Chapter 5 Entering the Palace

Zian was kneeling all the time, the weather in mid-May was very hot, the sun was scorching viciously on top of her head, the blood on her forehead had stopped, and the scars where sweat flowed through the whip made burning pain.

After kneeling for an hour, she felt that she couldn't hold on any longer, and her body was on the verge of falling.

The mother-in-law who was supervising her saw that she was not kneeling well, so she kicked her so hard that Zi An's eyes were filled with stars, and she almost fainted.

With hate in her eyes, she put her hands on the ground and swept her foot towards the old woman. The old woman might as well let her step out suddenly, and fell to the ground with a thud, her head hit the floor heavily. Zian grabbed her neck with one hand and slammed her Spicy and authentic: "You are an old slave, you dare to bully me? Don't die!"

"You..." The mother-in-law looked at her and was frightened. After a long time, she said sternly: "It was the master who ordered the servants to supervise the young miss. How dare the young lady disobey the order of the master?"

Zian sneered, and actually knelt on her arm. The woman yelled in pain when her knee was forced hard.

Zi'an said with a cold expression, "Father asked me to kneel in front of the ancestral tablet, shouldn't I just kneel now?"

The mother-in-law was in so much pain that the hero didn't want to suffer the immediate loss, so he could only beg repeatedly, "Miss, please forgive me, this servant realizes his mistake."

Zian remained motionless, still kneeling on her arm, his expression as indifferent as an ice sculpture.

Around the time of Shen, two nuns came to the palace, saying that the empress would summon Xia Zi'an, the eldest lady of the prime minister's mansion.

finally come!

Zi'an's eyes froze, this is the most difficult battle to fight, if you are not careful, you will die without a place to die!

When Mammy took her out, Mrs. Linglong walked up to Zi'an with a smile, stretched out her hands to straighten Zi'an's hair and clothes, "Is it going to the palace to meet the empress, how can you be in such a mess?"

She slid her hand over Zian's arm, pinched it hard, and felt hatred, and threatened in a low voice: "Xia Zian, if you don't die in the palace, I will make your death ugly."

Zi'an looked at her expressionlessly, and suddenly stretched out his hand and slapped her on the face. With this slap, Zi'an exhausted all his strength, and Madam Linglong fell to the ground.

Zian said word by word: "The same words, I will give it to you, and wait for me to come back."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and looked at the two nuns, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "Please ask the nuns to lead the way."

The two nuns looked at each other, both of them were a little surprised. Although this eldest lady was in such a mess, she did not lose half her bearing, on the contrary, she seemed to be fierce.

It's just that she really doesn't know that entering the palace this time is doomed?

Mrs. Linglong caressed her face, and followed Zi'an with resentful eyes. Very well, she remembered this slap. If she could get out of the palace alive, she would pay it back a thousand times before letting her die.

The palace has prepared a carriage for Zian, but she can't sit in the carriage, the mother ordered, she can only sit with the handlebars.

Che Luan in the palace can be recognized by the common people even if they have eyesight, especially this woman who is wearing a red wedding dress but covered with scars all over her body, because there are quite a lot of people watching today, and the news spread quickly. Everyone knows that the eldest lady of Xiangfu refused to get on the sedan chair, which angered Liang Wang.

Some people say she has backbone, and some people say she is stupid, but no matter what they say about her, they all know that there is only one way for her to enter the palace this time, and that is death!

To repent of marriage to King Liang is to offend the empress, even beheading her is not an exaggeration.

Zi'an was as expressionless as a wax figure, looking forward, the sun began to sink slowly above her head, she felt dizzy, and couldn't raise any strength in her body, all the scenes in front of her were like in a dream, Even the sun is full of flowers.

The carriage drove along the bluestone slab, and the sound of horseshoes sounded like a warning bell.

How could she not know what the consequences would be if she repented of the marriage today? But the worst consequence would not be worse than her marrying into Prince Liang's mansion.

Half of the more than ten concubines in Prince Liang's mansion are disabled. According to the investigation, in the past three years, no less than twenty corpses of concubines were carried out of Prince Liang's mansion.

This King Liang is crazy.

There is no high-ranking official in Beijing who would be willing to marry his daughter into Liang Wangfu, so he has not yet married a concubine.

Naturally, King Liang was not willing to marry Biyu from a lowly family. It was a joke to drink with Prime Minister Xia, but he didn't know that Prime Minister Xia actually agreed after drinking. How could King Liang let go of this opportunity?

King Liang, King Liang, you must be in the palace for a while, otherwise, my plan will be impossible!

Zi An twirled the Soul Seizing Ring, thinking silently in his heart.

The carriage stopped at the west gate of the palace, and after getting out of the carriage, the nanny said to Zi'an: "The Empress has an order that the nineteenth of June is the birthday of Empress Guanyin. Girls, they must kneel three times and knock nine times to enter through the west gate."

Zi'an looked at the nanny and said calmly: "The Empress Dowager's filial piety to the Empress Dowager is touching, and the servants must follow the Empress Dowager as an example."

Mammy said calmly: "Then please let the young lady go in on her knees!"

Zi'an knelt down slowly, how could he not know in his heart that this was the Empress' embarrassment?

However, this is just the beginning.

Kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times, one kneeling at three steps, and one kowtow at nine steps, this is to pray for the Empress Dowager.

The two nuns followed behind, counting, "One step, two steps, three steps, kneeling, rising, one step, two steps..."

Zian listened to the password, when it was time to kneel, he knelt down with a plop, and when it was time to kowtow, he kowtowed down.

Every time I kneel down, I have to make a plop instead of kneeling down slowly.

If the strength is not enough, Mammy will ask her to kneel again with a cold face, and if the sound of kowtowing is not loud enough, she will have to kowtow again.

From the west palace gate to the harem, within a few hundred meters, Zian's forehead was already swollen and blood oozes out, and her legs and knees hurt as if being pricked by needles.

Everything in front of her eyes began to double, and her dizziness was severe. The voice of the nanny seemed to come from the sky, so far away, but each sound seemed to explode in her ears.

Xia Zian, this is the beginning, you must persevere, otherwise you will die again today.

She is afraid of death, she longs to live, only in life can there be hope.

So, even if she kneels bloody, she still has to kneel down.

This section of the road seemed to have been taken for a lifetime, and Zi'an wanted to pass out several times. The belief in living supported her, and she had to get through it.

She controlled the fury and hatred in her eyes, trying to make herself as devout and peaceful as possible.

Finally, I came to the Jingning Palace of the empress.

Zian was already sweating profusely, and the sweat mixed with bright red blood flowed down. Taking advantage of her torn wedding dress, it made people feel indescribably tragic and strange.

"Miss Xia is kneeling first, the empress is talking to the regent, she will naturally summon you after she finishes speaking," the nanny said flatly.

The sky has gradually dimmed, and a layer of orange clouds in the sky has gradually faded to light yellow.

Zi'an knelt up straight, exerting all her strength to control herself from shaking. She couldn't tell if it was cold or hot, or maybe it was pain, but blood oozed from her swollen forehead, dripping onto the marble floor. on, but her expression is very calm, like a sculpture.

Just like that, after kneeling for half an hour, until she could barely straighten her back, the nanny came out of the hall and said, "Miss Xia, the empress has sent you to the hall for an audience!"

Zi'an said respectfully, "Thank you, Mommy!"

It was difficult for her to stand up, her legs were so numb that she felt nothing, even the pain disappeared

He staggered a few times before he stabilized himself.