Unexpectedly, the next moment, Dugu Liancheng ordered in a cold voice: "Drag him down and punish him with a hundred sticks!"
As soon as he said this, everyone was startled. Even Biyu had to say a warning: "Your Majesty, a hundred punishments with a stick will kill someone."
It would be okay if it were someone else, but this is a noble concubine. With a hundred sticks, the current noble concubine can be beaten to death.
If this were the case, wouldn't it make everyone in the world think that the emperor was killing indiscriminately?
How can this be done?
"If you die, you will die!" Dugu Liancheng didn't think this was a problem.
An Rong on the side turned pale as a sheet when she heard these words.
She never expected that Dugu Liancheng would be so cruel to her and even want her life.
"How could the emperor be so cruel to my concubine?" An Rong was about to cry.
People say that a couple's kindness lasts a hundred days. She had even conceived a child for this man. How could he be so cruel?!
Dugu Liancheng seemed not to hear An Rong's words, and waved his hands impatiently, indicating that he should be dragged down quickly. At this moment, he just felt that An Rong was too noisy.
This time Li Yu couldn't stand it anymore.
It doesn't matter if Concubine An dies, but the emperor cannot become a tyrant.
Since the emperor ascended the throne, he has been diligent and caring for the people. Under the emperor's governance, the Xia Kingdom has enjoyed peace and prosperity, and the emperor has a good reputation.
How could he be known as a tyrant for the sake of Concubine An now? This is too uneconomical.
"Concubine An just collided with the holy chariot. Twenty punishments with the cane are enough. She will definitely not survive with one hundred." Li Yu said, and quickly said: "How about dragging the imperial concubine down and punishing her with twenty canes?!"
He didn't care much and signaled to take An Rong down quickly.
The others did not dare to neglect and took action immediately, dragging An Rong away and executing her on the spot.
By the time the execution was over, An Rong was in so much pain that she could not speak.
Li Yu was afraid that Dugu Liancheng would change his mind, so he signaled to drag him away.
Dugu Liancheng watched Li Yu talking to himself, and he said coldly: "When will it be your turn to point fingers in front of me?"
Li Yu replied with a smile on his face: "This servant is taking care of the emperor's worries. The emperor has many things to do every day and has no time to worry about such trivial matters. I can help you."
Something's wrong, the emperor looks different from before. Even if he didn't like Concubine An before, he wouldn't have beaten her to death directly. That's why the emperor wouldn't become so brainless.
But today the emperor's reaction was a bit strange.
Dugu Liancheng walked around the imperial garden for a while. During this period, more than one concubine ran up to him to make her presence felt, but Dugu Liancheng never even glanced at her.
Later, he found it boring, so he went back to Yanfu Palace to review the excerpts.
Li Yu pulled Biyu aside and whispered: "Is the Emperor not normal?"
Biyu also had the same confusion: "I want to go together."
The two were discussing in low voices when Dugu Liancheng glanced over with a cold look: "No noise during duty hours!"
The two looked at each other.
They had always done whatever they wanted in front of the emperor. There weren't that many rules, and the emperor usually wouldn't scold them, but why was it different today?
Also, the emperor looked at them with no warmth at all. Is there something wrong?
The two of them glanced at each other and exited the study.
"I just said that the emperor has changed. The emperor has never scolded us before, let alone wanted to kill people. By the way, go to Miss Qiu and ask if there is something wrong with her medicine?" Li Yu said,
Went to find Qiu Lan.
After listening to Li Yu's words, Qiu Lan frowned and said: "My medicine is still the same as before, and there is nothing wrong with it. But since the emperor wore the rouge button, he has never been sick again. By the way, have you inadvertently been on the emperor recently?"
Mentioning your empress to me? How did the emperor react?"
This matter is very important.
Biyu nodded: "I mentioned the empress accidentally once, but the emperor had no reaction. Later, I tried twice more, and the emperor heard me talk about the empress, and there was no abnormality."
Not to mention getting sick.
Qiu Lan was happy when he heard this: "So, Rouge Button is really powerful. I believe that after a while, the emperor's illness will be completely cured..."
Li Yu felt that Qiu Lan had not understood the point, so he reminded: "What we are talking about now is that the emperor is not normal!"
"What's wrong with the emperor? As an emperor, he has great power. It's normal to kill a few slaves occasionally." Qiu Lan disagreed.
Li Yu laughed angrily when he heard this: "Is this killing a slave? It is obvious that he wants to punish the imperial concubine with a hundred sticks, but can he still be alive after a hundred sticks? The emperor would never say such violent words before. Biyu and I both feel that the emperor is not
It’s so right.”
Then he went on to explain a lot of details, proving that Long Live Lord is indeed different from before.
Rouge Button cured Dugu Liancheng's illness, but at the same time changed Dugu Liancheng's temperament, making Dugu Liancheng become a cold-blooded killer.
Qiu Lan felt that this was what Li Yu meant.
"Let's do this. I'll go ask the Queen. At worst, bring the Queen to the Emperor -"
"No!" Li Yu and Biyu said in unison.
"If we don't bring the Queen to the Emperor, how can we know if the Emperor is normal? We need to determine how the Emperor will react when he sees the Queen, so that we can know how much influence the rouge button has on the Emperor." Qiu Lan said leisurely.
Li Yu and Biyu didn't know what to do for a while.
Three days later.
Under Qiu Lan's instigation, they decided to bring Mu Ci over to test the emperor's reaction.
Mu Ci himself didn't know that the three of them were conducting experiments.
When she learned that she was asked to meet Dugu Liancheng, she immediately thought it was impossible.
"The emperor has not been ill recently. Now I have to send the empress to verify that the emperor's illness has completely recovered." Qiu Lan was recommended by Li Yu and Biyu to serve as the representative.
Mu Ci didn't believe it: "Are you sure the emperor's illness is cured?"
"They mentioned the empress in front of the emperor, and the emperor didn't feel any strange. As for whether everything is fine, the empress will know the result after going to verify it." Qiu Lan actually didn't have any confidence when he said this.
Lovesickness Gu was something she had never seen before. She thought she had great medical skills, but she couldn't cure Dugu Liancheng. This was unbelievable to her.
But now that Dugu Liancheng's condition has improved because of a jade pendant, is she also depressed?
Mu Ci had not seen Dugu Liancheng for a long time, and after some persuasion by Qiu Lan, he was finally moved.
"Are you sure the emperor won't get sick?" Mu Ci was still a little hesitant.
"Don't worry, the emperor is really well!" Qiu Lan did not dare to say that the emperor is a little abnormal now.
I wonder if Dugu Liancheng will get sick again after seeing Mu Ci. The top priority is to deceive Mu Ci.
In this way, Mu Ci entered Yanfu Palace anxiously.
This time no one stopped her, even with Li Yu and Biyu escorting her, no one dared to stop her.
"The Emperor is in the study, your Majesty, please go." Seeing that Mu Ci was motionless, Biyu pointed to the location of the study.
