Shang Xian smiled but remained silent.
"What are you laughing at! I'm serious!" Rong Ling rubbed his forehead, looking utterly dejected.
"Why are you panicking? I'm not panicking yet. Don't worry, even if you die, I won't die," Shang Xian reassured him, patting his shoulder.
Rong Ling slapped the hand off his shoulder: "I'm leaving. You're on your own. Contact me if you need anything."
After seeing Rong Ling off, Shang Xian sat down again, returning to her original relaxed state. Mu Se looked sullen. Everyone was reminding her master to be careful of Lan Ning, but she didn't take it to heart at all. She had seen her master's intelligence, so was she really indifferent or what?
Moreover, she always acts as if everything is under her control. What exactly is Your Highness planning to do...?
I don't know, she really can't understand it.
"Your Majesty, are we really not going to pay attention to Consort Ning?" This was the last time she asked the Empress about Consort Ning.
Shang Xian replied lazily, "No need."
Dusk curtsied and continued to fan her.
Just as Dugu Qianchen and his companions left, someone came in to report that Yin Xuan'er had come to pay her respects.
"Will Your Majesty see her?" Mu Se asked.
"not see"
Why see her? Just to be framed?
Before dusk had even set in, Yin Xuan'er had already entered with her maid.
"Why won't Your Majesty see me?" Yin Xuan'er walked slowly toward her with a smile on her face.
Shang Xian glanced at her, then covered his eyes with one hand: "I'm just not feeling well."
She suddenly lowered her hand, and two cold glints shot towards Yin Xuan'er: "I already said I won't see anyone. Who let you in?"
"Empress, they all know that I am the Emperor's favorite concubine, so they didn't dare to stop me and let me in," Yin Xuan'er said with a smile.
Shang Xian gave her an "I understand" look: "So that's how it is." She drew out the last syllable and continued, "Twilight, let those who let her in pick her up."
After leaving at dusk, he returned with three palace maids and two eunuchs.
"Why did you let her in?" Shang Xian tapped the armrest lightly, her movements unusually quick.
The five of them looked at each other, and finally, the last palace maid cautiously replied, "Your Majesty, it's difficult to explain to the Emperor..."
"Oh~ so you are the Emperor's people," Shang Xian said with a charming smile.
To them, her smile was like the smile of a demon.
Her smile froze instantly, and she shouted, "Guards, give him fifty lashes!"
Apart from Mu Shi, who remained expressionless, everyone present had a normal expression.
"Your Majesty, spare us!" All five of them knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
Shang Xian laughed again: "What's there to be afraid of? It's just fifty strokes of the cane."
Four guards entered. Shang Xian pointed to the five people kneeling on the ground. She thought for a moment and said, "Take them one by one, slowly. I'm not in a hurry."
"yes!"
The guards tried to pull the five of them out, but Shang Xian stopped them: "Where are you going?"
“These people will offend Her Majesty’s eyes,” the guard said.
"No need, let's fight here. I've seen plenty of bloodshed." Her gaze was deep, but it was nothing more than blood.
Screams echoed through Jinning Palace. To them, it was the sound of death, but to Shang Xian, it was quite pleasant. She wasn't a pervert; it was just that... listening to the torture of those who had betrayed her was a great pleasure.
Yin Xuan'er's face was pale, and she said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, since you have matters to attend to, then this concubine... this concubine will take her leave now."
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