novelhk Chapter 34 The Emperor's Favored Mad Concubine's Ramblings (3)
Chapter 34 The Emperor's Favored Mad Concubine's Ramblings (3)
The palace maid who bumped into the empress kowtowed in a panic.
The Empress slapped her across the head before she could even utter a curse.
When I reached out and touched it, it was covered in blood.
Women in the palace cared most about their appearance, because without beauty, how could the emperor possibly give you a second glance?
The empress was only in her early thirties, and the destruction of her property was tantamount to taking her life.
This time, because the Queen caused a minor disturbance, seven or eight people were beaten.
The Empress was the one who suffered the most severe beating. She not only had a head injury, but also two bruises on her face, and her arms and neck were also hit.
Because of the intense pain, she covered her face and wept uncontrollably.
At this point, the palace maids and eunuchs could only show their loyalty by protecting the Empress, surrounding her and blocking the attack of the stones.
"How dare you break the rules!" Su Dingding's face turned cold again.
She strode over and tossed everyone away like chickens, then grabbed the Queen's hair and slapped her several times.
The empress, who was once the mother of the nation, was instantly stripped of her dignity and collapsed to the ground in a disheveled state.
"I condescended to play games with you, and this is your attitude?"
"Especially you, if you get caught, you should be punished. Why let others shield you from the stones?"
"I'm giving you one more chance. If you don't play well, you can forget about your heads!"
Su Dingding returned to her position with a fierce aura, and casually pulled up Consort Yu, whose head she had twisted off.
Everyone stared at Consort Yu, who lay dead with her eyes wide open, her bulging eyes staring at them in a sinister and terrifying way.
The Empress trembled. So many people couldn't even control Zhao Zihua. Wouldn't people laugh at her if word got out?
"Whoever can capture Consort Hua for me will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold!" the Empress suddenly shouted.
At this moment, she couldn't care less about anything else. She glared fiercely at Su Dingding, her voice hoarse and carrying a faint smell of blood.
Upon hearing that it was worth a thousand taels of gold, everyone jumped up as if they had been injected with adrenaline.
This is what they mean by "a generous reward will surely attract brave men"!
They were scared, but they were willing to risk it all for the gold!
"The game of 'Red Light, Green Light' isn't over yet! Why are we starting to play tag?"
Su Dingding covered her mouth and laughed excitedly, dodging left and right. In order to avoid being caught, she kicked over several people.
“Come on, come and catch me, you bunch of trash, you can’t catch me, hee hee hee…” Su Dingding would occasionally make a face.
Finally, she came to the Empress's side, who had just been helped up by a palace maid.
"Everyone else is arresting me, why aren't you participating?" Su Dingding looked at the Empress with dissatisfaction.
"This Empress..." The Empress raised her head but before she could finish speaking, Su Dingding grabbed her arm and started running. "Hahaha, are you trying to join me? I've seen through your little scheme!"
The Empress couldn't keep up with Su Dingding's pace and fell to the ground, being dragged along by her.
"Empress!" The group chased after her.
"Ouch!" The empress not only rubbed her body against the ground, making it impossible for her to stand up, but she also bumped her head.
The arm that Su Dingding was pulling was also in excruciating pain, as if it had been dislocated.
"Consort Hua, I will not pursue this matter any further, please let go..." the Empress began to plead.
"I'm a very competitive person, how can I admit defeat? They definitely can't catch us, don't worry!" Su Dingding said with a grin as she flung the Empress away.
She originally wanted to show off by doing a spectacular ten somersaults before catching the Empress.
It was too late; the Empress landed face-first on the ground!
"Ugh..." The Empress felt like she was half dead, and her internal organs were about to shift.
"How is that possible? I could definitely do it!" Su Dingding stomped her foot in protest. "Try again!"
"No!" The Queen's objections were ineffective.
Su Dingding flung her away again, this time with even more force, and threw her even further.
She did indeed somersault faster, but ended up flipping in the wrong direction.
When she stopped to pick up the person, there was no sign of the Empress.
"Why?" Su Dingding clutched his head in his hands. "Why is this happening?!"
The empress was knocked unconscious and her face was completely disfigured.
"His Majesty has arrived!"
Upon hearing of the commotion, the Emperor hurriedly led his men over.
He was accompanied by a dozen or so guards to protect his safety.
When Su Dingding saw the Emperor, he laughed so hard he almost fell over.
She ran over, not even bothering to kowtow, and looked the emperor up and down, making no attempt to hide her inner mockery.
"You old ox, you want to eat young grass? My dad's younger than you!"
"Insolence!" The emperor's face turned cold, and everyone was so frightened that they knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty, Consort Hua has gone mad! She not only humiliated us, but also injured the Empress and broke Consort Yu's neck! We beg Your Majesty to do justice for us!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, this old servant has come to deliver an imperial edict. Consort Hua not only made this old servant kneel in her place, but also injured this old servant's head..."
"Waaaaah, my poor Sister Yu..."
"The Empress... the Empress seems to have stopped breathing..."
The scene immediately descended into chaos, and the Emperor had no choice but to send someone to escort the Empress back to her palace and summon the imperial physician to treat her.
"Guards, give Hua Yi a hundred strokes of the cane and throw her into the cold palace!"
"One hundred lashes?" Su Dingding glanced at him at a forty-five-degree angle and silently calculated in his mind, "Are you trying to kill me with exhaustion?"
"Hmph!" The emperor didn't even hear what she said and turned away in a huff.
Everyone else hurriedly left this place of trouble, leaving only the eunuch Li, who was overseeing the execution, and a few imperial guards.
These were all experts who protected the emperor; with them around, Eunuch Li felt more confident.
"Consort Hua, don't blame this old servant for being heartless!"
After speaking in a sarcastic tone, Eunuch Li gave a wink to several eunuchs.
Several eunuchs quickly brought over a long bench, looking at Su Dingding with cold smiles.
"Then I won't stand on ceremony." Su Dingding rolled up her sleeves.
"Seize her!" Eunuch Li gave the order.
"Oh dear!" Su Dingding's sudden exclamation startled everyone. "I forgot to ask earlier, is it one hundred strokes of the cane each, or is it one hundred strokes for all of us combined?"
"Hua, stop your nonsense! Hold her down and carry out the execution!" Eunuch Li's already ugly face twisted into an even more hideous expression.
One hundred strokes of the cane are enough to kill a person!
Today, Consort Hua can only be sent to the Cold Palace to be left to fend for herself.
Eunuch Li is, after all, someone close to the Emperor, and many people fawn over him. Only this Consort Hua is blind to his faults, and today she will pay the price!
"Yes, yes, you have to hold him down! If you hit him with that board, he'll be dead!"
Su Dingding snatched the cane and kicked Eunuch Li onto a stool.
He was lying down quite steadily, and before he could react, he received a hard slap on the buttock.
"Haha, I didn't know that hitting someone with a board could be so much fun!"