The good concubine took the words and said: "Your Majesty, hateful people must have pity. When you hated Concubine Hui, have you ever thought about why she became like this? Although many years have passed since Brother Eleven's incident.
, but some things or pain will not change with time
It will subside with the disappearance of time, and it will even be more painful; when Concubine Hui tortures and hurts others, she is not hurting herself." As she said that, she looked at Hejia, who had been holding the gold hairpin tightly, and said: "And He
Princess Jia, does the Emperor really want to see her die in front of you?"
Concubine Li said again: "Your Majesty, for the sake of Brother Eleven's spirit in heaven, please spare Concubine Hui's life. I believe he doesn't want to see his parents killing each other."
Wu knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, Concubine Hui has served you with all her heart and soul for more than twenty years. Even if she has no merit, she has worked hard. Why do you have to kill her? Besides, I think it is better to let the concubine die than to die.
It would be better for her to live and repent of the sins she had committed before."
After her, Li Concubine and others also knelt in front of Hongli and said in unison: "Please spare the life of Concubine Hui, Your Majesty!" The reason why they helped Xia Qing to plead for mercy was because they had received favors from Xia Qing, and secondly, they helped Xia Qing to plead for mercy.
...because there are unknown secrets.
Hongli pursed his thin lips tightly and did not speak. Hejia knew that this was the most critical moment for Xia Qing's survival, so he cried and said: "Huang Ama, if it is true that killing is the only way to calm the anger in your heart, my son
I...I am willing to apologize on behalf of E Niang. I just ask you to give E Niang a good death!" After saying that, she gritted her silver teeth, raised the gold hairpin in her hand and stabbed the jade neck hard.
Her move shocked everyone. They never expected that her temper would be so strong. It was too late to stop her. They could only watch the golden hairpin stabbing into the flawless white jade neck. The tip of the hairpin had already been pierced.
While touching the skin, one hand tightly grasped the hairpin body, making Hejia unable to prick any more, which also allowed her to save her life.
The person who stopped He Jia from committing suicide was none other than Hongli. He grabbed the gold hairpin and slammed it to the ground, shouting: "Have you had enough of your nonsense?"
"I'm not fooling around." As soon as He Jia finished speaking, Hongli said, "Without my permission, you can't even think of dying!"
He Jia looked at the golden hairpin on the ground with a touch of her blood on it, shook his head and said: "Huang Ama can stop Er Chen once, but it is impossible to stop Er Chen for the rest of his life. From the moment E Niang became pregnant with Er Chen, Er Chen
My life is connected with hers, and we will live and die together!"
"Rebellious girl!" Hongli hated him so much that he couldn't bear to die with Jia after all. He gritted his teeth and said: "Preach my decree to depose the Xia family's noble concubine, take back the gold book, gold seal and canonization decree, and demote her to a commoner.
He will be imprisoned in the cold palace today!"
Hearing these words, He Jia, Wu and others all breathed a sigh of relief. Although they were demoted to the cold palace, their lives were saved at least, which was considered a great blessing among misfortunes.
He Jia cried with joy and kowtowed: "Thank you so much, Ama Huang! Thank you Ama Huang so much!"
Hongli did not speak, but left expressionlessly. After he left, Xiao Wu, who had received the decree, went to Yonghe Palace, followed closely by He Jia and others.
When they arrived at the Yonghe Palace, Xiaowu read out Hongli's words and ordered Xia Qing to be stripped of her imperial concubine's clothes and escorted to the cold palace. Wu stepped forward and said: "Fifth Manager, Huigui..." Halfway through her words, she realized that Xia Qing
Qing was no longer a noble concubine, so she quickly changed her words and said, "Now that Mrs. Xia is going to the cold palace, she and Princess Hejia may never see each other again. Can you please let them have a few words with each other now?"
Before Xiao Wu could answer, He Jia knelt down in front of him with a plop, which startled Xiao Wu. He quickly knelt down and said in a panic: "Princess, what are you doing? Get up quickly."
He Jia shed tears and said, "I beg you, Fifth Eunuch, to be accommodating for a moment. He Jia is very grateful."
"But the emperor has a decree, and there is nothing I can do about it. Please get up quickly." Seeing that Hejia still refused to get up, Xiao Wu sighed and said helplessly: "Okay, it's just one stick of incense time. If you have any questions, please hurry up."
Tell me."
"Thank you so much, Fifth Eunuch." After Xiao Wu took the palace people down, He Jia threw herself into Xia Qing's arms and cried bitterly. The latter stroked her messy bun hair and said softly: "Stop crying, isn't E Niang doing well?"
Yes, it’s just a change of place to live, it’ll be fine.”
Wu shook her head at the side and said: "It's nothing. If Princess Hejia hadn't seen the opportunity today and blocked it with her life, the fifth manager would not have passed the decree of deposing, but..." She couldn't bear the words that followed.
Say it out loud.
Xia Qing's eyes turned cold, and she took over the words coldly: "Is this the decree to kill me? I know he is ruthless, but I don't want him to be so ruthless!"
Wu sighed and said: "No matter what, as long as the empress can save her life, if you stay in the cold palace for a few days, the concubines will definitely find a way to rescue you."
He Jia raised his tear-stained face and choked with sobs: "Well, no matter what the price, I will try to save Eniang and forgive you. You must hold on."
Xia Qing stroked the tears on her face and said softly: "You have done a lot for me, enough, really enough."
"Not enough!" He Jia shook his head desperately, "Although I have never been to Leng Palace, I know what kind of place it is. I can't just sit back and watch E Niang stay in such a place."
Before Xia Qing could say anything, Wu already said: "The ministers and concubines will discuss this matter slowly with Princess Hejia in the future. One person can calculate shortcomings, and two people can calculate longitudes. They can always come up with a way. This
In a moment, my concubines..." She glanced at He Jia beside her and stopped talking.
Xia Qing knew what she was going to say, so she said to Hejia: "Go and get the brocade box that is placed on the top of the big red sandalwood cabinet in E Niang's bedroom."
After He Jia left, Xia Qing glanced at the Wu family and said: "Don't worry, apart from you and me, only Cuizhu and Xiao Shouzi know about that matter. They have been my confidants for many years.
, I would rather die than leak it out."
Wu and others breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "The days when the empress is away..."
Xia Qing took out a piece of paper from her sleeve and said, "I will write the address for collecting the medicine here. You just need to pick up the medicine every ten days. The medicine... should be enough for you to use for the first half of the year."
Wu and the others, who had already calmed down, were suddenly hung up in the air after hearing the second half of the sentence. Libi tried and said: "In half a year..."
Xia Qing sighed and said: "The medicinal materials I asked Xiao Shouzi and the others to purchase in the first place can only take half a day to make the medicine. I don't know what will happen after half a year."
The good concubine said: "Can the empress tell me what the medicinal materials are, so that I can try to find them."
Xia Qing stared at her for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said: "Those medicinal materials are all exotic and extremely difficult to find. Rather than bothering to find these, you sisters, you might as well think carefully about how to rescue me from the cold palace; as long as I
If I am safe, all my sisters will be safe and sound, don’t you think?"