dognovel Chapter 226 Being Beaten
Chapter 226 Being Beaten
After searching for a while, Xu Yingying did not find any evidence related to the late queen, and then something unexpected happened.
The palace maids who had disappeared from the Imperial Concubine's palace now appeared in tacit understanding from nowhere.
"Help, please save me. This woman who came out of nowhere broke into my bedroom and tied me up. I don't know if she wants to do something indecent to me or even kill me."
The Imperial Concubine changed her half-dead look and shouted to the palace servants behind her.
The maidservant beside the Imperial Concubine immediately pointed her finger at Xu Yingying and shouted, "How dare you treat the Imperial Concubine like this? Come on, take her down for me."
As soon as these words were spoken, a group of servants swarmed over and surrounded Xu Yingying.
By the time the emperor got the news and rushed over, Xu Yingying had already been tied up like a dumpling.
The imperial concubine's expression changed immediately when she saw the emperor appear.
She opened her big eyes and looked at the emperor pitifully. Tears as big as beans kept flowing from her eye sockets like beads that had broken off the string, making her look even more delicate and pitiful.
"Your Majesty, this slave girl who came out of nowhere actually broke into my bedroom when no one was paying attention and tied me up. Woohoo, Your Majesty, you have to take care of this for me!"
"I am your Imperial Consort after all. Her actions clearly show that she doesn't take you and me seriously. What will happen if I wear this and other people in the palace find out? Where will my dignity as your Imperial Consort be?"
"Could it be...could it be that seeing that my mother's family is gone, everyone wants to step on me? In that case, I'd rather die."
After saying this, the Imperial Concubine pretended to hit her head against the pillar.
Although the Emperor sometimes disliked the Imperial Noble Consort, the fact that she had taken good care of herself over the years and had such a humble attitude immediately aroused the Emperor's desire to protect her.
"Who are you? Why are you here?" The emperor pointed at Xu Yingying and asked sternly.
"Your Majesty, I am here to investigate the death of the late Queen on the orders of Lord Xu. I am a subordinate of the Ninth Prince."
Xu Yingying felt that she could not reveal her identity, so she found an excuse.
Upon hearing this, the emperor snorted coldly and said with disdain, "Come here! Give this servant who has no idea of the heavens and earth and offended the imperial concubine twenty strokes of the cane, and then send her to Li Siqi's mansion."
At the command, Xu Yingying was dragged away.
She wanted to struggle along the way, but unfortunately this was an order from the emperor and no one could escape, including Xu Yingying.
In this way, Xu Yingying, who was bewitched by the Imperial Concubine, was beaten to death and sent back to the palace.
Li Siqi was surprised to see Xu Yingying beaten half to death. He immediately asked someone to carry Xu Yingying back to the mansion and find a famous doctor to treat her.
"What on earth happened? Who hit you?" Li Siqi couldn't help but ask after seeing Xu Yingying applying the medicine.
Xu Yingying smiled bitterly, then told Li Siqi everything that happened in the palace.
Li Siqi was furious after hearing the whole thing.
"Damn it! She actually dared to do this to you. I will make her pay for this." Li Siqi said gritting his teeth.
"Yes, I've made note of this account. I'll definitely take revenge myself when I have the chance in the future." Xu Yingying said gritting her teeth.
Li Siqi knew that Xu Yingying harbored resentment towards the Imperial Concubine, so he secretly sent his spies into the palace to trip up the Imperial Concubine.
The Imperial Concubine was not feeling well these past few days. The impact of seeing Camellia's ghost was so great that she became a little dazed.
The Imperial Concubine's panicked screams were often heard from her palace.
"Ah! There's a ghost!"
"She's coming, she's coming, is she here to take my life?"
"It wasn't me who hurt you. I didn't do anything!"
……
The Imperial Concubine screamed at the palace maid beside her.
At this moment, her hair was disheveled and her clothes were in disarray. She no longer looked as elegant and beautiful as before and obviously looked like a complete lunatic.
This scene was seen by the emperor who had just walked to the door of the bedroom. The emperor immediately felt disgusted and lost all the interest he had before coming. So he turned around and left without hesitation.
The emperor has come to the imperial concubine's palace more often in the past few days, but every time he sees the neurotic imperial concubine, he feels bored and loses interest in her.
By the time the Imperial Noble Consort and the palace maids discovered the emperor, he had already walked out of the palace, leaving the Imperial Noble Consort unable to recover.
Inside the palace.
Xu Yingying's health has improved a lot under the care of the imperial physician, but she can only lie in bed and cannot get up.
Xu Yingying looked as if she had lost all hope in life. She really didn't expect that she would be beaten like this just because of her carelessness. Moreover, the one who gave the order was the emperor who seemed to trust her very much on weekdays.
It turns out that old saying is true: a king’s mind is hard to predict.
Everything was fine one second, and suddenly turned hostile the next.
Li Siqi saw Xu Yingying's hopeless state. In order to make Xu Yingying happy, he specially bought some new toys that had just been brought from the Western Regions from the market.
"Xu Yingying, look, this is called an etched bead. It came from the Western Regions. It is said to be specially carved on chalcedony using the etched technique. Do you think it looks good? I bought it especially for you."
As Li Siqi spoke, he placed the red beads in his hand on the table beside Xu Yingying's bed.
Xu Yingying instantly understood that Li Siqi wanted to make her happy.
She nodded, which was rare, and said, "It looks good."
But because her injuries were too severe, she couldn't show much interest in these things.
After all, now if she moved even the slightest, even if she spoke, the wound on her back would be slightly affected.
"I have something to tell you." Li Siqi changed his previous laughing attitude and looked at Xu Yingying with a serious face.
"What's wrong?" Xu Yingying smelled something wrong.
"After you entered the Imperial Concubine's bedroom, she seemed to be frightened and became dazed. She even suggested that the Emperor open the Imperial Mausoleum and burn the Queen's body."
After hearing this, Xu Yingying's face suddenly darkened.
If the body of the late queen is burned, won't the camellia also disappear into thin air?
No, this must not happen.
"No, I have to stop the emperor. Your Majesty, can you take me to the palace? I want to persuade the emperor not to burn the late queen's body."
Xu Yingying looked at Li Siqi and said urgently.
"Okay." Li Siqi also realized the seriousness of the matter, and he hurriedly took Xu Yingying into the palace.