Xiaowu was stopped by someone as soon as he stepped out of the Yangxin Hall. Since the incident with the witch puppet, Hejia would come early every day to ask to see Hongli. The latter knew why she came, so he avoided seeing her for five consecutive days, while Hejia
Jia always stood until dark before leaving, and it was the same today. Unexpectedly, after standing for a while, she saw Xiao Wu coming out holding something that frightened her.
He Jia trembled: "You...what are you going to do?"
Xiao Wu sighed and said: "Princess Qi, the emperor has decreed that the concubine Hui will commit suicide!"
For He Jia, these words were like a thunderbolt, and she froze there. When she came back to her senses, Xiao Wu's figure was no longer in front of her eyes. She quickly chased after him and knocked over Xiao Wu's hand.
something in hand
, Jiujiu fell to the ground, emitting bursts of frightening green smoke, and even eroded a hole in the white silk that fell later. He Jia's usually beautiful face showed an unprecedented ferocity, "You are not allowed to go, no one is allowed.
Go to Yonghe Palace!"
Xiao Wu looked at the mess on the ground and said: "I understand the princess's mood, but this is the emperor's will, and there is nothing I can do about it." After that, he said to the little eunuch beside him: "Go and prepare another one!"
Hejia heard this and immediately said sternly: "I told you not to go, are you deaf? I will throw away as many copies as you bring."
Xiao Wu said helplessly: "Princess, this slave is just following orders, please don't embarrass me!"
"I don't care, you're not allowed to go anyway!" As he spoke, He Jia was trembling all over. The thought of E Niang dying made her feel terrible. No, she couldn't let E Niang die, no!
Emperor Ama, why is he... so cruel? Even if E Niang makes a lot of mistakes, she is still his bedside person, how can he not care about her at all!
He Jia gritted her teeth hard and said to the palace maid next to her: "Go to Qinlanxuan immediately and ask Lady Lan to come over. Just say that E Niang is in trouble and ask her to come over immediately!" After the palace lady left, she stared at the little girl.
The five or two people said in a trembling voice: "If any of you dare to leave, I will... just..." She gritted her teeth, pulled out the hairpin from her hair and placed it in front of her neck, "I will die in front of you!"
Xiaowu never expected that she would do this, and said quickly: "Princess, don't do this, give the gold hairpin to the slave quickly!" After saying that, he was about to step forward and take the gold hairpin from He Jia's hand, and the latter hurriedly
He took a step back and said: "Don't come over, otherwise I will stab you immediately!"
After being shouted at by her, Xiao Wu didn't dare to step forward anymore and sighed: "Princess, why are you doing this?"
He Jia said hoarsely: "I don't care, no one is allowed to hurt E Niang!"
Xiao Wu knew that he was not convinced by He Jia, so he had to ask the young eunuch to tell Hongli about the matter. Not long after, the door of Yangxin Hall opened, and then Hongli hurriedly walked out and saw He Jia taking the gold.
The way the hairpin was pointing at his neck, his eyelids twitched fiercely, and he shouted: "What a nonsense, put the hairpin down quickly!"
"No!" He Jia held back the tears in his eyes and said stubbornly: "Unless the emperor spares E Niang's death penalty, I won't let her go!"
Hongli scolded with a gloomy face: "Your mother-in-law has made a huge mistake, how can I forgive you!"
He Jia bit her lower lip for a long time. After a long time, she finally let go of her bitten lip, which had turned white, and said, "If this is the case, Emperor Ama will also kill his sons and ministers!"
Hong Li's eyes turned cold, and he said in a more serious tone: "Do you think you can save the Xia family by doing this?"
He Jia shook his head sadly and said with tears: "I don't know, I only know that I can't watch Huang Ama kill E Niang."
Hongli stared at her for a moment and said coldly: "I say it again, put down the hairpin!"
"Unless Emperor Ama pardons E Niang's death penalty, I will never let her go." As she said this, she knelt down and choked: "Emperor Ama, the reason why E Niang made such a big mistake is because she was too much.
I miss my brother; I still remember that my brother just passed away
At that time, E Niang was crying all day long, and she called her brother's name in her dreams. At that time, the son did not dare to leave E Niang even a step, for fear that if he left, E Niang would never be seen again." said
By this point, she was in tears and couldn't speak.
"Huang Ama, you always teach me that no one has any faults. The most important thing is to know your mistakes and correct them. I believe that after this incident, I have realized my mistake. Please give me another chance.
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The corners of Hongli's eyes twitched slightly, and he said coldly: "Why didn't the queen give her a chance? What happened? She was so mad that she even wanted to kill Yongyan, who didn't understand anything. Such a person... is not worthy of me giving her another chance!"
Hongli's cold and ruthless words made Hejia's hands and feet feel cold, and he said in pain: "So Huang Ama must kill Eniang, right?"
"That's right!" Faced with Hongli's answer, Hejia took a deep breath and said with endless sadness and despair: "Then please ask the emperor to kill all the ministers together."
Hongli stepped forward for a while and said solemnly: "Do you think I am reluctant to kill you?"
He Jia said with a sad smile: "Your Majesty, Ama, can even kill the person who gave birth to your children, so why would you be reluctant to do so? My son... I just want to give this life back to my mother-in-law!"
Her words made Hongli even more angry, and he said sternly: "I also have half of your life, so do you want to give half of your life back to me?!"
He Jia looked at the livid Hongli through his hazy tearful eyes and said, "If the emperor wants it, just take it!"
"You!" Hongli was so angry that he didn't know what to say. If it were any other person, he would have ordered him to be executed long ago, but it happened to be He Jia, the daughter he had loved since childhood...
At the moment of the stalemate, the Wu family arrived. In addition to her, the Liang concubines, Li concubines and others also arrived one after another. These had all entered the palace in recent years and had received favors or support from Xia Qing and were quite prominent in front of Hongli.
A favored concubine.
"I see you, Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Seeing that Xiao Wu was still there, Mrs. Wu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It was not too late at last. She came over immediately as soon as she got the news from the palace maid, and she was afraid that she would not be able to ask for Hongli alone.
After changing his mind, he asked the palace officials to invite the good concubines to go to the Yangxin Palace.
Hongli stared at Wu and others, frowned and said, "What are you doing here?"
Several people looked at each other, and Concubine Li stepped forward and said: "I am here to beg the emperor to be more generous and forgive Concubine Hui for her death penalty!"
After her, Wu and others said in unison: "Please forgive Concubine Hui for her death penalty!"
"Absurd!" Hongli waved his sleeves and said, "The Xia family murdered the queen, the twelfth elder brother, and the fifteenth elder brother. The evidence of the crime is conclusive, and they died unjustly. How can they be forgiven!"
Wu bent her knees and said: "Your Majesty, although Concubine Hui made a big mistake, fortunately the empress and the two elder brothers were not harmed. I pray that the emperor will have a good life and spare Concubine Hui's life!"
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Regarding her words, Hongli flatly refused, "No!"
Concubine Li glanced at Hejia and said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Hui certainly deserves to die, but what about Princess Hejia? Does she also deserve to die?"