115. Cruel punishment

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An Xiaoxiao tossed and turned on the bed, and the feeling of uneasiness in her heart still lingered.

"Xiaoxiao-" Xia Qing's flickering voice could be heard from afar, she seemed to have entered the dormitory and found that her title was wrong, so she changed her name to: "Concubine Shuniang, something is wrong!" ”

An Xiaoxiao still wanted to pretend to be sick, so she asked in a weak voice, "What's wrong?" ”

Xia Qing sat on the edge of her bed, and her peerless face was full of fear: "The emperor has disposed of the person who harmed you." ”

An Xiaoxiao knows Xia Qing best, and she can make her so frightened, I'm afraid it's not a small matter!

"Who harmed me? How is it disposed of? ”

Xie Zhaoyi instructed her maid Zhao'er to do it. Zhao'er was sentenced to be beheaded, and Xie Zhaoyi ......" Xia Qing's face still palpitated, and her voice trembled: "Have you ever heard of a punishment called iron embroidered shoes?" ”

An Xiaoxiao's heart slammed up, she forgot to pretend to be sick, grabbed Xia Qing's hand, and asked in a loud voice, "You mean iron embroidered shoes?" ”

Xia Qing nodded heavily, An Xiaoxiao felt as if she had been beaten hard, and she couldn't stop jumping.

The so-called iron embroidered shoes refer to the hard stuffing of a woman's jade feet into the iron shoes that have been burned red by the fierce fire. Once you put on these shoes, you will not be able to take them off for the rest of your life.

How could the penalty be so severe? Whether it is a waist cut or an iron embroidered shoe, it is far heavier than she expected? Some laxatives, in her eyes, are just a prank, not to mention, she is not really poisoned! She felt unreal.

"Xia Qing......" her voice had an abnormal trill: "Are you kidding, lie to me, right?" ”

Xia Qing was frightened by her expression, and didn't dare to tell the truth anymore: "Yes, you saw through it." I mean it! Xiaoxiao, you are so resting, don't think about it anymore! ”

When she spoke, An Xiaoxiao's big round eyes looked at her without blinking. By the time she finished speaking, her head had been lowered and she couldn't see her eyes clearly.

She tucked her face away from anyone else.

There was an eerie silence in the room.

After a while, she suddenly lifted the quilt and shouted: "Your Majesty, where is the Emperor?" ”

She rushed out of bed and ran to the door. She ran so fast that she didn't notice the threshold and tripped again. She fell to the ground, her face rubbing against the concrete, scratching a little of her skin. However, she didn't seem to notice the injury at all, and just anxiously wanted to run out.

A human life, a lifelong disability, how can she afford it? She was going to find him, and maybe she could stop it......

"Xiaoxiao......" Xia Qing dragged her to death and didn't let her go out.

A group of palace maids and eunuchs also reacted and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade them.

However, An Xiaoxiao didn't know where to get the strength to rush forward in the obstruction of so many people: "You let go of me, I'm going to find the emperor, I plead with him, it's too late to ......"

"It's too late!" Xia Qing shouted, "The execution has already been carried out......

"What β€”β€”?" An Xiaoxiao's struggling movements froze. She turned her head, looked into Xia Qing's eyes, and asked again, "Execution?" ”

Xia Qing nodded gloomily.

An Xiaoxiao only felt that her eyes were dark, and she fainted.

Xia Qing and the palace maids caught her and carried her back to the bed.

An Xiaoxiao sat on the bed, as if she had woken up, her face was pale, her eyes were distracted, and she was talking about something in her mouth.

Xia Qing leaned over and listened carefully, only then did she hear that she kept repeating: "I killed someone, I killed someone......"

Xia Qing's heart ached, and she knew that she must be guilty of self-blame.

Her mood, she can understand best. Because, she feels the same way. She handed over the tea cup fragments as if she were an accomplice in the torture. Seeing Xie Zhaoyi and Zhao'er being dragged out of the city by the Praetorian Guards, the terrible screams still linger in my ears. There were many concubines present, who were not surprised and frightened.

She didn't dare to look at the execution of those two, she just wanted to find someone to confide in the fear in her heart, but she didn't come first to make An Xiaoxiao feel guilty like this. She's really a pig's head, why is she never considerate?

