C113 (1/2)

Nine days passed in the blink of an eye. On the fifth day, the empress dowager summoned Ji Tian Ning again.

In the palace, the empress dowager did not mention the matter of the operation. She just sat there quietly and drank her tea. She also did not let Ji Tian Ning sit by her side. Looking at the empress dowager's charming and exquisite face, Ji Tian Ning suddenly felt a chill in his heart. Since the palace had no oil lamp, this empress dowager was no exception.

She quietly stood below and watched the empress dowager drink her tea. Letting her come was only to urge her to undergo the operation, but since the empress dowager didn't say anything, she naturally wouldn't say anything.

”Being able to delay it for even one more day is good. Damn Queen, even now you say that you still don't have a chance.” ”Nonsense, if there's a chance, I won't run. What do I need you for?”

During this period of time, Ji Tianning had also sought out Gong Huanfeng, hoping to escape before the time limit for surgery was set. However, Gong Huanfeng claimed that the security in the palace was now extremely tight, and that the investigation was extremely thorough. Therefore, she didn't dare to rashly carry out the plan.

In this regard, Ji Tian Ning was also helpless. The reason was because what Gong Huanfeng said was not false. Seeing that the time for the operation was approaching, the guards and the investigation in the palace became more and more intense. Obviously, the White Horse Emperor didn't want to give her any chance of survival.

”Pa …”

Her Majesty handed the teacup to a maid, who, for some reason, stamped her foot and, with a slight tremble of her hand, dropped the teacup to the ground and shattered it.

This voice made the silent Spring Festival Glow Palace suddenly tense up. Everyone's gaze was fixated on the fragment on the ground.

There were not many people in the hall. There was the familiar, De Xin, as well as a few maids and eunuchs. Ji Tian Ning guessed that the empress dowager didn't mention the operation because these people were present. The last time the Empress Mother had mentioned the operation, she was alone with Dehin.

”Pull down the staff and kill him.”

There was no trace of happiness or anger on her delicate face. She spoke indifferently, as if she was merely ordering a maid to clean up the fragments of the floor.

”Esteemed Empress Dowager, please spare my life, this servant didn't do it on purpose.”

Her Majesty waved her hand, not taking a cloud with her. What she took with her was a living human life.

Was she going to execute someone just because she dropped a teacup? She opened her mouth slightly, wanting to say something, but no words came out. There must be a mystery behind this. Should he open his mouth? Or should it not be opened? ”

Two of the eunuchs came up and covered the maid's mouth with a cloth. They tied her up and dragged her outside.

”No need, let's carry it out here. I want to see it with my own eyes, she was killed by the staff!”

The eunuch lifted the table and tied the maid to it. He then brought a wooden staff and prepared to execute her.

”Pa, pa, pa …”

The sound of the wooden staff hitting the maid's body was so oppressive that it caused one's heart to palpitate.

Ji Tian Ning suddenly thought of the words of the reverse scale of fire. ”If it were any other concubine, she would have died at least ten times over!”

It was only at this moment that she felt the hidden meaning behind Huo Rulie's words. It was only a teacup breaking, and she was already going to be beaten to death. The things she had done, she had really been executed more than ten times.

The maid's body violently trembled. She let out a painful and stifling groan, but because her mouth was blocked, she was unable to speak. Dark red blood oozed out from beneath his clothes, slowly dyeing them red.

Ji Tian Ning remained silent. She had the nagging feeling that this scene was purposely being acted out for her to see. However, she did not understand what the Empress Dowager wanted her to understand by taking a life. His gaze swept across the surroundings. The maids and eunuchs' faces were deathly pale and expressionless.

No one spoke, no one pleaded for mercy. In the hall, other than the muffled sound of the wooden staff hitting against one's body, there was only the breathing of the maids and a vague groan of pain.

”To dare displease This Dowager, his death is not worth lamenting.”

”I've long understood that beings like the empress dowager and the emperor are all terrifying existences. As it turns out, if they were displeased, it would be a capital offense. The second day after I entered the palace, I rejected his favor and almost turned him into a eunuch. Why did he have to allow me to go this far? ”

At this moment, she thought of many things. A lot.

”Is it just hope that I can cure his illness? If so, when I have cured him of his illness, he will not be so indulgent. At that time, even a flying bird would have to hide its bow! ”

Suddenly, he felt disheartened. He only wanted to leave this place at this moment, to leave this place far, far away.

Even if he was, being a beggar on the streets was better than staying here. At the very least, he would not be executed for some unwarranted crime and for some unfathomable reason.

”Useless slave, if you're so useless, then what's the use of keeping it? Ning'er, do you think so?”

”The empress dowager's words make sense.”