Queen Mother Jing woke up after a long break and found out about the "good deeds" Jinxiu had done in her name. She immediately became furious and ordered people to bring the seriously injured Jinxiu to the palace.

Grandma Qin blessed herself and said cautiously: "My dear, Jinxiu was seriously injured. You were kneeling outside the hall before you woke up."

Queen Mother Jing looked at her and said with a half-smile, "Are you interceding for her?"

Aunt Qin was startled and hurriedly knelt down: "Old slave, I don't dare! Jinxiu has made such a big mistake, no matter how severe the punishment is, it is all her own fault!"

Empress Dowager Jing seemed to believe her words and said calmly: "This sin slave has served the Ai family for many years. You treat her with some affection on weekdays. It is reasonable to want to intercede for her."

Aunt Qin didn't even dare to say anything. She never showed her pity for Jinxiu, nor did she admit that she was the one who gave Jinxiu advice and made her kneel outside the palace, enduring the pain.

Empress Dowager Jing didn't look into it carefully and waved her hand to ask someone to bring Jinxiu up.

Jinxiu's injuries were quite serious. Not only was her shoulder blade broken, but four of her ribs were broken. Fortunately, her heart was not punctured, otherwise her life would have been difficult to save.

The medical attendant said frankly that even after her injuries healed, the root cause of the disease would remain. Moreover, she could not use her left arm, so she could not be considered a healthy person.

Jinxiu was helped up to the palace by a little palace maid. She was pale and dripping with cold sweat. She didn't know whether it was pain or fear. When she knelt down to salute with weak legs, her lips turned gray and there was no trace of blood.

,,She no longer looks as delicate and charming as usual.

At this time, she didn't care about her injuries. She faced Queen Mother Jing's gloomy gaze and tremblingly knelt down and said, "The sinful slave has made a big mistake. Please forgive me, Queen Mother."

Before she went to Bishui Pavilion and climbed into bed under the guise of Queen Mother Jing, she never thought that she would fail.

What she thought at that time was that as long as she succeeded and gained Jingheng's pity, she would be able to get her wish and become his concubine. When the time came, Empress Dowager Jing would give her to Jingheng and even reward her with a dowry.

, he doesn’t even care about her climbing into bed privately.

Now that her plan failed, she not only suffered injuries, but also faced severe punishment from Empress Dowager Jing, which she had never expected. She was lying on the bed earlier, and the more she thought about it, the more frightened she became, fearing that she would die in this deep palace compound.

Now that she saw Empress Dowager Jing, her strong desire to survive left her with only the thought of kowtow and beg for mercy. She did not hesitate to follow Aunt Tan's words and resorted to a painful trick, and did not dare to justify what she had done.

"Please forgive me from the Ai family? You did such a bastard thing in the name of the Ai family, how come you didn't consider the consequences?"

Empress Dowager Jing looked coldly at Jinxiu who dared not move, with no trace of pity in her eyes: "You're an unlucky thing. It's all in vain that the Ai family treated you with honor and favor in the past. You're so used to it that you don't know how high the sky is and dare to plot against the Ai family."

Li’er, it’s simply not a pity to die!”

Jinxiu trembled all over and begged for mercy: "Mother, Queen Mother, please, please, for the sake of sin slave, who has served you for many years, spare sin slave's life. Sin slave will never dare to do it again."

Got it!"

Empress Dowager Jing narrowed her eyes and sneered: "It is your duty to serve the Ai family. If I forgive you for this, I am afraid that everyone will think that they can do whatever they want after serving the Ai family. What kind of chaos will this palace be like?"

Jinxiu became more and more frightened and said without hesitation: "Empress Dowager, sin slaves, sin slaves are different. Originally, you were going to give sin slaves to Mr. Hou. If not, if not for Mrs. Hou's jealousy and intolerance, sin slaves would

I am already the Marquis’s servant!”

Aunt Tan's face changed drastically. She looked at Empress Dowager Jing secretly and cursed Jinxiu in her heart for being stupid and stupid for wasting all her efforts. She secretly suppressed the idea of ​​interceding for her.

