"Why is Concubine Gu so angry?" As Xiao Heng stepped into the gate of Jingyang Palace, he found the atmosphere heavy. When he entered the bedroom, he saw Concubine Gu sitting alone in front of the table, glaring at the wolf-hair brush in her hand angrily, and the palace maids and eunuchs standing beside her all lowered their heads and trembled with fear.

"Your Majesty?" Concubine Gu suddenly looked up and saw the person coming. She was so delighted that she didn't even care about the ink-stained brush in her hand and threw herself into Xiao Heng's arms.

"Your Majesty, you finally remembered me."

"I haven't seen you for a few days. Why are you so childish?" Xiao Heng looked down at the woman in his arms who buried her head in his chest, with a helpless smile in his eyes. He gently patted Concubine Gu's back and smiled soothingly.

Concubine Gu looked up at Xiao Heng with affection, her eyes gleaming with anticipation.

Xiao Heng gently took the brush from her hand and put it back into the pen holder, then casually pulled out a handkerchief from Li Peidong's arms and gently wiped the ink stains on her fingertips.

"Who made you angry? You didn't even notice me coming in."

"I can't even see Your Majesty on a daily basis, so how can Your Majesty care whether I have been wronged?" The voice of Concubine Shu trembled slightly, and her coquettish complaints hid deep longing and endless grievances.

"Are you blaming me, Concubine Shu? It seems that I came at the wrong time today!" Xiao Heng pretended to be angry, frowned, and swung his sleeves to leave.

"No!" Seeing that he was about to leave, Concubine Shu rushed over and grabbed his sleeve tightly, then knelt on the ground and said, "I know I was wrong. Your Majesty, please don't leave. Don't leave."

Xiao Heng turned around and looked at the woman in front of him who was tugging at his sleeves sadly. Her eyes, like pearls shedding tears, looked at him sobbingly. Her pitiful appearance of having all kinds of grievances and complaints in her heart but having to endure them secretly successfully aroused the softness in Xiao Heng's heart. He stretched out his hands to hold Concubine Gu Shu's waist, lifted her up from the ground, lowered his head and gently kissed her smooth forehead, and said softly: "I have been busy with government affairs these days, and I have neglected you. Don't be angry."

"How dare I be angry with Your Majesty?" Concubine Gu Shu softened her body and leaned softly against Xiao Heng. "Your Majesty is the ruler of a country, so naturally state affairs are more important."

Concubine Gu put on a tolerant look and said in a low voice: "I only ask Your Majesty not to forget my kindness."

"How could I forget my beloved concubine?" Xiao Heng gently pressed down on Concubine Gu's lower back and held her tightly against him. Concubine Gu felt a warmth spreading behind her head and her body softened unconsciously.

"My beloved concubine has not yet told me who made you angry, so I can teach her a lesson on her behalf."

Concubine Gu was slightly stunned when she heard this. She was angry just now because of what Su Minglang said in front of her today, which made her unhappy. However, Su Minglang was in favor right now, and anyone with a discerning eye knew that saying bad things about her in front of His Majesty at this time was like hitting a stone with an egg.

His Majesty finally came to her place once, how could she annoy him again. However, since His Majesty asked this question, I was afraid that I would not be able to fool him if I didn't explain it clearly.

Concubine Gu turned her eyes and stared at Lan Xin, who had been standing beside her with her eyes lowered. When she saw Lan Xin's swollen and embarrassed cheeks, her eyes lit up and she immediately pointed at Lan Xin and said to Xiao Heng, "Your Majesty, look at this!"

Concubine Gu pulled Lan Xin in front of her. Before Lan Xin could react, she was sent in front of the emperor. She raised her head slightly and met Xiao Heng's gaze. Her heart trembled and her legs softened and she knelt down.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I pay my respects to Your Majesty. May Your Majesty be blessed with good health."

"Your Majesty, look!" Concubine Gu pointed at Lan Xin's face with an angry look and said, "A first-class palace maid under my command was beaten like this, and it was hurt randomly without any reason!"

"Hmm?" Xiao Heng casually glanced at the palace maid kneeling in front of him. The palace maid's right cheek was arched high and swollen. "How did she get hurt like this? Who did this to her?"

"Your servant, your servant..." Lan Xin was shaking with nervousness as she looked at the Emperor who was so close to her, unable to utter a complete sentence.

"It's Concubine Xian!" Concubine Gu couldn't bear to see her being so shy, so she spoke out before her.

"Xian Zhaorong?" Xiao Heng tried hard to find the appearance of this Xian Zhaorong in the depths of his mind, "Li Peidong! Go, call her over!"

"Yes!" Eunuch Li responded softly, then turned and walked out of the bedroom, actually going to get the person himself.

"Wanwan, can I help you vent your anger today?" Xiao Heng gently soothed Concubine Gu's shoulders and pressed her down on her seat.

"If Your Majesty is willing to look at me a few more times, I will be willing to do so even if I have to endure all the grievances."

Concubine Gu's eyes were filled with deep love when she looked at Xiao Heng. Xiao Heng looked back with a gentle smile on his face.

But his eyes were calm.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Xian has arrived." Li Peidong sent Concubine Xian to the palace and then stood aside.

Xian Zhaorong looked at Xiao Heng with trepidation, until she saw Lan Xin kneeling beside him, then she suddenly realized.

"Your Majesty, I greet you."

"Ha!" Xiao Heng sneered upon hearing this, "I didn't know that Concubine Xian had such a bad temper!"

Xian Zhaorong trembled when she heard this, and she started crying when she spoke again: "Your Majesty, calm down! I, I was really confused for a moment. I just saw that this maidservant didn't know how to behave, so I gave her a small punishment. I really didn't mean to offend the Empress Shufei!"

"Sister Xian, what are you talking about? Did we slander you?"

Concubine Gu turned around and knelt in front of Xiao Heng, looking at the emperor hesitantly: "Your Majesty, you also know that Lan Xin was brought here by me from home. Even though she is a servant, I love her like my sister. I admit that I have spoiled her a little bit. Now this servant is blind and has offended Sister Xian. It is right for Sister Xian to teach her a lesson!"

"It's just, it's just..." Concubine Gu touched Lan Xin's swollen cheek with a look of pity, her eyes were filled with uncontrollable pity, "It's just pitiful Lan Xin, if she hadn't followed me into the palace, how could she have suffered such humiliation."

"I understand," Xiao Heng helped Concubine Gu up with pity, turned around and looked at Xian Zhaorong coldly, "Even if a servant offended you, you are a Zhaorong and the master of a palace, can't you be so tolerant!"

"As a noble concubine, you beat and humiliate the servants at will. If this gets out, I, the emperor, will lose all my face!"

"Your Majesty!" Xian Zhaorong was completely panicked, "Your Majesty! I really didn't know that she was Concubine Shu's person, Your Majesty! I, I just..."

"That's enough!" Xiao Heng slammed the table and stared at her coldly, "Xian Zhaorong is not virtuous, and is not fit for a high position. She is unworthy of the position. She will be demoted to a concubine immediately and confined to her house for seven days to reflect on her mistakes."

"If it happens again, I will never let you off easily!"

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