Women, you really need to know how to talk. No emperor can tolerate being ignored by his concubine, especially when that concubine has cheated on him.
Xi'er didn't know who this new Consort Qi was; she only heard that Emperor Yuxian had lost that thing. Although she hadn't been in the palace long, and this was considered palace secret, everyone has a gossipy nature, so she wasn't surprised to hear it.
Qin Xi was heavily pregnant, so it was impossible for her to be Emperor Yuxian's child. Therefore, she concluded that Emperor Yuxian had been cuckolded.
Although Emperor Yuxian was a eunuch and unable to have sexual relations, she didn't mind, especially since the emperor before her was so handsome and dashing. If she could catch his eye and rise to prominence, what kind of man couldn't she find then? So what if he was a eunuch?
"Very good." Emperor Yuxian pointed at them. "Guards, arrest these insubordinate palace servants and give them one hundred strokes of the cane!"
What? !
Xi'er suddenly looked up. Why was this different from what she had expected? Shouldn't they have arrested Consort Qi and given her a hundred strokes of the cane... wouldn't that mean she'd be beaten to death?!
As she watched the eunuchs approaching her, Xi'er felt a wave of dizziness wash over her, and she closed her eyes, about to faint.
However, how many of the eunuchs serving the emperor weren't shrewd? Seeing her like this, they knew what she was up to. One by one, they grabbed her arms and twisted them hard, causing Xi'er to cry out in pain, "Ah!"
The other palace maids were also arrested, frantically crying out for their innocence and shifting all the blame onto her. Xi'er gritted her teeth and glared at them.
Emperor Yuxian had no interest in listening to their cries and pleas; he simply waved his hand, but did not change his mind. Just when everyone thought the matter was settled, Qin Qi finally spoke as the eunuchs dragged them to the palace gate.
"Wait a minute."
Emperor Yuxian smiled with delight, "Quick, stop!"
The eunuchs immediately stopped.
Qin Xi didn't look at him. "His crime doesn't warrant death. Apart from the one who spoke just now, the rest of you can be assigned to the laundry department."
The Laundry Bureau, as the name suggests, was the place in the palace where clothes were washed. Although it was somewhat hard work, it was much better than being flogged a hundred times, and besides, one might be reassigned to another place while working in the Laundry Bureau.
Several palace maids breathed a sigh of relief and immediately kowtowed to her with gratitude, saying, "Thank you, Your Highness! Thank you, Your Highness!"
Looking at them, Xi'er moved her arms, freeing herself from her restraints. She rubbed her aching arms and said with dissatisfaction, "What about me?"
"Insolence!" Emperor Yuxian slammed his hand on the table, startling Xi'er. "You're just a palace maid, how dare you refer to yourself like that?!"
"You?" Qin Xi lazily lifted his eyelids, propping his chin up as he looked at her with amusement. "As for you..."
Xi'er: "How is it?"
Qin Xi smiled and said, "Then send them to the Laundry Department."
"The Laundry Department?!" Xi'er screamed, unable to accept this outcome.
What kind of place is that? That's the Xin Zhe Ku! It's filthy and smelly inside; it's where people clean chamber pots!
Xi'er grew angrier the more she thought about it, and she couldn't accept going to the Laundry Department no matter what. She gave Qin Xi's stomach a vicious look, secretly plotting how to get revenge.
Noticing her gaze, Qin Xi's expression turned cold. What an ungrateful wretch. Seeing the eunuch lift Xi'er up again, Qin Xi sneered, "Wait, I've changed my mind."
Xi'er immediately looked up, gazing at her expectantly.
"Since you don't want to go to the Laundry Department..." Qin Xi curled her lips, "then go..."
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