The queen is sober in the world, and she is winning every step of the palace fight.

"Yu Feiwan, you're crazy!"

Concubine Yue couldn't help but scream.

"I'm not crazy. My lady, I'm perfectly sane."

Fei Wan gave a pale and weak smile and just looked at Concubine Yue with that smile.

She bit her lip hard, until it bled. Concubine Yue knew that she was enduring great pain.

Her forehead and temples were covered in cold sweat, which fell drop by drop onto Concubine Yue's face.

The two people's wet hair was tangled together in strands.

"My lady, don't cry, it doesn't hurt."

Fei Wan persuaded softly.

Only then did Concubine Yue realize that she had been crying without realizing it.

Fei Wan only said, "I'm used to being beaten. A few hits with the stick are no big deal. It doesn't hurt at all."

Her trembling voice and the subconscious gasp of air as the board fell let Concubine Yue know that it was very painful.

"Get out of here! I don't need you to save me! Who the hell do you think you are? How dare you save me..."

"I just want to save you." Fei Wan whispered in her ear, smiling smugly, "My queen, what can you do to me?"

Concubine Yue clearly heard that the sound of the board hitting became duller, and even through Fei Wan's blocking, she could clearly feel the increase in the executioner's strength.

She was pinned down, and her body was in so much pain that she couldn't move freely.

But out of the corner of his eye he noticed that Feiwan's light blue petticoat was dragging on the ground, the hem of the skirt was stained with blood, which was a shocking sight.

"You bunch of dogs!"

Concubine Yue fought to stay awake, shouting, "If you don't stop, I'll chop you all into pieces once I'm out of here! Stop now, and I'll reward each of you with one hundred taels of gold!"

Aunt Chai just sneered when she heard this.

"If you confess now to murdering Ying Ronghua and the heir, we will stop. If you refuse to confess, then we are sorry. The Ciyun Palace's gold medal is here. Let alone the twenty or thirty strokes you just gave us, we will also give you fifty or a hundred strokes!"

The attendant palace maid beside them was even more disdainful: "You are just two guilty women, yet you still call yourselves 'this palace' and put on airs. Instead of being stripped of your positions and banished to the cold palace to suffer, you might as well just die here."

Concubine Yue was so angry that she clutched the bench beneath her.

There were a few crisp snapping sounds, and several of the long nails that were usually carefully maintained were broken in an instant.

Huluo Pingyang was bullied by dogs.

She had never imagined that the intrigue at the palace banquet last night would lead to this. It happened too suddenly, too abruptly, and it was impossible to understand it with common sense.

Anger attacks the heart.

Her throat tasted fishy and sweet.

I couldn't help but vomit blood.

But I felt lighter.

Fei Wan was knocked to the ground, her eyes closed and she lay motionless.

The palace maids said, "We thought he was so tough, but he passed out after less than thirty strokes."

"This one is unconscious, shall we hit that one?"

"You can beat her, but first, splash her with cold water to wake her up." He said to the maid, "Since Concubine Zhao sacrificed herself to save Concubine Yue, let's see if she will confess if she sees Concubine Yue being tortured with her own eyes."

Wow.

A bucket of cold water was poured over Fei Wan's head.

*

"Your Highness, the Palace Administration has started the torture. A female official has taken the gold medal from the Ciyun Palace, and it looks like they are going to beat the two ladies to death."

Concubine Qing was resting in her bedroom, leaning on the soft couch and drinking a bowl of nourishing sweet soup.

After hearing the report, she stopped and looked up, asking, "Have the records of their conversation been sent to Chen Qian Palace?"

"The first half of the conversation record was delivered a quarter of an hour ago, but the second half hasn't been delivered yet because Aunt Liu, who was watching the two of them, was locked up in the room."

"The first half is enough. The part where Concubine Zhao wants to transform for Your Majesty is very well said. Your Majesty will definitely like it when he sees it."

The maid reported, "The news from the Imperial Court is that His Majesty is currently discussing matters with several other officials after the morning court session. It's unclear when he will be able to view the records."

"Is that so?" Concubine Qing thought for a moment and slowly stirred the soup with the silver spoon.

In a moment, he gave the order: "Let Concubine Hui know about this. Wait another quarter of an hour or two. If His Majesty is still not available, lead Concubine Hui in to rescue them."

"Your Highness..." The maid hesitated, "I heard the beating was quite severe. I wonder if you two Your Highnesses can hold out for another quarter of an hour. What if..."

Concubine Qing lowered her eyes.

Gazing at the wolfberries floating in the soup bowl, their bright red color looks like the rouge on the lips of a palace concubine, or like the blood of a person being tortured.

"Even if she can't hold on, she has to. If she can't get over this, what's the point of talking about the future?"

He sent his trusted palace maid to do the job as instructed.

Concubine Qing put down her bowl, stood up, asked someone to prepare a sedan chair, and went to the imperial court in person.

In the main hall of Chenqian Palace, the emperor was meeting with court officials.

Before she even reached the door, she heard loud voices from inside. As Concubine Qing ascended the steps, a gatekeeper came forward and saluted, "Your Majesty, please wait a moment. I will go in and report. His Majesty is discussing important government affairs and has ordered that no one be disturbed."

Concubine Qing held the palace maid's hand, coughed, and smiled faintly.

"Is it an important government matter? I'm listening. Why did you mention Concubine Zhao?"

The eunuch sneered.

You ask me, who should I ask?

Who knows why, while they were chatting about military and political matters, Lord Lu suddenly went crazy and started talking about Concubine Zhao, and he wouldn't give in.

"Please wait a moment, Madam."

The eunuch turned around and went in to report.

When the emperor saw someone coming, he vented his suppressed anger on the eunuch and gave him a cold look: "Who asked you to come in?"

The eunuch knelt on the ground in fear, trembling, and reported: "If it were anyone else, I wouldn't dare to inform you. It's Concubine Qing who has come. I'm afraid it's related to what happened last night. I dare not delay, so..."

"Stop talking nonsense and let her in." The emperor was impatient to listen.

But he promised Concubine Qing the opportunity to marry him.

When Concubine Qing entered, the ministers present hurriedly bowed and lowered their heads to avoid suspicion.

"Lu Guinian, if you want to impeach Concubine Zhao, you must wait until the matter has concluded and you have evidence. Concubine Qing is in charge of investigating last night's incident. Ask her what progress has been made. It won't be too late to discuss it later!"

The emperor did not wait for Concubine Qing to finish her greetings. Instead, he pointed at her and spoke to a middle-aged official in green in a very bad tone.

It can be seen that he has been patient for a long time.

Concubine Qing turned to look at that man.

He has an ordinary appearance and an ordinary temperament, but his eyes are sharp and deep, and he is obviously a man with hidden fierceness.

Is this Lord Lu who has been very popular in the court recently?

But Lu Guinian didn't even look at her, nor did he listen to the emperor's instructions to ask her about the progress.

Lu Guinian actually took a step forward, moving closer to the imperial desk, and looked quite aggressive.

"Your Majesty favors Concubine Zhao, so naturally he speaks for her everywhere. Even if last night's incident has not yet come to a conclusion, it has caused unrest in the palace and rumors are rife outside the palace. All of this is caused by her. Even if the palace servants framed her, hasn't Your Majesty thought about why he didn't frame others instead of her? Isn't it Your Majesty's excessive favor towards her that has caused her trouble?"

"When there's discord in the palace, Your Majesty is uneasy. If Your Majesty is uneasy, the whole world is uneasy. This Concubine Zhao has already caused trouble for the court. It's really not appropriate for her to stay in the palace for long. Your Majesty, please reconsider!"