"Greetings to Her Majesty the Imperial Concubine."
The imperial physician, the housemaid, the concubines, and the maids all knelt down and saluted.
Seeing this, some of the concubines also held on to their stools and tried to salute.
"No need to be polite, no need to be polite. Please sit down quickly. It's important to treat the wound."
"It's my fault for not managing the sisters in the harem well."
"You all go back and reflect on your mistakes. The Emperor and the Empress Dowager will make the final decision on this matter."
The concubines left quickly, not wanting to stay even a second longer.
The imperial concubine stared at Liu Mengyan's scarred face and a look of pity flashed across her face.
After experiencing the cruelty of those concubines, Xiu Nu also disliked this imperial concubine.
I think this beautiful imperial concubine is a beast in human form.
How could I feel sorry for them?
However, Xu Jinyi knew that this imperial concubine was really a good person.
In her previous life, when she was captured by the palace maid sent by the Queen, she accidentally escaped to the Imperial Concubine's bedroom.
It was the imperial concubine who helped hide her and prevented her from falling into the hands of the queen.
After that, the imperial concubine helped her intentionally or unintentionally many times.
Later she found out that the imperial concubine did not enter the palace voluntarily.
But it was forced by my family.
The imperial concubine is aloof and seems to have no desires or demands, but in fact, she just doesn't love the emperor.
The person she loves is her childhood sweetheart, General Hou.
Ever since she entered the palace, General Hou asked to go to the border town. He has been gone for ten years and has never returned.
It seemed that a few years later, the general died on the battlefield. When the imperial concubine heard the news, she hanged herself in her bedroom.
From then on, there was no one in the palace who could protect her.
Each of the sixty beauties had serious knee injuries and needed to rest in bed.
The areas with bruises should be rubbed with medicine several times a day.
And some will leave scars.
There were three people with facial injuries. The most seriously injured one was Liu Mengyan, who was severely injured and left with scars, which was considered disfigured.
I don’t know if she can bear it when she wakes up.
The injuries on the other two faces were not as serious, but the imperial physician was unsure whether they would leave scars.
There were also some who had injuries to their hands and feet, and the imperial physicians treated them one by one.
By the time I finished my work, the sun had already set.
The imperial physicians brought some prescriptions to relieve the heat and left them before leaving.
Three concubines were disfigured and were the daughters of ministers. Sixty concubines all had leg injuries of varying degrees and suffered from heatstroke.
This matter can be said to have caused a huge uproar.
The Queen Mother was so angry that she couldn't sleep, and she didn't know what these ministers would do.
The emperor spoke coldly only after he had reviewed the memorial.
"Tell me? What happened? You weren't in the right state all night. You couldn't even grind the ink evenly."
Youfu knelt down tremblingly and told what happened today.
"Since the Queen Mother is hiding it, then just pretend you don't know and let the Queen Mother handle it."
If the emperor couldn't find anyone one day, he wouldn't want to bother with the mess in the harem.
But he didn't know that the little woman he was thinking about was also among these suffering beauties.
The Queen Mother thought this was the worst.
Unexpectedly, the next morning, even worse news came from Yuxiu Palace.
"Empress Dowager, the Prime Minister's daughter, Liu Mengyan, has hanged herself in her room."
"Clang."
The Queen Mother dropped the quilt in her hands to the ground. "What did you say? She committed suicide?"
The nanny knelt on the ground and said, "Her Majesty, the maidservant beside her said that Liu Mengyan sent her out to the corridor last night. When she went back in the morning, Liu Mengyan was already dead."
"The bandage on his face has been removed. He must have seen his own disfigured face and lost his mind for a moment, leading him to do this foolish thing."
The Queen Mother slumped down on a stool.
A concubine died in Yuxiu Palace. This incident resulted in a loss of life, and the person involved was the daughter of a minister.
That is not something the Queen Mother can handle.
While the emperor was still in court, the empress dowager's personal nanny arrived outside the Xuan Zheng Hall.
Youfu understood and walked out.
Hearing this, Youfu walked back to the emperor cautiously.
After the court was dismissed, the Prime Minister was left behind, and the rest of the people did not know why.
Upon hearing the sad news, the Prime Minister burst into tears and cried in front of Xiao Hongyu.
"I beg Your Majesty to make a decision for my daughter. This is my only legitimate daughter."
Liu Mengyan's death caused panic among everyone involved in the incident that day.
"What should we do? What should we do? We shouldn't have gone to the theater with him. Now that something like this has happened, can the emperor forgive us?"
"It's all Concubine He's fault. Wouldn't it be better to just kneel down as punishment? Why did they have to kill themselves and let those concubines be used as vases?"
"Exactly. It's so hot, it would be strange if I didn't feel dizzy holding a vase."
"Concubine He originally liked this game. Haven't you heard about it? In her palace, she liked to let the maids hold these vases on their shoulders."
"Empress He has arrived!"
Those who were talking just now lowered their heads and dared not speak anymore.
Concubine He would agree to these things with just a few words, and she would always be bound to them.
These people were not stupid, and they quickly stepped back and knelt down.
There was a concubine named Shen who had a hot temper: "We didn't do anything that day. It was your order that caused those concubines to be injured like this."
"It has nothing to do with us."
Concubine He was furious and pointed at Concubine Shen: "Come here, slap me in the face."
Glancing at the restless people, Concubine He angrily scolded: "Do you think you can just distance yourself from this matter and live in peace?"
"I'm telling you, if we're going to die, we're all going to die together. Don't try to put the blame on me alone."
"Don't be angry, sister. The sisters are just too scared. Don't blame them." Wanpin came out at the right time.
"Bitch, don't think I don't know. If you hadn't instigated me that day, how could I have done such an irrational thing?"
After returning, Concubine He was both afraid and angry.
Fearing what would happen to her if the news got out, the angry personal maid did not try to dissuade her.
That she made such a big mistake.
The more Concubine He thought about it, the more frightened she became, and she eventually discovered something.
The reason why she wanted to go to Yuxiu Palace was that Concubine Wan told her how beautiful those concubines were.
It was because of Concubine Wan that she brought people to Yuxiu Palace.
It was Concubine Wan who ordered those concubines to kneel down and hold up vases as punishment.
She said that kneeling for a while wouldn't be a big deal, at most you'd get a little tanned and your knees would definitely be bruised, but the bruises would heal quickly.
The more she thought about it, the clearer it became in Hepin's mind. She did such a thing because it was all orchestrated by Wanpin.
She was angry, angry that she was stupid and was being played around by others without realizing it.
Wanpin's eyes widened. "Sister, what are you talking about? I care so much about you, and you want to put the blame on me?"
Concubine Wan fell back, looking heartbroken.
"Stop pretending. I've figured it all out. You're the one who caused all the stupid things I've done over the years. You're the one who instigated me to do it all."
Before they could figure out what was going on, the emperor's edict arrived.
With a nervous mood, I knelt down.
Concubine He was vicious and her title was revoked. She was demoted to a concubine and placed under house arrest for a year. Her father's official rank was also demoted three levels.
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