Chapter 534: Chapter 534: Do You Think He Can Save You? Chapter 534: Chapter 534: Do You Think He Can Save You? “Madam Lin!”

Eunuch Li could hardly believe it, this was the Madam Lin he had never forgotten in his heart!

How could she have become like this?

In an instant, Eunuch Li suspected that the Empress had taken private revenge, knowing the relationship between Madam Lin and him, to punish him, Madam Lin was thrown into prison, and even made to take the fall for a death row inmate, letting Madam Lin accompany him to hell!

Eunuch Li turned and rushed out, “Let me see the Empress! I want to see the Empress! Madam Lin is innocent, the Empress must not harm her!”

The guard behind him unemotionally blocked him, his tall and robust body preventing Eunuch Li from moving even a half step.

Eunuch Li was filled with fury, his eyes bloodshot, his tone full of resentment toward the Empress.

“Madam Lin has already confessed. This matter was arranged by the Emperor and the Ministry of Punishment had thoroughly investigated it. Eunuch Li, having lived for most of his life, still can’t see clearly, truly deserves to die with guilt.”

Su Kai slowly walked in from outside, holding in his hand the confession of crimes personally stated by Madam Lin.

With a flick of his wrist, he tossed it onto Eunuch Li’s face.

Eunuch Li didn’t even look at it, letting the confession slip to the ground.

“If one wishes to condemn, one can always find an excuse!”

He had been in the palace for so many years, hadn’t seen all kinds of dark and open plots, he simply didn’t believe that Madam Lin had committed any crime.

Seeing Su Kai, his heart chilled again. Although he had seen the Emperor in Kunning Palace and knew that the Emperor and Empress were just putting on a play for Wang Yingluo, knowing it was one thing, seeing Su Kai, who usually looked at Wang Yingluo with admiration, being completely lucid, was another thing entirely.

Thus, people like Lord Lou and Manager Chai would certainly not treat Wang Yingluo differently.

They were originally close to the Empress and owed her for their positions.

It was all an illusion!

He alone truly served Wang Yingluo, even harboring thoughts of poisoning the Empress.

Had Wang Yingluo not changed her mind that day, his poison would have been sprinkled on the Empress, an undeniable fact. There were numerous Hidden Guards in the palace, numerous people protecting the Empress. Every word and action of his was thoroughly known to the Emperor and the Empress.

He knew his death was deserved, but Madam Lin was innocent!

To vent their anger on him, they had wrongfully accused such a pitiable woman from the inner palace, her body covered in marks left by torture devices. How could Eunuch Li not hate them?

He also didn’t know the status of his children and grandchildren!

“I want to see the Emperor and the Empress!”

Su Kai saw his resentment and snorted coldly.

With just a glance from him, two tall guards kicked Eunuch Li in the back of the knee. With a crack, it seemed like his knee had broken, and Eunuch Li fell to the ground with a thud.

“Eunuch Li, Her Majesty the Empress is kind-hearted, allowed you to die a clear-headed ghost. Otherwise, you would have been executed last night. You’re just a eunuch. Do you think, for your sake alone, the Emperor and Her Majesty would torture you and falsely accuse Madam Lin? Ridiculous!”

After Su Kai spoke, he didn’t even wait for Eunuch Li to react and directly said:
“Madam Lin carried the lives of ten people on her back, including six from your Li Family and three from Li Ji Restaurant. Of course, if you, the victim, are added, that makes eleven.”

Eunuch Li was of course also a victim. If it weren’t for Madam Lin, Eunuch Li wouldn’t have had ill intentions and wouldn’t be facing death.

Eunuch Li, still engulfed in extreme anger and resentment, was stunned after Su Kai finished speaking.

He kept saying, “Impossible! Absolutely impossible! You’re lying!”

His mind, however, returned to the years ago, their thriving Li Ji Restaurant was bustling with business, his parents and elder brother were busy working in the kitchen with hardly a moment to spare, and after finishing his studies, he would help his sister-in-law serve the diners–all local neighbors and familiar faces. They would tease him about settling down soon, and their smiling faces still appeared vividly before him, when suddenly, many of the diners started foaming at the mouth and collapsed on the ground.

That day was a nightmare for the Li family, and even more so for him.

Three diners died on the spot, and the rest were taken to the medical clinic. Soldiers came and arrested his parents and brother, leaving his sister-in-law to deal with everything: compensations, connections, selling the restaurant…

When his parents and brother were released, the household had become overwhelmingly impoverished and deeply in debt.

Not long after, his sister-in-law, who was newly pregnant, miscarried due to exhaustion and bled profusely… The debts kept growing.

Hearing that the palace was hiring eunuchs with a significant sum of silver taels offered, he sold himself and entered the palace to become a eunuch.

Looking back now, he somehow saw the shadow of Madam Lin.

It seemed that it was Madam Lin who had mentioned to him that eunuchs in the palace earned good monthly money and that there was an eunuch from her place who retired back home without worries, thanks to the rewards from Noble Ladies, living a life surrounded by servants.

That must have been when the thought first crossed his mind.

Although it had been many years and he had almost forgotten, suddenly, it all came rushing back to him.

Not long after entering the palace, all six members of the Li family died in a fire.

It was much later that he learned of this news.

Back then, he was just a nameless little eunuch with no means of receiving any news from outside the palace.

Despite his doubts, at this moment, Eunuch Li was still saying the impossibility of it, Madam Lin was even a year younger than him at the time, how could she possibly commit arson and murder?

Of course, he didn’t believe it!

Madam Lin had no grievances or reasons to harm his family.

Looking down from above, Su Kai watched the struggle on Eunuch Li’s face and sneered, “Eunuch Li, why not pick up the confession from the ground and read it carefully? The cause and effect written by Madam Lin are clearly confessed.”

Madam Lin screamed, but before she could say more, a guard kicked her against the wall, the severe pain rendering her unable to speak.

Eunuch Li, trembling, finally picked up the confession from the ground.

He was educated, otherwise he wouldn’t have ended up by the late emperor’s side; he was already planning to sit for the examinations that year, and in just a few months, he could have become a Scholar.

He read each word carefully, and the more he read, the paler his face became.

Madam Lin… Madam Lin had already been involved with someone! To fulfill her wish to become a Concubine to the son of the County Magistrate and enjoy wealth and honor, to break off her betrothal, she chose to poison the restaurant, killing the diners and causing the Li family to be implicated in a murder case, leading to their downfall.

Because her suspicious activities were discovered by his elder brother, Madam Lin took advantage of the night and burned his entire family of six alive!

“No, this can’t be true…”

“Whether it’s true or not, you know it in your heart. Since His Majesty ascended the throne, the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple have never had any cases of injustice, false accusations, or forced confessions, and there’s certainly no need to frame someone like you.”

Eunuch Li understood this principle all too well.

He was nothing more than an old eunuch.

With the Emperor and the Empress holding such exalted statuses, why would they frame Madam Lin on his behalf?

Madam Lin continued to feign insanity and play dumb, asking Eunuch Li to save her, while also mentioning their sons and grandsons.

Su Kai scoffed, “Madam Lin, you conspired against Her Majesty the Empress, deserving countless deaths, unable to save yourself, do you think he can save you?”