Dressed as a tyrant and kissing the little queen

Chapter 284
The imperial study room fell into a deathly silence.

After a long time, the anger and anger on Ling Junxing's face finally subsided a little, and he said slowly, "She, are you crying?"

"Crying so hard that I can't make a sound, I'm so sad."

Eunuch Kui hurriedly said, "Your Majesty is still injured. The old slave persuaded your Majesty to go back to rest early after feeding the emperor with the medicine, but your Majesty still sat beside the Emperor all night, and left the palace before dawn the next day."

In the imperial study room, there was another burst of silence that could be heard falling needles.

Ling Junxing seemed to be unbearably heavy, sat down slumped, pinched the center of his eyebrows with his fingers for a while, and looked at Wei Wuji.

"You just said that the carriage lost its whereabouts in Yunzhou City?"

"Yes, the investigation in Yunzhou City is very strict. I think the empress has changed her whereabouts. Also, the coachman who took the empress out of the city that day has also been found."

Wei Wuji hesitated for a moment, and said, "The coachman said that as soon as they left the city gate, several people stopped the carriage, and a young man got into the carriage. The coachman vaguely heard the mother call her Young General Xiao, There was also mention of the North."

Ling Junxing's movement of caressing the center of his eyebrows paused slightly, and the eerie hostility that had subsided reappeared faintly in his black eyes.

Wei Wuji hurriedly said: "According to the coachman, Niangniang didn't want to go to Beidi with Xiao Shangyan, but because Xiao Shangyan threatened the coachman's life, Niangniang agreed to go to Beidi as a last resort."

Ling Junxing said coldly: "How is the war in the North?"

"The barbarians are very brave. They regained two of the lost cities in the Northland, and there are still eight cities in the hands of the barbarians. The opponents will fight to the death."

When it comes to the war, Wei Wuji's tone is a little dignified, "The front line reports that the barbarians still have many strongholds in the northern desert, and the location has not been found yet. Even if the eight cities are captured, the war will continue for a while. .”

Once the barbarians retreated into the desert, the battle would not be so easy for the army of the Ling Kingdom.

It's winter now, and the harsh weather in the Northland and army supplies are big problems.

This war may not end so soon.

But once the spring is delayed and the barbarians get a chance to breathe, they will probably counterattack stronger, and the war will inevitably become more intense and cruel.

Wei Wuji raised the corner of his robe and knelt down: "Your Majesty, please lead the Xiaoqi battalion to the north to quell the rebellion, and look for the whereabouts of the empress together."

Ling Junxing's eyes were full of secrets, and after a long while, he said, "I am with you."

Wei Wuji blocked him subconsciously: "The emperor has a body of ten thousand gold, and his body has not yet recovered, so it is not suitable for the imperial conquest."

Ling Junxing looked indifferent: "I have made up my mind, so there is no need to say any more. You will organize the army tomorrow and set off the day after tomorrow."

What else could Wei Wuji say, he could only accept orders.

Just as he was about to retreat, the emperor stopped him and said in a deep voice, "Accompany me and go to the prison."

Wei Wuji was stunned for a moment, before returning to his senses, he replied, "Yes."

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The Ministry of Punishment issued an edict to the punishment room of the prison.

Ling Junxing's eyes slowly moved over the torture instruments hanging on the wall.

Zhu Junyan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, wiped off the sweat that kept rolling down, and bowed his waist: "Your Majesty, this is the place where the empress was tortured that day."

When Zhu Junyan said this, his face turned pale, his heart trembled, and he didn't dare to look at the emperor's face.

Just standing here, one can feel the chill as cold as a knife on the emperor's body, how dare he look at it recklessly.

He extremely regretted that he tortured the empress that day.

In fact, apart from the harsh punishment on the first day of the empress's arrival, and the daily interrogation just to give the queen mother an explanation, Zhu Junyan still kept his sympathy in secret.

The empress didn't eat much after being tortured, and he specially asked the jailer to prepare some rice porridge and snacks. How could other prisoners be treated like this?
But who would have thought that the empress would just go there with such a delicate body.

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager sent the empress back that day, and ordered that no matter what means were used, the empress must hand over the antidote."

Zhu Junyan swallowed his saliva, and almost bowed his knees: "I have no choice but to use a little punishment on my mother. Although I was interrogated every day, I basically didn't use punishment. I also secretly ordered the jailer to take care of my mother's diet. coming"

"A little punishment, what kind of punishment?"

The emperor's voice was deep and cold as if wrapped in crushed ice.

Zhu Junyan wiped the sweat off his brow, and said with difficulty: "Yes, it's a row of scorpions."

"You acted according to orders, but there is nothing wrong with it."

Hearing these words, Zhu Junyan's heart relaxed, but the next moment, he immediately tightened his grip.

"It's just that my queen allows you to torture me like this, but I can't remain indifferent."

Ling Junxing's dark eyes were like ice-covered cold pools, revealing a frightening coldness, and said word by word, "No, you can try the punishments in this torture room one by one."

Zhu Junyan's face was ashen, his legs softened, he knelt down with a "plop", and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, I have committed a crime, but I have no choice but to beg your Majesty to spare my life."

Ling Junxing didn't even look at him, and said in a low voice: "If you can still live after the test, I will spare you."

Leaving the execution room, Ling Junxing did not leave immediately, but went to the heavy prison by himself.

The cold and damp prison hallway was terribly cold, and the place where Qin Luoyu was imprisoned before was naturally empty, only the ground had already turned dark black with large bloodstains.

Ling Junxing stood in front of the prison for a long time, his eyes were extremely dim.

Wei Wuji was afraid that the emperor might misunderstand, so he explained: "It's the blood that the empress vomited after taking the feigned death medicine, not the blood from the empress being tortured."

The emperor didn't speak.Wei Wuji stood silently by the emperor's side.

After standing for an unknown amount of time, even he was attacked by the cold air in the heavy prison, feeling very cold, but the emperor didn't seem to notice it.

After a long time, Ling Junxing finally said, "Who is behind her?"

"It's Pei Song." Wei Wuji said, "Perhaps because he witnessed the scene of her feigning death and vomiting blood that day, Pei Song was stimulated and fell ill."

He paused, "He has a special status, and I was afraid that something would happen to him, and thinking that it was thanks to him arresting those northern barbarians of unknown origin that day that he could leave witnesses, so he moved him to an ordinary prison on his own initiative."

The queen mother's party was under control, and after Qin Luoyu disappeared, Wei Wuji came to the prison to find Pei Song, wanting to know if Qin Luoyu had said anything to Pei Song, and whether it was possible to find any clues.

Unexpectedly, it happened that Pei Song was seriously ill, and the conditions in the heavy prison were too harsh. Wei Wuji was worried that something would happen to Pei Song, so he ordered the jailer to transfer him out of the heavy prison.

Ling Junxing didn't say anything about it, and his focus was still on Qin Luoyu: "Did she ever say anything to Pei Song?"

"I heard from Pei Song that the empress told him to believe that the emperor will definitely return the Pei family's innocence."

Wei Wuji said, "Pei Song still doesn't know that the empress is imprisoned here, he just thinks it's some kind of imprisoned young lady."

Ling Junxing raised his hand to caress the icy iron fence, and stood there for a while without a word.

"In the case of the Pei family earlier, I did blame Prime Minister Pei by mistake."

Lord Ling was silent for a moment: "I will reinstate Officer Pei Song and give Prime Minister Pei the posthumous title 'Lord Zhonglie'."

(End of this chapter)