Chapter 10: The Dark Emperor vs. the Delicate Palace Maid

The imperial concubine's palace.

"Your Majesty, the eunuch beside the Emperor just told me that Chu Li is in Yangxin Palace."

Chao Fei is having acupuncture. She has been feeling bored and listless these days, so she has to ask the imperial physician to help her recuperate.

Hearing Xiaohua say this, Chaofei's expression was inevitably embarrassed. She said in a calm voice: "Why did you suddenly appear there?"

"I heard from my eunuch that the emperor asked everyone to leave, leaving only him and Hatsuri."

Hearing this, Chao Fei's expression changed.

Her brows slightly wrinkled, her eyes immediately became extremely cold, and even her tone was very cold. She ordered: "Send someone to wait for her, saying that I haven't seen her for a long time and I miss her a little."

Xiao Hua of course understood what this meant, so she nodded and did as she was told.

As for the royal concubine.

"Your Majesty, this is bad! That maid Chuli followed the Emperor into the Yangxin Palace. I heard from the eunuch that the Emperor left her alone with the two of them!"

"What!"

Then there was a "pop!" sound.

A crisp slap landed on the palace maid's face.

"You useless dog, you didn't even bother to stop the Emperor from leaving in front of my palace, and let a slave girl take advantage of the situation and sneak in."

The personal maid's name is Xiaoxia.

In an instant, all the snacks that had just been prepared for the emperor were thrown to the ground by the imperial concubine. The cups shattered onto the ground. Besides the fragments all over the ground, there was also the sound of the imperial concubine smashing things in anger.

"What a scumbag! I disliked her the first day I saw her. She looked like a foxy woman. She dared to dress up in front of women on the first day. Isn't that just to seduce men? This little scumbag, it seems that if I don't teach her a lesson, she will really be ignorant of the world. With such status, she is not worthy of being with the emperor."

All the palace maids saw that the imperial concubine was furious, and Xiao Xia immediately comforted her: "Your Majesty, it is not worth getting angry over such a person. You are the imperial concubine, and she is just a servant. Isn't it easy for you to punish her?"

"How could I not know? I like the emperor so much that I specially prepared all these today. Just because I mentioned that bastard, the emperor got angry and left. Who knows what they are doing in the Yangxin Palace now, a man and a woman alone... I'm afraid, I'm afraid that the emperor has already favored her."

When the imperial concubine said this, she was furious at first, but then her tone gradually became frustrated, and her expression became sad.

Looking out the window, it was indeed empty.

How could she not think too much? Her husband, with whom she had been living day and night for many years, always obeyed her and spoiled her, and never got angry with her because of other women.

Now, he was so angry because of a lowly palace maid and himself.

Seeing the Imperial Concubine in such a state, Xiao Xia felt very distressed: "Your Majesty, the Emperor must have you in his heart. After all, everyone in the harem knows that the Emperor loves you the most."

"So what? Without an heir, I will never be able to climb to the throne. So why wouldn't I want my own child..."

Xiao Xia brought her a cup of soothing tea and said, "It's getting late, Madam. You should go to bed early. We will teach that servant a lesson tomorrow."

When the imperial concubine heard this, her sadness and anger subsided a lot.

At this moment, Yangxin Palace.

Chu Li's hands were almost worn out, but the emperor still wouldn't let her stop. Her hands were too weak to lift the objects anymore.

Yawning again, she gave up immediately, threw the millstone aside, and gave up: "Your Majesty, I can't do it anymore. I'm really dying of exhaustion. You are a high and mighty emperor with a golden body, while I am a corpse. It's time to rest."

Nunu, I really can’t take it anymore!

Shen Yan had only read half of the memorial when he saw Chu Li's eyes were red and her hands were shaking. His tone softened: "Then you should go back and rest first."

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Bow to the good capitalists!

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Long live the emperor."

Chu Li was about to leave when Shen Yan stopped her and asked, "Did you remember everything I taught you today?"

“I’ll remember that.”

Finally I can get off work.

Chu Li wanted to step out of the Yangxin Palace directly, but after taking a step, she turned around and looked at the emperor. He was still reviewing memorials seriously.

It's really not easy to be an emperor these days.

In the past, I envied the ancients the most, because all they did every day was eat, drink, play and sleep. But now it seems that being an emperor is not easy either.

Somehow, she felt a little sorry for such an emperor.

I don’t know whether it is a blessing or a curse to be in such a royal family.

"Your Majesty, you should also rest early. Your health is very important."

After Shen Yan heard this, he raised his eyes and the two of them looked into each other's eyes. At that moment, an inexplicable feeling seemed to quietly sprout in his heart.

Are you feeling sorry for yourself?

But he does this every year, day after day, over and over again.

"I'm used to it."

Chu Li opened her eyes wide, and she caught a glimpse of sadness in those black eyes.

Xiao Zhong's words contain a lot of meaning.

Chu Li did not say anything, but just left silently. She knew that the emperor might have gone through a lot to be able to satisfy the empress dowager and the court now.

It really makes people feel distressed.

But.

This does not affect the cruelty he just treated himself!

Knowing that his hand was hit, he still insisted on grinding it himself and spent such a long time grinding it. Is he a human being?

She walked out of the Yangxin Palace, stood in front of the palace, hammered her back, and then bent her waist to release her energy.

To be frank: "Serving the emperor is really exhausting."

"Sister Hatsuri, were you serving the Emperor just now?"

At some point, a painting of the concubine's personal maid appeared in front of him.

Chuli was surprised to see her, "Why is Sister Xiaohua here?"

As soon as I said that, my brain reacted quickly.

Is this a misunderstanding?

My action, expression, and most importantly, the sentence I said!

He is deliberately blocking the door to ask for punishment!

"Let's go. The Concubine Chao said she was missing you. I don't want to disturb you in the middle of the night. But I didn't hear that my sister was with the Emperor. That's why I wanted to call you over for some tea."

What kind of logic is this?

Hatsuri smiled, "Let's go then."

The imperial concubines all know about it, so could it be that the noble concubine also knows about it?

Now, Hatsuri finally found something she was not satisfied with about the system, which was that she was assigned a not-so-good background.

She followed Xiaohua with her head down, knowing full well what kind of situation she would be facing.

I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep tonight.

When she walked into the Chaofei Palace, she clearly felt a bad atmosphere.

When she faced the concubine, she still looked fearless.

"My lady, I heard from Sister Xiaohua that you were looking for me?"

Chao Fei was wearing pajamas, having taken off her usual attire, and now looked more plain. In fact, she was not as beautiful and charming as Gui Fei, but she was indeed as pure as a flower.

Chao Fei no longer had her usual gentle appearance, and her true face was revealed tonight.

"Hatsuri, you are so ungrateful that you are going to step on my head? Is this how you repay me?"