Mingyu said sarcastically: "So, I still want to thank you?"
"My slave, you dare not..." Before Xia Qing could finish her words, Mingyu shouted suddenly: "You have already dared to accuse me in front of my face, what else do you dare not do? Since you think Concubine Xian is a good person, you still stay here to do it.
What, go to her place as an errand!"
"You deserve to die!" Faced with Mingyu's anger, Xia Qing did not dare to say any more, and kowtowed repeatedly to admit her mistake. However, the anger that had been aroused in Mingyu's heart could not be extinguished so easily, and she said sternly: "Here comes someone.
, drag her down and give her thirty punishments!"
Although Wei Jingxuan was angry at Xia Qing for talking too much and causing trouble, when she heard Mingyu wanted to scold Xia Qing with a stick, she couldn't help but knelt down and begged, "Master, Sister Xia just made a slip of the tongue for a moment, and did not mean to offend the empress Fengyan. I would like to ask the empress to remember her in her daily life."
For the sake of diligence, I will spare her this time, and I promise that it will not happen again."
Mingyu stared at her coldly and said, "I haven't punished you yet, but you should first beg for mercy on her behalf."
Wei Jingxuan could hear the chill in her words, and said with a trembling voice: "I beg your Majesty to have mercy."
Mingyu snorted coldly and said: "I can be merciful to other things, but not this one. Since you are so close to her, you should suffer the punishment together with her."
Hearing this, Wei Jingxuan was dumbfounded. She was just interceding for Xia Qing. It didn't matter if she didn't agree. Why should she also be punished?
After Wei Jingxuan came to her senses, she begged again and again: "Master, have mercy on me. This matter has nothing to do with this slave. I have been wronged!"
Mingyu waved her sleeves and said nothing, but Jin Qiu curled her lips and said, "What do you mean it has nothing to do with you? If I remember correctly, you recommended Xia Qing to serve the master." As soon as she finished speaking, Zhu Yong immediately took over:
"Isn't it?
The master was kind enough to transfer her out of Xinzheku. She is not a good person. It is really ungrateful for her to help Concubine Xian speak with the favor of the master. You are so close to her, do you think you have the same thoughts as her?
?”
Ever since Wei Jingxuan came, because she was good at speaking and had many ideas, she had gained a lot of Mingyu's trust from Jin Qiu and Zhu Shen. Normally they wouldn't be able to say anything. Now that Wei Jingxuan was being punished by Mingyu, naturally
Taking the opportunity to add insult to injury, he wished that Wei Jingxuan would lose Mingyu's trust, so as not to shake their status.
Wei Jingxuan said eagerly: "I have been unjustly accused. I have always been loyal to my master. How could I miss Concubine Xian? Please tell me, master."
Zhu Quan said coolly: "If you know people but don't know their hearts, who knows if you are falsely loyal."
Before Wei Jingxuan could say anything, Mingyu had already impatiently said to the palace attendants who walked in: "Why are you still standing there in a daze? Quickly pull them both down and give them thirty punishments."
Faced with the eunuch's procrastination, Xia Qing struggled and said, "Master, please have mercy. All the mistakes you made are your slave's fault and have nothing to do with Jingxuan. Please spare her the punishment."
Mingyu said disgustedly: "When will it be your turn to bargain with me? Pull me down!"
Following her words, Xia Qing and Wei Jingxuan were forcibly pulled down. A eunuch was already waiting in the courtyard with a staff and a bench. After pressing them on the bench, the eunuch beat them mercilessly with the staff.
On their thin bodies.
As soon as the first blow fell, Wei Jingxuan was so painful that she burst into tears. She begged Mingyu who was standing in the room from a distance. However, no matter how she cried bitterly, the imperial staff fell on her back mercilessly, making her feel
She felt like she was about to be beaten in two. At the end, Wei Jingxuan couldn't even speak. She could only bear the severe pain again and again with cold sweat on her head. At this moment, she wished she could die.
I don't know how long it took, but Wei Jingxuan fainted from the pain. She felt like she was being dragged along the ground, and she didn't know anything else.
She regained consciousness again because of the burning pain on her back, as if something was touching her wound.
"It hurts! It hurts!" Wei Jingxuan groaned in pain, and then a voice rang in her ears, "Be patient, I will help you wipe the wound clean, and then wrap it with gauze, so it won't be too painful. .”
Hearing this familiar voice, Wei Jingxuan slowly opened her eyes, and she saw Xia Qing kneeling on the bed, cleaning the injuries on her back. She was silent for a while, and whispered: "You are injured yourself. , don’t worry about me.”
"Are you awake?" Xia Qing lowered her body with difficulty and said, "I'm in better health than you. I don't feel much pain after sleeping for a day, but you are seriously injured. You need to recover for a while. .”
Wei Jingxuan glanced at the sky outside and said in surprise: "Have you been asleep for a day? I thought it was just a while." At this point, she propped herself up and said eagerly: "Where is the master, has she sent anyone to see you? Passed me? Have you?"
"No." Xia Qing's answer disappointed Wei Jingxuan and whispered: "Master must be very angry with me this time."
The movement of Xia Qing's hand stagnated, and she said guiltily: "I'm sorry, it's my fault, I've caused you trouble."
Wei Jingxuan said coldly: "I don't want to talk about this now."
Xia Qing nodded without saying anything. After struggling to get gauze to wrap her wound, she gasped and said, "You rest for a while. I'll go to the kitchen to see what's available."
After Wei Jingxuan nodded, Xia Qing took a piece of clothing and put it on her body, then slowly climbed out of bed and walked out. When she was about to reach the door, she suddenly stopped and turned around and said: "Jingxuan, wait a minute. After returning to the Forbidden City, let’s not stay in Kunning Palace anymore, okay?”
Wei Jingxuan frowned and said, "Don't stay in Kunning Palace? Where do you want to go?"
"You can go on errands anywhere, but don't stay in Kunning Palace any longer, even...even if you go back to Xinzheku."
Hearing this, Wei Jingxuan frowned even more, "Are you crazy? You want to go back to Xinzheku if you don't do a good job?"
Xia Qing walked up to her and said in a serious voice: "I don't think the Queen is as kind-hearted as you said, otherwise she wouldn't have scolded us without explanation before. If we stay by her side, I'm afraid it will be worse than Xin's." Zheku is even more dangerous, so..."
Wei Jingxuan interrupted her and said: "So, I have been with the Queen for so long, and nothing has happened. On the contrary, the Queen still trusts me; this time, if you hadn't said something you shouldn't have said, you wouldn't have done anything. If you have something to do, you won't be punished by these thirty!" At this point, she sneered and said: "Go back to Xinzheku, you are simply crazy, from the day I left Xinzheku, I swear , never go back there again, it is no place for people to live.”
Xia Qing did not agree with her words and said: "What do you mean by saying something that shouldn't be said? I just told the truth. Is this wrong?"