"Rong Xinruo, isn't it?" Emperor Ning suddenly raised his eyes, and looked coldly at Rong Xinruo's face.
Rong Xinruo was slightly taken aback, a smile slowly appeared on his face, and he nodded repeatedly, "Yes! Your Majesty, it is the servant girl! Your Majesty still remembers the servant girl!"
"Remember!" Emperor Ning snorted coldly, and then said, "The grand maid of Jinxiu Palace! She was hand-picked by me! But if I remember correctly, this grand maid should also be a maid, right?"
"Return to Your Majesty, in this harem, except for the masters of the palace, the rest are all slaves! The grand palace ladies are naturally palace maids, lowly slaves!" Dongfang Jing took a step forward and blessed Emperor Ning , neither humble nor overbearing.
When Rong Xinruo heard this, his complexion changed slightly.
She couldn't figure out what Emperor Ning and Dongfang Jing were thinking! If Xia Qinglan was punished, Xia Qinglan would be punished. What does this have to do with her status as a palace maid
Rong Xinruo looked bewildered.
Emperor Ning said, "If I remember correctly, there is also a rule in this palace. In the harem, only the master has the right to order torture..."
His voice paused, Rong Xinruo immediately understood, his body trembled slightly, he fell to his knees with a plop, and hurriedly explained, "Your Majesty, forgive me! Your Majesty forgive me! Slave, servant... just issued orders on behalf of the Empress Dowager." !"
"You replace the Empress Dowager?!" Dongfang Jing gave her a cold look, "What is your identity, that you dare to replace the Empress Dowager?! You are as humble as dirt, and the Empress Dowager is as noble as a cloud. The two of you are comparable. What? Besides, the empress dowager knows how to measure, so naturally she would not hurt the second-rank minister in front of her majesty for nothing, causing thousands of disaster victims to be rescued! Empress dowager, what do you think?"
The Empress Dowager made this trip specially to support Rong Xinruo, who would have thought... Dongfang Jing's few words would force her to change her position!
The empress dowager has always been kind and kind in front of outsiders, so naturally she can't do such a cruel thing!
Castrating a second-rank official of the imperial court just because he set foot in the inner palace to see his wife... Isn't this too absurd? !
The Empress Dowager was slightly taken aback, and then said, "Wan Yun is right. This castration is too vicious. Lord Xia is for the country and the people, and there is hard work without credit. Naturally, you can't treat it like this. But Lord Xia broke into the inner palace. In fact, if I let him go today, others will only say that I am selfish as the empress dowager... In the long run, the majesty of the Ai family in this harem will be worn out by some people sooner or later!"
Emperor Ning frowned slightly, glanced at the Empress Dowager, and asked, "Grandma, how do you plan to deal with this matter?"
The Empress Dowager glanced at Xia Qinglan who was on the ground, then secretly glanced at Dongfang Jing who was beside her, and said in a deep voice, "Death is inevitable, but life is inevitable. Someone, take Xia Qinglan down and hit him with thirty slaps. Use it as an example to others!"
Lu Qiao's heart shook, and she stretched out her arms almost instinctively, and stopped in front of Xia Qinglan, "No! Your Majesty, no! The Empress Dowager! It's all because of me! It's because of the slaves..."
Luqiao's mind was a mess, although she hadn't figured it out yet, even though she didn't know what kind of relationship Xia Qinglan had with her! But there was a tendon in her head that was pulling, if she didn't jump out to protect Xia Qinglan, that tendon would be torn apart!