Qin Yanning's words were well-reasoned, and Helian Jue naturally would not refuse her, but he felt that the punishment was a little too light.

"Is castration enough?" Helian Jue asked.

Qin Yanning looked at Wan Bao lying on the ground and couldn't help frowning.

This coward was so scared that he peed himself when he heard that he was going to become a eunuch.

Helian Jue also smelled the strong fishy smell. Just as he was about to ask the secret guards to drag Wan Bao away, he was stopped by Qin Yanning.

Qin Yanning wanted Wanbao to hear his punishment with his own ears.

"He will also be punished by being sent to Mobei to repair the city walls, and we will ensure that he survives in Mobei for twenty years."

Helian Jue's eyes lit up and he said, "It's a good punishment."

Mobei is a very cold and dry place in the far north. Those who repair the city walls there are usually people who have committed heinous crimes. Anyone who has received this punishment feels that repairing the city walls is harder than death.

Many people died in Mobei the second year after arriving there, and a young man like Wanbao could not survive more than three months there.

Qin Yanning wanted him to survive in Mobei for twenty years, which meant that Wanbao had to suffer torture worse than death for twenty years.

Even though Wan Bao was a playboy, he had heard about the horrors of Mobei.

When he heard Qin Yanning say this, he didn't care whether he would offend her.

Wan Bao quickly grabbed Helian Jue's trouser legs and cried, "Your Majesty, you can't do this to me. My father is the Prime Minister."

"Besides, this Qin Yanning is just a lowly peasant girl. You already have a noble lady like my eldest sister as your concubine. How could you possibly still be interested in her?"

"This Qin Yanning grew up on a farm. She might not be virginal, Your Majesty. Please, for the sake of my father and my eldest sister..."

Wan Bao didn't know that Concubine Wan had been demoted to Concubine Shu, and he thought that bringing up his father and elder sister would make Helian Jue change his mind.

Hearing that Wan Bao not only threatened him with the Wan family, but also slandered Qin Yanning, Helian Jue didn't care about the fishy smell on him and kicked him in the heart, knocking Wan Bao unconscious.

"Drag him away, pull out his tongue, and send him to the purgatory to be castrated. Then send him to Mobei to repair the city wall."

Helian Jue clapped his hands, signaling the secret guards to take Wan Bao away. The secret guards received the order and dragged Wan Bao away silently.

Originally, Helian Jue only wanted to kill Wan Bao, but since Qin Yanning wanted him to live to atone for his sins, he naturally couldn't let Wan Bao keep his mouth and go out to ruin Qin Yanning's reputation.

Although Wanbao can write, Helian Jue can guarantee that from today until Wanbao's death, he will never have the chance to touch paper and pen.

As for Butler Wan, he was Wan Bao's accomplice in bullying men and women, and Helian Jue was not going to spare his life.

Qin Yanning guessed why Helian Jue wanted to pull out Wanbao's tongue. She looked at Helian Jue with gratitude, thinking of such a small thing for her.

Helian Jue is a really good man.

Helian Jue felt that Qin Yanning's eyes were full of love when she looked at him, so he reached out and held her in his arms.

Feeling the scent of sandalwood in the man's arms, Qin Yanning felt a sense of peace that she hadn't felt in a long time. However, she knew that men's hearts were unpredictable, and the hearts of emperors were even more unpredictable, so she couldn't give herself completely to Helian Jue.

Only when the two children in her belly are born safely can she be considered to have completely established her foothold in this world.

Qin Yanning snuggled in Helian Jue's arms and asked softly, "Your Majesty, do you think Ning'er is a vicious woman?"

Helian Jue shook his head. How could he think Qin Yanning was vicious? If a person could be tolerant of someone who almost killed him, he would be a fool.

He loved Qin Yanning's simplicity and innocence, and also loved her decisiveness in dealing with bad guys.

To him, Qin Yanning is the most special existence in this lonely palace.

Helian Jue stroked Qin Yanning's hair and said, "I just feel scared. If I hadn't been there that day, I would never have seen such a lively and lovely Ning'er again..."

Qin Yanning looked at Helian Jue's worried eyes and couldn't help laughing. She stood on tiptoe and kissed Helian Jue, interrupting him before he could finish his words.

"Ning'er will always be here as long as Your Majesty needs me." Qin Yanning reached out and held Helian Jue's hand, secretly stroking the calluses on his palms that had grown from practicing spearmanship.

Qin Yanning knew that in order to fulfill the original owner's wish, she had to have the emperor's favor, and acting coquettishly at the right time would only make Helian Jue like her more.

What's more, since she is destined to give birth to children for the man in front of her, it would be happier for her if this man spoiled and loved her than ignored her.

While Qin Yanning and Helian Jue were enjoying each other's company, the news that Wan Bao was punished to go to Mobei to build the city wall spread like wildfire in the capital.

When Prime Minister Wan heard the news, he was so angry that he almost died.

But no matter how he inquired, he had no idea what Wanbao had done wrong. Even Eunuch Wang only told him that Wanbao had offended His Majesty.

Prime Minister Wan was so angry that his teeth were itching, but he could only go to Helian Jue every day to beg for mercy.

At first, Helian Jue was willing to see him, but later he simply asked Eunuch Wang to stop him and refused to see any minister who came to plead for Wan Bao.

Shufei was confined to the palace. Although she was cut off from the news, she learned a few days later that her brother was punished by being castrated, having his tongue pulled out, and being exiled to Mobei to build a city wall.

Shocked and anxious, Concubine Shu actually coughed up blood. Baolian braved the rain to come to Tingyuxuan late at night to ask Helian Jue to go see Concubine Shu, but all she got was a request for the imperial physician.

It's not that Helian Jue was hard-hearted. First, he knew that Concubine Shu was coughing up blood this time, and most likely she was begging him to release the Wanbaozhuang. Second, he really didn't know what the point of looking for him if she coughed up blood.

He is not a royal doctor who can cure people's illnesses.

In this way, Qin Yanning spent a comfortable month in the harem. Except for the days when he was busy with government affairs, Helian Jue stayed in Tingyuxuan.

Ever since they were punished to kneel by Concubine Shu last time, Qin Yanning increased Songyue and Songxue's salary to compensate them. Finally, these two girls were not so restrained in her service.

With Songyue and Songxue to play with him during the day and Helian Jue to entertain him at night, Qin Yanning was having a great time.

The only one who has an opinion about this is probably the poor worker A-Lian. She never thought that the host could be so successful in the harem!

They are both working, so why is Qin Yanning so comfortable while A Lian is suffering?

But Qin Yanning happened to be pregnant with two children, and Concubine Shu and Wan Bao were doomed to suffer one misfortune after another, and even Prime Minister Wan was implicated.

The task of having a child and the original owner's wish were proceeding in an orderly manner, and A Lian had no way to find fault with Qin Yanning.

It was not until the 15th day of March that the empress dowager, who had been praying for a child for Helian Jue in the Buddhist temple, came out. She heard that a new concubine, Ning, who was extremely favored, had been added to the harem.

An imperial decree came down, inviting Qin Yanning to the Cining Palace for tea.