In the Yangxin Palace, the emperor's face was cold and his eyes were fierce, and the imperial pressure spread in the palace.

The queen sat a little further back from the emperor, frowning slightly with worry in her eyes.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty!" Su Lingyue bowed respectfully.

"Princess, please stand up!" The emperor's tone was cold, and Su Lingyue's body felt even colder when she heard it.

Usually when Su Lingyue went to Kunning Palace to pay her respects, whenever she met the emperor, the emperor would give her a seat.

At this moment, Su Lingyue stood up, clutching the handkerchief, and stood quietly with her eyes lowered.

Su Lingyue saw out of the corner of her eye that the emperor was looking at her coldly, and there seemed to be dense cold arrows in his eyes, piercing Su Lingyue's body.

The emperor had no intention of granting him a seat.

The atmosphere in the room dropped to freezing point.

Seeing the cold atmosphere, the Queen spoke first, "Your Majesty, don't you have something to say?"

The emperor looked at the queen coldly, blaming her for talking too much, then looked at Su Lingyue and asked, "How is Prince Su's health?"

Su Lingyue lowered her eyes and replied calmly: "The prince is much better, thank you for your concern, Your Majesty."

"Humph! Much better?" The emperor sneered, his eyes full of sarcasm, "Much better, why didn't he come to see his mother in person? I actually asked you to come. I heard from the queen that you are still sick."

Su Lingyue replied calmly: "Your Majesty, the prince has important matters to attend to, so let this humble lady serve you."

"He is willing to do that!" The emperor snorted coldly, his voice even colder, "I heard that you openly disobeyed my order in Chonghua Palace and the Imperial Hospital?"

Su Lingyue understood, so that's how it was.

This was originally a trap set for Xiao Yu, who was supposed to be punished for abuse of power. Unexpectedly, Su Lingyue's entry into the palace disrupted the plan.

Su Lingyue bowed respectfully, "Your Majesty, I am doing this for your reputation."

The emperor sneered, "Oh? How can you consider my reputation?"

Su Lingyue held the sweat-soaked handkerchief in her hand and looked at the emperor calmly.

"The prince donated clothes and porridge a few days ago, and now he is praised by the people. If the people knew that a prince who loves the people like his own children, his mother suffered so much in the palace, would your majesty be able to keep his reputation in this life?"

"Yue'er, don't talk nonsense!"

The queen looked at the emperor's face which was gradually becoming colder, her eyes darkened and she shouted harshly, trying to stop Su Lingyue from continuing.

Then, she looked at the emperor and said gently: "Your Majesty, Yue'er is sick and confused, Your Majesty, don't take it to heart!"

"I don't think she's sick, she's just grown too independent. She doesn't even take you, her aunt who raised her since she was a child, seriously!"

The emperor's eagle eyes gradually darkened, and his words were cold and heartless, "Reputation is written by the victor! If you die, you can only be manipulated by others!"

"Your Majesty cannot kill everyone! Someone will always know the truth!"

"Yue'er! Stop talking!" The queen wanted to stand up and walk towards Su Lingyue, but was stopped by the emperor with a cold look.

There was a piercing coldness in the emperor's eyes and a sneer on the corner of his mouth, mixed with disdain and contempt.

"I was too kind to him. I spared his life seven years ago, but he refused to change his ways! Now killing him is like killing an ant!"

Su Lingyue looked at the emperor and smiled calmly, "I bet Your Majesty wouldn't dare!"

Although Xiao Yu has not led troops to fight for many years, it is an indisputable fact that the current stability in the north was achieved by him when he led the troops!

The people all remember!

The imperial court has always valued civil officials over military officials. As the highest-ranking military general, Xiao Yu is like a pillar among the generals.

If Xiao Yu was inexplicably sentenced to death by the emperor, there is no guarantee that the army would not be in chaos!

Seven years ago, in order to save Xiao Yu's life, the emperor did not charge Xiao Yu with treason.

Now that Prince Su’s mansion is donating clothes and porridge, and Xiao Yu has a good reputation, he dares not do it!

That's why they sent Sima Changfeng to assassinate him in the middle of the night.

The emperor suddenly laughed out loud, "Hahaha! Queen, look, did I lie to you? The canary you trained has left the cage and now doesn't even know its own name!"

He looked at the queen and put away his smile, "You choose!"

The queen frowned and looked at Su Lingyue with helplessness in her eyes.

