After a stick of incense.
Mrs. Yuan was rudely interrogated. The imperial guards let go and she fell to her knees on the ground.
Her hair was all messy. She raised her head tremblingly, her round face covered with tears of fear.
First, he saw the dark black boots, and then, looking up, he saw the emperor's slightly drooped pair of thin eyes that were chilling to the bone.
The remaining warmth of dusk flowed in, but he only dared to encircle half of the ground. As if he had a spirit of his own, he stopped moving forward when he reached the front of Xiao Langyan's boots.
In the radiance, Mrs. Yuan knelt, feeling cold all over.
Lei Hong cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, we have just investigated and it is true that she was unwilling to find someone to take revenge on Mr. Shi, so she was imprisoned. My Majesty went to you for this reason."
Mrs. Yuan waved her hands hurriedly, and there was still a little bruise on the corner of her mouth.
"Your Majesty, no, how dare a common woman dare to embarrass the Queen? The common woman doesn't know who she is! It's just...it's just that old Shi's shop was bullying customers, so the common woman wanted to teach her a lesson, and she was definitely not involved. Pearl...the queen."
Xiao Langyan pressed his sharp eyebrows with his slender fingers. He was still a little dizzy, so he frowned slightly and his voice was a little lazy and cold.
"She is not the main reason. Since Shen Dingzhu came to me about Mr. Shi, she must have been angry because she encountered something in the Huang Mansion."
Mrs. Yuan didn't understand what was happening, but as long as it had nothing to do with her, she nodded in fear, and her tears flowed uncontrollably in fear.
At this moment, the interrogating guard next door came over.
"Your Majesty, no matter how much County Sheriff Huang tried, he said that he had never provoked the Queen. The only thing he did was to arrange for people to spread rumors in the city that Miss Huang was going to enter the palace and become a concubine."
A fierce look flashed in Xiao Langyan's eyes.
"Drag him over here."
After a while, Sheriff Huang, whose mouth was full of blood and his forehead was swollen, was dragged over.
The dripping blood on the road made Mrs. Yuan scream and fainted.
Xiao Langyan waved his hand in disgust, and Lei Hong immediately ordered someone to take Mrs. Yuan away.
Sheriff Huang knelt on the ground, trembling all over, threw himself in front of Xiao Langyan's boots, and began to cry for mercy.
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen has had the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard. He will never dare to spread such rumors again. Wei Chen deserves to die. He is willing to ask for his dismissal. Please forgive Wei Chen's family!"
He kowtowed heavily and burst into tears.
Xiao Langyan was indifferent and looked at him coldly: "You don't need to plead for mercy before I ask clearly. If the Huang family is not wrong, I will spare your life. Otherwise, you can't save the nine Huang family clans even if you beg for mercy."
Sheriff Huang was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder split.
There was a noise outside the courtyard. Xiao Langyan raised his cold eyes. Lei Hong looked outside and said immediately: "Your Majesty, Miss Huang broke in."
Sheriff Huang's expression changed, and he looked back at the yard. He waved his hand in horror, telling his daughter to leave quickly. However, Huang Yunmeng had already rushed to the door. The guard drew his sword to stop her, so she could only lift her skirt and kneel down.
"Your Majesty, we really don't know what happened to the Queen. Didn't even the imperial doctor say before that the Queen is prone to emotional ups and downs during pregnancy? Even if you beat your father to death, he won't be able to say anything!"
Xiao Langyan slapped the table with his big palm, his thin eyes showing piercing blackness.
"The Queen is not an unreasonable person."
One sentence made Huang Yunmeng, who wanted to provoke, completely discouraged. She avoided her eyes and lowered her head: "I really don't know, and I sincerely ask the emperor to clarify."
Xiao Langyan narrowed his eyes, and suddenly, he kicked over Commander Huang in front of him.
Huang Yunmeng only heard a scream, and when he looked up again, he saw his father being stepped on by the emperor.
Her face turned pale and she screamed in horror: "Your Majesty, have mercy on me!"
However, Xiao Langyan pulled out Lei Hong's sword and pressed the sharp white blade against Huang County Sheriff's arm. He looked at Huang Yunmeng with his dark and ruthless thin eyes.
"I think you should know, so I will give you a chance to confess. If you don't tell me, I will put a line on your father to see how long he can last for you."
Huang Yunmeng was trembling all over, and she kept crying: "I really don't know, does the emperor want my daughter to lie?"
