressionless face.
"Lu Xiang, if you dare, the Ninth Princess and the Queen Mother will not let you go." Yingxue shouted while struggling.
“Whether you dare or not, just try it and you’ll know.” Lu Xiang said lightly.
Xique didn't dare to look up when listening to Yingxue's angry curses, and was terrified.
From next door, Yingxue's scream was heard.
"Ah...no, don't come over here, ah..."
Xique couldn't see it, but he could imagine the scene and his face turned pale.
"Xi Que, have you thought it through?" Lu Xiang suddenly asked, "It's just past midnight, and there are only a few hours left until the time set by the Queen Mother. I wonder if you can hold on."
After hearing this, Xique suddenly looked up at Lu Xiang, and met a pair of calm and deep eyes, which seemed like a deep cave that wanted to swallow her up.
Do you want to continue to hold on and lose your innocence, or confess honestly and die happily.
"No... please let me go, no... Miss Third, I was wrong, I confess, I am willing to confess..." Yingxue's shrill voice rang out. Not long after, Xique saw a constable carrying the disheveled Yingxue in like a chick and throwing her to the ground.
She was only wearing a thin undershirt, which was torn to pieces, revealing several whip marks on her exposed skin.
Yingxue wrapped her arms tightly around herself, huddled to one side and trembled, her eyes full of despair and fear.
She was just a step away from being violated by those dirty men. Even though she was safe now, her mind was still clearly imprinted with those men's disappointed and evil looks.
Life is important, but having your innocence destroyed by humiliation is more terrible than death.
Lu Xiang... is too cruel!
Lu Xiang glanced at the embarrassed Yingxue indifferently, without feeling any sympathy at all, and turned to look at Xique.
Although it was not stated explicitly, the meaning was extremely clear.
Xi Que shuddered and kowtowed, saying, "Miss Third, spare my life. I will tell you everything. It was Yingxue who came to find me on the orders of the Ninth Princess..."
Yingxue closed her eyes, and she felt as if all her strength had been drained away.
Lu Xiang stood up and took the two of them into the palace.
If we don't take advantage of the deep fear in their hearts to confess everything now, who knows if they will become fearless again when the Queen Mother comes to demand help later.
The night is deep!
Inside the Cining Palace, the Queen Mother had already fallen into a deep sleep.
The quiet palace suddenly became noisy. Shaohua and Yunlu led a group of eunuchs and palace maids from Jingren Palace and stood in front of the gate of Cining Palace. The scene scared the palace guards, and in just that moment of stunned silence, Shaohua and Yunlu led them inside.
Standing in the spacious courtyard, the two shouted in unison.
"Your servant greets the Queen Mother!"
The voice was loud, as if the singer was afraid that the Queen Mother might be asleep and not hear it.
As soon as the words fell, the Queen Mother sat up from the bed with a start and asked sleepily, "What's that sound?"
The palace maids on duty hurried out to check, but after just one look they returned and said, "Reporting to the Queen Mother, Aunt Shaohua and Aunt Yunlu are asking for an audience."
When the empress dowager heard that it was Queen Song's maid, she felt sick and her face turned dark.
"What the hell are you doing here in the middle of the night, you're not sleeping?"
Just as he finished speaking, Yunlu's voice rang out again: "Her Majesty the Queen Mother, Her Majesty the Queen has sent a message to the Ninth Princess."
The Queen Mother was so angry that she slapped the bed and said angrily, "Go, beat them out of here."
You are so good, Song Nanyue, you kept her awake in the middle of the night.
The palace maid responded and was about to go out when she saw the head nanny walk in with a grim look on her face.
"The Queen Mother."
The Queen Mother saw that her face was not right and was stunned for a moment: "What's wrong?"
"Yingxue and Xique have confessed. They are in Jingren Palace. The Empress is interrogating them overnight. Many people in the harem have been alarmed by now." Nanny Song said.
That's why the Empress sent people to the Cining Palace with such a grand momentum. It was also for the Empress Dowager's sake that she said it was to convey a decree to the Ninth Princess, otherwise she would have arrested people directly.
The Queen Mother was shocked when she heard this: "How is it possible?"
Nanny Song nodded with a speechless look. She hadn't found out the details of how the Queen confessed, but since the Queen had made a scene in the middle of the night, she probably didn't need to ask around because everyone in the palace would know about it soon.
Suddenly, Chu Paner's shouting was heard outside.
"You little dog slave, let me go. You can't touch me. Get out of here. Get out of here."
When the empress dowager heard the noise, she hurriedly threw off the quilt, got up from the ground and walked outside. Nanny Song took the cloak and put it on her. It was particularly cold at that time of the night.
As soon as I went out, I saw two maids holding Chu Paner and walking out.
"How outrageous!" the Queen Mother roared.
Arresting people in her palace is a blatant attack on her reputation.
"Queen Dowager, Queen Dowager, save me." Chu Pan'er struggled as if she had seen a savior.
Shao Hua bowed respectfully and said, "Her Majesty the Queen Mother, the Ninth Princess ordered the palace maids to murder the Queen, which is an unforgivable crime. The two palace maids have confessed. I am here on the Queen Mother's orders to bring the Ninth Princess to Jingren Palace for questioning. I hope the Queen Mother will understand."
As she spoke, she waved to the nanny and said, "Take her away."
"Stop." The Queen Mother shouted, "Who dares to do this without my permission?"
"Empress Dowager, let alone the fact that the Ninth Princess has committed a serious crime, even if she did nothing, she cannot refuse the Empress Dowager's decree. This is extremely disrespectful. The Empress Dowager is in charge of the six palaces, and we servants are just following her orders. The Empress Dowager said that if the Empress Dowager is dissatisfied with anything, she will be waiting in Jingren Palace." Shaohua said respectfully.
After hearing these words, the Queen Mother seemed to faint from anger.
What she meant was that the harem was under the control of the queen, and even though she was the queen mother, she could not easily interfere with the queen's handling of people who made mistakes in the harem.
"Ninth Princess, please come in." Yun Lu looked at Chu Pan'er expressionlessly and said through gritted teeth.
If the person standing in front of her wasn't a princess, she would have slapped her.
If you dare to murder the Queen, just wait, your good days will be over.
"No, I won't go. I don't want to go. Queen Dowager... Queen Dowager, save me." Chu Pan'er struggled in fear.
How could Yingxue and Xique confess? This must be a trap set by the Queen.
As long as she goes, she might never be able to escape.
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