Back In Time (The Reincarnation of the Cruel Concubine)
Hall torture
Yang Li, the princess pavilion lady woke up as a soldier splashed water into her body. The young woman had no strength left to resist, she was tied to a chair after a full night of whipping. Hanfunya was torn and her appearance was disheveled.
Yang Li forced both of his eyes to open, and apparently it was already noon. He blinked slowly observing one by one the people gathered in the torture hall to see him. The dayang shook even more when he realized he was in the middle of the hall courtyard.
One soldier on his right side carried a whip, this time much bigger than the whip last night. His scar was still gaping very sore, let alone whip this time which was much bigger. Two soldiers on his left side each carried a piece of wood. One soldier who had just come brought a sword, it was shiny and sharp. The soldier drew his sword right at Yang Li's neck.
The lady-in-waiting stared at the pair of wry eyes she recognized, Yang Li smiled wryly as the man did not even look at her. He who had made it like this, should be the one here replacing Yang Li.
"Did you really do it?" yang Jia Li whispered on Dayang Yue.
Dayang Yue nodded, "Already, Your Majesty." he replied.
"He's not gonna fuck around, is he?"
The lady-in-waiting glanced at Yang Li at a glance, "She wouldn't have messed around if she didn't want her family to die."
A slanted smile rose on the beautiful face of the empress, she stared straight ahead with her chin held high. "He deserves to pay for what he did."
"Yes, Your Majesty." replied Dayang Yue, the woman looked down again because she could not see Yang Li, from a distance the young lady looked expectantly at Yang Jia Li.
Yang Jia Li was present to witness the torture of the princess pavilion lady. The empress glanced at the emperor and the queen mother who were also present, they sat on the throne and faced directly into the hall courtyard.
"Greetings, Your Grace. May the emperor live a thousand years." said Zhou Ming Hao, he and his younger brother Zhou Fang Yin attended. They rushed in after hearing the news that the execution would be carried out today, if the lady-in-waiting was found guilty.
Last night doing torture, Commander Hao reportedly did not get results, the pavilion lady was silent even though he had been whipped dozens of times.
Emperor Zhou frowned, "What are you doing here?" tanyakanya.
The two children looked at each other. "We want to see who has dared to harm Xie Ling, Your Majesty."
"But, the torture hall is not a spectacle. You shouldn't be here." the queen mother's chimps.
"The queen mother was right, the children should not see the execution" the emperor added.
"We beg you to let us look at the goods for a moment, Your Majesty." Zhou Fang Yin asked. "What the lady did was truly unforgivable."
"We love our sister very much, we don't want anyone to hurt her for whatever reason."
"And we just want to hear the reason the lady-in-waiting harmed Xiao Ling." Zhou Ming Hao tried to convince the emperor. "She was just an ordinary lady-in-waiting, there's no way this was purely from her mistake."
Yang Jia Li stared intently at Zhou Ming Hao, "What do you mean, Crown Prince?!"
Zhou Ming Hao turned to look at the empress, "Sorry, Empress mother. But my guess is that if the lady is innocent, she must be ruled by someone."
"Who is that guy?" ask the queen mother.
The crown prince shook his head, "I can't say who, of course, has great power."
"Getting mercury is difficult, there must be one thing veiled, Your Majesty the Emperor."
"Perhaps the mastermind behind all this, wants to harm Zhou Xie Ling for some purpose."
"You mustn't be so prejudiced to anyone else, the crown prince. Your guess must be wrong." Yang Jia Li replied, the empress began to be lured.
"Sorry, empress." Zhou Fang Yin bowed respectfully to the empress, "But an ordinary lady like her, would definitely not know anything about mercury, let alone how to obtain it."
"Here you can't read, Your Majesty. How could he know."
"Do you need to read how to walk to be able to walk, right?!"
"Here is the empress." sailed Emperor Zhou, "Well if you force, you can see for a moment." break up the emperor.
"And, empress, there's no need to overdo it if you don't want to be suspected."
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The sobbing sounded increasingly bitter from the little girl, the little girl who curled up in the warm embrace of the mother. Pain in his head returned, but he could not be separated from the antidote to poison, and another new concoction drug from Physician Zhong.
"Patience is dear." said Wu Li Mei, the woman hugged the princess tightly while patting her back gently.
"Sick ma'am .... hiks.... it hurts so much."
"My head hurts, ma'am."
The mercury poison had a severe impact on Zhou Xie Ling, considering that the child had a congenital disease from birth. The princess's extremely vulnerable health and her weakened endurance, became the main cause of the poison's rapid spread.
This time too, there is not much that can be done other than routinely giving drugs. All was in the princess' response to the medicine, and her body's ability to fight the poison.
But, despite all that, almost a week passed. Zhou Xie Ling was already much better, the boy could eat even just a little. The rest, Wu Li Mei gave a lot of milk and fruits.
Dayang Yi approached as Zhou Xie Ling regained her composure, the princess seemed to fall asleep while tightly hugging Wu Li Mei. The dayang helped move Xie Ling on the bed so that her sleep was not disturbed.
"Your Majesty, that lady named Yang Li is being executed in the west hall" said the lady-in-waiting.
"really?"
Dayang Yi nodded, "Yes, Your Majesty."
"Then, how did it go?"
"Sorry, I haven't heard the latest news yet, it looks like the execution has just begun."
Wu Li Mei nodded her head, she stroked the delicate mane of the princess. "It's best that the lady feels what my little daughter feels."
"Do you want to see the execution?"
"I don't think it's necessary, after all there's been an emperor and a queen mother, right."
"All right, Your Majesty."
Wu Li Mei also locked himself in the princess pavilion, so that he could keep Zhou Xie Ling for twenty-four hours. The new ladies-in-waiting that the empress assigned, could not take care of her daughter as well as Dayang Hong. Inevitably, Wu Li Mei had to intervene.
Physician Zhong came every day, not to mention his twin sons who visited diligently to accompany him. Speaking of the twins, as long as the mother was busy taking care of Xie Ling, the drugstore became their responsibility in turn. Wu Li Mei should give a deserved reward for their hard work later.
"Darling Yi?"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"I want to see the execution." Wu Li Mei broke up.
