Phoenix that can't smile

Chapter 396 Torture (3)
"Axi, do one thing for me. I have been by the King's side for a long time, and the King's handwriting can be almost imitated. After this pardon is written, please secretly pass it on to the Hall of Shuilong Shuren. Secretly cover the king's imperial seal, and the matter will be completed!" Bao Si held A Xi's bright wrist with one hand, and stared solemnly into A Xi's eyes.

"My lord, don't worry, Axi will do anything for my lord's sake, to find out about you!" Axi clenched her cherry lips confidently.

The night in the capital is dark and dark. The gloomy prison of the Ministry of Justice is the bloodiest place in Haojing. No one dares to approach casually on weekdays. Just at this time, a few guards in court costumes slowly approached the prison door with the imperial edict in hand. .

"The sinner dug tu received the decree, and the case of dug tu disobedience is purely a false accusation. Hurry to pardon dug tu and get out of prison, and drive back to the border guard at Xingye. There must be no mistake, Qinzai!" With the long voice of the guards at the prison door Haunted, the jailer guarding the prison panicked, and immediately knelt down to accept the imperial edict, released all the shackles on Juetu, and respectfully released him from the prison.

Suddenly, Juetu felt relaxed, went out of the cell, raised his eyes to look at the "guards" who came to announce the decree, and suddenly recognized that the "guards" headed by him, with a handsome face, turned out to be Axi who was disguised as a man, and he couldn't help being surprised. When he called out, Axi smiled, and winked cleverly at Qutu, and then Qutu pretended to be nothing, and followed the guards out of the prison in a sullen manner.

Walking out of the city gate and coming to the outskirts, seeing no one around, Qu Tu was so anxious that he turned his head and took Ah Xi's bare hand and asked softly: "Miss A Xi, did the empress ask you to bring someone to rescue me? Is this really true?" It’s too risky! I’m not afraid of dying, I’m afraid I’ll hurt the empress, Axi, you hurry back and thank the empress for me, in the future, if Si’er is in trouble, I’ll definitely die!”

Looking at Jug Tu's affectionate eyes, Axi's heart couldn't help but thump. She smiled at Ju Tu leisurely and said, "You don't have to be like this, Mr. Du Tu, you should understand our young master's intentions."

When Ah Xi said this, he slapped himself off the horse and returned to the city with a group of servants.

With tears in his eyes, Ju Tu looked at the faint Chaoyang Palace in the dark night, and couldn't help but worry deeply about Baosi's safety.

"People have misfortunes and blessings, and the moon has cloudy and sunny days. I always hope that Si'er and Da Zhou will get better!"

In Chaoyang Palace's Shuilong Shuren Palace, the distraught Minggong heard the news that Judu had escaped from prison, and suddenly became furious and overturned everything on the case.

"Your Majesty, the envoy sent by my minister escaped from Qutu, less than an hour before and after, who would have let Qutu escape first! Qutu's party is indeed too cunning!" Lu Kai said in disbelief.

"Is there any reason for this? Is it true that the people around you are all sacks? Lu Kai, order Cheng Rong to lead all the imperial guards to hunt down Qutu at night. If you can't catch up with Qutu, I will definitely deal with Cheng Rong severely!" Minggong said with a raised eyebrow. .

"Your Majesty, Jutu fled for less than a day, so he must not have gone far. It's just that I suspect that someone in this palace is sending out news. Otherwise, how could the conspiracy between the Majesty and your ministers leak out so quickly yesterday?" Lu Kai He rolled his single eyelid and guessed.

"Well, the widow is talking to you. Except for Xiao Ruzi, there are palace servants from the Shuilong Shuren Palace. It is possible to hear it from outside. Come and arrest all the palace ladies and eunuchs in the Shuilong Shuren Palace, and send them all to the Punishment Department for interrogation." , we must investigate to find out the truth!" Ming Gong said angrily.

"My Majesty, Su Concubine's little prince is crying again, please move to Hengwu Garden!" At this time, Xiao Ruzi came in to report in a panic.

"Show the Hengwuyuan!" Ming Gong hurriedly ordered with his hands behind his back.Entering Hengwu Garden, the ladies of the court opened the thin curtains, Ming Gong had already entered the bedroom with great strides, and saw Concubine Su in a light red dress, amused by herself hugging the little prince made of pink make-up and jade.

"Susu, I didn't expect you to become more mature after becoming a mother." Ming Gong looked at Wu Susu and couldn't help smiling with satisfaction.

Wu Susu put the little prince into the nurse's arms, and immediately saluted Ming Gong: "My concubine Wu Susu pays my respects to the king."

"Get up, Su'er, our little prince is not yet full moon, I would like to give him a good name, let's call him Fuze, in order to hope that he will be blessed in the future, unlike his older brothers, who do not have a mother or concubine." Ming Gong said casually.

Wu Susu felt that there was something in Ming Gong's words, so she couldn't help but tighten her face and said: "Your Majesty, has something serious happened in the harem?"

"It's a big deal. The rebellious official Jutu was let go. In the prison of the Criminal Ministry, someone witnessed a fake imperial envoy who presented a fake imperial edict to deceive the Criminal Ministry. Moreover, the imperial edict was affixed with the imperial seal of the widow." Ming Gong said grimly. .

"Your Majesty, this is strange. Only the concubines in the palace can read the handwriting of your Majesty. Besides, the Imperial Seal is in the Shuilong Shuren Hall. Who has such a great ability to steal it?" Wu Susu asked in surprise.

"That's why I suspect that it's the maid of the Palace of Shuilong Shuren who secretly leaked the secret that I want to kill Qutu to Jianjia Palace, and then the Queen of Jianjia Palace conspired to release Qutu secretly!" Ming Gong snorted and said sadly: "What do they think of the widow?"

Wu Susu was secretly delighted, and hurried forward to persuade: "Your Majesty, there is no basis for this matter. Even if the concubine and the empress do not get along with each other on weekdays, I dare not believe it easily. Your Majesty should severely torture the trusted maids in the palace of Shuilong Shuren." , is the most important, so that the Queen and Lady Xue will not be wronged."

"Master Xuegui?" Hearing this name, Ming Gong couldn't help but churn in his heart.

"Hey, little brother, have you heard that the Empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty was found out by the king for having an affair with foreign ministers! Unexpectedly, this legendary demon queen is really lustful by nature. It seems that the whole Great Zhou Dynasty It's going to be destroyed in her hands!" On this day, the cabinet ministers Baoshang and Cheng Rong went out to pursue Qutu, and they heard people talking in the dark along the way.

"Master Cheng, it's really unreasonable. I don't know who is spreading rumors everywhere in the suburbs of Beijing. It's really hateful to slander and scold like this!" Bao Shang couldn't help being filled with righteous indignation.

"This is to tell the wicked to sue first, to confuse black and white, and to confuse audio and video. Praise the Lord, don't worry, the excavation has no intention of treason. The empress is framed by someone's design. We only need to chase after it symbolically, and the end will be over, Wang. The above is just to test our loyalty, and to arrest Qutu, another person will definitely be sent." Cheng Rong guessed.

The Department of Punishment was already screaming like ghosts and wolves, and all the trusted maids around Mr. Xuegui were tortured to the brink of death by the whip, with blood streaming down their faces.

"My lord, she is Hong'er, the maid who is close to Mrs. Xuegui. She is most familiar with Aunt Axi from Jianjia Palace on weekdays, and she has the toughest mouth. No matter how much you torture her, she just won't utter a word!" The jailer saw the murderous Lu Kai had already walked over majesticly, and quickly knelt down to report.

(End of this chapter)