Hearing Concubine Duan's sarcastic voice, Li's heart was on fire. At this moment, she only felt endless humiliation and despair.
"This is such a wonderful reincarnation!" Concubine Duan sighed.
She and Mr. Li have a mortal enemy. They have been fighting for more than 20 years, during which time they used all kinds of methods.
"You killed my Ting'er, and you... you have this day too!"
Thinking of her murdered son, Concubine Duan's heart was as sharp as a knife, and the pain was so deep in her bones that she no longer knew how to curse.
This was the first time that she pointed out the cause of Zhao Yanting's death in public, which immediately caused an uproar.
But at this moment, Mrs. Li felt even deeper hatred.
When she was nine months pregnant, the baby in her belly became stillborn for no apparent reason. This was also due to Concubine Duan's fault.
In order to remove obstacles for her son, Concubine Duan murdered the emperor's legitimate son. Speaking of which, Li was the first victim.
Because of the emperor's preference, this matter was suppressed without any explanation.
After this incident, Ms. Li was rendered infertile, and the hatred in her heart kept burning, which eventually led her to murder Zhao Yanting.
"Come here, bring me a whip and give it to me!"
At this time, Concubine Duan was furious. No matter how much she scolded her, it would be difficult to relieve the hatred in her heart, so she chose to use corporal punishment.
Speaking of being beaten, Concubine Duan was beaten and scolded a lot during the few months she was in the nursing home. She was almost beaten to death several times.
"yes!"
After several eunuchs took the order, some people immediately went to get sticks, and several others pushed Mrs. Li to the ground.
After a while, the eunuchs brought whips and stood beside Mrs. Li, waiting for instructions.
"Take off her robe and beat her!"
"yes!"
Good guy, Mrs. Li's robe was immediately taken off, which was a further humiliation for her.
Soon, the sound of "swish, swish, swish" rang out from the scene.
Li was blocked and could only make a muffled sound, but given the situation at the scene, it still made everyone feel creepy.
After being whipped for more than thirty times in a row, Li's clothes were torn on the back and the blood stained her back red.
"Enough!"
The reason why she called to stop was because Concubine Duan was afraid of beating Mrs. Li to death. After all, she was reluctant to play with her to death quickly.
Upon hearing this, the eunuchs immediately stopped and then respectfully stepped aside.
"Take her into Xianfu Palace. I will tell her something later!"
"yes!"
Immediately afterwards, Mrs. Li, who fainted, was taken into Xianfumen by the eunuchs.
At this time, the palace maid had brought a brocade stool so that Concubine Duan could sit and talk.
Being stared at by her coldly, everyone at the scene was silent, especially Zhao Weilong's concubines.
"Come here, bring out these four bitches Li Chunhong, Zhao Yuexia, He Suqin, and Li Xiaorong!"
The four people named by Concubine Duan burst into tears at this moment.
"My dear, please forgive me..."
"Your Majesty, please spare my life..."
No matter how loudly the four people cried, the eunuchs showed no mercy and dragged them all out.
Looking at the four people kneeling in front of her, Concubine Duan sneered: "Ms. Li, she is the Empress Dowager. She harmed me only because she had a grudge against me. But you four bitches... climbed high and stepped low, and did everything possible when I left the palace.
Sarcasm!"
"Did you ever think that this day would happen?"
"Empress, we are the bastards, we are the ones who are confused!"
"I beg you, your Majesty, not to remember the faults of others, and please forgive me!"
"Your Majesty, please spare us!"
Listening to these people crying, Concubine Duan's eyes were full of indifference.
"Come here, drag us down and keep the body intact!"
Upon hearing this, several eunuchs almost thought they had heard wrongly.
Even the Li family, who had great hatred and hatred, did not die. These four concubines of the late emperor ended up like this just because they had a verbal conflict.
In fact, it is easy to understand. In Concubine Duan's heart, Li and these four people all deserved death, but she wanted to make Li's life worse than death, so she let the former live.
