Chapter 301
As if she were a frightened bird, Empress Xu sat up straight from the bed violently and looked over in horror
A familiar face came into view!
It was the Emperor!
Only, his expression was no longer the familiar gentle and affectionate, much less the usual solemn majesty, but was hideous and twisted
Under the candlelight, it was eerieYour Majesty!”
Empress Xu didn’t need to pretend, tears had already blurred her cheeks as she crawled down from the bed in a sorry state, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing repeatedly, “My concubine was confused for a moment and made a big mistake!
I beg Your Majesty to spare my concubine’s lowly life on account of her years of careful service!
Please forgive me!”
While saying this, she kowtowed hard
Soon, the forehead was red and swollen
His Majesty watched coldly, not moving
Empress Xu seemed to be unaware of the pain, her forehead fell heavily on the ground, blood oozed from the red and swollen area, and her long hair became more and more messy
As if a lost dog, looking at the woeful extremeYour majesty is merciful!
Your Majesty spare my life!”
Empress Xu kept repeating these two words under her breath
She was finished!
But she still had a pair of children!
This matter must not be spread!
Otherwise, Princess Changping and King Yan would never be able to raise their heads again
The emperor finally opened his mouth: ”You now know to beg me for mercy to beg me to spare my life, before and those lowly lackeys to have fun, have you ever thought of me as a husband?
Have you ever thought of your own identity as a queen?
Have you ever thought of Yan Wang and Changping?”
Sentence by sentence, like a sharp arrow, piercing Empress Xu’s fragile chest
Empress Xu stopped kowtowing, and the blood on her forehead flowed to her cheeks, mixed with tears, making her a mess
As she cried, she said, ”A thousand mistakes are all my concubine’s fault
The death of my concubine is not enough
But I can’t just die like this, I beg the Emperor to leave my concubine alive for the sake of a pair of children”
The Emperor’s deathly suppressed anger bubbled up again, and he laughed back in anger: “You claim to be doing this for King Yan and Changping
The two of their siblings, having a birth mother like you, will only be a disgrace that they will find it difficult to wash away in this lifetime”
Empress Xu heard these words, but in her heart, she felt lucky to have escaped with her life
If the emperor really moved to kill her mind, there is no need to talk nonsense, directly let people kill her, the public only say that she died of a sudden illness on the line
Now this kind of angry scolding, is to show that the emperor soft heart read the old feelings, can not bear to do it
Empress Xu has a bottom in her heart, originally panicked and terrified mood also set a lot
She entered the palace as a consort for many years, step by step to achieve the mother of the world’s harem master, the emperor’s disposition of familiarity and understanding, no one can match
The emperor was young, thunderous and ruthless means, but also the sex, to like the woman extraordinarily tender and sentimental
Now the emperor is old, has long lost the sharpness and determination of youth, the old soft-hearted temperament has not changed
Empress Xu just kneeled and crawled to the front of the emperor, prostrate at the emperor’s feet and cried bitterly: “I was sixteen years old in the palace, in the emperor’s side stayed for so many years, for the emperor to give birth to a child, to run the palace affairs
Even if there is no credit, there is also a share of hard work
His Majesty is busy with state affairs, estranged from the harem, my concubine’s Pepper Palace, His Majesty has almost come to stay over the past few years
I say a word of shame, I am also a woman, it is inevitable that there are lonely times
That’s why I made a big mistake under the encouragement of the lackeys around me”I don’t dare to ask for forgiveness from Your Majesty, I only ask for Your Majesty’s mercy and let me live for a few more years
Eating fasting and praying to Buddha every day, praying for the Emperor to clear the sins on my concubine!”
Empress Xu did not know how long she had been kneeling and crying
Her knees had long been numb and drilled with pain, her eyes had long been red and swollen from crying, and her voice was getting hoarse and hard to hear
But she did not dare to stop
The emperor from the beginning of the face of iron green full of anger, and then later complex and difficult to speak, until quietly soft heart
Over the years, he had always been satisfied with Empress Xu
She was gentle and virtuous, taking care of the affairs of the palace in a merely organized manner without him, the son of heaven, needing to be bothered
She was virtuous and generous, never sour and jealous, and sent the beauty around him to his bedside without complaint
Princess Changping is the eldest daughter, the most pleasing to him
Yan Wang is the youngest son, he is even more favored
Whether it is because of the former husband and wife love, or in a pair of children’s love, he can not be cruel really want her life!
However, the death penalty can be spared, the living crime is hard to escape!
He, the titular Son of Heaven, must not lose face just because of this matter
His Majesty took a deep breath and said coldly: ”Alright, stop crying and begging
I will leave you this life for the time being”
Empress Xu’s entire body trembled as she kowtowed, “Thank you, Your Majesty!
Thank you, Your Majesty!”You’ve been sitting in this position of Empress for many years, it’s time for you to give it up”
The Emperor said expressionlessly, “As for the abolition of the Empress, I will have my own arrangements
From today onwards, you will honestly stay in this bedchamber, and may not take half a step out of it
Wait for my decree”
Being able to save her life was already a blessing!
Where would Empress Xu dare to ask for anything else, she immediately accepted the decree and thanked the emperor
The emperor exhaled deeply, and slowly said: “What happened last night, I do not want to pursue, stop here
Half of the people in the Pepper Room Hall have already been sent off by me, and the rest of them, can no longer be left behind, sent off to do things in the Pulp and Wash Room”
Empress Xu couldn’t take care of herself, and naturally didn’t have the courage to plead for anyone, and coyly responded
His Majesty’s eyes flickered, suddenly raised his voice and called Eunuch Ding to come in
Eunuch Ding has long been waiting outside, heard the emperor’s voice, immediately walked in quickly
In his hand also served a bowl of black soup medicine
The Emperor said in a deep voice, “Serve the Empress and drink this bowl of medicine”
Eunuch Ding answered and stepped forward, bringing the bowl of medicine to Empress Xu, “Empress Mother, slave serves you to drink the medicine”
What kind of medicine is this?
What would she become after drinking this bowl of medicine?
Empress Xu’s heart went cold and she stared at the bowl of medicine with a deadly glare
Seeing that she didn’t move, the Emperor sneered and pulled up the corner of his lips, “What?
Think this bowl is arsenic?
If I wanted to give you a death sentence, would I need to go through all this trouble?”
Empress Xu’s whole body shivered, not daring to hesitate any longer, she busily took the bowl of medicine and drank it all in one go
The medicinal juice was bitter and cold, quickly sliding down her throat and into her stomach, soon followed by a strange burning heat
Empress Xu hadn’t eaten for a day, and had been in a state of shock for a day and a night, her mental and physical strength were all incredibly tired
After drinking this bowl of unknown medicine, she only felt the sky spinning, her eyes went black, and she fainted
The emperor looked disgustedly at Empress Xu who was paralyzed on the ground, and then commanded: ”Eunuch Ding, pass on my oracle to go down
Empress Xu is suffering from an acute illness and is unconscious, she has to close the palace to recuperate
No one is allowed to visit and disturb her!”