My Empress From The Future
Truth
The so-called sky prison is a prison reserved for high-class criminals. Usually people who enter this prison will not come out alive. Without the permission of the Emperor, no one was allowed to enter the sky prison.
Meihua sat motionless staring at the dull wall before her. The prison that locked him up was so big, so cold and silent at once. There was no trace of tears on her delicate face, Meihua felt that crying would only be in vain. She believes that Consort Ming being poisoned by her name is a conspiracy.
Now to survive this prison or not is just to rely on his father, who should clear his name. But what if the General's residence is also affected? What if they get punished too? Isn't that how his hope will be lost?
Slowly Meihua turned towards the prison door made of thick and sturdy iron. Hoping the Emperor would emerge from there and take him out. Or is he just too hopeful? It was clearly the Emperor himself who threw him into this prison. Without investigating carefully, it was only because it found a small package containing the remains of the poison. Meihua thought, who can she rely on right now?
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The emperor was sitting pensively in the Zhuanshi palace. Sitting on the bed she used to sleep with Meihua. There was a lot of sadness in his eyeballs. That big, sturdy hand, stroked the surface of the bed. Feel the smoothness of the cloth that became the bed. Her memories with Meihua in this palace were so sweet.
The wind rustled softly, shaking the flame of the candle. The Emperor's sharp ears caught the unusual movement.
"Get out!"
"Jun Li faced His Imperial Majesty."
"What's important?"
"Your Majesty. The maid who brought the peach cake to the Pearl palace was found dead. His body was found in Chouyi Pavilion."
"Is there any sign of where he came from?"
"The servant used Zhuanshi's palace identification."
"It turns out it's Zhuanshi's palace."
"Your Majesty, you don't think that the Empress did it, do you?"
"The Empress is in the sky prison. How could anyone who entered there kill a servant?"
"The emperor is wise."
"In the meantime investigate every person in the Harem palace! Check if anything is suspicious!"
"Good."
"Go!"
When Jun Li had left, the Emperor closed his eyes. Upon reopening it, cruelty appeared on his face.
"Meihua for a while you're safe in the sky prison. Although you may have misunderstood Zhen, but Zhen please hold on for a moment."
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General Li hurriedly went to the palace after hearing the news that Meihua was in prison, to meet Emperor Tian Yi. Meanwhile Mrs Lianhua cried all day long until her eyes swelled up. Although I have not known Meihua for a long time, with the nature of the girl it is unlikely that she will try to kill someone.
General Li faced the Emperor in the reading room of the Golden Palace. There the usually cold Emperor, now looked even colder.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, I beg you to allow me to see the Empress."
"Finding it is free, General Li. Why are you sad anyway? Isn't she just a foster daughter?"
"Your Majesty, an adopted daughter does not have any blood relation. But as long as I've been my daughter Meihua, I've looked like our real son."
"Zhen knows you're sad General Li. Be calm! However Meihua was still Zhen's wife, of course Zhen would investigate this matter before imposing a sentence. Sending Meihua away to the sky prison is an act of security."
"Hamba doesn't understand. Could all this be...."
"Great conspiracy in the palace," the Emperor said softly.
General Li was flabbergasted, if this was as the Emperor had said, then Meihua's life was indeed in danger. Whoever the opponent was, they tried to kill three birds with one stone.
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Mingfen gradually recovered under the supervision of the Han court physician. Physician Mo, who had been caring for him, was replaced by Physician Han on the orders of the Emperor. While Physician Mo disappeared somewhere.
Jingmi, who had always stood guard next to Mingfen's bed, fell asleep today after days of not closing her eyes. Without realizing it, someone had been standing beside the bed. When the splash of water hit her face, Jingmi woke up.
Seraut a delicate and beautiful face with sky blue colored clothes, stared coldly at him. Jingmi, who had just realized that she was facing Consort Hong, hurriedly respected her reverence.
"Stupid waiter! You should take care of your master, not sleep comfortably there! If someone wants to kill your Master, then it's definitely an easy thing to do!"
"Your Majesty concubine, forgive me. I felt so sleepy and accidentally fell asleep. Forgive me, Your Majesty."
"Fen! Slap this waiter for me! Let him wake up!"
"Good." Fen'er advanced then slapped Jingmi with all his might. The slap was so hard that Jingmi's cheeks flushed in an instant. While Jingmi continued to wail begging for mercy, Hongmei instead sat quietly enjoying the torture.
On the bed, the noise made Mingfen disturbed. The black lentic eyelashes moved slowly. It took Mingfen some time to get used to the light. When it had been focused, the first thing he saw was Jingmi who was continuously slapped by Fen'er.
"Stop!!"
The small whisper was heard by Jingmi on the sidelines of the loudness of the slap she received.
"Miss. You're up?" Jingmi hurriedly moved to the side of the bed, ignoring Fen'er and Consort Hong.
"Stop! Who said you could run away?"ask Fen'er loudly.
Concubine Hong raised her hand slowly, Fen'er then stopped shouting.
"Sister Ming. You awake yet? How you feeling? The waiter quickly calls the healer!"
"Sister Hong. What are you doing here?"
