mtlumby2d Chapter 1732 I had an affair with Xingchen! So what? (289 million reward)
Chapter 1732 I had an affair with Xingchen! So what? (289 million reward)
If she really did have an affair with Xingchen...
After Xingchen's death, his loyal remnants, following the orders of his "former lover," worked for her, even colluding with the Xiongnu, attempting to destabilize the Zhou Dynasty and avenge Xingchen...
That explains everything.
Like Li Changde, Nangong Xuanyu had previously only speculated about Jiang Changzai based on clues.
But now, the testimonies of the remnants of Fatu Temple have almost confirmed this!
The emperor's gaze turned completely cold!
More and more evidence points to that most sordid truth. He no longer needs to show mercy to a woman who might be having an affair with a lecherous monk and colluding with foreign powers!
Nangong Xuanyu called out in a deep voice, "Li Changde!"
Li Changde immediately stepped forward: "This servant is here!"
Has Chiang Kai-shek confessed?
Li Changde said, "Your Majesty, because there was no concrete evidence, I dared not torture Consort Jiang before, and only had people torture her like a hawk."
"But Jiang Changzai insisted that he was innocent and denied everything about his relationship with Xingchen. His words were earnest and his emotions were intense."
Nangong Xuanyu sneered, "Since she's determined to resist to the end, and the connections behind her are so deep... there's no need to wait any longer!"
"At all costs, pry open Jiang's mouth. I need to know what her relationship with Xingchen really is!"
"And after Xingchen's death, how did she contact those remnants? What role did she play in this matter concerning the Xiongnu?"
Li Changde was startled and immediately understood His Majesty's meaning.
Jiang Changzai will lose the last shred of dignity of a palace concubine, and any form of punishment can be inflicted upon her!
"This servant understands!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Li Changde replied, "This servant will do everything in his power to find out the truth!"
After leaving the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he went straight to that secret room.
Jiang Changzai's clothes hadn't been changed in a long time, his cheeks were sunken, and there were dark circles under his eyes.
Her lips, which were originally naturally red, were now dry, cracked, and peeling.
Only those eyes were filled with a color of fanaticism!
The belief in avenging Xingchen has always sustained her!
Consort Jiang was unaware that her status as a daughter of an official and a concubine in the palace was no longer valid...
Li Changde will no longer interrogate her gently, but will instead subject her to psychological torment.
What awaited her next was a truly cruel method that could destroy her body and crush her will...
Seeing Li Changde enter, Jiang Changzai sneered inwardly, thinking that he was just here to ask the same old questions again.
She was tormented by things that kept her awake; or things that, while not leaving physical scars, were enough to drive her to a mental breakdown.
She's tried all sorts of methods these days and has gotten used to them.
As long as she doesn't admit it, what can Li Changde do to her?
However, this time...
Li Changde slightly turned his head and gestured to the eunuch behind him.
Two eunuchs, carrying a wooden clamp, approached Consort Jiang.
"What...what are you going to do?!"
Jiang Changzai finally realized something was wrong and struggled to get up.
Unfortunately, the prolonged mental torment and lack of food had left her with very little strength, and she was easily subdued by the eunuch.
The cold splint was put on Jiang Changzai's fingers and slowly tightened.
A sharp, piercing pain shot through my fingers!
"what--!!!"
Jiang Changzai finally lost control and let out a shrill scream!
The ten fingers are connected to the heart!
The pain of torture is far greater than that of the previous "refined" methods!
Li Changde stared coldly at her and asked bluntly, "Jiang, do you have an affair with the traitor Xingchen?!"
Jiang Changzai was in so much pain that his vision blurred and he was covered in cold sweat.
She bit her lower lip hard with her teeth and tasted blood.
Do not……
I can't say...
"No! I didn't..."
Li Changde remained expressionless.
The splints tightened even more.
"what--!!!"
Jiang Changzai screamed even more shrilly, feeling as if his fingers were about to be crushed!
The excruciating pain caused her body to spasm, and tears streamed uncontrollably down her face.
Li Changde then asked, "What did you do in the side room of Fatu Temple on the ninth day of the tenth month last year?"
Jiang Changzai cried out, "I'm just praying for blessings... I'm just praying for blessings..."
"Stubborn to the end!"
Li Changde stopped asking questions and watched quietly.
With his tacit approval, the eunuchs began to exert even more cruel pressure.
Although the Chiang family was not a top-tier noble family, they were still a respectable official family.
Jiang Changzai had been raised in luxury since childhood, and had never suffered such physical pain.
Her conviction began to crumble in the face of excruciating pain...
For Jiang Changzai, every breath felt like an eternity…
The pain was relentlessly eroding her will.
Xingchen is dead.
Even if she admits to having an affair with him now, so what? Can Nangong Xuanyu kill him again?
Since Nangong Xuanyu has already determined that she is unfaithful and has tortured her, even if she doesn't die, she will be crippled. What's the point of continuing to suffer?
Li Changde saw the despair on the verge of collapse in Jiang Changzai's eyes and knew that the time was almost right.
Receiving his signal, the clamp was loosened slightly.
“Jiang Changzai, if you confess honestly now, you will at least avoid further physical suffering.”
Jiang Chang was panting heavily. He looked up at Li Changde's expressionless face, his eyes burning with a desperate, reckless madness: "...So what if...so what?!"
"I did have an affair with Xingchen! So what?!"
"His Majesty has three palaces and six courtyards, with countless beauties. He can favor whichever he wants and discard whichever he wants! Why should he?!"
"Why should he be entitled to rule the world and do whatever he wants?!"
Why should we women be treated like objects, chosen and played with by him, and then discarded like worn-out shoes?!
"Xingchen... Xingchen at least understands me! He cherishes me! He gave me joy and longing I've never experienced before in my life!"
"What right do you have to interrogate me? What right do you have to torture me?!"
"Just because Xingchen slept with His Majesty's woman and cuckolded him, His Majesty feels like the sky has fallen, and all the women involved with Xingchen deserve to die?!"
"Hahaha... Ridiculous! Absolutely ridiculous!"
Jiang Changzai laughed until tears welled up in his eyes, washing away the grime on his face, making him look particularly ferocious: "That's right!"
"On the ninth day of the tenth month last year, in the west wing of Fatu Temple, I sent everyone away and went to see Xingchen through a secret room. I gave him my body and my heart!"
I have no regrets!
Even if he dies and turns to ashes, I will not regret it!
Li Changde's face was full of astonishment!
He was absolutely loyal to the imperial power, so how could he not deeply resent Jiang Changzai's rebellious words?
Li Changde's eyebrows shot up, and a chilling light flashed in his eyes: "Insolence!"
"Jiang, you truly have no regard for your own life!"
"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, appointed by Heaven to rule over the four seas."
"All the people under heaven are Your Majesty's subjects!"
"For any woman in the world to enter the palace and serve the emperor is the supreme honor of receiving the emperor's favor and bathing in his grace!"