Chapter 836 My son was beaten to death
It was late at night, and there was no moon or stars.
The palace was lit by countless lanterns. Princess Taiping sat by the bed, holding a handkerchief, wiping the face of the person lying on the bed.
On the couch was a young girl, about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a pale, bloodless face and her eyes tightly closed; only her chest was rising and falling quietly.
"Xin'er, you've been asleep for so many years, it's time to wake up."
Princess Taiping spoke gently, her eyes glistening with tears.
"Your brother is gone, and you've fallen into a deep sleep and never woken up. Do you know how your mother has endured all these years...?"
She spoke at length, but the person on the bed did not react.
She seemed to be used to it, and her face did not show any disappointment. She gently wiped the girl clean.
She had just pulled the covers over herself when she heard the sound of many people's footsteps outside the palace.
She raised her hand to wipe the corner of her eye, her face regaining its indifference and coldness, and got up to walk out.
Before she could open the door, it was kicked open.
She looked at the man who walked in, and curtsied slightly: "Greetings, Your Majesty. What brings you here, Your Majesty?"
"Your Majesty, look! The Queen is acting as if nothing happened!" Lady Li, standing beside the King of Xirong, complained with a wronged expression. "I am Your Majesty's woman, the biological mother of three princes and two princesses. Although my status is not as noble as the Queen's, it is still better than that Lady Sui's, isn't it? Yet, for Lady Sui's sake, the Queen actually insulted me and even tried to slap me..."
As she spoke, tears streamed down her face.
She sobbed, "I know that the Queen is from the Great Yu Kingdom, and Lady Sui is also from the Great Yu Kingdom. You come from the same place, so naturally you are closer..."
"Does Lady Li have a clear conscience saying such things?" Princess Taiping said coldly. "It was clearly you who pointed out Lady Sui's faults and wanted to punish her in public. I know that Lady Sui is a distinguished guest invited by the King, so naturally I will not allow you to act recklessly, which is why..."
"Enough!" the King of Xirong shouted sternly, his sharp eyes fixed on Princess Taiping's face. "Remember, you are the Queen of Xirong, a Xirong person. Don't forget your identity."
Lady Li raised her chin triumphantly, about to speak, when the Western Rong King's gaze fell upon her face.
"And you, tone it down," the Western Rong King warned. "If I find out you're causing trouble for Lady Sui again before her experiment is over, you'll have to think about the consequences."
Mrs. Li understood what he meant.
The king meant that once Lady Sui's usefulness was exhausted, he would not interfere with whatever he did to her.
She knew that the king wouldn't punish her because she was just a peasant woman from the Great Yu Kingdom.
"I understand."
Mrs. Li curtsied and obediently agreed.
The King of Xirong turned and walked away.
Princess Taiping pursed her lips tightly and didn't even glance at the person on the bed from the moment the king entered the room until now.
The person on the couch was their first daughter, the eldest princess of the Western Rong Kingdom. Once upon a time, the king would let Xin'er ride on his shoulders...
But now, Wang has completely forgotten that he has a poor daughter; he never inquires about her, never visits her…
Just then, a sound came from the entrance of the Queen's palace.
"Lady Sui, this is the Queen's palace. The King is inside. Please do not intrude!"
"If Madam Sui tries to force her way in again, don't blame us for being impolite!"
Princess Taiping tightened her grip, took a deep breath, and strode out.
As soon as the King of Xirong stepped out of the house and down the steps, he could see Cheng Wanwan being stopped by the guards at the palace gate in the distance.
"Lady Sui is here..." Lady Li grabbed the arm of the Western Rong King with a look of panic. "She must have come to complain to the Queen. Your Majesty, I'm a little scared..."
The King of Xirong patted her arm, signaling her not to be afraid.
Princess Taiping frowned and said, "Madam Sui must have something important to discuss coming here so late at night. Go and invite Madam Sui in."
The palace servants behind her dared not act on their own. They glanced at the King of Xirong, and seeing that the king did not object, they quickly walked to the entrance of the main hall and invited Cheng Wanwan in.
Cheng Wanwan's hair was messy, her clothes were casually thrown on, and she wasn't even wearing shoes.
She stumbled in, fell in front of Princess Taiping, her voice hoarse as she cried, "Please, Your Majesty, save my son..."
Princess Taiping's expression changed, and she quickly helped her up: "Madam Sui, let's talk this out. What happened?"
"Half an hour ago, Lady Li came to my courtyard and ordered my son to be flogged fifty times. My son vomited blood and fainted on the spot..." Cheng Wanwan's tears kept falling. "I thought it was just a beating and that his life wouldn't be in danger, but... but my son just stopped breathing... Your Majesty, quickly send the imperial physician to save my son, or it will really be too late..."
"Guards!" Princess Taiping shouted sternly, "Quickly, fetch the imperial physician!"
The Western Rong King, unable to understand the language of the Great Yu Kingdom, frowned and asked, "What has happened?"
"Then we must ask Madam Li what she did!" Princess Taiping took a deep breath. "Madam Sui's son was beaten fifty times by Madam Li and just died. I don't know if he can be saved. I will take the imperial physician to see him first."
She helped Cheng Wanwan and quickly walked out of the hall.
"He's dead..." Madam Li was somewhat taken aback. "This big, burly man was so easily defeated?"
The King of Xirong, with a gloomy expression, followed without saying a word.
Cheng Wanwan's courtyard was in chaos. Granny Qi sat on the edge of the bed in the side room, wailing incessantly.
Two maids, Gu Bing and Gu Leng, were boiling water to clean the person on the bed.
The imperial physician arrived in a hurry, carrying his medicine box, and entered the room. He saw a person whose face was completely disfigured lying on the bed, and another person whose face was completely disfigured lying on the ground. Both of them were covered in wounds, and even after being cleaned, the wounds were still quite frightening.
The traditional Chinese medicine doctor quickly reached out and pried open the eyelids of the person on the bed, then felt their heart, and finally took their pulse. His expression immediately changed: "They've been dead for a long time; there's no saving them..."
"San Niu!" Cheng Wanwan cried out in pain, then suddenly rushed towards Madam Li. "It was you! You killed my son! I'll kill you to pay for my son's life!"
She grabbed Mrs. Li by the collar and slapped her twice across the face, then gripped Mrs. Li's neck tightly.
Mrs. Li had been standing by watching the situation. When she saw the two corpses, her gaze turned away in disgust. In that moment of distraction, someone grabbed her by the wrist, and her breathing became increasingly rapid.
Fortunately, the palace servants reacted in time and rescued Lady Li.
"Cough cough cough!" Lady Li's face turned red as she clutched her neck and gasped for breath. "Your Majesty, she actually tried to kill me! She's just a peasant woman from the Great Yu Kingdom, how dare she take the life of a dignified lady like me? What kind of person is she, how dare she be so arrogant on my Western Rong territory..."
Cheng Wanwan said in grief, "I will not let you go. I will use your blood to pay homage to my son..."
She pulled out a small knife from somewhere and charged at Madam Li like a madwoman.
Mrs. Li was so frightened that she quickly backed away.
"Enough!" the Western Rong King roared in a low voice. "I understand Lady Sui's grief over the loss of her beloved son, but now is not the time to lose my mind!"
Cheng Wanwan paused, her eyes slowly landing on the King of Xirong, before she burst into maniacal laughter: "I devoted myself to cultivating high-yield rice varieties for your Xirong Kingdom, but what did you Xirong do? You killed my son! My son is dead, so I don't want to live anymore..."
The knife in her hand was pressed against her neck.
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