The court fell silent, and no one dared to speak for Pei Yu.
When the emperor opened his mouth to accuse him of treason, no one could refute him.
Otherwise, it is the same party’s conclusion.
Jiang Yuanhan exuded power and calmly ordered: "Seeing that Prime Minister Pei is an important minister of the father and emperor, and rarely makes mistakes. He has always done his duty for Da Qi and the royal family. I am hereby punished by staying at home and thinking about it for a month."
"I would like to thank you for your kindness!" Pei Yu immediately stood up, bowed, and thanked the emperor for his kindness.
The morning court had just ended. Xiao Fangzi shook off the dust, stepped forward and shouted: "Retreat from the court!"
All the officials knelt down again: "I respectfully see off your majesty and the princess!"
Wen Qingzhu stood up, held Jasmine's hand, and walked down the hall.
After leaving the main hall, Jiang Yuanhan immediately walked to Wen Qingzhu and asked carefully: "Sister, am I doing this right?"
Wen Qingzhu suddenly stopped and corrected him with a frown: "You are the emperor now, you must call yourself me!"
"But there's no one else now?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lei Xiao's voice came from behind: "Your Majesty!"
Jiang Yuanhan immediately turned around and saw a chamberlain rushing over with Lei Xiao.
He immediately straightened his expression and waited for Lei Xiao to come over.
Wen Qingzhu suppressed a smile: "Your Majesty, you can see that there are people looking for you anytime and anywhere."
When they arrived in the study, Jiang Yuanhan did not sit down, waiting for Wen Qingzhu to sit down first.
However, Wen Qingzhu did not intend to stay. Instead, he said to Jiang Yuanhan: "Bai Di is still waiting for me over there. You and Mr. Lei will talk first."
"Sister, won't you tell me what happened just now?" Jiang Yuanhan didn't expect her to leave.
Lei Xiao looked at Wen Qingzhu and understood what she wanted to do. He helped her explain: "Your Majesty will discuss it with you first."
When he spoke, Jiang Yuanhan didn't know what to say and watched Wen Qingzhu leave.
As soon as she left, Lei Xiao glanced around, and Xiao Fangzi was very discerning and led all the palace people to retreat.
After the door closed, the surroundings suddenly became quiet.
Lei Xiao said directly: "Your Majesty, since the princess has blocked the front for you, we must immediately start cultivating your own power at this time!"
Returning to Qianyuan Palace, Wen Qingzhu saw a very unexpected guest.
"Meet the princess!"
Wen Qingzhu hurried over and helped her sit down: "Why did the princess come to the palace?"
Lei Qiniang's complexion is not good, but she seems to be in good spirits.
She grabbed Wen Qingzhu's sleeve and said: "Princess, the prince really does not have any treasonous intentions. If it were not for me and the child, he would not be seriously injured. We will leave the capital immediately after the funeral of the late emperor!"
Wen Qingzhu smiled bitterly: "Who told you this news? What happened in this morning's court, did it reach you so quickly?"
These words shocked Lei Qiniang, and she quickly explained: "Princess, don't get me wrong, it was my fourth brother who told me. We really have no other intentions."
Before Wen Qingzhu could reply, Lei Shuo who was next to him couldn't help but said: "Qiniang! Qingzhu didn't mean that! Her goal is Pei Yu! Not you and your wife!"
Wen Qingzhu nodded and comforted Lei Qiniang: "Brother Yan is a measured person. What he told you must have made you aware. You rushed here in such a hurry. Is it because someone found you instead of Prince Ning?" "
Lei Qiniang lowered her head and did not dare to reply.
Lei Shuo next to him blinked, turned to Lei Qiniang and asked: "Who is looking for you anymore? At this time, you are in a very difficult situation! How can you help others!"
When she said this, Lei Qiniang became more and more afraid to speak, and could only call out the handkerchief uneasily.
After Wen Qingzhu thought for a while, it seemed that there were only a few people who could establish relationships with people from the county prince's palace.
The only one who can say that Lei Qiniang will enter the palace to show her loyalty is that family.
