After swallowing my anger and taking the blame, I became the lucky little queen

The guards took action, each holding a stick, hitting Nian Qiaoyue's lower back and buttocks continuously.

Even though they were so far away, Nian Susu heard the shrill screams. She couldn't bear it and looked away several times, but when she thought that Nian Qiaoyue deserved it, she felt much better.

If Qin Junyu had not captured the doctor and brought him before the emperor to explain the truth, she would be the one lying on the torture bench now, and it was all Nian Qiaoyue's fault.

Whenever she thought about the three months when Nian Qiaoyue was hypocritically nice to her, she felt sick.

After being beaten with the stick ten times, Nian Qiaoyue's voice gradually weakened, and there was no movement afterwards. She collapsed on the torture bench like a puddle of mud.

Nian Qiaoyue's body was covered in blood. It was not the blood from being beaten, but the blood from the miscarriage, which had not yet healed and had split open again.

Nian Susu looked on coldly, as if he smelled blood, and frowned unconsciously.

After twenty strokes of the cane, the supervising officer called a halt and stepped forward to check the man's breathing and pulse. He shook his head, stepped back a few steps, and with a gesture, the guards began the execution again.

Even if Nian Qiaoyue died, she still had to be beaten with fifty sticks. This was an imperial decree, and no one would be charged with disobeying the imperial decree because of a corpse.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the sound of pounding meat stopped. They slowed down the last thirty blows so that Nian Qiaoyue's body would not become a bloody mess.

Nian Susu climbed up the city wall with his hands, his fingers turning white from exerting force, and he suppressed the urge to vomit and went down the tower.

[It has been detected that the host's mission target has died. The system will extract the host's soul and erase it within an hour. Please be prepared. ]

She paused, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. Is this a death notice?

Nian Susu ignored the system's prompts and quickly went downstairs.

Downstairs, the guards wrapped Nian Qiaoyue's body in a straw mat and threw it onto a shabby cart. The man pulling the cart was an old man wearing a faded straw hat and a coarse linen shirt. The guards threw him a few taels of silver, and he smiled ingratiatingly and pulled the body away.

Nian Susu watched calmly from behind the door.

Unclaimed bodies would be taken to a mass grave outside the city, and that old man should be the one collecting the bodies.

After everyone left, Nian Susu left the palace, rented a horse, and galloped towards the mass grave alone.

This was her first time riding a horse by herself, and it went more smoothly than she had expected.

When she arrived at the mass grave, the old man with the cart had not arrived yet, so she found a secluded place to hide.

In the wilderness, she might step on someone's bones at any time. Fortunately, there was no undecayed corpse, otherwise she would have vomited on the spot.

After waiting for a long time, the old man finally came, pulling the cart carrying Nian Qiaoyue's body to a relatively flat place. After unloading the "goods", he left.

Nian Susu appeared, walked to Nian Qiaoyue's body, and felt her pulse. She was indeed dead. In this kind of weather, the body would start to stink in half a day.

[Host, you have ten minutes left.] The system kindly reminded her.

Nian Susu frowned, obviously a little annoyed. Her injuries had not healed yet, and she was exhausted after all the hard work for such a long time. And all this was because of Nian Qiaoyue.

She sighed, "Nian Qiaoyue, Nian Qiaoyue, did I owe you something in my previous life? I have to be hurt so badly by you in this life."

"You're already dead, but I'm going to revive you."

Nian Su Su was very helpless.

[If you want to save it, save it now, or it will be covered with maggots. ]

“You tell me.” Nian Susu rolled his eyes and said unhappily, “Give me the resurrection pill.”

She spread out her palm, and the next second, a pill glowing yellow appeared out of thin air in her palm.

This was the best, most practical and most precious item she had ever drawn. She had intended to keep it to save her life at a critical moment, but she didn't expect it to be lost to Nian Qiaoyue.

[Your life and Nian Qiaoyue's life are linked together. Saving her is also saving yourself.]

Nian Susu was too lazy to pay attention to it and fed the resurrection pill to Nian Qiaoyue.

I have to say that this system tool is very useful. As soon as Nian Qiaoyue took the medicine, her complexion immediately turned back to normal, and her body temperature and pulse also recovered little by little.

Although she was able to be brought back to life, her injuries were irreversible and she probably wouldn't wake up for a while. Nian Susu only had one horse and was not very skilled at riding, so he couldn't take her back to Shengjing, so he left a bag of silver and left alone.

Nian Qiaoyue would certainly not be willing to die like this. As long as a person has the will to survive, there is a possibility of survival.

"Is the alarm clear?"

【Resolved.】

……

Royal study room.

It was rare for Concubine Ning to appear here. After all, she had not read many books, and she felt a headache when she saw the four treasures of the study. Other concubines all wanted to use the excuse of grinding ink to accompany the emperor for a while longer. There were at least four or five concubines coming to the imperial study to greet the emperor and bring him soup every day.

Concubine Ning disdained to do so, because no matter how busy the emperor was, he would never forget to visit her, so she seldom went to the imperial study to join in the fun.

When the emperor heard the eunuch report that Concubine Ning had arrived, he was a little bit unbelieving. After some doubts, he asked the eunuch to invite the person in.

Concubine Ning came specially to deliver ginseng soup today.

The emperor had no shortage of soup, but when Concubine Ning sent him soup, he would buy a few thin noodles and reluctantly try a few bites. Concubine Ning sat on the dragon throne with him and fed him with her own hands.

It was rare for the emperor to have such warm and leisure time in the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, you have been exhausted recently because of Miss Nian's affairs. Drink a few more sips to replenish your body."

The emperor sighed heavily and shook his head helplessly. He was indeed exhausted.

In fact, it has nothing to do with Nian Su Su. Some people took this as an excuse to jointly submit a memorial to criticize the queen for her lack of virtue and unworthiness for her position, and demanded severe punishment to show the emperor's authority. They even brought up old events from the past. Recently, there have been calls to depose the queen.

It's not that the emperor is unaware of the queen's little thoughts, but he would not depose her unless it was absolutely necessary.

Concubine Ning said to him, "Sister, how could you be so impulsive? You knew that Miss Nian was the future Crown Princess and the only daughter of Prime Minister Nian, yet you still dared to do such a cruel thing."

She exhaled and said casually, "If I didn't know that my sister was so distressed about the Third Prince's flesh and blood that she acted on impulse, I would have thought that my sister had some opinion about Miss Nian."

This hits the nail on the head. The emperor was angry that the empress was abusing her power for personal gain and bringing her personal grudges to the surface, causing the situation to become increasingly out of control.

Concubine Ning observed the emperor's expression and saw that he was even more worried. A barely perceptible smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

She put down the ginseng soup and took the initiative to go behind the emperor to massage his head.

"Your Majesty, don't worry too much. It will be fine after the storm passes."

The emperor said "hmm", and he was more and more satisfied with Concubine Ning. Apart from her being a little spoiled, there was nothing wrong with her. If he really wanted to depose the empress, it might be a good idea to have Concubine Ning take over.