A Luo's face changed slightly, and just as he was about to speak, Xia Qing already said: "My slave said that everything has nothing to do with the imperial concubine, and I did not conspire with her. Every word that my slave said is true. Wei Jingxuan and
Concubine Yu is the one who really wants to harm your empress!"
Mingyu looked unkind and said: "Xia Qing, you are getting more and more presumptuous. When did I allow you to speak?"
Xia Qing's patience reached the extreme because of her words, and she said with a ferocious face: "Why? Why don't you believe what I said? I didn't lie. It was Wei Jingxuan and Ji You who lied; you are the queen, why?"
You can't tell right from wrong, and you are encouraged and deceived by villains. Do you have to wait until you are killed by them to understand? Suicide, Wei Jingxuan is just acting, otherwise she shouldn't have stabbed her chest, but stabbed her throat and eyes!"
Her sharp words made Mingyu furious. She slapped the armrest hard and said sternly: "How brave Xia Qing, how dare you talk to me like this?!"
"What you did was wrong, why can't I tell you?" At this time, Zhuang Zheng walked in with the palace servants. After saluting, he knelt down to check Wei Jingxuan and found that she was still breathing, so he quickly ordered someone to carry her to the side.
Xia Qing said excitedly: "Don't save her, do you hear me? She deserves to die. No one is allowed to save her!"
As she spoke, she was about to rush over. Ji You didn't wait for Mingyu's instructions and immediately held her back so that the palace attendants could carry Wei Jingxuan down.
Faced with Xia Qing's arrogance and contradiction, Mingyu laughed angrily, "Okay, what a Xia Qing, it seems that you no longer have this queen in your eyes, so making a lot of noise here is like entering a deserted land."
." After that, she said in a cold voice: "Come on, drag Xia Qing down and give her twenty spanks, so that she can wake up!"
Xianyue hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Xia Qing is too sad, so her words and actions are inevitably a little too much. I didn't mean to offend. I hope your Majesty will be tolerant and forgive her once!"
"Isn't I treating her tolerant enough? It's a pity that she doesn't know how to advance or retreat, and contradicts me again and again. Regardless of whether what she said is true or false, this kind of behavior cannot be forgiven! Hold on!"
Xianyue stopped the palace people and persuaded: "Your Majesty, Xia Qing is very pitiful because she lost her family so suddenly. I hope your Majesty will not argue with her. I will take her back now!"
The more Xianyue helped Xia Qing, the more disgusted Mingyu became, and the worse her impression of Xia Qing became, "According to what the imperial concubine said, anyone who has lost a loved one can come to this palace to let loose. That palace
Are there any rules left in the palace? How can I convince the public?!"
Xianyue advised softly: "The law is nothing more than human feelings, and the same is true for rules. I believe that Xia Qing will remember the grace of forgiveness."
"The imperial concubine said it so lightly. If it were you today, would you tolerate such a slave pointing her nose and being so arrogant?" After saying that, she ordered the palace servants to drag Xia Qing down without explanation. The latter saw that Mingyu was not only
If you don't believe in yourself, you will be punished with a cane. He stared at Mingyu and said bitterly: "You are so confused and can't tell right from wrong. You have no qualifications to be the queen!"
Mingyu was already angry, but after being scolded by her again, he became even more angry and said sternly: "It seems that twenty sticks are not enough to wake you up, let's add ten more!"
Xianyue said quickly: "Xia Qing didn't mean it, please show mercy!"
Before Mingyu could speak, Xia Qing said again: "Your Majesty, you don't have to plead for me. If you want to be beaten, let her do it. She wanted to beat me to death last time." After that, she gritted her teeth and said: "
This time, you'd better beat me to death, otherwise I will open my eyes to see how you were killed by Wei Jingxuan!"
Her family is dead and she is alone. Life or death does not make much difference to her. The only thing she hates is not being able to avenge her family and watching Wei Jingxuan and Concubine Yu die!
Mingyu's eyes turned red with anger, and her chest heaved violently. She said firmly: "You want to die, don't you? Okay, I will grant you my wish!"
"Your Majesty..." Xianyue just said two words when she was interrupted by Mingyu: "Xia Qing has been disrespectful to me again and again. You, Imperial Concubine, have seen it with your own eyes. Do you want me to tolerate or even condone her wantonness?"
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"I don't dare, but she is a living human life after all. The emperor has always governed the country with benevolence. He will not kill anyone unless he is a heinous person, and he will not slaughter someone unless he is a treacherous and evil person. If this matter comes to the ears of the emperor, I'm afraid
It is not good for the empress, so I beg the empress to spare Xia Qing's life. Furthermore, it is not clear whether what she said is true or false. If she kills him rashly, if what she says is true, wouldn't the empress kill an innocent person by mistake?
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Mingyu narrowed his eyes and said in a cold voice: "You use the emperor to suppress me?!"
Xianyue lowered her voice and said, "How dare I, my concubine? Everything I said was for your consideration, I hope your concubine will think twice!"
"So, don't I still want to thank you?" As she spoke, a trace of disgust flashed across Mingyu's eyes. Regardless of whether Yong Cong was harmed by Xianyue or not, she hated this woman. This hatred,
Not even Hongli could resolve it, let alone a mere Xia
It's clear. Xia Qing thought that as long as she told the truth and testified against Wei Jingxuan, she could be convicted. But one thing she ignored was Mingyu's hatred for Xianyue. As long as she was related to Xianyue,
Whatever you say or do, you get half the result with twice the effort!
Xianyue lowered her head and said, "Your Majesty's words are serious. I would like to ask you to spare Xia Qing's life by remembering God's virtues in saving lives and the Emperor's benevolent heart in governing the world."
"Okay!" Mingyu sneered: "For the sake of the imperial concubine, I will spare Xia Qing's life, but forty sticks are essential. Based on what she just said, even if the emperor comes, she will have to blame her.
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Xianyue knew that this was Mingyu's biggest concession in front of Hongli, so she didn't dare to say anything more and bowed her head in agreement.
"You don't need to be hypocritical. If you want to kill me, just..." Xia Qing was slapped hard on the face before she could finish her words. The person who hit her was not Mingyu, but Xianyue. She just heard her yelling.
: "Xia Qing, Queen Rende, spare your life and don't act recklessly again; unless you want those bandits to go unpunished!"
Xia Qing, who was already about to speak angrily, couldn't help but swallow her words after hearing her last words; yes, she is like this now. Apart from being quick for a while, it will not help the matter at all, and it is even more uncertain.
The crime of Wei Jingxuan and Concubine Yu; her death is not a pity, but she cannot die worthless, she must live to avenge her family!
Thinking of this, Xia Qing gritted her teeth and allowed the palace servants to drag her down. Forty sticks, a total of forty sticks, she never screamed. She gritted her teeth and endured. When the last stick fell, she was filled with joy.
She was sweating profusely and panting, and blood-streaked saliva dripped from the corners of her mouth. This was the blood from her teeth...
Xianyue shook her head secretly and said, "Aluo, take Xia Qing back to Yanxi Palace quickly. I will come soon."