Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 989

Yun Xiyue's expression was cold. "I've almost ripped your tongue out!"

Shen Yue froze.

"Yun Xiyue! I'll haunt you even as a ghost!"

He finally went into a frenzy and cursed.

Murong Yu had someone punch him a few times, then ordered him to be dragged away and have his tongue pulled out!

Shen Yue was immediately terrified, vomiting blood, "Your Majesty... you were wrong, please forgive my child and family, I am willing to die to atone for my sins."

If we don't speak up now, we might never have another chance.

But Murong Yu did not answer him.

Signaling someone to pull them away.

When he arrived at the prison, his tongue was pulled out.

That kind of pain made him feel like he was dying.

He was curled up on the ground, feeling like he was living a life worse than death.

Instead of having him killed, Murong Yu severed his tendons and imprisoned him in a dark and gloomy dungeon.

Just like Yun Xiyue in her previous life, he too must experience the pain she endured.

Only in this way can he atone for the sins he has committed.

......

Qi Yumin knelt on the ground, trembling.

"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong..."

At this time, the Qi family and the Pei family entered the palace together.

"Your Majesty, Young Master Qi requests an audience."

Now that he is the son-in-law of the Xiao family, Xiao Lian'er went home and begged her grandfather to give him the Xiao family's jade token, which allowed him to enter the palace.

Pei Shang also entered the palace with him.

The two knelt outside the Zichen Palace; it was only the fifth day of the month.

It's snowing outside.

Pei Shang and Qi Yuyan knelt side by side outside the palace as heavy snowflakes fell.

Pei Shang stood upright, his face was stern, but there was a hint of worry in his eyes, and snowflakes kept piling up on his shoulders.

Qi Yuyan frowned, his usually gentle face now filled with solemnity, his lips trembling slightly, whether from the cold or from inner fear, it was hard to tell.

He had no idea that his sister had committed such a heinous crime.

The Pei family is not what it used to be. If Prime Minister Pei were still alive, he might be able to protect them.

But now, I'm afraid even Pei Shang's military achievements won't be enough to save Qi Yumin's life.

"You two should go back! The Emperor and the Empress are not seeing you now."

"Consort De has been banished to the Cold Palace to await further orders," Eunuch Fu told them as he came out.

Pleading for mercy is useless; the Shen family is now in dire straits themselves.

The Qi family is only safe now because General Xiao pleaded for them.

The Shen family has been imprisoned. The second branch of the Shen family has close ties with the Zhou and Qin families, but their pleas for leniency have been in vain.

The Emperor seems to hate every member of the Shen family.

They were all imprisoned, and even if they didn't die, they would be imprisoned for life until they died.

Because these people were accomplices in their past lives.

Murong Yu saw everything in his dream and saw through the true colors of these people.