After all, Jiang Zuiyao couldn't hold on any longer. She had been wronged before, but she managed to hold on. But at this moment, under the threat of risking her own life, all her strength collapsed and tears fell from the corners of her eyes.

Even though he couldn't hold it back, he didn't dare to show any weakness in front of the Emperor of Qing. Although tears flowed down unsatisfactoryly, he still raised his head and looked at the Emperor of Qing fiercely. He gritted his teeth stubbornly and did his best.

Always be prepared to sacrifice your life to protect your chastity.

It was at this moment that Emperor Qing realized that the woman in front of him was just a woman who looked like Mu'er. She and Mu'er were two completely different people.

"Are you really so unwilling to obey me?" the emperor asked: "Even if I can give you the favor that all the women in the palace can't ask for, even if I can give you endless glory and wealth, you will not

Don’t you want to?”

The Emperor of Qing State looked down on Jiang Zuiyao a little too much. If she was a woman who coveted wealth, she would have stayed on her own terms and become the daughter-in-law of the Shao family.

At this moment, Jiang Zuiyao didn't speak. Even though she was wronged, questioned, and hated, she still refused to reveal her inner feelings for the sake of the overall situation, for fear that it would ruin things.

After a long time, the Emperor of Qing took a deep breath and put down all his possessive desires. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a strange noise outside the door.

"You can't break in like this! No! Guards, stop her!" The palace attendants shouted, causing the emperor to look over. Through the paper window on the door, he could see many people flickering outside.

The emperor thought something had happened, so he walked over and opened the palace door, and saw the imperial concubine wriggling with other palace attendants.

The emperor was particularly surprised and asked: "Aren't you grounded? Why are you here?"

When the imperial concubine saw the emperor, she immediately shouted: "Your Majesty!"

As soon as the palace attendants saw that the emperor had appeared, they let go of the concubine. The concubine, regardless of being soaked, immediately knelt at the emperor's feet. Her face was so wet that she couldn't tell whether it was tears or rain. She wailed: "Your Majesty, I am wronged. I am wronged."

What an injustice! The murderer who set the fire was not my concubine, your Majesty knew it clearly!"

The emperor frowned irritably and said coldly: "Didn't I decree that you should be grounded? How did you escape?"

The imperial concubine did not give any explanation, crawled to the emperor, hugged the emperor's ankles and begged: "Your Majesty, I am wronged! I admit that I am indeed jealous of Mu Concubine being favored. I have never seen your Majesty favoring anyone."

Woman, let her live in your bedroom, and I have never seen any concubine protected by your Majesty in front of his concubines."

The sound of words would naturally make the emperor feel irritated at the moment. The emperor raised his foot and shook off the concubine's hand, rolling his eyes disdainfully.

The palace and guards present were all shocked. They had all seen how noble the concubine was in the past, but they had never seen the concubine in such a state of desolation. After she was reduced to the throne, she was wearing ordinary brocade, and her hair was scattered and messy due to the heavy rain.

Wearing a golden hairpin, he was soaked all over, kneeling there and begging humbly.

The imperial concubine really cried this time. She knelt down and lowered her head, her tears staining the ground. The imperial concubine choked with tears and said: "I also admitted that I did send someone to poison Mu Bin's bird's nest, but I, the imperial concubine,

It’s true that there was no arson in the side hall, it really wasn’t my concubine’s fault, it really wasn’t! Your Majesty, I am unjustly accused, unjustly accused!”

The emperor looked down at the concubine who was in agony and said coldly: "Look at you now, you still look like a lady. How unbecoming it is to run to Concubine Hui in the rain and cry and make a fuss in the middle of the night!"

The imperial concubine also knew that this was against the rules, but she helplessly replied: "I am wronged! Your Majesty can punish me for plotting to poison Mu's bird's nest, but the arson incident has nothing to do with me. I am wronged!"

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"Are you wronged? Just because you poisoned Mu Bin's bird's nest, I can remove you from your position as a noble concubine!", the emperor roared, and continued: "It seems that I really indulged you in the past, so that now

After reducing you to a promise, you actually dare to run away against the order! Do you know that resisting the order is a crime of beheading!"

"Your Majesty!" the imperial concubine roared, and finally raised her head from her knees, looking at the emperor bitterly and said: "Don't you know how deep my love for you is? I love you, but how can I tolerate others?

Women are favored by you!"

"Do you love me? What you love is yourself!" These words made the emperor disgusted: "What you care about is that you lost your position as a noble concubine. You came to me to plead with me, and you also want me to be outside the law."

I would like to restore you to the position of noble concubine, right?"

Looking at the woman at his feet who he had doted on for many years, he loved her too much for the sake of power. He only doted on her in order to stabilize his position when he first ascended the throne. In his heart, he had never forgotten Mu'er, although he had developed feelings for the imperial concubine over the years.

There was a lot of emotion, but the emotion was exhausted due to the many evil deeds of the imperial concubine.

The emperor was completely disappointed with the imperial concubine and said: "It's not that I have never given you a chance before, but you have never cherished one of the many opportunities. You have disappointed me so much. Come on, take away her permanent position and demote her."

For a common man, he will be thrown into the cold palace immediately."

This passage completely pushed the imperial concubine into the abyss. The imperial concubine also never expected that she risked her life to come and beg His Majesty. Instead of letting His Majesty re-investigate the arson case, it actually made herself even more miserable.

This time, the imperial concubine did not plead, she just knelt on the ground and looked at the emperor stupidly.

In the eyes of others, the imperial concubine Xu was greatly frightened and was stunned to the ground. In fact, she was disheartened.

The eunuch in charge quickly summoned the guards to come forward and pressed the concubine down in the rain.

Then, His Majesty wanted to go back to the dormitory, but when he saw Jiang Zuiyao already holding the scissors to his chin, he stopped and stared at Jiang Zuiyao with cold and lost eyes for a long time, then turned around and left in the rain.

This frightened the eunuch in charge so much that he quickly chased after him with an umbrella, shouting: "Your Majesty, it's raining, be careful of the dragon body."

Until His Majesty completely left, the door of the side hall slowly opened, Concubine Hui walked out and asked: "Your Majesty is gone?"

The palace maid nodded: "I'm leaving, but Concubine Mu is still in the dormitory."

It's not that Concubine Hui in the side hall didn't hear everything that happened tonight, but she chose to ignore it and ignored it until she confirmed that the emperor had left, and then she walked towards the bedroom.

After entering the bedroom, seeing Jiang Zuiyao's dejected appearance, Concubine Hui didn't ask what happened and ordered the palace servants: "Go and get some hot water. Concubine Mu got caught in the rain. Don't catch the wind and cold. Also, get some new clothes."

come over."

The palace attendant responded and followed Concubine Hui's instructions.
Chapter completed!