After the concubine finished speaking, she glanced directly at Pei An. As for the clinker, he just raised his eyebrows needlessly and looked at her with cold eyes as she struggled on the road to despair.
Such a sharp tone made Scarface's calves tremble, and he fell to his knees on the ground, banging his head, but biting his tongue to death, "What the villain said is the truth, and no one instigated the villain at all. I hope your Majesty will forgive me!"
The concubine gritted her teeth and was about to speak again, but was stopped by Jin Rui, her voice cold and unwarm, "Come here, take the prisoner away first and wait for him to be punished! And this person who resisted the order will be imprisoned together! Today No one is allowed to spread even a word about the guilty minister’s conviction, and those who disobey the order will be punished with the same crime!”
Although the following explanation gave people the illusion of caring about face, the actual situation was only known to him in his heart. He had his own thoughts.
With a call, two palace guards ran in from outside the palace, and they were about to be tied up and taken away.
Only then did the concubine realize the seriousness of the matter. If he was allowed to take Luan'er away to jail today, there would be no room for redress! Therefore, he quickly stepped forward and stretched out his arms to block the two of them for protection, and shouted coldly: "How dare you! Get out of here!"
Then, he said to Jin Rui with an expressionless face: "If your Majesty insists on indiscriminately and unjustly accusing innocent people, then please punish the concubines as well!"
She had no choice but to stop it.
As he spoke, he slowly knelt down to the ground.
If he didn't want to target her, then she would let him have his way.
Brother Shu Wuluan was immediately startled, "Mother, please don't..." but was blocked by the decisive gesture she raised.
Jin Rui narrowed his eyes, "Do you think I will treat you lightly? As the master of the inner palace, you cannot escape the blame for not checking the people you employ! From now on, you will be confined in the dormitory for self-examination. Without my forgiveness, you are not allowed to step out. Half a step from the bedroom!"
Ge Shu Wuluan's heart ached. Of course he knew that His Majesty was trying to restrain her, and he was also secretly reminding her that if she refused to be restrained, or escaped or escaped from prison, all the blame would be placed on the Empress. On your body!
Now that things have happened, she regrets that she secretly went to find her bride without telling the empress, and then someone caught her and used it to frame her, which also caused the empress to suffer because of her!
But for the sake of power and to control the overall situation, His Majesty treated the Queen so cruelly... The Queen's heart was really wrong!
The concubine smiled bitterly, he could indeed do it! Lianxiao said calmly: "Then why not just get rid of my concubine?"
Jin Rui's face turned livid, "If that's what you want, I can help you!"
At this time, Brother Shu Wuluan couldn't hold it in any longer and said in surprise: "Your Majesty, please have mercy and pardon the empress and Guard Xia. The offender will be bound and imprisoned voluntarily!"
Xia Xuefenglei's expression changed, and the concubine also trembled all over, "Luan'er, you..."
But she can no longer give her the chance to continue to defend her, that will only harm her! Therefore, Brother Shu Wuluan slowly knelt down to the ground and kowtowed three times to express his gratitude and say goodbye, "My queen, take care!"
Then he stood up and waited for His Majesty's mercy.
Jin Rui looked at her actions, a crack appeared at the corner of her mouth, she really valued love and justice! Why is there no such person around me? ! A trace of anger disappeared from his eyes, and he finally softened his attitude, "That's good. The concubine will be grounded for one month, and the Xia guards... will be punished for one year and will be sent back to the guard camp to serve as servants."
At this point, Ge Shu Wuluan's heart calmly fell back to its original position, and he glanced at the concubine with a look of regret on his face, then walked towards the two palace guards with his head straight and his head straight.
Jin Rui waved his hand, signaling the palace guards to take him away.
At this moment, Xia Xuefenglei said in a deep voice: "I beg you to escort me personally... the guilty minister to the prison of the Prison Department!"
How angry and difficult it was to pronounce the word 'guilty minister' in his mouth. The concubine and her brother Shu Wuluan could hear it. They also knew about his sudden change. They obviously had plans, and they couldn't help but began to worry about how to stop him from being reckless. Act and be punished.
Jin Rui raised his eyebrows and smiled softly, "Since you are aware of current affairs, I will comply with your request." However, the tone of his words turned cold, as if he had read through his mind, "It's just that if something happens on the way If anything goes wrong, you are the only one to ask!"
Although she said these words to the man, her eyes were directed at the concubine alone.
Therefore, the concubine felt a layer of bitterness in her heart. He was afraid that the man would let Luan'er go, so he used her as a threat. How amazing!
Xia Xuefenglei frowned for a moment, nodded, stood up with his fists clasped, and then escorted the woman whose hands had been bound by the palace guards out of the hall.
Pei An, who had not spoken since he entered, also turned around and left.
The concubine looked sadly at the figure disappearing at the door, and finally stood up slowly.
Seeing this, the scarred man on the side said, "Your Majesty, that villain..." Was he pardoned because of his meritorious service
However, before he could say the next words, he was interrupted by Jin Rui, who called out: "Tang Xi, punish this man to do hard labor in the Xishan quarry."
Hard labor? ! Scarface immediately collapsed, but although he suffered a little, he managed to save his life.
