novelaction Chapter 135 I Give You One Last Chance to Be Loyal
Chapter 135 I Give You One Last Chance to Be Loyal
"You two are both useless and a real worry to me..." Xuanyuan Luoshan sat on the phoenix throne with her eyes closed. Her maid pressed her temples and her voice was full of fatigue.
"Qin Zhen, you begged me to give you a chance." Xuanyuan Luoshan said coldly, "But I gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it!"
Xuanyuan Luoshan suddenly opened her eyes and threw a pile of memorials at Qin Zhen's face. "The traitor in Shuibo Pavilion can't be caught. How dare you take my token to Shuibo Pavilion and bully others?"
"Which of those powerful ministers and high-ranking officials' descendants can your Qin family afford to offend? But you took my token and used my power to imprison those princes and noble ladies. Now, have you seen these memorials impeaching me and the Qin family?" Xuanyuan Luoshan's eyes were cold.
"You also lost the women of the Nangong family without permission, and lost a trump card to check and balance Su Yingxue. What use is there to me to keep a useless dog like you?" Xuanyuan Luoshan's eyes were cold. This morning, she was scolded by His Majesty, who scolded her for being in the inner palace but meddling in the court and interfering in the affairs of the Qin family.
The alliance between aristocratic families and the imperial harem was a taboo in the imperial court. Yet, this time, Xuanyuan Luoshan had been caught in the act. Qin Zhen, the old fox, had deliberately used her Phoenix Order to tie the Qin family to her.
Now, it was no longer possible for her to remain indifferent. The entire court had already considered the Xuanyuan family, the Qin family, and herself, Xuanyuan Luoshan, to be on the same boat!
Now, with the Qin family confined to Shuibo Pavilion, the impeachment memorials from the entire court against the Qin family and the Empress were simply unstoppable! Su Qinhuai rushed in furiously as soon as the court was over, punishing her by making her copy Buddhist scriptures for the late emperor in the palace for three months and deducting her salary for three months.
"Qin Zhen." Xuanyuan Luoshan stood up coldly, looking at Qin Zhen who was kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy, and said coldly, "You'd better tell me, you made such a big fuss, lost your wife and your soldiers, what did you find out..."
"Otherwise, today, even if you are scheming, I can't really do anything to you or the Qin family..." Xuanyuan Luoshan sneered, "But in this harem, how many secret tortures are there that you don't know about?"
Xuanyuan Luoshan looked at her coldly, without any gentleness or tolerance of a queen mother. Her eyes were like poisoned arrows, sharp and vicious.
She said almost emotionlessly, "Qin Zhen, I have a thousand ways to make you appear to be walking out of this palace unscathed. Then, half a month later, I'll make you die quietly in the Qin family in a thousand different ways."
She stepped hard on Qin Zhen's injured hand and continued to crush it until his finger bones were crushed.
Xuanyuan Luoshan finally said with relief, "Do you understand?"
"I will crush you and the Qin family to death, just like beating a useless dog to death, quietly and easily..."
Qin Zhen endured the severe pain in his hand and kowtowed repeatedly for mercy, "My Lady, My Lady, it's the Liu family!"
"My men had originally set up an ambush inside the carriage, but were led away by a group of men in black!"
"Who knew we'd fallen for a black-clad group's trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain? They'd rescued all the women from the Jiaofangsi!"
"But those men in black made a mistake and pulled this thing down!" Qin Zhen handed over a secret order from the Liu family.
Each family has its own private guards and private orders. These orders are only owned by the head of the family's personal guards and are unknown to others.
"The Liu family, a family of great influence, has seen a surge in power, prestige, and wealth in recent years..."
"Now, even the common people are spreading the word that the Liu family will soon replace the Xuanyuan family and become the number one family in Dasheng..."
"My Lady, the Qin family is a relatively insignificant family among the four great families. Naturally, they don't have the ambitions of the Liu family!"
"I'm terrified. Your Majesty, please investigate. Perhaps the Liu family is taking this opportunity to impersonate Her Royal Highness the Princess and burn down the pagoda to seize the Qin family's troops and wealth..."
"Then order the private guards to disguise themselves as Her Royal Highness the Princess and pin the blame for the Qin family's misfortune on Her Royal Highness the Princess. This way, you and the Xuanyuan family will be able to stir up dissatisfaction with the Qin family..."
"I can kill two birds with one stone. I can sow discord between the Qin family and the Empress, and take advantage of the Empress's lack of attention to the Liu family to quietly strengthen my own power!"
“If the Liu family’s intentions are true, they should be killed!”
Qin Zhen kowtowed in pain until his forehead bled, but he still didn't dare to stop. He kowtowed and made excuses at the same time.
Qin Zhen was originally very puzzled about the appearance of the Liu family token there. He also didn't believe that the assassin would be so stupid as to bring the token to do such a thing and leave the token at the scene.
But now, Xuanyuan Luoshan's fear and suspicion of the Liu family is actually a good medicine to save the Qin family and herself.
The Liu family has been on the rise in recent years. Xuanyuan Luoshan is aloof and proud. She is used to being the daughter of the first family and is most afraid of others' remarks that may shake the status of the Xuanyuan family.
Now his words, a mixture of truth and falsehood, were like a needle that pierced Xuanyuan Luoshan's sore spot.
Xuanyuan Luoshan appears gentle and kind, a model for the country, but in reality, she is vicious, cruel, and narrow-minded, unwilling to tolerate others.
Based on Qin Zhen's understanding of Xuanyuan Luoshan, the already severely damaged and impoverished Qin family and the Liu family that could not distinguish between loyalty and treachery might be able to divert the disaster and survive in the cracks.
As expected, Xuanyuan Luoshan's face was gloomy. She kicked Qin Zhen hard on the back, knocking him to the ground. She said coldly, "Since this is the case, Qin Zhen, you have failed to perform your duties. I will give you twenty lashes of the cane. After that, you must go to the Li Palace and investigate this matter for me."
"What I want is not hypotheticals, but tangible evidence."
"I will give you ten days. If there is no evidence, then the Qin family will be convicted of embezzlement and will be removed from the chess game in Dasheng Kyoto..."
"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty..." Qin Zhen kowtowed to express his gratitude.
"Take him away for execution." Xuanyuan Luoshan said coldly.
After dealing with one, the other one was already kneeling on the ground trembling. It was Shen Ruhai.
"Shen Ruhai, you ruined my plan last time. This time, not only did you fail to kill Su Yingxue, you also failed to poison her or assassinate her, and you even alerted the enemy!" Xuanyuan Luoshan said coldly.
"Right now, the entire Princess Palace is surrounded by His Majesty's men like an iron barrel. I must be possessed by a demon to listen to the plans of a foolish and incompetent person like you."
Xuanyuan Luoshan looked at Shen Ruhai coldly. There was no point in keeping such a useless dog.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please give me one more chance, one more chance..."
Xuanyuan Luoshan raised the corners of his mouth slightly when he heard this.
"One more chance? Okay... I'll give you one last chance to be loyal..."
Xuanyuan Luoshan sneered, her eyes slanted slightly, her gaze as vicious as a snake and scorpion, she said lazily, "Come out, it's your turn to do something..."
As soon as Xuanyuan Luoshan finished speaking, a dark ghost-like figure appeared and neatly fed a poison into the mouth of Shen Ruhai, who was still kneeling on the ground to express his gratitude.