0p0 Chapter 251 Hu Cairen was disfigured
Chapter 251 Hu Cairen was disfigured
"Aunt, I just happened to meet Jin Shuyi. She was in trouble. The Queen instructed her to send someone to take care of those Hu ladies, so that the Emperor would not blame her in the future..." Concubine Zhao wanted to say more, but was frightened into silence by the Queen Mother's eyes.
"The Queen has spoiled the Emperor to no limit! How could she not know these things? She has always let the Emperor do whatever he wants. If she hadn't covered it up, why would I have personally sent someone to find out about Qin Man? He has really made no progress!" Queen Mother Zhao was so angry that she threw the pearl string in her hand on the table.
"Aunt, the Queen has always been like this. You've just known about it. Calm down and be careful not to hurt yourself." Concubine Zhao said as she handed over the teacup with both hands.
Queen Mother Zhao took the teacup, sipped the tea, and sighed, "I was saying it, with the emperor's temper, how could he allow that Hu Cairen to live? Alas, if I am gone one day, who can deal with this person? It's not that I am petty, but this girl must not be kept!"
"Since my son spared her life..." Queen Mother Zhao sneered, "I can't put the emperor in an unjust position. Isn't it just relying on her face? Then her face will be ruined! I don't believe that she can make any big waves in the future!"
"Aunt is wise. We can take advantage of the fact that the emperor is still angry. This way of handling the matter will not only prevent future troubles, but the emperor won't be able to say anything." Concubine Zhao said with a flattering smile.
"I want to do it openly and honestly! Nanny Wang, you should handle this matter personally." said the Queen Mother Zhao.
"Yes, I'll arrange it right away." After receiving the imperial decree, Nanny Wang bowed and left.
Concubine Zhao looked at Nanny Wang's sturdy back and sneered in her heart. When Lady Hu's face was disfigured, she would personally go to her house to watch the joke. Disfigurement was nothing. She wanted to kill her heart for pleasure...
That night, several uninvited guests broke into Zhengfu Palace. Without asking any questions, they first forced Hu Cairen to force a bowl of cartilage medicine and then locked her up in the inner room.
The intention was to prevent her from asking for help or committing suicide when she was disfigured.
The spies planted by Prince Rui in Zhengfu Palace had been captured long ago. Now, Zhengfu Palace is full of newcomers, and sooner or later they will be reassigned to various departments to do work. No one cares about Hu Cairen's life or death.
The servants knew that it was the Renshou Palace that did it, so they all pretended not to know and went about their own business.
Hu Cairen had been locked up for a long time and was terribly frightened, but he couldn't even shout.
Finally, when the door was pushed open again, she looked over with horror in her eyes.
She recognized the person standing at the door. It was Nanny Wang, who always served Queen Mother Zhao.
"Madame Wang, what are you doing..." Mrs. Hu could only make low sounds now, and if you didn't listen carefully, you couldn't hear it clearly.
"Mr. Hu, look at what you look like. If you had any shame, would you be like this? Don't blame me now. I will tattoo you. Although you won't live a decent life in the future, at least you'll have saved your life."
Nanny Wang's face was full of wrinkles from smiling, and looked particularly terrifying under the candlelight.
"Tattooing?" Hu Cairen was shocked when she heard this. She wanted to ask for help, but no matter how hard she shouted for a long time, it was of no use.
The so-called tattooing is to carve words on a person's face with a knife and then cover it with charcoal or paint. Even if the wound heals, the marks on the face cannot be removed. It causes the person both physical and mental pain and is a great humiliation.
Lady Hu was so frightened that her face was covered with tears. She looked at Nanny Wang in fear and said, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty will not allow you to do this. Your Majesty will not hurt me. I want to see Your Majesty..."
"The Emperor? At this point, you still dare to mention the Emperor? To tell you the truth, I tattooed you just to make you stop seducing the Emperor! Haha, no wonder you ended up like this, you are indeed too ignorant... It turns out that the rumors in the harem are true!" Nanny Wang laughed sinisterly.
"Please, don't... I beg you, don't ruin my appearance, please..." Hu Xiaoyi kept crying and begging in a low voice. She really couldn't bear the blow of being disfigured.
It can be said that no woman can accept this.
Nanny Wang waved her hand and said, "You guys, hurry up and do it."
The two eunuchs and two old women agreed and brought the tools and a basin of hot water. No matter how Concubine Hu cried and struggled, after a simple preparation, they started to torture her.
The human facial nerves are particularly rich. When the eunuch in charge of the execution began to carve words with a shiny dagger in his hand, Hu Cairen felt a piercing pain, as if he was being tortured by slow slicing.
The cuts were too harsh in some places and seemed to have injured the tendons.
At the beginning, the room was filled with Hu Cairen's muffled screams, but later on, Hu Cairen was probably numb from the pain and could only shed tears but didn't scream much, like a walking corpse.
When Nanny Wang finally called for an end, she saw that Hu Cairen's face was covered in tears and blood, as well as charcoal and various dyes. It was really miserable.
"Come, clean her and take care of her wounds. The master has specifically instructed not to kill her." said Nanny Wang.
Everyone hurriedly wiped and applied medicine on her, and even considerately changed her into clean clothes. If it weren't for the fact that Concubine Hu's face was disfigured, it would have been as if nothing had happened.
Hu Cairen stopped crying, but her eyes were extremely empty. Even her last bit of dignity was destroyed.
"Now that you have become like this, it is a relief. I am also in my forties. Finally, I would like to give you a piece of advice. Live a peaceful life in the future and don't cause trouble again. You can't blame others for your current state. If you had known this would happen, why did you do it in the first place?" Nanny Wang whispered.
Before leaving, Nanny Wang looked at Concubine Hu with disdain: "Do you think that this palace is a place where you can do whatever you want? Ever since you entered the palace, you have been doing a lot of evil things, and everyone has seen it! Even if nothing happens to you today, you will inevitably die a more miserable death in the future. Do you think you can do whatever you want just because you have a good family background and are favored? You don't really think you can compare to Jin Shuyi, do you? You are so naive!"
Although Jin Shuyi is a powerful person, she only fights back when she is bullied and gets angry, and she always thinks she is right!
Moreover, he really cares about the queen and knows how to behave. How can he be the troublemaker as he appears to be?
She tried to imitate someone else but only learned the basics and ended up destroying herself.
After Nanny Wang left, Zheng Fuxuan finally returned to peace. The servants outside looked as if they were dead. No one came in to see what happened to her. No one cared whether she was alive or dead.
The door rang again. Hu Cairen looked over numbly, only to see Concubine Zhao standing at the door, sneering at her.
It took Hu Cairen a long time to come back to her senses. The cartilage-softening medicine had not yet worn off. She struggled and said, "Noble Concubine Zhao... Noble Concubine Zhao... If the Emperor knew that you treated me like this... He would definitely not forgive you..."