The palace steward of the violent room brought Chunxi to Shen Dingzhu.
The aunt in charge was still the same rude aunt as before. When Shen Dingzhu went to bring Aunt Song out, this aunt had a cold eyebrow and a very contemptuous attitude.
Now, facing Shen Dingzhu, she was like a mouse meeting a cat, trembling slightly.
"This slave has seen the noble concubine and has brought the sinner Chunxi."
Shen Dingzhu was wearing a concubine-colored Hunan embroidery brocade skirt, with a hole-blue gauze covering the outside, which made her skin plump. She had high-width hair with two locks hanging down from the temples.
In her delicate and charming manner, she showed a bit of coldness because she didn't smile.
Shen Bi stood next to Shen Dingzhu and said in a bad tone: "Two hours ago, the empress said she wanted to see Chunxi. Why did you delay coming here until now? Could it be that you are deliberately slowing down and disrespecting the empress!"
The aunt in charge was so frightened that she knelt down and begged for mercy.
"My Majesty, I must not be disrespectful, but the sinner Chunxi has been imprisoned for a long time and his body is dirty and smelly. He should not have been brought to the Imperial Majesty. However, you cannot violate your instructions, so I simply washed him." Fan."
Shen Dingzhu's beautiful eyes were dark, and she raised her small chin: "Bring him here, don't let him stand outside all the time."
"Yes." Shen Bi nodded and said, "Your Majesty, if you want to see Chunxi, please pass it on!"
Two doors away, the thin figure limped in.
"Master!" Before Shen Dingzhu could clearly see Chunxi's current appearance, he knelt down when he entered the door, crying heartbreakingly, as if he had suffered a lot of injustice.
Shen Dingzhu looked closely and saw that Chunxi's little finger on her right hand was missing!
Her pupils shrank and she stood up: "Chunxi, what's wrong with your hand?"
"Back to your empress," Chunxi raised his head. His originally smart and smart face turned extremely haggard and sallow, and his eyes were blurred with tears. "Miss Fu thought the slave touched her hand, so the gangster cut off the slave in order to please her." One finger!”
The steward's aunt turned pale and said hurriedly: "My dear concubine, you can't blame me for this. The rapist is also following orders."
Under orders? Of course it was Xiao Langyan's order.
Shen Dingzhu stepped forward, took Chunxi's hand and looked at it.
Her fingers were white and pink, while Chunxi's hands were covered with scars. The comparison between the two was shocking.
Looking at the clothes on his body, although they were newly changed, the bloody stench on his body could not be concealed, which showed what kind of life he lived in the violence room.
It seemed that everyone in the palace could see that Xiao Langyan was different from Fu Yunqiu, so he acted like this.
Chunxi retracted her hand in panic and cried, "I am neither a human nor a ghost now. I cannot touch the dirty queen's body."
Shen Dingzhu stood up and patted his head gently: "What nonsense are you talking about? If you hadn't been smart enough to call Doctor Cen in time, how would I still be alive?"
Chunxi cried bitterly, hugged Shen Dingzhu's shoes, and said that she would die with peace of mind.
Shen Dingzhu glanced sideways at the steward aunt, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, her expression stern, like a knife in the spring breeze.
"What happened to Chunxi? Did you investigate it at first?"
The aunt in charge knelt down and replied in fear: "My dear concubine, what happened back then was like this."
She didn't dare to hide anything. Knowing that Shen Dingzhu wanted to clear up Chunxi's grievances, she made it clear what she found out and what she knew.
It turns out that one day last year was the anniversary of the death of Shen Dingzhu who was "burned to death".
After her "death", Xiao Langyan explicitly prohibited the burning of paper money and incense candles for her. Moreover, due to the rules of the palace, she was not allowed to worship at will.
But Chunxi was a nostalgic slave who was also careful and bold. He would secretly mourn Shen Dingzhu every year after his death.
Last year’s death anniversary was no exception.
In order to avoid the patrolling imperial troops, he quietly went to Orchid Lake near Leng Palace with his basket in hand.
Originally, they planned to put some river lanterns for Shen Dingzhu to pray for her to be reincarnated as soon as possible, but Grandma Song happened to find a few handkerchiefs and some old things that Shen Dingzhu had embroidered before.
So Chunxi planned to burn them together to express her thoughts.
Unexpectedly, the wind blew away a veil. Chunxi was afraid that others would pick it up and find someone secretly worshiping Shen Dingzhu, so she chased the veil and ran into the yard where Fu Yunqiu was imprisoned.
It was a coincidence that that day, no one from the Imperial Guards who usually guarded the area was at the door, so Chunxi was allowed in.
Before Chunxi could pick up the handkerchief, Fu Yunqiu took the lead.
The steward's aunt said: "Later, the sinner Chunxi became anxious and behaved disrespectfully towards Miss Fu, even throwing her to the ground..."
Chunxi hurriedly raised her head and retorted angrily: "I didn't do that! It was Miss Fu who snatched the veil and refused to give it back to me. She asked me to kneel down to beg her, and I also knelt down."
"But Miss Fu said that the master had a bad life and died at the right time. She also said that she wanted to spread the news about the slave's worship. The slave became anxious and snatched the veil from her hand."
"But, but," Chunxi said, almost crying, "she fell to the ground, and when the slave grabbed the veil and hid it, the imperial guards guarding the door came back and caught the slave."
If a palace official makes a mistake, he will naturally be sent to the violent chamber.
Chunxi did not dare to say that he was worshiping Shen Dingzhu at first. After being tortured repeatedly, he did so.
Originally, the matter was not serious, and the paper money and river lanterns used for Chunxi's worship were found by the imperial guards. The eunuchs who were close to him could also testify that he did worship every year.
It stands to reason that it would be over after just a few dozen hits.
But he never expected that Fu Yunqiu was crying and wanted to hang himself, and said that he had been touched by the eunuch. When Xiao Langyan learned the whole story, he became angry and locked him in the violence room.
"Even if you give me three lives, I still dare not touch Miss Fu, not to mention that I am a eunuch!" Chunxi wiped her tears in grievance.
Shen Dingzhu listened to the whole process with a complicated expression.
It is in line with Xiao Langyan's character not to let Fu Yunqiu suffer any injustice.
"Shen Bi, take Chunxi to the Imperial Hospital to prescribe medicine, see if there are any injuries on his body, and treat them together." Shen Dingzhu said with beautiful eyes.
The steward's aunt raised her head in surprise: "Your Majesty, this sinner is imprisoned by the Emperor. Without an imperial decree, I dare not let him go at will."
Shen Dingzhu turned to look at her, her delicate and beautiful face was very majestic and fierce.
"Then you follow him, he can't run away. Your Majesty, I will ask for an imperial edict for Chunxi."
After saying that, she waved her hand: "Go down."
Chunxi was grateful and left with Shen Bi in tears.
Shen Dingzhu originally thought that Xiao Langyan would come to investigate that night.
However, he was entangled in government affairs and couldn't get away for a while. I heard that he was busy in the imperial study until the second watch.
Early the next morning, Shen Dingzhu got up while being served by Granny Song.
I heard a shocking news.
"My dear, Miss Fu, she threw herself into the lake last night."
