I smiled bitterly. I had only been an empress for half a day and was already locked up in prison. I guess I was the most failed empress…How ridiculous.
When the head of the prison heard that the Empress had been locked up, he was very puzzled. He did not know what crime the Empress had committed, but he was still very polite and cleaned up the Empress 'cell. After all, she was still the Empress. Who knew when the Emperor would take her back?
Seeing the guards clean up the prison, I was very touched. I didn't know if I could still get out…
It was so dark and gloomy here. From time to time, I could hear the painful cries of the prisoners after they were tortured. The heart-wrenching screams reached my ears, making my heart ache.
What crime did they commit? Why did they need to be punished? They were all weak women! The ancient punishment system was too cruel!
"Pah!" I heard the sound of chains being unlocked. I looked up and saw that the guards had brought food.
"Eat!" One of the guards said arrogantly.
I looked at the dishes. There was a bowl of rice, a half plate of cabbage, and a bowl of soup. After looking at it, I lost my appetite.
"I won't eat!" I turned around and said.
"Hmph, this is not up to you!" Another guard said in a low voice. Then, the two of them walked over.
"What are you doing?" I asked in shock as I saw them approaching me step by step.
"Drink it!" They held the bowl of soup and grabbed my arm, wanting to pour it into my mouth.
How could there be such a person! If I don't drink it, who will force me to drink it! So I used all my strength to shake them off.
The soup spilled all over the floor.
"How dare you! How dare you be so rude!" I said angrily.
"Zi…!"
I looked at the ground. The soup that I spilled actually started to foam?
There was poison in the soup!
"Humph! Empress, you are now a prisoner. You pushed Chu Deyi into the lake, and the Emperor has always been by her side. Now, the one who is favored is Chu Deyi. The Emperor intends to remove your Empress! We were ordered to send you off.”
"Chu Deyi?" I said through gritted teeth! Ling Xiaoyi actually made Chu Daiyan a virtue instrument and wanted to kill me! Chu Daiyan!
"If you refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit, then don't blame us for being impolite!”As they spoke, they went forward to catch me.
Hmph, how can the two of you catch me?
"Get lost!" I shouted angrily and knocked the two of them to the ground.
"The Emperor has arrived!" A high-pitched voice shouted, and Ling Xiaoyi walked in. He was very angry. How could his Yu-er be such a person? This time, he had to find out what was going on! Perhaps she was wronged!
Ling Xiaoyi had just walked into the cell when he saw the Empress and the two people lying on the ground moaning in pain.
"How dare you!" Ling Xiaoyi was completely enraged! She actually knocked the guard to the ground. What was she trying to do?
"Emperor, please forgive me! Please forgive me, Your Majesty!" The two people lying on the ground quickly struggled to get up and kneel at the emperor's feet.
"What's going on?" Ling Xiaoyi asked angrily.
"Replying to the emperor, the servants brought food for the empress to enjoy. After a while, the empress ordered us to go in and let us drink that bowl of soup. Of course, the servants didn't dare. When they refused, they accidentally knocked over the soup and didn't expect it to be poisoned! When the Empress saw the soup spilled, she knocked the servants to the ground.”One of the guards covered his face and replied in fear.
What was that? They actually framed me like this!
There was silence.
"Are they…telling the truth?”Ling Xiaoyi asked with heartache.
Ling Xiaoyi, don't you have any sense of judgment? Do you really want me to be that kind of woman?
That's great! I'll be that kind of woman for once…
"It's true." "I pushed Chu Daiyan into the lake, poisoned her, injured the guards, and escaped from prison. It was all my doing!"”I said calmly.
"What?" Ling Xiaoyi looked at the woman in front of him in disbelief. It was his Yu-er.
"I will not allow my husband to have other women, so I will do everything I can to destroy them.”I replied.
"Why? You're really a vicious woman. To think that I like you so much. I'm really blind!”Ling Xiaoyi shouted in pain,"Men, throw the Empress into the Cold Palace!" From now on, you're not allowed to step out of the Cold Palace!”
Cold Palace? Ling Xiaoyi, I'm the one who's really blind!
"Emperor, ChenQie has one last request.”I didn't look at him. I looked around at everything in the prison and said,"Chenqie requests the emperor to bestow Chenqie's two maids Lian 'er and Ye' er to Noble Dong, to serve Noble Dong from now on. Also, move Chenqie's luggage to the Cold Palace, Chenqie will go to the Cold Palace alone.”
"How dare you! Why should I agree to it?!" Ling Xiaoyi clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.
"Because I don't want them to suffer with me. They're still young. I beg the emperor to give them a way out."
I looked straight at Ling Xiaoyi without any expression on my face.
"Good! I promise you!" Ling Xiaoyi suppressed his anger and agreed. She had actually confessed, but why did she still plead for mercy on behalf of the two maids? What exactly was she feeling inside? He really wanted to see it clearly!
"Thank you, Emperor." I bowed and walked out of the cell. I stopped outside the cell and said with my back to Ling Xiaoyi,"Farewell." Then, he strode away without looking back.
Farewell? Ling Xiaoyi stared blankly at her lonely back as she slowly left. His heart ached so much that he couldn't say a word.
Fushou Palace.
"What is it? The Emperor had imprisoned the Empress? And banish him into the Cold Palace?" The empress dowager slammed the table and stood up to ask the eunuch kneeling on the ground in surprise.
"Yes, Empress Dowager. This servant had just received the news. I heard that the Empress pushed Chu Guipin into the lake and the Emperor locked the Empress in prison. In prison, the Empress poisoned and injured the guards. The Emperor ordered the Empress to be thrown into the Cold Palace.”the young eunuch replied.
The Empress pushed the noble concubine of Chu into the lake? Poison? Was all of this true?
"Is this true?" The empress dowager asked anxiously.
"This servant wouldn't dare lie to the Empress Dowager." The young eunuch said while lying on the ground.
After pacing back and forth, the Empress Dowager finally stood still.
"Go to Chaoyang Palace!"
Cold Palace.
After walking for a long time, he was finally brought to a remote palace by the guards. When he saw the three words "Cold Palace" hanging alone on the plaque on the palace gate, he felt a sense of melancholy. This should be the Cold Palace, right?
"Go in, Empress." The prison guard cupped his fists.
"I'm already an abandoned empress, you don't have to bow.”I said as I looked at the palace gate. Then, I pushed open the door and walked into the Cold Palace. I heard the sound of the door closing slowly behind me. I closed my eyes.
Listening to their footsteps, I slowly opened my eyes. The huge courtyard was piled with thick leaves. From afar, I could see the dust piled up on the stone table. Two stone stools lay wantonly in the middle of the courtyard. Walking into the main hall, what greeted his eyes was a half-fallen curtain, the flowers in the vase had long withered, the tea set on the table was broken, and the bed was so messy that he could not speak...
Do I really have to live here in the future?
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