The beauty on the couch had hair as luster as black jade, scattered around her porcelain-like neck.
With his eyes closed and his brows slightly furrowed, his face was pale without a trace of redness, and even his lips were pale.
Xuan Ling leaned over to look at Sheng Xiyan's hand.
When he lifted the quilt, his right hand was covered in blood.
Xuan Ling's black pupils suddenly shrank.
"Sheng Xiyan! Sheng Xiyan!"
He hurriedly touched her face and felt the warmth, and his panicked heart finally calmed down.
Hua Xia and the others were so frightened that they knelt down at the back, "Mother..."
Xuan Ling shouted angrily, "How did you lazy slaves serve her?! Go get the golden medicine!"
He was like a roaring lion. With one roar, the mountains and rivers changed dramatically, and it was deafening.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. It is our fault."
Huaxia, Meixiang, Shanhu, and Ziling slapped themselves.
Sheng Xiyan woke up in shock when she heard Xuan Ling's roar.
The moment I saw him, my lips pursed and tears welled up in my eyes in an instant.
"Your Majesty...it's not their fault..."
Xuan Ling said angrily, "Sheng Xiyan, you feel so wronged just being by my side. Are you so wronged that you want to die?"
He grabbed her roughly and pinched her delicate shoulders as if he wanted to crush her.
There was fire in his eyes and he gnashed his teeth.
"Are you sad that you didn't follow Qi Yan when he escaped?
Are you so sad that you don't want to live? You are a mother, have you ever thought about it?"
Have you ever thought about me?
Sheng Xiyan was shaken until she felt dizzy and sobbed:
"No, I'm not being self-destructive. Your hand is injured, and I want to be with you in pain... This injury won't kill you... Woo woo woo..."
Xuan Ling was stunned, with a bright light in his eyes.
His hands moved from her shoulders to her neck, cupping her face at the chin.
“Isn’t this self-torture?
Sheng Xiyan, this is useless. Do you want to atone for your sins this way? Do you want to alleviate the guilt in your heart?
I tell you, I didn’t need your repayment before, and I don’t need your guilt now, do you understand? "
Sheng Xiyan burst into tears and sobbed, "I'm sorry... Wuwuwu... I'm sorry..."
She wanted to lean into his arms, but Xuan Ling dodged her.
Sheng Xiyan's body swayed, her heart was empty, she leaned back against the head of the bed, lowered her head and bit her lip and cried.
After more than a year, she has come to understand him somewhat, and this time he will not forgive her.
Xuan Ling said majestically:
"Master, please rest. I, the servant, should be on night duty by your bedside. But you are so stupid that you are completely unaware of the serious incident that has happened to your master.
All the palace maids in Guanju Palace shall be given twenty lashes and executed immediately!"
Sheng Xiyan hurriedly grabbed his sleeve and begged for mercy.
"Your Majesty, it was I who drove them out. Don't blame them. Please forgive them... Your Majesty."
Xuan Ling shook her off, and the guards came in and took Hua Xia and the others out.
Eunuch Fu came in holding medicine for wounds, and Aunt Mingyue brought a white glazed porcelain basin.
"Your Majesty, I am here to clean the wound of the Concubine Chen."
Xuan Ling stood up and stood at the carved window.
The sound of whips was soon heard in the yard. Hua Xia and the others were afraid that Sheng Xiyan would worry, so they tried hard not to make any sound.
Sheng Xiyan knelt on the couch and kowtowed hard.
"Your Majesty, it's my fault. Please stop beating me. They have been taking care of me wholeheartedly. I beg Your Majesty to have mercy..."
Xuan Ling turned around and said coldly:
"I am the emperor, and emperors are inherently ruthless. I will not allow anyone to challenge my majesty.
If you hurt yourself, it means that the servants failed to take good care of you and they must be held responsible for their dereliction of duty.
Sheng Xiyan, I hope you remember that from the moment you entered the palace, you no longer belong to yourself, but to me.
I am your master and your husband.
You must be my slave and obey my orders; this is the duty of a ruler and his subjects."
Sheng Xiyan listened carefully to every word, tears dripping onto the mattress.
"My Lady, please let this servant clean your wound and apply some medicine on it, or it will get inflamed."
Aunt Mingyue gently stroked Sheng Xiyan to comfort her.
Help her back to the head of the bed.
"My lady, bear with it."
Aunt Mingyue put Sheng Xiyan's right hand into ice water and gently washed away the dried blood stains.
Sheng Xiyan leaned her head back in pain and moved her body down.
Xuan Ling's eyebrows trembled slightly, and he hardened his heart and turned around to continue looking out the window.
Jiang Jiang was startled awake by the noise in the yard and ran out of the nearby hall.
"What's wrong? Hanaka! Why are you hitting people? Who are you? Stop!"
Eunuch Fu ran over and said, "Young Master, they made a mistake and are being punished."
Jiang Jiang regained consciousness and said, "Hey, Eunuch Fu is here. Does that mean Father is here?"
Just as he was about to run into the palace gate, Xuan Ling came out quickly. He didn't want Jiang Jiang to see Sheng Xiyan in this state.
"Father!"
Xuan Ling picked him up, his voice softened.
"Did I wake you up? Father, please coax you back to sleep."
He held Jiang Jiang in his arms and sat on the armchair in the hall, coaxing him to sleep.
My father's face looked so scary. I was a little scared and snuggled in his arms.
He asked cautiously, "Father, what mistake did they make?"
Xuan Ling covered his little ears with his big hands, his face solemn and cold.
After twenty lashes of whipping, Hua Xia and the others had blood marks on their backs and continued to kneel in the yard.
Xuan Ling wrapped Jiang Jiang in his cloak, and the little guy fell asleep in no time.
The wet nurse carried her back to the next hall.
He walked towards the inner hall and saw Sheng Xiyan leaning against someone with her hand bandaged.
Seeing him come in, Sheng Xiyan knelt on the couch again.
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