The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 47 Department of Punishment ([-])
After some stalemate, the eunuch still looked flat and unmoved by the money, Wan Lai's flowery smile suddenly darkened.

She tucked up the corner of the plain cloth again, stroked her drooping hair and said calmly: "Elder-in-law has done a very good job, and after all, he is also running a job for the emperor. If you insist on stopping me today Going in is also a reasonable duty. But if Concubine Ruoxian is cleared of her wrongdoing in the future, will she be angry with you for stopping me today?"

The eunuch flicked his sleeves with an awkward expression, and quickly took out two ingots of silver from the plain cloth in his bosom and put them in his hands: "The gold and silver are so soft that the father-in-law can't see it, but if the concubine can be rehabilitated, it's only because of your care today, It is a matter of lip service to point out that you are a little manager, are you afraid that you will not be as good as you?"

The eunuch hesitated for a moment to accept the silver ingot, his face changed into a happy expression, and he respectfully saluted Wan Lai, and opened the door to welcome her in.

Wan Lai stepped into the courtyard, walked around three side rooms under the guidance of the eunuch, and stopped at a very secret corner of the House of Internal Affairs.

The independent palace in front of him was gloomy, old crows wailed and fell on the eaves, and there was a smell of blood in the air. Although the doors and windows were closed, they still couldn't hide the intermittent screams from inside.

On the beam hung a plaque with the word "Department of Punishment" written on it, which had decayed and turned yellow. The eunuch pointed at the plaque, turned his head and bent down to accompany him with a smile, "My lord, this is the Department of Punishment. This place Bad luck, please don't stay too long."

As soon as Wan Lai Fang entered, he saw blood all over the place, and even got a headache from the fishy smell in the air.

She walked along the long dark passage for a long time, and there were darkrooms lined up on both sides. Most of the darkrooms still imprisoned the palace servants who were being executed. The screams for help made Wanyu panic, and she didn't dare to take a second look. , go straight to the end.

According to the eunuch, what Lian Xin and Liu Yue committed involving the emperor's heir is a felony, and the place where the torture was to extract a confession was also in the innermost darkroom of the Punishment Department.

She pushed open the concealed door of the dark room, and what she saw was Liu Yue, whose hands were tied to the roof beams, half of her body was suspended in the air, and she was dripping with blood, holding a piece of dirty cloth in her mouth.

The nanny who was whipping her was startled by the sound of the door being pushed, and Qi Qi turned around. The two were dressed in gray-brown prison uniforms, with two hunks of flesh on their faces, and their thick eyebrows were more fierce than the man's.The nun holding the wooden rattan whip on the left made a 'cracking' sound as she stretched her whip, and stared at Wanyu with a half-smile, "I wonder which young master of the harem?"

"Your Majesty in the Palace of Yanxi Palace." Wanyu replied to the mother's words, stepped forward two steps and handed over the silver ingot wrapped in plain cloth to her hand, forcing a smile on her face: "It's been two days since the trial, The nuns are also working hard."

The nun and her accomplice looked at each other, thanked Wanya, took the silver ingot, took a wooden chair with blood stains on it, wiped it with the dirty sleeve, and respectfully invited Wannao to sit down.

"This lady is so stubborn. The old slave has used needles, branded, and whipped successively. She passed out five times, but she still refuses to recruit." The mother's face turned hard, and she raised the whip to slap Liu Yue again. At the next bloodstain, Wanyu trembled in fright, frowned and closed her eyes with Liu Yue's wailing.

The other nun stepped forward and grabbed Liu Yue's chin, and pulled out the dirty rag from her mouth, her eyes were round and angrily said: "If the girl doesn't do it again, this old servant will pour water into your eyes." Lead water!"

Liu Yue's breath was extremely weak, but she still firmly insisted that this matter was done by Rong Yue, and she didn't know about it.

Wan Yu wondered in her heart, after this punishment, even men are few who can hold on to their mouths. She and Rong Yue have no deep hatred, so why did she have to frame her to the death?

The mammy of the Punishment Division was also nimble, and just as she spoke, another person had already fetched the hot lead water, put it in a long iron spoon, and was about to shoot it into Liu Yue's eyes pour down.

Wanyu's face was as cold as a piece of ice that could not be melted, and she said calmly: "The two nuns have worked hard, why don't you go down and have a rest and drink some tea, this girl served me before, I also have a few words in my heart Ask her to clarify."

The nanny showed a look of embarrassment, a little hesitant, but Wanna put the red gold lotus bracelets on her wrists into the hands of the two of them, and then reluctantly sent them out.

The dark room has no windows and no light, and a green candle with a lot of smoke is burning. Thick black smoke rises and disperses like fluff, and the smell of blood is even more pungent.

Seeing that one was about to burn out, Wan Yu casually took a kindling and lit it, and placed it on the open space at Liu Yue Xuankong's feet, which made her face even paler and more terrifying.

When the candlelight was lit, there was really not a single piece of good flesh left on her body, and some wounds were scabbed and clotted with blood, and the broken cloth seemed to have been embedded in the wounds. Wanyu made a few 'tsk' sounds, shook her head and sighed: " This flowery girl is tortured like this, anyone who looks at it will feel distressed."

Liu Yue's complexion was dull, and she occasionally bit her lip as if to relieve physical pain.She stared at Wanyu's clear and bright eyes for a while, and then asked: "Concubine Xian is on good terms with you in private, if you want your maidservant to change her mind, you don't have to use that tongue."

Wan Yan slightly serious: "What kind of benefits does the person behind you grant you? Otherwise, how dare you commit the capital crime of exterminating the nine races?"

"No one ordered it." Liu Yue sneered, "It's Concubine Xian who deserves to be blamed."

"Let me guess, for money?" Wan Yu slowly paced around Liu Yue who was hanging in mid-air: "If it was for money, you should also expect to die to enjoy that blessing. Is that for revenge?" She paused , then shook her head and said to herself: "Concubine Xian has the softest temper, and treats her servants very well on weekdays, how can she make enemies with others?" She carefully observed Liu Yue's face, and then said with a turn of her eyes: "As I think, Most likely you were forced by others."

Liu Yue was startled suddenly, looking at the black walls around her that were about to overwhelm people, she unconsciously sighed: "Your Majesty, don't think of anything for Concubine Xian, the most important thing is to protect yourself."

Wan Yu said softly: "That's what I said. I sent someone to investigate your mother's house in private. There are seven parents, brothers and a family in the house, but someone threatened you with their lives?"

"No!" Liu Yue denied it, but her expression was a little terrified. She stared at Wan Yu with her bloodshot eyes, and shook her head desperately, regardless of her hair being entangled with diamond wire and hanging on the beam: "This It has nothing to do with them, and no one threatens me!"

Wanyu knew the key at a glance, she raised her eyebrows, and said in a solemn voice: "You are confused! Murdering the emperor's heir is a capital crime that implicates the entire family. Do you think that you can save your family from the fire by falsely accusing the concubine Xian?" By doing this, you are driving them to a dead end!" Seeing the fear on Liu Yue's face, Wan Yu raised her voice and said threateningly: "If the emperor really annoys Concubine Xian, the matter involves Guo Zuo and the concubine, where are you? In this matter, do you think your family can survive?"

Liu Yue's tears were like dew dripping down the blood on her cheeks, she must have been terrified in her heart, so that even though she was suspended in the air, her whole body was still shaking and whispering softly He wrote: "What can I do now that this is the case."

(End of this chapter)