Dreams of Qing surround Yaochi ( Shared with Empress Xiaoxian )
After leaving the main house, Liu and Zhang looked at each other, drew near the golden fence, and Liu warmly said: "No wonder Guo's servant came to collect the adjacent house last night. It turns out that sister is coming, this is great! Now I have another companion with Zhang sister."
Golden cage shallow smile, on the cheek like ice and snow floated light peach red: "In the future also hope sister more care."
Compared with the solemn and majestic front yard, the back yards of Qianxi's two houses are full of elegant charm. Near the front yard, you can see many things that Madame Fu likes, such as grape trellises and small strawberry fields below, stone tables and chairs placed in the white orchid and jade orchid tree forests, pavilions set among tall fruit trees, cypresses, and Chinese parasol trees, as well as corridors, fake hills, and small doors with moon-shaped openings that separate the garden from the outhouses, hidden among the flowers. There are also intricately carved flower-shaped windows made of Huanghuali wood on the white walls, winding paths leading to secluded spots, and a refreshing elegance that cannot be contained within the garden.
Compared to the grandeur of Chengqian Palace, this place is like a paradise on earth. And... thinking of Hongli, her heart feels sweet, from now on, she will also be living here. The women in the palace say that there isn't a single woman in the two residences of Qianxi who doesn't envy them, although they are not overly pampered, but the Fourth Prince is noble and handsome, and the Fourth Princess is gentle and kind, generous with rewards, and harmonious above and below.
She was not someone else, although she was born with less talent than the four concubines, she also had confidence in getting more favor from the fourth brother. These princesses and concubines, except for Gao Shi, which one's appearance can compare to her own?
"Of course, of course." Zhang Shi quickly said, "The mistress is kind and virtuous, and doesn't need us to pay our respects every day. I'm sure that servant girl must have told you last night, right? Now that the mistress is pregnant, she needs to take good care of herself. Just go to the main courtyard on the fifth day of each month at dawn to pay your respects, and don't worry about following rules on ordinary days." She looked around and lowered her voice, "It's just that there are more needlework tasks now, I suppose it's because she's afraid of too many people causing trouble."
"Shut your stinky mouth!" Liu gave Zhang a sideways glance, then smiled at Jinli and said: "Don't listen to her, this needlework is what we women should be doing. I still want to do some embroidery like Sister Gao and the others to show respect to the Emperor and the Imperial Concubine, but unfortunately my skills are not good enough, and I don't have that status." As she spoke, her eyes quickly glanced at Su and Keliyete who were walking ahead, pointing with her hand towards the left front: "Look, we're staying there, behind the cloud-shaped wall, passing through the Moon Gate, the wing room next to the wall is empty, outside are two wing rooms where Fucha Gege and Keliyete Gege live, isn't the view nice?... Ah, watch your step on the small path!"
Liu shouted in surprise, her right foot quickly flew to Jinli's feet and kicked it, while her right hand simultaneously pushed Jinli's waist. Jinli had not expected that just after leaving the main courtyard, the two people who were affectionately chatting with each other would suddenly trap her. In an instant, her mind was extremely clear, and she realized that their previous affection was just a way to lower her guard and make the plan more successful. Her body desperately tried to avoid it, but her foot was hooked backwards, and her body was pushed forward, causing her to fall forward instantly. "Ah——"
Su Bao Rou, who was walking straight to the right front, heard a shout of surprise and instinctively wanted to dodge forward. A severe pain had already spread across her back, and she couldn't help but let out a painful cry of "Ah". Her body was about to lose control and fall forward, her stomach almost hitting the ground, and a look of terror involuntarily appeared on her face.
"Be careful, mistress!" Xiangyun beside her hugged her in time, but was somewhat unable to bear the weight and sat down on the ground with a thud.
"Oh, it hurts!" Su Bao Rou's spirit suddenly felt a wave of cramping pain in her abdomen, she grabbed Xiang Yun and gasped for air, "Quickly, quickly call the imperial physician!"
"Come on, come on!" Xiangyun shouted loudly.
