Everyone understood what was going on.
They glanced at Ag, never expecting that such a wicked palace maid would be by the side of a concubine who was always so courteous to everyone.
What they didn't know was that she had instructed them to do all these things; otherwise, how could Feng Cai, a mere palace maid, have dared to do such a bold thing?
Ag was still unwilling to give up, and in order to maintain his composure, he lost his usual calm.
"You wretch, you must be using this as a ploy to deliberately injure yourself and tarnish your image!" Ag shouted.
Unable to speak, the palace maid could only shake her head in anguish, her eyes filled with tears.
Seeing this, Jing'er knew that her opportunity had finally arrived, and she walked step by step toward Ag.
At that moment, Wan'er's heart was in her throat, and her hands and feet began to turn cold. She was afraid that if Jing'er...
But Jing'er wasn't as flustered as her. She calmly said, "Consort Ge is really being unreasonable. Who would mistreat themselves like this?"
Ag forced himself to remain calm, "Your Majesty, you may not know this, but some people will stop at nothing to achieve their goals."
"Is that so?" Jing'er raised an eyebrow and asked in return. Suddenly, she smashed the cup next to her to the ground, shattering it into pieces.
"Your Majesty, what... what do you mean by this?" Ag was completely baffled by Jing'er's behavior.
Jing'er ignored her words, picked up the shards from the ground, and said, "As long as you can swallow these shards, I will inform my aunt. You will be the Empress from now on."
This is a huge temptation.
"This concubine dares not." It wasn't that Age didn't dare to covet the Empress's position, but rather that she dared not swallow the pieces before her.
But Jing'er continued to press on, "I am a terrible empress. You have always been popular in the palace, so it would be best for you to be the empress."
“No…” Seeing Jing’er’s serious face, Agge trembled and knelt down, “This concubine is of lowly status and cannot bear this great responsibility.”
Jing'er squatted down as well. "Don't think I don't know. Your ambitions are far greater than I think. Your refusal of me is simply because you don't want to swallow this fragment."
Agger, having his thoughts exposed, could only lower his head and remain silent.
Jing'er patted her wrist and laughed, "The Empress's position is such a great temptation, yet you don't dare to swallow this fragment. Do you think a palace maid would be willing to swallow a fragment for the sake of her goal?"
“Uh…” Agger dared not speak out in anger.
"Then you can taste what it's like to swallow a fragment!" With that, Jing'er forcefully stuffed the fragment into Ag's mouth.
"Your Majesty, please calm your anger."
Seeing this, the concubines wanted to step forward to stop them, but none of them dared to step forward. They just kept chattering and chattering, making the whole hall noisy.
Suddenly, Ag and Jing'er's figures intertwined, and then Jing'er screamed.
This sound made Wan'er's hair stand on end. She dared not look at Jing'er, but she had no choice but to.
She only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Jing'er had a dagger stuck in the very spot she had described.
"How dare you conceal a weapon to murder me..."
After saying that, Jing'er collapsed.
The concubines screamed in terror. Taking advantage of the chaos, Wan'er secretly stepped forward and stopped the gushing blood.
After doing all this, she instructed, "Tie up Consort Ge and make sure she doesn't escape."
Ag was already terrified. She never expected Jing'er to frame her by committing suicide. She didn't even have time to say a word in her defense before she was tied up.
"Quickly summon the Emperor and the Empress Dowager!" Wan'er ordered sternly.
"yes…"
Jing'er's death shocked the entire court and the public.
Upon hearing this news, Da Yu'er and Fu Lin immediately rushed to Jingren Palace. As soon as they entered, they saw Jing'er lying on the cold ground, her face pale.
"How...how could this happen?" Dayuer looked incredulous. "Who did this?"
Fu Lin's brows furrowed deeper and deeper. Although he didn't like Jing'er, she was still his wife in name only, and he wasn't so indifferent as to feel no sadness at all.
“Yes… Consort Ge killed the Empress.” One of the concubines pointed at A’ge and replied to Dayuer.
"You bastard!" Even the usually calm and composed Dayuer couldn't hold back anymore. She slapped Ag with all her might, causing Ag's cheek to swell up immediately, and several bloody marks appeared on his face.
Ag covered her face, tears welling in her eyes: "Your Majesty, I am truly innocent!"
Da Yu'er took a deep breath: "Injustice? So many people saw it, and you still want to deny it?"
Ag knelt on the ground, looked up at the dignified Dayuer, and said, "This concubine really did not. The Empress herself stabbed herself with that knife."
At this moment, Ag had regained her senses. She analyzed the situation and realized that the odds were against her, but she was not giving up and would not give up until the very last moment.
That sincere look made Da Yu'er pause for a moment, but she quickly recovered and sneered, "Jing'er has always been most afraid of pain. She will cry for a long time even for a small wound. How could she possibly stick it in herself? How painful would that be? Besides, she is the Empress. What could possibly make her so upset? Consort Ge, your reason is too absurd."
"Your Majesty, I am certain that everything I have said is true," Ag said, kowtowing.
"Enough!" Dayuer stopped Ag: "Borjigit Ag is narrow-minded and killed the Empress. There are witnesses and evidence, yet he still tries to deny it. Guards, take him out and beat him to death with sticks."
Ag was terrified upon hearing this. She struggled desperately and cried out, "Your Majesty, I have truly been wronged! I had no intention of harming Your Majesty the Empress! Please investigate!"
She's been so smart all her life, but now she just can't understand why she would die so inexplicably at this time.
In the end, the guards still dragged her out mercilessly. Ag's shrill screams echoed in the hall for a long time, making everyone sigh with sorrow.
Ag was thus beaten to death outside the gates of Jingren Palace.
Upon seeing this, Wan'er's lips curled up slightly; she had finally waited for this day.
Exhausted, Da Yu'er sat on the chair, rubbing her aching back, her heart filled with coldness.
"All of you may leave. I wish to speak with Jing'er for a few moments, and then we will give her a proper burial!" Dayu'er waved for everyone to leave.
"Your subject, Your concubine, takes her leave!"
After everyone had left, Dayuer got up and walked to Jing'er's side, her eyes filled with tenderness and love, as if she were treating her own daughter.
"Silly child, how could you think of suicide? Is the palace really so unbearable for you?" Da Yu'er gently stroked Jing'er's face, her eyes filled with heartache.
As the Empress Dowager, she had a high position and could see far. After all, no one would be foolish enough to kill someone in broad daylight, especially someone with extremely deep thoughts.
She knew that Ag was innocent, but she had no choice but to order her to be killed, because as long as Ag lived, there would be no peace in the harem.
She originally thought Age was a kind person, but on the day Yuyan and Fulin became friends, she felt that this person was a bit strange. After a thorough investigation, she discovered that he had done so many evil things.
Therefore, Ag's death was not unjust at all.
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