"Your Majesty, the Princess of Shen State didn't even know to visit the Queen Mother after entering the harem, so I taught her the rules of the palace." She spoke sincerely, as if the crazy woman who had just made up an excuse to slap someone was not her, Concubine Duan.

Silence, endless silence.

In the past, His Majesty never had this attitude when she taught any woman a lesson. What happened today?

Is Your Majesty interested in her?

She didn't dare guess.

"Empress Duan, His Majesty has ordered Princess Mingzhu to stay in the Cangjiao Palace and not to go out. You broke in and took action without permission. I'm afraid that... is not against the rules, right?" Xiao Linzi, who was beside the emperor, said slowly.

Xiao Linzi was the chief eunuch who was most adept at guessing His Majesty's thoughts. Sometimes his words were equivalent to His Majesty's intentions. When Concubine Duan heard this, she couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. It seemed that His Majesty was warning her that she had crossed the line...

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I am the same, I am the same..." Concubine Duan wanted to explain something anxiously, but she found that she could not find any reason at all. She did not expect that Your Majesty would come here in the morning!

"Hold her."

The emperor spoke coldly.

Two eunuchs immediately stepped forward and arrested Concubine Duan.

Concubine Duan became panicked, "Your Majesty... this is..."

The emperor ignored Concubine Duan and turned to Jiang Ziyi and said, "She hit you a few times just now, so you hit her back a few times."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Jiang Ziyi bowed symbolically, then rolled up his sleeves and walked towards Concubine Duan step by step.

A trace of panic finally appeared on Concubine Duan's face. His Majesty actually supported Jiang Ziyi!

"Princess Mingzhu is a princess of the Kingdom of Shen, after all. Concubine Duan, have you ever thought about whether this action will hurt the friendship between the two countries?" The emperor asked coldly, making Concubine Duan so scared that she couldn't raise her head.

I could only beg for mercy in a low voice: "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong... I know I was wrong..."

Jiang Ziyi did not give her time to beg for mercy. She swung her arms, gathered all her strength, and hit Concubine Duan in the face.

"Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap!"

She swung it four times in a row, but Jiang Ziyi thought that the emperor didn't know how many times she had been hit, so she gathered her strength again.

"Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap!" It swung four more times.

I didn't stop until my hands started to hurt.

At this moment, Concubine Duan's head was buzzing from the beating and she had lost the ability to think.

Seeing that Jiang Ziyi had stopped and was not about to fight anymore, the emperor spoke and ordered people to send Concubine Duan back to the palace and put her under house arrest to reflect on her mistakes.

Then he called the chief eunuch Lin Gonggong to call a doctor for her.

This puzzled Jiang Ziyi. Why did the emperor come at this time? Was he just trying to support her?