Chapter 56: Falling out

"Look at what she is doing, why don't you hurry up and do something to me!"

Huibin looked at Jinquan and others, her upper body almost completely sticking out of the bed, her face completely distorted by anger, as ferocious as a demon.

Jin Quan and others were frightened and looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

Yunqin glanced at them, patted Ah Jing's arm soothingly, and said to Huipin sarcastically, "Your Majesty, you probably don't know yet, but Nanny Ruan from the Shang Palace Bureau has chosen Ah Jing and wants to take her in as her goddaughter and send her to the hospice with her. She should be on her way here by now."

She glanced at Jin Quan and the others sharply, "I'll see who dares to move! Nanny Ruan has served the Concubine Dowager and the Queen Mother. A Jing is to be taken care of by her in her old age. The Emperor has already agreed to this matter. The imperial edict is estimated to have reached the Shang Palace Bureau. If you dare to hurt her, let's see how you will explain to the Emperor and the Queen Mother!"

"You, you just went to the front to ask the emperor to save this bitch!" Huipin was furious when she heard this, "You are so ungrateful for trusting me!"

"Trust me? Trust me, then you will use Ajing to threaten me again and again!" Yun Qin sneered as if she had heard some huge joke.

Huipin stared at her intently, with a cruel smile on her lips, "Okay, even if I can't touch her, can I still not touch you?"

"Hold her down for me and beat her to death!" she shouted at Jin Quan and others.

Jin Quan and others didn't dare to move, because everyone knew that Yun Qin was no longer just a little palace maid.

"Why don't you make a move?" Huipin was furious. She looked at everyone with angry eyes and suddenly sneered, "Don't think I don't know what you are thinking. It's just because she looks good. If she goes to the emperor, she will definitely be favored more than me."

"What a pity! She was kicked out by the Emperor today! She must have been ignorant of her own limits. She actually used the Emperor's grace to ask for the freedom of a little palace maid. She completely annoyed the Emperor. Your wishful thinking has all gone wrong!"

This is what it means to have a completely wrong process but a completely right result.

Without knowing the whole truth, Huipin guessed everyone's thoughts and hit the pain points of Jinquan and others.

After hearing her words, everyone's eyes turned to Yun Qin again, but this time it was no longer fear, but scrutiny.

The maid who went with Yunqin to the throne knew the most and reacted most strongly. She immediately kowtowed to the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I have never had any bad intentions towards you. It's all Yunqin, it's Yunqin who seduced us!"

As soon as she opened her mouth, it was like the first domino fell.

Seeing that Yun Qin's own people had turned against her, Jin Quan's heart instantly tilted towards Huipin, and his eyes began to turn unfriendly when he looked at Yun Qin.

Faced with the changes in these people, Ah Jing immediately protected Yun Qin behind her and glared at them, "What do you want to do?"

Yun Qin was not flustered. She glanced at Jin Quan and the others and chuckled softly, "At least I have obtained grace from the emperor. But what about Huipin? Is the emperor still willing to see her?"

"So this is what you think!" Huipin glared at her, gritting her teeth in hatred.

Yun Qin sneered, "You, Madam, should know very well what I was thinking. You pushed me step by step to where I am now. What else do you think I can think? Will you force me to death?"

"The water was so cold that day, have you forgotten, Your Majesty?" Yun Qin blinked and tears welled up in her eyes. "I always wonder if Your Majesty blames me for not being with you when you had your baby. But Your Majesty, you don't know that I was in the palace at the time, watching those basins of blood being brought out, and how sad I was."

She changed her address and continued, "When I heard that the baby in your womb was gone, I fainted. It was not my fault that I didn't stay by your side on purpose!"

The content of these words was half true and half false. Yun Qin only cried sadly on the surface, but her heart was very calm. She did not want to impress Huipin with these words, and she did not think that she could impress Huipin. She just wanted to delay time.