She looked at An Xiaoxiao, who was lying on the bed talking nonsense, and finally couldn't bear it anymore and started crying.

Her cry came into An Xiaoxiao's ears, and her consciousness gradually became sober, but she couldn't bear the price of sobriety, so she cried bitterly.

Huixin and the others watched from the sidelines, although they didn't know why, they also had a sad feeling.

Since An Xiaoxiao entered the palace, except for smashing things angrily at the beginning, she has been smiling at everyone, as if she had never been sad. But now such a man is shrunk into a ball, with his head buried between his thighs, and he can't cry.

It's really exciting.

Huixin hurriedly sent someone to invite the emperor.

Not long after, the figure of Baili Renault appeared in the dormitory.

"What's going on?" He strode to the bed, and a bunch of palace people knelt down to say goodbye, only An Xiaoxiao and Xia Qing were still crying.

Baili Renaud tightly wrinkled his brows and said in a deep voice: "You all go out!" ”

Huixin and the others hurriedly stepped forward to help Xia Qing, who was already crying and almost collapsed, to leave.

An Xiaoxiao was still crying, but Baili Renault didn't say a word of persuasion to her, just sat next to her, looking at her trembling and thin figure intently.

An Xiaoxiao cried until she had no strength, and finally lifted her head from between her legs.

"Why are you doing this?" As soon as she spoke, her voice was hoarse.

Baili Renault heard a dull pain in his heart, and said in a low voice: "She poisoned you, how can I not punish you heavily?" ”

"It's just a little laxative, and I can't eat the dead......"

"Eat the undeadβ€”β€”? The maid had confessed that the laxatives were so heavy that if you did eat them, even if you didn't die, you wouldn't be able to get out of bed for months. ”

An Xiaoxiao was stunned, and then became angry again: "Don't say it as if it's for me." You are so harsh, it is clear that you are trying to give the Xie family a dismount, and you can also take this opportunity to divide the Jian and Xie families. ”

Although she was so guilty that she was sad, she would not fail to see such a simple truth. Baili Renault's move will definitely make the Xie family think that the Jian family is dissatisfied with Jian Yaochi being framed and forcing him to punish Xie Zhaoyi heavily. As far as the Jian family is concerned, the Xie family has since become an untrustworthy family.

He shot really fast and ruthlessly, and his scheming was so deep that it was terrifying!

Baili Renault was not moved by her anger this time, but looked at her coldly, and said calmly: "You're right, it's just ......" There was a sharp look in his eyes: "Isn't this also what you want to achieve?" ”

His grim face was like that of a stern judge, and his eyes were shining into her eyes, as if they had penetrated into the depths of her heart.

An Xiaoxiao's heart twitched spasmically.

That's right, her plan is the same, using this matter to achieve the purpose of weakening the Jian family. That's why she smashed the teacup, pretended to be poisoned, and asked Xia Qing to collect evidence.

She caused everything! That's why she feels so guilty.

An Xiaoxiao's tear ducts burst like they were broken, and she burst down again, choking and saying, "I was wrong!" ”

Baili Renault stretched out his hand, gently stroked her hair, and comforted her softly: "Don't cry!" The order is mine, and it has nothing to do with you. ”

He saw very clearly that no matter how smart An Xiaoxiao was, she had a fatal weakness, that is, that kind heart. In the palace, such a heart will die.

So, let him do those cruel things, his hands are already dirty, but fortunately he can still use them to protect her innocence!

An Xiaoxiao raised her hand, wanting to push Baili Renault away, but she could only put it down weakly. She hugged herself and sobbed silently again.

……

An Xiaoxiao really fell ill.

She cried all night and burned all night. The consultation of all the imperial doctors of the Royal Hospital could not stop the high fever.

Baili Renaud was furious, and he was about to kill the head of the imperial hospital with his sword, but no one in the palace dared to stop him. It was Xia Qing who stood in front of him and asked him if he wanted to add another blood debt to An Xiaoxiao's body, so he put down the sword in his hand.

Xia Qing didn't say a word after that, just silently took care of An Xiaoxiao.

Fortunately, when it was almost dawn, An Xiaoxiao's fever subsided.

The first thing she did when she woke up was to go to the cold palace to visit Xie Zhaoyi.

