Ruyi said angrily, "I am still the queen, how can I allow you to act so recklessly in Yikun Palace? Come, take them down for me!"

When the palace servants of Yikun Palace heard Ruyi's order and were about to rush in, the eunuchs left outside including Lipin immediately surrounded them.

Now, there are only Ruyi and Rongpei in the inner palace. Aren’t they at the mercy of Lipin and other three?

Rong Pei was seen being held tightly by the palace maids. Lipin walked over sinisterly and looked down at Rong Pei's hateful old face.

"Rong Pei, do you know how I managed to survive the time when I was tortured by you, the master and your servant? I fantasize every day that one day you will fall into our hands and we will return the punishment and humiliation you have inflicted on us double, just like today!"

"It's a pity that you are the head maid of Yikun Palace, with the Empress backing you up. We, the little maids without family background and without favor, can only live in humiliation under the hands of a crude and lowly person like you! Those days are too painful for us to look back on, and today is the day you will get your retribution!"

As soon as Lipin finished speaking, crisp slapping sounds were heard on Rong Pei's face, and the sounds continued one after another.

However, just a few slaps were not enough to vent the anger of Lipin and the others.

Rong Pei shouted in panic, "Queen! Queen, save me! They are going to beat me to death, please save me!"

Lipin and a few others blatantly broke into the Yikun Palace and beat up the people in Yikun Palace in front of her. They simply didn't take her, the queen, seriously!

Ruyi pointed at Lipin angrily and cursed, "You deserved it back then. I only gave you a small punishment and a big warning instead of executing you as evil concubines who brought disaster to the country and the people. This is already a special mercy to you! How dare you take revenge for personal gain? What crime should you be punished for?!"

Lipin was angry and said, "A small punishment but a big warning? The Queen has tortured us for so long, using all kinds of insulting methods to deal with us, forcing us to commit suicide. This is called a small punishment but a big warning?!"

"We admit that we are indeed guilty, but the emperor has already said that he will not pursue the case. Why do you still hold on to it? If the queen really felt that she had done nothing wrong, why did she block the news when she learned that I committed suicide? Why did she ask Concubine Yu to persuade me to keep quiet?"

Ruyi didn't know how to refute for a moment, so she said stubbornly, "As a concubine, the most important thing is virtue, and in order to win favor, you dared to seduce the emperor to drink deer blood wine, allowing the emperor to have fun with you. In order to protect the reputation of the palace, I have not banished you to the cold palace, which is already a leniency for you!"

"You have done something that has brought disgrace upon our family, why not die to atone for your sins?!"

Lipin scolded, "The Empress keeps saying that she is thinking about the Emperor's reputation, but she keeps spreading rumors that the Emperor drank deer blood wine and did something ridiculous. If you hadn't suddenly become pregnant, the Emperor wouldn't have punished you, so how could he have let you go even crazier?"

Someone followed up on Concubine Li's words and said sarcastically, "Humph, even if the Queen was lucky enough to get pregnant with a dragon fetus, so what? She gave birth to two princes and a princess for the Emperor, so what? The Queen herself was foolish and didn't do good deeds, and ended up causing the Thirteenth Prince and the Fifth Princess to die young. I wonder if this is retribution for the Queen?!"

"Now the twelfth prince is also mediocre in talent. The emperor would rather choose a prince born to a noble than the legitimate son of the queen as the crown prince. It is conceivable how much of a failure you have been in your life, queen!"

"Sisters, we can't touch her now. They have a deep bond between master and servant, and beating Rong Pei is the same!"

When the death of Yongjing and Jingsi was mentioned again, Ruyi still felt indignant and said angrily: "Whether you or Grandma Tian, ​​you are all my servants. It is your duty to serve me. How dare you covet the reward?"

"It's not that I didn't give her a reward, I just wanted to pray for the Fifth Princess. She was so petty and killed my Yongjing. She is really guilty of a heinous crime!"

Lipin sneered, "The Queen is not worldly, so naturally she doesn't care about gold, silver, and jewelry, and doesn't understand the importance of money. But hasn't the Queen heard that blocking someone's financial path is like killing their parents?"

"I heard that Grandma Tian has a daughter who is seriously ill and is counting on this reward to save her life. The Queen withheld the reward that Grandma Tian deserved and almost killed her daughter. The Queen didn't take her daughter's life seriously, so why can't Grandma Tian take revenge?"

"The Thirteenth Prince was originally a royal family, but unfortunately he was born in the Empress's womb. He didn't have time to enjoy wealth and glory before he was killed by you, his mother. How tragic!"

Ruyi was irritated. She could not stop Lipin and others from beating Rongpei by herself, so she shouted, "Come here, come here quickly! How dare Lipin and these dogs be disrespectful to me? Come here quickly and beat them all out! Take them all to the Ministry of Punishment and torture them severely! Quickly!"

Ruyi shouted, and Lipin and the others came to their senses from their anger. They were afraid that they were too numerous and would hit Rong Pei too hard, and they also stopped because they were afraid that the noise would be too loud and it would be difficult to explain to the emperor when he returned.

Although Rong Pei had thick skin and flesh, he could not withstand the beatings and kicks from so many people.

Rong Pei's clothes and hair were disheveled, her face was bruised and swollen from being beaten, and she lay on the ground screaming.

The guards standing outside the palace gate heard the noise inside and were about to rush in to stop it when Qin Li, the chief steward of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, came to deliver fabric to the Yikun Palace.

Qin Li stopped the guards and said, "The ladies all know their limits. Just guard the palace gate."

Now that someone was taking care of the matter, the guards were happy to have some free time.

Qin Li walked in, and before he could open his mouth, Ruyi said, "Lipin and the others are very disrespectful to me, why don't you arrest them and punish them!"

Qin Li smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you are too polite. Concubine Li and the others were just joking with you. Why did Your Majesty take it seriously? The season is about to change. I am here to deliver new fabrics to the Yikun Palace. Please take a look, Your Majesty."

Ruyi found Qin Li lying with his eyes open, but the cloth he sent was new but the material was very rough. Even the favored nobles in the palace would not use such clothes.

Ruyi said angrily, "They beat Rong Pei like this, can't you see? And what kind of fabric is this!"

Qin Li said, "I have been waiting outside the palace gate for quite a while, and I have heard some of what the empresses said. As the saying goes, you reap what you sow. Rong Pei, this cunning servant, has always relied on the power of the empress to bully others, and even the emperor couldn't stand it and punished him many times."

"But she never learned her lesson, which irritated Concubine Li. Concubine Li was also thinking about the Empress. As for the fabric, it is of course not as good as the ones the Empress used in the past, but the Empress was guilty of contradicting the Emperor, so I think it's better for her to wear something plain to show her apology!"

Ruyi felt deeply humiliated and was so angry that she was speechless.

Lipin and the others vented their anger and decided to stop while they were ahead.

"I'll take my leave. I'll never forget the Queen's kindness. I'll come to visit you again!"

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