Hearing this, the little emperor just pursed his lips and said nothing.
As soon as the eunuch finished speaking, the empress dowager came in from outside the hall surrounded by people. The little emperor put down the book and took two quick steps forward to pay his respects to the empress dowager.
"Get up."
After looking at the emperor who looked fine, the empress dowager gave a light instruction and then sat down on the couch beside her.
The pause just now was just the Queen Mother sizing up the Emperor's expression, but the little Emperor thought he had done something wrong again, and was almost showing his anxiety on his face. When he saw the Queen Mother looking at him, he shuddered and asked, "Why is the Empress Dowager coming here at this time?"
Seeing the emperor's timid look, the empress dowager couldn't help but frown. Her face looked bad, and the little emperor looked even more nervous.
After all, he was her own son. The Queen Mother thought about it and her expression eased. She only asked, "I heard that the Emperor was ill a few days ago, so I came to see him."
Hearing this, the little emperor was relieved and said with a smile, "I'm sorry to have worried you, my son is well now."
"kindness."
Seeing the emperor's smiling face, the queen mother also smiled slightly. After the emperor sat down beside her, she looked around and asked, "Who is serving the emperor now?"
As soon as she finished speaking, two young and beautiful palace maids hurried forward and knelt to pay their respects to the Queen Mother. They were well-behaved and knew that they could not look the Queen Mother directly in the eye, so they raised their heads slightly.
The Queen Mother took a look at her and snorted, "She is indeed very pretty, otherwise I would not have forgotten the rules of being a slave and caused the Emperor to catch a cold."
As soon as these words came out, the two palace maids turned pale and kowtowed to the Queen Mother, suppressing their fear. "Please forgive us, Queen Mother. We dare not forget the rules."
But how could the Queen Mother believe their words? She suddenly pushed the table aside and ordered, "Take them away and beat them!"
Upon hearing this, Shuncai hurriedly winked at the eunuchs on both sides.
The two maids knew that they could not avoid being beaten, so they looked at the little emperor crying, "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong, please save me, Your Majesty, I really know I was wrong - ah -"
The crying and screaming gradually faded away, and was followed by the sound of the board hitting flesh again and again.
The young emperor had already been moved when the maidservants begged for mercy. When he heard the sound of them being beaten, he stood up and looked at the empress dowager, saying hastily, "My Queen Mother, it was because my son was too playful that he caught a cold. It has nothing to do with them. If you want to punish someone, just punish me. It has nothing to do with them!"
As he said this, the emperor was about to hold the empress dowager's hand.
The Queen Mother was about to drink tea when she noticed the little emperor's actions and glanced at him.
Before the little emperor could say the next word, Shuncai hurried forward and pulled him aside, saying, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother did this for your own good. You should also understand the Queen Mother's motherly love."
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