Yanzi grew up with her and said that she was a maid, but Yuqing had already regarded her as her sister.

How important Yanzi is to her, how can Chitaki not know!

Yuqing's mood fluctuated too much, and she didn't get her breath smooth, so she coughed anxiously.

On weekdays, either you don't cough, and you cough endlessly, as if you want to cough out all the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys before you stop.

Yuqing endured an overwhelming cough, rolled out of bed and walked out. Outside the plum garden is the cold palace compound, and there is a circle of eunuchs and maids around the cold stone road.

In the hustle and bustle, Yuqing still heard the muffled sound of the board hitting her body and the woman's cry, the cry was like a magic spell tightly clamping her consciousness, making Yuqing's face pale, she picked up the crowd and walked in quickly, only to see Yan Zi's back being beaten by the board one after another, and a touch of scarlet left at the corner of his mouth, which stabbed Yuqing's eyes.

"Stop! Stop! ”

Yuqing wanted to run to Yan Zi's side and help her block those boards, but as soon as she approached, she was knocked down by a foot that suddenly appeared at some point! He fell to the ground with a thud.

Yan Zi's breath was weak: "Lord, master..."

Concubine Yijia was wearing a lake blue palace robe, standing in front of Yuqing with a swaying posture, and smiled lightly: "Yuqing? After being closed for a long time, it has been much smoother, and this ceremony has been accepted by the palace. ”

Eyes fell on her bravado and her power, Yuqing suddenly felt very cold, and the whole person was like falling into an ice mound.

"What do you want to do! What mistake did she make that you want to beat her to death? ”

Yijia stared at her coldly, and opened her mouth with a smile: "

How? Do you still need your consent to dispose of a servant in this palace? ”

Yuqing clenched her fists and said in a low voice: "If you make a mistake, you will be punished, as it should be." Now that I'm fighting, I'll take her back. Her voice was so small that if you didn't pay attention, you would have missed it.

"That's not going to work!"

Obviously, Yijia cares very much about Yuqing's words and deeds now, and she doesn't want to let her go so easily: "This cheap girl, seeing that her fortune is different, she stole the peony Bu Shao that the emperor gave me, if you don't teach a good lesson today, kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, I don't know how many people will follow and imitate in the future, this palace is in charge of the harem, how can you let such a thing happen?" ”

"The slave and maid don't have ......" Yan Zi said stubbornly with a dying breath: "Master, Yan Zi didn't steal the concubine's step, there was no ......"

Yijia sneered, raised her hand and pointed at Yuqing's headdress and said:

"Really? Then Yuqing, what is the explanation for this step on your head? ”

Yan Zi choked up and said: "Concubine Niangniang, the peony step is clearly bought by the slave maid from the apricot that day, you can ask her to come out to testify......"

But before Yan Zi could prove his innocence, Yijia suddenly ordered, "So quibble, keep fighting!" Beat her up and tell the truth! ”

The sound fell, and the executioner raised the board again and fell heavily.

"Stop!" Yuqing stood up with difficulty, she endured the pain in her knees, tried to straighten her back, and looked directly at Yijia: "When people make mistakes, it's all because of my improper discipline as a master, and I should be punished if I want to be punished." ”

Yijia naturally would not refuse this request, as if waiting for her to say this, Yijia slowly approached Yuqing, leaned on her ear and whispered: "If you want to save her, you can." ”

"You," Yijia's gaze locked on Yuqing's body,

"Kneel, beg for mercy with tea to the palace, and lift shoes for the palace for three days."

Yuqing was shocked, and looked at the woman in front of her in disbelief: "What did you say?" ”

Yijia's eyes were cold: "What, can't you do it?" ”

Yan Zi was stunned for a moment, quickly reacted, and hurriedly shook his head and said: "No, master, you are the queen, how can you kneel for others, Yan Zi is cheap, if he dies, he will die, it's not worth it, you get out of here quickly, go!" ”

"Wang Yijia!" , Yuqing was cold, she looked at Yijia's eyes, and gradually became hateful, and something in her heart was completely broken, "Do you really want to do this?" Until today, how has my Yuqing ever harmed you in the slightest? ”

"Why did you harm me?" Yijia sneered suddenly, she looked at Yuqing's gaze, as if she had been frozen for ten thousand years: "Since you don't want to, then forget it, come here, and continue to fight this palace until her skin is open and her muscles and bones are all broken!" ”

"I'll kneel!" A fluttering voice came out, and Yuqing finally knelt down. Compared with Yan Zi's life, what is dignity?

