I was given the contraceptive soup and became the emperor's white moonlight

The next morning, several racks were erected in the middle of the horse farm. The men who had spoken rudely yesterday were tied to them without exception. Their clothes were torn by whip marks, revealing patches of scarlet skin. The four of them hung their heads under the scorching sun, and every gust of cold wind caused goose bumps.

The patrolling guards passing by were so alert after seeing the miserable plight of the four people that no one dared to cheat anymore.

"How is it? Will this solution please the Empress Zhaoyi?"

Su Minglang stood in a corner of the horse farm and watched coldly. Li Zhao walked up to her and asked with a smile.

"If Lord Li wants to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, there is no need to use my name, right?" Su Minglang said calmly.

"Hahaha! Shouldn't I thank Your Majesty for giving me this opportunity? Otherwise, they would be sent back to the Imperial City, and I would be helpless." Li Zhao laughed heartily.

Su Minglang frowned slightly, "I just don't want to see this matter come to nothing."

"However, these people are obviously the children of some family sent to the Imperial City Bureau for gilding. Aren't you afraid of bringing trouble upon yourself by sentencing them to such a punishment?" Su Minglang asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Calling upon oneself?" Li Zhao sneered indifferently, "My reputation has long been tarnished. If they have the guts to come and cause trouble for me, I will naturally fight them."

"I, the Minister of the Dali Temple, am not like them, who eat for free!"

"At a time like this, they still dare to be lazy and disobey orders. I have shown them mercy by not letting them experience the eighteen kinds of torture in the imperial prison." Li Zhao raised his lips with the most gentle smile, "I have given them face and have not reported it to Your Majesty."

"Do you think His Majesty will punish them?" Su Minglang asked, "None of these noble families are easy to mess with. His Majesty should not get angry over such a small matter."

"Things are different now!"

Li Zhao left without saying anything.

Su Minglang stood there and thought for a while. The present and the past he mentioned might be related to what he had been doing recently.

Something that cannot be said, something that Xiao Heng does not want to make public, combined with the wild beasts that broke in and searched the mountain day and night, Su Minglang suddenly realized something and his brows furrowed even more.

Ignoring the uneasiness in her heart, Su Minglang always felt as if she had lost something. Her memory of this incident was so vague, or perhaps something else happened in her previous life without her knowing, and this incident happened to create the current situation.

"What's the matter?" Su Minglang kept thinking about this matter on the way back, and even ignored the ladies who passed by and greeted her.

Perhaps the gears of fate were still turning where she couldn't see, and the changes she brought about were gradually getting back on track.

If this is true, isn't fate playing a joke on her? If all her efforts are in vain, how can she change the tragic fate of those innocent people?

Su Minglang kept asking herself, did her existence really play the role it should? Did those memories of her past life really bring her convenience?

Maybe there is, or maybe there is no difference.

At least it is difficult for Su Minglang to give a definite answer now. He can only wait for time to bring everyone to the origin of the story to know whether those things that happened in the past will really affect the ending.

If this life were to repeat the fate of the previous life, Su Minglang was suddenly shocked by her own thoughts. She shook her head and tried to get rid of such thoughts, but her furrowed brows showed her uneasiness in her heart.

The unknown fate was like a dark cloud hanging over everyone's head. She spread out her five fingers in the sunlight. The sunlight shining through her fingers was still dazzling, and everything in front of her eyes became so unreal.

If this is just a dream before death...

"Empress!" Xiao Ye was the first one to notice that something was wrong with Su Minglang. She had been sitting there in a daze since she came back, and now she was making such a strange move.

Xiao Ye walked over to her and pushed her, then reached out to smooth her frown. Su Minglang suddenly felt a touch of warmth on her forehead, and the warm feeling pulled her out of her endless thoughts.

She felt the warmth coming from Xiaoye's hand and felt a moment of peace in her heart.

Yes, the people standing in front of her were flesh and blood, how could it be a dream? Even if the destined ending would not change, she would settle everything and go to death peacefully.

"I'm fine." Su Minglang relaxed her brows after clearing up everything. She patted Xiaoye's hand and smiled, "Have you been to the horse farm?"

"Those people yesterday were punished. You don't have to worry about them anymore."

"Are you worried about this matter, Your Majesty?" Xiao Ye was still a little worried. For some reason, Su Minglang's mental state had been getting worse and worse in the past few days. Every time she was seen alone, she would sit there in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking about. The expression on her face was stiff and full of sorrow.

Su Minglang shook his head, seeing the worry in Xiaoye's eyes clearly, "It's nothing, just figure it out."

Xiao Ye looked at Su Minglang in front of him and felt more and more unfamiliar. How could she look so deep in everything? Looking at the floating clouds outside the window was like looking at life lightly.

Could it be that she has become disillusioned with the world and wants to become a nun?

Xiao Ye was shocked by her own thoughts, but there were precedents of this among concubines in all dynasties. Either they were not favored by the emperor and became indifferent to love and voluntarily became nuns, or they were forced to be sent to the temple because they made mistakes.

But such people have a prerequisite, that is, they must be independent. However, Su Minglang is favored by the emperor and carries the expectations of the Su family. No matter how you look at it, it is impossible for her to get what she wants.

"What are you thinking about?" Su Minglang looked at her helplessly. Looking at her conflicted expression, he knew that she must have been imagining some weird things in her mind again.

"Nothing, nothing!" Xiao Ye shook his head violently.

Su Minglang didn't delve into it further as she had more things to pay attention to.

"Empress Zhaoyi!"

A guard outside the door bowed and said, "I will convey your majesty's order."

"Xiao Ye." Su Minglang gave an order, and Xiao Ye walked up, lifted the curtain and invited the guard in.

"Greetings, Madam Zhaoyi," the guard bowed and continued, "Your Majesty has ordered that the autumn hunt be ended early for the safety of all personnel due to the appearance of wild beasts in the mountains. The departure date is tentatively set for tomorrow at noon."

The trip will start tomorrow, which means that Su Minglang will not be able to know Qi Zhongyuan's situation in the first place. However, the royal family has always attached great importance to the autumn hunt, so why would they suddenly interrupt the activity and return early? Something big must have happened!