Xie Jingrun didn't want to hear anything more from her and said in a deep voice, "Someone come here!"
Immediately, palace servants entered.
"Drag them away and give them twenty lashes. If they don't die, send them back to the Hua residence and tell Old Madam Hua that I never want to see them again. They must leave the capital immediately and are never to set foot in the capital again without my order."
Hua Yin was completely stunned, seemingly not expecting Xie Jingrun to actually punish her. She stared wide-eyed in horror.
Only when the palace servants came forward and pulled her up did she snap out of her daze and scream with heart-wrenching pain, "Cousin, you can't do this to me! Have you forgotten Grandfather's dying wish? He told you to take good care of me, you can't..."
Hua Yin's voice stopped abruptly. The palace servants, who had caught Rong Qingqing's gaze, quickly covered her mouth and dragged her out of the room.
The person quickly walked away, and the surroundings returned to silence.
Rong Qingqing glanced at the man beside her. Hua Yin had just mentioned Old Master Hua in an attempt to soften his heart. She thought he would hesitate, but he hadn't said anything yet, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She disliked Hua Yin not because she was Xie Jingrun's cousin, but because of her feelings for Xie Jingrun. In addition, with the connection of Old Master Hua, she worried that Xie Jingrun would never be able to harden his heart towards her.
If Huayin continues to stay in the capital, it will surely cause other troubles.
Fortunately, this time, Xie Jingrun did not give any consideration to Old Master Hua.
However, she was unsure of Xie Jingrun's thoughts at that moment.
Before she could speak, Xie Jingrun took her hand first and said, "Let's go."
She swallowed back the words that were about to come out.
However, as soon as the two stepped out of the house, they saw the Empress Dowager leading a group of people, walking towards them from afar with a menacing air, as if she were there to interrogate them.
Rong Qingqing frowned, feeling somewhat annoyed, especially when she saw Hua Yin following right behind her.
It seems that we will be unable to deal with Huayin today.
The Empress Dowager soon came over.
She glanced at Rong Qingqing with an unpleasant expression before looking at Xie Jingrun.
"Your Majesty, what did Huayin do wrong? How could you let someone beat her with a cane? She's in poor health, have you forgotten? One blow could kill her. How could you be so cruel as to let someone beat her twenty times?" The Empress Dowager suppressed her anger and spoke earnestly.
Hua Yin stood behind her, desperately wiping away her tears with a handkerchief. Her pitiful appearance made people sympathize with her without even asking why.
"She's not in good health, yet she still causes trouble everywhere. I think she's in excellent health; twenty strokes of the rod are more than enough for her," Xie Jingrun said expressionlessly, turning his head to look at Changlin.
Nagabayashi Ichirin led his men forward, intending to take Huayin away.
The Empress Dowager looked at Xie Jingrun in disbelief. Seeing that he was not joking, and seeing Changlin and the others step forward to arrest Huayin, her face darkened, and she shouted sharply, "How dare you be so insolent before me?"
Changlin looked at Xie Jingrun for instructions.
"Aren't you going to make a move?" Xie Jingrun emphasized.
Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager's face turned extremely ugly. "Does the Emperor not take me seriously?"
Xie Jingrun said calmly, "Your Majesty, you flatter me. I have always respected you, otherwise I would not have had a birthday banquet prepared for you. At that time, I will host a banquet for all my officials to celebrate your birthday."
The Empress Dowager was taken aback upon hearing this.
In a few days it would be her seventieth birthday, but she did not expect that the emperor had already ordered a birthday banquet to be prepared for her.
She couldn't help but feel a bit conflicted.
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