Yubi's face stiffened and she stared at her and said, "Xia Qing, you are helping Concubine Xian like this, but don't you want to die?"
"Of course I want to die, but I really can't understand what your Majesty said. What I just said is true. I hope your Majesty will learn from it!"
Yu Bin said in a cold voice: "Xia Qing, I will give you one last chance. Don't lose your life in vain for those who shouldn't."
Xia Qing gritted her teeth and said, "I really don't know anything, otherwise I would definitely tell the truth."
"Okay! What a backbone!" After saying this, Yubi said sternly: "Pull her down and scold her twenty-year-old. If she refuses to say anything, I'll scold her again!"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me, I really don't know anything." Xia Qing's pleading was of no avail, and she was forcibly dragged to the courtyard. There, there were already eunuchs with sticks waiting there, waiting for her to lie down before she could be executed!
Xia Qing was forced to the ground, feeling extremely bitter in her heart. It had been less than two years since she entered the palace, but including this time, it was already the third time she had been caned. She didn't know if she could survive this time...
Come down? She didn't hesitate to die, she just regretted that she couldn't take revenge on Wei Jingxuan; she couldn't ask that person in person why she lied to herself like this!
She closed her eyes and waited for the stick to fall. The wind from the stick would startle the night owl sitting on the treetop, flutter its wings and fly away, leaving a harsh and unpleasant sound in the night sky.
The stick was about to fall on Xia Qing's back, but it stopped. It wasn't because the person holding the stick was merciful and couldn't bear to hurt Xia Qing, but because someone said, "Stop!"
Xianyue appeared at the palace gate holding Aluo's hand. The two words just came from her mouth. Xianyue took charge of everything in the Sixth Palace as a noble concubine. The palace people did not dare to make any mistakes, so they put away their sticks and knelt down.
Bow down.
Xianyue ignored them and walked straight forward. When she passed by Xia Qing, she paused and lowered her eyes and said, "Follow me to see Concubine Yu."
Xia Qing gritted her teeth, stood up from the ground, and followed her into the palace. When everyone in the palace saw her coming in, they all saluted. Concubine Yu greeted her on the bed with a gloomy face, "I have seen the noble concubine."
"Excuse me." Xianyue rolled her sleeves and sat down in the chair, then pointed to Xia Qing, who was standing behind with her head bowed, and said: "I came here at night to have nothing to do, and thought of coming to visit Yu Bi, but I didn't know that as soon as I came in, I saw Yu Bi wanted to
Beat this girl, I don’t know what she did wrong to make concubine Yu so angry."
Yubi suppressed the hatred in her heart and said coldly: "Do you really not know?"
Xianyue looked slightly surprised and said: "I have just come in, how do you know what happened here? Please concubine Yu to clear up my doubts."
"Since the empress must tell me, I can only tell you the truth." With that said, she told the story of the appetizing and food-increasing medicine found in the water in Xianfu Palace, and then said: "
Xia Qing is the person who is responsible for delivering water. The problem must be with her. However, she is cunning and refuses to tell the truth no matter what.
, had no choice but to torture her to extract a confession, hoping that she would tell the truth. Unexpectedly, it was such a coincidence that the empress came over at this time. Xia Qing had just said that the reason why she could escape with her life in the hands of the empress was all
It's because of the empress, so counting this, this is the second time the empress has saved Xia Qing."
Xianyue said with a half-smile, "If you have anything to say, concubine Yu, feel free to say it directly. I am all ears."
Zhou Minghua, Aunt Song, and Xia Qing all knew what Yu Bing was going to say next, but they didn't say anything. The former was because he didn't want to get involved in this harem turmoil, while Aunt Song was drunk by Yu Bing just now.
Xiao Quanzi was frightened by what he said and didn't dare to speak out. As for Xia Qing, she looked at Xianyue's flawless profile in the candlelight and didn't know what she was thinking.
Yubi thought about it for a while and said: "Xia Qing has no grudges against me. If she poisoned the water to harm me, she must have been instigated by someone else. Under severe torture, she will definitely reveal the person behind the scenes."
Xianyue stroked the tourmaline bracelet that Ling Ruo had rewarded on her wrist, and said in a low voice: "So that's it? I thought that Yubi would say that I had saved Xia Qing's life, so Xia Qing accepted my favor.
I ordered you to poison the water to harm your concubines."
Yubi's eyes turned cold and she said, "So, your Majesty has admitted it?"
"What do I admit? Do I admit to harming Yubi?" Xianyue shook her head and said with a disappointed look on her face: "I and Yubi have always been as close as sisters, but Yubi actually thinks that I did it, which really makes me sad.
"
Yubi snorted softly and said: "Since it is not the case, please step aside so that I can force this slave to tell the story of the Lord's messenger. Someone, please take her down and beat her."
Before anyone in the palace could take action, Xiayue said, "Wait a minute, Concubine Yu keeps saying that Xia Qing drugged her, is there any evidence?"
Yubi said with some reluctance: "Not yet, but since I came back from the palace, Xia Qing has been responsible for transporting the Yuquan landscape, and she is also responsible for packaging it into buckets. Who else is it if it's not her?"
Xianyue glanced at Xia Qing and said, "I have some understanding of her temperament. She is kind-hearted and kind-hearted. She will definitely not do anything to harm concubine Yu. There must be something hidden in it."
Yubi said angrily: "Then I dare to ask, my queen, besides Xia Qing, who else has this opportunity?"
"Xia Qing can only be said to be one of those who have the opportunity to administer the medicine, but he is not the only one. After all, after being sent to Xianfu Palace, many people have had the opportunity to come into contact with her. If Concubine Yu wants to investigate, she should also send those people here.
, check them one by one."
Yubi endured the anger in her heart and said: "The people in my concubine's palace have always been loyal and will never dare to do such a treasonous and unethical thing."
"Knowing people and knowing their faces but not their hearts, how can Yubi trust others so easily?" After that, Xiayue said: "Qi Kuan, go and call everyone in the small kitchen and see who else can come into contact with Yuquan Mountain and Water.
Bring them together."
After Qi Kuan responded, he said: "Master, Xiao Quanzi and Dongmei are the people around Concubine Yu, should they also ask questions?"
Xianyue nodded and said coolly: "If you don't tell me, I almost forgot. Yes, the two of them have the best chance of drugging. They should be interrogated carefully, blamed together, and punished together."
Xiao Quanzi and Dongmei both looked at Concubine Yu in panic when they heard this, and the latter said with an ugly face: "The reason why the empress said so much is just to protect Xia Qing; you have tried so hard to protect her.
, it really makes me feel suspicious."
Xianyue's expression remained unchanged as she said, "What are you suspicious of?"
Concubine Yu met her eyes and said word by word: "Your Majesty is the one who instigated Xia Qing, otherwise I would not be able to find the reason for Your Majesty to protect Xia Qing like this."
Xianyue sighed softly and said: "I said that Xia Qing is not the only one. Why does Yubi not believe it? Instead, she feels that I am deliberately protecting her."