nycdaug Chapter 147 Cruelty
Chapter 147 Cruelty
Li agreed and was stunned, her eyes full of astonishment.
She stumbled and took a step back.
"No... Your Majesty, you cannot treat me like this."
"After all, I gave birth to a princess for you. You can't be so cold-blooded and heartless to me..."
She thought that at most she would be banished to the cold palace.
Given her contribution in giving birth to the eldest princess and the influence of her father being the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, His Majesty would never sentence her to death.
But she... ultimately underestimated Qin Feiling's cruelty and ruthlessness.
Li agreed and fell to the ground. She crawled on the ground and reached out to the Queen Mother for help.
"Empress Dowager, please save me..."
"For the sake of the Grand Princess, this concubine's crime does not deserve death..."
Before she could finish her words, Eunuch Liu grabbed the white silk and quickly wrapped it around her neck.
He pulled his arm hard, and there was a cracking sound... It seemed like the sound of bones breaking.
Li agreed and her pupils dilated. Her eyes were wide open, and her arms were still stretched out to the Queen Mother for help.
"Uh... the... the Queen Mother."
She never had the chance to ask for help.
Her arms quickly drooped.
The Queen Mother was so frightened that her face turned pale and she quickly stood up.
"Ah...Emperor...No."
However, it all happened so fast that there was no time to stop it.
In just a few breaths, Eunuch Liu had strangled Li Da Ying's neck, and she died completely.
Zhou Shiya gasped and her face turned pale.
Strangled on the spot… His Majesty has no heart.
How could he be so cruel for Zhou Lingge?
Li promised to give birth to the eldest princess for him, but he did not remember their friendship at all. In order to vent his anger for Zhou Lingge, he killed the concubine who had given birth to his child.
Zhou Shiya couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart.
Cold sweat kept coming out of her back.
Concubine Wan's eyes were filled with fear, and she quickly hid behind the Queen Mother.
She looked at Qin Feiling with fear in her eyes.
It was the first time she had witnessed the emperor's wrath... This man ended a life with just one sentence.
In his eyes, everyone's life is like an ant.
She was a little confused. Was it right or wrong for her to enter the palace?
Concubine Rou covered her mouth tightly, her eyes dull as she stared at Li Da Ying, who was lying on the ground with her eyes open and motionless.
Everything in front of her eyes went dark, and her mind was filled with the pair of eyes that Li had used to ask for help for the last time.
The other palace maids in the hall trembled and knelt on the ground, shouting at His Majesty to calm down.
Qin Feiling's tall and straight figure stood at the entrance of the temple like a mountain.
His figure was elongated by the setting sun, and his shadow enveloped everyone in the hall.
Invisible fear and panic linger in everyone's heart.
When the emperor was angry, corpses floated for hundreds of miles.
Many people thought of the more than ten palace maids that His Majesty beat to death with sticks because of the imperial concubine a few days ago.
This is the second time that His Majesty has killed people for the sake of the imperial concubine.
Qin Feiling looked at the terrified people in the hall and spoke in a cold voice, "From now on, if anyone dares to slander the Imperial Concubine... dares to throw dirty water on her, I will not care what evidence you have. I will not distinguish right from wrong and will execute them all."
Everyone couldn't help but gasp. What does His Majesty mean?
Is this to protect the imperial concubine to the end?
No matter who gets into trouble in the palace, as long as the matter involves the imperial concubine, whoever provides evidence and comes out to testify against the imperial concubine will be executed without mercy. Is that what you mean?
Your Majesty favors the Imperial Concubine to this extent?
Qin Feiling's gaze finally fell on Concubine Rou.
Concubine Rou's body was trembling... She felt that the emperor's gaze was like a sword, as if it wanted to tear her apart.
The Queen Mother stepped forward and stood in front of Concubine Rou. She looked at Qin Feiling with anger in her eyes: "Emperor, have you gone crazy enough?"
"You don't even take me seriously now, do you? I've already banished Li to the cold palace, but you... strangled her in such an undignified way? How could you... be so cruel?"
Qin Feiling smiled nonchalantly, "Mother, calm down... There are endless disputes in the harem, and countless dirty waters are always thrown at the Imperial Concubine. I really can't stand it. Whether you blame me for going crazy or scold me for affecting the country by favoring the Imperial Concubine, I don't care at all."
"Anyone who dares to harm the Imperial Concubine will be considered an enemy by me and will be killed without mercy. As an emperor, if I can't even protect the woman I love, then what's the point of being an emperor? Mother... I will protect the country, but I must also protect the woman I love. They say you can't have your cake and eat it too. I must give up one of the beauty and the country, but I have always been ambitious... and I want both."
The Queen Mother's eyes were filled with anger, she gritted her teeth and looked at Qin Feiling.
Her eyes were full of disappointment and anger.
She didn't know why the emperor had become so cruel and ruthless in just over a month.
In recent years, no matter how big or small the mistakes made by concubines were, they were never strangled on the spot.
Also, Li Da Ying gave birth to the eldest princess after all. Even if she made an unforgivable mistake, she should be spared for the sake of the eldest princess.
The eldest princess is still young. If she grows up and finds out that her mother was sentenced to death by the emperor, what will she think?
What the emperor did today was truly brutal. If this were to get out...what would the ministers and the common people think?
All the good reputation the emperor had built up over the years was about to be ruined.
The Queen Mother was very upset.
She took a few deep breaths and finally suppressed the anger in her heart.
She knew that Li Da Ying was dead, and if she continued to entangle with Qin Feiling in front of so many people, it would not be a good thing for them... The Queen Mother rubbed her eyebrows.
She ordered the palace servants to carry Li Da's body out... and asked Zhao Ma to keep the news of today secret and not let anyone reveal it, otherwise anyone who leaked the news would be killed without mercy.
Madam Zhao responded in a low voice.
It was immediately announced to the public that Li Da Ying committed suicide out of fear of punishment.
The Queen Mother looked at Qin Feiling.
"Emperor...I am tired...Please help me return to the Cining Palace to rest."
Qin Feiling suppressed the hostility in his eyes, lowered his brows and responded submissively, and helped the empress dowager leave.
Zhou Shiya was breathing heavily, staring blankly at Qin Feiling's disappearing back.
She hardly knew how she left.
Nanny Zhou supported Zhou Shiya's cold arm and returned to Fengluan Palace.
Even though she was in a room as warm as spring, her hands and feet were still terribly cold.
She paused for a long while, but still didn't come back to her senses.
Nanny Zhou walked in from outside and whispered, "Your Majesty, Concubine Rou... no, it should be Concubine Rou... she wants to see you."
Zhou Shiya's face turned pale and she quickly shook her head: "Let her go back."
"How can I see her at this time?"