"Heavens, what's going on? Quick, go call the imperial physician." Fucha Fulina covered her astonished mouth with a handkerchief and immediately ordered the autumn leaf beside her, "Go quickly!"
The autumn leaves ran quickly to call people.
"Ah?" Korieute. Gu Xin Yi gave a meaningful glance at Gao Lu Wei, who was also shocked and carefully protecting her stomach while hiding to the side. A mocking expression flashed across her face: "Won't someone's wristband have broken again? Or is it that this school's road is too slippery, always making people fall."
The unlucky Jin family, like themselves, was calculated from the very beginning. Nowadays, she is very clear that Liu and Zhang are Gao's claws. Thinking back to what happened to her in those days, it's not much different from today, only the people being calculated have become Jin and Su.
Fu Chou's face fell, and she glared at her fiercely. Her Yong Huang would never be able to shake off the stigma of his birth, wasn't it all because of her and Gao Shi? How dare she say such things?! It was a pity that the fire from the other day hadn't burned the child in Gao Shi's belly to death, as for Ke Li Ye Te Shi... just wait and see.
Such a commotion, Yunzhu had to rush over to deal with it while telling Cui about preparing several sets of different colored small clothes and quilts. The most important thing was naturally Su Bao Rou's belly, fortunately there were many pregnant women in the palace waiting to give birth, the imperial hospital's expert obstetricians and pediatricians, Dr. Su and Dr. Zhao would arrange for someone to be on duty even if they had something else to attend to, it was said that they arrived just in time, a dose of fetal preservation medicine went down, and the fetus was finally preserved.
"Take good care of your young mistress, if something happens to the child in her belly, you all know the consequences." Yun Zhu's gaze swept over the slaves standing in the courtyard, finally stopping on Wan Yiniang.
Wan and others responded in unison, "We will take good care of our young mistress."
As for Xiangyun, who was kneeling on the ground with a "guilty and incompetent servant" look, she snorted and said, "You'd better wait for your master to decide how to deal with you." She turned around and left.
Would this girl's skills be enough to wait for Su Bao Rou to be pushed down until she almost fell to the ground before reacting and hugging her? Don't deceive me. I still can't figure out what she wants to do by entering the palace, so I'll just hang around her and observe the changes. Of course, maybe one day when I get impatient, I won't mind dealing with her directly.
Xiangyun looked up incredulously, her eyes wide with astonishment. Shouldn't the princess be praising her for protecting the master and rewarding her? She had let the princess decide how to deal with her, but now the princess was asleep after taking medicine, so when would she be able to get up from kneeling?
Her expression was coincidentally seen by Wang's mother, who had just finished sending off Yunzhu. She couldn't help but furrow her brow, and a hint of doubt arose in her mind. However, her attention was soon diverted by the commotion in front of her. It was clear that Gigi had been schemed against, and she still needed to guard against others taking advantage of her misfortune, whether it be during meals or elsewhere, where they would continue to plot against her.
She sat down on the chair prepared by the people below, Yunzhu coldly gazed at the crowd who were ordered to stay in place and not leave, "Have you thought of what to say?" Treating her like a fool, just a moment ago she was still instructing them to "get along harmoniously" in the main hall, yet they dared to create this scene for her. It seemed that these days had been too leisurely?!
"Your Ladyship, I'm being framed! It was Liu who tripped me up and someone else pushed me from behind. That's why I fell and bumped into Su Gege who was walking ahead!" Jin Qi knelt on the ground, her eyes red and swollen from crying, her expression stern. "I know I'm guilty, I'm willing to accept punishment, but the person who harmed me will not be let off scot-free!"
"You're framing me!" Liu immediately knelt down and cried out: "Fu Jin must stand up for me, ah! When Jin Shi first arrived, I was thinking that with Zhang sister here, we'd have a companion and our hearts would be joyful. From the main courtyard onwards, I explained to her some of the rules of the two palaces and the scenery in the garden. Clearly, it was she herself who wasn't paying attention to the road and tripped and fell. At that time, I even shouted out... several of the gege must have heard it too."
"Where were you all at that time?"
