Prehistoric: Lord of the Nine Heavens at the Beginning, the Mythical Kunpeng

Chapter 288 King Zhou is fatuous and Queen Jiang is deposed

When King Zhou asked about it, Fei Zhong immediately pretended to be scared.

"Your Majesty, although the assassin has confessed, I dare not say who is the mastermind behind it."

In fact, there was nothing he dared not say. Fei Zhong had already thought about it and put this shit basin on Queen Jiang's head.

The reason why he didn't say it directly was because he was afraid that King Zhou wouldn't believe him, so he pretended to be under duress and waited for King Zhou to ask.

Fei Zhong knew that King Zhou had always been stubborn and conceited, and would definitely urge him to tell the truth about the matter.

Sure enough, King Zhou slammed the table angrily: "I forgive you for your innocence, please tell the truth of the matter quickly."

Fei Zhong saw that the time had come, so he stopped covering up and told all the lies he had made up.

"Your Majesty, the assassin's name is Jiang Huan. He is a general of Dongbo Marquis Jiang Hengchu. He was ordered by Empress Jiang of the Central Palace to assassinate Your Majesty."

"According to what the assassin said, Queen Jiang assassinated His Majesty in order to seize the throne of the Emperor and make her father Jiang Hengchu the emperor."

After hearing this, King Zhou became furious.

"Queen Jiang and I are the first couple, and now she has come to plot against me. I really can't spare her!"

"Hurry up and ask Concubine Huang Guifei of the West Palace to come see me!"

This Concubine Huang was naturally the younger sister of King Wucheng Huang Feihu of Zhenguo. When she heard that something had happened to Queen Jiang, she hurriedly drove to the middle palace.

The palace attendants who followed Huang Guifei read out the imperial edict. When Empress Jiang heard that she had sent people to assassinate King Zhou, she couldn't help but burst into tears.

"I am unjustly accused. Which traitor is it that spreads rumors to cause trouble and accuses me of assassinating His Majesty?"

"Now His Majesty is indiscriminate and directly orders me to be captured. I am dead this time."

Huang Guifei's face was heavy and she said to the queen: "The imperial edict says that you send Jiang Huan as an assassin to kill His Majesty and dedicate Wang Wei to your father Dongbohou Jiang Hengchu."

"If this is true, it will be the crime of killing the Nine Clan!"

Queen Jiang felt that she had been unjustly accused and defended herself: "My father, Jiang Hengchu, guards Donglu. He is the head of the princes in the 200 towns and is a very human minister. My son has been established as the prince and will succeed him in the future."

"Why do I need to assassinate His Majesty?"

Concubine Huang was silent for a moment, thinking about whether what Empress Jiang said was credible.

At this time, King Zhou sent someone to urge him.

Huang Guifei had no choice but to get on the chariot and wait at Shouxian Palace.

King Zhou called Concubine Huang into the palace and asked, "Has that bitch been recruited?"

Concubine Huang responded: "I severely tortured Empress Jiang. Empress Jiang's son has been established as the prince. As the queen mother, what is she dissatisfied with?"

"Why take such a big risk to assassinate His Majesty?"

"What's more, Queen Jiang's father, Jiang Hengchu, is also a very popular minister, so there is no need for assassination."

After hearing this, King Zhou felt that what Huang Guifei said was reasonable. When he was considering whether the queen had been wronged, he listened to Daji and laughed coldly.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Huang, it seems that she was deceived by the Queen!"

"How could Queen Jiang admit to such a big thing as treason so easily?"

"According to my concubine's wishes, Queen Jiang should be given a severe punishment. I'm not afraid that she won't do it."

King Zhou thought for a while and felt that what Daji said made sense, and then asked: "Beauty, what do you mean?"

Daji smiled coldly and said: "First goug out one of Queen Jiang's eyes. Eyes are the windows to the soul. She is afraid of the pain of gouging out her eyes, so she will naturally confess." King Zhou was so confused by Daji that he lost his ability to judge and did not care at all. The couple had been in love with Empress Jiang for many years, so they actually agreed directly.

"Okay, just as the beauty said, dig out one eye first."

After hearing this, Concubine Huang was very frightened and hurried back to the West Palace to persuade Empress Jiang.

"Queen, Daji is really your enemy. She told Your Majesty that if you don't admit it, I'll gouge out one of your eyes. If you ask me, just admit it."

"If you admit it, you will be exiled at most, which is better than losing one eye."

Queen Jiang also knew that Concubine Huang was helping her, but how could Queen Jiang, who had always been strong-willed, be willing to suffer unjust injustice?

Immediately, he waved his hand and rejected Huang Guifei's kindness.

"Sister, I know you are doing it for my own good, but I have always been well-educated, how can I suffer such unfair injustice?"

"If I admit this, my father, my family's reputation will be ruined."

"Don't gouge out one of my eyes. Even if you throw me into a pot and boil me, I still won't be able to recognize you!"

Before Queen Jiang could finish her words, the palace officials issued an imperial edict to gouge out one of Queen Jiang's eyes.

Immediately, the palace man took a torture instrument and gouged out one of Queen Jiang's eyes.

Poor Empress Jiang, she fainted and fell to the ground. Concubine Huang hurriedly called for treatment from the palace staff.

The palace attendants presented the dug-out Queen Jiang's eye to King Zhou. King Zhou couldn't bear it when he remembered the friendship between the two, and scolded Daji: "I followed your words and dug out one of Queen Jiang's eyes, but she still didn't admit it. "

"If the officials find out about this, they will definitely write a letter to blame me."

"Besides, Dong Bohou has millions of mercenaries, so he must make the decision for his daughter."

After hearing this, Daji disagreed.

"Your Majesty, I heard that if you don't do anything, you won't stop. All we need to do is continue the execution and let her do it."

"I have an idea. Find a copper bucket, fill it with charcoal and burn it red. Use this copper bucket to scald Queen Jiang's hands."

"With ten fingers connected, I'm not afraid that Queen Jiang won't admit it!"

King Zhou was a little confused and said: "Concubine Huang Gui has already said that the queen did not assassinate me. Now that she continues to use such cruel punishments on the queen, all the officials will definitely criticize her if they know about it."

Daji smiled cruelly: "Your Majesty, you are wrong. In this situation, as long as Queen Jiang takes action, everything will be fine. No official will criticize the punishment we impose on her."

"On the contrary, if she doesn't recruit her, we will be in big trouble!"

King Zhou had no choice but to agree to Daji's request and ordered the palace servants to bring copper buckets and charcoal fire to the West Palace.

After arriving, he couldn't help but use charcoal fire to heat the copper bucket red, and directly pressed Queen Jiang's hands on the copper bucket.

Suddenly, a puff of white smoke, accompanied by a pungent smell, floated in the West Palace.

Queen Jiang's hands were burned by the high temperature of the copper bucket, causing the tendons to break and the skin to burn. Queen Jiang fainted again and fell to the ground.

When Huang Guifei saw this, she couldn't bear it. After crying bitterly, she got on the chariot and went to report to King Zhou.

King Zhou heard that Queen Jiang did not confess even after being severely punished, and he had some doubts about the authenticity of the assassination.

Daji saw King Zhou's thoughts and said, "Your Majesty, the assassin Jiang Huan is still outside the palace at this time. Can't we just have someone take him to the West Palace to confront the Queen?"

(End of this chapter)