sbdcsierra Chapter 257 The Cruel King
Chapter 257 The Cruel King
"If Your Majesty can spare my life, I... I am willing to serve Your Majesty as a slave for the rest of my life, in return for your kindness."
Qin Feiling narrowed her eyes slightly and sneered, "I have many slaves who serve as servants... I don't need you."
"Next, I ask questions and you answer."
Lin Yan nodded quickly: "Yes, I will cooperate with your majesty's interrogation."
Qin Feiling took out a music sheet and asked, "Who gave you this music sheet?"
With Lin Yan's shallow and vulgar mind, she would never be able to think of the lyrics on the music score.
He had no doubts before, but now, he looked at the killer disguised as a eunuch who was pinned to the ground by the guards.
This man is not from the palace.
He was skilled in martial arts and had great skills in Qinggong. Otherwise, he would not have been able to sneak into the inner hall so quietly under everyone's noses.
Send a killer from the underworld to kill Lin Yan?
Haha, it really mobilized a large number of troops!
If he doesn't become suspicious, he will become a complete fool.
Lin Yan didn't dare to hide it and immediately replied truthfully: "The music score was given to me by Concubine Qin."
"This piece of music is incredibly unique. Both the tune and the lyrics are unparalleled in the world. Concubine Qin gave it to me, and I couldn't let it go. I practiced the piano and singing day and night... But I didn't expect that one night, His Majesty would hear it."
"Now that I think about it, the reason I went to the Imperial Garden to practice music was because I followed Concubine Qin's advice... Your Majesty, I only now understand that Concubine Qin used me as a pawn from the very beginning. She wanted to use me to deal with the Imperial Concubine... The Imperial Concubine almost..."
Having said this, Lin Yan no longer dared to continue, her eyes were full of panic.
Qin Feiling pursed her lips and said coldly, "Fortunately, the imperial concubine is fine, otherwise, I would have killed all your clans."
Lin Yan cried and kowtowed to admit her guilt: "I know I was wrong, and I won't dare to do it again."
"Please spare my life, Your Majesty!"
Qin Feiling suppressed the rage in his heart and tried to make his voice calm.
"Where did you get that incense that was burning in your temple just now?"
Lin Yantou didn't even dare to raise her head, and replied respectfully: "It was Concubine Qin who told me... Doctor Zhang from the Imperial Hospital had some incense that was very effective in enhancing love... So, I asked Yanchun to secretly go to Doctor Zhang to buy some."
Qin Feiling's face was extremely gloomy.
"Noble Qin, Noble Qin again!"
Haha, he didn’t even know that Qin Keqing was so powerful?
Without making a sound, he actually managed to lead Lin Yan by the nose so easily and do so many things?
Qin Feiling remembered that Concubine Qin's father was Qin Yun, the Minister of Rites. As the end of the year approached, he was going to the mountains to pay homage to his ancestors. All sacrificial matters were now under the responsibility of Qin Yun.
Over the years, he has trusted Qin Yun very much.
Qin Yun was one of the few ministers he entrusted with important tasks.
Qin Yun’s daughter, Qin Keqing… I didn’t expect her to be such a scheming person.
Qin Feiling's eyes flickered slightly.
Her purpose... is to win favor... to be a royal concubine?
He stared into Lin Yan's eyes and continued to ask.
"So, you have no evidence to prove that this incense has anything to do with Concubine Qin?"
Lin Yan couldn't help but be startled, her eyes filled with anxiety: "No, I have no evidence. When she said this, it was just the two of us. If she denies it, I don't have any evidence to incriminate her."
Qin Keqing was too smart. She only gave Lin Yan an ambiguous clue.
What Lin Yan will do next is not her business.
Qin Feiling couldn't help but sneer: "Really cunning..."
The palace maid who had pushed Ge'er before died for no reason just after being taken away for interrogation.
It was because of the death of this palace maid that Qin Feiling realized that something was unusual.
After receiving the message, he returned the same way.
Sure enough, there was a problem with Lin Yan.
Fortunately, he arrived in time, otherwise, once Lin Yan died... he would never know that it was Qin Keqing who planned all this.
It's so meticulous, one link after another!
He knew that he could not ask any other valuable questions from Lin Yan.
He asked Liu Quan to take Lin Yan away.
Death penalty can be avoided, but living crime cannot be avoided.
She was beaten with twenty sticks, confiscated as a slave, and sent to guard the imperial tomb.
Lin Yan sobbed and cried as she thanked him. It was already her luck to be able to keep her life, so she naturally didn't dare to have any more extravagant hopes.
She was dragged away with tears in her eyes.
Qin Feiling twirled the jade ring on her thumb. "Take this man away and torture him severely. We must interrogate the person who ordered him to kill Lin Yan..."
Eunuch Liu quickly responded in a low voice.
He waved his hand and the guards took the man away.
Unexpectedly, before Eunuch Liu started to ask questions, the man had already died with blood oozing from all seven orifices as soon as he arrived in the dungeon.
Qin Feiling frowned slowly when he heard this.
"Didn't he remove his jaw?"
"The poison bag should have been removed? If so, how did he die of the poison?"
Liu Quan was extremely nervous. He replied with a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid there are accomplices in the dungeon."
This sentence completely angered Qin Feiling.
He couldn't help but sneer, "Great! The dungeon in the palace is about to become someone else's world?"
"Since everyone in the dungeon is a suspect, we'll deal with them all, leaving no one behind."
"Kill, kill them all!"
Liu Quan knelt on the ground with a plop: "Your Majesty, there are at least 20 or 30 jailers guarding the dungeon..."
There was a bloodthirsty glint in Qin Feiling's eyes, and he curled his lips and sneered as he stared at Liu Quan.
"If they don't die, then you will die... Liu Quan, what do you think?"
Liu Quan was so frightened that he dared not try to persuade him anymore.
He quickly agreed and fled the inner hall in a panic.
This incident soon caused a sensation in the entire palace.
The concubines were so frightened that they stayed in their rooms and hardly dared to go out, for fear of offending His Majesty and bringing about their own death.
Only then did they realize that the emperor, who seemed gentle and elegant on the surface, was actually such a bloodthirsty, cold-blooded and ruthless emperor.
His Majesty was so furious that he killed dozens of jailers and guards in the dungeon with just one sentence.
Such a large-scale killing naturally caused a sensation throughout the court and the country.
In the past few days, many censors knelt in front of Qin Feiling in the Golden Palace, took off their official hats and made death-defying suggestions.
"Your Majesty... you, the Emperor, have executed twenty or thirty jailers and guards with a single word... This is truly brutal and foolish."
"May I ask, Your Majesty, what mistakes have they made?"
"I have heard that... Your Majesty did all this to protect the Imperial Concubine..."
"This is clearly a matter of concubines competing for favor. Why are you taking your anger out on other innocent people? Or does Your Majesty want to become a foolish and cruel ruler just for the sake of the concubine?"
There was a hint of hostility and murderous intent in Qin Feiling's eyes.
He was quite calm at first, but when he heard someone actually mentioned the imperial concubine.
He couldn't bear it anymore.
He smashed the memorial hard on the censor's head.
"Countless spies are hidden in the palace's inner prison. My prisoners have been poisoned to death before they can even be interrogated. This is clearly someone deliberately challenging my authority. What does the royal family's reputation have to do with the Imperial Concubine?"