Since the emperor has said he will not go back on his word, according to his character, things must have been done. I just hope he doesn't delay too long and that Nanny Ruan can come and take Ajing away before she is beaten to death.

Huipin was touched after hearing Yunqin's words. She would certainly not forget the suffering she had endured that day.

"You hate me, hate me for threatening you and using you." Huipin also shed tears and yelled at Yunqin: "But what about me? Who should I hate?"

"Doctor Zhang Yu said that it was a boy and that I should have had a prince. If I had given birth to that child, I would have enjoyed endless honors and favors for the rest of my life! It was all because of that bitch. She caused me to lose the child and even hurt my body. I wanted to eat her alive! But the emperor wanted to keep her. I just had a few arguments with him, but the emperor refused to even see me!"

"Who should I hate, Yunqin, tell me!" Huipin held the edge of the bed and yelled at her hoarsely, "Didn't I say that you are the only one I have now? Why do you also let me down like this!"

"If I don't teach you a lesson today, you won't understand how much pain I'm in now!" Huipin was close to hysteria, and shouted at Jinquan and others: "Hit me! If you don't do it, I will send you all to the Ministry of Punishment and let you take her place!"

Her crazy look had completely frightened Jin Quan and the others. They looked at each other and finally looked at Yun Qin.

"Miss Yunqin, I'm sorry!"

Yun Qin looked at them coldly, still calm and composed, "Go ahead, and see if the emperor will let you go!"

"Hit me!" Huipin yelled, "If the emperor really blames you, I will take the blame for you!"

With Huipin's words, Jin Quan and the others became less cautious. Holding the sticks in their hands, they took a few steps closer to Yunqin.

Hearing this, A Jing immediately stood in front of Yun Qin, "Don't touch her!" She looked at Huipin, "Didn't you say to hit me? Just hit me! Yun Qin is still sick now, do you want her to die?"

Rong Xin's palms were nearly sore from scratching, but she didn't dare to step forward and say anything. If she pleaded for the two of them, Huipin would only get angrier, which would be like pouring fuel on the fire.

"How touching! Since it was your own request, Nanny Ruan won't blame me." Huipin sneered, then shouted angrily: "Then let's fight together!"

Following Huipin's words, Jinquan's stick finally fell. At the moment it hit Ajing, Yunqin suddenly knocked her down, and the stick landed heavily on her back.

Yun Qin's brows wrinkled in pain and her face turned pale instantly, but she clenched her teeth tightly and did not make a single scream.

The strength in her hands did not relax at all. No matter how Ah Jing struggled, she could not pry her hands free.

"Yunqin! Yunqin, please let me go! She was going to hit me in the first place, Yunqin, please let me go!" Ah Jing cried anxiously.

When the brutal stick fell on Yun Qin's body, there was a look of pain on her face at first, but later the pain became almost numb, and only cold sweat mixed with blood from the corners of her mouth kept dripping down.

"Your Majesty, if you hit her like this, she will really kill her!" Rong Xin finally couldn't help herself and shouted at Huipin.

Huipin stared at Yunqin without saying a word, as if she still didn't feel relieved.

Yunqin gradually became exhausted, and Ajing finally broke free from her hands and held her in her arms. A stick landed on her shoulder, making her groan in pain.

"Ajing!" Yun Qin started to struggle only after seeing her being beaten.

Ah Jing didn't even try to hide, and she protected Yun Qin like Yun Qin protected her, "I am your elder sister, I should protect you!"

She touched Yun Qin's pale face covered with cold sweat, and smiled at her despite the pain, "It's all because of me that you are threatened by Huipin. If I die, she will be helpless."

After Ah Jing finished speaking, she suddenly let go of Yun Qin and ran towards the corner of the table.

"No, Ajing!" Yunqin screamed, but her hands and feet were weak and she couldn't stop it at all.

Fortunately, someone was faster than her. A figure rushed over and kicked the table away, so that Ajing, who rushed over, only hit the edge of the table but not the corner.

"It's so lively here, Concubine Hui?"