Jinzhai pointed to the front position and said: "At that time, I was walking here, Liu Shi stood on my left side, Zhang Shi stood on my right side, Keliyete Gege walked in front of me on the left, Su Gege was in front of me on the right, Fucha Gege and Gao Gege were behind me."
The one who tripped her up could only be Liu, but who was the one pushing her? Receiving Yunzhu's suspicious gaze, Gao Lu immediately stepped forward and said: "Reporting to Fu Jin, after I became pregnant, I was afraid that the child in my belly would get hurt, so I was careful everywhere. How dare I squeeze through crowded places? At that time, I was being protected by Laiyue and was three steps behind Liu." Having learned from the lesson of Fucha's Fulinga slipping and falling to the ground, when walking with others, she would never walk in front.
Fu Cha quickly followed up with a clear explanation: "I was thinking of going to the small bamboo forest in the inner garden to pick some bamboo shoots and fresh lotus leaves to make a cooling soup for Yong Huang, so I walked along the right side with Qiu Ye. Although we were close to Jin Shi, we were still far apart, and not even Zhang Shi's clothes touched us."
"This sentence of Jin's 'someone pushed her from behind' is to frame Gao, obviously also seeing that Liu and Zhang are Gao's claws."
"Can you see Liu tripped up Jin?"
Everyone shook their heads. This was normal, who would pay attention to others' feet while walking? And even if they saw it, why should they help Jin's family? It was also good to use this matter to eliminate a rival for favor.
"Jin, is there anything else you'd like to say?" This is exactly where you've been trying every means to get in.
Jin Zhi gritted her teeth and said: "I have evidence to prove that I was framed."
"Oh?" The crowd looked at her in surprise. Liu's heart suddenly started racing, and on this hot day, she even broke out in a cold sweat.
Jin Ying Town said to Yun Zhu Dao: "I've been sensitive since I was a child, and even a slight bump will leave a mark. Please ask the madam to send someone to check, and it will be clear whether it's true or false."
It's interesting, Yun Zhu said to the two aunts: "Trouble you two aunts to accompany her for a walk."
Yeh's mother nodded and took the golden cage to the nearest house, only to come out again after a short while. "Reporting to Madame Fu, apart from some abrasions on her knees, elbows, and palms, there is indeed a bruise on the left calf, and several faint red finger marks on her left waist. I've verified it, and they're not self-inflicted."
"So what Jin said is true." Yunzhu smiled at Liu and others, "Liu tripped Jin on purpose, it's a fact. She deliberately plotted against the imperial family and harmed her own son, yet she still dares to deny... Is it that you have malicious intentions yourself or someone is manipulating you from behind?!"
Liu's face turned pale, her whole body trembling constantly, as she kept knocking her head on the ground: "Madam, spare my life, I didn't mean to, it was just that I was jealous in my heart, so I couldn't help but trip her up. I only wanted to make her fall and lose face... Woe is me, I didn't push her..."
Liu seems not to be foolish either, following Jin's words, she herself is not the one who pushed her from behind, and also diluted the original intention of hooking her foot, this guilt has unknowingly decreased a lot.
Gaolü Wei hated it extremely, at this time it was not good to say that everything was done by Liu's family, fearing that she would pull herself out, so she had to hold her belly and kneel down: "Fu Jin, this matter is indeed unrelated to the concubine..."
Ke'er Ye said with a faint smile: "Madam didn't say it was Eldest Sister Gao who pushed her, why is Eldest Sister Gao in such a hurry?"
She couldn't help but feel anxious, as the position of Jin's waist being pushed indicated that it was her side and not Fucha Fulina's. However, arguing further would be futile, so she could only hang her head in silence, tears streaming down her face.
"So no one admits or testifies to pushing a palm on Jin's waist?"
A dead silence fell over the scene.
"All these years, your rules have been useless. The crime of harming the imperial heir is unforgivable. If I don't teach you a lesson, you'll still think that the rules of the Dianxi Hall are just for show, and you won't have any respect for the royal family or your masters... Guards! Take Liu away, give her thirty lashes, and confine her to her quarters for a year. Without my or Prince Wang's orders, she is not allowed to take half a step out of the house!"