She patted Lei Qiniang gently and said: "The Li family has been overthrown, and all those who deserve to be sentenced have been sentenced. We will not bring up the old matter again, unless someone is thinking wrongly."
"No, there is no evil intention." Lei Qiniang quickly shook her head.
Wen Qingzhu sighed: "If you defend them like this, they must be from the Liu family, right?"
Lei Qiniang opened her mouth and wanted to deny it, but for someone like Wen Qingzhu, denying it would only make her unhappy.
Finally nodded slowly.
Wen Qingzhu was okay, he had already guessed it in his heart.
But Lei Shuo was different. He immediately exploded: "People from the Liu family actually have the nerve to find you!"
"Sixth sister, don't get excited. The only people who are willing to have contact with the county king now are the Liu family. I don't want the county king to have no relatives at all. We will help each other in the future."
Lei Qiniang quickly explained, holding Lei Shuo's hand and shaking it gently.
Seeing her like this, Lei Shuo became furious and poked Qiniang's forehead: "Then the Liu family is not a relative of the county king! Li Ran is living in an extremely miserable life, and they didn't send anyone to check it out! Instead, he came to see her Come on, you guys! You and I are looking at the title of the county king and want to get ahold of it."
He said without paying attention for two times, and poked red spots on Lei Qiniang's forehead. Lei Shuo stopped quickly, feeling distressed in his heart, but still angry on his face: "You are our Lei family! We have relatives like us in the county prince's palace, how can we Not as good as the Liu family!"
Lei Qiniang let go of her hand and her eyes dimmed: "The Lei family is good, but the Lei family are pure ministers. The identity of the county king lies here. He doesn't want to implicate the Lei family. If he gets close to us, the emperor will have Suspicion, this is what is wrong with us.”
"Hey..." Wen Qingzhu really didn't know what to say.
Such a sensible girl puts herself in other people's shoes and doesn't want to put herself in such a difficult situation.
It's so heartbreaking.
Wen Qingzhu stood up: "Don't worry, the emperor will not doubt Prince Ning. We all know what you are doing. This capital is not that simple."
Lei Qiniang looked at her gratefully, but saw Wen Qingzhu become serious: "But if you are so weak and considerate of others, you will make others think that you are a soft persimmon who can be easily manipulated, and instead they will bully you even more. ! Now that the prince is injured and recuperating, you should support the prince's palace. First of all, you have to think about the prince and his children."
"Yes! That's it!" Lei Shuo nodded in agreement.
After seeing off the Lei Shuo sisters, Wen Qingzhu specially ordered someone to take Lei Qiniang all the way back to the county prince's palace in a sedan.
After waiting for a short time, Bai Di came in and reported to Wen Qingzhu about palace affairs.
"A total of 126 palace residents have been arrested so far, and seven of them hanged themselves. According to the responsibilities, there are some punishment arrangements. Please take a look at the princess."
Bai Di held a booklet in both hands. Lu Tao went over to get it and presented it to Wen Qingzhu.
After looking through it carefully, Wen Qingzhu was very satisfied.
In such a short period of time, the reasons for all the sin slaves were investigated.
This ability is not something ordinary people can have.
Wen Qingzhu closed the book and turned to ask Bai Di: "Then what do you plan to do to start the torture?"
"Today!" Bai Di raised his head with calm eyes, "And I plan to execute him right at the east gate, so that everyone can see what the consequences of betrayal will be!"
Wen Qingzhu recalled the last few people and marked out the punishments, which were extremely cruel.
She hesitated for a while, but agreed to Bai Di's plan after a while.
In the middle of the afternoon, a large pot was set up at the east gate of the palace.
The pot was filled with cold water, and after a few sin slaves were thrown into the pot with help, the fire started below.
The fire was burning, and the tied people were extremely frightened, but they could only endure the water getting hotter and hotter, and finally died of being steamed at high temperatures.
There were hundreds of sin slaves kneeling on the right. Some couldn't stand it anymore and fainted, some went crazy, and some even vomited uncontrollably.