However, His Majesty did not say how long he would be punished. Could it be for life
Why! At worst, he would wait until the situation calmed down before escaping. Anyway, he was already familiar with absconding.
What's more, when Jin Yihou dies, who will hold him accountable for this little guy? Then he can live a stable life in the future.
Thinking about it, I smiled reassuringly.
However, he didn't know that Jin Rui had always been ruthless and decisive, so how could he leave behind him, the only important witness who could clear the woman's suspicion? !
After receiving Jin Rui's pointed look, Tang Xi narrowed his eyes and took Scarface out of the palace.
However, the hint in his eyes did not escape the concubine's eyes. It seemed that he wanted to kill them all and not leave Luan'er a chance to survive! Although he did not make any judgment on this today, let alone make the charges they designed and arranged public, she still knew that he would deal with Luan'er secretly, and then make up another false story to confuse the public and whitewash the peace...
Thinking of this, my heart suddenly became cold.
Everyone in the hall has retreated, leaving only two people standing opposite each other.
The concubine raised her eyes and looked at the face she had been so enamored with. However, the enthusiasm at that time had long since disappeared from her eyes, leaving only desolation. "You clearly arranged Madam Jade's case." , now you want to use this to frame Zhongliang again, don’t you feel guilty?! Of course, you won’t! Because you have no intention!”
There was a hint of ice cracking at the corner of Jin Rui's mouth, and his voice did not contain any warmth, "I am heartless, but it is better than your ambition!"
Is he going to break up with her now? Great! It would be better if we all show our faces to each other, so as not to hide our own thoughts and end up in the same bed with different dreams.
The concubine secretly smiled bitterly, but there was no emotion on her face. She shook her head and said: "You used your disguised cowardice as a bargaining chip to make me pity you, and then you regarded me as a pawn to make me and Pei An compete with each other. Only by fighting can I reap the benefits and gather power quietly. I don’t care about these, and I don’t care. I am willing to be used by you even though I know that I am being used by you. But I didn’t expect that in the end, I would be deeply loved by you. People are so wary and calculating... Hehe, my chess piece has really failed! But, do you know? I have never even had the slightest bit of covetousness... "
Although the phrase "deeply loved one" touched a soft corner of Jin Rui's heart, he hardened his heart in an instant, with a cold face, and interrupted with a hiss while waving his sleeves angrily: "No? So, what do you mean by repeatedly cultivating power and placing your own people all over the inner palace?"
Knowing that he was so angry and asking such questions, the concubine naturally thought of Scarface's mention that she was the masked woman who rescued Luan'er back then. She also understood that Luan'er was trained by her and deliberately Make arrangements to enter the palace. She could understand that he doubted her because of this matter, but he had already been wary of her long before that, which she could not let go of. Who was hurting whom
She sighed secretly and replied calmly and calmly: "To help you."
Jin Rui immediately laughed out loud, "Help me? You can still say that you are helping me!" Suddenly, he narrowed his eyes, stared at her pale face, and asked: "Who have you been so haggard for the past two days? Grief, do you think I don’t understand it at all?”
If the Imperial Master hadn't told him that the Great Dancer also hid another identity that was closely related to her, and that there was a secret place for her outside the palace, he might have been moved by her words today, but Now, he will never believe her hypocrisy again!
The concubine's arms hidden in her wide sleeves trembled secretly. It seemed that he knew everything and had her suspicions and misunderstandings deeply embedded in her heart. So, no matter how she tried to explain, it would be in vain, wouldn't it? Oh, it's not just that he doubts her now. Even at the beginning, he never trusted her in the slightest. He was cold and heartless from the beginning to the end.
He twitched the corner of his mouth bitterly, and in the end he could only choose to remain silent.
However, her lack of explanation not only did not relieve Jin Rui's suspicion, but made him even more angry. He sneered and asked: "Clarify it! Why don't you speak?"
The concubine raised her eyes and said calmly, word by word: "What does Your Majesty want me to say? Haven't you already harbored your own opinions? So, why do I need to be a clown again?"
Yes. He wouldn't believe anything she said, and to this day, she no longer wanted to gain his meager trust, just because her heart was dead!
With a self-deprecating sentence, Jin Rui dimmed his eyes and gritted his teeth and said: "Very good! From now on, my beloved concubine will be here to reflect on her past actions!"
The concubine slowly closed her eyes and smiled bitterly without saying a word.
Since he is so suspicious of her motives, and there is evidence that he believes deeply in his heart, why not find a crime to depose or kill her? Why imprison her as a dormitory to cause him trouble
As Jin Rui walked away, she suddenly opened her eyes, stared at his back and asked in a low voice: "Have you ever had me in your heart in all these years?"
Up to this point, she still held on to a trace of fantasy. She did not want to die trying to save her life, but just wanted to be comforted in the future.
However, he finally shattered her fantasy, and after it was shattered into ashes, she had no other thoughts. She settled down to be a person who wanted to die, and called the claustrophobic palace of his heart.
Jin Rui's back was slightly stiff, but he didn't stop or give her the slightest answer.
However, she already got the answer from that silence.
The cold figure disappeared from sight for a long time before the concubine slowly withdrew her sight and walked into the bed calmly...
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