Chapter 254 The Princess Begs for Mercy

She strode over, picked up the portrait of Jiang Xinyue on the table and looked at it again and again.

In the painting by Xie Painter, Jiang Xinyue had skin as white as cream, a waist as tight as a rope, eyebrows and eyes as beautiful as a painting, red lips and white teeth, and her lively eyes seemed to have injected soul into the motionless portrait, making the whole painting come alive.

Even the corners of the beautiful woman's smiling mouth in the portrait seemed to be mocking her ugly face at the moment.

"My concubine keeps saying that I have an affair with Xie Painter, and she even produced such ridiculous so-called evidence, brought so many concubines from the harem to catch the adultery, wanting to see me laugh, wanting to be executed by the emperor, and even scolding the Sixth Prince as a bastard without restraint. For all these crimes, how should the emperor punish me if he tells me?"

"Empress Zhen!"

A tender voice sounded at the entrance: "Empress Zhen, I... Mingyu apologizes to Empress Zhen on behalf of my mother. Empress Zhen... I'm sorry..."

The eldest princess burst into tears and fell at the feet of the emperor and Jiang Xinyue, kowtowing continuously: "Father, Empress Zhen, my mother has lost her mind. She lost her mind after being provoked by someone with ulterior motives. Yu'er is not trying to excuse my mother. My mother has always been brainless. Father and Empress Zhen know this very well, right? Please punish my mother severely... But... But please spare my mother's life for the sake of your son."

"Mingyu!"

Concubine Yu was horrified and squatted down to hug her: "What are you doing? You..." The eldest

princess shook her head, pulled Concubine Yu to kneel together, and said to the palace servants behind her: "Bring the people up."

Soon, Painter Li was forced to kneel in front of Jiang Xinyue in a panic: "Royal Concubine, please spare my life, Royal Concubine, please spare my life! I...I am just jealous of Painter Xie for getting the royal title. "I know I was wrong, I really know I was wrong..." He burst into tears, but Jiang Xinyue did not feel sympathy for him. Just because she was jealous of Painter Xie's talent, she wanted to frame him for having an affair

with

the emperor's most favored concubine. Wasn't she, an innocent person, too innocent? If the

emperor believed it, and she and Painter Xie could not prove their innocence, then they would be the ones to die.

Maybe the emperor would even implicate their family in a rage.

Do they deserve to pay such a heavy price just because of his jealousy?

Emperor Xuanwu wanted to help the eldest princess up, but when he saw Jiang Xinyue's face, he retracted his half-extended hand: "Yuer..."

"Did the eldest princess think it through?"

With Jiang Xinyue's character, she was definitely not the kind of person who would pick up

something heavily and put it down lightly. Anyone who wanted to plot against her would have to pay her back double.

The concubine plotted against her life, and according to her rules, she would have to pay back a life.

"If the eldest princess insists on pleading for the concubine today, then from today on, the friendship between me and the eldest princess will also disappear. If the concubine does it again, I will not only not let her go, but also settle accounts with you."

Otherwise, the concubine will think that she is really a good person and will not attack the eldest princess, and she will attack me recklessly and even want to harm the sixth prince.

The eldest princess bowed deeply on the ground: "Empress Zhen, your kindness to Yu'er will be remembered in my heart for the rest of my life. As long as Empress Zhen is willing to spare my mother's life this time, Yu'er will definitely restrain my mother in the future and not let her make trouble again. If there is a next time, Empress Zhen can do it, Yu'er will never complain."

She knew that everything the concubine did deserved death, but she was her mother!

She couldn't just ignore it.

Jiang Xinyue took a deep breath and looked at Emperor Xuanwu coldly, feeling angry: "The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped. Your Majesty, please do whatever you want to me! I am tired, so I will take my leave first."

She bent her knees perfunctorily, and left in the trembling eyes of the concubines.

They were all screwed over by Concubine Yu this time.

Emperor Xuanwu wanted to chase after her immediately, but there were still a lot of messes to deal with at the scene, and he couldn't just give up and leave.

He bit his back teeth in annoyance and looked at Li Huashi angrily: "Take this man down and chop him up. The concubine left the palace without permission, slandered the imperial concubine, and spoke ill of the Sixth Prince. She is punished with forty strokes of the cane. From today on, she will be demoted to concubine and moved to Yanxi Palace. Jiang Zhaoyi will be named Concubine Jiang and live in Shun'an Palace. Palace."

Not only did he beat her, he also demoted her from a concubine to a concubine. Even Jiang Zhaoyi, who had to kowtow to him in the past, became a noble concubine one rank higher than her. He also gave Jiang Guipin the palace where he lived now. He slapped Yupin in the face so blatantly, telling everyone that this was the fate of framing the Imperial Concubine?

The concubines present looked at each other. Among those who came here to catch the adultery tonight, except for the newcomers in the Juyue Pavilion, only Jiang Zhaoyi was able to escape unscathed and even got some benefits.

Yupin was born in a noble family, and had been raised in luxury. She had never suffered physical hardship. If she was beaten with forty boards, she would be half dead if she didn't die.

After the emperor finished talking about the punishment, he left in a hurry, leaving behind a large group of concubines, all complaining about the Imperial Concubine Yu: "I came here because she told me there was solid evidence that the Imperial Concubine had an affair with Painter Xie. Now, we have lost not only the wife but also the army."

"We shouldn't have knelt down and begged the emperor to punish the Imperial Concubine. Judging from the emperor's attitude, I'm afraid that even if the Imperial Concubine did something to let him down, he would not be willing to punish her severely."

"Then you just want to give it a try? Fortunately, we are not the masterminds. We were just deceived by the Imperial Concubine... Bah! We were just deceived by the Imperial Concubine Yu."

"That's right! The Imperial Concubine won't take revenge on us! The ugly words were all said by the Imperial Concubine Yu, not us!"

"The Sixth Prince's face is exactly like the Emperor's. Yupin actually said that the Sixth Prince is... How stupid."

"Stop talking. No matter how incompetent Yupin is, there is still the eldest princess! The Emperor loves the princess and the prince. If you keep saying this, what good will it do to the Emperor?"

"Alright, it's so late. Go back and have a shower and go to bed!"

"Painter Xie! Young Master Xie!"

The painter Li, who was about to be beheaded, was so scared that he pissed and shit. He crawled to Xie Chenghui's feet like a dog and said, "I was wrong. I was just talking nonsense. I really didn't know that Concubine Yu would be so stupid as to come to the emperor. Young Master Xie, please save me. As long as you ask the Royal Concubine for mercy, I will repay you in the future. I..."

Xie Chenghui took two steps back. There was a bit of anger in his clear eyes. Before the eunuchs and guards rushed over, he said something in a very low voice.

Painter Li was speechless for a moment...