While speaking, the tip of the knife had already touched Xiao Yingying's skin, and a blast of cold air hit her, causing her whole body to tremble slightly. As long as Shao Yan took one step closer, the knife would be directly inserted into Xiao Yingying's throat.
The final outcome would be the loss of one or two lives. Seeing this scene, Queen Mother Guo was so frightened that she didn't know what to do. She said in a panic: "What are you doing, Your Majesty? Put down the knife quickly."
Shao Yan's face was as solid as iron, his eyes stared at Xiao Yingying, and he said coldly: "Mother, no matter how much you protect her today, it's useless. I will not let this evil woman go to harm others." He tightened his grip
With the handle of the knife in her hand, she stabbed forward with all her strength. Xiao Yingying knew that she would not be able to escape death, so she closed her eyes and quietly waited for death to come.
At this moment, Queen Mother Guo took a sword from nowhere, put it across her neck, and made a suicidal posture. She gritted her teeth and said: "The emperor really wants to kill Yingying, so let the Ai family go in front. Anyway, the Ai family
We are all old and have one foot in the coffin a long time ago. Today we will commit suicide in front of the emperor."
Shao Yan suddenly turned around, and while the old queen mother was still unsteady, he immediately stepped forward and snatched the sword from her hand, and threw it aside. There was a "bang" sound, and all the palace maids and eunuchs present were frightened.
, since the new emperor came to the throne, they had never seen him so angry. Seeing that there was no hope of death, the old queen lay on the table and cried.
Seeing her crying so sadly, Shao Yan knew that if he killed Xiao Yingying today, the old queen mother would definitely make trouble and even cry to death, but he really couldn't swallow this bad breath.
"Your Majesty, I am guilty, please kill me." Seeing Shao Yan's fierce approach, Xiao Yingying guessed that he was just here for such a thing, so she continued: "I followed the mother's decree and had good intentions to kill Concubine Yun.
My sister asked me to leave the prison, but I didn’t know that my sister refused to go out with my concubine, and even——”
"Stop making excuses there!" Shao Yan said angrily.
Xiao Yingying sobbed: "Your Majesty, you know that Concubine Yun's sister is very strong in martial arts. As long as she doesn't want to do something, no one can persuade her. It's all my fault that I didn't take care of the eunuchs under her. When they saw Concubine Yun,
My sister disobeyed the Queen Mother and had to take her out by force. As a result, during the struggle, Concubine Yun accidentally broke her legs."
"Your Majesty, Yingying is right. It was the Ai family who asked her to invite Yun Yun." Empress Dowager Guo wiped her tears, nodded in agreement, and sighed: "It's all the fault of the Ai family. If it hadn't been for what the Ai family did back then.
If you make a mistake, you won't be punished because of revenge. Now that it's like this, the Ai family feels sad and regretful."
Seeing that the old queen defended Xiao Yingying like this, it was obvious that she was deeply poisoned. Shao Yan secretly complained, "Mother, I just don't understand why you would rather believe this poisonous woman than Yun Yun?"
Before Queen Mother Guo could answer, Xiao Yingying hurriedly added: "Your Majesty, everything I said is true. Please see it clearly."
Shao Yan put down the knife in his hand, pretending to be surprised and asked: "Is this really the case? Why is it that what I heard is completely different from what you said? I heard that it was you who interrupted Yun Yun.
But you said that you broke your legs by yourself, who do you think I should believe?"
"Your Majesty, they are all talking nonsense. I and Concubine Yun's sister are as close as sisters. How could I do such an unconscionable thing?"
"You are so heartless." Shao Yan shouted fiercely, put the knife against her throat again, and said coldly: "At this time, you still want to hide the truth, don't let others know, unless you do nothing,
Yes, you can bet a few dozen taels of silver to silence other people's mouths, but you can never bet your own conscience."
As soon as she heard this, Xiao Yingying's expression became more and more uneasy. When she was leaving the prison, she gave each of the prisoners ten taels of silver and asked them to keep this secret for her. Unexpectedly, the emperor would find out this soon. She thought to herself
Since the emperor already knew everything, do I still need to conceal it? He said with dignity and dignity: "Yes, I ordered someone to beat me. It was also because I resisted arrest that I was punished.
