dumb queen

Xie Chaoge was dragged by several palace servants until he came to the Queen Mother's bedroom, and then he was pressed down hard on the ground, and fell to his knees with a thud of his knees.

Bai Xuanyan also came along.

He stepped forward, first took off the flower on Xie Chaoge's hair crown, then threw it on the ground, crushed it with his feet, and looked at Xie Chaoge fiercely.

The queen mother sat in the upper seat and asked aloud, "Concubine Xie, the Ai family heard from Mr. Xiangguo that you went back to Xiangguo's mansion a few days ago."

Xie Chaoge kneeled respectfully, raised his head to look at the Queen Mother, and nodded obediently.

Bai Xuanyan at the side became angry when she heard this.

"Empress Dowager, do you know? Concubine Xie did not go back to the mansion alone, but accompanied by the emperor himself. May I ask which concubine in the entire harem has received such treatment?"

The queen mother asked, "Concubine Xie, but you asked the emperor to accompany you?"

Xie Chaoge was terrified and shook his head.

How dare he make such a request to the emperor, everyone in the court knows that Mr. Xiangguo and the whole Xiangguo's mansion are all part of the queen mother's party, it is really strange that the emperor went with him this time.

Bai Xuanyan didn't believe it, and took two steps forward to ask.

"You must have brought it up on your own initiative. You have charmed the emperor with this charming look! Now that you dare to make such an exaggerated request, you may not know how you will deceive Lord Jun in the future!"

Xie Chaoge still shook his head, explaining using sign language: Your Majesty is the proud son of heaven, so he naturally discerns the truth, how could he just rely on my few words...

Bai Xuanyan was obviously furious, interrupted Xie Chaoge, directly raised her hand, and slapped him hard.

"How dare you make random gestures in front of the Empress Dowager! You can't speak, it's really annoying to watch! I really don't know why the emperor wants you to be included in the harem!"

Xie Chaoge was directly slapped to the ground by his slap. He felt the burning pain on his cheeks, his hair was slightly disheveled, and he tasted blood at the corner of his mouth.

He turned his head and took a look at Bai Xuanyan. His dark and bright eyes stabbed Bai Xuanyan hard like a lentil.

Bai Xuanyan felt as if she had also been slapped on the face.

He ordered to the palace servants next to him, "Hold him down, how dare you look at me like that! I'm going to teach him a lesson today!"

Bai Xuanyan raised her hand to slap again, but was stopped by the Queen Mother.

"Yan'er."

Bai Xuanyan's raised hand stopped.

The reason why Bai Xuanyan dared to be so arrogant today was because of the support of the Queen Mother.

Although Bai Xuanyan was brought into the emperor's harem by the empress dowager, and the emperor has always loved Bai Xuanyan very much, but the empress dowager sometimes felt that this doting was too much, as if she was helping the evildoers.

"Yan'er, stop, you are the emperor's concubine, pay attention to your words and deeds, even if it is a lesson, you should let the servants do it. Alright, the Ai family still has something to say to Concubine Xie, you go back to the palace first."

Bai Xuanyan was dissatisfied, "Empress Dowager, but..."

"Come here, send Concubine Bai back to the palace."

The Empress Dowager had already issued an order, so Bai Xuanyan had no choice but to leave the bedroom with a few palace servants.

As soon as Bai Xuanyan left, the atmosphere in the bedroom became more dignified.

Xie Chaoge was still kneeling on the ground, and he couldn't get up unless the Queen Mother asked him to get up.

"Presumably you also know that Xie Yuan is an important minister under the Ai family, and also the right-hand man of the Ai family, including your two elder brothers, one is the general of the country, and the other is a virtuous court official, they all play an important role in my court in the Northern Region. You thank the family, the Ai family will reuse it, including you of course."

Xie Chaoge's kneeling figure swayed, as if he vaguely knew what the Queen Mother was looking for him to say.

The queen mother continued, "But the Ai family heard that during the few days when you returned to Xiangguo's mansion, you had a bad fight with Xie Yuan, and you seemed unwilling to help the Ai family."

The Empress Dowager's tone changed, "No one can be alone in the struggle between court and court. If it can't be used by the Ai family, then it's useless to keep it."

The queen mother waved her hand, and a few court ladies walked in from outside the hall, holding a jug and a wine glass in their hands, and walked slowly in front of Xie Chaoge.

"Aijia asks you again, are you willing or not?"

Xie Chaoge still knelt with his head down.

Seeing that he didn't answer, the maid behind him grabbed his hair and pulled it hard. Xie Chaoge was forced to raise his head, saw the jug of wine in front of him, and finally there was some fluctuation in his eyes.

The jug contained poisonous wine.

If he did not agree to the queen mother's request, then he would be given this cup of poisoned wine and die of poison.

He didn't respond for a long time, and the period of hesitancy was actually an expression of his heart.

The queen mother didn't expect him to be such a hard-boned person, and suddenly became furious.

"Sure enough, it's a thing that doesn't know what's good or bad! It's no wonder that you are not valued by the Xie family. Do you want to betray the Xie family to show your resolve? So that the emperor will know how loyal you are?"

The queen mother sneered twice, "It's a pity that the emperor doesn't appreciate your devotion. As long as you are from the Xie family, the emperor will not trust you."

"Come here, give me wine!"

The maid filled a full glass of wine and moved to Xie Chaoge.

Xie Chaoge's hands were tightly bound from behind, unable to struggle, the glass of wine was directly poured from his mouth.

Xie Chaoge turned his head away, the wine in the glass flowed down the corner of his lips, soaking his robe, but some of it was still poured into his mouth.

The wound on the corner of the lip touched the strong wine, and the pain was even worse, and the wine dripped down together with the blood.

The pungent alcohol burned into his lungs, choking him to cough violently, with tears streaming from his eyes.

Then the maid let go of him, and Xie Chaoge immediately fell on the floor powerlessly.

His mouth was full of wine, but there was a strange smell of medicine pervading between his lips and teeth.

Xie Chaoge felt sharp pains in his abdomen. He curled up, but the pain was still unbearable, and a thin layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.

Then he suddenly felt a sweetness in his throat, and suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood.

The other people in the hall saw the blood all over the ground, but they didn't find it strange.

The queen mother only covered her mouth and nose in disgust, waved her sleeves and said, "Take him down."

The maids dragged Xie Chaoge up from the ground, like dragging some old dishcloth, and brought them out of the hall.

Xie Chaoge felt as if his abdomen was being torn fiercely by countless sharp claws, scratching his facial organs and internal organs, blood kept oozing out, and then the pain gradually spread to all limbs.

He was ruthlessly thrown into a side hall and onto the cold floor.

Xie Chaoge couldn't move, he was breathing heavily, but every time he took in a breath of cold air, he would feel a dull pain in his chest, and then he would cough violently, blood overflowed from his lips.

Xie Chaoge stretched out his hand, and wiped the corner of his lower lip with the back of his hand, his eyes were blurred by the scarlet eyes.

Then his vision went dark and he lost consciousness.