Perhaps because she was afraid that Her Majesty would come over to stop them, the Queen Mother directly asked Mama to pick and choose a barbed whip from the pile of torture instruments.

"Xu Xiangjin, I see that you don't shed tears when you don't see the coffin, since you refuse to tell the truth, then hit you until you tell the truth."

Hey, she usually tells the truth, the queen mother doesn't want to listen to it, but now that she's telling the truth, she doesn't believe it, isn't she just trying to beat herself in a different way?

"Queen Mother!" Xu Xiangjin screamed suddenly, which could make her slow down for a while, at least she could take one less whip, and she could delay a little time, "Don't forget, the Queen Mother, I just escaped death, and my body is weak and tight, if you accidentally beat me to death, I don't think it matters, but if it affects the relationship between you and Your Majesty, it will be a little more than worth the loss." ”

Fighting a snake still has to hit seven inches, sure enough, the Queen Mother hesitated for a while, but it was already at this time, how could there be any reason not to start, Xu Xiangjin saw the Queen Mother look at Mama, and quickly gritted her teeth and closed her eyes, waiting for the pain to come.

The whip was hot, she felt that her skin was going to be pulled off, and the pain was so painful that she couldn't help but want to scold, she just wanted to say that it didn't hurt when it was not poisonous, so it was nothing, but she didn't expect the crow's mouth to come at the right time, she only felt that her leg bones suddenly looked like pins and needles, and then the pain in her body exploded from the inside out!

The pain of the whip on his body had long been covered by the bone-eating pain in his body, and Xu Xiangjin was soon sweating profusely, and his whole person became in a trance.

The Queen Mother originally turned her back, but she hadn't heard Xu Xiangjin's screams for a long time, thinking about why she was so backbone, so she turned her head to look, but this time, she was startled by Xu Xiangjin's half-dead appearance.

"What's going on? It's just been a few whips, how did you become this dead? ”

She just wanted to approach Xu Xiangjin, but the emperor suddenly rushed in at this time, and when he saw Xu Xiangjin who was dying, he directly kicked the whip away and put Xu Xiangjin down and held him in his arms.

"Queen Mother, how many times have I said that no one is allowed to touch her, do you really not want me to recognize you as the queen mother!"

No matter how angry the Queen Mother was, Zhan Qing directly hugged Xu Xiangjin all the way back to Daming Palace, during which Yan Kang had already found the imperial doctor, and was now waiting in Zhan Qing's dormitory.

As soon as Zhan Qing put Xu Xiang on the bed, a bunch of imperial doctors rushed over, taking the pulse and looking at the appearance.

After some diagnosis and treatment, an old lady came out tremblingly and spoke hesitantly.

"Back to Your Majesty, the pulse of the concubine is indeed a little messy, but the minister has not found out the cause for a while, maybe it is because of the flesh wounds on his body, and..."

"What else..."Zhan Qing asked anxiously!

"Also, Concubine Lian has been taking contraceptive drugs for a long time, so her body is a little weak!"

"What!"

This result was completely unexpected by Zhan Qing, he always thought that no matter what, Xu Xiangjin at least loved him, but she secretly hid from him to take contraceptive pills, could it be that she had been self-inflicted all along?

After the imperial doctor prescribed the medicine, Zhan Qing asked the palace maid to put the medicine on her, and he sat on the edge of the bed and looked at her all the time, with mixed feelings in his heart.

It wasn't until Xu Xiangjin woke up that Zhan Qing finally couldn't help it and asked about the contraceptive pill.

"Don't you want to have a child with me? Isn't it possible that I'm just making you so annoying? ”

"Nope!" Xu Xiangjin wanted to sit up anxiously, but her body hurt so much that she couldn't use her strength at all, so she could only fall down weakly.

Zhan Qing hurriedly supported her, and sighed helplessly.

"I don't want to force you, but... Xu Xiangjin, you really made me feel cold this time, you still have injuries on your body now, okay, rest, I'll go first. ”

"Zhan Qing, I..." Xu Xiangjin pulled Zhan Qing's sleeve tightly, wanting to explain, but she couldn't say anything about the task at all, Zhan Qing's eyes looked at her and was disappointed little by little, and he pulled his sleeves and left.

Xu Xiangjin looked at the window curtain silently, tears couldn't stop rolling in his eyes, why are there always so many misunderstandings between them, why are so many things just said clearly, but they can't say it, now that I think about it, I am more like the characters who are being teased in this play, I can only follow the plot, and in the face of so many last resorts, I can only sigh.

………

The news that Zhan Qing hadn't been to Yong'an Palace for several days spread in the harem, and the concubines naturally thought that His Majesty had finally lost interest in Xu Xiangjin, and they gloated one by one, happier than they were pampered.

Soon, the triennial draft is about to begin, the Queen Mother attaches special importance to this time, she doesn't count on those women in the palace anymore, she can only hope that there can be some good ones outside, which can hook the emperor's heart, so that he will no longer be interested in Xu Xiangjin alone, for this reason, she decided to come forward to choose the show girl in person.

