Chapter 379 It's all about things
The queen was shocked: "Lipin! What nonsense are you talking about!"
She couldn't remain indifferent now. She looked at Xuanyuan Ling and said, "Your Majesty, Li Concubine is talking nonsense. She just said someone framed her, and now she is blaming me. This is clearly an attempt to avoid the issue."
Concubine Li spoke out everything now. In fact, she had been holding it in for too long. Ever since she found out that the Queen had left the mother and son behind, she had no chance to speak out. Now that it had come to this critical day, she simply spoke out.
"I didn't lie. I really didn't. The Queen ordered her servants to bring me tonic medicine every day, which caused me to have a difficult delivery. It was the Queen who wanted to kill the mother and keep the child. Later, the child was saved. I was never afraid that the Queen would do something to me. At the beginning, the Queen was still afraid of the Emperor, but a few months before the annual banquet, the Queen was afraid that the Fourth Prince would lose face at the banquet, so she put pressure on me and then on the Fourth Prince."
Li Bin became more and more excited as she spoke, as if she wanted to express all the grievances she had felt for many years in one breath.
The queen was shocked, but Xuanyuan Ling was here, so even if she asked someone to shut Li Pin's mouth it would be useless, and she could only let her say everything.
"During the annual banquet, the Fourth Prince made a mistake due to his cowardice. The Empress believed that the Fourth Prince had lost face, so she scolded him and tortured me. I was living a life worse than death, and had no choice but to resort to this desperate measure in order to protect myself!"
By saying this, it was natural that she admitted it. If she admitted it, the queen would not suffer any good consequences.
Li Bin looked at Xuanyuan Ling expectantly when she heard this, but she only heard Xuanyuan Ling's unusually cold words: "Drag him away and beat him to death."
Zhao Hai knew that the emperor's patience was limited at the moment, so he did not dare to delay and immediately pulled Concubine Li away.
Concubine Li was so frightened by the words "beaten to death" that she couldn't recover. When she came to her senses, she had been dragged away.
At this moment, the strong hatred in her heart could no longer be suppressed. She didn't even hate Xuanyuan Ling who wanted to kill her. All her hatred was directed at the queen: "Queen, you shall not die well!"
This cry was so shrill that Zhao Hai was also startled and quickly shouted: "What are you standing there for? Shut up!"
The men under his command immediately blocked Li Bin's mouth.
Lipin was naturally unable to say anything at this moment, but she was unwilling to accept it. She really was unwilling to accept it. She gave birth to a prince, so how did she end up like this? She regretted it so much and hated it so much!
But now, what's the use?
Concubine Li was dragged away like this. When the first stroke of the stick fell, the pain in her waist and back made her unable to think of anything else. She was in so much pain that tears and snot were streaming down her face. She looked as ugly as could be. The torturers were naturally aiming to kill her. The executioners in the palace were skilled, and they didn't dare to drag on too long for a person like Concubine Li. After a dozen strokes, her waist was broken in an instant, and she soon began to breathe out more than she breathed in.
Zhao Hai didn't care about Concubine Li at this moment. He was just waiting to report back, but he was thinking that things might be bad with the Emperor and the Queen.
He was indeed right.
The Queen's fault is that Concubine Li suddenly blames her when the matter comes to a head, and even curses her when she is dragged away. There is no way she can be fine.
Xuanyuan Ling thought of the miserable state of the Fourth Prince again, and then looked at the Queen, her tone as cold as ice: "Did I ever say that that was the last time?"
This was said incoherently, but the queen remembered it all at once.
The Queen still remembered the first time she was afraid that Xuanyuan Ling would depose her. It was the day when the Fourth Prince was born. On that day, Xuanyuan Ling discovered that she had to leave the mother and keep the son because of Concubine Li. Xuanyuan Ling warned her that this was the last time.
And today, it was because of Concubine Li and the Fourth Prince that Xuanyuan Ling was really interested.
The Queen's heartbeat was so fast that she knelt down in front of Xuanyuan Ling: "I was just being strict because I thought the Fourth Prince lacked talent. I definitely did not do such a thing. This was Concubine Li harming her own son. I was just being strict!"
