Chapter 66: Who Instigated It

Who Instigated It

Under the flickering lamplight, an object the size of a palm swayed gently in Talent Sun's hand. But the moment everyone saw the object, they couldn't help but gasp.

It turned out to be a waist token! And on it, two words were clearly engraved: Yongxin!

Immediately, everyone present was shocked, and then almost simultaneously looked at Noble Consort Zhang. Zhou Dexing's face had already turned as pale as paper.

The surroundings were deathly silent, and even the floating wind seemed to have stopped. At this moment, Empress Duan moved her eyebrows slightly, then glanced at Noble Consort Zhang again as if unintentionally, before returning her gaze to Zhou Dexing.

"Now what else do you have to say?"

"Ser, servant... servant does, does not know... servant really does not know..."

"You don't know? Good! Someone, drag this servant out, and I will wait here to see if you really know or don't know!"

Empress Duan spoke calmly, but her words made people break out in a cold sweat. Before Zhou Dexing could speak, he was instantly dragged out by several palace attendants nearby.

Zhou Dexing was taken away, and after only a moment, heart-wrenching screams came from the adjacent courtyard. At this time, Rongxin Yuan remained silent.

The air was filled with an indescribable eeriness. This time, Empress Duan did not speak to Noble Consort Zhang as she had before, but stood there with an unmoved expression, not knowing what she was thinking or what she was waiting for.

Just like that, time passed bit by bit, and the screams from the adjacent courtyard grew louder and louder, but then, after a painful shriek, they suddenly stopped.

Instantly, everyone in Rongxin Yuan was startled, and before they could recover, they saw a eunuch walk in quickly!

"Reporting to Empress Niangniang, Zhou Dexing has confessed."

"Bring him over."

"Yes."

When Zhou Dexing was dragged back, he was already beaten to the point of being on his last breath! Standing in place, Empress Duan lowered her eyes and glanced at him.

"Was the fire at Rongxin Yuan set by you?"

"... Yes... yes..."

"Were you alone?"

"Yes..."

"Who instigated it?"

"No... no one instigated..."

Lying on the ground in a sorry state, Zhou Dexing seemed to use his last breath to respond to Empress Duan's question. Upon hearing this, the Empress instantly raised her eyebrows.

"No one instigated? No one instigated and you, a servant, thought of setting a fire in the palace? And Rongxin Yuan and Yongxin Palace are far apart, even if you wanted to cause trouble for no reason, you wouldn't run to such a far place..."

Having said this, Empress Duan's eyes flashed, then she glanced at Noble Consort Zhang again, and her voice sank.

"Speak! Who exactly instigated you?"

"Really... really no one instigated... instigated this servant... it's just that this servant saw that Talent Lan was always, always making things difficult for our master... so, so..."

"Hmph! It seems you, this servant, still don't intend to tell the truth... Someone, drag this servant down and beat him again!"

With a cold snort, Empress Duan didn't wait for Zhou Dexing to speak and directly ordered people to drag him away again... Watching the palace attendants coming to drag him away, Zhou Dexing instantly trembled all over, and a clear fear rose in his eyes.

"No, no! Empress Niangniang, Empress Niangniang, please listen to this servant..."

As if trying to grasp the last straw, Zhou Dexing screamed desperately. Hearing this, Empress Duan turned her eyes and waved her hand at the palace attendants.

"Fine, then I will give you one last chance... Speak, who exactly instigated you?"

"It... it is..."

Trembling, he responded, then Zhou Dexing slowly raised his head to look at Noble Consort Zhang, who had been silent all along, then instantly lowered his head, and said in a trembling, low voice:

"It... it was the master who ordered this, this servant to do it..." ===== CHAPTER 67 =====