As soon as these words were spoken, Wang Fuhai's legs went weak and he almost knelt down.
"How dare you!" Emperor Xuan Jing was no longer as gentle as before. His face turned ashen and he looked at Princess Baohua solemnly.
Concubine Hui's face turned pale. She really didn't expect Jia'er to say such a thing. Did Jia'er hear her talking to Nanny Sun?
Or is it someone else who is talking nonsense around Jia Er...
But she said it anyway!
This pierced into Emperor Xuan Jing's heart.
The entire Zhaoyang Palace suddenly fell into a heart-wrenching silence.
Even though He Jia was young, he could tell whether Emperor Qingxuan Jing was really angry or just pretending to be angry.
In other words, the reason why she dared to make a fuss and cry just now was that she felt that her father still loved her and was reluctant to punish her.
But at this moment, the emperor looked at her with such indifference and his expression was so terrifying. He Jia knew she was wrong, so she shut up and looked at the emperor in fear.
Concubine Hui was even more shocked. She leaned forward and sobbed softly, "Your Majesty, calm down. Children speak without restraint."
The fingers at Emperor Xuan Jing's side were shaking with anger. Yes, children speak without restraint. He Jia was so young, but he said such things. It was obvious that someone taught him that!
And who said it? Emperor Xuan Jing's eyes swept across Concubine Hui fiercely.
His gaze was icy cold, and Concubine Hui's heart sank. It was as if that gaze was filled with ice, cutting her flesh inch by inch.
She was so scared that she stopped talking. Her mind suddenly became confused and she didn't know what to say.
Ever since Susu became pregnant, Emperor Xuan Jing has been immersed in great joy.
But today, he realized that not everyone was as happy as he was, and not everyone was looking forward to the birth of his child as much as he was.
Some people even dared to instigate his daughter to harbor ill will towards a child she had never met.
It's so abominable!
Emperor Xuan Jing felt a fire burning in his heart! He leaned over and lifted Concubine Hui's chin, his eyes cold as frost, with a scrutinizing look: "Did you teach He Jia?"
Concubine Hui had never seen Emperor Xuan Jing's eyes like this. He was indifferent, but at this moment, the indifference that was the same towards everyone disappeared, leaving only coldness.
She suddenly felt a chill running down her spine, and was so frightened that she could no longer form any words and could only shake her head.
Emperor Xuan Jing shook off his hand, stood up, first asked the eunuch to take the cat away, and then coldly ordered the servants to carry He Jia to Concubine Jing.
Concubine Hui's pupils twitched when she heard this, and she fell into great panic: "Your Majesty!"
She grabbed the hem of Emperor Xuan Jing's clothes, tears welling up in her eyes, and begged, "Your Majesty, please take back your order! Jia'er cannot leave me."
The emperor didn't even blink. He stood there with his hands behind his back. Everyone could see that he was in a very bad mood at the moment.
Xiao Chunzi got the signal from his master and hurried forward to take the princess away. Fortunately, He Jia, perhaps because he was scared or something, did not continue crying when he was taken away.
Only after He Jia left did Emperor Xuan Jing finally vent his anger completely. The cold air coming out of his body was enough to freeze people to death.
He did not ask any more questions about the reason, but coldly ordered that all the palace servants serving He Jia and Concubine Hui be beaten with fifty strokes of the cane.
The palace maids of Zhaoyang Palace were stunned as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over their heads. Fifty strokes of the cane? Even if they didn't die, they would lose half their lives!
Cries and shouts suddenly filled the entire palace: "Your Majesty, spare my life!"
Emperor Xuan Jing looked at Concubine Hui coldly. She lowered her head but did not say a word. She did not speak even a word for her palace maids.
Emperor Xuan Jing said indifferently, "Since Concubine Hui said it wasn't her, then these servants must have been spreading rumors and instigating the princess!" He gritted his teeth and said, "They should be punished!"
Concubine Hui shuddered and swallowed. The emperor's voice was not loud, but it hit her heart like a heavy hammer, shattering her composure.
"Your Majesty..." Concubine Hui raised her head, "I have failed to discipline you properly. I am willing to accept the punishment."
Emperor Xuan Jing sneered. This was completely exposing himself. Hateful, such a woman! Yet he still had to consider Jiaer's face and still give her mother dignity.
"Since Concubine Hui has accepted the punishment, I hereby declare that from this very day on, Concubine Hui will be stripped of her palace powers, demoted to a noble concubine, and imprisoned in Zhaoyang Palace. She is not allowed to see the princess without an imperial decree!"
Concubine Hui's heart trembled. She didn't expect the punishment to be so severe!
He Jia just said it casually, but the emperor was so angry with her.
How come the baby in that woman's belly is so precious that we can't even talk about it?
Concubine Hui suddenly felt a strong hatred surge from the bottom of her heart. It seemed as if the hatred had been accumulated for thousands of years and suddenly erupted, as if she wanted to burn her to ashes.
But her remaining rationality told her that she couldn't, couldn't anger the emperor again.
"I obey your order." After saying these four words, Concubine Hui seemed to have lost all her strength and almost collapsed to the ground.
Emperor Xuan Jing, however, had no intention of letting her go. He raised his chin and said to Wang Fuhai, "Call the imperial guards over to execute her."
Wang Fuhai was shocked. The emperor actually wanted to supervise the execution personally. It seemed that he was really angry!
He also wanted to use this incident to remind everyone that he would not allow anyone to talk about it and hurt the dragon fetus in the imperial concubine's belly.
Even if you're dissatisfied, keep it to yourself! Otherwise, just shut up forever!
That night, Zhaoyang Palace became a hell on earth. To prevent the palace servants from shouting, they stuffed a piece of cloth into their mouths before execution. However, suppressed moans of pain still escaped from their throats, mixed with the heavy sound of wooden boards hitting flesh, which weighed heavily on everyone's heart.
Concubine Hui's eyes were red and swollen, and her face was as pale as a ghost. She stared at Nanny Sun who was being executed in the middle. That was her wet nurse!
Nanny Sun is old. If she really receives these fifty punishments, she will not be able to survive!
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