"Okay, okay! Now that you don't think about your own mistakes and still dare to slander Xiaoxiao, how can the Ai family spare you!" Empress Dowager Jing also didn't expect that she was so stupid. She slapped the armrest and shouted: "Someone, let me go."

Take this sinful slave and beat him with thirty big boards and drive him out of the palace!"

After hitting thirty boards, a strong man would be half disabled, not to mention Jinxiu, who was already injured. He was afraid that he would die if he could not survive ten boards. In the end, he could only sweep away a piece of broken grass and throw it to

Feed wild dogs in mass graves.

Jinxiu finally realized that she had been stupid and almost fainted. But she did not dare to faint and forgot about the severe pain. She kowtowed and begged for mercy: "The Queen Mother, please spare my life. The sinful slave will never dare to do it again."

, I won’t dare to do it again!”

Empress Dowager Jing was fed up and waved her hand: "Off!"

"Yes!" The two chamberlains stepped forward quickly, held her arms one on the left and the other on the right, and dragged her out without caring about her injuries.

It's just a dying person, they don't need to pity him.

"Spare your life, Queen Mother, please spare your life. The sinful slave knows that he is wrong and will never dare to do it again. Well..." Jinxiu wailed again and again and struggled desperately. As soon as she was halfway through shouting, she was blocked by the waiter and said:

No sound comes out.

Her left arm, which was held by the chamberlain, hung down weakly, and the tearing pain almost destroyed her consciousness.

At this moment, Jinxiu deeply regretted whether she should have climbed onto the bed and tried to fly up a branch; regretted whether she should have forgotten Grandma Tan's instructions and tried to defend herself as if she were dying. Now that her life was at stake, it was too late to say anything.

.

Quietness returned to the main hall. Empress Dowager Jing raised her hand to support her swollen and painful forehead, and there was a lingering depression between her eyebrows.

Aunt Tan suppressed all her thoughts and came to the back of Empress Dowager Jing, gently massaging her.

Empress Dowager Jing couldn't help but closed her eyes, and opened them again the next moment, stopping Nanny Tan's movements: "Go, stare at them and beat them ten times, and then expel the guilty slave from the palace, whether it's death or not.

Life depends on her luck."

Grandma Tan was shocked. She didn't expect Queen Mother Jing to let Jinxiu go, and she forgot to react for a moment.

Empress Dowager Jing said calmly: "Spending her life today is to accumulate good fortune and virtue for the Ai family's unborn great-grandson."

Grandma Qin suddenly realized this and couldn't hide her emotions. She knelt down and thanked her in a hurry: "Old slave, I would like to thank the empress for your kindness on behalf of Jinxiu. With the empress accumulating blessings for the little master, the little master will definitely be healthy, docile, smart and dexterous!"

Queen Mother Jing waved her hand and motioned for her to go quickly.

Grandma Tan didn't dare to delay, so she got up and ran out of the hall.

She arrived just in time, Jinxiu was caught on the bench and was about to be executed.

With Empress Dowager Jing's instructions, the ten blows were not too severe and did not damage Jinxiu's bones. After hearing Aunt Tan explain the reason that had troubled her life, she was stunned for a moment and burst into tears, and then her eyes widened.

Fainted and died.

From then on, there was no beauty in Yongning Palace, and no one knew whether she was alive or dead.

Empress Dowager Jing ordered someone to pass the results of her punishment on Jinxiu to Jing Heng. Jing Heng did not say anything and took the time to go to Yongning Palace to have dinner with Empress Dowager Jing the next day to show that he had no objection to such punishment and that Empress Dowager Jing did not need to

Keep it in mind.

However, other people in the palace had heard about it, and after discussing it privately, the matter somehow spread outside the palace, which shocked those who were still regretting that a fast-paced son-in-law like Jing Heng was seduced by a village girl.

In the eyes of men, this matter is not a big deal. In other words, they would probably go along with the flow and have a good relationship with the beauty. Afterwards, they would just ask Queen Mother Jing to take her back, and it is not impossible to support her by stuffing her in the backyard.

But I didn't expect that Marquis Nanming was so young and didn't have any sympathy for her. Not only did he seriously hurt a good beauty, but he also punished her severely by Empress Dowager Jing. Wasn't this intentional to force the beauty to death? This is what a man can do.

thing?

