Hongli walked up to him with a cold face and said in a cold voice: "Since Sixi resigned and returned home, I promoted you to the position of general manager. Over the years, the person I trusted the most was you, but you betrayed me.
, and even now you still want to hide and deceive me, Qi Xiaowu, your conscience has been eaten by dogs, hasn’t it?” Speaking of his hatred, he couldn’t help but kick Xiaowu to the ground.
Xiao Wu endured the pain and knelt down again, choking with sobs and said: "It's the slave who betrayed the Emperor's trust. I deserve to die, but I really didn't mean it... The slave concealed the Emperor, not because he deliberately deceived, but because... he didn't want to leave the Emperor's side.
"When he said this, he couldn't help crying, "Ever since I entered the palace at the age of thirteen,
, I have been working with the master in Yangxin Hall for more than thirty years. I have watched the emperor grow from Prince Bao to the Nine-Five Supreme Being. In the slave’s heart, the emperor is the slave’s closest relative. The slave has become accustomed to serving the emperor.
Your Majesty, I don’t know where else I can go. Please give me another chance."
Huang Ying was afraid of causing trouble for herself, so she lowered her head and did not dare to breathe loudly, let alone plead for Xiao Wu.
"Will you be given another chance to betray me and betray me?" Faced with Hongli's cold and biting words, Xiao Wu said anxiously: "No, I swear that I will never betray the emperor's trust again, otherwise I will let the servants cut him into pieces.
After death, you will be cast into the eighteen levels of hell, and you will never be reincarnated!"
Hongli gritted his teeth and said nothing. He felt uncomfortable in his heart. Ever since he ascended the throne, Xiao Wu had been working beside him with Si Xi. Over the past twenty years, he had become accustomed to Xiao Wu's waiting.
He only told Xiao Wu about the matter, but it was Xiao Wu who leaked the secret. Fortunately, it was exposed this time because of Li Jifeng, otherwise he didn't know how long it would have been hidden.
He believed that Xiao Wu did not leak the information intentionally, but Xiao Wu Qian should not have killed Lan Yi and concealed it after knowing the matter.
Hongli stared at him for a long time, then suddenly waved his hand vigorously and roared: "Get out! Get out of the Yangxin Hall immediately, and don't let me see you again in the future!"
After all, he showed mercy and did not order Xiao Wu's death. He just drove him out of the palace. However, for Xiao Wu, this was no better than death. He hurriedly crawled to Hongli's feet and begged:
"Your Majesty, I don't need this position of chief steward. I just ask Your Majesty not to rush him."
Minion, my parents died two years ago. Those brothers only wanted to make money from me, and there was no sense of brotherhood at all. Even Lan Yi, who once thought he could grow old together..." He paused.
After a while, he said hoarsely: "Please, Your Majesty, have mercy!"
Hongli endured the sadness in his heart and said: "Didn't you hear that I told you to get out? Do you have to force me to kill you to be happy? Get out!"
Facing Hongli's scolding, Xiao Wu kept kneeling on the ground and did not move. Just when Hong Li was about to ask someone to pull him down, someone walked in, but it was Xianyue. When Xiao Wu saw the latter, he knelt down and knelt down.
He stepped forward and cried bitterly: "Queen, please help me to beg the Emperor. Don't drive me away. I will definitely not disappoint the Emperor again in the future."
Xianyue looked at Hongli in surprise and said, "Your Majesty, what happened? Why did you drive the fifth manager away?"
Hongli's expression froze, and he immediately walked over to support her and said: "Your injury is not healed yet, why don't you take a good rest?"
Xianyue smiled and said: "I only hurt my arm, it doesn't hinder my walking. I heard that the emperor caught Mao Gui, so I came here to have a look." After that, she added: "The fifth manager..."
Naturally, Hongli would not tell her about Yong Cun, and said casually: "Xiao Wu, a fool, actually told Lan Yi about me, so that the latter could tell Li Jifeng, do you think I should be angry?"
Xiao Wu cried and said: "I know that my sin is unforgivable, so I dare not ask the emperor for forgiveness. I just hope that the emperor can give me a chance to make up for my mistakes and not drive me away!"
Xianyue glanced at Xiao Wu, and thinking of how kind and respectful he usually was to her, she said, "Your Majesty, all the mistakes are Lan Yi's fault. It was her affair with Li Jifeng that led to Wu's death."
General Manager Yu is unjust, why don't you... just give the Fifth General Manager a chance; I believe that after this incident, the Fifth General Manager will definitely learn a lesson and never make the same mistake again."
Xiao Wu didn't say anything, but kowtowed one after another. Soon, there was a cut on his forehead, and bright red blood dripped from the wound to the ground.
Hongli thought for a long time and finally relaxed, "That's all, for the sake of the queen, I will spare you this time and stay in the Yangxin Palace; but from today on, you are no longer the chief internal manager, but just a worthless person."
A low-level eunuch."
"I understand, thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you, the Empress!" Xiao Wu thanked him happily. Although he had lost his position as the fifth-rank Grand Internal Controller, he was satisfied to be able to stay in the Yangxin Hall.
After ordering Xiao Wu to get up, Hongli stared at Mao Gui and said, "I ask you, apart from Lan Yi, what else did they do?"
Mao Gui knew that Hongli didn't want to mention the matter of Yong Cang in front of Xianyue, so he didn't say much and turned to other things, including the fact that Wei Jingxuan had been sending money and things to Huang Ying over the years.
Hearing this, Hongli sneered again and again, "Okay, of the two people around me, one betrayed me for a woman; the other betrayed me for money. They are really good at it."
Huang Ying didn't expect that she couldn't escape the disaster even though she was hiding here and there, so she had to bite the bullet and knelt down and said: "This slave made a big mistake in a moment of confusion. I beg the Emperor to please spare this slave for the sake of your dedication in serving me."
Once, I promise, there will never be a next time."
Hongli stared at him and said in a cold tone: "Xiao Wu is still excusable, but what about you? Huang Ying, how do you want me to forgive you?"
Huang Ying did not dare to wipe the cold sweat on her head and said in a trembling voice: "I know my fault, but what I said to my concubine were insignificant things. I didn't say a word about important things." As he said,
He kowtowed and said, "I am willing to give up all my property and ask the emperor to give me another chance."
"It's too late." Hongli didn't have much mercy towards Huang Ying, and immediately said: "From now on, Huang Ying will be deposed from the seventh rank of Zhengzheng, all his money will be confiscated, and he will be punished to work in the cleaning department!"
Huang Ying shook her head in shock, "No, Your Majesty, I don't want to go to the cleaning office!" If the Yangxin Palace is a place where all the eunuchs want to get in even if they have their heads sharpened, then the cleaning office is the place they least want to go, and it's painful.
Not only was he tired, but the key point was that once he entered the cleaning office, he would have no hope of ever getting ahead again. How could he be willing to go?
Seeing that Hong Li didn't speak, Huang Ying crawled to Xiao Wu and begged again. Unfortunately, Xiao Wu couldn't save himself, so she didn't dare to plead for him, so she could only watch him being pulled out.
Hongli stared at Mao Gui and said, "Have you finished talking?"