Yan Zi hurriedly said: "Master, don't, the slave is not worth your doing, get up, hurry up!" ”

"Master, get up, get up......" Yan Zi cried so much that her liver and intestines were broken, but Yuqing ignored it at all, she just straightened her waist and knelt quietly in front of Yijia

Yijia looked at the former queen in front of her, who was kneeling humbly in front of her, and great satisfaction continued to flow up from the bottom of her heart. Yuqing, you will have such a day, hahaha!

Yuqing: "I still have a question for you..."

Yijia: "Say it. ”

Yuqing: "Do you hate me for harming your child?" ”

Yijia was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud, looking at her as if she saw some joke.

Yijia leaned over and sneered at Yuqing again: "That kid is just a tool I used to bring you down." ”

Yuqing's pupils dilated and stared at Yijia in disbelief: "You! ”

Yijia turned around and laughed loudly. If you look closely, the corners of her eyes are also slightly moist.

But her desire and the excitement of the moment masked the sadness of that moment.

It's just a first-order orphan girl, and she has been a queen for three years in front of this palace, heh.

She glanced at the apricot beside her, and the apricot smiled in understanding, poured a cup of hot tea, and handed it to Yijia. "Mother, tea."

The corners of Yijia's mouth raised: "Give it to her." ”

Yuqing looked at the steaming cup of tea in front of her, and was silent for only a moment, then numbly took it.

Her three views were completely subverted by today's Yijia's words! I only felt a chill coming, her face was pale, and suddenly the pain and itching in her throat surged mercilessly, Yuqing coughed violently, her hand trembled, the hot tea poured out a little, and the back of her hand instantly came with a burn-like sting.

She still straightened her waist, forced a cough and stared up at Yijia, handing the tea over.

"Concubine Niangniang, please drink tea, everything in the past was my fault, I hope that the concubine Niangniang will forgive me a lot and no longer care."

Yijia couldn't hide the smile in her eyes, stretched out her hand to take the tea, her eyes turned slightly, her hand suddenly turned to one side, the teacup fell to the ground, and all the hot tea fell into Yuqing's hand.

"Ah, it hurts", Yijia quickly pretended to cover her left hand that had been splashed with a few drops of tea, and her eyes were blazing: "Yuqing, if you don't want to admit your mistake, just say it, why use this hot tea to splash the palace?" Isn't this a deliberate attempt to ruin the hands of this palace? ”

Yuqing's eyes fell tightly on her hands that were blistered in an instant, her pupils shrank suddenly, and she only trembled withholdingly.

"Master!" Yan Zi looked at Yuqing's red and swollen hands, flipped off the bench in a panic, gritted his teeth and crawled to Yuqing's side and choked: "Master, your hands, your hands ......"

Her cry was mournful and heartbreaking.

But Yuqing was very quiet, as if the person who was burned was not herself, her eyes were scattered somewhere in the distance, a figure outside the door, but there was no focus in her clear eyes.

"What's going on?!"

Xuanhe's sudden arrival made everyone stunned.

Only Yuqing and Yijia were not surprised as if they knew.

Yijia hurriedly walked over and choked up: "The concubine asks the emperor for peace." Back to the emperor, the concubines are here today to find the peony you gave to the concubines. Because of the concubine's brother Biansai's victory in the first battle, the emperor was happy, and the concubine cherished it very much! A few days ago, it suddenly disappeared, and the concubine didn't think about tea and dinner, but today I found out that the thing was stolen by Yanzi, the maid next to my sister, and now my sister is taking it on her head. The stolen goods were obtained, but the concubine thought that she was the queen after all, and the concubine only asked her to pour tea and admit her mistakes, which was also a lesson, but she was not convinced, and splashed the hot tea on the concubine's hand...... Emperor... Maybe the concubines are too strict......"

After speaking, Yijia bent down slightly, and made a gesture to help Yuqing up: "Sister, maybe my sister blamed you, come, my sister helped you up." ”

Looking at her two sides and three knives in front of and behind her, Yuqing only felt sick to her stomach! She used the little strength she had left to shake off Yijia's hand, but Yijia fell to the side to make a posture of being pushed down and fell to the ground: "Ah! …… Sister, what are you doing here? ”

Yijia said aggrievedly: "Your Majesty..."

The people who were waiting on the side hurriedly ran over and wanted to help Yijia up, but Xuanhe stepped forward directly, helped Yijia up, and hugged her into his arms.

Xuanhe's indifferent gaze locked on Yuqing's face, and his voice was cold, "Who gave you the guts to collide with the concubine?" ”

Yuqing raised her head and looked at the pair of people who were entangled with each other, and suddenly felt an extremely bitter taste spread in her heart.

