Seeing Furong's attitude, the anger in Xiao Mozi and Heye's stomachs grew bigger.
Heye was especially angry.
Back then, because of Furong, Heye almost lost her life. Now, seeing Furong's attitude, how could she not understand?
The group of people under the Empress were the same as the Empress. When they harmed others, they were not soft-hearted at all. Once they became the victim, they cherished their lives so much. Were their lives more important than other people's lives?
When Furong delivered the soup, she made it sound nice. This was personally made by the Empress Dowager. If it was really as good as she said, why would she rather be covered in soup than drink a mouthful?
To put it bluntly, this bowl of soup was filled with harmful things.
Heye's life was saved by Jiujiu. If it wasn't for Jiujiu, she would have long become Jasmine's scapegoat. At this moment, when she saw Hibiscus, who was acting just like Jasmine, Heye was filled with anger.
Right now, she was the knife and Furong was the fish on the chopping block. Heye raised her hand and pinched Furong's chest, pinching it especially hard.
Furong's weakest spot was forcefully pinched by someone. In an instant, she couldn't help but open her mouth and cry out in pain. Heye took advantage of the situation and poured a mouthful of soup into Furong's mouth. Without waiting for Furong to spit it out, she directly closed Furong's mouth.
Being forced to drink a mouthful of soup, Furong's face instantly paled in fright. Her gaze was like a knife as she looked at Heye who had poured soup into her mouth.
However, Heye acted as if she didn't see Furong's vicious gaze. She used the same trick and continued to pour soup into Furong's mouth.
Although Heye's method was effective, it was unavoidably shameless. When Furong finished drinking the soup, Xiao Mozi's face was as red as an apple.
Furong's chest was in so much pain that she couldn't even straighten her back. It could be seen how much strength Heye used to force Furong to drink the soup.
Jiujiu said to let Furong drink the soup, but she didn't want to confine Furong. So, after feeding Furong the soup, Heye and Xiao Mozi had people throw Furong out.
Furong was the Empress Dowager's head palace maid. She was in such a sorry state right now, just like how glorious she was in the past.
Because of fear and panic, Furong's face was completely pale. Coupled with the soup on her body, she looked indescribably lonely and disheveled.
Furong didn't even know how she returned to the Palace of Compassionate and Peaceful from the imperial kitchen.
After returning to the Palace of Compassionate and Peaceful, without waiting for Furong to change her clothes, she was brought before the empress dowager by Peony.
The empress dowager originally wanted to ask Furong whether or not Jiujiu drank the soup. However, when she saw Furong, who was covered in dirt and still had a pale complexion, her expression immediately changed. She hurriedly asked, "Furong, this is?"
At this moment, Fu Rong's mind was filled with the thought of her drinking that bowl of soup with added ingredients. She was scared to death. Seeing the Empress ask her, she immediately cried: "Niang niang, His Majesty didn't drink that bowl of soup. Furthermore, he had people force the soup to nubi. Nubi didn't drink it, so he had people beat nubi."
Furong cried as she spoke. When paired with her face that was pale from fear, it was especially convincing.
After hearing Furong's sobbing complaints, the Empress' anger rushed to her heart. Her mind went blank and she fell backwards.
Fortunately, the Palace of Compassionate and Peaceful was covered with soft carpets. Even if the Empress fell on the carpet, it wasn't a big deal. Peony had Furong first change into a clean set of clothes. She then helped the others get the Empress onto the bed.
When the Empress woke up again, Furong had already changed into a set of clean clothes. However, her still red eyes told the Empress that everything just now was real.
Jiujiu really wanted to shed all pretense of cordiality with her.
The Empress looked at Furong's pale face and almost fainted again.
She had been played by Jiujiu. She had been played by Jiujiu.
Jiujiu not being willing to drink the soup right now was simply telling her that she had always known she had put something in the soup.
Come to think of it, before will drink, also just to deceive the people.
When she thought of this, the Empress was extremely angry.
She had actually been deceived by Jiujiu. She had actually been played by the daughter she had always controlled in her hands.
The Empress's chest violently heaved up and down. After a long while, she finally calmed down.
The Empress lowered her eyes to hide the hatred in her eyes. After a moment, she practically said these words through gritted teeth: "Invite Official Liu over for aijia."
Since Jiujiu didn't listen to her, then don't blame her for being ruthless.
She had been unrighteous first, so don't blame her for not caring about her feelings as a mother.
As for the Empress wanting to invite Official Liu over, Jiujiu directly ordered Xiao Mozi to have his subordinates fully cooperate.
Xiao Mozi didn't want to open his mouth to dissuade Jiujiu, but seeing that Jiujiu had other plans, he could only remain silent.
The next day.
Lord Liu entered the palace early in the morning and didn't leave until dusk.
Before entering the palace, Official Liu's face was full of worry, as if he had aged ten years. But when he left the palace, Official Liu seemed to have taken a miracle pill and instantly became twenty years younger. There was no worry on his face at all, and even the wrinkles on his cheeks had lessened a lot.
It was as if his waist didn't hurt and he wasn't out of breath. It didn't take much effort for him to go up five floors in one breath.
It was the same on the second day of court. Ever since Liu Yan 'er was demoted, every time Lord Liu saw Jiujiu in court, it was as if a mouse had seen a cat. But this time, when he saw Jiujiu, Official Liu acted as if he was a big boss and he was afraid of no one. He even proposed to let Jiujiu participate in the consort selection when the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue said that Jiujiu had too few concubines.
Ever since Liu Yan 'er was dealt with, Official Liu had been keeping a low profile. Not to mention Jiujiu, even the other ministers were a little uncomfortable with his sudden high profile.
Even the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue couldn't help but take another look at Official Liu. Thinking back to Official Liu's worried face a few days ago, he couldn't help but mutter in his heart.
Did Official Liu become rich or what? How did he change so much in one night? It was really strange.
Sir Liu pretended not to see the Assistant Minister of Revenue's gaze. With a righteous expression, he spoke as if he was an envoy of justice. He looked at Jiujiu and said, "This humble official believes that the Emperor has ascended the throne for more than a year. Now that he has no children, the matter of selecting the Emperor must be carried out."
After Official Liu finished speaking, he pulled out the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue who had just made the suggestion. "Official Wang, what do you think?"
Although it was the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue who had suggested the consort selection, when Official Liu said this, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue instantly felt that he had boarded a pirate ship. This feeling intensified when Official Liu pulled him out.
The assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue glanced at Jiujiu, whose expression was unclear as she sat on the dragon throne. He then glanced at Lord Liu and immediately wilted. He gave a few incoherent chuckles and refused to mention anything about the selection.
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