Chu Shixiao sneered a few times, with a fierce look in his eyes: "Did you really regard me as your husband all these years? Your Li family has gained so many benefits in Dazhao, but you still want to kill me! Come on! Cut this vicious woman into a human pig! Don't let her die easily!" His words were cold and ruthless, as if they came from the devil in hell.
The guards drew out their sharp knives and walked towards Li Qianwan step by step, followed closely by several imperial doctors, ready to stop her bleeding at any time.
Li Qianwan looked at everything in front of her in horror and screamed in despair: "Chu Shixiao! You ungrateful man! You will not have a good end! An Qinghuan, you bitch!" Her voice was sharp and piercing, full of endless hatred.
As the guard raised his knife and brought it down, Li Qianwan let out a shrill scream, pain instantly spreading through her body. Her limbs were severed, and blood gushed out, staining the ground red.
Chu Shixiao and An Qinghuan stood aside, watching Li Qianwan writhing and struggling on the ground, enduring the severe pain, with indifference. There was no sympathy in their eyes, only deep disgust.
Finally, before leaving, Chu Shixiao said to the imperial physician, "Be sure to save her life! If she dies, you will be buried with her!" His tone was cold and resolute, and there was no room for doubt.
After several days, Li Qianwan finally awoke from the endless agony. She lay quietly on her bed, staring blankly upward, unable to feel her limbs. Her eyes revealed despair and helplessness, as if the entire world had collapsed.
Two palace maids stood cautiously beside the bed, waiting on her. They spoke softly, their voices almost inaudible, but Li Qianwan still keenly caught their conversation:
"The Empress Dowager is so merciful. Yesterday she severely punished the eunuch who bullied the little palace maid." A palace maid said with emotion.
Another maid echoed, "Yes! The Empress Dowager is so kind, unlike the one on the bed. In the past, countless people in the palace were tortured because of her, and some were even beaten to death!"
"That's right! She deserves the state she's in now!"
"Bah! This vicious woman, she brought this upon herself!" There was contempt in the palace maid's voice.
Li Qianwan was filled with uncontrollable anger when she heard these words. She bit her lip tightly, trying to control her emotions. Then, she roared with all her strength, "You bitches! Are you looking for death?" Her voice was filled with anger and majesty.
The two palace maids were startled by her. One of them came to her senses, looked at Li Qianwan with disdain, and said viciously: "Hey! You still think you are the high and mighty queen! Bah!"
As she spoke, she poked Li Qianwan's wound with her fingers and laughed triumphantly.
Li Qianwan was sweating profusely and her body was trembling in pain, but she could not escape this cruel torture.
At this moment, the guards' respectful voices came from the door: "Welcome to the Queen Mother!"
When the two palace maids heard the sound, they turned pale with fright and immediately covered Li Qianwan with the quilt, as if trying to cover up their evil deeds.
An Qinghuan slowly walked into the room, his eyes swept over the two palace maids with indifference, and then he said softly: "Take good care of her! I want her to live and reunite with her son and daughter-in-law!"
The two palace maids responded submissively, "We will follow the Empress Dowager's orders!" Then they respectfully left the room and closed the door gently.
Li Qianwan's eyes flashed with intense hatred, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Bitch! I should have killed you when you first entered the palace!"
An Qinghuan curled up the corner of her mouth into a cold smile, and responded in a cold tone: "Sister! You must stay alive and wait for Chengli to come back."
Li Qianwan's heart tightened, and she asked anxiously, "What have you done with Chengli?"
An Qinghuan's smile widened, and she raised her eyebrows, half-smiling as she replied, "Alas! Why didn't Chu Chengli and Li Mingfu take you with them when they fled? They just exchanged the Emperor and Empress of Youli for your three daughters-in-law! How could he have forgotten that he still has a mother! Tsk tsk tsk tsk! Sister, I feel so sorry for you!"
In the Youli Palace, Nanny Mu and Nanny Jian were kneeling in front of Chu Chengli, their faces covered in tears and sobbing.
Chu Chengli frowned, feeling irritated. "What on earth happened? How can you cry like this?"
Nanny Mu raised her hand to wipe away the tears from her eyes and choked up as she said, "The Empress came today and not only insulted the two ladies as disaster stars, but also attacked them!"
Nanny Jian immediately echoed, "The two ladies are now pregnant with the heir, yet she is so bold and presumptuous. Your Majesty, please ensure justice for the two ladies!"
At this time, a royal physician hurried over and knelt on the ground with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty! It's bad, the two queens have had a miscarriage! I have tried my best, but I am afraid it will be difficult to save the royal heir..."
Upon hearing the news, Chu Chengli was shocked. He proclaimed himself emperor in Youli, and no one here knew that he was actually a eunuch. If he could not preserve the royal heir, wouldn't he have no descendants?
Chu Chengli stared at the imperial physician with a deep gaze, a hint of determination flashing in his eyes. "I've heard that Youli has a secret medicine that can save the fetus. Do you know about this?"
The imperial physician was so frightened that he trembled all over, his face as pale as paper: "Your Majesty! There is indeed such a secret medicine, but...but this old minister really dare not use it!"
Chu Chengli frowned, his voice becoming sharp and piercing: "I'm here, what are you afraid of? Just tell me!"
The imperial physician hesitated for a moment, then mustered up the courage to speak: "This secret medicine requires an extremely special ingredient. It requires two bowls of the Empress's blood to make it."
Chu Chengli waved his hand and asked Xuan Bao and Xuan Hu to invite Li Jingshu over. After Li Jingshu was brought over, she saw the two maids kneeling on the ground and became furious.
She quickly stepped forward and started beating and kicking the two maids: "You lowly slaves! How dare you frame me! Who gave you the guts to do that?"
The two maids were trembling all over, begging for mercy: "Madam, please spare my life..."
Chu Chengli's face was gloomy, and he roared angrily: "Enough! Black Tiger and Black Leopard! Let your blood flow!"
Li Jingshu's face turned ugly. She angrily said, "It was these two lowly slaves who framed me! Why did Your Majesty listen to them?"
Chu Chengli slammed the table and roared, "Both concubines had miscarriages at the same time! Queen, how dare you say it's not because of you!"
Li Jingshu shu shuddered, and said with a guilty conscience, "I don't know what this has to do with me."
Chu Chengli sneered, "How ignorant! You are the Queen, yet you are intolerant! If you don't give me an explanation for what happened today, I will never give up!"
Li Jingshu bit her lip hard and gritted her teeth: "They teamed up to trick me!"
Chu Chengli quickly stepped forward, holding her collar, his eyes filled with anger and murderous intent: "This is my own flesh and blood! If anything happens to them! You will be buried with them!"
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