At this moment, although the eunuchs had doubts in their hearts, they carried out the orders without any hesitation.
"My dear, please forgive me..."
"Cao Miaoyin, you vicious woman, I curse you to annihilate your descendants..."
Some people were begging for mercy, while others were yelling, but the latter could see it more clearly.
Concubine Duan was completely unaware of these people's scolding.
Soon, the four people were gagged and then dragged down easily.
When the world quieted down, Concubine Duan glanced at everyone present again.
"From today on, this harem will change. You are all smart people. You must know very well what you should do and what you should not do, what you should say and what you should not say..."
"Concubines of the late emperor, we are also considered sisters. As long as you stay safe and keep yourselves, I will not make things difficult for you!"
Hearing Concubine Duan's words, the other concubines of Emperor Tai'an breathed a sigh of relief. The situation just now really scared them.
At the same time, they also felt lucky that they did not fall into trouble with the four people just now, otherwise today would be a dead end.
"As for the others... I have always been clear about grudges and will not kill innocent people indiscriminately!"
"My son has pardoned foreign officials. As long as you break with Zhao Weilong, I will naturally not make things difficult for you!"
For a moment, Concubine Duan seemed to be very talkative again.
"Thank you, empress!"
When someone shouted this sentence, others immediately followed and kowtowed, and there was endless praise outside Xianfu Gate.
"Also, if the news about today's incident leaks out, I won't talk about the consequences. You can figure it out on your own!"
Concubine Duan was still very concerned about her reputation.
Even if you have done something "bad", as long as you ensure that it is not spread, it means you have not done it.
"Okay, let's all go back on our own!"
After hearing this, everyone kowtowed again, and then some people stood up one after another, each one acting extra cautiously.
"Concubine, please retire!"
At this time, they had already positioned themselves and began to submit to Concubine Duan.
Everyone dispersed one after another. After leaving Xianfu Gate, everyone felt like they were surviving a disaster.
"Congratulations to the empress, congratulations to the empress!"
"The empress has returned to the harem, it shows that God has eyes!"
Although most people left, Concubine Jing and Li Guiren stayed, and the two sentences just now were what they said.
Although they were under house arrest in the palace, because their sons had a good relationship with Zhao Yanxun, they received preferential treatment and learned a lot about the outside world.
So at this moment, the two of them dared to come forward and get close to each other.
Walking up to Concubine Duan, Concubine Jing complimented: "Your Majesty, the Li family and Zhao Weilong conspired and wanted to kill Lao Shi and Lao Eleven. Thanks to King Yong who raised an army to appease evil people, evil people like them were not allowed to take over!"
Li Guiren followed up and said: "When I punished Mrs. Li just now, I finally made the decision for our sisters!"
At this moment, Concubine Duan stood up from her chair and said, "You two are old men in the harem. I don't feel at ease if you leave some things to others..."
At this point, Concubine Duan did not continue, but the meaning was already obvious.
"Your Majesty, there is a place where we can be useful, so just give us orders!"
"Those concubines of Zhao Weilong, it is best not to have any heirs, otherwise there will be more troubles?"
Concubine Jing and Concubine Jing were stunned by these words. At this time, they had a new understanding of Concubine Duan's ruthlessness.
"I know what to do!" Concubine Jing replied.
"There are very few people in this harem that I can trust. I will have to rely on you more in the future!"
What this means is that if there is any other dirty work in the future, they may have to be asked to do it.
"It is my concubine's blessing to gain the trust of the empress!"
"If you two work hard for this palace, it is not impossible to ask the emperor for a favor in the future and let you leave the palace and be raised by your son!"
Concubine Duan was very clever in her power tactics, and she directly made a cake for these two people.
If they could leave the palace and live with their son in the domain, they would naturally be willing to do so.
"Thank you, ma'am!"
The two of them knelt on the ground, and their gratitude was definitely sincere.