Chapter 12: The Dark Emperor vs. the Delicate Palace Maid
"My lady, if I said I didn't sleep with you, would you believe me?"

The imperial concubine was extremely angry when she heard this. She walked over and slapped her hard on the face. The slap was so powerful that Chu Li's face turned red instantly.

A painful stinging sensation hit my face.

"Bitch, you still have the nerve to say that. If the imperial concubine knew that she had a servant who climbed onto the emperor's bed, would she be so angry that she would vomit blood? I'm afraid you knew that the emperor had no children, so you wanted to climb up the tree and become a phoenix? You are really scheming. How could there be a maid like you in the palace?"

After that, she said with a sneer on her face, "Come here, send this servant to pick flowers for me personally, and keep an eye on her so that she doesn't slack off."

The eunuch understood the imperial concubine's intention and signaled the eunuchs to take the thorny flowers and put them on Chu Li's hands.

My hands were weak from grinding for so long last night, and now I'm going to be punished again.

Damn it! Why am I the only one suffering?

One of the eunuchs handed the flower to Chuli, who held it tightly, and blood immediately flowed out of his hand.

Drop by drop, it fell to the ground.

Chuli only felt a pain like a needle prick, but had to endure it. The flower pierced into her skin. She saw her father-in-law holding her tightly, trying to carve the thorn into her snow-white skin.

Soon, Hatsuri's tender skin became whiter and whiter.

She endured it without making any sound, but the pain attacked her whole body.

This evil act was not stopped until a male voice appeared.

"How can my beloved concubine take her anger out on me?"

The imperial concubine was shocked, and the eunuchs immediately took back what they had said and directly pulled out the flower that had pierced Chu Li's hand.

At that moment, she finally came to her senses.

Shen Yan saw that Chu Li's face had turned pale, her lips had turned purple, there was a pool of blood on her hands, and she was kneeling on the ground.

I felt so distressed, but I couldn't blame the imperial concubine.

The imperial concubine was overjoyed to see the emperor coming. She immediately changed into a delicate and feminine manner and took the emperor's hand and said coquettishly: "Your Majesty, I have been waiting for you to come. You don't know how much I miss you."

Shen Yan patted her hands, with a smile on his face but no emotion, "I am here, but my beloved concubine, how did you let me run into such a scene?"

When the imperial concubine heard this, she became a little jealous and pouted her lips and said, "Your Majesty, I am just helping you to teach this servant a lesson. I heard from Chu Li that she did something wrong last night and you punished her. Is this true?"

Facing the imperial concubine's post, Shen Yan turned his gaze to Chu Li. At that instant, he seemed a little confused. He read what was said in the other person's eyes, and a complex emotion arose in his heart.

He felt pain deep in his heart and was so confused and flustered.

Chu Li smiled and asked as if nothing had happened: "The Emperor thought that I was clumsy and disturbed you and the Imperial Concubine, so he punished me."

Shen Yan is not a person who likes to cooperate. If it were in the past, he would have said this and accepted it.

But for some reason, he just didn't want to go along with her like this.

He knew that she was doing this to protect herself and to maintain her reputation as an emperor.

So, he replied calmly: "I was upset and needed someone to accompany me. I happened to see her, so I asked her to help me grind and accompany me to review memorials. What's wrong with that? The imperial concubine kept questioning me that day, so I left in anger. My beloved concubine, don't you know what's wrong with you?"

After hearing this, Hatsuri was stunned.

After being told this, the imperial concubine had no choice but to admit her mistake. She didn't want to wait for the emperor day and night like she did last time.

"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong."

"If that's the case, then let her go back. This matter has nothing to do with her, so why punish her? As a concubine, you use such torture. Do you think you have the final say in the harem?"

Shen Yan was so furious that he frightened the imperial concubine.

(End of this chapter)