Marrying a wife and a concubine together? Wouldn't it be better to divorce and become the queen

Emperor Xia Ming ordered Feng Qingluan to be taken away for interrogation, but Concubine Ru stopped him and said:

"Your Majesty, Feng Qingluan still needs to treat the injuries of the Queen and Zhaoyang. If she is injured, what will the Queen do?"

Concubine Ru put the Queen's illness before Zhaoyang's, not because she cared about her, but because she wanted the Emperor to not be rash and deal with Feng Qingluan. If anything happened to Zhaoyang's leg injury, Zhaoyang would definitely ask her to treat it.

She didn't want to worry her daughter.

Emperor Xia Ming stared at Concubine Ru with suspicion.

Isn’t Concubine Ru hoping that something bad will happen to the Queen?

He was about to punish Feng Qingluan, but she stood up to plead for mercy. Emperor Xia Ming's eyes were a little cold and stern:

"Ru Fei, this matter is related to someone in your palace. You are also a suspect. Until the murderer is found, you are confined to your palace and are not allowed to come out!"

Concubine Ru looked panicked and dared not speak any more.

Compared to Concubine Ru's verbal persuasion, Xie Ning directly knelt on the ground and begged Emperor Xia Ming:

"Father, you cannot torture Feng Qingluan. It is Feng Qingluan who is responsible for the Queen Mother's injuries. She was seriously injured before, and was poisoned today. She is not completely out of danger yet, and needs Feng Qingluan to see her at any time. If she is beaten up, who will treat the Queen Mother?"

Emperor Xia Ming said angrily: "There are so many excellent doctors in the Imperial Hospital. I sent one person to guard Chengguang Palace. Feng Qingluan is suspected in this matter. The three of them have different opinions. Someone must be lying and someone wants to poison the queen. I will never tolerate it. Take them down!"

Emperor Xia Ming didn't want to listen to anyone at all and was determined to torture Feng Qingluan.

Feng Qingluan's face was as gloomy as water, and she said to Emperor Xia Ming:

"Your Majesty, I have never sent anyone to invite Lu Zhu. If anyone did, I can confront that maid!"

Xie Ning heard this and asked Lu Zhu:

"Luzhu, please point out who the palace maid who informed you was."

Green Bamboo was so anxious that she burst into tears:

"Princess, I have never seen that maid before. She is a stranger to me. I don't know which palace she is from."

"Since you can't explain anything clearly, you should be tortured and taken away!"

Emperor Xia Ming was very annoyed and didn't want to listen to what they said anymore, so he asked the guards to take them away.

Xie Ning is still begging for mercy:

"Father, please don't. You can't torture Feng Qingluan."

Emperor Xia Ming completely ignored it.

Just when Feng Qingluan was about to be taken away, Xie Yan went to Yaoguang Pavilion to visit Zhaoyang. Upon hearing that something had happened to the Queen, and that it involved people in his mother's palace, he hurried over.

When he entered the courtyard and saw the guards about to take Feng Qingluan away, he ordered:

"Stop, where are you taking her?"

The guard replied, "Your Highness, the King of Chu, His Majesty has ordered me to take Feng Qingluan away for torture."

Xie Yan frowned:

"Don't leave, wait here!"

Hearing the voice of thanks for the banquet coming from the courtyard, Emperor Xia Ming walked out with a bold move.

"King Chu, do you want to disobey my order?"

Others followed.

Seeing her son coming, Concubine Ru was worried that the King of Chu would conflict with his father because he cared too much about Feng Qingluan. She gave him a look, but Xie Yan noticed it and ignored it. He said to Emperor Xia Ming:

"Father, may I ask what crime Feng Qingluan has committed that requires torture and interrogation?"

Emperor Xia Ming said: "She is suspected of poisoning the queen."

Xie Ning was afraid that Xie Yan didn't understand the whole story, so she told her what happened here, hoping that he could persuade his father.

Xie Yan believed Feng Qingluan, looked at Emperor Xia Ming and said:

"Father, the Queen Mother was seriously injured when the Qingliang Terrace collapsed. It was Feng Qingluan who treated the Queen Mother despite the injury on her left hand and endured the pain. If she wanted to murder the Queen Mother, she could have ignored her life or death.

Today, I learned that my mother was poisoned, and it was Feng Qingluan who used acupuncture to remove the poison and saved her. She wanted to poison my mother, so why did she try her best to save her? Isn't this very strange?