Yijia leaned on Xuanhe's arms and cried in a coquettish voice, "Your Majesty, you have to be the master of your concubines, the peony step is on her head at the moment, you have also seen it, Yan Zi is relying on her sister to support her, and she is still quibbling with the little slave, and she clearly does not take the emperor in her eyes." ”

Yan Zi crawled over and cried heartbreakingly: "Your Majesty, the master has accompanied the emperor since she was a child, her hands are hands that play the piano, she has practiced dancing and piano music for you, how can you watch others destroy her hands?" ”

Xuanhe's face was expressionless, but the hand on his side unconsciously clenched into a fist.

Xingzi stepped forward and sneered, looked at Yan Zi, and said disdainfully: "What are you saying, your master's hand is a hand, isn't it important for our mother's hand, the tune that Miss Yuqing can play, our mother can also play, and even play better, no one in Chang'an City knows that the concubine Niangniang's piano skills are extraordinary!" ”

Yuqing lowered her eyes and remained motionless, numb as an outsider.

Xuanhe looked at her calm and silent appearance, and a nameless fire suddenly ignited in his heart.

"Since you have no intention of saving people, don't make a deep and righteous appearance, it's disgusting!" Xuanhe said coldly: "You burned Yijia, and let the people under your hands steal the steps, how do you make up for these mistakes?" ”

Yuqing never raised her eyes, only said lightly, "What do you want?" ”

"I give you two choices." Xuan He's handsome face softened slightly under the warm winter sun, but the words spit out from his thin lips were heart-wrenching: "One, Yan Zi is executed, and two, you, beaten twenty with a stick." ”

Yuqing snorted, Wubo's eyes moved slightly, suddenly smiled faintly, and raised her eyes to look at Xuanhe: "I'll choose the second one." ”

"No, no." Yan Zi sat up in pain, knelt in front of Xuan He and kept kowtowing, "Your Majesty, Yan Zi kowtows to you, please spare the master, she can't stand any more injuries, if she beats another thirty sticks, she will die...... "In the past, Miss's illness was already very serious, if she didn't recuperate, I was afraid that she would ......"

Yijia glanced at Yan Zi and said sarcastically and disdainfully: "When did my sister's body become so weak and couldn't help it?" Just twenty boards can cost half a life, who do you want to scare this cheap girl? ”

Xuanhe stared at Yuqing, his eyes slightly downcast, "Are you sure?" ”

Yuqing didn't hesitate at all, "Yes." ”

Yan Zi shook his head suddenly, tears streaming down his face, "No, master, you can't bear it, twenty sticks will really kill you!" ”

Yuqing raised her hand to wipe the blood from the corner of Yan Zi's mouth, and said softly: "Okay, don't cry, isn't it just twenty sticks, I can still stand your master." ”

"Don't ......"

Xuanhe's face completely darkened, his body leaned to the side, and he ordered in a cold voice, "Do it!" ”

With his order, Yuqing was escorted to the torture bench, and one stick after another came down, and her back instantly became bloody and blurred, and her clothes and flesh were glued together.

Yan Zi fell to the ground and broke down and cried. She glared at Xuanhe with tears in her eyes, and said hatefully: "Your Majesty! You'll regret it! ”

"I regret it?" Xuanhe kicked Yan Zi away, and his scarlet eyes revealed a ruthlessness!

"Why do I regret it? It was she who eloped with another man behind my back! It's her who has failed me! ”

Xuanhe's lower feet were very heavy, Yan Zi was kicked to the side directly, and the corners of his mouth overflowed with blood again.

Yijia glanced at Yanzi in disgust, and then gave Apricot a look. Apricot nodded knowingly, and then took out a rag to plug Yanzi's mouth.

As soon as there was a sound, the skin and flesh of Yuqing's whole body were about to be crushed, and the bones were about to be shattered inch by inch. But her gaze was so hollow that it made people feel chills. Her chapped and pale lips quivered slightly.

Yuqing suddenly found that the pain in her abdomen suddenly broke out, and the severe pain even exceeded the pain of the skin on her back!

The pain in my abdomen was dense all over my body, and my mind went blank. She raised her head vigorously, her eyes blurred to look at the man standing proudly not far away, and the woman in his arms, the corners of her mouth closed...

"Xuanhe... I'm in pain...... Warm... and..."

Little did he know that she was really, going somewhere he would never find again......

The blood beneath her body fell drip by drop along the edge of the stool, opening up a blood-colored pattern on the gravel path. Xuanhe's heart shook, staring at her weak voice and too thin back, and the void in her heart gradually expanded, as if something very important was slowly peeling off and disappearing......

Yuqing was vague and only saw Xuanhe hurriedly running towards her, roaring loudly:

"Stop! Stop! Xuan Taiyi! Fast!! ”

and the phrase he held in his arms and shouted: "Yu'er... Don't be afraid ......"

Yuqing slowly hooked out a very faint smile.

This time, all expectations that should not have been cut have finally been cut off. Yuqing and Xuanhe, that's the end of it......