Concubine Liu completely lost her mind: "Who do you think you are, you bitch? You dare to show off in front of me just because you're pregnant? I'll tear your mouth apart!"
She had not been pregnant for many years, and the palace doctors all said that she was fine. But last year, she asked her parents' home to secretly send a doctor to see her. The doctor said that she had injured her body and would never be able to get pregnant again.
This bitch is using the child to provoke her!
Her eyes turned red with anger. She quickly stepped forward and grabbed Ning Yuxi's collar, with her other hand raised high. The long and sharp nails that had been grown from years of pampering seemed to be flashing with a cold light.
Just as the slap was about to land on Ning Yuxi's face, a big hand suddenly grabbed it.
"Oh my God, Concubine Liu, what are you doing? Ning is still pregnant with the emperor's child."
"Empress Liu, Ning is pregnant, what are you doing?" Gu Qilan grabbed Concubine Liu's hand and squeezed it hard, declaring his master's anger.
Concubine Liu was startled by the sudden appearance of the emperor, empress and others, but when she saw the emperor's impatient eyes and his hand trying to stop her, her anger grew even more intense.
"Your Majesty, Ning is committing treason and humiliating me. As a mere imperial concubine, am I not in a position to teach her a lesson?"
When had Gu Qilan ever been contradicted in public like this? He shook off Concubine Liu's hand and said with a gloomy face, "Concubine, watch your attitude!"
At this time, Ruyi and Luoying, whose cheeks were swollen from being beaten, knelt down at the emperor's feet and kowtowed to him:
"Your Majesty, please help my master. The Imperial Concubine suddenly stormed in angrily for some reason. She wants to beat our master to death!"
The two men's faces were swollen and red from being beaten, and blood was coming out of the corners of their mouths. At this moment, they were crying and begging with tears streaming down their faces, which looked particularly pitiful.
The Queen said with a look of pity: "Oh my God, how could she be beaten like this? The palace maids are all naturalized. Concubine Liu, you are too cruel."
The emperor also saw the miserable appearance of the two, and his brows frowned even deeper. He looked at the thin figure kneeling on the ground, silently wiping tears.
At this moment, her clothes were messy, her hair was loose, and a red slap mark was particularly clear on her fair face. She bit her lip and said nothing, but her thin and stubborn figure made people feel pity at first sight.
The Queen personally stepped forward to help Ning Yuxi up, and said with concern: "Hurry up, how did your face get beaten like this?"
Ning Yuxi was terrified: "How dare I trouble the Queen..."
She stood up with the help of the queen, but just when she was halfway there, she suddenly seemed unstable and was about to faint. Gu Qilan was close by and hurriedly grabbed Ning Yuxi's arm and supported her.
Seeing this, Ruyi and Luoying also hurriedly stood up and supported Ning Yuxi. She steadied herself and opened her eyes with difficulty:
"Your Majesty, Empress, it's all my fault. I offended the Imperial Concubine, causing her to become so angry."
When Concubine Liu saw her like that, she felt it was extremely artificial. Especially when she saw that the emperor was actually supporting her personally, she became even more angry: "Bitch, who are you pretending to be like this for?"
As she said that, she was about to go up and pull her. Seeing this, Ning Yuxi's face was filled with fear and her body trembled slightly.
Gu Qilan saw Concubine Liu acting like a mad woman, his eyes filled with disgust. He stopped Concubine Liu and said impatiently, "Stop it, Concubine Liu, you dare to be so presumptuous in front of me? Do you still have me in your eyes?"
He was too lazy to waste any more words and ordered in a deep voice: "Come here, take Concubine Liu away and confine her to Changle Palace. Without my order, you are not allowed to take a single step out!"
Upon hearing this, Concubine Liu's face was filled with shock and anger. She looked at the emperor in disbelief, "Your Majesty, are you going to confine Qing Ruo? Don't you want to see Qing Ruo again?"
Gu Qilan's expression was moved for a moment, and he said in a slightly slower voice: "My Lady, you haven't recovered from your illness yet, go back and take good care of yourself!"
The angry Concubine Liu was not going to listen at all. She only knew that the emperor was going to put her under house arrest because of this bitch.
Then he thought of the scars all over her body, how she was tortured every day, and how the emperor might not have visited her Changle Palace for a long time.
She felt like a huge rock was blocking her heart, pressing her so hard that she could hardly breathe. She said without hesitation, "Your Majesty, you want to confine me for this bitch? You can't do that!"
As she spoke, she turned her resentful gaze towards Ning Yuxi: "Bitch, it's all your fault, it's all because of you! I'm going to kill you!"
She rushed forward and was about to grab Ning Yuxi's neck, but the emperor pulled her away and said in a cold tone, "Enough! Someone, drag Concubine Liu out!"
During the struggle, Concubine Liu's veil fell off, revealing her face full of scars. Combined with her ferocious expression, she looked like a demon from hell.
The Emperor frowned upon seeing this. He turned to look at the Empress and Ning Yuxi, his tone unrecognizable as either joy or anger: "From today on, no one is allowed to enter or leave Shuqing Palace. Meals and medicines must be delivered directly!"
The Queen replied, "Yes."
Gu Qilan glanced at Ning Yuxi, turned around and left without saying anything.
After the emperor left, Ning Yuxi bowed to the queen, her face full of gratitude: "Thank you very much, Your Majesty, for coming to my rescue."
Concubine Liu had suffered a great loss, but the Empress was in a good mood. She said with a smile, "It is my duty to manage the harem. Now, take good care of yourself. I will call the imperial physician to examine the wound on your face."
Ning Yuxi naturally thanked her profusely again. It was not until the Queen left that Concubine Xie, who had been in the corner, came forward and looked at the wound on her face with concern.
"This Concubine Liu is too cruel. When the imperial physician comes later, you must ask him to take a good look at you, as well as Ruyi Luoying and the other two."
Ning Yuxi twitched the corner of her mouth and said, "I have to thank you for inviting the Empress over, but why is the Emperor here too?"
Concubine Xie shook her head to indicate that she didn't need to thank him. "When I went to the Empress's palace, the Emperor happened to be there too, so we came together."
Ning Yuxi held her hand and thanked her sincerely, "Anyway, I still have to thank you very much, otherwise I would have been beaten to death by Concubine Liu just now and no one would know."
Concubine Xie looked worried: "Okay, I already said you don't need to thank me, but I'm afraid Concubine Liu will hate you even more if I do this."
Ning Yuxi smiled and comforted her, "It's okay. Didn't the emperor ban her from traveling? We won't have to see her again for a while."
Concubine Xie glared at her and said, "The Emperor has forbidden her from leaving, and this has also tightened the rules here. From now on, I won't be able to come to see you anymore. You must take good care of yourself."
Ning Yuxi nodded in agreement. After seeing Concubine Xie off, she pulled Ruyi and Luoying over and looked at their swollen cheeks with pity, "It's my fault that I've caused you so much trouble."
Ruyi smiled and said, "Master, what are you talking about? What's the point of being implicated or not? This servant may look scary, but it doesn't hurt at all. Don't worry about this servant."
As she said this, she was afraid that Ning Yuxi wouldn't believe her, so she made a face. However, her wound was so red and swollen that the face pulled at the wound, and she grimaced in pain.
Ning Yuxi and Luoying couldn't help but laugh when they saw this. Ning Yuxi said with a smile, "Alright, stop trying to show off. Wait until the imperial physician comes and let him take a good look at you."
Ruyi also laughed.
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