Chapter 359 Killing two birds with one stone, she is innocent
Today was Qiao Yihuan's second time entering the palace. She lost face the last time, so she felt a little sad when she revisited the old place today.
"Aunt, I wonder why the Queen summoned me to the palace?"
Aunt Xu looked indifferent, "How dare this servant guess the Empress's intentions? Miss, if you want to know, won't you know when you see the Empress?"
Qiao Yihuan didn't know what to say after seeing this. She followed Aunt Xu to the Imperial Garden and saw Qiao Wanyan was there too. Not only that, Qiao Wanyan was actually playing chess with the Queen.
I don't know what she was saying, but the Queen suddenly laughed and seemed to be in a very good mood.
For a moment, Qiao Yihuan felt something was wrong.
"Your humble servant pays respect to Her Majesty the Queen. May Her Majesty be blessed."
The Queen seemed not to have heard it. Qiao Yihuan was also enduring what Qiao Wanyan had endured yesterday.
Qiao Wanyan glanced at the queen, picked up a black chess piece, and did not make a move for a long time.
"Your Majesty is a master of chess. No matter where I place my chess piece, it will be a dead end."
She sighed as she spoke, seeming to be very frustrated as she didn't know how to reverse the current deadlock.
Zi Yuan stood aside without saying a word. The young lady's chess skills were superb. Even the master of the family and the grandfather from Yongzhou had never defeated her.
She couldn't tell how good the queen was at chess, but she was certain that the young lady was hiding her abilities.
I don’t understand. If the young lady can show her abilities, the Queen will surely be impressed!
Let the Queen know that her daughter is very good at chess!
Qiao Wanyan sighed, "I lost this round again. Your Majesty's chess skills are superb. I'm afraid that even my grandfather who taught me how to play chess would be defeated by an opponent like you."
The queen laughed out loud, "You are such a sweet-talker."
After she finished speaking, she inadvertently noticed Qiao Yihuan who was still kneeling and had not stood up.
It seemed that he could not stand properly and his body was shaking.
"Why are you so rigid? I was so absorbed in the game that I didn't notice you. Don't you know how to get up?"
Qiao Yihuan then stood up, but did not dare to stand up quickly. He slowly straightened his back and felt his legs were very sore.
"I dare not."
The Queen had rarely seen her, but nothing she had heard about Qiao Yihuan before had made her feel favorable towards her.
Although she was a concubine's daughter, she flirted with the prince and seduced him, causing the prince's reputation to be damaged and he was secretly ridiculed.
"It's a little inconvenient for me to take the chess pieces from this chess pot, so you can hold it for me."
Qiao Yihuan immediately understood why the Queen had asked her to come to the palace for an audience today. It must have been Qiao Wanyan who had said something bad about her behind her back, which was why the Queen summoned her to torture her.
"Yes." Qiao Yihuan walked over obediently and picked up the chess pot with both hands.
Aunt Xu reminded her, "Miss Qiao, it is a great blessing for you to hold the chess pot for the Empress. How can you be so ignorant of the rules and stand there holding the chess pot?"
Qiao Yihuan's face turned pale and he knelt down.
Qiao Wanyan knew the methods used to torture women in large mansions. Although she had never seen them at home, she had heard about them from other women of marriageable age in Beijing.
I'm afraid the tortures in this mansion are not as severe as those in the palace.
A game of chess took quite a while, and after being "taught" by the Queen, Qiao Wanyan's chess skills had undergone some qualitative changes, so this game had been going on for an hour with no clear outcome.
Qiao Yihuan couldn't hold on any longer while holding the chess pot with both hands. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead and his hands were shaking slightly. He gritted his teeth and held on but his hands went limp. The chess pot instantly fell to the ground with an ear-piercing sound.
"How dare you! Miss Qiao, you are so bold that you dared to smash the Queen's chess pot!"
Qiao Yihuan was stunned for a moment, "Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me."
Aunt Xu glanced at the Queen's expression and said nothing more, waiting for her instructions.
The Crown Prince had repeatedly contradicted the Queen Mother over Qiao Yihuan, and the Queen Mother had long been annoyed with the eldest daughter of the Qiao family. If the Second Miss hadn't been there, the Queen Mother would have summoned someone to the palace to teach her the rules sooner or later.
