Ye Jinyun put his thoughts aside and continued to admire the black lotus carefully. Although the black lotus was highly poisonous, it was really beautiful.

It's like a charming woman who you know is poisonous, but you still can't resist her charm and get close to her.

Just as Ye Jinyun was in a rare mood to appreciate this unique and beautiful scenery, a shrill female voice sounded behind her.

The reason why it is so harsh is that the female voice does not sound like a good person and it really spoils the mood.

"Hey, isn't this the lady Yun that Yan Ji brought back from Da Qi? I haven't seen you around the Beirong Palace before. When will you finally come out of that stone chamber?"

The one who said this was Yu Ji. She had heard from her maid these past two days that the king seemed to have arranged this woman from Da Qi to live in his bedroom. No wonder the king had not summoned her in the past few days. It turned out that this little bitch had got there first.

She originally thought that she was a noble and slutty girl like Yan Ji, but who would have thought that she was just playing hard to get. She had used those means of rejection to keep the king hanging, and now she was still clinging to him.

No one else knew that Ye Jinyun was the Queen of Da Qi except Helian Rongxia, some of his confidants, and Bai Ruoli and a few others.

Therefore, few people knew the real reason why Ye Jinyun was locked up in the stone chamber by Helian Rongxia. Most people, like Yu Ji, believed that Helian Rongxia kept her in the stone chamber temporarily and did not keep her by his side in order to test whether she was a spy of Da Qi.

When Ye Jinyun heard the voice, he rubbed his eyebrows in annoyance.

When she was a concubine in the Da Qi Palace, she had to deal with Mo Qiyuan's three palaces and six courtyards. Now she is a prisoner in Beirong, and Helian Rongxia's women are also here to bother her.

Ye Jinyun didn't want to pay attention to her, and prepared to go back with Wanyu and the others, but Yu Ji was unwilling to let her go immediately:

"My Lady Yun, I'm talking to you, can't you hear me?"

Ye Jinyun looked at her impatiently:

"Yes, I heard the roosters crowing. They're about to lay eggs. Wanyu, you guys heard it too, right?"

"Puchi", Wanyu couldn't hold back her laughter.

Madam is so funny. No one has ever dared to talk back to Yu Ji like this. Among the concubines in the king's harem, none can rival her except Yan Ji. Unexpectedly, the king's new wife from Da Qi would laugh at her without any hesitation.

It’s really satisfying to hear!

The old people around the king knew very well what kind of person Yu Ji was, but because of the difference in their status, even if they were dissatisfied with her, they, as slaves, did not dare to break the rules.

"You! You! How dare you call me a whore! You're not here just to seduce the king with your beauty? Look, I'll destroy your face, how can you still be so arrogant!"

Yu Ji was furious and was about to pounce on Ye Jinyun to scratch him. Seeing this, Wan Yu and the others immediately stood in front of her, not letting Yu Ji get any closer.

"You little slaves dare to stop me, right? Pull them apart for me. I'm going to teach this woman a lesson today!"

Yu Ji turned around angrily and yelled at the maids following behind her that she was determined to teach this beautiful lady Yun a lesson today and no one could stop her.

In the dark, the secret guard sent by Helian Rongxia to monitor Ye Jinyun saw the conflict between the group and immediately flew to report to him.

So after Yu Ji's men pushed Wan Yu and the others away from Ye Jinyun, Yu Ji took the opportunity to rush to Ye Jinyun, who was trapped in a group of people and tripped to the ground during their struggle. When she was about to scratch her face wildly, Helian Rongxia also arrived.

"Stop it, everyone! What are you doing?"

When the maids saw the king coming, they immediately stopped what they were doing, knelt on the ground trembling, and kept begging him for mercy.

When Yu Ji heard this voice, she was also terrified.

It's over. Why did she go crazy just now? The king hated this kind of fighting due to jealousy the most because it made him upset.

So in the past, if she wanted to take action against any concubine, she would just poison them or kill them. Why couldn't she hold back today? This damn beauty Yun is going to anger the king.

"Your Majesty, I did not intend to fight with her. She was the one who insulted me and called me a chicken. I lost my mind and rushed forward. Please forgive me this time."

Yu Ji trembled and begged for mercy cautiously from Helian Qinxia.

But Helian Rongxia didn't even look at her. He saw Ye Jinyun lying on the ground, her hair was messy, and there was a trace of blood on her face from the scratches of her fingernails.

Suddenly, he was furious and said to Yu Ji: "You, go to the torture chamber and receive the punishment."

Yu Ji was immediately terrified. What? The king wanted her to be tortured? That meant pulling out her nails one by one! How could she endure such pain that would rip her fingers through her heart?

"Your Majesty, please forgive me this time. I will never do it again. Your Majesty, without my nails, how can I play the zither for you? Your Majesty loves to hear my music the most."

Helian Rongxia frowned when he heard this. Yu Ji's piano skills were indeed good, and the lingering sound of her music could be described as nature's music. If she really pulled out her nails, she would never be able to hear this wonderful piano music again, which was indeed a pity.

Then he thought for a moment with a cold face and said, "No need for finger punishment, just receive fifty lashes."

When Yu Ji heard that she would receive fifty lashes, her eyes widened, but she quickly thanked Helian Rongxia.

Although these fifty lashes were not pleasant and would leave her skin torn and flesh exposed, they were much less painful than having her nails pulled out.

Helian Rongxia glanced coldly at the maids kneeling on the ground and said, "Take them away and kill them."

Immediately, a cry arose: "Your Majesty, spare my life. This slave will never dare to do it again. Your Majesty, spare my life."

Ye Jinyun frowned when he heard this. Helian Rongxia was too cruel and merciless. These maids were about to die just by fighting with each other. He was really cold-blooded and heartless.

However, Yu Ji's maids had helped their master to do countless evil things, and this was retribution for them. But Wan Yu and the others had been serving Helian Rongxia, and he was so cruel.

So she couldn't help but look at Helian Rongxia and said:

"Your Majesty Helian, Wanyu and the others fought with them only to protect me. Please, Your Majesty Helian, for my sake, spare their lives."

When Helian Rongxia saw that Ye Jinyun actually took the initiative to talk to him, a hint of joy appeared on the corner of his lips.

She hadn't spoken to him for a long time. Now that she was pleading with him for these maids, how could he refuse her kindness?

"Alright, since Lady Yun is begging for you, I will spare your lives. Wanyu, you guys go down and take your thirty lashes."