The sound of horse hooves came from behind. Bai Di looked back and saw that the person coming was the Lord of Pingshu County.
She turned over, looked at the big pot, and then looked back at Bai Di: "How dare you use the torture that Taizu abolished in the palace!"
Bai Di lowered his head to express his apology.
Seeing her like this, Liang Pingshu became even more angry: "Did Qingzhu give you the power to do this?"
This time, Bai Di raised his head and looked at her quietly: "County Lord, these people are directly helping spies and assassins to murder the emperor. According to the law, they are guilty of Ling Chi, but only the Ministry of Punishment and Shen Xing The executioners of the Division have already arranged for seven days to come, so this servant can make his own decision and kill them in advance."
"Seven, seven days later..." Liang Pingshu couldn't help but take a step back.
Liang Pingshu was not in the palace that day, so she didn't know how dangerous the situation was.
Bai Di also understood: "County Lord, the main purpose of this servant is not to impose punishment, but to intimidate, so that everyone in the world will know the majesty of the imperial power."
Liang Pingshu saw the big pot from the corner of her eyes, the water in it was already boiling.
There were several people lying inside, wearing the clothes of eunuchs and palace maids, and there was even someone she knew well among them.
Only aunt.
Everyone's exposed skin turned to bean curd white, wrinkled and bulging, as if it could be lifted with a gentle tug.
But Liang Pingshu knew that these were living people, and their skins were boiling, as if they were cooking food.
When she thought of food, Liang Pingshu hunched over and started vomiting sour water.
Bai Di immediately ordered the palace people: "Go get a sedan chair and take the county lord to the princess's side."
Liang Pingshu turned her back to her and raised her hand to refuse: "No! I'll go there by myself!"
She left here quickly, and just as she turned the corner, she met Cui Xiushan, who was leading the carriage.
The first carriage was filled with human-sized wooden boxes, and the following carriages were covered with canvas, showing various strange shapes.
Liang Pingshu stopped suddenly and stared at these things.
"County Lord?" Cui Xiushan quickly turned around to stop the convoy and ran in front of her.
Liang Pingshu slowly raised her head, grabbed his arms and asked, "Why are you coming to the east gate? What are these?"
Cui Xiushan was silent, he didn't know how to explain.
Liang Pingshu pushed him away, turned around and ran to the carriage, took out the sword in her hand, cut off the rope on the flatbed carriage, and used the hilt of the sword to push open the lid of the wooden box.
Inside was a piece of white cloth and a gold ingot folded from yellow paper.
Liang Pingshu suddenly understood that these boxes were used to contain corpses!
She ran to the next few cars and cut off the ropes of all of them.
The canvas fell to the ground, and the sword in Liang Pingshu's hand fell to the ground, covering her mouth and retreating.
These were torture instruments she had only seen in books!
Liang Pingshu started to get frightened and backed away repeatedly. Cui Xiushan quickly ran over and helped her.
"Go away!" Liang Pingshu felt her blood was cold and pushed Cui Xiushan away angrily.
Looking at him in disbelief: "You are actually the same person as Bai Di! Do you know that these instruments of torture are prohibited by Emperor Taizu of Qi! Wouldn't it be better to just kill them!"
"County Master, have you forgotten Lu Lei? How did he get injured? How difficult is it to get rid of the poison in his body? Have you forgotten who caused this?"
Cui Xiushan didn't want to say this, but he had to say at this time: "If it weren't for the princess's inexhaustible plan, the emperor's head would have been chopped off by them now, Lu Lei, Wei Yu, and King Ning who almost died, the Huns are better than us How cruel! These palace people knew that the Huns wanted to murder the emperor, but for the sake of money and future, they still rebelled! They deserve to die!"
Liang Pingshu's face turned pale, she turned around and ran away.
Some broken images emerged uncontrollably in her mind, terrifying existences that made her soul tremble when she thought of them.
It was when she was a child and she accidentally broke into the side courtyard of Qianyuan Palace.
I saw all kinds of strange torture instruments, each with a person on it, and each person was incomplete.