The next second, this first place was broken by the emperor's action.
The emperor pushed away Concubine Jiang who came closer, without even looking at her. He walked directly towards the kneeling Yan Bao and helped him up with a distressed look: "Yan Bao, are you okay? Does your knee hurt? Don't worry, I will take care of it for you. Whoever dares to punish our Yan Bao will be punished by me."
Yan Bao turned around to look at Concubine Jiang who was in disbelief, with a trace of aggrieved, pitiful and innocent arc on the corner of his mouth. His pair of bright big eyes were now watery and red, and he looked at the emperor with tears in his eyes, which was really heartbreaking.
Xie Zhiluo knew that Yan Bao was pretending, but he still couldn't help feeling distressed and wanted to hug him in his arms and comfort him.
Yan Bao thought to himself: [Isn’t it just pretending to be pitiful, innocent, and complaining about grievances? Who can’t do that?!]
Yan Bao said, "Your Majesty, please do not blame the Imperial Concubine. If you want to blame someone, blame this humble servant for being ignorant. I don't know how I made the Imperial Concubine unhappy, so she punished me by making me kneel for an hour and even slapping me in the face."
The emperor's expression became increasingly grim upon hearing this.
Yan Bao continued to exaggerate, saying, "Your Highness must have her reasons for punishing me like this. I feel no grievance, not at all. If the Emperor wants to blame someone, blame me, not Your Highness."
The Imperial Concubine frowned when she heard this. Yan Bao said that it was nothing strange, but why did it seem like there was something else behind her words? What she said was not right?
"Noble Concubine." The emperor said in a deep voice.
Imperial Concubine Jiang looked at the emperor eagerly with tears in her eyes and explained, "Your Majesty, it's all Princess Taining's fault for provoking me with her words and being disrespectful to me. I wanted to teach her a lesson and let her know that the palace rules are not to be presumptuous."
"So, is it true that you want her to kneel for an hour?"
Imperial Concubine Jiang nodded aggrievedly: "If it were someone else, I would definitely punish him for more than an hour. I am only giving him a break because of Yan Bao's ignorance."
The emperor secretly clenched his fist: "Is the slap in the face real?"
Speaking of this, Concubine Jiang felt even more aggrieved: "Your Majesty, I originally wanted to teach Yan Bao a little lesson, but who knew that when the Crown Prince came, he would directly scold me and even protect Yan Bao, so that Nanny could not do anything."
The emperor said coldly: "How many times are you going to slap the concubine?"
Concubine Jiang glanced at the emperor's expression and saw that he didn't seem angry with her, so she said a number: "Ten strokes, a small punishment but a big warning."
The emperor laughed in anger: "What a small punishment, but a big warning! In this case, the imperial concubine will kneel for two hours and receive twenty slaps on the face. Double the punishment!"
Concubine Jiang was dumbfounded.
Yan Bao was overjoyed: [Hahaha, you've got this day too. You asked for it!]
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