Seeing that the palace maid was accusing them in a haughty manner, Caiwei couldn't help but confront her.
"You are being unreasonable. My young lady dropped the bracelet before she even caught it. How can you say that my young lady broke it on purpose?"
Liuying frowned and snorted coldly, "So you mean my queen broke it on purpose? How heartless! My queen kindly gave you the bracelets the queen mother gifted her, and not only were you ungrateful, but you even turned the tables and accused her of framing you!"
Let me tell you, this bracelet was given to you personally by the Queen Mother. If you break it, can you bear the consequences if the Queen Mother blames you?
"you……"
Caiwei wanted to say something, but Gu Xiaoqiao held her back and winked at her, telling her not to be impulsive.
Then she looked up at Concubine Liang and said, "My maidservant is young and ignorant. I hope Your Majesty will not blame me."
"I was careless just now and didn't catch the bracelet. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Gu Xiaoqiao lowered his head and apologized respectfully.
"Hehe, what's the use of just apologizing? This is something the empress dowager gave to my wife, a gift from the emperor. You actually destroyed it like this. You are so audacious." Liuying said aggressively.
Concubine Liang was also dissatisfied at this time. She looked at Gu Xiaoqiao and said, "Are you deliberately trying to make things difficult for me? I wanted to be friends with you, but not only did you not appreciate it, you even broke the bracelet I gave you.
Lady Gu, you are so arrogant!
If I don't punish you today, you'll probably ride on my head and act tyrannically in the future!
She spoke with considerable force.
Gu Xiaoqiao still lowered her head and said softly, "I have no intention of offending the Empress, nor will I ride on her head. I dare not!"
"you......"
Concubine Liang was furious. Gu Jinqiao clearly looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.
"Okay, very good."
Concubine Liang took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in her heart.
"Someone, hold her for me!"
"Lady Gu has offended me and is punished by kneeling here for two hours. You are not allowed to get up before the time is up."
As soon as he finished speaking, two palace maids came forward and held Gu Xiaoqiao.
Gu Xiaoqiao had no expression on her face and did not struggle, allowing the two palace maids to hold her.
"Lady Gu, are you going to kneel down by yourself or let the servants help you?"
Gu Xiaoqiao didn't respond, but looked calmly at Concubine Liang. "Your Majesty, are you sure you want me to kneel on this palace path? If the Emperor knew about this, Your Majesty would be hard-pressed to explain."
"Are you threatening me?"
Concubine Liang narrowed her eyes and sneered, "Don't forget, you are just a small noble, but I am a concubine. Do I need the emperor's consent to deal with you?
In terms of family background, you are just the daughter of a fourth-rank official, and my father is the Right Prime Minister. How dare you threaten me?"
Gu Xiaoqiao looked at the familiar figure not far away, a sarcastic smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.
"I am merely reminding Your Majesty. If Your Majesty insists on doing so, then I have nothing to say."
This Concubine Liang, relying on her father who is the Right Prime Minister, has been arrogant and domineering. Now it seems that she has no brains.
"you!"
Princess Liang choked. She didn't expect that Gu Xiaoqiao would dare to contradict her in public.
He immediately ordered, "You two, hold her down! I'm going to teach her a lesson today!"
"yes!"
Upon hearing this, the two burly palace servants immediately pinned Gu Xiaoqiao down and pressed her body to the ground with all their might, where the broken bracelet remained.
If he kneels down, his knees will probably be seriously injured.
When Caiwei saw her young lady being bullied, she immediately rushed over to stop it, but unfortunately, she was kicked away before she could get close to the two palace servants.
Caiwei screamed in pain and fell to the ground, her eyes full of anger.
"How dare you, a bunch of dogs and slaves, bully my mistress! I will fight you!"
As she said that, she got up from the ground and wanted to rush forward, but the people around Concubine Liang were much faster than her. The others surrounded her and knocked her to the ground in a few moves.
Gu Xiaoqiao is not much better. She is very fragile and not suitable for fighting.
It was useless to struggle. She was subdued before she could even struggle twice. When she knelt down, she touched some debris, which instantly sank into her knees. She gasped in pain.
At this moment, a shout came from not far away, "How dare you!"
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Emperor Mian walking towards them angrily.
Seeing this, Concubine Liang was immediately panicked and quickly saluted, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. Long live the Emperor."
Seeing this, the other palace maids also knelt down, not daring to even breathe.
Seeing Gu Xiaoqiao being treated this way, Emperor Mian flew into a rage and kicked the two burly palace servants. "You blind bastards! Who gave you the guts to do this?"
After that, he helped Gu Xiaoqiao up and asked with concern while checking her knee: "Does it hurt?"
Seeing that look, Concubine Liang's eyes turned red. She was filled with jealousy and felt that Gu Xiaoqiao was seducing her lord, so she felt resentful towards her.
Gu Xiaoqiao shook her head. "I'm fine. Why did the emperor come here so suddenly?"
"If I don't come here soon, I'm afraid someone will ride on my neck and bully me!"
Emperor Mian snorted coldly, then turned his gaze to Concubine Liang, "Concubine Liang, you are so bold that you dare to resort to lynching in public.
What? Do you think I am the emperor for show? Or do you think your Liang family has the final say in this world?
Concubine Liang shrank back in fear and quickly explained, "Your Majesty, please calm down. I never meant that. It was simply that she had offended me..."
"That's enough."
Di Mian interrupted her in a deep voice, his eyes cold.
He pointed at the trembling little maid in the last row and said, "Tell me what happened between Concubine Liang and Noble Lady Gu? If you lie, I will chop you into pieces and feed you to the dogs."
"Yes, yes, yes..."
The little palace maid was so frightened by Emperor Mian's terrifying look that her legs went weak and she nodded in response quickly.
"In reply to the Emperor, Concubine Liang punished Miss Gu just now because of the broken bracelet that fell to the ground..."
The young palace maid didn't dare to hide anything and told the whole story.
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