After being a widow for half my life, I found out that my husband was not dead.

Liu Yunxiang walked to Feifeng Palace holding the box of Nanzhu, thinking that the Queen had to give the Empress Dowager some face, so as not to embarrass her too much.

When they arrived at Feifeng Palace, it was Mother Jiang who came out to see her. The two had met before.

Aunt Jiang looked at her with a stern face, took the box of Nanzhu, and asked her to wait outside.

Not long after waiting, Grandma Jiang came out and said that the box of Nanzhu was missing one.

Just as Liu Yunxiang was about to defend herself, Aunt Jiang glared at her and said, "Kneel down at the foot of the steps and reflect carefully on what you did wrong."

Liu Yunxiang was silent, Nanzhu was not missing at all, and the queen was clearly punishing her!

Since she was in the palace, she couldn't escape, so she had no choice but to accept her fate and go down the steps and kneel down in front of the court.

This time she knelt down until the sun set in the west, but the queen was still angry.

At this time, concubines began to come one after another to say good night to the emperor. When they saw her kneeling in front of the steps, they always wanted to take a look. Liu Yunxiang lowered his head, hiding his hands under his sleeves and secretly rubbing his knees.

It hurts!

"Which palace maid is this?" someone asked.

"The Queen Mother brought back a woman from outside the palace today. It should be her."

Hearing this sound, Liu Yunxiang subconsciously raised his head and met Jin You's eyes. Her eyes deepened, and Jin You looked at her and seemed to smile.

Because it was against the light, this smile was blurry and hidden in the darkness.

"Do you know her?" asked a woman in purple palace clothes walking beside the little golden concubine.

Little Concubine Jin shook her head: "I don't know."

"Why do I feel that her facial features are quite similar to yours?"

"You read it wrong."

The two of them went in while talking. The palace maids and eunuchs behind them only walked to the steps and then retreated to guard the sides. Liu Yunxiang was kneeling in the middle, which was very eye-catching. The maids pointed at her and whispered.

"He must be new here and made a mistake."

"We used to be like this too. We were often punished by kneeling down."

A little palace maid in purple palace clothes stood not far from Liu Yunxiang. She whispered: "Hey, newcomer, let me tell you a life-saving secret, five words."

Liu Yunxiang turned to look at the little palace maid. She had a round figure, a round head, and a pair of round eyes, which was quite cute.

She clasped her fingers and said, "This secret is: this slave doesn't know."

After saying that, she winked at her and stood back politely.

Liu Yunxiang withdrew his gaze. There were people going in and people coming out of the hall, one after another.

She kept her head down, and then she felt her knees were wet. She raised her head slightly and saw a small puddle of water flowing down the steps. The lighting is a bit dim, making it difficult for others to notice. She was wondering when she saw a woman with a bulging belly who was obviously pregnant walking down the steps.

She was talking to her companions, smiling.

Seeing that she was about to step on the slippery steps, Liu Yunxiang quickly stood up to stop her: "There is water on the steps, be careful of slipping!"

The woman was startled and hurriedly retracted her feet. When she lowered her head, she saw that it was indeed wet down there. And if you slide down from this height, you can imagine the consequences.

Busy, who was walking with her, supported her and looked nervous.

"Whoever poured water here has really evil intentions. Go and report it to the Queen!"

The pregnant woman stepped back to the steps, glanced at Liu Yunxiang again, nodded to her, and then returned to the main hall.

Liu Yunxiang didn't think anything, and continued to kneel back, but the surroundings suddenly became quiet. All the maids and eunuchs lowered their heads, looking very nervous.

Liu Yunxiang thought about it and thought that this matter must not be simple.

She thought of Nanny Su's teachings again, and warned her again and again not to meddle in other people's business, so was she getting into trouble?

Yes!

Because soon the queen came out and saw the water stains on the steps, and her expression immediately changed.

"Please come back to all the concubines who came to Feifeng Palace tonight. I will interrogate them one by one, as well as the palace maids and eunuchs outside. Ask them what they saw. If you dare to hide anything, you will be killed with a stick!"

Finally, the queen looked at Liu Yunxiang: "You, come to the inner hall to answer!"

In the inner hall, the queen is sitting on the Arhat bed against the west wall, wearing a red phoenix robe and a beaded crown, looking majestic. At this moment, she was holding a cup of tea in her hand, tapping the rim of the cup with the tea lid.

clang clang...

Liu Yunxiang's heart was already spinning several times when he heard the crisp sound.

"Did you see the water on the steps first?" the queen finally said.

Liu Yunxiang clasped his hands in front of his chest, lowered his head and said, "Yes."

"Can you see who sprinkled the water?"

"This slave didn't see it."

"You think again."

Liu Yunxiang was silent for a long time and said, "I didn't see it."

When the sound!

The Queen placed the tea cup heavily on the desk and said in a deep voice: "The steps were cleaned, but a puddle of water appeared inexplicably. When Hui Concubine came out, someone clearly wanted to harm her!"

Liu Yunxiang lowered his head and pursed his lips.

The queen glanced at Liu Yunxiang and said: "The fourth and seventh children had some unpleasantness a few days ago. It is inevitable for brothers to have stumbling blocks. This matter will be over in the past, what do you think?"

"Yes."

The queen leaned forward and lowered her voice a little: "Before Concubine Hui, did the little golden concubine pass by?"

Liu Yunxiang clenched his fist suddenly, "I don't know."

The queen's voice deepened: "If you think about it carefully, is it yes or no?"

This sentence is clearly threatening. If she follows her will, it will become a knife in her hand, controlled by her, and kill the person she wants to kill.

And she will only end up worse.

Liu Yunxiang slowly exhaled, "This slave has been lowering his head to reflect. It was only because the water flowed down and wet his knees that he raised his head and saw nothing else."

The queen's face darkened, "Liu Yunxiang, I have given you a chance!"

"This slave is foolish."

"Okay, back off."

Liu Yunxiang saluted and walked out quickly. When he walked out of the inner hall, he saw many concubines sitting in the outer hall, all of them looking nervous. When they saw her coming out, they all looked over.

Liu Yunxiang walked out quickly with his head lowered, and saw the maids and eunuchs outside the palace kneeling on the ground, no one dared to say anything.

Because it was so quiet, the sound of banging the board could be heard clearly.

Liu Yunxiang followed the reputation and saw a palace maid lying on a wooden stool in the corner. Two guards were holding wooden boards and beating her until blood oozed out and splashed with blood.

The person is actually unresponsive, like a puddle of dead flesh.

The two guards didn't care whether the person on the wooden bench was dead or alive. They beat them with a hundred big boards before putting them away. The palace maid also rolled to the ground in a pool of blood, bleeding from all her orifices, and she was no longer breathing.

"Drag it out!"

The two eunuchs stepped forward, each dragging an arm and sliding outside.

A living person, she was beaten to death, but there was no change at all on the faces of these people, as if a dog or a cat had died, and they had a low life anyway.

When the two eunuchs dragged the palace maid closer, Liu Yunxiang could see clearly. The palace maid was wearing purple clothes and was round everywhere. She had a cute smile and told her the five-word secret to saving her life.

But she didn't save her life.