"La Yue is suspected of plotting against the imperial heir, and is sentenced to 40 strokes of the cane; Gao Shi is confined for half a year, fined by copying 'Nu Jie' and 'Xin Jing' each 100 times, and deducted half a year's salary; The rest are confined for one month, and copy 'Xin Jing' 50 times."
Liu's face was as pale as death, and she had been confined to her room for a year. Would Grandfather still remember who she was? She wanted to open her mouth to plead, but several rough maids grabbed her hands and covered her mouth, dragging her away.
Yunzhu finished saying the punishment for everyone in a light and casual tone, then stood up and supported Suwen and Mingxin back to the main courtyard.
"Master save me——" Nian Yue didn't react until he was dragged away before shouting.
Fu Cha, Hua Ling'a and Ke Lie Ye Te. Gu Xin suffered the calamity of Yu Chi's pool and glared at Gao Lu Wei with a fierce gaze, then returned to her own chambers accompanied by her personal palace maid.
Jin Zhen thought that although she had suffered a lot of injuries and couldn't bear the favor, she could still use this to gain some sympathy from her father. Unexpectedly, as the victim, she was also being punished. Her lips moved, but in the end, she swallowed her words. Su Shi's miscarriage was also directly caused by her... Fu Cha and Ke Lie Ye Te didn't resist either, and speaking out would only bring shame.
It has to be said that after this incident, she became much more cautious.
Gao Lüwei wanted to say something, but beside her, Guo's servant had already brought over several rough-looking servants who said: "Does the young mistress want us to help you up?"
Is this implying that she was dragged away by force? How could Gao Luomi bear to lose face like this, watching as Jiaoyue was pulled away, and Qing'e and Song Mama hurried over to help her up.
"How is Mr./Ms. Su?"
"It's said there were signs of a miscarriage, but the fetus was preserved." Madam Song whispered.
Gao Luowe almost bit her silver teeth to pieces, what a loss! Not only did she fail to suppress Jinshi, but also possibly earned Grandfather's sympathy for her.
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After leaving the main house, Liu and Zhang looked at each other, approached the golden fence, and Liu warmly said: "No wonder Guo's servant sent someone to clean up the adjacent room last night. It turns out that my sister is coming, this is great! Now I have another companion with Sister Zhang."
Golden cage shallow smile, on the cheek like ice and snow floated light peach red: "In the future also hope sister more care."
Compared with the solemn and majestic front yard, the back yards of Qianxi's two houses are full of elegant charm. Near the front yard, many things that Madame Fu likes can be seen, such as grape racks and small strawberry fields below, stone tables and chairs placed in the white orchid and jade orchid tree forests, pavilions set among tall fruit trees, cypresses, and osmanthus trees, as well as corridors, fake mountains, and small doors that separate the garden from the wing rooms, hidden among the flowers. There are also intricately carved windows made of Huanghua pear wood on the white walls, winding paths leading to secluded spots, and a clear and elegant atmosphere that cannot be contained within the garden.
Compared to the grandeur of Chongqing Palace, this place is like a paradise on earth. And... thinking of Hongli, her heart feels sweet, from now on, she will also be living here. The women in the palace say that there isn't a single woman in the two residences of Qianxi who doesn't envy them, although they are not overly pampered, but the Fourth Prince is noble and handsome, and the Fourth Princess is gentle and kind, generous with rewards, and harmonious above and below.
She was not someone else, although she was born with less talent than the four concubines, she also had confidence in getting more favor from the fourth prince. These princesses and concubines, except for Gao Shi, which one's appearance can compare to her own?
"Of course, of course." Zhang said quickly, "The mistress is kind and virtuous, and doesn't need us to pay our respects every day. I'm sure that servant girl must have told you last night, right? Now that the mistress is pregnant, she needs to take good care of herself. All we need to do is go to the main courtyard on the fifth day of each month at dawn to pay our respects, and there's no need for other rules." She looked around and lowered her voice, "It's just that there are more needlework tasks now, I suppose she's afraid of too many people causing trouble."