Xiao Langyan let out a sneer, and then, the white blade passed sideways, and Sheriff Huang let out a shrill scream. The clothes on his arms were cut open, and the wounds were turned out.
His scream was so miserable, and the outer courtyard was so close to the inner courtyard that Xiao Langyan frowned: "Stop his mouth."
Don't wake up Shen Dingzhu.
Next, Huang Yunmeng just refused to speak. Sheriff Huang was struck by three swords in a row. His face turned pale from the pain and he was about to faint.
Xiao Langyan lost his patience, and the last sword point was pressed against Sheriff Huang's throat.
"Since you don't want to tell me, it doesn't matter. I will kill you all without asking anything."
He raised his sword and was about to drop it when Huang Yunmeng cried and shouted: "My maid said! My maid said!"
She choked with sobs, and in addition to tears, there was also great fear and anxiety in her eyes.
"The emperor was in the small courtyard built for the queen in his palace. My younger brother Yun Zhen was naughty and sneaked in..."
Just this sentence made Xiao Langyan's eyebrows jump.
Even he wouldn't go in and trample the yard that was built to dry the pepper paste. The young master of the Huang family was so bold.
Huang Yunmeng: "When I found out, I had already scolded him severely, but I found out later that he...he stole the wooden figure that the emperor put on the table of the master of the courtyard to play with..."
Xiao Langyan's pupils tightened.
I see!
Huang Yunmeng cried so hard that she was out of breath: "That night when the emperor went to chase the queen, the minister felt confused, so she went to the backyard to check and found... She found that the wooden man was buried in the soil by Yunzhen. He had nothing. I know, he is just a toy for fun, Your Majesty, he is only six years old, please forgive him!"
She knelt down and begged. The gagged Sheriff Huang stared at her with splitting eyes and roared hysterically, but he seemed muffled.
Xiao Langyan threw away the edge of the sword, bent down and grabbed Sheriff Huang's collar, and landed an angry fist on his face.
"You taught me a good son!"
Sheriff Huang was beaten so hard that stars appeared in his eyes, and he was crying and complaining.
Huang Yunmeng said hurriedly: "But Your Majesty, I heard from the maid in the mansion that the Queen was lured here by the girl named Wei. You might as well give her a good trial!"
Xiao Langyan looked at Lei Hong, with cold black eyes.
"Where's Wei Wan?"
"The day the emperor chased his empress, she disappeared. I have sent someone to look for her."
"People were stationed at the front and rear city gates. If Wei Wan is found, bring her back to me immediately." Xiao Langyan's tone was full of murderous intent.
Lei Hong took the order, and then Xiao Langyan looked at County Sheriff Huang.
"I heard that you often ask your subordinates to collect famous paintings and antiques for you, and keep them for yourself in the name of appreciation. The rich businessmen and powerful people who want to please you use this to bribe you, isn't that true?"
Sheriff Huang shook his head and was so frightened that he burst into tears.
Xiao Langyan was too lazy to talk nonsense and pushed him to Lei Hong: "Convict him, ransack his home, and exile him on a certain day. Send an edict to Shen You, instructing him to set off immediately when he receives the edict and rush to Chengzhou to be the new county governor."
Huang Yunmeng's eyebrows jumped, and she hurriedly begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, I don't ask for your forgiveness, but I beg you to give Yunmeng a chance to kneel outside the yard and sincerely pray for the Queen. Please don't treat Yunmeng for the time being. After being sent to Mobei, Yunmeng is willing to kneel down and serve the Queen all his life, in order to atone for his sins."
Xiao Langyan glanced at her coldly, but before he could speak, a maid from the Huang family was grabbed by the guards.
"Your Majesty, when she was being interrogated, she hesitated and tried to escape. After being tortured, she confessed. That night in the Huang Mansion, she saw Wei Wan talking to the empress."
The maid's lips were trembling: "I only heard that the empress said that she would... kill Wei Wan... After the empress left in anger, even Wei Wan also left immediately, cursing something. "
Then, Wei Wan disappeared.
The implication is that Wei Wan's disappearance has something to do with Shen Dingzhu.
Huang Yunmeng looked at Xiao Langyan's face, but the emperor remained calm, as if even if Wei Wan really died in Shen Dingzhu's hands, he would only worry about whether there was blood on Shen Dingzhu's hands.
This is not important to him.
Huang Yunmeng's heart felt cold again.
At this time, another guard hurriedly walked in with a serious face, raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Wei Wan has been found, but..."
