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

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

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

Hearing Xiaohua say this, Chao Fei'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 strangely.

She frowned slightly, 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."

Of course Xiaohua understood what this meant, so she nodded and did as she was told.

And the imperial concubine.

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

"what!"

Then there was a "pop!"

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 you let a lowly maid take advantage of the situation and enter."

The personal maid is named 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 angrily.

"You damn bitch! 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 seducing men? If I don't teach this little bitch a lesson, she will be ignorant of the world. With her status, she is not worthy of being with the emperor."

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

"I know this too. I like the emperor so much that I specially prepared all these things today. But because I mentioned that bitch a few times, 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 her tone gradually became depressed and her expression became sad.

I looked out the window and it was indeed empty.

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

Now, he was so angry because of a low-ranking palace maid and himself.

Seeing the Imperial Concubine like this, Xiao Xia felt very distressed: "My Lady, 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 ascend to the throne. And I also 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 slave a lesson tomorrow."

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

At this moment, in the Yangxin Palace.

Chu Li's hands were almost worn out, but the emperor wouldn't let her stop. She was too weak to lift the ball.

She yawned again and gave up, throwing the millstone aside and giving up: "Your Majesty, I really 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 became a little gentler: "Then you should go back and rest first."

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Bow down to the kind 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?"

"remember."

Finally, it was time to get off work. Chu Li wanted to step out of the Yangxin Palace, but as soon as she took a step, she turned around and looked at the emperor, who was still carefully reviewing the memorials.

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

What I used to envy the most were the ancient people, who spent their days eating, drinking, having fun and sleeping. But now it seems that being an emperor is not easy.

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 they looked into each other's eyes. At that second, 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."

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

Small 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 his cruelty to himself just now!
Knowing that his hand was hit, he still grinds it himself and spends 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 bent down to release her energy and bones.

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

"Sister Chuli, were you serving the emperor just now?"

At some point, Xiaohua, 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 mind reacted quickly.

Could it be a misunderstanding?
The action, the expression, and most importantly, the sentence I just 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 the Concubine Chao wanted to call you over for some tea."

What the hell logic.

Hatsuri smiled, "Let's go then."

The imperial concubines all know about it, so could it be that the noble concubine knows about it too?
Now, Hatsuri was finally dissatisfied with 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 face later.

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 pretty 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, are you ungrateful and ready to step on my head? Is this how you repay me?"

(End of this chapter)