Liu Bao replied, "It's locked in the side room."

Su Zhilan's eyes were red as she ordered in a deep voice, "Take me there."

Liu Bao didn't know what the Crown Princess was going to do, but he still ordered someone to take her to the room where Jiang Shuyun was staying.

In the side room, Jiang Shuyun was tied to a chair with a rag stuffed in his mouth.

Su Zhilan walked closer and took the rag out of Jiang Shuyun's mouth first.

Then, without saying anything, he slapped him twice.

Jiang Shuyun was beaten dizzy by Su Zhilan and it took him a long time to regain consciousness.

She raised her head and said unconvincedly, "The Crown Princess is really selfish. Since you haven't reached the age of marriage yet, none of us can consummate our marriage with His Highness."

"Are you particularly happy that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has remained chaste for you?"

Su Zhilan thought, happy? She didn't feel happy.

Just seeing him like that makes me feel a little sad.

She said coldly, "His Highness is a person, not an object. Whether he pampers you or remains chaste is his own choice."

"You, however, dared to drug him. You deserve to die."

Jiang Shuyun felt that Su Zhilan was just talking without any hesitation. She was the favored one, so naturally she could stand here and make accusations with a righteous attitude.

If they swapped identities, Su Zhilan might be even more ruthless than her.

Jiang Shuyun thought for a moment and said, "But don't be too happy too soon. If he really wanted you, he could just not let us enter the East Palace."

Expecting a country's crown prince to be loyal to one person forever is a dream.

But her words had no effect on Su Zhilan at all.

Then Su Zhilan coldly ordered the guards at the door, "Come here, give Concubine Jiang thirty strokes of the cane."

The guard at the door received the order, came in, untied the rope on Jiang Shuyun, and dragged him out.

Jiang Shuyun was shocked and shouted quickly: "How dare you? I am the concubine of the Royal Jade Butterfly after all. What right do you have to hit me?"

Su Zhilan walked up to her, stared at her and said, "You'd better pray that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is okay, otherwise I will kill you."

Jiang Shuyun never expected that the Crown Princess, who was always calm and soft-spoken, could be so vicious.

Su Zhilan watched coldly as the guards dragged the man to the door and put him on a long chair.

Those who beat people were guards from the Eastern Palace, and they were skilled in martial arts.

After the first blow, Jiang Shuyun wailed and fainted.

Su Zhilan remained unmoved: "Wake him up and continue beating him."

The guard received the order and poured a basin of cold water on him.

Jiang Shuyun woke up again, but before he could come to his senses, he was hit with a stick again.

Ten strokes of the cane were followed by three basins of cold water.

"Stop, let him go."

Following a woman's loud shout, a group of people came in from outside the East Palace gate.

The moment she saw Jiang Ziyan, a cold light flashed in Su Zhilan's eyes.

Today's incident might also involve Jiang Ziyan.

Su Zhilan bowed slightly, "Empress Chen."

Then he coldly ordered the guards beside him, "What are you standing there for? Keep fighting."

Jiang Ziyan raised her hand to stop the man, "Princess Consort, calm down. Even if Shu Yun is really wrong, you shouldn't beat him to death. After thirty strokes of the cane, it's still unclear whether he will survive."

She didn't want to interfere in this matter. Jiang Shuyun failed to accomplish this task because she was incompetent.

But she didn't expect that Su Zhilan would be so cruel when she returned to the palace.

If Jiang Shuyun died like this, there would probably be more trouble in the Jiang family.

Besides, they were blood relatives after all, and she couldn't bear to let Jiang Shuyun die in vain.

Su Zhilan looked at Jiang Ziyan with a puzzled expression and sneered.

"Jiang Shuyun attempted to murder His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. If he is not punished, where is His Royal Highness's dignity?"

"Or is it that the Empress Chen only values the lives of your Jiang family members. The life of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't count, right?"

"When my mother was alive, she was fair and impartial in her rewards and punishments for the concubines. Some people only know how to imitate others to win favor, but their moral integrity is far from enough."

She was also very angry, so she spoke without restraint.

Jiang Ziyan was so angry that her hands trembled slightly, and then she clenched them tightly.

"Princess, please be careful with your words. I am still in charge of the harem. I have the right to say whether this man should be beaten or not."

Su Zhilan said with a stern face: "Your Highness, you are overthinking it. I am the ruler of the Eastern Palace."

"Today, His Royal Highness is fine, so I'll just beat him with thirty boards. If anything happens to His Royal Highness, I will beat him to death."

After saying that, she turned to look at the guards who were carrying out the execution and said, "Beat him. No one else can help."

Those guards were there to protect Song Hongshen and were loyal to him.

So after hearing what Su Zhilan said, they picked up the boards and continued beating without saying a word.

Jiang Ziyan took two steps forward and said to Su Zhilan through gritted teeth, "Hasn't the Crown Princess ever thought about what would happen if someone was beaten to death?"

Su Zhilan's expression remained unchanged. "If they were beaten to death, they would be rolled up in a mat and thrown into a mass grave."

"Your Highness, do you think that I, the Concubine, should pay with my life for killing a daughter of your Jiang family?"

Jiang Ziyan's body shook violently, knowing that Jiang Shuyue was in great danger today.

Su Zhilan was right. With her status, what could the Jiang family do if she killed a daughter of the Jiang family?

"Please go back, Empress Chen. I still have to take care of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Ever since Jiang Ziyan entered the palace and gained favor, no one dared to speak to her like this except Song Hongshen and the Song family.

Seeing Concubine Chen's face darken, Aunt Wan said, "We understand that the Crown Princess is angry. But you are a junior after all, and we are still in charge of the harem. It would be bad if the Crown Princess spoke in such a tone and was rumored to be disrespectful to the elders."

Su Zhilan felt that the harem really needed to be reorganized.

An aunt who was in charge dared to speak so arrogantly in front of her, the Crown Princess.

"Elder? Why does it seem to me that Consort Chen is acting like the Empress?"

"My Lady, if you want to act like an elder to me, you better climb up to that position first."

"Aunt Wan, you serve the Empress Chen, so I can't do anything to you. But you can't escape the blame for disrespecting me today."

"Just slap yourself ten times and the matter will be over."

Aunt Wan was stunned. Hitting herself in the mouth?

She looked at Jiang Ziyan embarrassedly, hoping she could say something for her.

Jiang Ziyan also knew that although Aunt Wan slapped her, it was her who was lost.

"What do you mean, Princess? Aunt Wan is an old lady in the palace. If you do this, you will bring shame to this palace."

Su Zhilan's face was as gloomy as water. "What do I mean? Doesn't the Empress Chen understand?"

"It seems that you, Guanju Palace, really don't take us seriously. The Empress Chen's niece plotted against His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but the Empress Chen didn't reprimand her niece, but instead reprimanded me."

"A lady-in-charge of Guanju Palace, speaking to me is like teaching a junior."

"Your Highness the Crown Prince and I are so easy to bully?"