The emperor drove him out and said, "Go away."
Xun He didn't believe it, so he volunteered to put his hand on it, then quietly opened one eye to look, and then bravely opened both eyes, "Nothing is wrong, your Majesty is in good health."
"What a loss! I touched the emperor's chest muscles and lost fifteen years of my life in one fell swoop. What a huge loss!"
Wei Junzhai regretted it so much that his intestines turned green, hating himself for being so careless.
"The plan to kill the Queen Mother and remove the Empress must be put on the agenda as soon as possible, otherwise things will change."
The letters that Wei Junzhai bought from the imperial concubine at a huge price came in handy at this time.
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When the Empress Dowager heard that the Emperor had stopped the letter she was sending to the Ministry of Justice, she was so angry that she had no place to vent it, and Zhenfei became her punching bag.
The door of the Cining Palace was tightly closed. Zhenfei was kneeling on the ground. At her feet was a row of cages containing a group of cats that Zhenfei had carefully raised.
Xiaoyu hugged the cage and begged for mercy, "Her Majesty, please have mercy on me. Even if a kitten is small, it still has a life."
Zhenfei gritted her teeth, blood constantly oozing from her ten fingers. There was a roll of needles at the empress dowager's feet, and the tips of the needles were also stained with blood.
"I told you to get pregnant with the Emperor's child as soon as possible, but you ignored my words. Since you like these children, I will poison them in front of you."
Aunt Fang took out five pieces of rice cakes soaked in poison and threw them into the cage. The cat sniffed them but did not open its mouth to eat them.
"You've made these beasts look a bit like humans. Fang'er, if poison doesn't work, try water torture."
Aunt Fang ordered people to bring in two water jars filled with clean water.
"You disobeyed my orders and even tried to drown yourself to avoid pregnancy. Do you think I don't know what you're up to?"
Zhenfei closed her eyes in pain, and the whimpering of a cat before its death came to her ears.
The Queen Mother stood up and held her head, forcing her to open her eyes. "Look carefully, open your eyes wide and look carefully. These cats died because of you. You killed them."
Zhenfei was a proud woman. She would not be destroyed by torturing her physically alone. Her spirit had to be destroyed first.
Kittens floated on the water. Concubine Zhen lay beside the tank crying and fainted several times. Shiny silver needles pricked her fingertips and she woke up. This happened four or five times before the empress dowager finally had her fill.
"Little hoof, you dare to stare at me? When I was young, I could even tame a wild horse, so I'm afraid I can't tame her."
Aunt Fang massaged the Queen Mother's feet, "The Queen Mother is wise."
"Peel off these skins and make clothes out of them, and send them to Concubine Zhen."
No one dared to spread the news about the Cining Palace. When the people from the Shanggong Bureau received the bloody skins, they were so shocked that they couldn't eat or sleep.
Everyone knew how much Concubine Shu loved cats, but the one who gave the order was the Empress Dowager, so the embroiderers had to do it.
Zhenfei was lying on the bed with her clothes on. The tears in her eyes had not yet dried. She was holding a small pillow in her hand, with a few cat hairs on it. There was a faint milky scent on the pillow, which was gradually disappearing.
The huge Changning Palace suddenly felt empty without the cats. A hole appeared in Zhenfei's heart, filled with cold wind.
"I want her life."
Xiaoyu was so frightened that she covered Concubine Zhen's mouth and said, "Your Majesty, you must be more careful with your words at times like this."
Zhen Fei opened her mouth and bit Xiao Yu's hand. After a moment, she clenched her fist and hit herself, "Why did I raise them? I'm the one who harmed them."
No one answered her question. The wind outside the eaves blew the yellow leaves up and down.
"Meow."
The Queen Mother ordered the cats in Changning Palace to be drowned, and none of them survived. At this moment, the robe made of cat skin was hanging on the head of her bed.
The other concubines in the palace who kept cats were afraid of angering the empress dowager, so they asked someone to secretly send the cats away. Now that no one in the harem kept cats, how could there be cats meowing in Changning Palace?
The tabby cat went forward and rested its head on the pillow next to Concubine Shu and fell asleep. This scene brought back memories for Concubine Shu, and she screamed in despair.
She pounded her chest, trying to ease the guilt in her heart.
"After all, your Gu family has produced some famous generals. How come your generation has no courage at all? The Queen Mother killed your beloved cat. Don't you hate her at all?"
"I hate it."
"Do you want to kill her?"
"I think."
Gu Yinwei knocked hard on the door, but no one in Changning Palace responded. Chuchu advised, "Master, please be quiet and calm down."
"I can't calm down."
Gu Yinwei kicked open the door of Changning Palace and ran straight to the inner hall, opening her arms to protect Shufei. "Wei Junzhai, I advise you not to attract the attention of Zhenfei. You have committed murder and arson, so there is no need to implicate others."
"This country's teacher and Concubine Zhen are plotting something big, why are you messing with me?"
When Gu Yinwei heard Fugui talking about Wei Junzhai bleeding from all seven orifices, she was about to confront him face to face, but he took advantage of Zhenfei's frustration and deliberately persuaded Zhenfei to form an alliance with him.
Zhenfei looked sick, and this sickness came from her heart. The little tabby cat rubbed its furry head against Zhenfei, and Zhenfei hugged her legs and hid back helplessly.
"Don't come near me, you'll die."
The tabby cat didn't understand human language, and it thought Zhenfei was teasing it, so it scratched her with its claws.
Zhen Fei screamed and stood up, grabbing the pillow and going crazy, "Go away, everyone go away."
Wei Junzhai was afraid that the little cat would get hurt, so he rushed out of the door with the cat in his arms.
Gu Yinwei put her hands on her hips to stop him, "Master, stop causing trouble."
"Our national teacher is handsome and kind-hearted, so how could he cause trouble? You misunderstood me, and I'm so sad!"
Wei Junzhai opened his folding fan and fanned himself.
He was wearing a black Taoist robe and a purple palace sash around his waist. The weather was getting cooler in August, and the palace servants all changed into thick autumn clothes. Wei Junzhai was wearing thin clothes and waving a fan in his hand.
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