As long as she sees the emperor, she won't need to say anything. The emperor will ask her when he sees her face, and she will naturally tell her about the queen's conspiracy and atrocities.
Zhao Zhaoyi had a wishful thinking.
Anxiously waiting for dinner time, anticipating that Dongfang Chen might be back soon, Zhao Zhaoyi thought about it and made herself even more miserable. The redness and swelling on her face became more obvious and terrifying, and then she sat on the couch and shed tears.
"The Emperor has arrived -" Just as he finished preparing all this, he heard the eunuch's call from outside.
Zhao Zhaoyi looked startled, and then cried more and more miserably. No sound came out of his mouth, he just shed tears one after another, making him look even more pitiful.
When Dongfang Chen came in, he saw such a miserable scene.
"See your Majesty." Zhao Zhaoyi wiped away her tears pitifully, then stood up and saluted.
"Zhao Zhaoyi, what's wrong with you?" Dongfang Chen frowned and looked at Zhao Zhaoyi's red and swollen face.
Zhao Zhaoyi didn't speak, just lowered his head and shed tears.
Dongfang Chen frowned even more tightly, stretched out his hand, lifted Zhao Zhaoyi's chin, looked at her red and swollen face, and frowned without saying a word.
Zhao Zhaoyi burst into tears, looking like she had been wronged but did not dare to speak.
After a long time, Dongfang Chen said in a deep voice: "...Stop crying. Tell me, what happened? Why does your face look like this?"
Zhao Zhaoyi suddenly choked up and cried: "Your Majesty... don't ask, I guess I won't be able to stay here in the future... Your Majesty is in Xueyun Palace. Your Majesty had better go...go somewhere else, otherwise this concubine's face...
...will be beaten to pieces." Zhao Zhaoyi twitched.
Dongfang Chen's face turned pale suddenly: "Who hit you? The queen, or the noble concubine?"
Zhao Zhaoyi cried more and more miserably, but she just cried and said nothing. Dongfang Chen showed a hint of impatience on his face, looked at the group of palace maids around him, and said coldly: "Tell me, who beat your master?"
The maids around him all trembled and lowered their heads.
"Say!" Dongfang Chen's face darkened and he shouted sharply.
Among them, a female official who followed Zhao Zhaoyi to Fengxiang Palace to pay respects trembled, then blessed herself, and trembled in an almost inaudible voice: "Your Majesty, when the empress went to Fengxiang Palace to pay respects in the morning, she was killed by the empress in the palace.
The people inside beat him."
Dongfang Chen's eyes darkened slightly and he looked at Zhao Zhaoyi, "Is it true?"
"..." Zhao Zhaoyi sobbed and cried without answering. This was her acquiescence.
Dongfang Chen's face became increasingly livid, he was silent for a moment, and then said coldly: "Why did she hit you?"
"..." Zhao Zhaoyi still twitched and said nothing.
"You, come and tell me!" Dongfang Chen turned to the female officer just now.
The female officer trembled again, swallowed, and then said tremblingly: "Slave... I don't know, it seems because the empress didn't listen to her... or something like that."
Of course, this female officer had Zhao Zhaoyi's instructions in advance, and Zhao Zhaoyi asked her to tell the truth. In this way, Zhao Zhaoyi could create a weak and virtuous image for herself, who suffered hardships but did not tell them.
"Didn't you listen to the Queen?" Dongfang Chen frowned and turned to Zhao Zhaoyi again, "Zhao Zhaoyi, tell me, what do you mean you didn't listen to the Queen?"
"Your Majesty, please stop asking. You'd better leave. I don't dare to serve you anymore." Zhao Zhaoyi cried and twitched.