mtlumby2d Chapter 378 I tie it myself!
Chapter 378 I tie it myself!
The queen came with great force and wanted to kidnap people without saying a word.
Wei An was eager to protect Luo Xiaoran, so he stood up without thinking, but this happened to violate the Queen's taboo.
"Slander? Are you saying that I can't tell right from wrong?"
The queen frowned. How dare the maidservant beside Luo Xiaoran mock her personal maid in person? How could this be disrespectful?
"Wei An didn't mean that. The Queen is the mother of the country and a role model for all women. I and Wei An have nothing but respect for the Queen."
Luo Xiaoran took a step forward, unnoticeably blocking Wei An behind her, with a sincere expression.
When both parties are at a disadvantage in a relationship, there is no need to compete with each other in words.
"Luo Xiaoran, what's the point of being humble? Your maid is so presumptuous. If I were you, I would kill her on the spot to prevent her recklessness from implicating you!"
There was a chill in the Queen's words, which made Luo Xiaoran's eyelids jump. Of course, she would not kill Wei An, nor would she let the Queen kill Wei An.
“Your Majesty, you have misunderstood. I come from the countryside and usually don’t have any maids to serve me.
Wei An is a subordinate of His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan. This time, when I followed the Emperor back to the capital, His Royal Highness sent her to accompany me.
Wei An has followed His Royal Highness Prince Yan for many years and has learned the art of leg and footwork, so she is not very familiar with etiquette and sometimes can't help but speak too bluntly. Please forgive her, Queen, for her youth and ignorance!"
Luo Xiaoran's words not only pointed out that Wei An was King Yan's man and could not be easily touched, but also showed weakness, saying that Wei An was young and did not understand the etiquette of the palace, and ignorance was not a crime.
But the Queen simply ignored Luo Xiaoran's show of weakness. Her mind was full of Luo Xiaoran using Prince Yan to pressure her, and she laughed out of anger.
good good!
You two, master and servant, one is the future princess of Prince Yan, and the other has been Prince Yan's subordinate for many years. You are forcing me not to touch you for the sake of Prince Yan!
Prince Yan is just a prince, but I am the queen of Daliang, and my mother’s family is the Lin family, the first family!
The Prince of Yan holds military power, but his army is far away in the northern border. The head of my Lin family is the Minister of War, in charge of military affairs throughout the country!
Luo Xiaoran, how can you be so sure that I dare not touch you!
"Everyone listen up! Immediately arrest Luo Xiaoran, Wei An and his servant. Anyone who disobeys will be executed immediately!"
When the queen gave the order, even Qinghuan who was beside her was shocked, because she had never seen the queen behave so out of control, except for the time when she was forced to give up Huo Qingyun.
Luo Xiaoran clenched her fists. The Queen's sudden madness was somewhat beyond her expectations.
Judging from the Queen’s condition today, if she and Wei An were really tied up, severe torture would be inevitable.
The first to take action were still the Queen's personal guards.
The personal guards are also the imperial guards and were originally not allowed to enter the harem, but there are exceptions to everything.
Matters in the harem have always been decided by the Empress Dowager.
Lin Yuanfang sought the consent of the Empress Dowager and specially selected a group of good men from the Imperial Guard and handed them over to the Queen.
Not only does he protect the Queen's safety, but he can also obey the Queen's orders when necessary, which is a huge help to the Queen.
More than a dozen big swords were unsheathed at the same time, and the reflected blades were like a dozen thunders, resounding throughout the entire torture chamber.
At this point, Eunuch Sun and Huo Shui also understood that the Queen was serious about this.
They looked at each other, their faces all looked very ugly, but they still made attacking gestures to their subordinates tacitly.
In an instant, the huge crowd in the torture room, like a flooded river, all rushed towards the gap where Luo Xiaoran and Wei An were, like a turbulent wave!
"Queen!"
Luo Xiaoran raised her hands and made a gesture of surrender.
"We really have no ill intentions. I will tie Wei An and myself to the standing tree and let Your Majesty interrogate us."
After saying that, Luo Xiaoran gave Wei An a stern warning look, telling her not to act rashly.
Seeing Luo Xiaoran swiftly tie Wei An's hands to two ropes hanging from the standing tree, the queen narrowed her eyes slightly, then waved her hand to dismiss the guards who were just ready to fight, as well as the eunuchs of the Tianlao and the imperial guards who were forced to take action.
After Luo Xiaoran tied up Wei An, she tied up her right hand with her left hand. She couldn't tie up her remaining left hand.
"Your Majesty, I can only tie one hand myself. As for the remaining one, would you mind sending someone to tie it for me? Or would you be kind enough to leave my hand free?"
In fact, even if Luo Xiaoran and Wei An were not tied up, the Queen would not have any fear.
There were many people around her who were good at Kung Fu, and there were only two women on the opposite side, so she was not to be feared at all.
Then she thought again, the content of the interrogation was confidential and no one could be kept in the torture room, so the queen asked the leader of the personal guards, Lin Cheng, to hang up Luo Xiaoran's left hand as well.
Afterwards, the queen dismissed all the idlers, and only five people were left in the torture room.
The Queen, Qinghuan, Lin Cheng, as well as Luo Xiaoran and Wei An, whose hands were hung on the standing wood, like two matchstick men.
"Give them twenty lashes each, so they know what real flogging is!"
The Queen issued a cold command in her gentle voice. Luo Xiaoran's pupils shrank slightly. She had already given in to this extent, and yet the Queen was still not crazy enough?
Seeing that Lin Cheng had accurately found the bloodstained whip from a pile of torture instruments, Luo Xiaoran couldn't help swallowing.
The whipping I received earlier still stung.
Now it's been done twenty times. Isn't this going to kill me?
"Empress, Wei An and I are not in good health. If we are whipped twenty times, we will lose half our lives if we don't die.
It doesn't matter if we are tortured, but it would be bad if it delays your interrogation.
Queen, I swear, whatever you want to know, whatever I know, I will tell you the truth and will never lie."
The Queen did not stop Lin Cheng because of Luo Xiaoran's soft words. She said sarcastically:
"At this moment, Luo Xiaoran, you still want to deceive me!
Didn’t you just say that you come from the countryside? People in the countryside have to do farm work, so how could you be in poor health?
You also mentioned Wei Anxi's leg skills, so I guess she is in good health.
Therefore, you will be fine if you get whipped a few times!
Lin Cheng, forty lashes each, this is the punishment for Luo Xiaoran trying to deceive me! "
"Yes!"
Lin Cheng approached step by step, holding the whip. Luo Xiaoran clenched her teeth.
As if she had anticipated that Wei An was about to speak up to defend her, Luo Xiaoran spoke first:
"I know the real murderer who killed Commander Lin!"
Wei An kept his words in his stomach. At the same time, the Queen stopped Lin Cheng.
"……who is it?"
"Princess Qingyi, Chen Lingyi."
Silence, so quiet that you can hear a pin drop.
"What evidence do you have?"
"I have been imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison since the incident happened. Just after I was released from the Heavenly Prison, I was sent to the Heavenly Prison again because of the Red Coral case. I have no time to find evidence at all." Luo Xiaoran said with a wry smile.
"Then how can I believe what you said?" The Queen took two steps forward and got closer to Luo Xiaoran. "Could it be that Huo Qingyun found out something and told you?"