But Zhan Qing seems to have snubbed Xu Xiangjin, but in fact, he just can't get over the hurdle in his heart, and he is just making trouble with himself, there is no news of Xu Xiangjin for a day, and the whole person is not at ease, Xingxiang has completely become Xu Xiangjin's person, not to mention that the girl is not very smart, Zhan Qing is really not at ease, so he sent the palace maid Shuang'er who was serving beside him to Xu Xiangjin.

After all, she was a person who served the emperor before, and Shuang'er was usually ingenious, smart and clever, and her personality was particularly straightforward, which made Xu Xiangjin like it.

In order to give Xu Xiangjin a dismount, the Queen Mother specially summoned Xu Xiangjin, of course Xu Xiangjin knew that there was absolutely nothing good, and the injuries on her body had not healed thoroughly, and now she had an awkward relationship with Zhanqing, what if the Queen Mother was looking for trouble again, Xu Xiangjin was anxious.

"Niangniang, they all say that you don't stretch out your hand and don't hit people with smiling faces, the Queen Mother has always liked to drink chicken soup, otherwise Niangniang will try it and see if it has any effect, even if it has no effect, for the sake of Niangniang's filial piety, the Queen Mother will not do anything to Niangniang, right?"

Shuang'er saw Xu Xiangjin scurrying around like a headless fly, so she had the audacity to give her an idea.

Xu Xiangjin stopped suddenly, it's right to think about it, as long as she doesn't go against the Queen Mother, she hasn't done anything in the past two days, she can't punish her for no reason!

"Shuang'er, good idea, let's hurry to the kitchen, I'll tell you that my craftsmanship is good, Your Majesty will praise the food I cook when you eat it!"

With a little idea, Xu Xiangjin immediately went to do it, the ingredients were fresh ingredients that Shuang'er took from the imperial dining room, let Shuang'er and Xingxiang beat her down, and soon the fragrant chicken soup was baked, Xu Xiangjin only filled one cup, and the rest was warm in the pot.

"We have worked so hard, but we can't feel that we have taken it out and dedicated, and we will keep the rest for us to come back to eat."

………

In order to prevent the Queen Mother from grabbing her, Xu Xiangjin had all the etiquette in place this time, so that the Queen Mother had nothing to say, but when it was time to offer chicken soup, Xu Xiangjin didn't even have time to open the lid to let the Queen Mother smell it, and the Queen Mother slapped the table and got angry again.

"If you don't know how to cook, don't mess with the things in the kitchen, you see that you are wasting ingredients by doing this, I don't know if the treasury is not abundant now, you just kneel there for me and think about it, when you figure it out and then stand up."

Xu Xiangjin couldn't help but roll her eyes, she wanted to find her trouble, she could even say that the treasury was empty, she really didn't dare to do it, because a chicken made the treasury empty, so the treasury was too fragile.

But thinking about it, Xu Xiangjin still honestly knelt down with the soup cup, the chicken soup was boiled not long ago, and now it is hot, and after a while, Xu Xiangjin felt that his hands were hot and numb.

But on the other side, the Queen Mother was drinking tea leisurely, as if she couldn't see her kneeling alone?

But it's okay, because I'm afraid that His Majesty will come over again, the Queen Mother will accept it when she sees it, and when she feels that Xu Xiangjin is about to be unable to hold on, she casually taught her a few more words, which made her stand up, Shuang'er hurriedly took the chicken soup and put it on the table, took Xu Xiangjin's hand and saw that the whole hand was already hot and swollen, and she couldn't help but have red eyes.

"The slave is really damned, how can you let the mother take such a hot soup cup, those of us who are subordinates are really too bad, we should stop the mother from making chicken soup, not only hard work, but also end up like this..."

"Frost!"

Xu Xiangjin hurriedly drank Shuang'er, she knew that she was feeling worthless for her, but after all, the other party was the queen mother, as long as she had great power, everything she did in this palace was right.

After leaving the gate of Kunning Palace, Xu Xiangjin looked behind him and was relieved to make sure that no one was following.

"Shuang'er, Xingxiang, both of you listen, as long as there are outsiders in the future, especially those who are higher than me, no matter what happens, it's best not to speak, after all, if you say the wrong thing, maybe even I won't be able to protect you, and it's really not worth taking a life for nothing at that time, and I at least have the emperor's protection, even if they want to trouble me, they don't dare to do anything to me, you know?"

Xingxiang and Shuang'er were both sent by the emperor, so naturally they knew better than anyone the emperor's love for Xu Xiangjin, and they also knew that their impulsiveness not only could not help Xu Xiangjin, but might harm her, so they nodded hurriedly.

………

After learning that Xu Xiangjin was left out in the cold, Empress Yuan did not immediately fall into the ground, but observed for a few days, and then sent a few little concubines who had not been in the palace long ago and had a good appearance to take turns to brush up on the emperor's sense of existence, wanting to divert the emperor's attention.

But in the end, no matter who it was, they all cried out of the Daming Palace, and there was not even a person who could spend the night with the emperor.