AWB Chapter 152 Interrogation of Jay Chou
Chapter 152 Interrogation of Jay Chou
An Lingrong was very touched to hear that Zhen Huan cared so much about her, and at the same time she hoped that the Emperor would agree to Zhen Huan's proposal.
The emperor turned to look at Zhen Huan, his eyes full of tenderness and doting.
He whispered to Zhen Huan, "Huan Huan is really thoughtful. I approve."
When An Lingrong heard the emperor's words, a happy smile appeared on her face. She knew that her child could be saved.
Then, the emperor said to everyone present: "No word of Concubine An's pregnancy today can be spread. If anyone talks nonsense about it, their tongue will be pulled out and then they will be beaten to death."
His voice was solemn and majestic, which made people feel awed. Everyone bowed their heads to show their obedience.
An Lingrong secretly felt lucky that Sister Zhen had reminded the Emperor. Otherwise, once this matter got out, it would be difficult to save her child. Just know how many concubines in the palace had lost their children.
At this time, the Queen didn't know what to do in Jingren Palace. It had been three days since Zhou Dong was arrested and taken to the Ministry of Punishment. She heard that the Emperor would interrogate him personally, but there had been no movement in the past two days.
The Queen thought about asking Jiang Fuhai to go to the Ministry of Punishment to inquire about the news, but when she thought that Zhou Dong’s incident happened in her palace and he was also a eunuch in her palace, she should avoid suspicion at this time to avoid being caught.
The Queen thought about it for a long time in the palace, and she gradually came to a conclusion that Jay Chou's arrest was planned by Zhen Huan and An Lingrong long ago. No wonder he came to her palace frequently before. It turned out that it was for this purpose. She was really careless.
But the queen was still racking her brains on how to solve this problem.
Two days later, when the emperor came to visit Zhen Huan, Zhen Huan said that she was feeling better now, and that it was thanks to the great medical skills of Imperial Doctor Wen that she was able to recover so quickly.
So on this day, the emperor began to interrogate Jay Chou, because Zhen Huan had told the emperor before that she wanted to listen and interrogate Jay Chou in person, after all, she was the victim.
The Palace of Mental Cultivation in the Afternoon
The emperor ordered his men to take Zhou Dong to the Yangxin Palace, where he saw that his hands and feet were tightly tied and he was kneeling on the ground. He had already thought about what he was going to say next.
The person from the Ministry of Punishment handed a waist badge to the emperor: "Your Majesty, this is the waist badge we found on Mr. Zhou."
Su Peisheng took the badge and presented it to the emperor personally.
The emperor picked up the badge and felt it was very familiar at first sight. He soon remembered that when his Huanhuan just returned to the palace, she gave him a similar badge with the word "Zhou" also engraved on it. At that time, Huanhuan told him that the badge was obtained from the assassin.
Then the emperor ordered Su Peisheng to bring the badge. After comparing the two pieces, they were exactly the same.
At this time, the person from the Ministry of Punishment spoke again: "Your Majesty, I have another matter to report. This Mr. Zhou is not the real eunuch. His life force is still there."
The emperor became even angrier when he heard this, as he had already thought that this matter involved the queen.
So the emperor dismissed everyone except Zhen Huan, and continued to interrogate Jay Chou.
The emperor's eyes were filled with anger. "Mr. Zhou, tell me the truth. Who gave you the courage to assassinate my Concubine Xi so many times?"
Director Zhou had just realized that the emperor had a badge in his hand that was the same as the one found on him. This was beyond his expectation. He thought that as long as he admitted to killing Noble Lady Fucha, he would be fine. Unexpectedly, he was also caught in the assassination outside the palace.
Jay Chou knew that he was powerless to argue at this moment. In order to save the Queen's life, he had to take all the blame so as to reduce the harm to the Queen.
And that night, Concubine Xi also promised him that as long as he admitted to killing Noble Lady Fucha, she would not tell the Emperor about his affair with the Empress.
Otherwise, once the affair was exposed and the Queen was cheating on her, the Emperor would certainly not spare her life. No man could tolerate his woman having an affair with another man, let alone the Emperor who is the ruler of a country.
Jay Chou glanced at Zhen Huan, indicating that the agreement between them stood. Zhen Huan slightly blinked her long eyelashes.
Director Zhou spoke with difficulty: "Your Majesty, I was not instructed by anyone. I did it all by myself. Please sentence me to death. I just couldn't stand Concubine Xi, so I did those stupid things."
"Hmph, tell the truth. You dare to lie in front of me. Death will not be that easy." The emperor obviously did not believe him.
Then Director Zhou continued, "Your Majesty, everything I say is true. I would never dare to lie in front of Your Majesty. I have another crime that I want to turn myself in to."
The emperor was extremely angry at this time. He didn't expect that Mr. Zhou was responsible for other crimes.
He widened his eyes and yelled at Jay Chou: "Tell me quickly!"
Director Zhou took a deep breath and said slowly, "In reply to the emperor, I know that I deserve death and am willing to accept any punishment. The death of Noble Lady Fucha was actually caused by me."
The emperor was shocked when he heard this. This Zhou Dong was not only a fake eunuch hiding in the harem! He had also tried to assassinate Concubine Xi many times before, and he was the one who killed Concubine Fucha!
It's simply lawless! The emperor was furious and pointed at Zhou Dong and cursed: "You evil slave, confess the truth, who lent you the courage?"
Jay Chou lowered his head, pretending to be frightened to the point of peeing, and tried to squeeze out some tears, sobbing and saying:
"I...I am already a dying man, so naturally...I dare not deceive the emperor again."
"At that time... I saw that Noble Lady Fucha was always provoking the Empress, and I was indignant. So I took advantage of her being frightened by the ghost, sneaked into Noble Lady Fucha's palace late at night, killed her, and put the blame on Noble Lady Shen at that time."
After hearing these words, the emperor was so angry that he trembled all over. He stood up and kicked Director Zhou in the face with all his strength.
The sole of the shoe hit Jay Chou squarely in the mouth, and immediately, a strong smell of mud flowed into Jay Chou's body through his throat, choking his throat. Jay Chou couldn't help but cough twice.
At the same time, because the emperor kicked him so hard, Jay Chou lost two teeth. Jay Chou frowned. In addition to the pain in his mouth, his nose also hurt, and even his head felt very painful.
As Jay Chou's hands and feet were tied tightly, he fell sideways to the ground after being kicked by the emperor.