As soon as he said this, everyone around him was stunned for a moment.

Who is he telling him to kneel down?

Everyone, look at me, I look at you, the Iron Whip King's family was a little confused, but they all frowned and looked at him silently. Han Ruoshi was still sitting there with wide eyes and a little confused. Xiaolian behind her stepped forward and asked carefully: "Young master, who did you ask to kneel down? Is it--"

As she spoke, her eyes were already looking at Gardi opposite.

But at this moment, Pei Yuanxiu said coldly: "Don't you kneel down yet?!"

"ah?!"

For a moment, Xiaolian was stunned and stared at him with wide eyes, as if she couldn't believe her ears. Han Ruoshi couldn't react, looked back at her, looked at Pei Yuanxiu again, and forced a little joking smile: "Yuanxiu, you, are you kidding her?"

Pei Yuanxiu didn't say anything, and he didn't even slap the entire table like when the Iron Whip King got angry just now. The hand he placed on the table slowly closed and clenched into a fist. His eyes didn't even look at Han Ruoshi or Xiaolian, but just looked ahead coldly, as cold as frost: "Do you want me to say it again?"

This time, Xiaolian finally felt something was wrong.

She fell to her knees on the ground with a fright, and looked at Pei Yuanxiu with trembling eyes: "Young Master..."

It was not until this time that Pei Yuanxiu slowly turned his head and looked at her coldly: "I'll ask you, who are you?"

Xiaolian was stunned.

Han Ruoshi was even more panicked and said hurriedly: "Yuan Xiu, she is Xiaolian. She has been with me since she was a child. She will never harm me-"

"I'm asking her," Pei Yuanxiu said coldly, not even looking at Han Ruoshi, only looking at Xiaolian: "Who are you?"

Xiaolian knelt on the ground and said tremblingly: "When you say the young master, I, Xiaolian, I have been following the eldest lady since I was a child-" At this point, she paused for a moment and quickly changed her words: "I am the wife's personal maid who is following her side."

She still understood that she changed her words at this time, as if she wanted to subscribe herself to Pei Yuanxiu's people.

But at this time, it was too late.

Pei Yuanxiu nodded and said, "What is your duty?"

Xiao Lian said: "Stand to serve the wife's daily life, and to protect her safety..."

Speaking of this, she seemed to realize something and her throat suddenly became staggered.

Pei Yuanxiu nodded and said, "That's right, serve her daily life and protect her safety. Then I'll ask you again, did you protect her when the lady was pushed down?"

“…”

"What did you do after Madam fell?"

“…”

Xiaolian froze immediately.

Pei Yuanxiu said coldly: "You are her personal maid, and she is also the one who is most favored and trusted. She will take you with you at any time. So, this time I go north and take you with you. If she doesn't say anything, you will say it for her; if she doesn't do anything, you will do it for her..."

“…”

"Since you believe in this way, why didn't you do what you should do? The wife was pushed down, and you actually let the wife be pushed down?"

“…”

"Danger is always available. People like you are asked to stay by your side just to prevent danger."

“…”

"But what did you do?"

“…”

"You let someone push your wife down. After that, not only did you not feel guilty and remorseful, but you were also domineering every day and causing trouble everywhere. Before we came, you dared to betray your second lady and scolded your guest in person. Just now, you dared to interrupt in front of me. Who gave you the courage!"

When he said the last sentence, Xiaolian was so scared that she collapsed on the ground. Her face looked like earth, and tears were about to flow out. She looked at him in horror: "Young Master, I...I..."

Han Ruoshi sat aside, and when he heard Pei Yuanxiu's words, a look of astonishment appeared in his eyes.

Of course, she didn't know that Xiaolian was guilty of dereliction of duty, but she should never magnify the crime like this at this time. However, Pei Yuanxiu interrogated Xiaolian in front of the Iron Whip King and the Evil Houqi, and what he meant was-

"You are so incompetent, how can I keep you!"

After Pei Yuanxiu finished speaking, he didn't even look at her, and raised his head: "Come on!"

