nucmednet Chapter 808 Completely Stunned
Chapter 808 Completely Stunned
Inside the prison.
Qi Qingyi and Tang Xuening were imprisoned in the same cell.
Tang Xuening kept crying out in pain. She felt that her buttocks had been spread open and were being torn apart. Intense pain kept coming, and her whole body was trembling with pain.
"Quickly, get me a doctor!"
"My father is the prime minister. He has already gone to the palace to plead for me. I will be released soon. If something happens to me in prison, you will all be in deep trouble!"
However, the jailer ignored Tang Xuening's threats as if he hadn't heard them at all.
They are His Highness the King of Chu's men. His Highness ordered the arrest of this person. Now you want them to find a doctor for her? They're dreaming!
Seeing Tang Xuening chattering incessantly, Qi Qingyi couldn't help but feel annoyed. "Can you please stop making a fuss? Don't you even realize how long you've been calling out, and nobody's paying attention to you?"
Tang Xuening immediately became angry, "If you hadn't pushed me on purpose, how could I have pushed over Princess Yun?"
"You clearly framed me today, causing me to be punished, and yet you're still making sarcastic remarks!"
"You were the one who pushed him over. Didn't you participate in the argument? Now you want to pin everything on me? Don't even dream about it!"
Qi Qingyi felt annoyed. All she wanted to do right now was look in the mirror; a young lady's face was the most important thing.
Her face was scratched, and no doctor came for a long time. If she was disfigured, wouldn't she have no future?
Tang Xuening spat inwardly, but felt a strange sense of satisfaction looking at Qi Qingyi's slashed face; she couldn't wait for Qi Qingyi to be disfigured.
Once disfigured, what good is being the Princess Consort of Liang? Sooner or later, she won't be able to hold onto her position!
Just then, a jailer arrived.
"A message has come from the palace."
Upon hearing this, the two men's eyes lit up.
Qi Qingyi: "It must be that the prince pleaded with the emperor on my behalf!"
Tang Xuening: "It must have been my father who pleaded for me!"
However, the jailer's next words struck Qi Qingyi like a bolt from the blue.
"By imperial decree, Princess Liang shall be flogged thirty times!"
The moment those words were spoken, Qi Qingyi and Tang Xuening exchanged a glance, both momentarily taken aback.
Only when the jailer opened the door and pulled Qi Qingyi out did she realize what was happening. Her face was filled with panic, and she cried out:
"Impossible! You must have made a mistake. The Prince will definitely plead for me. The Emperor would never punish me!"
"This news came from the palace, there's absolutely no problem, just accept your fate!"
Seeing Qi Qingyi being taken away and pinned to a stool, with the paddle falling repeatedly, Tang Xuening couldn't help but smile.
They were all involved in today's events, yet only she was punished. She was holding her breath when she saw this scene and felt a sense of relief.
"You'll get what's coming to you for laughing at me! Now you'll taste the bitterness of thirty lashes!"
Tang Xuening was secretly delighted, but then asked in confusion, "Since the palace has sent a message, didn't they say when they would let me go?"
"Not yet, just wait!"
The jailer lazily tossed out a sentence, too lazy to say anything more to her.
For a moment, Qi Qingyi's screams echoed continuously in the cell.
Even if he fainted from the pain, he was woken up again by being splashed with cold water. The emperor had ordered that he must finish the thirty strokes of the cane and endure them while fully conscious.
"My face! You bastards, if I'm disfigured, none of you will live!"
Qi Qingyi's face was pale, but she didn't forget to threaten people. She believed that the prince would definitely rescue her, and besides, there were her father and brothers. She would remember these thirty lashes!
Song Ruozhen, Gu Huan'er, this score isn't over yet!
"Tang Xuening, don't be so smug! I'm going to get thirty lashes, whether you can even enter the Liang Prince's mansion is another matter!"
Qi Qingyi caught a glimpse of Tang Xuening's smile out of the corner of her eye, and she was furious. How dare this bitch laugh at her!
Tang Xuening scoffed, "I'm already the prince's woman, how could I not be allowed to enter the prince's mansion?"
Her father is the Prime Minister!
As long as she has this identity, there is no way this marriage will change!
Qi Qingyi began to feel uncertain. If the prince had really pleaded for her, why was she still being punished? Could it be that the prince hadn't pleaded for her at all?
Given the Prince of Liang's temperament, he must be very angry about what happened today, and he might blame her for it. Therefore, I request the Emperor to punish her!
Tang Xuening also thought of this and secretly felt smug.
"What happened today was entirely your fault. You insisted on causing trouble, so you deserve thirty lashes!"
Right after those thirty strokes of the cane were finished, more news came.
Tang Xuening vaguely heard her own name in the prison guards' conversation and was immediately overjoyed. "Has the palace sent a message asking me to return?"
The jailer said sarcastically, "You can indeed leave the prison now."
"What?" Qi Qingyi's expression changed. "What about me?"
Tang Xuening immediately scolded the jailers beside her, "Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and open the door for me, and then find someone to carry me out."
I'm injured and can't walk. Our Prime Minister's carriage is surely waiting for me outside. If you dare hurt me, I'll take your lives!
Seeing Tang Xuening's arrogance, the jailer smirked and pulled her up, causing her to scream in pain.
"Are you crazy? How dare you treat me like this!"
Tang Xuening was furious and raised her hand to hit the jailer, but was kicked hard by the jailer.
"what--"
The piercing scream was earth-shattering.
The wounds from the beating were already painful, and the fall to the ground made Tang Xuening gasp in pain.
However, the words she was about to utter were completely stuck in her throat after hearing what the jailer said.
"Look at yourself! News has come out from the palace that you've been demoted to a slave and will only be able to wash clothes in the palace laundry department from now on!"
"Thinking she's still the daughter of the Prime Minister's family? She should know her place! Her status isn't even as high as ours!"
Several jailers nearby burst into laughter.
The daughter of a high-ranking official, she recklessly courted her own demise, ending up as a palace maid.
"Impossible! You're talking nonsense!"
Tang Xuening, disregarding her pain, stared frantically at the people in front of her, her eyes red, and shouted:
"You're lying! Who gave you permission to lie like this?"
"My father is the Prime Minister! I am the daughter of the Prime Minister's family, how could I possibly be reduced to the status of a slave?"
At this moment, even Qi Qingyi was stunned, feeling a chill envelop her, accompanied by endless fear.
Tang Xuening is the daughter of a prime minister, how could she possibly be demoted to the status of a slave?
Once she is demoted to slavery, unless she performs a great service or receives a general amnesty, she will never have a chance to turn her life around!
The prime minister clearly went to the palace to plead for mercy, so how could he still end up like this?