"Drag him away and give him fifty strokes of the cane. Then kneel outside the pavilion and reflect on your mistakes."
Qiao Yihuan fell to the ground, "Madam, please spare me, please spare me!"
Qiao Wanyan stood up and said, "Madam, although my elder sister is at fault, after these fifty strokes of the cane, I'm afraid my elder sister won't be able to get out of bed for ten days or half a month."
The Queen said in a deep voice: "Today, I am teaching you a lesson. Being soft-hearted will only bring you endless troubles. Since there is already a conflict, it is impossible to make it whole."
It was because this girl was so soft-hearted that she allowed a concubine's daughter to stir up trouble.
If you just find an opportunity to beat him to death, will the government still interfere in other people's family affairs?
The life of a lowly person is not called life.
What's more, the last time the emperor sentenced her to fifty strokes of the cane, no one died, so nothing will happen today.
The prince had suffered a headache before because of this little bitch who had repeatedly contradicted him. Now that she is in his hands, how can he let her return home safely?
Qiao Wanyan hesitated to speak, and finally swallowed back all the words that were on the tip of her tongue, "I am grateful for your advice."
What should I do? The doctor has reported to me that my eldest sister is now empty-headed and not getting enough food on a daily basis. After these fifty strokes of the board, she will probably be dying.
Qiao Yihuan had been dragged outside the pavilion for execution. Qiao Wanyan could not bear to watch, "Your Majesty, my sister is being punished for being disrespectful. If you continue to stay here, I'm afraid it will pollute your eyes. Otherwise, I will accompany you to the lake to feed the fish?"
The Queen stood up and said, "Alright."
Qiao Yihuan gritted his teeth and stared at Qiao Wanyan's back, pretending to be a kind-hearted person. If she hadn't been the one instigating behind the scenes, how could the queen have summoned him into the palace and humiliated him?
Qiao Yihuan was indeed not beaten to death during the Wanshou Festival. But she fell off a cliff not long ago, and although she can walk freely, her body is still weak.
In addition, he was unable to replenish his body with food every day, and he fainted and his breathing became weaker before he had even reached fifty strokes.
The queen grabbed a handful of fish food and threw it into the lake, and immediately the koi swarmed to grab it.
"It's an unlucky thing. Find a doctor to check her out. Don't kill her."
The palace maid immediately nodded in agreement and found a few eunuchs to carry the person away.
Qiao Wanyan said softly, "Don't be angry, Madam. It's all my fault for saying too much yesterday. Otherwise, you wouldn't be in such a bad mood. Although my relationship with my sister is not close, I will still apologize to you on her behalf."
The queen grabbed another handful of fish food and said, "It has nothing to do with you. I want you to be the Crown Princess, but you have to work hard to know how to live up to this position."
Qiao Wanyan nodded, "I will teach you, thank you for your guidance, Your Majesty."
The queen was looking at the rippling lake, when suddenly everything went dark before her eyes and she staggered and fell forward.
Qiao Wanyan saw it, but kept a distance from the beginning. Even if she reached out, she couldn't stop the queen and could only watch her fall into the Taiye Lake.
"Empress!" Qiao Wanyan exclaimed, covering her mouth.
The incident happened suddenly and the shore was in chaos.
Qiao Wanyan stepped aside calmly. The last time Lu Jinye released a poisonous snake to bite Qiao Yihuan, it took him a long time to faint.
She later casually asked Lu Jinye that he felt dizzy after leaving Zhuangzi but it was not serious.
Qiao Wanyan didn't ask much at the time, nor did she plan to tell Lu Jinye why he felt dizzy and later fainted, but she knew that Qiao Yihuan's aura had weakened.
Now she was feeding the fish by the Taiye Lake, keeping a safe distance from the Queen. What did it have to do with her if she fell into the lake due to dizziness as a punishment from Heaven?
Qiao Wanyan looked at the queen struggling in the lake in a completely miserable state, covering her lips with a handkerchief, her face anxious and panicked, and her eyes full of mockery and ridicule.
What a pity, it will come up again.
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