Thinking about it, Lin Xueyao dressed casually and walked quickly towards the dormitory.
There was silence in the bedroom. Lin Xueyao had tried very hard to slow down her footsteps, but the sound of footsteps still rustled in the palace. She stretched out her hand to lift the bead curtain and saw the Queen Mother leaning on the bed, gently rubbing her eyebrows.
"Xue Yao wishes to express your regards to the Queen Mother. Why is the Queen still not resting at such a late hour?" Lin Xueyao stepped forward, sat on the edge of the bed and covered the Queen Mother with a thin quilt, and asked softly.
‘Pah——!’
The crisp sound of the slap echoed in her ears, and the burning pain on her cheek made Lin Xueyao subconsciously get up and kneel on the ground.
She covered the right side of her face in shock, her mind went blank.
"You ungrateful bastard!" The Queen Mother stood up and glared at her, "Have you forgotten all about how much effort I put into protecting you, and how I condescended to beg the Emperor for mercy with Lao Jiu?
?!"
"Xue Yao doesn't dare, Xue Yao doesn't dare! How could Xue Yao forget the grace of saving his life? But, Xueyao, Xueyao doesn't know what she did wrong..." Lin Xueyao cried and shook her head.
"Ha..." The Queen Mother sneered, "I wonder what you did wrong? Don't you want to break away from me? Don't you want to bring me down? How about you kill me now? You won't have to worry about it!"
Lin Xueyao was stunned when she heard the words. She said in horror: "Empress...Xue Yao doesn't know who made such nonsense and slandered Xueyao.
…ah!"
Suddenly, the Queen Mother grabbed her hair and said coldly: "Parents again? Oh, how could I give birth to such a shameless and despicable bitch like you? It's just that you deceive Concubine Wan and poison Gui Fang without permission.
Because I said a few harsh words to you, you actually have murderous intentions towards me, you are no better than a pig or a dog!"
The Queen Mother slapped her again, and Lin Xueyao was thrown to the ground. She crawled to the Queen Mother's feet and cried: "Your Majesty, Xueyao has realized her mistake. Xueyao has really never done anything to disgrace her again..."
"No?" The Queen Mother snorted coldly: "Bring me here!"
At this time, several eunuchs outside the door escorted a palace maid in and walked in. The palace lady's hair was disheveled and her face was full of tears. "I have seen the Queen Mother and begged her not to kill me. I will say anything..."
"Come and tell the Ai family who asked you to send those hair flowers to Zhongcui Palace?" The Queen Mother sat aside and asked coldly.
"Back to the empress... this is Miss Xue Yao. Miss Xue Yao brought a box of flowers today. She said that my sister, whom I met at Zhongcui Palace a few days ago, is very beautiful. These flowers are perfect for her. I asked your servant to send them to her.
"The palace maid said while crying.
Lin Xueyao shook her head in disbelief and cried: "No... no, empress, she is talking nonsense! She slandered me, and I have never given her any haircuts, let alone sent her to Zhongcui Palace!!"
"Ha...she's still quibbling." The Queen Mother sneered and said, "Come here, tie her up and throw her into the woodshed, so that she can be 'served' by me."
"Yes!" Several eunuchs walked over, picked up the rope and began to tie up Lin Xueyao.
Lin Xueyao struggled, but was unable to break free. She cried: "Mother, I really don't have it, I really don't have it!!"
The eunuch escorted her to go down. The Queen Mother took a sip of tea and said calmly: "Remember, we must make her life worse than death, but we can't let her really die. There is still a use for the Ai family to keep her."