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Hongling naturally didn't dare to object to the queen mother's words, she hurriedly responded, and then asked someone to take Xu Qingjian out.

When Xu Qingjian was tied to the torture bench, he felt it was difficult to breathe.

At this moment, he couldn't care less about how painful the execution would be later, his mind was full of what he would do if he died.

Nian Nian has never been separated from him since he was born, what would happen if Nian Nian suddenly lost him.

For a moment, Xu Qingjian even thought about drinking the queen mother's bottle of poison, at most he would lose his memory, it's no big deal.

As soon as this thought came into being, Xu Qingjian said to the queen mother standing in front of him in a hoarse voice: "The queen mother... I promise you, I will take the poison."

The queen mother lowered her eyes and looked at Xu Qingjian quietly, but only sighed softly when she heard the words: "Did you say this to save your life?"

Before Xu Qingjian could answer, the Queen Mother continued: "The Ai family knows that you are probably only thinking about your child with Xu'er."

Xu Qingjian's face turned pale and he didn't speak.

Immediately afterwards, the queen mother sneered again: "You rejected Aijia just now, and Aijia knew that you could not be used by me. If you choose to take poison at this time, what you are thinking in your heart is not to monitor Xu'er for Aijia, but to break the law. Breaking the jar, letting the poison take hold, losing your memory is better than losing your life, the former is naturally better, and you will make plans."

After being told the truth by the Queen Mother, Xu Qingjian clenched his teeth and stopped talking.

It seems that he is doomed to die today.

So Xu Qingjian slowly closed his eyes.

The Empress Dowager still had some pity for Xu Qingjian, so he closed his eyes a little unbearably, and said to Hongling: "Shut up his mouth, Aijia doesn't want to listen."

"Yes." Hong Ling quickly responded.

Soon, Xu Qingjian's mouth was blocked with a cloth towel, and Xu Qingjian was also ordered not to make any resistance, even if he resisted, so what, it was impossible for him to escape from the palace by himself.

The torture rod fell behind Xu Qingjian, and the severe pain exploded instantly, as if it had cut his flesh.

Xu Qingjian's mouth was blocked, he could only moan and make an indistinct sound, and he gripped the torture stool tightly with both hands.

In just ten strokes, Xu Qingjian was already sweating from the pain, his black hair was wet with sweat, and his back was covered in blood and blood, and the smell of blood gradually spread in the air.

The queen mother couldn't smell the blood, Dang even frowned and turned around.

"Empress Dowager, Hongling will help you go in and rest." Seeing this, Hongling hurried forward to support the Empress Dowager.

The queen mother waved her hand and rejected Hongling: "No need, the Ai family is here to watch him die, otherwise the Ai family can't rest assured."

After another ten or so heavy blows of the torture rod, Xu Qingjian was so painful that his consciousness was blurred, and he couldn't make a sound. He was paralyzed on the torture bench half dead, and he might die after a few more strokes.

At this moment, the eunuch sang loudly from outside the hall: "The emperor is here!"

Immediately afterwards, a little eunuch who was waiting beside the queen mother rushed in to report: "Your Majesty, the emperor is here."

"Why didn't you stop him?!" The queen mother frowned suddenly.

If you don't come early or late, why come here at this time.

Hearing the queen mother's tone, the little eunuch knew that she was angry. He was so frightened that he trembled, and said in fear: "The slave is incompetent and failed to stop the emperor. The emperor came in a hurry, so he just rushed in." of."

"...What?" The queen mother frowned even tighter.

Originally, he didn't think much about it, but when he heard that the emperor broke in by force, and it was a good time to pick it, she had to be careful even if she didn't want to doubt it.

After all, the emperor has never done anything against her. She knows that the emperor has always wanted to regain power, but the emperor does not have that ability, so naturally he dare not do such outrageous things.

At this moment, Xia Chen had already walked in.

"My son has met the empress dowager, please greet her." Xia Chen stepped forward to respectfully salute the empress dowager.

The queen mother looked at Xia Chen with a cold face, but did not respond, obviously dissatisfied with his forced intrusion.

After Xia Chen came, everyone around him, including Hong Ling, saluted him one after another, and the two people who were executing the execution naturally stopped, wondering for a moment whether they should continue or not.

Xu Qingjian was lying on the torture bench, his whole body was soaked in sweat, and he glanced in Xia Chen's direction vaguely.

This person... seems very familiar.

Is it to rescue him?

Xu Qingjian wanted to continue thinking, but he couldn't hold on, his eyes darkened, and he passed out from the pain.

Xia Chen glanced at Xu Qingjian who had passed out calmly, and quickly asked the queen mother pretending to be casual: "What is the queen mother doing, why is the torture at the door of your bedroom, why didn't you drag it to the cell go?"

"Why, if the Ai family wants to deal with a person, they have to go through the interrogation of the third division first?" The queen mother gave Xia Chen a cold look.

Xia Chen's words sounded harmless on the surface, but in fact, every word was alluding to her, the queen mother, using private behavior, so how could she not hear it.