It is obvious that Feng Qingluan was implicated in this matter. She had no reason to kill my mother. Father, please do not wrongly accuse a good person and thoroughly investigate the real culprit!"

Emperor Xia Ming said coldly: "Are you questioning me?"

"I don't dare."

Emperor Xia Ming suddenly shouted:

"I think that's what you mean. Anyone who dares to plead for Feng Qingluan today will be guilty. Take the King of Chu away!"

Seeing that her son was about to be implicated, Concubine Ru said anxiously:

"Your Majesty, the King of Chu was confused and contradicted you. He did not mean it. Please do not blame him. I will teach him well in the future."

Xie Yan said, "Since we are guilty of the same crime, I am willing to accept Feng Qingluan's punishment. Please let her go, Father."

Emperor Xia Ming was so angry that he lost his mind and was furious:

"Do you know how I will punish Feng Qingluan? How dare you take the punishment for her?"

Xie Yan was unwavering: "No matter what the punishment is, I am willing!"

"King Chu, you are crazy!"

Concubine Ru was extremely anxious.

Feng Qingluan was also a little shocked. Help her bear the punishment?

Emperor Xia Ming laughed in anger, pointed at Xie Yan and gritted his teeth:

"Well, my good son, you are willing to be punished for a woman, right? Then take Feng Qingluan's punishment, and take the King of Chu down to be beaten with sixty sticks!"

Sixty lashes!

Concubine Ru was shocked and said, "Your Majesty, if you hit the King of Chu with sixty sticks, he will get hurt. You can't hit him."

Emperor Xia Ming said angrily:

"I just want him to be hurt and remember this day!"

The guards came to take the King of Chu away, thanking the banquet and saying:

"Father, you promised me that after I have endured the punishment, I will not torture Feng Qingluan again!"

Emperor Xia Ming glared at him and didn't want to talk.

The punishment was carried out in the courtyard, and every blow of the board seemed to hit Ru Fei's heart.

Concubine Ru was heartbroken and looked at Feng Qingluan angrily. It was all this woman's fault. The King of Chu had to suffer sixty lashes of the cane because of her. She was such a disaster!

At the same time, he felt uneasy. The King of Chu cared so much about Feng Qingluan that he might really fall in love with her. This was not a good thing!

Emperor Xia Ming did not force Feng Qingluan to be tortured. Firstly, it was because she really needed to be kept for the empress's treatment, and secondly, he wanted to see how far the King of Chu would go in protecting Feng Qingluan.

Now it seems that he is very dissatisfied with the result!

The King of Chu has been completely bewitched by Feng Qingluan. He must get rid of Feng Qingluan as soon as possible to avoid endless troubles!

The dull sound of the board hitting Xie Yan was like hitting Feng Qingluan's eardrum.

Xie Yan doesn't have to suffer this torture...

This man once again made her feel unspeakable emotions well up inside.

The other two palace maids were also beaten with thirty sticks each, but they still insisted on their own story and said they were telling the truth.

None of the three lied, which meant that the murderer who wanted to harm the queen had set up a plan that involved the queen, Concubine Ru and her, and caused the three parties to suffer varying degrees of harm.

Feng Qingluan thought that the person behind the scenes had killed three birds with one stone and she was perfectly invisible, which made people have to pay attention to her.

After dealing with the people, Emperor Xia Ming sent more people to protect Chengguang Hall and ordered people to call Xie Jin into the palace to investigate the matter.

In the room, Xie Yan was lying on the bed.

His back was covered with bloody wounds. He was sweating profusely and his face was pale. Even though he was so weak, his pair of shining eyes still stared at Feng Qingluan without blinking.

When Xie Yan was carried away, he strongly requested Feng Qingluan to apply medicine for him.

Feng Qingluan, who was rare, did not refuse. She sat beside the bed and quietly treated his injuries.

Xie Yan didn't say anything. He finally had some time of his own to look at Feng Qingluan. The injury he suffered was worth it.

Feng Qingluan knew that Xie Yan was looking at her. She treated his injuries without any expression, put down the ointment in her hand and said:

"Change the medicine every three days and don't let the wound get wet."

Xie Yan replied honestly:

"Well, can you please change the medicine for me in three days?"

Feng Qingluan wanted to refuse, but then she remembered that he was injured for her, so she agreed:

"Send someone to Xiaolin Pavilion to find me in three days."

Xie Yan was so delighted that his eyes curved into a straight line:

"Okay, I remember."

Feng Qingluan: “….”

It's just a change of medicine, but you are so happy about it. Xie Yan must be crazy.