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

Is she saying this for herself or for those people outside?

"Do you want to plead for them?" Xie Yuxiu asked.

Yu Jinzhi shook her head: "I didn't expect things to turn out like this. Can you please not be angry? I know I was wrong. I will control my temper in the future and won't cause trouble again..."

As Xie Yuxiu listened to her words, a bitter feeling rushed to his throat and he felt very blocked.

"Why should we restrain ourselves?" After a long while, he finally asked in a low voice.

Yu Jinzhi looked at him, tears in her eyes.

Xie Yuxiu sighed, sat down beside her, and reached out to touch the scars on her body: "Don't be restrained. You can be the same as you were before."

"Will you be angry?" Yu Jinzhi still maintained a timid expression and asked cautiously.

Is she still thinking about whether she will be angry? Yu Jinzhi is really humble in this state.

"I won't be angry." Xie Yuxiu looked at the wounds on her body, and the coldness in his eyes slowly dissipated.

The palace maid brought the ointment over, and Xie Yuxiu took it: "I'll apply the ointment to you. It will hurt, so don't bite yourself."

Yu Jinzhi felt his movements, and where she couldn't see, his expression faded little by little.

Lin Xiuyi, who had been whipped twice, was now pale and her body was already stained with blood. She could not withstand the two whips from Xie Yuxiu. The second time, she was beaten to pieces.

Behind her, Lady Jiang and Lady Wu also knelt in fear, not daring to say a word. None of them had the chance to see His Majesty, so who could have thought that the first time would be like this?

Wang Yi came out very quickly, and when several people saw Wang Yi, their hearts were lifted up.

"Eunuch Wang..." Lady Jiang was the first to speak.

Wang Yi looked down at them, especially the pale-faced Lin Xiuyi: "Your Majesty is accompanying the princess right now and has no time to take care of you. Please wait here first."

The other person had already said that, so they didn't dare to interrupt casually. What they didn't expect was that His Majesty really cared so much about Yu Jinzhi?

"Eunuch Wang, how is the princess...how is she now?" Concubine Jiang asked fearfully.

Wang Yi glanced at her. She was so scared now, but she was so proud back then. No matter how the princess is now, His Majesty will not let them go today.

"The princess is in delicate health and has just recovered from a serious illness. Now she has been bullied and whipped a few times, and the slap marks on her face have not disappeared yet. Your Majesty is extremely angry, and there is no way this will be resolved amicably." Wang Yi replied.

The more they listened to this, the more disappointed they became. What does it mean that it cannot be resolved peacefully? Could His Majesty really punish them severely for the sake of a minister's daughter?

Wang Yi knew what they were thinking by looking at their expressions, so he said, "The princess is of noble status, and not everyone can humiliate her. Now that she has suffered such a crime, your majesty must seek justice for her. You should know Concubine Jia, right? As long as your majesty wants to do something, there will be no restrictions."

"Eunuch Wang...we were just joking today. We didn't really want to embarrass the princess, and...this was all Lin Xiuyi's intention. I also tried to persuade her, but due to my low status, I was unable to successfully dissuade her. I really didn't mean it, and I know I was wrong. I will go and apologize to the princess. Eunuch, can you please ask His Majesty to forgive us this time?" Is Lady Jiang directly putting all the blame on Lin Xiuyi?

Wang Yi was not surprised, but before she could say anything, the listless Lin Xiuyi beside her could no longer sit still: "Bitch, are you throwing all the blame on me? Have you forgotten what you just said?"

"Empress Xiuyi, you can't say that. It was you who slapped her just now, and it was you who gave the order to torture the princess. I also reminded you not to use private punishment in the palace, but you didn't listen. How can you blame me?" Is this the beginning of a dog-eat-dog situation?

After saying that, Lady Jiang looked at Lady Wu next to her and said, "Lady Wu, you saw so many people there just now. Did I try to persuade them?"

Wu Cairen was not only stupid, but also always timid. Now that he saw the fire burning on himself, he didn't know what answer he should give for a moment.

I stayed there for quite a while but couldn't say anything.

"Empress Xiuyi, it was you who gave the order for the princess to become what she is now. Now you have caused us to kneel here with you. Empress Xiuyi has done something wrong and you still want to drag us into it?" When Concubine Jiang said this, Concubine Wu next to her was also instigated.

"That's right... Lady Xiuyi, it was you who ordered the princess to be whipped today. It has nothing to do with us. Lady Jiang did advise you at that time, but you didn't listen to her advice. It was you who couldn't stand the princess, so you wanted to take this opportunity to teach her a lesson..." Lady Wu said.

Lin Xiuyi was very angry. Since they had started quarreling like this, Wang Yi was watching this scene and just thought it was a joke. Now he was trying to shirk responsibility? It was a pity that it was too late.

He knew the emperor's character best. None of those people in the imperial garden could escape. He still wanted to clear himself of all the blame? He was just dreaming.

When they had almost finished arguing, Wang Yi dressed up and began to dissuade them: "Masters, please stop arguing. His Majesty does not like noise. If you continue to argue like this, His Majesty will be unhappy, and I'm afraid it will be worse than it is now."

With his words, the others did not dare to make trouble anymore. Although Wang Yi was just a eunuch, he was the closest person to His Majesty, and they could not afford to offend him with their current status.

Several people knelt in the yard for about half an hour. They were usually treated like nobles and had never endured such hardship. What's more, it was getting colder and colder, and they were wearing thin clothes, so they could not kneel any longer.

Lin Xiuyi's face looked even uglier. She had wounds on her body and was in so much pain that she couldn't even stand up.

But just when they were about to give up, Xie Yuxiu finally walked out of the house.

He was dressed in a black gilded dragon robe. The moment he stood on the steps, the imperial aura he exuded made it impossible for anyone present to raise their heads.

There was a storm in his eyes, and now it was just a sign of the coming storm. Xie Yuxiu's eyes swept over the people kneeling below one by one. Wang Yi had someone bring out a chair, and he lifted his robe and sat down lazily and casually.