After all, I am the queen of a country, so it’s fine that she doesn’t take my concubine seriously, but she dares not even listen to the Queen Mother’s decree, is she too arrogant?”
"Shut up!" Seeing the woman bite back, Shao Yan was so angry that he couldn't even say anything, and said fiercely: "You know best who is being arrogant. I said that until this case is not investigated, no one is allowed to do anything."
You hurt me so much, but you took the lead in disobeying my will. Not only that, you also fanned the flames in front of the Queen Mother again and again, and then used the Queen Mother's name to get rid of your opponents. Your method of killing someone with a borrowed knife is really clever."
Seeing Xiao Yingying blushing and speechless, Shao Yan snorted coldly and said: "Don't think that you can hide the tricks you played behind your back from everyone. You can deceive others but you can't deceive me. Remember this.
Okay, before I hand over the Dragon Seal to you, your name as queen is not worthy of the truth. In the future, don’t use your status as queen to oppress others."
"Since the emperor also thinks that the title of queen is not worthy of the title of concubine, then please ask the emperor to take back the title of queen, so that I can have a pure heart." Xiao Yingying said indifferently
This is what you said yourself. This is what I was waiting for. Shao Yan did not take her seriously. He turned around and said loudly to Xiao Shunzi: "Pass this decree, Xiao Yingying's title of Queen will be revoked from now on.
"Every queen should be treated like a queen." After saying this, he threw the big knife in his hand to the ground angrily. The reason why he changed his mind temporarily was mainly because the country was currently in the midst of internal and external troubles. If Xiao Yingying was killed at this time, it would inevitably attract chaos between the government and the opposition.
Criticism will only do a lot of harm to the war ahead without any benefit. Moreover, Xiao Yingying is pregnant with her own flesh and blood. Even if she is willing to give up, the old queen mother will not agree.
"My slave obeys the order," Xiao Shunzi felt happy. The emperor was wise. This vicious woman should have been severely punished long ago.
What Xiao Yingying said just now was angry. She didn't expect that the emperor agreed so readily. She felt angry and regretful. Looking back and thinking about it, although she could not keep her position as queen, she did save her life. She had to
Don't sweat it for yourself
Seeing that Shao Yan had deposed the queen in just a few words, Empress Dowager Guo was very unhappy. She wanted to persuade him to take back his life, but seeing that Shao Yan was furious at the moment, she had no choice but to give up, so she had Yun Yun taken out from behind the Cining Palace.
, when Shao Yan saw Yun Yun, his whole body couldn't help but trembled to the side, and his eyes rolled with crystal tears.
She was soaked all over her body, and there were stains of blood on the front of her prison uniform. Her wet hair was scattered in front of her forehead, leaving only half of her face. There was no blood on it, but her eyes were full of blood.
She was covered with bloodshot eyes, her lips were white and slightly swollen, and there were still a few drops of blood hanging from the corners of her mouth. Looking down, her legs seemed to be separated from her upper body, and they were all dragged on the ground below the knees.
"Yun Yun" Shao Yan's nose became sour, and he ran over excitedly and took her into his arms from the palace maid. Yun Yun raised her head gently, with a faint smile on her face, her lips moved slightly but she never made a sound.
He looked at Shao Yan, then at Queen Mother Guo and Xiao Yingying, who suddenly tilted her head to one side and fainted. Shao Yan knew that she was suffering from physical weakness, so without saying a word, he immediately hugged her and walked out the door.
Go
Returning to the palace, Shao Yan asked Xiao Shunzi to find the imperial physician while placing Yunyun on his dragon bed. After the imperial physician's patient diagnosis, the coldness in Yun Yun's body gradually dissipated, but when Shao Yan asked the imperial physician about her legs
When Shao Yan was injured in the chest, the imperial doctor felt helpless and said that Concubine Yun would never have the chance to stand up like a normal person from now on. When he heard the news, Shao Yan was like a thunderbolt, and his whole body was weak and paralyzed on the ground. A woman
What does it mean to lose your legs? That feeling is simply worse than death, especially for those who practice martial arts.