Hongli had already returned to the imperial chair and sat down. Hearing his words, his thin lips curled up slightly and said: "Ji You, although you have proved that the queen did drown, but at the same time, you also damaged the queen's phoenix.
Body, compared to Xia Qing, you are even more unforgivable!"
Ji You had almost forgotten about this matter. When he heard Hongli mention it, he was shocked and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, forgive me. I have no choice but to do that. Besides, if... if we don't try to release him,
The water in the master's throat, the master, she...she will not be able to pass away, the slave is also doing it for the master's good!"
"Really?" Hongli smiled faintly. He burned the earth dragon in the Yangxin Hall and placed two pots of burning charcoal. It could be said to be as warm as spring, but Ji You felt as if he had been in the coldest winter, staring at it.
Shivering at the shadow reflected on the gold bricks.
"You hurt the queen's body just to prove that you didn't harm the queen, and you didn't want the queen to die. Your loyalty... is nothing more than that!"
Facing Hongli's cold words, Ji You said hastily: "That's not the case, Your Majesty, this slave is really loyal to his master. Just now... just now..." He didn't know how to continue, so he turned his eyes to Wei Jingxuan.
, hoping that the latter could intercede for him, but Wei Jingxuan kept pursed her lips and said nothing, which made him more and more uneasy.
"I have said that no one can hurt the Queen's body, and you... are no exception!" After saying this, he smiled and said coldly: "Pull him down and beat him to death with a stick!"
Ji You was so frightened that he kowtowed repeatedly and said: "Your Majesty, spare your life! Your Majesty, please spare your life! This servant is forced to have no choice but to beg Your Majesty for mercy!" Seeing that Hongli didn't speak, he said to Wei Jingxuan: "Auntie, please help me beg Your Majesty.
I don’t want to die!”
Wei Jingxuan always thought that things were under her control, but Hongli's attitude made her feel ominous and she always felt that something was wrong, so she was unwilling to wade into this muddy water, but others could just sit back and ignore it, but Ji You had no choice but to
No. It's not that she is reluctant to let go, but that Ji You knows too much about her. If Ji You reveals the truth, Hongli will never believe her again, even if she makes extravagant claims.
Thinking of this, Wei Jingxuan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, leave it to him..."
She is not Xianyue, so Hongli did not give her a chance to continue and interrupted: "If you want to die, you can help me to plead for mercy!"
Wei Jingxuan didn't expect Hongli to be so determined. For a while, even she couldn't think of a way to save him, but Ji You kept begging her, hoping that she could save him.
This... what to do? Obviously this time, Xia Qing and Imperial Physician Song can be eliminated in one fell swoop, and Nala Xianyue loses the emperor's trust. As a result, except for Imperial Physician Song being exiled, Nala Xianyue and Xia Qing are both safe and sound.
, on the contrary, Ji You's life was at stake, and Hongli was not even allowed to plead for mercy!
"Aunt, I don't want to die, please save me, please save me!" Ji You's wailing calls for help kept reaching Wei Jingxuan's ears, making her even more upset.
Just when Ji You was about to be dragged down, she finally thought of a way, "Your Majesty, if Ji You is wrong, then the Imperial Concubine and Xia Qing are even more wrong."
Hongli's eyes moved, staring at her delicate face, and said coldly: "Why?"
"Xia Qing belongs to the Imperial Concubine. What Xia Qing said in Jing'an Manor, I don't believe that the Imperial Concubine knew anything about it beforehand. And the Song Dynasty doctor has always been very close to the Imperial Concubine. I have reason to believe that this
Everything was done under the instructions of the imperial concubine, and it was through her master Wu that she
He wanted to harm his slaves and Ji You before he could embark on the road to the afterlife. This time, although Ji You hurt his master Fengti to save his life, he also helped his master to embark on the road to the afterlife. His faults also merited merit; the emperor did not hold the emperor accountable
The imperial concubine and others are bent on executing Ji You, what's the point of this?"
Hongli scolded: "Wei Jingxuan, how brave are you to question me?"
Wei Jingxuan shrank slightly and continued: "I don't dare, I just rely on the truth. If the master is still alive, I will not let the emperor kill Ji You."
Her last words made Hongli's expression change slightly. His eyes lingered on the faces of Wei Jingxuan and Ji You, wondering what they were thinking.
Both Wei Jingxuan and Ji You were extremely anxious at this moment, because Hongli's next words would determine their fate and even life and death.
After waiting for an unknown amount of time, Hongli finally spoke, and his tone was calm: "Jingxuan, come to me."
Wei Jingxuan looked at Hongli in astonishment, wondering why he suddenly said this. After seeing Hongli's calm expression, she felt a little relieved and cautiously stood up and walked to Hongli's side and knelt down again.
"You just said that all this was the Imperial Concubine's plan. She set it up to frame you two, right? Then tell me why the Imperial Concubine went to such trouble to deal with you two."
Wei Jingxuan lowered her head and said: "Returning to the emperor, since the imperial concubine knew that the master killed the eldest princess, she not only hated the master, but also angered the two slaves, thinking that the slaves encouraged the master to do that.
But... during the time when the eldest princess passed away, the slave was working as a servant in the imperial teahouse, so how could she possibly instigate the master? Moreover, if the slave had known about this, she would have tried her best to dissuade the master from making a big mistake."
"Okay, that's great!" Before Wei Jingxuan could understand the meaning of Hongli's words, the next sentence sounded like thunder in her ears, "You didn't instigate the queen in the imperial tea room. What about Ji You?
Where, did you dissuade the Queen?"
Wei Jingxuan was left speechless by his question, and Ji You said anxiously: "Yes, I tried to dissuade the master, but the master acted as if he was possessed by a demon and refused to listen. The matter of the eldest princess really has nothing to do with the slave."
"Really?" Hongli smiled faintly, showing his cold teeth, and spat out words that made Ji You despair, "Unfortunately, I don't believe it, not a word of it!" After that, he looked at Wei Jingxuan and said: "
You said that Ji You had both merit and demerit for damaging the Queen's body, and that he should not die. What about Chang Le? Did he have merit? If you can tell me, I will spare him the death penalty."
"Slave..." Wei Jingxuan wanted to say it, but apart from words like "Please believe me, Your Majesty" and "Ji You has always been loyal", she really couldn't think of anything else.
Hongli smiled coldly and said, "You have nothing to say, right? I will take away Ji You's life."
Wei Jingxuan felt anxious and blurted out: "Then Imperial Concubine..." She had just said a few words when a slender hand suddenly appeared on her cheek. The slightly rough touch made her stop what she was saying involuntarily.
I knelt there with my heart pounding.
Hong Li stroked her cheek gently, and then his hand slowly moved downward. With every move downward, Wei Jingxuan's heartbeat accelerated. When the hand stopped at her pink neck, her heart almost stopped.