"I don't dare." Xia Chen hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "It's just that if this person dies in front of the Empress Dowager's Palace, it would be unlucky. Why don't you throw him to the mass grave before he dies?"

The queen mother quickly narrowed her eyes when she heard the words, looked at Xia Chen vigilantly, and said in a deep voice: "No need, the Ai family has seen a lot of blood, so it won't be a collision."

After several trials, Xia Chen also knew that saving someone from the Queen Mother was as difficult as climbing to heaven, besides, he didn't have any power in his own hands, and he didn't even have the right to speak in front of the Queen Mother.

The only way to save Xu Qingjian now is to delay time and wait for Shen Xubai to enter the palace.

"I don't know why this short-sighted person has offended the queen mother. Why don't you talk to the boy so that the boy can share your worries." Xia Chen continued to say to the queen mother.

After finishing speaking, Xia Chen didn't wait for the queen mother to respond, and said directly to the two executioners: "Aren't you going to step back?"

The two men hesitated for a moment, then looked at the Queen Mother with eyes asking for instructions.

"What are you still dawdling about? Why, I can't order you anymore, right? Do you still know who your master is?!" Xia Chen immediately got angry when he saw this.

Seeing that Xia Chen was angry, the two of them were startled, they quickly knelt down, and said tremblingly, "I dare not!"

No matter what, Xia Chen's status as the emperor here, even if it is a puppet emperor, they are not something they can afford to offend. No matter how powerful the queen mother is, she will always be the queen mother, and it is impossible to stand on her own as emperor.

In short, neither of these two people could afford to offend them.

And Xia Chen's action naturally disgraced the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager's face immediately became a little ugly: "What is the emperor's intention, could it be that he came here on purpose to save people?"

Xia Chen's eyes flickered for a moment, and he quickly replied: "I don't dare, my child, this person contradicted the empress dowager, he deserved to die."

"Oh, do you know who this person is?" the Queen Mother asked again.

Xia Chen looked at Xu Qingjian carefully after hearing the words, and then replied: "I don't know the child, but judging by his attire, he doesn't look like someone from the palace."

Seeing that Xia Chen didn't look like he was lying, the queen mother frowned and thought for a while, but she didn't relax her vigilance.

"Since you don't recognize him, what's the point of you taking this time to obstruct Aijia?" The Queen Mother asked again.

Hearing the Queen Mother's question, Xia Chen quickly defended, "Your Majesty, my boy didn't come here on purpose, but I just thought that I haven't been here for a long time. Who knew you would torture people here as soon as I came here, my boy?" Thinking that the queen mother has been eating fast and reciting Buddha recently, I don't want you to see bloody blood again, which will only increase your sins."

"What sin is not a sin, anyway, people are already dying." The Queen Mother replied impatiently.

Now she always feels inexplicably irritable, and she just wants to kill Xu Qingjian as soon as possible, otherwise something will change.

At the same time, at the palace gate.

Shen Xubai hurried to come, but was stopped by the prison gate guard at the gate of the palace, saying that the Empress Dowager ordered Shen Xubai not to enter the palace.

After several stalemates, the time has been delayed a lot, Shen Xubai was worried that Xu Qingjian would be in danger, and even wanted to force his way in.

At this moment, there was a rush of horseshoes in the palace, and someone drove over.

The horse stopped quickly, and a woman got off the horse. That person was Bai Hong, Xia Chen's personal bodyguard.

The commander was about to scold someone, but when he saw it was Bai Hong, he immediately bowed respectfully: "So it's Miss Bai Hong, I don't know why Miss Bai Hong is so eager to drive here."

Although this Bai Hong is a woman, she has followed the emperor for many years, she is not inferior to a man in both literary and martial arts, and the emperor regards her very highly, plus Bai Hong's own methods are ruthless, they naturally dare not offend her.

Bai Hong glanced at him, took out the token Xia Chen gave him, and said in a deep voice: "I came here by the order of the emperor to bring King Ning into the palace."

Looking at the token held by Bai Hong's slender fingers, the commander frowned, and said, "It's not that I don't want to let him go, it's just that we are also under the orders of the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother..."

"Snapped!"

Before he could finish speaking, Bai Hong slapped him heavily on the face. The applause was so clear that it stunned him.

"Is this imperial palace in charge of the queen mother or the emperor! Is this world the queen mother's world or the emperor's world?!" Bai Hong scolded sharply.

The commander was so slapped by Bai Hong's slap that his head was buzzing, and he covered his face in pain. He was full of dissatisfaction, thinking that the emperor was just a puppet emperor without real power, so there was no world left.

But he still had to pretend to be flattering and said: "Naturally, it is the emperor, and there is no king in the world."

"Go away if you know!" Bai Hong scolded coldly: "Don't use chicken feathers as an arrow, if you miss the emperor's business, you will be the first to be dismissed!"

"But..." The commander hesitated, but still didn't want to let him go.

Bai Hong frowned immediately, and drew out the long sword at her waist without saying a word: "The emperor ordered that seeing the token is like seeing a person, and if anyone refuses to accept it, he will be killed without mercy!"

"Let's go, let's go... please come in!" The leader was suddenly in a cold sweat from fright.