When Nanyan was being tortured in the prison, Wu Wan and Gao Yurong who had moved to Yinghua Hall were sitting leisurely drinking tea.
It was bitterly cold outside, but there was a stove burning in the room, and the fragrance of tea was overflowing.
Wu Wan sneered and said, "This time, that bitch is dead."
Gao Yurong said with a smile: "Your Majesty's methods are clever. Anyway, the emperor ordered these maids to be tortured. It is God's will that she died in prison."
"Um."
Wu Wan nodded triumphantly, but frowned, and said: "It's just that in this way, it's impossible to find out who is using the technique of disgusting victory in the palace."
Gao Yurong also frowned.
But she immediately said, "Maybe it's Si Nanyan. She hates Du Jieyu so much, and the Jianfu Palace was the first to detect the disease. Maybe it's their dog eating dog."
"..."
"Besides, even if it wasn't her, these maids are all dead anyway. Using the technique of disgusting victory, the sinner who cursed the concubine must be among them, and they can't escape."
"That's true."
When Wu Wan heard this, she became proud again.
While the two were sipping tea leisurely, the eunuch Xiao Qizi came in from the outside and said, "My Lady, Lady An, the Emperor's Lady asked the two of you to go outside the imperial study immediately."
Wu Wan said: "What are you going to do?"
"The empress said that she is going to intercede with the emperor."
"..."
"Concubine Ning and Xia Zhaoyi have already passed away."
"..."
Upon hearing this, Wu Wan frowned.
I heard before that the ministers of the imperial court were also kneeling outside the imperial study room, and now, the empress wants to let them pass.
Although she was impatient, she could not disobey the queen's will, so she could only reluctantly go out with Gao Yurong.
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Outside the imperial study room, the ministers had already knelt down on the ground.
And when these concubines walked over, they all knelt down on the ground, not even daring to lift their heads.
And Ye Zheng stood at the door, holding something in his hand, his head was covered with sweat.
Seeing Xu Miaoyin walking over with the concubines, he hastily stepped forward to say hello, but Xu Miaoyin asked eagerly, "Is the emperor still inside?"
Ye Zheng suddenly said loudly: "That's right, the emperor still refuses to see anyone. I have one more important matter here, I can only invite the empress."
Xu Miaoyin frowned slightly: "What?"
Ye Zheng said: "Last night, more than two hundred suspected court ladies died in the prison."
"ah?!"
"Here is their roster."
"..."
"I also ask the empress to tick off their names. Next, their families should be asked to take the corpses back."
When the ministers heard that more than 200 court ladies had died, all their faces were ashen, and Xu Miaoyin looked at the roster he handed over, her face was as pale as paper.
More than two hundred people died in just one night!
At this moment, the door creaked and opened from the inside.
Everyone raised their heads, and saw Zhu Feng standing at the door under the dark light in the imperial study room, his handsome but gloomy face was cold, without any expression, let alone warmth.
Seeing him appear, the ministers all began to kowtow.
"Your Majesty, please take it back!"
"Your Majesty must not do it!"? The voices of these people rang together, and when Xu Miaoyin saw him, she hurriedly led the concubines behind her to kneel down to him: "Your Majesty!"
"I beg the emperor to forgive those court ladies."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Zhu Feng didn't say a word, just looked at Ye Zheng, stretched out his hand and said, "Give it to me."