HLnovel Chapter 155: Love in Misplaced
Chapter 155: Love in Misplaced
The palace maid couldn't help but tremble. She didn't dare to look up at Concubine Rou. She lowered her head guiltily.
Qin Feiling's voice came with oppression and coldness: "Speak nicely. If you say something I don't like... I will never forgive you."
The palace maid's heart suddenly trembled.
Your Majesty doesn't like to hear this?
She suddenly understood how she should answer.
The palace maid closed her eyes, her forehead pressed tightly against the cold bluestone floor. "Your Majesty, everything that just happened was staged by Concubine Rou. She first sent someone to quietly invite Your Majesty, then deliberately waited for the Imperial Concubine in the Imperial Garden. When the Imperial Concubine arrived, she deliberately pushed over the flowers in the basket, knelt on the ground, and slapped herself in the face..."
"She also told me to do as she said. Then, when His Majesty was about to arrive, she pulled out the hairpin from the Imperial Concubine's hair... and slashed her face."
As the palace maid spoke, she glanced at the blood stained on Zhou Ling's body.
She gritted her teeth and continued to fabricate lies: "After the noble lady scratched her own face, she stuffed the hairpin into the imperial concubine's hand... So when Your Majesty arrived, he saw such a chaotic scene..."
Zhou Lingge chuckled. He who knows the times is a hero. She especially likes smart people.
In the current situation, only a fool would help Concubine Rou.
Today, she would let Concubine Rou see clearly that once she had certain privileges, she could distort the truth even without evidence and kill her bit by bit like crushing an ant.
No one can save her!
Concubine Rou was almost mad with rage. She looked at her personal maid in disbelief, and saw that she was lying with her eyes open to help Zhou Lingge cover up his lie.
Unable to contain herself any longer, she roared like a madman, threw herself on the maid, and began to beat and howl, "You lowly slave, what nonsense are you talking about? I've treated you well, how could you betray me and side with outsiders?"
"You ungrateful bitch, I'll beat you to death, I'll kill you..."
The palace maid was beaten so hard that she screamed and dared not resist at all.
She allowed Concubine Rou to beat her to vent her anger.
Zhou Lingge's eyes were full of pity, and she quickly asked Qiao'er to pull Concubine Rou away.
"Oh, Lady Rou, it's obviously you who had bad intentions and acted out this self-directed drama. How can you blame it on the little girl?"
"Being your personal maid is truly unfortunate. I'm either forced to perform with you or tortured to death by you. You dare to act so wildly in front of His Majesty. If His Majesty couldn't see, who knows what other dirty things I might have done."
Rougui's chest heaved violently. She looked at Zhou Lingge with red eyes and yelled hysterically, "I didn't... I didn't direct or act in this."
"Zhou Lingge, you slander me... How could you use such a crude method to humiliate me? It's clearly you who are humiliating me and bullying me, how can you confuse right and wrong and slander me? Your Majesty... Your Majesty, please don't believe the Imperial Concubine's words. She is deliberately harming me..."
Zhou Lingge pretended to be startled. She trembled slightly and shrank back into Qin Feiling's arms.
"Ah, Lady Rou is so fierce, she seems like she's crazy."
"Is he going to kill someone out of his mind?"
Qin Feiling frowned, his face looked very gloomy.
He hugged Zhou Lingge tightly, looking at Concubine Rou without any warmth in his eyes: "Concubine Rou has committed treason and offended the Imperial Concubine. This is truly an unforgivable crime. I hereby order that Concubine Rou be demoted to a commoner and banished to the cold palace..."
Zhou Lingge's eyes turned slightly, her hand caressed her upper abdomen, and she immediately moaned softly: "Ah... Your Majesty, my stomach seems to be a little uncomfortable."
"Could it be that the push from Concubine Rou caused the miscarriage?"
Qin Feiling's eyes were filled with nervousness. He quickly picked up Zhou Lingge and looked at Eunuch Liu, and ordered again: "Drag her to the cold palace and sentence her to death..."
Eunuch Liu knelt down immediately to receive the order.
Concubine Rou's eyes were dull as she stared at Qin Feiling in a daze.
She shook her head in disbelief, "No, Your Majesty, you cannot be so cruel to me..."
She pounced on Qin Feiling, trying to grab his robe.
Qin Feiling dodged, missed her arm, and walked away with Zhou Lingge in his arms without looking back.
Zhou Lingge looked over Qin Feiling's arm and raised her eyebrows at Concubine Rou... She curled her lips in a provocative smile, her eyes full of smug and arrogant victory.
Concubine Rou looked at Zhou Lingge's smug smile and burst into tears: "Zhou Lingge...you vixen, it's all because of you that you seduced His Majesty, making His Majesty lose the ability to distinguish right from wrong...turning black into white..."
Eunuch Liu's face changed and he quickly tore a piece of cloth from his sleeve and covered Concubine Rou's mouth.
He waved his hand and asked the palace servants to restrain Concubine Rou and take her to the cold palace.
Concubine Rou whimpered and struggled violently... but it was all in vain.
She was dragged out of the imperial garden. She looked at him with tearful eyes and a look of extreme despair. The emperor did not even turn his head back, and did not show any reluctance to leave.
His Majesty.
How could he be so cruel for Zhou Lingge?
He had clearly arrived a long time ago and had seen everything. He knew better than anyone that it was Zhou Lingge who bullied her, but he turned a blind eye to it all.
He assisted Zhou Lingge in her evil deeds and had her banished to the cold palace and executed.
Concubine Rou just felt a pain in her heart. All her love was in vain!
A heat surged in her chest, and the next moment she spat out a mouthful of blood, and then she fainted and lost consciousness.
When Zhou Shiya learned that Concubine Rou was banished to the cold palace and sentenced to death, she couldn't help but feel shocked.
The teacup in his hand rolled to the ground and broke into pieces.
Her face paled as she looked up at Nanny Zhou. "Why was it so sudden? Lady Rou... Mrs. Xie has always been cautious in her actions. How could she do something so foolish and disrespectful as to slander Zhou Lingge in public?"
"There's something wrong with this. Have you found out what's going on?"
Nanny Zhou slowly shook her head. "His Majesty has blocked all news. This old servant hasn't found anything useful. His Majesty only said that Xie offended the Imperial Concubine, causing her miscarriage..."
"Any palace concubine who is implicated in the safety of the heir will be severely punished. Therefore, it was only natural for His Majesty to banish Xie to the cold palace and sentence her to death... The Empress Dowager, while mindful of Xie's previous affection, did not plead for her."
Zhou Shiya fidgeted a little. She slowly stood up and said, "I've had Mrs. Xie do a lot of things over the years... Madam Zhou, do you think Mrs. Xie will go all out and drag me down with her?"
Madam Zhou quickly shook her head: "My Lady, it shouldn't be."
"We still have leverage over Mrs. Xie. Even if she's dead, she wouldn't dare to offend the Empress."