"No matter what the reason is, you must kneel for a full hour today."

Wanpin's maid wanted to say something, but was stopped by Wanpin, who looked pale and weak.

He shook his head and said, "It's okay. The longer you talk, the longer it will take."

The maid looked at Akui angrily.

It was so cold, and Akui was not stupid. He told people to watch them from a distance, and he went back to report.

Watching the smug villain leave, the concubines wailed and complained.

"The Imperial Concubine is clearly taking her anger out on us. She deserves not to be the Queen." A man agreed in a low voice.

"She will only be able to dominate for a few days. Once the Empress enters the palace, we won't have to pay our respects to her."

At this point, the concubines were silent for a moment.

"I just don't know who this Empress is. What if she's even more domineering than the Imperial Concubine and asks us to go back to paying our respects at noon? That would be even worse for us."

"But the Imperial Concubine has been so arrogant for so many years, and now there must be someone with a higher status than her. Somehow, I am looking forward to the Queen entering the palace."

"That's right. No matter what the Queen does, at least I really don't want to live trembling under the Imperial Concubine's control."

When it came to bad things about the imperial concubine, everyone was talking at once and couldn't stop. It was like a struggle session.

Wanpin spoke up to stop it in time.

"Stop talking. If the imperial concubine hears this, none of us will live to see the queen enter the palace." After saying this, Wanpin gasped weakly.

Several concubines who were really sick were supported by their maids, looking weak and their faces were as pale as paper.

Looking at the frail people who looked like they were about to die, a beauty spoke up in time: "Let's move closer together so we can get warmer. Wanpin, you sick ones should stay in the middle, it won't be so cold that way."

When the imperial concubine came out, she saw a group of people kneeling together, hugging each other for warmth.

Her eyes shot out like sharp blades: "It seems that you really don't take me seriously. It's not proper for you to hug the maids one by one."

"Why don't you let me separate, Akui? Recalculate the time and kneel for another hour."

"Your Majesty, my young master is truly ill. I'm afraid she won't be able to kneel for another hour. Please have mercy and let our young master go."

The imperial concubine didn't say anything, but her expression darkened visibly.

Seeing this, Ah Kui sternly rebuked the maid who had spoken: "You bold servant! You have no right to talk back to the Empress. Come, take her away and give her thirty slaps on the face."

Seeing the guards coming over, Wanpin stopped them in time and said to the Imperial Concubine, "Please have mercy on me, Your Majesty, and let Xiao Ran go. When I return, Wanpin will definitely discipline my servants."

"What? Aren't you sick? Do you still have the strength to speak? Can you kneel for an hour now?" The imperial concubine said contemptuously with the corner of her mouth tilted upwards.

"It's Concubine Wan's fault. She will kneel for a full hour and beg for mercy from the Empress."

Glancing at her with a sidelong glance, the imperial concubine spoke slowly, "What a deep bond between master and servant! Then both of us will be punished with fifty strokes of the cane."

"If they survive, they will be thrown back to the palace. If they don't, they will be buried."

Wanpin widened her eyes, slumped down and sat down, her eyes filled with extreme hatred as she waited for the imperial concubine's back.

I know that if I don’t die today, I will die from serious injuries.

I don't know where I got the strength from, but I stood up and said, "Your Highness, I am the Emperor's concubine. Aren't you afraid that the Emperor will blame you for taking human life so lightly?"

The imperial concubine chuckled and turned around: "I am only following the rules. Fifty lashes is already a mercy."

"If the emperor holds me accountable, I have my reasons and evidence."

People who were close to Concubine Wan kept pulling at her dress, trying to persuade her to calm down.

To anger the imperial concubine at this time would be tantamount to seeking death. Only by softening and begging for mercy could one have a chance to survive.

Wanpin was already furious at this time and refused to listen to any advice.

In the past, she had always been good-tempered and had never had any quarrels with the sisters in the palace. She also paid her respects every day in a proper manner.

She was treated like this just because she was sick today. Since she was going to die anyway, why not just say it out loud?

"Aren't you just angry that someone stole your position as queen? Someone as domineering and arrogant as you is not worthy of being the mother of the country."

"People like you deserve to be trampled underfoot forever and never get ahead."

"How long do you think you can keep being so proud? In a few days, no one will come to pay their respects to you. You only have two days left to show off your power."

"By then, you'll be just like us, rushing to the Queen's house every morning, paying respects to her according to her mood."

"I wish you will never regain the emperor's favor and will always be trampled under the queen's feet."

"I wish the Emperor and Empress happiness and harmony, a long lasting marriage, and the birth of a son soon."

"And you, my concubine, will stay in this cold palace, staring out the door, waiting from dusk till dawn, and experience the pain of waiting for the rest of your life."

The imperial concubine's lips were trembling, her teeth were grinding with hatred, and her lungs were about to explode with anger.

Pointing at Concubine Wan, she said, "Come here, beat me to death on the spot. I want all of you to watch. This is the fate of those who offend me. Let this serve as a warning to others."

The wooden board hit Wanpin and her servant, and the smell of blood spread in the air. Wanpin's dress was stained with blood and she slowly fainted.

The blood became larger and larger until it turned into a bright red patch. When the wooden board was lifted, it fell heavily, and the splashed blood fell on the face of the kneeling concubine.

Some of the timid ones fainted from fright.

The imperial concubine was ruthless. She had the two men's mouths blocked, tied to a bench, and beaten with a stick around the waist.

One stick could break a person's spine. Looking at Wanpin's neck with bulging veins, her tilted head, and her bloodshot eyeballs.

Such a bloody and cruel scene frightened these pampered concubines so much that they either fainted or cried with fear.

"ah!"

The concubine who had been keeping her head down couldn't help but take a quick look and screamed in fright.

Everyone instinctively looked in her direction, and then the sound of vomiting continued to be heard.

His eyes were red, tears were falling, and he kept retching.

I saw that Wanpin's waist and abdomen were flattened in half, with blood and flesh all over the place, and a strong smell of blood spreading.

If you look closely, you can even see the exposed intestines.

The upper and lower bodies seemed to be separated. The scene was shocking and horrifying.

Wanpin's face was open and her eyes, bloodshot, were staring at this side.

Everyone screamed in fear!

The smell of vomit and the strong smell of blood created a foul odor at the scene.

The imperial concubine looked on coldly and gave orders to drive all the people back to her palace, and to carry them back if they couldn't walk back.

"Clean it up and don't defile this palace."

The imperial concubine took two lives without blinking an eye and showed no guilt at all. She turned around and left.