In the eyes of women, the Qin family, who has a complicated life experience, really has the means to marry into the palace of Princess Protector and become the wife of a super-grade marquis. She can also control Marquis Nanming tightly so that he does not dare to mess with women outside.

Who wouldn’t want to learn a trick like this?

So, these ladies sent messages to the Princess Protector's house one after another, inviting Qin Xiaoxiao to come over to enjoy the chrysanthemums and taste tea. They were even more surprised when they learned that Qin Xiaoxiao had returned to her parents' home and had not been back for nearly two months.

What should I say?

Qin Xiaoxiao was far away in Qingshan Village and didn't know that he was being talked about again.

However, it is not without benefits if this matter spreads. At least in the eyes of others, she will become someone who cannot be easily messed with, so those who intend to take advantage of Jing Heng will have to think carefully to avoid ending up in the same miserable end as Jinxiu.

Time flies to the end of the month, the farm work in the fields is almost finished, and it is also the day for Jing Heng to pick Qin Xiaoxiao back to Beijing.

That afternoon, the sedan arranged by Jing Heng arrived at Qin's house first. At night, after he left the office, he also rushed there quickly. After not seeing each other for a few days, the couple chatted with each other for a while.

Taking Qin Xiaoxiao's belly into consideration, Jingheng did not do anything inappropriate, but just held her in his arms and kissed her for a long time.

After the two people's breathing subsided, Qin Xiaoxiao asked about Queen Mother Jing's treatment of Jinxiu. When he learned that she was kicked out of the palace, she couldn't help but nodded: "Although she made a big mistake, she was not guilty.

Death is just the right punishment."

"Well, you can rest assured that no one will dare to care about your husband in the future." Jing Heng squeezed her soft hand, fearing that she would feel uneasy and concealing the fact that Jinxiu had been kicked to death by him before she was punished.

Qin Xiaoxiao glanced at him sideways and said angrily: "You can't say that, otherwise people will think I'm a tigress, and you won't dare to mess around with flowers outside."

Jing Heng couldn't help laughing and kissed her on the lips: "You are much more powerful than a tigress!"

Qin Xiaoxiao pretended to be angry and pinched his waist: "Obviously it's you who doesn't understand the charm and let down the beauty's affection, but you want to blame it on me. I have to bear the burden of jealousy for nothing.

Stigma!”

Jing Heng grabbed her hand to stop her from starting a fire: "Those who say you are jealous must be jealous of you. Why do you care about their gossip?"

When Qin Xiaoxiao heard this, he immediately became energetic: "Does anyone really say that I am jealous?"

Jingheng was so busy that he didn't even have time to drink another cup of tea. He didn't know if anyone said she was jealous, so he shook his head: "I haven't heard of it, but even if someone talks about it, you don't need to worry. Take care of yourself and your family."

The child is fine."

Qin Xiaoxiao originally didn't care about other people's gossip, so he said openly: "Don't worry, I won't bother you about this kind of thing."

As she said that, she touched her belly, then pulled his hand over and put it on it: "Please touch it and see if you feel any difference?"

Jing Heng touched it gently a few times and said with certainty: "It's big, and it's still a little hard."

Qin Xiaoxiao was speechless: "Of course I know I'm getting older, but Sister Xueya said it's because I'm fat, and she tells me to eat less every day, so as not to become a ball of fat and it will be difficult to have children in the future."

The three-month-old belly still looks flat, and you can only feel the difference when you touch it. She is not gluttonous these days, and eats smaller meals more frequently. Her body is only a little rounder than before pregnancy, and she is not fat.

exaggerate.

It was because her belly was much bigger than when Xueya was three months pregnant that she suspected that she had gained weight, and that everything she ate had grown into flesh on her body, leaving little for the child in her belly.

"She's talking nonsense, you're not fat." Jing Heng squeezed her waist calmly, the touch was really soft, but he couldn't say this clearly.

Qin Xiaoxiao breathed a sigh of relief and said with peace of mind: "It's good that you're not fat, otherwise I wouldn't dare to eat more."
To be continued...