"Shut your stinky mouth!" Madame Liu glared at Madame Zhang, then smiled and said to Jinli: "Don't listen to her, this needlework is what we women should be doing. I still want to do some embroidery like Sister Gao and the others to show respect to the Emperor and the Imperial Concubine, but unfortunately my skills are not good enough, and I don't have that status." As she spoke, her eyes quickly glanced at Madame Su and Madame Keliyete who were walking ahead, pointing with her hand towards the left front: "Look, we're staying there, behind the cloud-shaped wall, passing through the Moon Gate, the wing room next to the wall is empty, outside are two wing rooms where Fucha Gege and Keliyete Gege live, isn't the view nice?... Ah, watch your step on the small path!"
Liu shouted in surprise, her right foot quickly flew to Jinli's feet and kicked it, while her right hand simultaneously pushed Jinli's waist. Jinli had not expected that just after leaving the main courtyard, the two people who were affectionately chatting with each other would suddenly trap her. In an instant, her mind was extremely clear, and she realized that their previous affection was just a way to lower her guard and make the plan more successful. Her body desperately tried to avoid it, but her foot was hooked backwards, and her body was pushed forward, causing her to fall forward instantly. "Ah——"
Su Bao Rou, who was walking straight to the right front, heard a shout of surprise and instinctively wanted to dodge forward. A severe pain had already spread across her back, and she couldn't help but let out a painful cry of "Ah". Her body was about to lose control and fall forward, her stomach almost hitting the ground, and a look of terror involuntarily appeared on her face.
"Be careful, young mistress!" Xiangyun beside her promptly hugged her, but was somewhat unable to bear the weight and sat down on the ground with a thud.
"Oh, it hurts!" Su Bao Rou's spirit suddenly felt a wave of cramping pain in her abdomen, she grabbed Xiang Yun and gasped for air, "Quickly, quickly call the imperial physician!"
"Come on, come on!" Xiangyun shouted loudly.
"Heavens, what's going on? Quick, go call the imperial physician." Fucha Fulina covered her astonished mouth with a handkerchief and immediately ordered the autumn leaf beside her, "Go quickly!"
The autumn leaves ran quickly to call people.
"Ah?" Korieute. Gu Xin Yi gave a meaningful glance at Gao Lu Wei, who was also shocked and carefully protecting her stomach while hiding to the side. A mocking expression flashed across her face: "Won't someone's wristband have broken again? Or is it that this school's road is too slippery, always making people fall."
The unlucky Jin family, like themselves, was calculated from the very beginning. Nowadays, she is very clear that Liu and Zhang are Gao's claws. Thinking back to what happened to her in those days, it's not much different from today, only the people being calculated have become Jin and Su.
Fu Chou's face fell, and she glared at her fiercely. Her Yongheng would never be able to shake off the stigma of his birth, wasn't it all because of her and Gao Shi? How dare she say such things?! It was a pity that the fire from the other day hadn't burned the child in Gao Shi's belly to death, as for Keliye Te... just wait and see.
Such a commotion, Yunzhu had to rush over to deal with it while telling Cui about preparing several sets of different colored small clothes and quilts. The most important thing was naturally Su Bao Rou's belly, fortunately there were many pregnant women in the palace waiting to give birth, the imperial hospital's expert obstetricians and pediatricians, Dr. Su and Dr. Zhao would arrange for someone to be on duty even if they had something else to attend to, it was said that the situation was handled in time, a dose of fetal preservation medicine was administered, and the fetus was finally preserved.
"Take good care of your young mistress, if something happens to the child in her belly, you all know the consequences." Yun Zhu's gaze swept over the slaves standing in the courtyard, finally stopping on Wan Yiniang.
Wan Niang and others responded in unison, "We will take good care of the princess."
As for Xiangyun, who was kneeling on the ground with a "guilty and evil" expression, she hummed and said, "You'd better wait for your master to decide how to deal with you." She turned around and left.
