Not long after Xie Songhua sat down, the Crown Princess came over with people from the East Palace.
Hua Tuanchuan was smiling and smiling, but there was no hint of nervousness.
However, if Xie Songhua observed carefully, she could still see that Queen Zhao's hands were pinching the handkerchief and pinching the corners of her clothes. If you look closely at the smile on her face, you can see the unnatural look in her eyebrows.
"It's almost time. The other end of the imperial garden should be ready. Let's move on!"
Empress Zhao gave the order, and everyone gathered together towards the imperial garden.
When I arrived at the place, I saw the other concubines.
Queen Zhao's eyes swept across the faces of those warblings and swallows, and she suddenly frowned, "Where is Concubine Gao?"
A young eunuch bowed out in cold sweat and said, "The Imperial Concubine said she is too sick to get up today, so she cannot attend the Queen's banquet."
"Oh?" The queen raised her eyebrows, "It seems that although I am ranked among the middle palaces, there are still many people who do not take me seriously!"
When the eunuch heard this, he immediately fell to his knees and said, "Mother, please spare my life..."
"Since you don't know how to pass on messages, there's no need to pass them on in the future." The queen waved her hand, and two people immediately came forward, gagged him and dragged him away.
After a while, I heard the sound of a sap falling on the flesh from over there, as if it was hit directly in the person's ear.
With only a dozen or so sticks, the eunuch who had just led the people down came to return.
"If you reply to me, I'm out of breath."
This was the time when spring was in full bloom, and all the women present were dressed in gorgeous palace clothes, making their eyes even more dazzling.
But not far from here, a human life was suddenly killed.
The ladies who had just breathed a sigh of relief because of the layout here immediately started to breathe a sigh of relief again.
Queen Zhao's face looked very normal, "This banquet is very important, otherwise I would not ask everyone to come. I didn't see Mrs.
How can you be so ignorant?"
She asked, who dared to answer, and who dared to offend anyone, whether it was the Queen or Concubine Gao?
Naturally, the Queen did not expect these people to say anything, so she waved her hands and said: "Of course I know about this, and I can't blame the noble concubine.
The people in this palace have been really lazy recently. In the past, the imperial concubine was a good-natured person, so she just treated me lightly. However, the imperial concubine is the one who is dear to His Majesty's heart. How can I treat you so slowly?"
She, Shi Shiran, sat down under the service of the palace maid, while the others did not dare to sit down without her, and they all just listened to her quietly.
"Go! Bring everyone from the imperial concubine's palace to me. It just so happens that so many concubines are here today. I also ask everyone to bear witness to me. I am actually here to follow the rules of the palace!"
The word "rules" is very important.
But after he finished speaking, he directly picked up the tea handed over by the palace maid and drank it slowly.
After taking a few sips, she saw everyone looking at her anxiously, but she suddenly smiled and said, "Ladies, please don't mind, I am really very angry at this rogue.
And it just so happens that everyone is here, so I really have no face, so I might as well embarrass myself and punish these incompetent people in front of everyone.
In this case, it’s hard to ask everyone to sit down first, you won’t think I’m rude, right?”
Mrs. Zhang, who is the wife of Zhang Shoufu, said quickly: "Your Majesty, your words are serious. Your Majesty is your Majesty, so my concubines and ministers will naturally follow your Majesty's lead."
Zhang Shoufu is a staunch princeling and has even served as a teacher for the prince. Mrs. Zhang's words are a signal.
Others immediately responded.
Soon several maids and eunuchs in charge of Concubine Gao's palace were brought over.
Everyone was frightened. Although they didn't know what mistake they had made, it was important to confess their guilt to the queen first.
Seeing them kowtow like they were pounding garlic, the queen's eyes flashed with disgust, "
Since you have all admitted your mistakes, punishing you is no longer a random punishment! Come here! Let me beat you here! Let everyone in this palace see what happens to these people who have no master in their eyes.
The fate of."
The Queen's men acted very quickly, and soon the scene was filled with wailing sounds.
And their attacks were extremely heavy-handed, even worse than when Madam Xie killed Dongxue with a stick in front of everyone.
There was a young woman present who was so frightened that her legs went weak and she sat down on the ground. She still had the usual dignity and dignity of a noble family.
Even though Xie Songhua had witnessed many bloody scenes, facing this Shura field, he couldn't help but clenched his fists and turned his face away.
Regardless of the dispute between Concubine Gao and the Queen, what role did these eunuchs and maids play in it?
But after all, they are just slaves, and all their actions are directed by their masters. But when something happens, they are often the first to face the opponent's methods.
Xie Songhua does not sympathize with them, she sympathizes with life.
In this era, sometimes life is really as cheap as grass.
"stop!"
A loud shout was heard, causing the executioners to freeze for a moment.
The queen didn't even raise her eyelids, but still said calmly: "What? You don't obey my orders anymore?"
Concubine Gao came in a hurry, without even taking a breath, and rushed over to push those people's wooden sticks away. However, despite her strength as a woman, she couldn't push them away at all, and ended up getting all over herself.
Embarrassed.
She finally gave up and turned to face Empress Zhao, "What is the Empress doing?"
"I would like to ask the noble concubine, what are you going to do? I am dealing with several palace people, and the noble concubine also wants to interfere?"
"This is someone from my palace!"
"I can even control you! I can't control the people in your palace?" The queen looked up at her, with indulgent pleasure on her face, "Have you forgotten your identity and that I am the master of this harem?
?Why? Your Majesty said that I will have full authority to manage the harem, have you forgotten?"
"You..." Concubine Gao looked at her, "Are you using Your Majesty to oppress me? Do you really think that Your Majesty won't wake up and come back to find you?"
"Your Majesty, be careful!" The Queen frowned and waved her hand at those people, obviously dissatisfied with their invisibly gentle movements.
As the sound of heavy blows resounded, a cold look appeared on Queen Zhao's brows, "I would like to ask, is it possible that your concubine does not think that Your Majesty will wake up, so she believes that everyone in this palace will act based on your facial expressions?"
, then you don’t take me seriously?
Aren’t you standing here properly? Why are you so sick that you can’t get up? So many people were watching here just now! It’s obvious that you are too lazy to let this slave make the decision for you!”
Several palace maids and eunuchs nearby had been beaten to the point where they could no longer breathe, and their clothes were stained with snow. If they were beaten a few more times, they would probably be dead.
After all, how could Concubine Gao, who had been following her for many years, watch them die? She gritted her teeth and said, "It's because I didn't sleep well last night, and I thought about how busy the Imperial Garden is today. How are you, Queen?"
It was easy to save only half a day, so I simply claimed to be sick. When everyone was busy, I went to see your majesty again. I didn't expect that I would cause such a misunderstanding by the queen. I apologized to the queen, but I didn't think carefully. "
It's great to find such an excuse out of desperation, but I don't know if the queen will accept it.
It happened that the Queen wanted to step down on Concubine Gao deliberately today, so after listening to her words, she snorted coldly, "You have done so many things that you have not thought carefully about over the years, I am just too lazy to argue with you.
But today is a big event, and all the ladies are here. You should not be so willful and arrogant. Since you admit your mistake, you should show an attitude of admitting it."