Gu Qilan said, "Liu Zhenting, illegally mining iron ore and colluding with the enemy, still refuses to repent. Today, he has even raised an army to rebel. This is intolerable to me!"
"Liu Zhenting was demoted to a commoner and executed by slow slicing. The women of the Liu clan were cast into slavery, and all the men were beheaded!"
Gu Qilan's eyes were cold and his tone was cold.
Liu Zhenting suddenly burst into laughter: "Hahahahaha, Your Majesty, what a good trick, what a calculation, hahahahahaha."
Gu Qilan watched Liu Zhenting being dragged away with an expressionless face.
Song Qu came over to report: "Your Majesty, the number of people in each palace has been counted, and most of them are here. There is nothing serious, but Concubine Liu is missing at the moment."
Gu Qilan frowned slightly: "Why did he disappear?"
Song Qu: "Some guards saw that when the commotion broke out outside, General Liu's men seemed to go and fetch Concubine Liu.
But Concubine Liu did not join them. She left alone with a few soldiers and headed west of the harem.
Gu Qilan didn't take it to heart. General Liu had already been executed. As for whether Concubine Liu was involved, he didn't care much. However, he had been in a relationship with her for nearly ten years anyway, so he would not kill her. At most, he would imprison her in the cold palace.
He said casually, "Don't worry about her." She couldn't leave the palace anyway.
At this time, a guard came in, escorting a nanny with blood on her hands. The guard said, "Your Majesty, this nanny said that Concubine Liu took several soldiers to Shuqing Palace to kill Lady Ning there."
The nanny couldn't care less at this moment. Her face was filled with fear as she said, "Your Majesty, please...please go and save Little Lady Ning. Little Lady Ning is in labor. Concubine Liu suddenly burst in with her guards. She wants to kill Little Lady Ning. I...I ran out during the chaos to report the news."
Ning Chen, who was standing by, was about to rush to Shuqing Palace upon hearing this, but the Duke of Yu next to him suddenly stopped him, indicating that the emperor was still there.
He looked at the emperor anxiously. Gu Qilan did not delay and immediately took his men to Shuqing Palace.
After all, Ning was giving birth to a child for him.
Shuqing Palace.
Ning Yuxi covered her stomach, her facial features twisted in pain. She gritted her teeth and looked at Concubine Liu, who had a crazy look on her face.
"Bitch, it's all your fault. It was your father who caused our Liu family to fall into this situation. It caused the emperor to no longer favor me. And the scars on my body are all because of you!"
"After today, this world belongs to my Liu family. I will make you live a life worse than death!"
As she spoke, she drew the dagger in her hand and walked towards Ning Yuxi step by step.
Ning Yuxi sat on the bed, leaning against the wall behind her. She felt the baby was about to come out, and the heart-wrenching pain in her lower body and stomach made her unable to move at all.
Ruyi and Luoying were trampled to the ground by the two soldiers she brought with her, and the midwife had been killed one by one with the same knife.
Ning Yuxi looked at Concubine Liu who was approaching step by step, and she swallowed hard. Was she going to die here today?
Looking at the dagger raised high by Concubine Liu, Ning Yuxi struggled to pick up the quilt beside her to block it, but she had no strength left. She had only pulled half of the quilt when her dagger had already chopped down.
At the critical moment, a long sword came straight over and knocked the dagger out of Concubine Liu's hand with a "clang". The next second, Concubine Liu was kicked out.
"Ah!" She cried out in pain. How could a woman who had been pampered for years withstand such a ruthless kick?
Ning Chen kicked Concubine Liu over and turned to look at Ning Yuxi, who looked pale and weak. "Sister, how are you?"
Ning Yuxi wanted to speak, but found that she no longer had the strength to speak.
Ruyi and Luoying were rescued. They ignored their injuries and rushed to Ning Yuxi and said, "Your Majesty, General Ning, the master is still in labor and the baby hasn't been born yet."
At this time, the midwife who had just gone to report the news also rushed over. She hurried forward to check on Ning Yuxi and saw that she was already exhausted. She shouted loudly: "Mrs. Ning is exhausted. We must find the imperial physician."
Gu Qilan reacted: "Song Qu, go call the imperial physician!"
Luoying no longer cared about being disrespectful. She said to the emperor and Ning Chen, "Your Majesty, General Ning, the master is about to give birth. Please go to the outer room and wait."
Gu Qilan looked at the weak woman on the bed, frowning tightly. He instructed the midwife, "Make sure Ning has a smooth delivery."
The midwife hurriedly responded: "Yes... yes..."
Gu Qilan and Ning Chen both went out. Soon the imperial physician came. Knowing how serious the situation was, he hurriedly took Ning Yuxi's pulse, prescribed medicine for her to drink, and gave her some ginseng slices to hold in her mouth. Only then did Ning Yuxi recover.
Outside the house, Concubine Liu lay on the ground for a long time before she recovered. She felt a chill in her heart as she looked at the emperor standing there with a sullen face.
The emperor is standing here just fine, but his father has failed?
She ignored the pain in her body and asked anxiously, "Your Majesty, where is my father?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Qilan stared at her with a sharp gaze like ice: "Don't you know what your father did? Do you need me to tell you everything?"
"No, Your Majesty, it's not what you think. Father has been bewitched..."
Gu Qilan interrupted her impatiently: "Enough, I'm not blind! But you, Imperial Concubine, since you knew your father's plan, why didn't you come and tell me?"
"Do you also want your father to seize my throne?"
His icy gaze made Concubine Liu feel as if she were in an ice cellar. She shivered and said, "No, that's not the case. I don't know. I know nothing. Your Majesty, Qing Ruo is only thinking about your best interests."
"That's enough! Your words disgust me. I have already issued an edict: all men in the Liu clan shall be beheaded, all women shall be cast into slavery, and your father shall be executed by slow slicing!"
Gu Qilan's tone was like a sharp sword that pierced Concubine Liu's heart. Tears immediately fell from her eyes. "No, Your Majesty, you can't do this. How can you be so cruel!"
She crawled to Gu Qilan's feet and grabbed Gu Qilan's robe tightly in her hands: "Your Majesty, you can't do this to me. Your Majesty, I have been by your side for nearly ten years. Are you just going to give up on the feelings we have had for nearly ten years?"
Gu Qilan mercilessly raised his foot and retracted his robe: "You will suffer the consequences if you do evil!"
He turned away from her.
Concubine Liu burst into laughter while crying. "Haha, it's your own fault? Your Majesty, have you ever had any trust in me or my Liu family? You've only been using me from the beginning to the end!"
"I haven't been pregnant since I gave birth to the Second Prince, who died young. The palace doctors all said I was in good health, but what's the truth? The truth is, my body is broken and I can never get pregnant again!"
"Your Majesty is the only one in the palace who can do this. On the one hand, you are trying to win over the Liu family and appease me, while on the other hand, you are on guard against us. What do you think of us? Haha, you are bringing this upon yourself! What a self-inflicted disaster!"
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