Chapter 182: Killing Chickens and Monkeys
"Niangniang, spare your life, Niangniang......" The two little palace maids stumbled to the feet of Qi Guifei, grabbed the corner of her clothes and begged for mercy. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
They don't want to die, they really don't want to die, and they don't want to die on the torture.
"What are you doing in a daze? What should I do if I get my mother's clothes dirty? Yuxi scolded the little eunuchs.
Those little eunuchs reacted and hurriedly stepped forward to pull the two little palace maids away.
"Niangniang, spare your life, Niangniang, the slave knows that she is wrong...... the two little palace maids cried and shouted, and tears were already on their faces.
Seeing this, the little eunuch closed their mouths and quickly dragged them away.
The two little palace maids stared at Concubine Qi with wide eyes, their faces were so pale and bloodless that they were extremely desperate.
They never thought that they would be bumped into by Concubine Qi if they said a few more words in this place, and they would be tortured so much.
Until they died, they were full of remorse.
"Niangniang, they ......" Yuxi looked at the eyes of the two little palace maids before leaving, and said a little unbearable.
For her, the secret needle punishment is indeed too cruel, and the two little palace maids are not guilty of this.
"What, do you have an opinion about the disposition of this palace?" Concubine Qi said indifferently as if she had just done something she was accustomed to.
"Mother, the slave doesn't." Yuxi shook his head.
"It's just two little palace maids, there's nothing to be pitied." Concubine Qi had insight into Yuxi's thoughts, and said leisurely, "What they said here today, why don't others say it?" Even if the palace is not bumped into, it will be bumped into by others, and when the time comes, their fate will be even more tragic when it reaches the ears of the emperor. punishing them can be regarded as killing chickens and setting an example. ”
"Niangniang, why do you want to help Yue contour?" Yuxi wondered.
The two little palace maids were talking about the bad words of the moon contouring, which had nothing to do with Niangniang, but Niangniang punished them heavily and made an example of them.
Not only did this not do the mother any good, but also helped the moon to contour.
Moreover, what Niangniang did just now will leave a bad reputation for the concubines in the palace who are ruthless.
Mother, why do you want to do this when you know this?
Concubine Qi said disdainfully: "Who said that this palace helped her?" It's just that the two little palace maids disturbed the purity of the palace, and the palace couldn't get used to it. Okay, let's go back, Hongu is tired. ”
After speaking, he raised his feet and walked back, and Yuxi followed closely in confusion.
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Concubine Qi's handling of the palace maid once again caused an uproar in the harem, and those little palace maids and concubines who chewed their tongues on weekdays were worried one by one, and they no longer dared to say any gossip.
Concubine Qi's move really worked, and the voices of the harem suddenly calmed down.
The next day
"Master, the slave maid heard that the two little palace maids couldn't bear the secret needle punishment and were already dead. You said, is Concubine Qi interested in helping you? Ruri asked puzzled.
Concubine Qi disposed of the palace maids, and they all knew about it. It's just that Concubine Qi has secretly mocked her master before, and she doesn't know why she wants to help her master this time.
"I don't know." Su Zixu shook his head and said.
She didn't think that Concubine Qi was helping her, although those palace people were chewing on things about her raising the third prince, and it had nothing to do with Concubine Qi, but she couldn't be sure that Concubine Qi was helping her.
More likely, in maintaining the face of the royal family, the face of the emperor.
A bunch of palace people gossip behind their backs all day long, disagreeing with the emperor's will, and they are guilty of a capital crime. It's just that I couldn't catch them on weekdays, so I didn't deal with them.
The two palace maids were not very lucky, and they happened to be caught red-handed by Concubine Qi when they were chewing the root of their tongues, and they just lost their lives.
"By the way, what kind of punishment are you talking about? Why does the name sound so weird? Su Zixu took a bite of the apple in his hand and asked leisurely.
Speaking of which, she didn't know much about the punishments in this palace.
"Master, the slave went to ask the palace people in the criminal room, and I heard that the dense needle punishment is a special punishment for the palace people who chew the root of the tongue, so that the embroidery girl in the criminal room sewed their mouths tightly with a needle, and there was no gap. The whole process is worse than death. ”
Su Zixu, who was about to take another bite of the apple, took the apple from his mouth after hearing it, and asked in disbelief: "Sew their mouths without a single gap?" ”
Liuli nodded and said, "Well, this punishment is relatively harsh in the palace, and I heard that none of the people who have received this punishment have been able to come out of the criminal chamber alive." It is even more cruel than the torture on the rivers and lakes. ”
Su Zixu put the apple on the table and frowned. I'd heard before that there were many cruel punishments in the ancient palace, but I didn't expect it to be so cruel.
Even if the two palace maids did something wrong, they could be given a break, and there was no need to torture them in such a harsh way.
Concubine Qi, the means are so cruel.
The concubines in the harem, are they all like this? Regard the life of the palace maid as an ant, and step on it at will.
Could it be that one day in the future, in order to survive, she will also become such a person?
"Master, what's wrong with you?" Ruri asked puzzled.
How could the master's expression look so solemn?
"Ruri, do you think that this palace will one day also become a ruthless and unscrupulous person?" Su Zixu asked solemnly.
"Master, slave and maid ......" Liuli said dumbly, not knowing how to answer.
Although she had only been in the palace for a few months, she also knew what a terrible place the harem was. Eat people without spitting out bones. The lives of palace maids and eunuchs are not fate, and even the lives of those lowly concubines are not fate.
Their lives can never be controlled by themselves.
None of the women in this harem are simple-minded, but one is more scheming than the other, and people without scheming can't live at all.
Moreover, if you want to survive in the harem, you must not only have a city government, but also trample others under your feet in order to stand firmly.
Back then, her former master lost her life because she still had a kind heart in her heart and didn't want to get involved in the deceit of the harem. Completely lost to Queen Liu.
The master, although as smart and clear as the previous master, is not as lucky as the former master. Because the former owner was favored from the beginning, and there was a strong family behind it. But then, I still lost. So she can't guarantee that her master won't be an unscrupulous person in the future.
Su Zixu looked at Liuli and sighed helplessly.
Maybe one day, she will be fascinated by this place too. I only hope that she didn't lose her last kindness at that time.
"The two of them are dead, aren't they?"
"Huh?" Liuli was a little confused, and after a while, she realized that Su Zixu was talking about the two palace maids, and responded, "Yesterday, they died." ”
"Let Mama Lian go to the treasury to get some silver and send it to the criminal room. If you can, give them a decent way to bury them. ”
I heard that the palace maids who died in the harem were all thrown at random to the deep mountains and mountains behind the palace or to the mass burial hills, and the corpses were eaten by wild beasts, which was miserable.
Speaking of which, their deaths have nothing to do with herself, and that's all she can do for them.
"Yes, master." Ruri happily replied.
Master, it is really different from those concubines in the harem.
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