Two palace maids walked in, one of them walked to the table, took a look at the meal that had been eaten for a few bites, turned around and looked at the "prisoner" in the corner with his companion. & Chinese & novels..

There were not many female guards in the palace. Meng E had seen these two people, but she could not call out her names. She slowly stood up and calmly met their eyes.

A palace maid showed off the string in her hand and smiled and said, "Is that OK?"

Meng E nodded. Since she chose to stay, she would not make unnecessary resistance.

A palace maid stood there, and the other walked towards Meng E. Meng E knew the rules and turned around and put her hands behind her back, putting the rope on her wrist. It was very gentle at first, as if she was just trying to make a point, but suddenly tightened it and tied the knot two or three times.

The rope is not thick, it is made of cowhide strips, which is very strong, and even a person who is more powerful than Meng E can't get rid of it.

Meng E turned around and walked out of the room. Two palace maids took her with her one after another.

It was already dawn, but the palace was extremely quiet and there was no one else to see. After turning a few turns, Meng E was taken into an independent yard. She was a little puzzled. This was not a place to interrogate the prisoners, but an idle residence, and only eunuchs or female officials of higher ranks were qualified to live.

There was a chair in the main room with her back facing the door. This was Meng E's position. She sat down, and the palace maid took out a long rope and tied the person and the chair twice in the waist. She tightened it tightly. Finally, she pulled it hard twice, and then she made sure it was correct before retreating to the side.

There was a whisper outside the door, as if someone was giving something. Meng E couldn't turn around and didn't want to see it. She sat silently on the chair, waiting for her fate.

There seemed to be many people coming, but there were only two people who walked around Meng E, one was Zong Zhengqing Han Chou and the other was a famous eunuch. Meng E had a little impression, but she couldn't name it.

The two gave in for a while, and the eunuch took the seat first. Han Chou, secondly, the two did not start asking questions immediately, slanted their bodies, whispered for a while, and then straightened their seats. The eunuch spoke first: "Your name is Meng E, the palace maid next to His Majesty?"

"Um."

"Do you recognize me?"

"I must have seen it, I don't know my name."

"I am Rong Huamin, the Imperial Horse Supervisor."

Meng E and her brother taught martial arts to the emperor and others at the Imperial Horse Supervisor. After Rong Huamin said that, she had an impression, "I remembered it, I have indeed seen it."

"That's good. I have a few things I want to ask. Are you willing to answer truthfully?"

"willing."

Rong Huamin did not start interrogating immediately, turned his head to look at Han Chou, and gave in a humble moment with his eyes and nodding, and continued, "You are from Yishi Island in Donghai, your original surname is Chen, right?"

"right."

"What is the real name?"

"Chen Yi, the silence is so dull."

This is a strange name, especially strange to a woman. Rong Huamin nodded and began to ask the real question, "Have you been questioned in Cui's Mansion?"

Meng E shook her head.

"Open answer."

"No."

"You have killed a woman named Zhang Qinyan in Cui Mansion, right?"

"Zhang Qinyan was poisoned and has nothing to do with me."

"Where did she get the poison?"

"I don't know, I guess she hid the poison in the piano. If His Majesty goes to see her after hearing the sound of the piano, the one who is poisoned will be His Majesty. But when His Majesty goes to see Cui Sheng's son, Zhang Qinyan will take the poison himself."

"Why did she do this?"

"She knew she couldn't escape. She probably took poison to avoid the pain of flesh and blood, or she might not want to implicate others."

"Then why did you go to see Zhang Qinyan?"

"She is from the Jianghu, and I'm not at ease, so I went over to check it out. Han Zongzheng should know Zhang Qinyan better than me."

Han Chou's face did not change his color and said to Rong Huamin: "As I said before, Yun Mengze has been planning the assassination for a long time, and slowly moving from the outside to the target is their usual method. I am willing to take the blame for missed supervision."

"Mr. Han's affairs are not my responsibility, I am only responsible." Rong Huamin pointed to Meng E opposite and continued, "So you have long suspected that there will be assassins in Cui's mansion?"

Meng E thought for a while, "I am the palace maid and a guard around His Majesty. I suspect that there are assassins in all places, and even the palace is no exception, not just Cui's mansion."

Rong Huamin chuckled, slowly pulled out a roll of paper from his sleeve, and then unfolded it and said, "I have met the Chen brothers and sisters in Linzi City. Chen Ji expressed his willingness to return to the emperor and lurk with the emperor when necessary, assassinate the emperor, causing a big chaos, and cooperate with the righteous acts in the east. Chen Ji claimed that there was a way to gain the emperor's trust, and his brother Chen Mo was willing to serve as a guarantee, so we let her go out of the city."

Rong Huamin shook the paper in his hand, "Do you know who this confession came from?"

"Saint Military Advisor."

"Is he telling the truth?"

"yes."

Meng E's answer was so happy that Rong Huamin was a little confused. She put away the confession and coughed, "Are you admitting that you have participated in the assassination?"

