The Queen Mother jumped from the tower, and His Majesty was reborn with fear

In the short moment that Yu Jinzhi was distracted, the people below had already brought the person up.

But it wasn’t Xie Zhao, but... Liang Qing.

"Kneel down!" The guards tied him up and kicked him roughly on the knees, and Liang Qing just knelt on the ground.

Judging from his appearance, he must have suffered a lot along the way, because there were many whip marks on his body and the exposed skin was covered with bruises.

"He broke into the camp with evil intentions, he deserves to die." There was no anger in Xie Yuxiu's voice, but for some reason people felt that he was very angry.

Liang Qing said nothing, as if he had expected such an outcome. Or perhaps, these people had already put life and death aside.

"Come here, I will sentence you to death by lingchi." Xie Yu straightened his robe, as if he was just talking about something insignificant.

But these three words made Yu Jinzhi break out in a cold sweat. Lingchi? Xie Yuxiu's method was too cruel.

The palace servants quickly brought the rack and torture instruments. Liang Qing was tied to the rack and his clothes were taken off.

Yu Jinzhi suddenly understood why Xie Yuxiu had called her over. He wanted her to see with her own eyes what kind of torture these people had suffered in front of him.

"No!" Just as the palace servant picked up the small scimitar and was about to attack Liang Qing, Yu Jinzhi suddenly stood up from his seat to stop him.

Everyone looked towards her, including Liang Qing. Their originally deadly gazes gradually focused on her.

Yu Jinzhi looked at Xie Yuxiu: "You use this method every time. You want to force me again."

Xie Yuxiu also looked up at her, but didn't say anything.

After a long while, he smiled, but there was something creepy in that smile.

"Do it." He didn't change his mind.

Yu Jinzhi's palms were sweating. She looked at Liang Qing in disbelief, only to see a palace servant holding a knife and cutting him again and again.

Liang Qing groaned in pain, his face was so pale that it was scary. Yu Jinzhi also saw the bloody wounds.

"Xie Yuxiu!" It was the first time that Yu Jinzhi called his name in front of so many people.

Wang Yi and Qing Yu's jaws almost dropped. Xie Yuxiu seemed to have no emotion and just stood up from his seat.

He looked into Yu Jinzhi's eyes, and then he came towards her step by step. Yu Jinzhi was afraid, after all, her fear of him would not disappear so quickly. But she still resisted the urge to retreat, and stood firmly in place.

Xie Yuxiu stopped in front of her and said, "If you fail, you have no right to beg for mercy. The weak have no right to intercede. You should have known this long ago."

Snapped!

A crisp slapping sound resounded throughout the hall, and Wang Yi and Qing Yu were so frightened that they knelt down. Even the palace servants who were carrying out the execution stopped what they were doing and fell to the ground.

I don't know where Yu Jinzhi got the courage from, but she slapped Xie Yuxiu in the face.

Xie Yuxiu didn't seem to have expected this, so he was stunned for a while.

Liang Qing also looked at Yu Jinzhi. He must have been shocked too. Xie Yuxiu had suffered a lot of humiliation before, but since he had power, he had never suffered such grievances again.

Especially with his current identity...how could Yu Jinzhi dare?

"Do you want me to be tortured to death with you now?" Yu Jinzhi looked at Xie Yuxiu in front of her.

In fact, she didn't know how she had the courage to slap him, but she was really angry and hated...

Xie Yuxiu rubbed his cheek and turned to look at Yu Jinzhi.

"You are really capable. You dare to hit me for such a person? Just based on this slap from you, everyone in your Yu family will be buried with you." Xie Yuxiu said, and even changed his own name.

Yu Jinzhi's hands hidden under her sleeves were still shaking, but she remained calm on the surface.

"Then kill me." Yu Jinzhi looked fearless.

Xie Yuxiu just stared at her eyes closely, but actually couldn't say a word.

After a long time, Yu Jinzhi smiled.

"Are you afraid or are you reluctant? Don't you want to force me? Wouldn't it be easier to make me surrender if you use the lives of these people from the Yu family to force me? It would be best if you could just force me to death." She said.

"Xie Yuxiu, didn't you ask me before that I should take a month to find out what you like? Now I seem to have found it suddenly." Yu Jinzhi said.

Xie Yuxiu's eyes moved slightly.

"You like me." Yu Jinzhi replied.

There was a slight fluctuation in Xie Yuxiu's dark eyes.

"So you just can't bear to see me die, you're afraid of my death." Yu Jinzhi said again.

And after saying this, she took the initiative to take a step forward.

"You can threaten me, so why can't I threaten you? I actually have nothing left, but I still have this worthless life. But fortunately, you care about my life. So if I threaten you with my life now, is it enough?" Yu Jinzhi asked him.

Xie Yuxiu did not answer.

If it were in the past, he might have already used some coercive means. But now, he himself didn't know why, maybe it was because of what Yu Jinzhi said. He really couldn't bear to...

"Let him go." Yu Jinzhi continued.

Xie Yuxiu did not respond.

Yu Jinzhi didn't waste any time and walked directly to the rack and took the knife. Liang Qing watched her cut the ropes that bound him with a knife, and his expression slowly began to move.

The people around actually wanted to stop them, but they didn't dare to. Besides, Xie Yuxiu didn't say anything, so they naturally had no right to do so.

"Qingyu, take him back to Jiayu Palace and call the imperial physician to see him." Yu Jinzhi no longer cared.

Qingyu was hesitant, but she was Yu Jinzhi's maid after all, so she would only listen to Yu Jinzhi's words.

She stood up and helped Liang Qing leave. No one stopped them. When Liang Qing left, his eyes were still staring at Yu Jinzhi for a long time.

"I know you are angry, but why should I bear your anger? Will you be satisfied only if I become trembling with fear when I see you like before, as if I were a pet you have tamed?" Yu Jinzhi asked Xie Yuxiu.

It was rare for Xie Yuxiu to hear her say this.

"But why should I do that? I am a human being, not a pet. I could have lived a good life instead of relying on others forever. Daddy said that I was the most beautiful and dazzling gardenia on the branch, but it was you who threw me into the mud and let people trample on me. Xie Yuxiu, I never owe you anything, why won't you let me go?" Yu Jinzhi asked him.

Don't owe him?

Xie Yuxiu suddenly felt something was ridiculous. He did not answer but returned to his seat.

"Take the princess back. She is not allowed to leave Jiayu Palace without my order." Xie Yuxiu's face turned cold in an instant.