But at the same time, he thought that these people were really going too far. They actually bet on the matter between him and His Majesty. They deserved to be punished.

But what he was most worried about was the empress, who was afraid that she would hurt herself by laughing.

"Blame me?"

Xiao Li got up from Lou Yan's arms with a smile on his face, but his eyes were already filled with chilling coldness and majesty.

"In this world, 'the problem is not the lack of wealth, but the inequality of distribution.' They made a bet together, so I will punish them all and bring shame upon themselves."

"I am fair and impartial. They will only remember that they did something wrong and were embarrassed, and learn their lesson."

She got off the bed, and Lou Yan and Song Junzhan went to get her shoes almost at the same time, each of them putting one on her.

Xiao Li naturally accepted the service and slowly stepped onto the ground.

"They are my trusted ministers, and they are excellent enough. I will not harm my own ministers just because their achievements surpass theirs, but they must remain in awe of me."

"I don't care what people say about my affairs, but my courtiers must be sensible. They have crossed the line."

"For this kind of crime, beating them is too serious, and killing them is even less appropriate, but scolding them won't make them remember."

"Physical wounds heal and the pain is forgotten, but humiliation is remembered for a lifetime."

And Xiao Li controlled the degree of humiliation very well.

Although the group of old maids looked at it, they never touched it or got close to it. Moreover, those maids would be arranged to leave and keep their mouths shut.

No news would come out, but they knew it between them, and it would be their shared secret.

The next time this group of people wanted to talk about the emperor's bed affairs, they would think of this humiliation.

There will be no winner if you disrespect the Empress, have no sense of propriety, and make irresponsible remarks about her!

The Empress's punishment does not hurt the flesh and does not draw blood, but it is absolutely terrifying!

The empress never deliberately puts on airs as an emperor. On the contrary, she often speaks in a down-to-earth manner, with dignity yet friendliness.

But when you really feel that there is no distance between you and her, you will suddenly realize at some moment that you have never understood the empress.

She is always shrouded in a cool, hazy mist, making her unclear, mysterious and powerful.

Not only other people, even Song Junzhan and Lou Yan, who were closest to the empress, could not cross that barrier.

When the court officials came to ask for an audience, the empress went to the study, while Song Junzhan and Lou Yan stopped at the corridor outside at the same time.

Song Junzhan straightened his wrinkled sleeves and asked, "Are you looking for a fight with me again this time?"

Lou Yan's attitude today is abnormally calm.

"I want to kill you."

Lou Yan made no secret of his hostility towards Song Junzhan.

“But it doesn’t make sense.”

He and Song Junzhan are the same to the empress.

If he kills Song Junzhan, he will also destroy himself.

The empress could not belong to any of them. The fighting and life and death between them could not decide anything.