"Please tell everyone to pass on the message and say..."

"My queen doesn't see guests!" The two servants guarding the gate interrupted Xiao Xizi before he could finish his words. They pushed him, causing his thin body to stagger. How could a ten-year-old child compare to a big and strong woman? They stood in front of the door angrily and anxiously, wanting to curse but not knowing where to start.

"How dare you! Is there any place in this palace that I can't go to?" Xiao Heng stood behind Xiao Xizi without knowing when, staring at the two maids with his eagle eyes. The two maids were ordered to enter the palace to look after their own young lady. They had never seen such a precious person as the emperor. They were confused for a moment and spoke incoherently for a long time before they pulled each other to kneel on the ground.

Xiao Heng glanced at them with contempt. The two of them no longer had the domineering attitude they had just now. They knelt on the ground, not daring to raise their heads. They stuttered when they spoke, and it took them a long time to even finish a complete auspicious word.

"Your Majesty, we are here to visit Concubine Shu. There is no need to bother with these servants. Please go ahead and I will take care of them."

Xiao Heng waved his hand in disgust and strode into the yard. After knowing that the person coming was the emperor, no one dared to step forward to stop him.

The further Xiao Heng walked in, the more desolate it seemed around him. This was not the first time he came to Concubine Shu's place, and he knew that Concubine Shu loved hustle and bustle. On normal days, there would be at least three or four maids around her just to serve tea, but now there was not even a palace maid cleaning the yard.

"Your Majesty?" Lai Fu, the eunuch beside Concubine Shu, burst into tears as soon as he saw Xiao Heng, as if he had seen a god descend to the earth. If he hadn't been holding a basin of dirty water in his hand, he would have wanted to kneel on the ground and kowtow several times.

Xiao Heng found him familiar and asked, "Where is Concubine Shu? Go and tell her."

Having almost been turned away at the door just now, Xiao Heng's mood for surprise was long gone. The more he walked, the more he felt that something was wrong here. The most urgent thing now was to meet Concubine Shu and ask her clearly.

He withdrew his thoughts but saw Lai Fu standing there trembling, hesitant to speak. He could not help but frowned and said unhappily: "If you have anything to say, just say it. Do you think I can pull out your tongue?"

"Your Majesty, your Majesty, please help the queen!" Lai Fu didn't care about anything else. He put the basin aside, knelt on the ground, and tears fell unconsciously. "Your Majesty, please help the queen!"

"Tell me clearly, what happened to Concubine Shu?" Xiao Heng had never seen a eunuch cry so bitterly before, and doubts instantly crept into his mind, "I want to see Concubine Shu, where is she now?"

"Your Majesty, she has been locked up in the bedroom. I will take you there right away." Lai Fu did not bother to wipe his tears. Hearing this, he hurriedly got up from the ground and walked in front to lead the way for Xiao Heng. His back was almost bent in the dust, and his face was crisscrossed with tear marks, looking very embarrassed.

"Closed?" Xiao Heng did not miss his words. He quickened his pace and followed Lai Fu to Concubine Shu's bedroom. As expected, he saw from a distance two servants similar to the ones in front of the main gate guarding the bedroom door. The palace maids and eunuchs who had been there before all hung their heads as if nothing happened.

Xiao Heng pointed at the two maids and asked, "Where did those people come from? The clothes they are wearing are not from the palace."

"Well, those were brought back by Concubine Shu from home." Lai Fu couldn't help but be a little angry when he spoke: "These old women usually work in the kitchen, but I didn't expect that they would be used like this!"

Xiao Heng darkened his expression and stepped forward quickly. When the palace maids and eunuchs saw him, they all knelt on the ground. Even the two old women who had never seen him hurriedly knelt down after seeing the reactions of the people around them.

Xiao Heng didn't even look at it, but pushed the door open. A ray of light came in, and he saw the figure at the foot of the bed at a glance.

When Concubine Shu heard the voice, she buried her head even lower, but no one spoke for a long time. She then tentatively raised her head, only to see Xiao Heng standing in front of her with his back to the light, his eyes slightly wrinkled, and the displeasure in his eyes was almost written on his face.

"Your Majesty?" Concubine Shu seemed unaware that her voice was trembling. She stretched out her hand and carefully touched the hem of her clothes hanging on the side of the bed. After a long time of testing, she realized that this was not a dream. She did not care about being subtle and gentle, and threw herself into his arms and sobbed, as if she wanted to cry out all the grievances she had suffered in the past few days.

Xiao Heng did not avoid her, even though the woman in front of him had disheveled hair and no trace of Shufei's former exquisite makeup, but he could truly feel the person in his arms' dependence on him, and the slightly trembling body aroused his deep desire to protect her.

"Shufei, have you been wronged?" Xiao Heng looked around the room. There was no charcoal burning in the room, and the doors and windows were closed tightly, not letting in any sunlight. The scene he saw when he entered the room just now deeply hurt his heart. His woman had actually been treated so harshly, not to mention in his own palace.

"Tell me what's going on, and I'll take care of it for you!"

"Your Majesty!" Upon hearing this, Concubine Shu cried even more passionately. Xiao Heng looked at the tear-stained little face and became even angrier. He shouted to the outside in a bad tone, "Xiao Xizi, where have you been?"

"Your servant is here!" Xiao Xizi patted his slightly red right hand. He had just dealt with the two old dogs blocking the way at the door and was in a good mood. But he suddenly heard Xiao Heng's roar and ran in without delay. As soon as he entered the door, he saw the two of them hugging each other. He immediately lowered his head and looked at his nose, not daring to speak.

"Send someone to arrest those servants who are bullying their master!" Xiao Heng was still not satisfied after saying this, and continued, "As for the other servants, arrest them one by one and punish them!"

"I don't believe that there are so many palace maids and eunuchs in such a huge palace that they can't even do anything to two servants!"

"What's the point of keeping a bunch of traitorous dogs? Beat them all to death!"

"Your Majesty, don't!" Upon hearing this, Concubine Shu hurriedly grabbed Xiao Heng's sleeve, raised her head and looked straight at him with a pair of tearful eyes, her eyes were full of grievance and attachment, "The New Year is coming soon, it is not appropriate to see blood in the palace, Your Majesty, please don't ruin the feng shui for me."

"Do you want me to let them off so easily?" Xiao Heng said angrily, while reaching out to wipe away the tears from her eyes. "I will ask for your advice and I will give justice to you, my beloved concubine."

"I know that Your Majesty still has me in his heart." Concubine Shu acted like a little girl. Xiao Heng suddenly realized that he had ignored her for a long time and felt even more guilty.

"I brought the imperial meal to share with my beloved concubine." Xiao Heng saw that she could no longer be angry, and gently comforted her: "Don't cry, come and eat something with me."

"Don't worry, my beloved concubine. With me by your side, you will never be bullied again!"

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