Hibiscus Tent: The Prime Minister’s palm is reborn

In the luxurious palace inlaid with warm jade and shining gems, the bright lights set off the low-hanging curtains with a faint glow, making it look more luxurious and restrained. If you concentrate and sniff, you can faintly smell a faint fragrance floating in the air, simple and distant.

Liang Jiao's face was pale, and her clothes were torn from being tortured, revealing her skin with conspicuous bloodstains.

The two people beside her held her shoulders tightly, locking her on a piece of brick in this extremely luxurious palace.

Liang Jiao struggled several times but to no avail.

Without saying a word, they dragged her all the way here.

She gritted her teeth and endured it, then looked up and was stunned.

The person sitting high up above is completely different from her.

The woman had black hair, dyed red lips, and flowery makeup. Her fair cheeks were slightly pink. She wore a noble and elegant floor-length palace skirt made of green feather gauze. She looked like a palace beauty who was so beautiful and unattainable as described by a master painter.

"Ah Jiao."

A faint voice was the first to break the silence of the palace, as if it instantly gave a soul to the person painted on the scroll, making her come alive.

Liang Jiao stared at the graceful person and her voice became hoarse: "Liang Qian! It's you! It's you who hurt me!"

I hate it so much that I feel like bleeding.

Liang Qian looked at her calmly for a while.

Liang Jiao was forced to kneel on the ground. Even though her hair was disheveled, she still tried to straighten her back and hold her head high, with a look of unconvinced.

"Don't think I don't know. You were the one who ordered all of this! How dare you do it but not admit it!"

Her red eyes were filled with tears and she gritted her teeth.

Liang Qian stood up and slowly walked down the stairs, the hem of her skirt embroidered with butterfly patterns swaying with her steps.

She stopped two steps away and raised her hand slightly, and all the palace servants and eunuchs retreated, including the escort beside her.

Without any restraint, Liang Jiao immediately collapsed to the ground, looking very embarrassed.

Seeing that they were the only two people left in the palace, Liang Jiao smiled sarcastically, with a hint of resentment: "Are you afraid that they will know about the shameful things you have done?"

Liang Qian was silent for a moment, then sighed, "Who do I need to be afraid of?"

The voice was cold and calm.

It is the indifference that comes from the superior.

Liang Jiao was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter: "Yes, yes, yes, you are now the Queen Mother of Daqi, the most respected and noble person in the palace. You need to be afraid of no one. Now everyone is at your mercy and you can do whatever you want to them!"

She snorted coldly, with contempt and disdain: "You just relied on the seductive man to get to the top, what are you so proud of? As I said before, I'm waiting to see you fall from your high position!"

Liang Qian stared at her silently for a moment, then suddenly smiled: "You've waited for so long, and what did you get? Become a prisoner?"

Extremely ironic.

Tears of humiliation finally fell from my eyes at this moment.

Liang Jiao raised her head, not wanting to shed more tears in front of this person at this time.

Liang Qian ignored her and slowly squatted down to look her in the eye: "Besides, are you sure I will keep you alive and let you continue to wait?"

Liang Jiao's face suddenly turned ugly.

Liang Qian put away her smile and said in a very gentle voice: "A Jiao, in my opinion, it is not tragic to climb high and fall hard. What is tragic is that anyone can step on you. So, next time you curse me, please change your words."

Liang Jiao sneered: "Shameless!"

"Shame?"

Liang Qian was unmoved. She stood up and took a few steps back, looking down at her: "Did Sun Liangping wrongly accuse you?"

Liang Jiao's expression was a little unnatural. She bit her lips slightly and remained silent for a long time.

Liang Qian leaned down and stared at her: "I once warned you that since you married him as you wished, you should live your life in peace and order, otherwise..."

Liang Jiao was stunned, frowned, and gritted his teeth and said: "It is you, I knew it was you! The late emperor is dead, and the young emperor is not a big deal. Now you have no one to rely on, so you want to hold him, the great general, firmly in your palm and let him be at your mercy!

"Liang Qian, what do you think of him? When you don't need him, you kick him as far away as possible. When you need him, you don't care about other people's lives and just want to take him for yourself and use him for your own benefit!"

Liang Qian stood up and sighed softly: "You are the one who got him into trouble."

"Involve him?"

Liang Jiao smiled and shed tears: "Do you know that all the big and small things in the palace over the years have been managed by me? During the holidays, all the colleagues in the court rely on me to maintain their relationship? With just one sentence, you negate all my efforts over the years, and even blame me for getting him into trouble?"

She wiped away her tears and said, "He doesn't like socializing, so I'm the one who's in the spotlight. I'm doing this for his own good, am I wrong?"

Liang Qian looked carefully at the crying person and understood everything clearly.

Liang Jiao has been more eloquent than her since childhood, and is even more tactful in dealing with people and things, and can handle everything well.

Unfortunately, the most beautiful misunderstanding in the world is thinking that you are doing it for his own good.

Seeing that Liang Qian didn't say anything, Liang Jiao said bitterly: "Don't pretend, I know you want to take this opportunity to kill me, thinking that as long as I am removed, he will be able to work for you wholeheartedly without distractions!"

When she said this, her tearful eyes suddenly lit up, and she felt sad and heartbroken.

"But you didn't expect that this time, he would rather give up everything and suffer with me! Liang Qian, you miscalculated!"

Liang Qian looked at her and smiled faintly: "Yes, he may not accept you when you are in glory, but he will be with you when you are in trouble. Liang Jiao, you have a good eye for choosing men."

Liang Jiao looked at her suspiciously: "What exactly do you want to do? Execute me secretly?"

Liang Qian shook her head and laughed: "Do you think you are such an important person that I need to hide my killing of you?"

Liang Jiao still held her head high: "Okay, then you can do it in front of him, let him see what kind of evil is hidden under this seductive beauty's skin!"

Liang Qian nodded slightly, took out a delicate dagger from her sleeve, and called out softly for someone to come.

"Go and bring Wang Tingyue here."

Facing the cold and lonely gaze, Liang Jiao shrank back, fear appeared in her eyes, and her lips trembled: "You really want to kill me——"

Before he could finish his words, someone stepped over the threshold and strode in, as if he had been waiting anxiously for a long time.

Wang Tingyue took off his official uniform and hat and dressed like an ordinary commoner.

When he saw the shining dagger in Liang Qian's hand, he felt a chill down his spine.

He took two steps at a time and walked forward, knelt down beside Liang Jiao, and bowed respectfully to Liang Qian.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you, Queen Mother."

Liang Jiao turned her face to the side, and could only see the man in front of her with her red eyes. Her nose felt sore, and the tears that had been held back for too long flowed down freely.

Wang Tingyue didn't look at Liang Jiao, and bowed again: "Please spare A Jiao's life, Queen Mother. She made a big mistake because of me, and I am willing to be punished for her."

This was the first time the couple met after many days.

Liang Jiao's voice was hoarse and tight: "Wang Tingyue..."

She was silent for a while, a look of determination appeared on her face, and her gaze fell back on Liang Qian's face.

"I know my crime and am willing to die, but I hope I won't bring any trouble to the general."

Liang Qian looked at the two people in front of her, pursed her lips and smiled: "We are together for life and death?"

Wang Tingyue froze.

Liang Qian threw the dagger to Wang Tingyue and pointed at the hemp rope on Liang Jiao's body.

"General Wang seems to have forgotten that I asked you to pick someone up."

Wang Tingyue moved his lips.

Liang Qian smiled and said, "I will say goodbye to the general here."