allonlinenovel Chapter 267: Concubine Xiao Continues to Seek Death
Chapter 267: Concubine Xiao Continues to Seek Death
The emperor glanced at the people in the hall with cold eyes and asked in a cold tone: "What is going on?"
His voice was not loud, but it carried a kind of majesty that could not be ignored.
Jiang Yimo did not answer the emperor's question immediately. Instead, the empress dowager spoke first and repeated verbatim what Jiang Yimo had just said to her.
The emperor listened quietly to the empress dowager's narration, and his expression gradually became gloomy.
By the time the Queen Mother finished speaking, his face had turned as ugly as ashes.
"This Concubine Xiao really doesn't know what's good for her! She has been demoted and confined, yet she is still so restless and continues to cause trouble."
The Emperor said angrily, his eyes sparkling with anger.
He was obviously very disappointed and annoyed by Concubine Xiao's behavior.
The emperor was furious, and the entire hall of Yongshou Palace was filled with a tense and depressing atmosphere.
But at this moment, Nanny Su carefully led Concubine Xiao in.
The old emperor's originally angry eyes became even more intense the moment he saw Concubine Xiao.
He didn't have to worry about any consequences and didn't hesitate at all. He just grabbed a teacup beside him and threw it at Concubine Xiao.
"what--"
Accompanied by a sudden scream, the teacup hit Concubine Xiao on the forehead as if it was accurately positioned!
In an instant, blood gushed out from the wound and flowed down her cheek like a fountain.
The poor Concubine Xiao was so frightened by this sudden situation that she was at a loss as to what to do.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, your concubine, your concubine..." Concubine Xiao's face was as pale as paper, her lips trembled, and she stammered as she wanted to say something but couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time. Her body was trembling slightly because of extreme tension and fear.
The emperor sat on the dragon throne, and his deep and cold eyes glanced down at Concubine Xiao.
Just this one glance made Concubine Xiao feel an indescribable pressure. Her heart tightened and she immediately fell to her knees, not daring to hesitate or delay at all. At the same time, she lowered her head deeply, as if this would prevent the emperor from seeing her.
However, the emperor did not seem to intend to let her go so easily. His voice was still cold and ruthless, with an unquestionable majesty: "Raise your head and look at the little palace maid lying on the ground in the hall. Is she from your palace?"
Hearing this, Concubine Xiao slowly raised her head and followed the emperor's gaze. It would have been better if she hadn't looked at it, but when she did, she was horrified.
Xitang had clearly been secretly dealt with by someone she sent! How could she appear here?
During this period of time, Concubine Xiao has been extremely unlucky.
She tried hard to scheme against others, but she didn't expect that she would be schemed against by others in the end, and ended up losing more than she gained.
Not only was she demoted and demoted, she was also placed under house arrest by the emperor for three months. This was almost life-threatening!
Originally, she had hoped to use the opportunity of Concubine Rou suffering from a strange disease to regain the emperor's favor and love. However, things did not go as she wished, and now she has made things worse.
What was even more unexpected to her was that the palace maid named Mei'er was actually the daughter of a corrupt official in the Ministry of Revenue, whose property had been confiscated and whose family had been exterminated by the Emperor's order several years ago, and she was the one who had escaped the net.
Although it was eventually found out that the assassination of the emperor in public by the palace maid named Mei'er had nothing to do with herself, the concubine Xiao, the emperor still had a grudge against her and had a great prejudice against her.
"What's the matter, Concubine Xiao, you don't even recognize this little palace maid?" The emperor's tone was cold and questioning.
"Your Majesty, of course I recognize her. She is undoubtedly a palace maid in my palace." Concubine Xiao hurriedly lowered her head and replied.
"In that case, then! Let me ask you again, why was her mouth sewn up with needle and thread, and then she was buried alive in the garden at the corner of Yongshou Palace? How do you explain this?"
The emperor pressed further, staring at Concubine Xiao with a sharp gaze.
Facing the emperor's sharp questioning, Concubine Xiao insisted: "I really know nothing about this matter."
Her expression was firm, and she didn't seem to have any guilty conscience. However, beneath her calm appearance, her heart was already turbulent.
"You really don't know? Well, I won't force a confession from you." The emperor said coldly.
Concubine Xiao heaved a sigh of relief when she heard this.
Unexpectedly, the emperor added: "If I find out that you really did this, I will have your mouth sewed shut."
When Concubine Xiao heard this, her heart sank.
Because she was the one who personally ordered the little palace maid's mouth to be sewn up.
Thinking back to that day when she secretly arranged Xiangye to do something because of some personal grudges and it was exposed, she thought that a disaster would befall her, after all, it was a serious crime!
But perhaps the current emperor was afraid of her brother, Prime Minister Lu's power and status, so he showed leniency and let her escape by luck. She was eventually demoted and downgraded, but she still felt angry and had no place to vent.
In a rage, Concubine Xiao decided to vent her anger on the innocent maid Xitang. She ordered the maid to sew Xitang's mouth tightly and starve her for three days and three nights.
During this period, only one palace maid was allowed to drip a little water into his mouth every day to maintain his life.
When Xitang was starving to death, Concubine Xiao felt that her anger had subsided, but she did not want to save the maid because she always thought that Xitang was just a little maid and that she would die if she died. So she ordered people to drag Xitang to the cold palace and bury her quietly.
However, what was unexpected was that for some reason, Xitang, who should have been buried deep in the cold palace, miraculously appeared in a small garden closest to the Empress Dowager's Yongshou Palace.
What’s even more coincidental is that this scene happened to be witnessed by that hateful woman named Jiang.
No one knows who rescued Xitang from the cold palace and buried her in the garden to frame her as Concubine Xiao.
However, no matter where Xitang was buried, she had a premonition that she could not escape this crime today.
No, she couldn't admit that she was the one who did what happened to Xitang.
When the old emperor saw that Concubine Xiao had not confessed voluntarily, he looked at Jiang Yimo.
"Girl Jiang, can this little palace maid wake up today?"
"Yes, Your Majesty. I have just fed her a Qi-boosting pill. After she takes it, we can wake her up in an incense stick of time."
"Okay, I'll wait for you for an incense stick of time, and then you can wake her up."
Hearing this, Concubine Xiao's heart was beating nervously...
But time passed quickly.
Jiang Yimo really did not lie to everyone and woke up the little palace maid on time.