"Yue'er, hand over the gold medal. You are not allowed to enter the palace without being summoned!"

Su Lingyue looked at the queen and smiled gently, "Yes, Yue'er obeys your command!"

After saying that, he took out the gold medal from his belt.

Eunuch Wan took the gold medal and handed it to the queen respectfully.

The queen took the gold medal and held it tightly in her hand. She looked at Su Lingyue who was standing there with her eyes lowered, feeling unspeakable grief in her heart.

Seeing the queen accept the gold medal, the emperor said coldly, "Come here! Princess Su has disobeyed my order and will be punished with thirty strokes of the cane as a warning to others!"

Su Lingyue curled her lips lightly, and a stone in her heart finally fell to the ground. It seemed that after thirty strokes of the stick, everything would be fine.

"Your Majesty! No! Yue'er...she...she can't bear it!"

Hearing the Queen's voice, Su Lingyue looked up and saw the Queen kneeling beside the Emperor, pulling at the corner of the Emperor's clothes, and pleading for Su Lingyue.

The emperor raised his lips and showed a considerate smile. "I still have the impeachment memorials from the ministers against Su Heng. The queen can choose between the two."

The queen's body stiffened. The affectionate appearance she usually pretended to show made her forget the emperor's true appearance.

This is the cruel and ruthless emperor who is good at playing with people's hearts!

It is a choice and also a warning.

The hand holding the emperor's dragon robe gradually loosened, then dropped and clenched again.

She clenched her teeth and a big tear fell from her eyes.

When the emperor saw the queen loosen her grip, he sneered, "I chose you to be the queen because you are a smart person who knows how to judge the situation. Don't throw away your only advantage."

The queen frowned and looked at Su Lingyue, tears in her eyes, as if she wanted to say something. She opened her mouth, but nothing came out.

On their wedding night, Su Nanxing and Xue Man were also beaten with forty sticks but were fine, so I should be fine too.

Su Lingyue smiled at the queen, "Aunt, it was Yue'er who did something wrong. Your Majesty should punish me. Yue'er can bear it!"

"Yue'er..."

Seeing this, and hearing Su Lingyue comforting her, the Queen fell to the ground, and the tears that she had not shed for many years poured out like a flood.

The emperor turned sideways and picked up the tea on the tea table beside him. He took a sip and looked coldly at the eunuch standing beside Su Lingyue. "What are you standing there for? Take him away for execution!"

"I'll go by myself."

Su Lingyue stopped the eunuch from dragging her and turned to walk towards the courtyard of the Palace of Tranquil Longevity.

Outside the door, Caidie Caiyi followed Su Lingyue with a worried look on her face.

Caiyi's voice trembled as she said, "Miss, what should we do? Let's go and beg His Majesty again. Say something nice so that His Majesty won't punish you!"

Su Lingyue shook her head. "Your Majesty must vent this anger, otherwise it will be imposed on the prince. His body can't bear it."

"But……"

Su Lingyue smiled and said, "It's okay. They will be gentler because they see that I'm a woman."

In the courtyard, the Royal Guards had already brought in benches.

Su Lingyue stopped looking at the bench, turned around and looked at Caiyi, "Caiyi, take me to Yuelai Inn afterwards, don't let anyone see me, and bring Lu Bo here later. Also, send someone to tell the prince that the queen wants me to stay for a few days."

Caiyi nodded with tears in her eyes, "I understand, Miss."

Su Lingyue lay down on it and her hands were quickly fixed on the bench.

"Execution!"

"and many more!"

When the eunuch supervising the execution just shouted, Su Lingyue thought of something very important and hurriedly stopped him.

"What's wrong, Princess! This is His Majesty's order, I dare not disobey it!"

Su Lingyue also knew the eunuch, Eunuch Feng from the Imperial Household Department. He had watched Su Lingyue grow up since he was a child. He didn't have a good reputation, but because of the Queen, he was still polite to Su Lingyue.

Su Lingyue smiled and raised the handkerchief in her hand. "I'm afraid that I'll scream too loudly due to the pain, which would be embarrassing. Can you put the handkerchief in my mouth, father-in-law?"

Eunuch Feng nodded, "No problem, this servant can make the decision."

As he said that, he walked to Su Lingyue, took the handkerchief in her hand, folded it, and let Su Lingyue bite it.

Su Lingyue nodded to Eunuch Feng, who said reluctantly, "Let's get started!"

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