"I? Help you teach your servant a lesson!"
"Should you slap them?"
"of course. If I don't slap him, he won't get up and take good care of you. Isn't what I did right?"
"Thank you for your brother's attention. But I can still teach my own servants a lesson, no need for sister's help."
"Aiyooo's chat. You're sick, how could you possibly teach yourself?"
Mingfen fell silent, he felt so weak. Just getting up, he had to argue with Consort Hong, it was exhausting.
"Sister. Shouldn't you accompany the Emperor? Aren't you afraid the Empress will take it from you?"
"Fearful? Who should I be afraid of? The empress? Aiih may be the Empress has rotted away in the sky prison."
"What did you say?"
"Oh yeah, Ming's sister you don't know. The empress was sent to a sky prison for being proven to harm you by using poison. He's also the reason you have to lie in bed."
"No way! Brother Meihua can't possibly do that to me!"
"Sister? Do you really think of him as a sister? Where could there be a brother as evil as him?"
"You lied!"
"Ask the Emperor himself! Everyone in the palace already knew this, otherwise the Empress had miscalculated for five days in prison. Never mind, I'm tired. I'd better go."
As Consort Hong left the Pearl Palace, all the servants he brought, followed from behind. Leaving behind the transfixed Mingfen and Jingmi who was still crying with blood on both cheeks.
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Meihua had no idea how long she had been in prison. The sky prison was so dark and stuffy, sunlight could not enter at all. All he knew was that he felt locked up there for a long time. Without Li Mei by his side, Meihua felt an immense loneliness.
Until now Meihua still did not understand why the Emperor had to put him in prison. Could it be that all the things they passed through were just a delusion? Could it be that the Emperor had forgotten about it and chosen together with Consort Hong? Then did not they make up before this event?
Thinking about it made Meihua's appetite decrease. Coupled with the stuffy and fishy conditions of the prison, Meihua did not touch the food she brought. The more the day the light in his eyes dimmed, his usual glare sparkling brightly was now staring blankly. Meihua began to lose confidence and lost faith in the Emperor.
The one thing that never goes out in his heart is the determination to take revenge. If one day he made it out of this prison, he vowed to avenge the deeds of everyone who led his way to prison.
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The Emperor's investigation of the poison has not yet found a bright spot. Moreover, the only culprit had been killed. The instructions available to investigate the case are increasingly unclear. The Emperor only knew, putting the Empress in jail was a safe measure to protect the Empress's life. Unfortunately the Emperor had no idea, in his prison the Empress almost lost her life.
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After quite some time, as hope seemed to dissipate further, Jun Li who investigated the case finally found a bright spot. The female servant who was killed in Chouyi Pavilion was not the only culprit. He found one more servant who was a witness to the act. At the Golden Palace, the maid who witnessed the murder said that the people who killed her friend were eunuchs from the palace of one of the concubines.
That night someone wearing a head covering came to the Zhuanshi palace. Offering a lot of gold coins and jewelry, the person simply assigned to deliver the peach cake to the Pearl Palace. The two maidservants immediately agreed, thinking that it was an easy task with great rewards.
When the Empress was arrested, the two understood the meaning of the task. Carrying their small items, the two decided to leave the palace. Not yet had time to step foot out of the palace, one of them had been caught and killed. His body was thrown into Chouyi Pavilion, the famous haunted Pavilion in the royal palace complex.
"Why did you survive?" Jun Li's question broke the silence of the golden palace.
"The servant hides behind a dark flower. The eunuchs thought the servant had run away, they then decided to look elsewhere. Then the servant hid in Chouyi Pavilion, until you finally found the servant."
"You have great courage, trying to kill the Concubine and slander the Empress!"
"Puni servant, forgive servant. Seriously I don't know."
"Your Majesty, what do you think?"
"For a while let him live. Find the eunuchs who committed the murders and find out who told them!"
"Good."
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"Concubine Ming how are you?"
"According to His Majesty the Emperor. I'm almost recovered."
"Good! Don't forget to take your medicine!"
"good. Your Majesty let me declare something."
"Zhen allow!"
"Your Majesty, the Empress may be innocent. He was always kind to the servant and the whole Pearl palace. It was impossible if the Empress wanted to harm the servant."
"Concubine Ming. Are you sure he doesn't have some bad intentions in his heart?"
"Hamba is very sure."
"Then you're so naive. A person's heart is like an ocean. You can't see how wide and how deep the ocean is. The man you trust can be the invisible knife that kills you."
"But I believe the Empress could not have intended to kill the servant. Your Majesty the Emperor, can you release the Empress? Poor thing he's in a dark sky prison."
"There is always a punishment for someone who breaks the law."
"Your Majesty but...." Unfinished Concubine Ming spoke, Consort Hong has come to interject.
"Greetings Your Majesty the Emperor. Brother Ming how are you?"
"Sister, I've been feeling healthier. Thanks for your attention."
"Goodoo. Your Highness, is there anything that Your Majesty invited you here? Why not just in a comfortable place? If it's not disturbing sister Ming's rest?"
"Concubine Hong, there's something Zhen should ask you!"
"Please Your Majesty."