As she said this, she didn't believe that the emperor could really depose the queen just based on Li Concubine's words. No, the emperor would not depose the queen. After all, it was Li Concubine who did it. Even if Li Concubine said so, she was the queen. Even if she privately taught the concubine a lesson and it was a bit unpleasant to say it out, would she depose the queen just because she taught the concubine a lesson? Would she depose the queen just because she treated the prince harshly?
Xuanyuan Ling thought her appearance was disgusting, but after all, it was not the Queen who did it directly: "The Queen is not energetic enough to take care of the princes, so you don't have to worry about the affairs of the six palaces. After the Fourth Prince has recovered from his injuries, he will be placed with the Seventh Prince in my care."
After Xuanyuan Ling said this, he didn't want to say another word to the Queen. He stood up and went out. All the servants around had retreated when Concubine Li was beaten to death just now. Now, only Jinzhi was serving the Queen.
When Jinzhi went to help the queen, she saw the queen muttering to herself with a sarcastic look on her face: "What on earth am I doing?"
“My queen…”
The queen didn't even hear Jinzhi calling her. At that moment, she felt that Xuanyuan Ling had sidelined her and would never give her the power over the six palaces again.
When she got the fourth prince, Xuanyuan Ling kept Li Concubine, which stopped her from raising a prince of her own. Now, because of the fourth prince, she couldn't even keep the power she had. Why did she want him in the first place? Was it just for today? Ridiculous, extremely ridiculous!
Jinzhi was shocked to see the queen unable to recover from her shock and said, "Your Majesty, please get up."
The queen recovered quickly. The incident had already happened, and what she cared about more was: "Do you really think that Li Concubine did this alone? Does Li Concubine have the courage?" The queen didn't believe it. Neither she nor Li Concubine would benefit from this incident. The one who benefited was Shen Qing.
"The virtuous concubine is now in favor and has a son, the Golden Branch. Will the emperor give her the position of empress next? Don't you think so?" The queen has thought of this more than once, and this matter has taken root in her heart.
When a person has only one thing, he will care about it more. The more he cares, the more he will think about it.
"Your Highness." Jinzhi almost cried as she looked at the Queen. "No, Your Highness is still the Queen after all. This is because Concubine Li lost her mind. This is about the Fourth Prince. The Emperor was just angry."
The queen was upset. She was afraid. She had nothing, but Shen Qing was in the limelight. "Do you think the emperor will give the power of assisting the six palaces to Concubine Xian?"
Jinzhi couldn't say it, but now she had to say it: "Even if she was given to the virtuous concubine, she would still be just the virtuous concubine."
"Yes." The queen laughed bitterly: "I am still the queen."
Looking at the queen, Jinzhi thought of a question for the first time. What's the meaning of such a queen? It's just an empty title. Even if some prince ascends the throne in the future and the queen becomes the queen mother, is it something to be happy about? Really, as long as that happens, will everything be safe? The road ahead is unclear.
On the other side, Xuanyuan Ling was extremely silent after he went out. The queen had been well-behaved for a long time, but something like this happened one day. He didn't want to get involved in the dirty work between the concubines, and Concubine Li was not a good person either. He didn't feel sorry for Concubine Li, but he felt sorry for the child. This incident touched the deepest pain in his heart again.
Xuanyuan Ling had been tossing and turning all night, and now it was almost dawn, but he had not slept in the second half of the night. He was feeling upset. He had lived in the palace since he was a child, and what he had seen the most was conspiracy and intrigue. He had seen a lot of such things and had experienced a lot of them himself, but now he didn't know if the life in Zhaohua Palace was too comfortable, and the days with Shen Qing and the children were too simple and easy. When encountering such things, he felt disgusted and irritated. He hated the queen, hated scheming women, and was irritated by the endless fighting and scheming in the harem, and even the children were not spared.
Thinking of Shen Qing, thinking of the warmth and comfort he had with Shen Qing and the Sixth Prince, and then thinking about what happened today, he really felt that he didn't want to think about any thoughtful or obedient woman in the harem anymore, they were all trouble!
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