He was so angry that he decided to ignore the princess.
……
That night, in the secret prison of the palace.
The palace maids mentioned by Xu Maochun were all imprisoned here and were now covered in bruises.
Several people were interrogated separately, but the shrill screams continued to echo in the prison, further destroying their inner defenses.
Finally, one of the maids could no longer endure the torture and said with difficulty: "I...I will say..."
The eunuch in charge of interrogating her immediately raised his hand and ordered the torture to be stopped.
Then he came to the maid and said, "Tell me, why did you collude with the enemy's spies? Do you know that this is treason and genocide?"
The palace maid's face was pale and covered in cold sweat from the pain.
She seemed to be in so much pain that her body was shaking unconsciously.
"I... I was forced..." She burst into tears, "It was... Eunuch Luo who asked me to do this... He threatened the lives of my entire family... I... I dared not disobey..."
As soon as these words were spoken, both the eunuch in charge of the interrogation and the executioner's expressions changed drastically.
The eunuch's name was Wang Zhi. He had an ordinary face and was extremely inconspicuous in a crowd, so he was easily overlooked.
He stared at the maid intently, sneering, "Do you know what you're talking about? Eunuch Luo is a favorite of the Imperial Concubine. Why would he do this?"
"I...I don't know..." The maidservant trembled more violently, "I only know that Eunuch Luo seems to have...a very powerful enemy.
That person... that person is from the royal family. Even the Imperial Concubine wouldn't help him get revenge, so... so he must have colluded with the enemy's spies for revenge..."
Wang Zhi stared at the palace maid's face, as if trying to judge whether she was lying.
After a long while, he said coldly again: "Do you know what will happen if you make a false accusation?"
"I...I dare not...every word I said is true...I know..."
The more the maid spoke, the weaker her voice became. By the end, her voice was so weak that it was inaudible.
Wang Zhi had no choice but to have someone give her a mouthful of ginseng soup. Seeing that she was feeling better, he immediately asked, "What else do you know?"
The maid said weakly, "I heard that Eunuch Luo... seemed to have made a deal with a spy from the enemy country..."
Wang Zhi quickly asked, "What's the deal?"
Inside Huaqing Palace, Imperial Concubine Jiang was reclining on the couch, her chin in her hands, her eyes lowered in thought.
She couldn't sleep.
Ever since Luo Zheng took his men away to look for the folk miracle doctor, she could no longer sleep peacefully, always worried that Luo Zheng's trip would not be successful.
Some people envied her for being favored by the emperor, while others privately scolded her for seducing the emperor and bringing disaster to the country and the people.
But how many people know how much she wants to have a child of her own?
Concubine Jiang looked at her hands with complicated eyes.
Her hands were very beautiful, and despite her age they were well maintained.
The nails were also trimmed very beautifully, with a faint luster.
But she could no longer count how many people's blood had been stained on her hands.
Those people called her cruel, but such cruelty was never what she wanted.
She never hurt others on her own initiative before, she only tried to protect herself.
In return, she could no longer have children and had to watch her only son turn into a cold corpse.
He was so young that he didn't even have time to hold the "Zhuazhou" ceremony, but he breathed his last in her arms.
It was not until that moment that she realized that kindness was the most useless thing in the world! It could neither protect herself nor her children.
Although the emperor's favor is good, it can also bring her fatal disaster!
If she is not strong enough, she will be at the mercy of others!
But that alone is not enough.
She needs a son.
Concubine Jiang clenched her fists tightly.
His nails dug deep into her tender palms, but she seemed to feel no pain.
Until the eunuch's drawn-out voice came from outside—
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