Immediately, several attendants walked in from outside, and Pei Yuanxiu ordered coldly: "Drag it down and beat it to death!"

Xiaolian was so scared that she was speechless that she couldn't even speak. Han Ruoshi finally became anxious, but she didn't dare to confront Pei Yuanxiu immediately. She just saw several servants coming in and about to drag Xiaolian up from the ground. She hurriedly turned around and looked at Pei Yuanxiu: "Yuanxiu, Xiaolian, she--"

"She is wrong, I will punish her."

Pei Yuanxiu interrupted her indifferently and said, "I'm going to give you an explanation."

“…”

"You have suffered this - 'wronged'. In the future, I will send reliable people around you, and you will not suffer such grievances again."

Seeing Han Ruoshi want to say something, Pei Yuanxiu said: "As for your lack of strict discipline—"

Han Ruoshi was stunned for a moment.

Although Pei Yuanxiu just said that she was "wronged", Xiaolian was "dominate and troubled everywhere", and that was not Xiaolian's own business. She looked up at Han Zitong and looked at me again, as if she remembered the fact that Xiaolian wanted to teach me a lesson when she was in Yuwen Mansion, and was worried that we had already told Pei Yuanxiu about this.

Immediately, she didn't dare to speak anymore.

Seeing that he had already decided on this matter in just a few words, Han Ruoshi's face was as pale as paper. She turned to look at Xiaolian who had been dragged to the door by several servants. At this time, Xiaolian was already in tears and snot. Finally, she felt that her life was about to beg for mercy. She cried and begged for mercy: "Miss, save me-"

But before he finished speaking, someone blocked his mouth with a ball of cloth.

She suddenly became anxious and struggled hard, but the servants were all young and strong men, so they could not let her break free. They dragged her hands and feet up, like dragging a dead dog. She was only heard with a shrill whimpering sound with tears and snot flowing all over her face, but it was useless at all. No one even spoke at the meal, and everyone listened to her voice slowly and left.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Pei Yuanxiu then turned around and glanced at the Iron Whip King and his family of three.

"Miss Gardi."

Gardi's eyes kept looking at Xiaolian who was dragged out. At this time, Pei Yuanxiu suddenly called her. She was still a little overwhelmed. She was stunned for a while before turning her head: "Ah?"

Pei Yuanxiu said: "This matter is ultimately a misunderstanding. Ruoshi didn't see who pushed her, but I know that the lady, as the daughter of the Iron Whip King, would definitely not do such things. She won't do it now, and in the future - even more so. Yes?"

Gardi was still a little unconscious because there was a dull sound from afar, the sound of a wooden stick hitting a person firmly. He could not hear the screams, but he seemed to be able to feel the pain that penetrated his heart and could not shout. It was so miserable.

Her face turned pale for a moment, and she looked back at Pei Yuanxiu and reluctantly smiled: "Yes, yes."

Pei Yuanxiu curled his lips: "The suspicion on Miss Gardi is gone."

"yes."

"I'll give a drink to the lady."

Gardi seemed to be unable to recover. He looked outside the door where there was no sign of anyone, then turned to look at Pei Yuanxiu's faint smiling face. His originally thick eyes suddenly flashed, as if he was a little afraid to look at him. He lowered his head and picked up the wine glass on the table.

Pei Yuanxiu raised his glass: "Please."

"……please."

After the two of them finished drinking this drink, Pei Yuanxiu turned around and looked at the Iron Whip King, and said with a smile: "Master, can you continue to drink?"

The Iron Whip King and Xie Houqi looked at each other. The father and son actually had some unfulfilled expression on their faces, but as soon as they finished the glass of wine between Gardi and Pei Yuanxiu, they hesitated. In fact, everyone could see that Pei Yuanxiu was going to calm down tonight. His approach to Han Ruoshi before was just to make their master and servant think that this matter would develop according to the result they wanted. Xiaolian was even more domineering in the palace. Today, it was naturally time for her to finish it.

And that day, he asked me if I had heard anything. When I answered no, his expression was a little strange.

Perhaps, Pei Yuanxiu heard something like me.