"Eunuch Kang bring them in!"
"Good."
Three eunuchs and one servant entered the Pearl Palace with frightened faces. Consort Hong's own face looked paled. Fen'er who stood behind Consort Hong was no less pale.
"Concubine Hong do you know them?"
"Your Majesty, I do not know them. After all they were not eunuchs and servants of the servant palace. The lady's maid even had an identification tag of Zhuanshi's palace."
It was true that every servant and eunuch who served a certain palace would have an identifying mark on their bodies. Servants in the Zhuanshi palace for example, they will wear a small Plum or Meihua flower-shaped konde puncture. While the maid in the Pearl palace will have a water droplet-shaped identification mark and the Jade palace maid will have a small butterfly-shaped identification mark.
"Concubine Hong. If you don't know the lady's servant, then you should know the eunuchs!"
"His Majesty the Emperor. They do have butterfly markings, but the servant never sees them."
"Say do you know Consort Hong?"
"Yes Your Majesty. Servant is the Eunuch who served on the doorstep of the Jade Palace." One of the Eunuchs replied with trembling fear.
"Hamba served in front of Consort Hong's room."
"Hamba served in front of the Jade Palace hall."
"They're obviously so close to you and you're saying you don't know them Consort Hong?" The Emperor's tone of voice grew even higher.
"The servant did see them, but the servant had no relation whatsoever."
"So where did they have the courage to kill the maid from Zhuanshi's palace?"
"Hamba really doesn't know, please the Emperor investigate carefully."
"Servant say it clearly!"
"Yes Your Majesty. Servants and friends of servants told someone to bring a peach cake to the Pearl palace. Soon after, Consort Ming became seriously ill and the Empress was taken to prison. The servant and the servant friend were frightened, then planned to leave the palace. We have not been able to leave the palace, we have been found out. Then the servant's friend was killed. His body was dumped into Chouyi Pavilion. These eunuchs killed him."
"Emperor beg pardon. We were just told to."
"We were simply told to remove the evidence."
"Punish us Your Majesty."
"Who told you to?"
"That's...."
"Say! Your answer will affect your lives."
"Consort Hong told us to. Concubine Hong told us. He rewarded ten gold coins for each of us."
Eunuch Kang then took out a bag of thirty gold coins, before the Emperor. Coupled with another bag of money and some jewelry given to the maid. Evidence is available in front of everyone.
Accused blatantly, Consort Hong shouted loudly. "What?? What did you say? You're slandering me. Your Majesty the Emperor, they are lying. Servants do not know them, but they slander the servant. Your Majesty, keep justice on the servant."
"Concubine Hong is silent!"
This time Consort Hong was speechless, his face deathly pale but still not in his way, to stare at the four servants in front of him in anger.
"Concubine Hong. The evidence and witnesses are in front of you, and you still intend to convict? You used the Empress' name to poison Consort Ming. You're making the Empress languish in jail. This crime should not be punished accordingly?"
Concubine Hong fell to her knees, as did Fen'er. Tears dripped from both eyes. "Your Majesty. Servants really don't do that, please Your Majesty doesn't believe their words. They were just lying, they were envious of the Emperor's concern and affection for servants."
"Enough!! Concubine Hong you're guilty, so you deserve punishment!"
"Your Majesty, it's not Consort Hong who is at fault. Not the guilty concubine, but the servant. The servant did it. Please the Emperor release Consort Hong," Fen'er said. The waiter kowtows by banging his head against the floor hard. This is repeated until the blood begins to flow.
"Fen'er what are you doing? Just stop! Stop that!"
Concubine Hong hugged Fen'er tightly, her gaze directed at the Emperor.
"Your Majesty. It's the servant's fault, don't punish Fen'er."
"No. Your Imperial Majesty, it is Fen'er's fault entirely, Consort Hong knows nothing. Fen'er hated Meihua for being elected Empress and gaining the Emperor's affection, so that nonaku did not have the opportunity to become Empress. Fen'er hates him."
"So you admit that you're the mastermind of this?"
"really. Please the Emperor do not punish Consort Hong. Just punish Fen'er. Just punish the servant. I'll take it."
"alright. Everyone listen to Zhen's decision! Fen'er's maid was guilty of poisoning Consort Ming and slandering the innocent Empress. Therefore Zhen imposes a beheading for him! Concubine Hong could not be a good master, so her servant had malicious intentions on others, Zhen downgrading his position from Guifei to Fei. The others take them to jail."
"Thank you for the Emperor's kindness. Thanks to the Emperor's kindness," said Fen'er faltered.
"Your Majesty forgive Fen'er. Forgive Fen'er."
"Warrior carry out the punishment!"
Two soldiers dragged Fen'er away by force. The servant girl smiled bitterly at Consort Hong. His hands reached out weakly, while his lips spoke softly. "Your Majesty Concubine, you must live well. Gotta live well, Fen'er go first. Fen'er go first."
Concubine Hong chased after Fen'er full of energy. Although only a servant, Fen'er had been with him since childhood. Only Fen'er can stand his often fickle attitude, and now Fen'er has to leave because of his mistakes. Hongmei thought the sky was so cruel to him this time.