Refusing to let love take a back seat, the scumbag emperor actually seeks favor every day

"Lady Wei needs help, you should go find Concubine Li, the Emperor's sister-in-law doesn't care about the affairs of the six palaces."

Princess Xuanping was a little angry when she saw Wenzhi suddenly appear and startled everyone.

Everyone in the palace knows that although Su Manman is the head of the six palaces, the actual management power of the harem has always been in the hands of Li Yuwan.

Her relationship with Li Yuwan was well known to be bad.

The concubines in the harem were afraid of offending Li Yuwan and being targeted if they got too close to her, so apart from respecting her as queen when they met and maintaining superficial peace, they rarely interacted with her in private.

Among them, there are quite a few people who are willing to go back and curry favor with Li Yuwan and secretly trip her up.

This noble lady Wei is one of the more active ones among these people.

Princess Xuanping has a good relationship with Su Manman. She just doesn't like to see the person who usually makes things difficult for her coming to her.

Su Manman had no interest in knowing what happened and just spread her hands helplessly.

"You know my situation. If you are really in a hurry, you should do as Princess Xuanping says."

Having said this, she didn't plan to waste any more words and continued walking with Zhao Yuxian.

"But...but the person that Concubine Wei offended was the Imperial Concubine...I really have no other choice..."

Seeing that everyone was about to leave, Wenzhi hurried to tell them what had happened.

Only then did Su Manman find out that Zhao Chengyuan had ordered a secret keeping of the incident of her beating Li Yuwan yesterday, and only those who were present at the time knew about it.

As luck would have it, this ignorant Concubine Wei went to see Li Yuwan this morning and mentioned that the peonies in the imperial garden were smashed by wild birds that came from nowhere.

Li Yuwan thought she was mocking her, and in a rage, she had someone tie her to a tree full of insects and ants.

The body had been eaten by insects and ants and had been exposed to the sun for a long time, but Li Yuwan had no intention of letting it go.

It sounds miserable, but neither of them are good people.

Su Manman had no intention of getting involved in this dog-eat-dog behavior.

But when she asked the other end of the branch, it was knocking against the ground with such a loud noise that she felt a little sorry for it.

This palace maid never made things difficult for her, and even advised Concubine Wei when she embarrassed her.

She was a good maid, but unfortunately she followed the wrong master.

"Even if you knock yourself unconscious here, I can't do anything."

After taking two steps, she finally stopped, turned around, looked at the person kneeling on the ground, and sighed secretly.

There was no other way, so Wen Zhi, who was anxious, saw her stop and seized the opportunity to speak.

"I know you are in trouble, but there is really no other way. Please talk to His Majesty and save Lady Wei..."

After saying that, the other end knocked again with a bang.

It turned out that this person also knew that she couldn't control Li Yuwan, and was hoping that she would let Zhao Chengyuan take care of her.

That was why she had an unpleasant argument with him, and she didn't want to get involved with him over something that had nothing to do with her.

But she wouldn't give in, so Wenzhi just kept knocking his head against the wall.

Seeing that the smooth forehead was about to bleed, she really couldn't bear it.

"You get up first. I will go with you to take a look."

"Sister-in-law, do you really want to take care of this?"

Princess Xuanping was the first one to be unwilling when she saw that she was going to see Li Yuwan.

"If you help her now, she might cause trouble for you later. It's better to let them make a fuss. If things get out of hand, my brother will naturally intervene."

Su Manman felt warm in her heart as she watched the little princess standing up for her.

He rubbed her puffy little face and said with a smile, "How do you know it's not because I want to watch the fun?"

As soon as she said this, Xuan Ping immediately understood and showed an expression that said "I understand you".

Then he responded actively, "Then I will accompany you to watch the fun!"

Seeing that she was eager to try, Su Manman looked at Zhao Yuxian with a worried frown, not knowing what was going on.

You can't take him to such a troubled place.

"I will go and see what's going on. If it gets interesting, I'll let you know. For now, you can go take a walk with your brother. Otherwise, he will be so bored if we all leave."

Although Princess Xuanping wanted to go with him, she was also very concerned about her brother who needed care.

After thinking about it, I finally nodded in agreement.

After the discussion, Su Manman followed Wenzhi to the scene of the incident.

Soon, the group arrived under a remote big tree in the palace and saw Concubine Wei tied up on it.

This old tree, which is about to wither, is actually a termite nest, and the termites on it are both old and young.

In addition, there is a large hornet's nest on top.

Concubine Wei had been tied up for quite some time. Her usually fair face and neck were now covered in red bites. Termites would occasionally crawl over her face and get into her collar.

If this is the case with the places we can see, I'm sure it won't be easy for us either.

After all, she was born a delicate lady, and she couldn't bear the ordeal and kept crying out in pain.

If Su Manman were to say, Li Yuwan was truly vicious but knew when to stop. She could teach people a lesson and not actually kill them.

Most people would not think of this way of punishing someone.

When she arrived, there were only two maids guarding the place, and Li Yuwan was not there.

"Empress? Why are you here?"

The two maids were startled when they saw Su Manman suddenly appear.

Su Manman looked at the two maids who looked down on her as the queen but still had to pay their respects to her according to the rules.

"I heard that Concubine Li was teaching the harem concubines etiquette, so I came here to observe and broaden my horizons."

Her eyes passed over the two people kneeling on the ground and fell directly on the miserable Concubine Wei.

"How come I didn't know that the rules of the harem also include tying people to trees and feeding them to ants?"

Her tone was calm, and no emotion could be heard.

But her words revealed that Li Yuwan abused her power and used arbitrary punishments on concubines.

She just doesn't care about the affairs of the harem, but it doesn't mean she doesn't understand the rules of the harem - no one understands the rules of the harem better than her.

The two maids felt guilty about what she said, but they soon straightened their backs thinking that they had Concubine Li's support behind them.

"Your Majesty, you misunderstood. It was Concubine Wei who offended the Imperial Concubine and voluntarily accepted the punishment. The Imperial Concubine did not do it on her own."

When the two of them said this, Su Manman's heart skipped a beat.

If Concubine Wei had volunteered to do this, it would have been such a waste of time for her to do this.

"Oh? Really?"

He spoke to the two maids, but his eyes never left Concubine Wei, whose head was covered with bruises.

Concubine Wei, whose nerves were almost broken, usually opposed her, but at this moment she lowered her head.

"No... No... I don't know how I have angered the Imperial Concubine... I have admitted my mistake... Please, Queen, save me... I am in so much pain..."

How could it not hurt when countless ants have been biting my body for most of the day?

Fortunately, the ant is not poisonous. If the hornet's nest had fallen, it would have been a different scene.

Although Su Manman was not on good terms with Concubine Wei, she also couldn't stand Concubine Li's torturous methods.

She ordered people to release Concubine Wei, but the two maids tried their best to stop it.

"You can't do that, Queen! If the Imperial Concubine finds out, she will not let us off easily. I'm afraid we won't be able to get away with it in the future, especially with Concubine Wei."

The nanny's words were, firstly, to tell Su Manman not to meddle in other people's business, and secondly, to remind Concubine Wei that Li Yuwan was the one who made the decision in the palace now.

If she accepted Su Manman's help now, she would be openly going against Li Yuwan.

Thinking that Su Manman could only help her for a while, a hint of hesitation flashed across Concubine Wei's face, which was red and swollen from being bitten.

"Why? Is the Queen very dissatisfied with my management of the harem?"