Concubine Li: “…”
She touched her face awkwardly. She had applied several extra layers just to highlight her fair skin.
"I'll get rid of it in a moment."
Concubine Li walked towards Zhou Beichen step by step with lotus steps, but was caught off guard and was poked in the chin by a finger.
Seeing Zhou Beichen's fierce eyes, Concubine Li was stunned. She felt very nervous and asked carefully.
"Your Majesty, have I done anything wrong?"
"My beloved concubine, what have you done wrong?"
With a cold smile on his lips, Zhou Beichen pulled the person into his arms with his right hand. Concubine Li bumped into his broad chest. Because she didn't see Zhou Beichen's unfriendly face, Concubine Li showed a shy smile.
Just as she was laughing secretly, Concubine Li suddenly felt her throat tighten. She raised her head with difficulty, but Zhou Beichen's big hand had already clamped down on her slender neck.
Concubine Li was so frightened that her whole body was shaking and even tears were coming out.
"Your Majesty, have I done anything wrong? Please tell me clearly, please don't strangle me. I'm scared!"
Zhou Beichen sneered, "You are afraid, and you, the daughter of the prime minister, second only to the emperor, will also be afraid."
Concubine Li was panic-stricken, and the tears hanging from the corners of her eyes made people feel pity for her.
The next second, Zhou Beichen released his hand that was holding her neck. Concubine Li was so frightened that she had lost her soul. She knelt on the ground, looked at Zhou Beichen, and asked in a trembling voice.
"Your Majesty, is it that I have done something wrong that has made you so angry? Please explain clearly to me, and I will definitely change."
Zhou Beichen showed a faint smile and asked with an inquiring look.
"Are you scared?"
Concubine Li nodded pitifully, "I'm scared! I'm so scared to death"
"Being afraid, that's right."
Zhou Beichen's face suddenly became scary. He raised his hand and slapped Concubine Li, who was lying on his legs, hard.
Concubine Li, who was beaten to the ground, was once again in a miserable state. She couldn't understand why nothing she did had gone well recently. No, she had to find a Taoist priest someday to see if she was possessed by evil spirits because she had done too many bad things.
Seeing Zhou Beichen's expression, Concubine Li had a bad feeling in her heart. She felt that she might be in great danger today, but things had come to this point, and she could only try her best to play dumb.
"Your Majesty, I...what did I do wrong to make you so angry? I beg Your Majesty to understand."
Concubine Li climbed up tremblingly, and just as she was about to touch Zhou Beichen's thigh, "Pa~", she was slapped to the ground again.
Concubine Li was stunned for a moment, her fingers clasped tightly in her palms. Concubine Li felt that since Zhou Beichen didn't tell her where she was wrong, then she must not say it. If she said it, everything would be over.
She must take a gamble.
Concubine Li raised her eyes, covered the left half of her face that was beaten, and looked at Zhou Beichen with frightened eyes like a deer, with fear written in her eyes.
"Your Majesty, I, your concubine..."
"Pah~"
Before she could finish her sentence, Concubine Li was slapped to the ground again, this time on the right half of her face that was not covered.
Both cheeks were burning with pain, and Concubine Li's psychological defenses were broken once again. She raised her eyes and tried to give Zhou Beichen a tender yet fearful look.
"Your Majesty, what exactly did I do wrong? Please explain clearly."
"Explicitly stated?"
Zhou Beichen raised his eyebrows, watched her climb up again and approach his body, raised his hand, and "bang", a sound resounding through the sky exploded again.
Zhou Beichen straightened his back and smiled gently.
"I have nothing to say."
Concubine Li was knocked down, and she thought of several possible outcomes in her mind, but she still had one idea. She felt that the emperor must have been angry with Concubine Hui, so he took his anger out on her. When the emperor understood, he would pity her more and deal with Shen Nian'an and those two little bitches.
Thinking of this, Concubine Li disregarded everything in order to gain favor. She wanted to take a gamble, betting that the emperor would eventually not be willing to beat her because he felt pity for her.
She persevered and got up again, and Zhou Beichen slapped her again with a smile on his face.
Concubine Li gritted her teeth and continued to stand up. Zhou Beichen raised his hand and slapped her again.
In this way, Concubine Li got up, fell down, got up again, and fell down again, and was slapped more than ten times.
Concubine Li felt dizzy and was knocked to the ground again. This time, she could no longer pretend. What on earth did the emperor want to do? He did nothing but slapped her one after another.
What mistake did she make?
She just felt that she was mentally confused. Seeing Zhou Beichen's smile getting deeper and deeper and his hand raised again, Concubine Li was dazed and barely lay on Zhou Beichen's thighs. On the verge of collapse, she cried and spoke.
"Your Majesty, I'm telling you everything. I only beg Your Majesty to stop beating me. Please stop beating me."
This is so humiliating.
Zhou Beichen said "Oh", calmly withdrew his hand, leaned back in the chair in a lazy posture, and said lightly.
"Alright, tell me. Was it you who instructed He'er to put the tassels into Nuannuan's little bag, so that she could frame Nuannuan? In the end, because of this, the two of them got into an argument and Nuannuan was injured?"
Concubine Li was even more devastated now. It turned out that the emperor slapped her one after another because of this. It was all because of that damn little bitch Zhou Zhaonuan.
If she had known this earlier, she would have confessed just now and avoided getting slapped so many times.
Concubine Li covered her face, not daring to look up at Zhou Beichen. "It was you, I was jealous of Concubine Hui's favor and Princess Chang'an's favor, so I asked He'er to do that."
Concubine Li cried bitterly, "But, Your Majesty, in this harem, who doesn't want to be favored by Your Majesty, who doesn't want to have a child at their knees? I am selfish, I just want to be favored, so I want to harm her."
Concubine Li was smart this time. She knew that Concubine Liang was a princess married into a foreign country and her family background was greater than hers. Even if she exposed her, the emperor would only give her a light punishment or a severe warning. In this case, she might as well do Concubine Liang a favor and let her give her advice in the future.
Concubine Li kowtowed continuously until her forehead bled.
"I beg Your Majesty to forgive me this time for my honesty. I promise that I will change my ways and become a new person."
Zhou Beichen's expression turned stern. He stood up and walked outside.
"I truly do not believe your promise, my beloved. You are ill. You have committed too many evil deeds and have become insane. From now on, without my permission, you will spend the rest of your life in Li'an Palace."
Concubine Li sat down on the ground. The emperor's behavior was equivalent to banishing her to the cold palace.
How could the emperor be so heartless? They have been husband and wife for more than ten years.
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