0p0 Chapter 893 The Zhuang Family's Fear!
Chapter 893 The Zhuang Family's Fear!
Only then did Duanmu Ya notice that outside the cell, an old woman had set out writing materials, preparing to write her confession.
Duanmu Ya recounted in detail how, with the help of two nannies and several maids, she had drugged Duanmu Qing and brought her to her courtyard.
“I have said everything. You have all witnessed it and should know whether what I said is true or false.”
Just then, Zhuang woke up.
"Granny, that's all I know. If you don't believe me, you can bring them here for interrogation."
One of the old women gave her an inkstone, had her press her fingerprint on it, and then quickly left the cell.
The others looked around, packed up their belongings, and then left the cell.
"Let me out! I've already told you, why won't you let me leave?"
At this moment, Zhuang felt as if her body was on fire.
Unlike Duanmu Ya, she had just been genuinely tortured with needles.
Her left hand, all five fingers, suffered the same fate.
She couldn't take it anymore and fainted once in the middle, but they managed to wake her up and then continue torturing her. Now, even though she saw Duanmu Ya's condition, she didn't have the strength to speak.
Soon, the Shenxing Division delivered the confession they had obtained to Chief Steward De.
After Duanmu Chuze and Mu Xinnuan returned from the Ming Prince's Mansion, Steward De reported the matter to them.
"It seems what she said is true. As for those people, they are probably all Zhuang's confidants. They are helping Duanmu Ya because they are dissatisfied with Zhuang's imprisonment and because someone is deliberately stirring things up."
"So, what do you suggest we do next?"
"Your Majesty, you are busy with state affairs every day. You can leave such a small matter to me."
Seeing her mischievous grin, Duanmu Chuze knew that this girl must have come up with some wicked idea again.
The palace brought the confession to Prince Su's residence. After Prince Su and Princess Su had seen it, they immediately cooperated with the Shenxing Division to arrest those people one by one.
As for those who had previously asked for leave to go home, Princess Su would not allow any of them to leave.
At this critical juncture, anyone who leaves is most likely an accomplice.
Those people were taken to the Censorate, but the place where they were imprisoned was naturally different from that of Duanmu Ya.
Therefore, although Duanmu Ya confessed, she had never actually seen those people.
Next, because Duanmu Ya confessed, Zhuang Shi was temporarily spared.
For several days in a row, no one came to interrogate her.
This gave her a chance to catch her breath.
In fact, Duanmu Chuze and Mu Xinnuan already knew that this matter was related to Consort Luo of the Ming Prince's Mansion, but they naturally did not know who was behind that person.
Therefore, they didn't expect Zhuang to reveal any more information for the time being.
The reason Mu Xin Nuan didn't touch Duanmu Ya was because she wanted to let Zhuang Shi's wishful thinking gain the upper hand first, and then use Duanmu Ya to threaten her once she had recovered enough.
Using a daughter to blackmail her mother sounds dishonorable, but Mu Xin Nuan felt that it was perfectly acceptable to use it on this mother and daughter!
If it weren't for the fact that Duanmu Ya was the daughter of Prince Su, she would have even considered having the girl sold into a brothel!
They even schemed against their own elder sister. It was bad enough that they ruined Duanmu Qing's reputation before, but now they've set their sights on Mu Qingxuan. They're courting death.
After several days of peace and quiet, Mu Xin Nuan felt that the mother and daughter had had enough of their good days in the Censorate, so she ordered Chun Yu to make a trip to the Censorate.
Soon, several old women arrived at the door of Zhuang's cell. They saw that Zhuang, who had been fed and cared for well these past few days, looked much fairer than before, and the wounds on her hands had mostly healed.
"Oh, Mrs. Zhuang, have you been having a good time these past few days?"
"Granny, you've been thinking about this. I've told you everything I needed to. Even if I've made mistakes, I'm still Prince Su's woman. You can torture me all you want, but I've told you everything I know. What more do you want?"
"You already said that? That can't be right. The people that Miss Ya mentioned before are completely different from the ones you mentioned."
Zhuang was taken aback, realizing that those people were indeed her confidants. However, she did not believe that they would know her secret.
"Are you trying to trick me? I'm telling you, I said no one instructed me, it's just like this. Believe it or not!"
"Wow, what a sharp tongue you have! Zhuang, you'd better understand that this is the Censorate, not your Prince Su's residence. You can't turn things around with just a few nice words."
"What do you want?"
"Simple! We've already uncovered some clues, for example, Consort Luo?"
Zhuang's body stiffened; they had indeed found out.
In fact, little did Zhuang know that the person who entered the Prince Su's residence the night before was not Consort Luo's person at all; she had simply mistaken the person for someone else in her haste.
“Zhuang, since you refuse to confess, then fine, come with us first.”
The group brought Zhuang out, and this time, surprisingly, they didn't take her to the torture chamber. Instead, they took her to a clean place to wash herself and gave her a set of relatively clean clothes.
Although Zhuang didn't understand what they were up to, seeing that there was hot water for bathing, she didn't think much of it. She washed herself thoroughly and came out, standing up straight. She sneered, "Speak, what else do you want?"
The reason why Lady Zhuang dared to speak in such a tone was partly because she had been a concubine of Prince Su's mansion for more than ten years and had always been favored in the mansion, so she naturally had a kind of arrogance.
Furthermore, her family was quite powerful, so she didn't believe that the young emperor would imprison her for life.
What Zhuang didn't expect was that ever since she was imprisoned in the Shenxing Division, Duanmu Chuze had no intention of releasing her again.
As Zhuang was led outside, she walked for a while before realizing something was amiss.
"Where are you taking me? The men's prison is ahead."
"That's right. I'm taking you to the men's prison."
"What do you want to do?"
This time, Zhuang was truly terrified, and subconsciously, she thought of those filthy and disgusting scenes.
“Zhuang, since you are so proud and even the needle torture can't harm you, why do you have so many worries?”
Zhuang forced herself to calm down and think about it carefully. They were right. She could even endure needle torture, so what else couldn't she endure?
Then I wondered if the torture chambers in the men's prison were more severe than those here?
After being cared for for more than ten days, Zhuang's injuries had mostly healed, except for her finger, which still ached slightly. However, she had no other injuries on her body.
While they were thinking, they had already arrived at the entrance of the men's prison.