Chapter 1410: Killed with a stick!

Listening to Pei Zhixiu's words, An Miaoyi smiled and said:

"Sister Jixiu, you are so serious. I thought it was some big deal. Turns out you were talking about this matter!"

"When His Majesty came to me last night, he also specifically mentioned this matter and asked about the progress of this matter. Sister, you are truly favored by the Emperor. All the sisters in our harem are envious!"

After a slight sarcastic remark, An Miaoyi changed the subject and said:
"When Madam Cao reported to me yesterday, she said that Liu Ying did confess in the Inner Court, and she said that you promised to help her solve this matter. But don't worry, we have been sisters for so many years, and you saved me in the past! How could I just listen to her lies?"

"In my opinion, Liu Ying is just a desperate person who started to make random accusations in order to survive after her evil deeds were exposed. What she said cannot be taken seriously!"

"I said the same thing in front of His Majesty yesterday. When the Queen Mother asked about this matter just now, I also promised her that Sister Zhixiu would never protect or shield someone who has an affair in the harem!"

Pei Zhixiu was a little surprised to hear An Miaoyi was so easy to talk to. When he was waiting for An Miaoyi here just now, Pei Zhixiu was mentally prepared to be made more difficult by An Miaoyi, but he never thought that An Miaoyi would say this.

Just when Pei Zhixiu was surprised, An Miaoyi also changed the subject and warned:

“Sister Jixiu, although I believe in you and have defended you in front of the Queen Mother, she is very dissatisfied with what happened. If you have time these days, you might as well go to the Queen Mother and explain it to her…”

Although he didn't know what An Miaoyi was up to, Pei Zhixiu nodded slightly and said:
"Thank you, Queen, for your advice!"

"Ji Xiu, just know what's going on! It's just the Queen Mother that you need to worry about. As for the rest, don't worry too much. I will take care of everything for you and will never let that Liu Ying slander you!"

After saying all this, An Miaoyi took Pei Zhixiu to chat about family matters for a while before letting Pei Zhixiu return to her own yard.

Pei Zhixiu returned home, still wondering why An Miaoyi was so easy to talk to today, when she saw Aunt Zhang coming over and reporting:
"My queen, Liu Ying has been released by the Inner Court!"

"what?"

Pei Zhixiu was also very surprised when she heard the news, and at this time, Aunt Zhang repeated it again:
"My queen, Liu Ying has been released by the Inner Court!"

"Where are they now?"

"Your Majesty Liu Ying and Madam Cao from the Inner Court are in the main hall!"

Upon hearing this, Pei Zhixiu immediately stood up and went to the main hall. At this time, Nanny Cao and Liu Ying were waiting for the arrival of her, the imperial concubine...

After arriving at the main hall, Pei Zhixiu glanced at Liu Ying, only to see that the little girl had lost her former liveliness. She was pale and haggard. After seeing Pei Zhixiu, Liu Ying was excited and seemed to want to say something, but when she thought of Aunt Cao beside her, she could only keep silent!

After noticing the change in Liu Ying's expression, Pei Zhixiu also asked Aunt Cao:

"Why did you let her back?"

Madam Cao bowed and replied, "Your Highness, the Queen has said that Liu Ying is someone close to you. It is up to you to decide how to deal with Liu Ying!"

After saying this, Aunt Cao did not say anything more, and took her people to bow and leave. After Aunt Cao left, Liu Ying knelt on the ground again, crying bitterly and saying:
"My Queen, I'm sorry. They wanted to torture me but I had no other choice. That's why I said that. I really had no other choice!"

Facing Liu Ying's explanation, Aunt Zhang at the side also added fuel to the fire:
"Huh! You can't do anything? Why would you help deliver the love letter if you can't do anything?"

"If you hadn't delivered the love letter for someone else, how could the queen be implicated by you? How could things have ended up like this?"

"The Queen is so good to you! How dare you bite her back at this moment? Liu Ying, how can you be so heartless?"

Liu Ying also said aggrievedly after hearing this:
“I didn’t know it was a love letter at all. Wang Xiaocui just told me that it was a letter she was sending back to her hometown, so I sent it to her. I’m not a fool. If I knew it was a love letter, how could I have sent it to him…”

"Liu Ying, what's the point of you saying this here? Why didn't you say it in the inner court?" Nanny Zhang retorted:
"Why didn't I say anything? They didn't listen to me!"

"Those beasts in the inner court are not human at all. They tied me to the rack and wanted to burn me with red-hot irons!"

As she spoke, she thought of the horrible scene of yesterday, and she cried even louder. Seeing Pei Zhixiu still sitting on the chair without moving, and not saying a word, Liu Ying became even more frightened, and quickly crawled to Pei Zhixiu's feet and begged:

"My Queen, I was wrong! Please give me a way to live!"

"Your Highness! You are the kindest person. I will always be grateful for your kindness. If those beasts hadn't threatened me, I would never have framed you. Your Highness, please forgive me this time!"

Hearing Liu Ying's plea for mercy, Pei Zhixiu, who had remained silent, looked at her. Feeling the pity in Pei Zhixiu's eyes, Liu Ying couldn't help but feel a glimmer of hope in her heart. However, just when she was about to continue begging for mercy, she heard Pei Zhixiu's cold voice.

"Madam Zhang! Take Liu Ying away and beat her to death!"

When the word "beaten to death" was uttered, both Nanny Zhang and Liu Ying were very surprised. They never thought that Pei Zhixiu would make this decision.

Among the dozens of concubines in the palace, Pei Zhixiu has always been the most lenient towards her servants. Not to mention punishing her servants with sticks, she rarely did. This also earned her a good reputation in the palace. Some maids and eunuchs in the palace also considered themselves lucky to be able to serve Pei Zhixiu!

Therefore, not only Liu Ying did not expect it, even Aunt Zhang did not expect Pei Zhixiu to make such a decision, so they were stunned for a while, and Liu Ying's reaction was even more excited. She hugged Pei Zhixiu's thighs tightly and cried and said:

"My Lady! I was wrong! Please don't kill me!"

"I was really wrong! I won't dare to do it again!"

Faced with Liu Ying's plea for mercy, Pei Zhixiu, who was always kind, was indifferent. She just looked coldly at Aunt Zhang beside her.

Seeing this, although Nanny Zhang was puzzled as to why Pei Zhixiu was so abnormally cold and ruthless this time, she immediately called on two eunuchs to carry out Pei Zhixiu's orders.

Although Liu Ying still didn't want to give up at the last moment of her life, her struggle was doomed to be futile under the suppression of the two eunuchs. Watching Liu Ying being taken away, Pei Zhixiu closed her eyes with some reluctance, and a trace of helplessness appeared in her expression················