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Chapter 436 - 436 436 They are like Ximen Qing and Pan
Chapter 436 - 436 436 They are like Ximen Qing and Pan
?Chapter 436: Chapter 436: They are like Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian. Chapter 436: Chapter 436: They are like Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian. The concubines of the Cold Palace scattered in disarray.
Even the palace maids and eunuchs uniformly withdrew.
The Emperor looked at Consort Jing trembling in the mud, his face full of corpulence, now only showing an authority that was cold to the extreme.
Consort Jing looked haggard; she had lost much weight, her cheeks could no longer hold flesh, and her once-fitting clothes had become loose. Over the past half a month, she suffered greatly.
Moreover, the despicable women of the Cold Palace would not let her sleep, frequently waking her up with cold water, fearing her death, they even force-fed her medicine.
Thus, although her face bore no injuries, due to insufficient sleep, her eye sockets had sunk deep, dark circles lay under her eyes, and heavy bags underscored them, making her appear as if she had aged two or three decades.
Consort Jing did not know that she no longer bore even a slight resemblance to the Empress Dowager.
She hadn’t seen herself in a mirror and had simply thought that her pitiable state would evoke the Emperor’s sympathy. But meeting the Emperor’s indifferent gaze, it was like he was looking at a vile stranger accused of heinous crimes.
She panicked.
These days, she had been consoling herself, thinking that for the Third Prince, the Emperor could not possibly kill her. Wasn’t the hardship she had already endured enough?
Even when she had once lived in a thatched hut and eaten wild roots, she had never suffered like this.
“Your Majesty…”
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