After killing four concubines, the queen was sentenced to death and reborn

"You are so careless in your work. Come, take you to the palace to do hard labor." Zheng Xiyan said in a cold voice, with a sense of intimidation without even getting angry.

"Yes." Shuang Ning nodded in response, waved her hand, and two eunuchs came forward, ready to drag the man away.

"Empress Dowager, please spare my life..." The palace maid's cry was very miserable. Palace maids who went to the Ye Ting could basically only stay there for the rest of their lives.

"My dear Concubine, my dear Concubine...save me..." The maid's screams soon disappeared.

Zheng Xiyan's eyes fell on Concubine Xian, and she said coldly, "Who went to the imperial kitchen to get Concubine Xian's meal?"

"Reply...Reply Your Majesty, it's you, the servant." Then a palace servant came forward on her knees, her face full of fear and weakness, and tears welled up in her eyes in an instant.

"For failing to protect the master, you will be punished with three months' service!" Zheng Xiyan said calmly.

"Yes, your majesty!" Shuang Ning immediately took note of it.

"Thank you, Her Majesty the Queen Mother..." The palace maid hurriedly expressed her gratitude. Compared to going to the Yunting Palace, being punished was already a good thing.

"Concubine Xian, Concubine Yi, are you two satisfied with the way I deal with you?" Zheng Xiyan looked at the two of them with a forced smile, the expression on her face was very meaningful.

The two of them were so frightened that they said, "I dare not..." They knocked their heads to the ground, sweat broke out on their backs, and they were shaking with fear.

"Empress Dowager Yi, you didn't rule strictly, which led to the disaster today. I punish you with one year of imprisonment and house arrest for half a year. Do you have any objection to my punishment?" Zheng Xiyan said in a cold voice.

"I dare not, I dare not... Thank you so much, Your Majesty the Queen Mother..." Concubine Yi hurriedly expressed her gratitude.

"Xian Concubine Dowager, although you were the one who was wronged today, you were rude and started a verbal dispute. What crime should you be punished for?" Zheng Xiyan stared at her coldly.

Concubine Xian was so frightened that her legs went limp. Her forehead and palms were covered in sweat. She was so frightened that she didn't even dare to breathe. "I know I was wrong. Please punish me, Your Majesty!"

"You will be confined to your room for a month and forced to copy the palace rules. Are you willing to accept this?" Zheng Xiyan said coldly.

"Yes, I accept the punishment!" The virtuous concubine bowed respectfully to express her gratitude.

"I don't want what happened today to happen again. Since the death of the late emperor, you have moved here and your life is not as comfortable as before, but I have never treated you unfairly. If anyone dares to cause trouble in the future, I will never let him off easily!" Zheng Xiyan swept her cold eyes over them, and finally landed on Concubine Xian and Concubine Yi.

"Yes, Queen Mother!"

The two of them lowered their heads, not daring to look her in the eye.

After handling the matter, Zheng Xiyan left Shou'an Palace. Biluo had just found out who was working in the imperial kitchen today. "My queen, the person has been brought here."

Zheng Xiyan glanced at him and said in a cold voice: "Give him twenty lashes of the cane, expel him from the palace, and never employ him again." After saying that, she got on the phoenix carriage and left.

Biluo gave the order and called people from the Shanggong Bureau to watch in the imperial kitchen.

The eunuch was severely beaten with twenty sticks and then driven out of the palace.

After returning to Weiyang Palace, Zheng Xiyan rubbed her brows and whispered, "In the future, you two should pay more attention to the Shanggong Bureau. This kind of thing must not happen again."

"Yes, I will obey your order and send someone to beat them up again." Shuang Ning quickly agreed.

After this incident, the harem returned to a peaceful state.

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It's the New Year again, and because the national mourning has not yet ended, the palace banquet on New Year's Eve this year was very simple. The court officials invited to the banquet were only officials above the third rank, as well as respected people among the royal family.

The King of Chu was old, so he did not enter the palace on New Year's Eve.

Xuanhua claimed to be ill and never entered the palace. Zheng Xiyan could guess why Xuanhua didn't want to see her. She still couldn't believe it. She couldn't believe that her brother would do such a thing.

In the evening, after the palace banquet, Lu Chuyi and Lu Moyu met each other. They walked one after the other. There was no one else behind Lu Moyu, and the person following Lu Chuyi was a maid who grew up with him and was loyal to her.

On the way back, Lu Chuyi's heart was pounding and her palms were sweating. She didn't know why she became nervous.

Lu Moyu followed without saying a word. It was obvious that they were not going the same way, but for some reason, he was willing to walk behind her?