Would this girl's skills be enough to wait for Su Bao Rou to be pushed down and almost fall to the ground before reacting and hugging her? Don't deceive a ghost. She still can't figure out what she wants to do by entering the palace, so she can only hang around and observe the changes. Of course, maybe one day when she gets impatient, she won't mind dealing with her directly.
Xiangyun looked up incredulously, her eyes wide with astonishment. Shouldn't the princess be praising her for protecting the master and rewarding her? She had let the princess decide how to deal with her, but now the princess was asleep after taking medicine, so when would she be able to get up from kneeling?
Her expression was coincidentally seen by Wang's mother, who had just finished sending off Yunzhu. She couldn't help but furrow her brow, and a hint of doubt arose in her mind. However, her attention was soon diverted by the commotion in front of her. It was clear that Gigi had been schemed against, and she still needed to guard against others taking advantage of her misfortune, whether it be during meals or elsewhere, where they would continue to plot against her.
She sat down on the chair prepared by the people below, Yunzhu coldly gazed at the crowd who were ordered to stay in place and not leave, "Have you thought of what to say?" Treating her like a fool, just a moment ago she was still instructing them to "get along harmoniously" and now they've stirred up this trouble, it seems that life has been too leisurely?!
"Your Ladyship, I'm being framed! It was Liu who tripped me up and someone else pushed me from behind. That's why I fell and bumped into Su Gege who was walking ahead!" Jin Yi knelt on the ground, her eyes red and swollen from crying, her expression stern. "I know I'm guilty, I'm willing to accept punishment, but I won't let the person who harmed me get away scot-free!"
"You're framing me!" Liu immediately knelt down and cried out: "Fu Jin must stand up for me, a slave! When Jin Shi first arrived, I thought it would be nice to have some company, so from the main courtyard, I accompanied her all the way, explaining the rules of the two palaces and the scenery in the garden. It was clearly her own carelessness that made her trip and fall. I even shouted out at the time... Several gege must have heard it too!"
"Where were you all at that time?"
Jinzhai pointed to the front position and said: "At that time, I was walking here, Liu Shi stood on my left side, Zhang Shi stood on my right side, Ke'er Yete Gege walked in front of me on the left, Su Gege was in front of me on the right, Fuca Gege and Gao Gege were behind me."
The one who tripped her up could only be Liu, but who was the one pushing her? Receiving Yunzhu's suspicious gaze, Gao Lu immediately stepped forward and said: "Reporting to Fu Jun, after I became pregnant, I was afraid that the child in my belly would get hurt, so I was careful everywhere. How dare I squeeze through crowded places? At that time, I was being protected by Nian Yue and was three steps behind Liu." Having learned from the lesson of Fucha's Fulinga slipping and falling to the ground, when walking with others, she would never walk in front.
Fu Cha, Hu Ling hastily followed to clear up: "I was thinking of going to the small bamboo forest in the inner garden to pick some bamboo shoots and fresh lotus leaves to make a cooling soup for Yong Huang, so I walked along the right side with Qiu Ye. Although the distance between me and Jin Shi is close, it's still far apart, not even touching Zhang Shi's hem."
"This sentence of Jin's 'someone pushed her from behind' is to frame Gao, obviously also seeing that Liu and Zhang are Gao's claws."
"Can you see Liu tripped up Jin?"
Everyone shook their heads. This was normal, who would pay attention to others' feet while walking? And even if they saw it, why should they help Jin's family? It was also good to use this matter to eliminate a rival for favor.
"Jin, is there anything else you'd like to say?" This is exactly where you've been trying every means to get in.
Jin Zhi gritted her teeth and said: "I have evidence to prove that I was framed."
"Oh?" The crowd looked at her in surprise. Liu's heart suddenly started racing, and on this hot day, she even broke out in a cold sweat.
Jin Ying Town said to Yun Zhu Dao: "I've been sensitive since I was a child, and even a slight bump will leave a mark. Please ask the madam to send someone to check, and it will be clear whether it's true or false."
It's interesting, Yun Zhu said to the two aunts: "Trouble you two aunts to accompany her for a walk."
