After seeing Aunt Peng off, Su Xiuyi lay down on the couch in the outer room as if nothing had happened.
"How is Concubine Jing doing?"
"My Lord, Concubine Jing did not come out today... The Emperor is gone, so I guess he is not well now?" Cong Meng said.
"She also suffered an unexpected disaster." Su Xiuyi smiled and said, "The emperor didn't ask anyone to visit her, so you can go and say hello for me tomorrow."
"Yes, Master." Cong Meng responded, and then said: "This matter really won't involve you, right? This servant is very worried."
"No." Su Xiuyi smiled: "Even the people left by Empress Dowager Feng, most of them can't be saved. But it's better this way, after all, they are not my own people, and I can't feel at ease using them. If most of them can be removed, the remaining few will be enough."
"Yes, but I wonder if Aunt Peng can be more efficient." Cong Meng said again.
"Then it depends on her ability."
"However, Zhao San is so loyal that he probably won't betray Empress Dowager Feng. Also, if it was Aunt Peng who called Eunuch Lin... then how can we prove that it was Empress Dowager Feng?" Cong Meng was puzzled.
"What's the point of confessing it? As long as it can be proved, there is no need to confess it. You have to know that after the death of Empress Dowager Feng, the harem has not released a large number of people. This is an opportunity." Besides, even if he really confessed, what would happen
Isn't it just possible to suppress it
Empress Dowager Feng has been dead for many years. What's the point of digging her up again
The reputation is also bad.
Therefore, the important thing is not whether she can be exposed, but that this group of people around her need to be eliminated.
"But I still don't understand why Empress Dowager Feng wants to kill Concubine Jing?" Cong Meng said.
"She doesn't want Concubine Jing to die. She just wants to cause trouble between the Shen family and the Li family or someone else. Just like she won't let the Ninth Prince go. She just doesn't want the Li family to have an easy life. You can understand it. Back then, Empress Dowager Li still relied on her to survive, but Feng died early, and Li became the only honorable Empress Dowager. It's understandable that she is not convinced."
It was true from the dream, and I vaguely understood something in my heart.
I just don't know if the master wants to use this incident to get rid of those people? Or has he already had this idea
However, it is better to get rid of him. He is indeed helpful, but people like Zhao San are not convinced by their master. They still only think about Empress Dowager Feng. There is really no need to keep him.
It’s better to be like Aunt Peng who knows the current affairs.
At night, everyone fell asleep.
In the Personnel Bureau, Eunuch Lin was meeting a young eunuch.
When he was caught, Eunuch Lin panicked for a moment, but he quickly calmed down.
But the young eunuch was not so calm. He wanted to run away in panic, but how could he run away
He shouted in panic: "Master, help me!"
Eunuch Lin gritted his teeth and said nothing. At this time, Aunt Peng also came out with her clothes on.
People from the Internal Criminal Department have already come in one after another. How can we let them escape
"What happened?" Aunt Peng was shocked and rushed over.
Eunuch Lin winked, fearing that Aunt Peng would be implicated.
Aunt Peng looked extremely nervous and just grabbed Eunuch Lin and asked, "What did you do?"
"Help, help! Master, help me, I don't know anything!" The young eunuch Zhuzi was already crying with snot and tears all over his face.
His behavior made Eunuch Lin feel even more uneasy.
At this time, another eunuch named Zhuangzi came out from the back and said, "It's him, sneaking around."
This is the eunuch who lives in the same room with Zhuzi.
It was because they suspected his whereabouts that they followed him out and told the eunuch of the Internal Criminal Department about his affairs.
"Haha, how do you call for help? You're talking to your master, why are you in such a hurry?" A manager from the Internal Criminal Department laughed.
"Why don't you just go back with us and talk about it?"
It would have been fine if he hadn't said this, but once he said this, the young eunuch was so scared that he wet his pants on the spot. It can be said that there is no eunuch in the palace who is not afraid of the punishment of the Internal Punishment Department, which is really cruel.
He started to talk nonsense at that time: "I don't know, I don't know anything, it's not me, it's not me, the scorpion was not caused by me, it's not me, it's my master, it's my master..."
Eunuch Lin was already worried, and when he heard this, he felt even worse.
So, when Aunt Peng pretended to be frightened and bumped into Eunuch Lin, Eunuch Lin didn't even dodge, but took a small paper bag from her hand.
"What are you talking about, you bastard?" Aunt Peng's face turned pale: "You are courting death!"
"Okay, since you have something to say, let's go back to the Internal Criminal Department." When the manager heard the satisfactory answer, he naturally would not let it go and wanted to take the person away immediately.
Eunuch Lin suddenly broke free, stuffed the paper bag in his hand directly into his mouth and swallowed it.
It was a very small paper packet, and he swallowed it quickly, albeit with great effort.
The manager was shocked: "Oh no, he wants to commit suicide, get him out quickly!"
It was too late, it was highly poisonous and was meant to be used when one was seeking death. Moreover, although it was a small paper bag, it was still quite heavy.
Eunuch Lin soon scratched his neck in pain, leaving it bloody.
Even though he couldn't die for the time being, he couldn't speak either.
Aunt Peng let out a barely perceptible sigh of relief and then collapsed to the ground.
But in the eyes of others, it was scary.
No matter what, Eunuch Lin could not be saved. Soon, before the imperial physician could even be found, he had already died.
He died in a very miserable way, with blood gushing out of all his orifices, his eyes rolled back, and his hands were like chicken claws, which shows how much pain he endured.
When he died, Zhuzi was so frightened that his eyes rolled back and he fainted.
He was dragged to the Internal Criminal Department.
It was like a basin of cold water was poured on him, and he confessed everything without even having to be interrogated.
Eunuch Lin was a person left behind by Empress Dowager Feng, and was deeply indebted to her. The poisonous scorpions were brought back from the northwest by Eunuch Lin's younger brother. There were hundreds of them, but many died along the way.
The reason why he was brought into the palace was that Eunuch Lin spent money to bring it in from outside, hiding it in a wine jar, and he was not searched.
Eunuch Lin likes to drink, and he has been very generous with the gatekeepers over the years, so sometimes he doesn't check.
I didn’t expect that this time, it would be such a big deal.
Zhuzi didn't know that Aunt Peng was also Empress Dowager Feng's person, and he didn't know about the existence of Su Xiuyi.
In the past, it was all for safety reasons, so the people below would not say anything if they could, and all the communication was through a single line.
For example, the people under Aunt Peng were also unaware of the existence of Eunuch Lin and Zhao San.
Therefore, even if Zhuzi was beaten to death at this time, he would not be able to tell them.
Aunt Peng simply took advantage of some quarrels among the eunuchs to lure the stake.
In fact, Zhuanzi was just an ordinary eunuch and his interrogation was equally fruitless.
But this result is enough.
Zhuzi worked for his master, so even though he didn't know everything, he could describe about 80% of the whole thing.
As for the rest, there is nothing we can do.
Zhao San really refused to confess and had no reaction when he learned that Eunuch Lin had died.
(End of this chapter)