But just now, his words "cleared" Gardi's suspicion, but did not explain who was the one who pushed Han Ruoshi down. In fact, every word he said was affirming. Someone pushed Han Ruoshi down. The person behind Han Ruoshi was Shengjing's people. Although the facts were clear, he just did not break this layer of window paper and killed Xiaolian, which was to block the other party's mouth, and also let the other party understand that if this matter was really to be investigated clearly, Shengjing's people would have to face the reality of breaking up with him.

In fact, Pei Yuanxiu cannot, and the people who are victorious are not willing.

After all, when they just entered the capital, there were too many benefits in the entire Central Plains. Pei Yuanxiu needed to rely on their power, and they also needed to rely on Pei Yuanxiu to obtain wealth.

But I believe that from the beginning, Xie Houqi persuaded Shengjing to send troops, and soon after he entered the capital, Gardi came to the Central Plains and took his sister to walk in the palace. Today, the Iron Whip King Zishengjing came to the capital. They should have tried every means to push Gardi to the position of Pei Yuanxiu as the queen; of course, if things happened that day and Han Ruoshi really had a miscarriage, they would have eliminated one of the biggest obstacles.

But now, Han Ruoshi's fetus is fine. Pei Yuanxiu killed a small little lotus and blocked their mouths. In addition, Gardi had just drunk that glass with Pei Yuanxiu, which means that Gardi himself accepted everything tonight. Once this glass of wine is drunk, it will be difficult for the Iron Whip King and Evil Houqi to perform.

Therefore, they may have to find another way to make the position of queen.

Han Ruoshi on the other side - I turned around and looked at her, and listened to the sound of a heavier stick outside, and it stopped until now.

It is obvious that Xiaolian is dead.

Her face was pale, and she was shaking when she sat there, as if she was sitting in the snow and ice.

Before tonight, Pei Yuanxiu was probably kind to her. Every word she said just now was biased towards her, saying that she was wronged, but the matter of killing Xiaolian was clearly told to her that this matter was in Pei Yuanxiu's plan.

Now Han Ruoshi has been completely abandoned by Pei Yuanxiu.

I looked at her and then at Han Zitong on the other side. She kept watching the whole thing silently. At this time, although she was still silent, I knew that she was not as calm as she showed on the surface. It can be said that this incident had completely exceeded her expectations when it came to this point.

She probably regarded the whole thing as an ordinary jealousy, but she didn't know that behind this picture that looked thick and colorful, the ink dyed out of the whole thing was the real focus of the whole thing.

At present, it seems that it is indeed the best time to compete for Pei Yuanxiu's position as queen. At this time, Pei Yuanxiu pays a little attention to any woman, not only does he just dote on that woman, but often represents the forces behind that woman, so all forces are also testing his attitude.

But Pei Yuanxiu obviously did not intend to let others find out his feelings.

Whether he should continue to rely on the power of Jinling or focus on winning over Shengjing, his attitude is still unclear.

He also used this incident today to warn people from Jinling or Shengjing that they could test him, but not to think about really controlling him.

From entering Beijing to now, Han Ruoshi has been wrong every step. In fact, it is only her fault that she cannot see the current situation. She thought that she had a dispute with the girls in Shengjing. She thought that relying on the children in her belly and the friendship in Jinling in the past could continue to run rampant in this harem, but she did not see that Pei Yuanxiu is no longer the impoverished prince who was wandering in Jinling at the time. The current situation is not that when they were planning to conquer the country together in Jinling, the relationship between Pei Yuanxiu and Shengjing was tense. Any spark could burn the cooperation between the two sides. She publicly accused Shengjing of the people at this time and allowed Xiaolian to do all kinds of domineering behaviors. In this case, she should not die, but she must die.

As for Han Zitong on the other side.

Although she didn't see the situation clearly and thought that what happened before was just an ordinary favor for Pei Yuanxiu, fortunately she did not make random mistakes, so this incident could not affect her for the time being.

But I thought, I also woke her up.

You can think about this position as queen, but don’t grab it casually.
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