Yehua nodded and took the golden cage to the nearest house, only to come out again after a short while. "Reporting to Fugui, aside from some abrasions on her knees, elbows, and palms, Jinshi indeed has a bruise on her left calf and several faint red finger marks on her left waist. I've verified it, and they weren't self-inflicted."
"So what Jin said is true." Yunzhu smiled at Liu and others, "Liu tripped Jin on purpose, it's a fact. She deliberately plotted against the royal family and harmed her children, yet she still dared to deny... Is it that you have a heart to harm people or someone instructed you to confess?"
Liu's face turned pale, her whole body trembling constantly, as she kept knocking her head on the ground: "Madam, spare my life, I didn't mean to, it was just that I was jealous in my heart, so I couldn't help but trip her up. I only wanted to make her fall and lose face... Woe is me, I didn't push her..."
Liu seems not to be foolish either, following Jin's words, she herself is not the one who pushed her from behind, and also diluted the original intention of hooking her foot, this guilt has unknowingly decreased a lot.
Gaolü Wei hated it extremely, at this time it was not good to say that everything was done by Liu's family, fearing that she would pull herself out, so she had to hold her belly and kneel down: "Fu Jin, this matter is indeed unrelated to the concubine..."
Ke'er Ye said with a faint smile: "Madam didn't say it was Eldest Sister Gao who pushed her, why is Eldest Sister Gao in such a hurry?"
She couldn't help but feel anxious, as the position of Jin's waist being pushed indicated that it was her side and not Fucha Fulina's. However, arguing further would be futile, so she could only hang her head in silence, tears streaming down her face.
"So no one admits or testifies to pushing a palm on Jin's waist?"
A dead silence fell over the scene.
"All these years, your rules have been useless. The crime of harming the imperial heir is unforgivable. If I don't teach you a lesson, you'll still think that the rules of the Dian West are just for show, and you won't have any respect for the royal family or your masters... Guards! Take Liu away, give her thirty lashes, and confine her to her quarters for a year. Without my or the prince's orders, she is not allowed to take half a step out of the house!"
"La Yue is suspected of plotting against the imperial heir, and is sentenced to 40 strokes of the cane; Gao Shi is confined for half a year, fined by copying 'Nu Jie' and 'Xin Jing' each 100 times, and deducted half a year's salary; The rest are confined for one month, and copy 'Xin Jing' 50 times."
Liu's face was as pale as death, and she had been confined to her room for a year. Would Grandfather still remember who she was? She wanted to open her mouth to plead, but several rough maids grabbed her hands and covered her mouth, dragging her away.
Yunzhu finished saying the punishment for everyone in a light and casual tone, then stood up and supported Suwen and Mingxin back to the main courtyard.
"Master, save me!" Nian Yue shouted just as he was being dragged away.
Fu Cha, Hu Ling'a and Ke Lie Ye Te. Gu Xin suffered the calamity of Yu Chi's pool and glared at Gao Lu Wei with a fierce gaze, then returned to her own chambers accompanied by her personal palace maid.
Jin Zhen thought that although he had suffered a lot of injuries and couldn't bear the favor, he could still use this to gain some sympathy from his father. Unexpectedly, as the victim, he was also being punished. His lips moved, but in the end, he swallowed his words. Su Shi's miscarriage was also directly caused by him... Fu Cha and Ke Lie Ye Te didn't resist either, and speaking out would only bring shame.
It has to be said that after this incident, she became much more cautious.
Gao Lüwei wanted to say something, but beside her, Guo's servant had already brought over a few rough-looking servants who said: "Does the young mistress want us to help you up?"
Is this implying that she was dragged away by force? How could Gao Luomi bear to lose face like this, watching as Jiaoyue was pulled away, and Qing'e and Song'ai hurriedly came forward to help her up.
"How is Mr./Ms. Su?"
"It's said that there were signs of miscarriage, but the fetus was preserved." Madam Song whispered.
Gao Luowei almost bit her silver teeth to pieces, what a loss! Not only did she fail to suppress this Jin Shi, but also possibly earned the master's sympathy for her.
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