Xia Qing stopped her and asked her to stay in bed to recuperate.

However, An Xiaoxiao had already made up her mind.

Xia Qing couldn't stop her at all, in fact, when she made up her mind to do something, few people could stop her.

She was still weak, so she was carried into the cold palace by the palace sedan chair.

An Xiaoxiao still remembers that the last time she walked around this deserted corner like sightseeing, there was no one else in the cold palace except for the eunuchs and palace maids who cleaned every day.

Now, Xie Zhaoyi has just moved in, how can the originally secluded environment add a gloomy feeling? After all, my mood has changed, so what I see has also changed.

An Xiaoxiao insisted that Xia Qing wait outside the door, and she entered the room by herself.

Xia Qing looked at her stubborn back helplessly and with pity. She knew that she didn't let herself in because she was afraid that after she saw everything inside, she would also be knocked down by guilt and leave a shadow for the rest of her life.

This is her good sister, who always uses her way to stand in front of her as a sister and protect her.

She knows the Tao, she has always known the Tao.

An Xiaoxiao stood in this dimly lit room, and through the sunlight from the window lattice, she could see the people inside.

Xie Zhaoyi was still wearing gorgeous palace clothes, lying motionless on the bed. Her dress was a brilliant apricot yellow, the only bright color in the dimly lit room.

Hearing the movement at the door, Xie Zhaoyi slowly turned around, and when she saw An Xiaoxiao, her eyes shrank suddenly, she suddenly got up, and rushed towards An Xiaoxiao desperately.

An Xiaoxiao was stunned, standing at the door in a daze, not knowing how to dodge.

However, the situation took a turn for the worse, and before Xie Zhaoyi got up, he fell heavily to the ground, rolled over, and the heavy iron shoes on his feet were exposed from the bottom of his apricot-colored skirt.

An Xiaoxiao covered her mouth so that she would not scream in horror. The shoes were firmly attached to Xie Zhaoyi's feet, and the scene of burning flesh and blood was faintly visible everywhere.

Xie Zhaoyi beat her legs unwillingly, and finally found that she could even stand up, let alone hurt An Xiaoxiao.

She could only look at her resentfully: "What are you doing here?" Didn't you say that you were so poisoned that you were about to die? Did you come to see Hongu jokes before you died? ”

An Xiaoxiao was speechless at this time, she could only shake her head weakly.

In fact, she didn't know what she stubbornly wanted to come over to see.

Perhaps, she just wants to really feel the horror of imperial power, right?

Only when you see it, can you wake yourself up fiercely, and it turns out that everything is real.

She is really ridiculous, relying on her own cleverness, relying on her natural ability, to treat the palace as a chess game. As a person who plays chess, she thought that she would have no regrets and could sacrifice some pawns casually to achieve her goal.

However, just once, Baili Renault made her see her innocence.

There are no games at all!

Even if she can really see through the chess game and become the winner, she can't escape the fate of becoming an executioner.

This is the imperial power, stepping on the bones of the weak, sitting on the top throne.

It turned out that she had to bear such a great destiny. Does it have to be presented in front of her eyes like this to be enlightened?

"For what?" An Xiaoxiao finally spit out a few words from her mouth, and she asked Xie Zhaoyi, who was sitting on the ground: "I have no grievances with you, I haven't even said a word to you, why do you want to harm me?" ”

Xie Zhaoyi smiled: "If you want to blame, blame you for being the emperor's favorite woman!" She was still laughing one second, but the next second she was crying: "I've been in the palace for three years, and I have nothing but a title." The emperor has never touched me, and he doesn't even bother to look at me...... I just want him to really look at me! ”

She suddenly roared angrily, her face distorted: "Why can you all get the emperor's favor?" What am I inferior to you? I'm going to kill you, I'm going to kill Jian Yaochi and Mu Lanxi, I'm going to kill all of you......"

She screamed sharply, alarming the people outside.

Xia Qing was the first to rush into the room and pulled An Xiaoxiao out.

Before leaving, An Xiaoxiao glanced at it again. I saw that the apricot-yellow figure on the ground was pressed to the ground by several palace people, and her gorgeous clothes were also torn in the pulling.

Finally, I came to my senses.

She really can't afford this big responsibility from heaven.