newbobooks Chapter 907: All the faults were put on her
Chapter 907: All the faults were put on her
Empress Dowager Liu looked at them coldly, with a deep chill in her tone: "Good! Very good!"
"So you didn't tell the eldest princess about these things, and you don't know where she heard those words from?"
The maids and nannies lowered their heads even lower, their bodies trembling. "We old slaves failed to take good care of the princess. Please forgive us, Your Majesty! Please forgive us, Your Majesty!"
Empress Dowager Liu looked away without looking at them again. She said without a trace of emotion, "I have said that anyone who dares to mention this matter in front of the Grand Princess will be beaten to death!"
"Since you didn't take good care of the princess and let her hear gossip that she shouldn't have heard, you should be punished for the same crime!"
"Someone, drag me down!"
Immediately, strong eunuchs came in and dragged the nannies and maids out.
Everyone understood that the Queen Mother wanted to beat them to death.
The nannies and maids were so frightened that their faces turned pale. They knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "Empress Dowager, please spare me! Empress Dowager, please spare me!"
Unfortunately, how could Empress Dowager Liu take back her order? Soon these people were gagged and dragged away.
Soon, the sound of sticks hitting flesh came from outside one after another!
Perhaps because their mouths were blocked, these nannies and maids were unable to shout out loud and could only groan one after another.
Empress Dowager Liu added slowly, "Let all the palace maids in Cining Palace come over to watch the execution. I want them to understand what will happen if they fail to serve their master well!"
Nanny Yuan bowed and said, "Yes."
The eldest princess was still in a coma, and Queen Mother Liu looked at her with eyes full of heartache.
Nanny Yuan speculated, "Empress Dowager, do you think it was Concubine Chen who sent someone to tell the eldest princess about these things?"
"She is at odds with our Duke Dingguo Mansion, so how could she watch His Majesty dote on the eldest princess as before?"
"Noble Consort Chen has always been good at pretending, and it's not easy for her to attack the eldest princess in public, so that people will find fault with her. So she wants to use Noble Consort Liu's incident to defeat her psychologically."
Empress Dowager Liu snorted coldly: "Although there are many people in the harem who have ulterior motives, it is not impossible."
"If I had known she was such a nuisance, I should have gotten rid of her during the talent show!"
Unfortunately, it's too late to say anything now.
At this time, a palace maid came in and reported: "Empress Dowager, Concubine Chen wants to see you!"
Nanny Yuan frowned slightly: "Just when I mentioned her, she arrived."
Empress Dowager Liu said coldly: "Let her in!"
There are few people in this world whose schemes and tricks can be hidden from her eyes. She wants to see if this is the work of Concubine Chen!
The maid said respectfully: "Yes!"
When Shen Zhinian entered the Cining Palace, these nannies and maids had already died. Many of them had their eyes open, looking extremely horrifying...
The eunuch was cleaning up the corpses with a sullen face.
Although they were beaten to death, there was still a strong smell of blood in the air.
Although Handan and Fuqiu had been in the palace for a long time, the Empress had always been lenient to her servants and rarely punished them. This was the first time they had seen such a bloody scene...
The palace servants behind Shen Zhinian all frowned, feeling both fear and discomfort in their hearts.
The life of a slave is so humble that if the master is unhappy one day, he may take their life.
For example, even if the palace servants who served the eldest princess were incompetent, they were beaten to death, which was too cruel...
Everyone then deeply realized how lucky it was to be assigned to Zhongcui Palace to serve the Empress!
Putting aside other things, as long as you don't have the intention to murder your master, at least your life will not be in danger.
Chu Xiyan was completely stunned. She felt as if all the blood in her body disappeared in an instant, and she felt extremely cold...
On New Year's Eve that year, when the guards brought her mother's body back home, she saw the tragic scene of her mother being beaten to death.
Chu Xiyan couldn't imagine, nor dared to imagine, how much pain her mother must have endured when she was beaten to death...
Unexpectedly, a similar scene today would appear so clearly before her eyes!
Big tears rolled down Chu Xiyan's eyes uncontrollably, and her body trembled even more violently...
On the way to the Cining Palace, she had already followed the empress and heard the real reason why the eldest princess fainted.
Although Chu Xiyan felt that Liu Shiqing deserved to die, for a moment, she did sympathize with the eldest princess.
Because Chu Xiyan understands the pain of losing her mother...
However, it was not until seeing this scene that Chu Xiyan realized how ridiculous her sympathy was!
The eldest princess is a human being, so are the others not human beings? !
She lost her mother, which was indeed pitiful. But who would have thought about how many children, like her, would never see their mothers again because of the eldest princess and Liu Shiqing...
Handan and Fuqiu both knew Chu Xiyan's life experience, so they naturally understood why she was behaving abnormally at this moment.
Handan gently pulled Chu Xiyan's sleeve and whispered, "Xiyan, just wait here first."
To avoid being disrespectful when entering, being noticed by others, or being blamed by Empress Dowager Liu.
Chu Xiyan stood there in a daze, lowering her head with tears falling from her eyes...
Shen Zhinian withdrew his gaze with a complicated look and stepped into the main hall.
She bowed and said calmly, "I pay my respects to the Empress Dowager!"
Empress Dowager Liu snorted coldly: "Noble Concubine Chen is the emperor's favorite concubine. How can I afford to have you bow respectfully to me?"
Shen Zhinian opened his eyes slightly, with a look of surprise and fear on his face: "What does the Empress Dowager mean?"
"The Great Zhou ruled the world with filial piety. Your Majesty serves you with the utmost filial piety, and I, your concubine, also respect you ten thousand times in my heart."
"I really don't know where the Empress Dowager's words came from. It really embarrasses me..."
Looking at Shen Zhinian's frightened look, Empress Dowager Liu couldn't help but sneer in her heart.
If she didn't know Concubine Chen's true nature, she would probably have been deceived by her appearance.
This woman is so good at pretending, how can Qingqing, who is so genuine, defeat her?
Empress Dowager Liu looked at Shen Zhinian and said straight to the point: "Today is the eldest princess's fifth birthday banquet, and all matters are in the charge of Concubine Chen. The emperor originally trusted you, and I also thought you were capable, so I handed the eldest princess over to you."
"Noble Concubine Kechen, please tell me why someone came up to the eldest princess and said so many things that shouldn't have been said at the birthday party you hosted?!"
On the way to the Cining Palace, Shen Zhinian already knew the whole story of the eldest princess's fainting.
Sure enough, ginger is still spicy!
This matter had nothing to do with her, but as soon as Empress Dowager Liu came up, she put all the blame on her.