"I don't admit that what I said to the Holy Military Advisor is just a way to escape, not the truth. His Majesty knows these things and he is willing to believe me."

Han Chou said, "Isn't it your purpose to gain Your Majesty's trust?"

"I have countless opportunities to kill the emperor, so there is no need to wait for Cui's Mansion."

"Maybe this is Yunmengze's arrangement, you are just following the order." Han Chou said.

"This is Han Zongzheng's speculation, and Han Zongzheng should have produced the evidence."

Han Chou laughed, "What a smart woman. You know that Your Majesty is unconscious, but you claim that only Your Majesty can testify for you."

"You let me answer truthfully, I did it, believe it or not."

Han Chou turned to Rong Huamin and smiled and said, "Yunmengze is mostly a kind of sweet talk. This woman killed Zhang Qinyan obviously to silence her mouth and protect someone behind her. After asking questions, she had no result and had to be tortured."

Rong Huamin pondered and said nothing. He was also an old official in the palace. Although he did not believe Meng E's words, he did not dare to torture the people around the emperor easily, for fear of revenge later.

"The Queen Mother said it very clearly. It is very likely that the ministers in the court were supported by the assassin. The two assassins in the Cui Mansion have been killed. The Holy Military Advisor and others do not know the details. This woman is the only clue. We cannot let the Queen Mother down."

Rong Huamin nodded and said to Meng E: "I asked you one last time, are you willing to confess the facts?"

"Every word I say is a fact, and your Majesty can testify for me."

Rong Zhongmin waited for a while and said to Han Chou: "Please go to the other room to rest for a while."

Unless it is in the court, the ministers usually do not participate in torture, especially the torture of female criminals. Han Chou stood up and gave in to Rong Huamin for a while, leaving together, and whispered while walking, with a friendly tone, as if discussing what to eat for the next meal and where to go when the weather is good.

Meng E sat on the chair and couldn't move, nor wanted to move, and looked at the two empty chairs opposite her calmly.

A palace maid walked around and advised: "You'd better confess. Even men can't stand those torture instruments. Sooner or later, you will say everything, why bother to suffer in vain?"

"Have your Majesty woke up yet?" Meng E asked back.

The palace maid was slightly stunned, "You asked the wrong person."

Meng E nodded and said, "Please use torture."

The palace maid waved her hand, and another palace maid came over, holding a pair of squids in her hand. This is a torture instrument for clamping her fingers. It is very simple and effective. Ten fingers are connected to the heart, and most people cannot pass this level.

The snatch was very old and had been used on many fingers. The palace maid showed Meng E for a while, then walked around behind her, untied the rope tied to the chair, asked Meng E to stand up, moved the chair, and put the snatch on her fingers, deliberately slowing down, allowing the prisoner to experience the fear of being tortured.

There was more than one person behind her torture. Meng E did not turn around. Someone pressed her shoulder and wanted her to kneel down, but she refused and stood upright.

The palace maid opposite said, "Just just have a name and say who is helping Yunmengze's assassin, you don't have to suffer."

"Only Your Majesty can testify for me." Meng E still repeated this sentence.

The palace maid stared at her for a while, nodded behind her, slowly tightened her penis, and the pain on her fingers gradually became stronger, and after a while, it began to weaken again.

Meng E felt strange that she had not been tortured, but she also knew that the pain was too weak and could not be called a real torture.

The palace maid opposite seemed to have received an order, waved her hand, the claw was untied, the chair was moved back to its original place, Meng E sat down, the rope was tied back, and two extra circles were added.

Everything was done, the palace maid walked out, and footsteps were heard behind her, and everyone seemed to be leaving, leaving Meng E alone.

She still doesn't look back.

A moment later, someone came in and walked around in front of Meng E. It was Tong Qing'e and Zhang Youcai.

Tong Qing'e seemed a little nervous, as if she was reluctant to come, but she had to come. Zhang Youcai was guarding her side, with a serious expression that was inconsistent with her age. "Meng'e, did you really not betray Your Majesty?"

"Your Majesty can testify." Meng E still said the same thing.

"You know..."

Meng E interrupted Zhang Youcai, "Have you seen Your Majesty?"

Zhang Youcai nodded hesitantly.

"He isn't awake?"

"I didn't wake up, but my Majesty opened his eyes, but he seemed to be unable to see anyone, and occasionally made a little noise..."

"Meng E continued to say "My face is very red and her pulse is disordered."

Zhang Youcai was shocked, "How do you know?"

"No, Your Majesty just made a mistake in his internal breathing. If there are masters of internal skills in the palace, you should have cured Your Majesty long ago."

Zhang Youcai was even more surprised, "Since you know the cause of the disease, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"To whom?"

Zhang Youcai was speechless. When they were in Cui's Mansion, they were all imprisoned alone and could not meet each other, let alone sending messages to the palace.

"What you should say after returning to the palace." Tong Qing'e whispered.
To be continued...