Chapter 395: Successful Kings Defeat the
Bandits "The Emperor has issued an edict that Concubine Ru Jin Lihua is vicious and has murdered the concubines in the harem. The evidence is irrefutable. I am deeply saddened and cannot continue. I order the Empress Zhuo to supervise her and deal with her according to the palace rules. She will be stripped of her title, demoted to Noble Concubine, and moved to Qingyang Palace."
Concubine Ru... became Noble Concubine Jin... She lost her title and her position as a concubine, and was driven from Yanqing Palace to Qingyang Palace.
That is not a very auspicious place. It is the Xihe Palace where someone died in the past.
When Jiang Xinyue lived here, she had constant disasters and illnesses. Her sister was hanged in a side hall, Concubine Li fell into the lake here, and Concubine Chu's body was found in the filled lotus pond.
Later, Jiang Yuan came out of the cold palace and lived in Qingyang Palace.
In short, no concubines have lived in Xihe Hall since its name change. It is gloomy and unpopular.
However, because the filled lotus pond is full of roses, many newly promoted concubines and palace maids and eunuchs still go there often.
Concubine Jin shook her head: "It's not me, it's obviously not me, why..."
Her eyes were almost popping out of her sockets, her temples were stinging, and she asked in a sharp voice: "Empress, it's you! You framed me, right? The emperor was deceived by you, you are the most vicious woman."
Jiang Xinyue took two steps forward and faced Concubine Jin. One was like an angry bird, and the other was as calm as a ruthless executioner.
Suddenly, Concubine Jin's pupils shrank sharply, and everyone could only see Jiang Xinyue's back and Concubine Jin who stepped back a few steps, stepped on the haystack, and fell to the ground.
After she fell, Lin Zhangjing immediately stepped forward, thinking that the Empress wanted to avenge Concubine Liang and killed Concubine Jin with some hidden weapon.
In the end, he only saw Concubine Jin pointing at the Empress with a trembling finger, her lips trembling, unable to say a word. It didn't look like she was being plotted against, but rather like she was frightened.
The Empress had a smile on her face, but that smile gave off a threatening and terrifying feeling.
"According to palace rules, if Concubine Jin poisoned Concubine Liang and caused her death, she must be punished with a life. But now that Concubine Liang is still in a coma, she will be caned 60 times to serve as a warning to others. If Concubine Liang is in trouble in the future, I will report Concubine Jin's life to Prince Yan and I will come to take it back at any time."
In other words, if Concubine Liang died of poisoning one day, Concubine Jin would have to be buried with her.
But...
after the sixty strokes of the stick by the Mirror, Concubine Jin might not still be alive.
Soon, the guards dragged Concubine Jin to the next door torture room for execution. When the screams came over, Huang Yanyu's body trembled.
"Cousin Queen, can I... can I leave?"
She really wanted to leave here quickly and never come here again.
"Of course..."
In her expectant eyes, Jiang Xinyue slowly uttered a few words: "No."
"What?"
Huang Yanyu thought she had heard it wrong, and stretched her neck to ask again: "Can't I leave? Just now..."
"Just now what just now?"
Jiang Xinyue waved her hand, and the aroma of chicken soup spread, tempting people.
Shuangjiang came out from behind Xijue with a steaming white porcelain cup in her hand. Although they were wearing pink and green clothes, in Huang Yanyu's eyes, they were simply the black and white impermanence that were taking lives.
"You...what do you want to do? Don't...don't come over..."
Jiang Xinyue sat on the armchair outside, her expression turned cold in an instant, she didn't even look at her, but touched her jeweled armor and said: "No matter how eloquent you are, you and I know in our hearts that it was you who poisoned Concubine Liang. You want to poison Concubine Liang, put me in an unjust position, and instigate the relationship between me and the eldest princess. The eldest princess married the second wife of the Jiang family and your cousin. You want to kill three birds with one stone and make the Jiang family hate me. Maybe the queen will... "The Queen also believed the rumors that I was the one who poisoned Concubine Liang, and I will lose my favor."
She explained Huang Yanyu's plan clearly: "If you want to put me to death, just come at me. If you mess with my friends, you will commit a taboo for me."
She lowered her eyes and shot straight at Huang Yanyu: "Concubine Liang has suffered so much, you must pay it back in the same way."
As soon as Jiang Xinyue finished speaking, Xi Que and Shuang Jiang walked into the cell, one of them grabbed her hands, and the other pinched her chin, and poured all the chicken soup with ingredients added into her mouth.
Huang Yanyu struggled desperately, but the hands that held her were as immovable as black iron, and as long as she opened her mouth and screamed, a steady stream of chicken soup was poured into her throat, choking her and making her cough non-stop.
In a short while, she drank a large bowl of chicken soup clean.
Xi Que then let go of her hand, threw her to the ground, snorted coldly, and walked out with Shuangjiang.
Damn it, if it weren't for her mother's cleverness, she would have really calculated it, and the consequences would have been unimaginable.
"Gug...Gug..."
Huang Yanyu fell to the ground, constantly picking her throat with her index finger, trying to spit out the chicken soup.
"If you dare to spit out even a drop, I will give you another pot of chicken soup... There's plenty in the kitchen."
Huang Yanyu stopped grabbing her throat and fell to the ground crying in despair: "Empress, I was wrong... I really know I was wrong, please forgive me, I don't want to die, I really don't want to die... Give me the antidote... Give me the antidote!"
"I'm going to kowtow to Concubine Liang. I was wrong! For the sake of the Huang and Jiang families being relatives, I beg you... I beg you to spare me."
Her forehead was already bruised, but Jiang Xinyue was not moved at all: "Spare you? Give you a chance? Did you give Concubine Liang a chance when you poisoned her? Did you give me a chance? Who did you spare? The victor goes to the victor. If you win today, you will kill me, right?"
It must be said that Jiang Xinyue was right.
If the fates of the two were reversed today, Huang Yanyu would definitely root out the evil and never let go of the person who hurt her.
"Puff!"
A surge of blood surged up, and Huang Yanyu spat out a large mouthful of black blood. Her stomach felt like her intestines were twisted together, and she rolled on the ground in pain.
Jiang Xinyue took a deep breath and said to Lin Zhangjing: "Send her out of the palace and hand her over to the Huang family. Tell them that Huang Yanyu conspired with Jin Guipin in the palace to poison Concubine Liang and frame me. The emperor was furious and ordered them to leave the capital immediately and never set foot in the capital again. Those who disobey the order will be killed without mercy."
She would not leave the time bomb nearby, and she would let the Jiang family and the Huang family know that it was not her who caused this result, but the Huang family girl.
After returning to Kunning Palace, Jiang Xinyue also wrote a letter to the Jiang family, not to her stepfather, but to the entire Jiang family as a warning.
As long as she was still in the palace, the Jiang family was not allowed to send concubines into the palace, because no one could replace her, Jiang Xinyue.
She didn't need anyone to help her consolidate her favor.