All the concubines in the harem are time travelers

Bu Ji recalled what happened last night. She was not lying on this bed to sleep.

He sat up with a somersault, as if his buttocks were on fire, and climbed down from the bed using his hands and feet, put his bare feet on his shoes, and asked while holding Li'er's hand.

"What about the emperor?"

"The Emperor is about to leave the court, and I came here to tell you what happened in the court this morning."

"Imperial Censor Bu is arguing with the Emperor again. There is a precedent for emperors of all dynasties to go to the south of the Yangtze River in July. When it came to our Emperor, Imperial Censor Bu insisted on stopping him, which made the Emperor very angry."

After listening to Li'er tell him everything that happened in the morning, Bu Ji held his forehead with one hand, his face full of worry, his eyes revealing a sense of helplessness as if he had found someone he could not match.

This is really crazy. If Li Ji wants to go to Jiangnan, then let him go. Why do you have to stop him?

It is the hottest time of the year in July. If he is not allowed to go out for fun and is asked to work hard in the palace, will he be able to build a canal or a granary?

An ancient person of the most noble status, relied on her incognito visits for fun all year round, but was stopped by her father.

This time, even if she is a fairy in the harem, it will not work, let alone a noble lady.

"Li'er, let's go back to Yikun Palace quickly."

"If the emperor were to see me here after leaving court, I'm sure his hair would burst into flames with rage."

"Hide first, and then think of a solution."

Bu Ji put on her complicated palace dress and ran out holding Li'er.

The verbal dispute in the court would probably continue for a while, after all, Fukue Fukumi had not appeared in the Qianqing Palace yet.

Before the emperor left court, the eunuchs by his side had to come back first, spread out the desk and couch, and burn incense to welcome him.

Bu Ji and Li Er walked quickly to the gate of the Qianqing Palace, one after the other. Just as they were about to escape, they suddenly took a few steps back at the same time, as if they were frightened by something terrifying.

A stunningly beautiful woman stood right below the plaque, her hand on her handkerchief, looking sideways at them.

A touch of bright dark purple, with fine gold thread embroidery on the edge, clusters of blooming peonies stacked on top of each other, beaded flower-pot shoes, and a head full of gold hairpins and kingfisher feathers.

Although luxurious, it is not ugly and the matching is very particular.

After all, she also traveled through time, but she was promoted four levels in one year and became a royal concubine with a title. She must be quite capable.

Not to mention the emperor, an "ancient man" with old-fashioned vision, Bu Ji also really likes the clothes she wears.

The dark purple palace costumes of concubines do not look old-fashioned, and make people look as white and tender as snow. It conforms to the aesthetic taste of both ancient people and modern people.

Li'er leaned close to Bu Ji's ear and muttered something.

"My Lord, misfortunes never come alone."

Bu Ji patted her hand to comfort her.

"Don't be afraid, she's just a purple sister."

Purple Sister was the nickname given to Cui Lihua by the concubines. She liked to wear purple and was delicate and pretentious. I don't know if she learned it from the song.

Cui Lihua raised her hand and swept her sleeves, looking down at people, as arrogant as a dyed white swan.

"Mr. Bu, you are meeting me, and you don't want to greet me?"

Bu Ji bowed perfunctorily, and Li'er beside her was more polite than her.

"Good evening, Concubine Jia."

Cui Lihua just didn't ask her to get up, and her beautiful face showed a half-smile.

"I heard that you were serving the emperor yesterday and stayed in the Qianqing Palace this morning, so I came here to take a look."

Bu Ji squatted on the ground, maintaining a salute posture, and spoke slowly.

"I'm definitely not staying here, I'm just used to getting up late."

"Li Er and I were preparing to return to Yikun Palace, and we ran into the Imperial Concubine by chance."

In the entire harem, only Concubine Jia likes to show off and use her position to bully others at every turn.

She didn't allow anyone to get up, and no one could get up without permission.

In the past, there was a female official in this palace who had traveled through time like them. Once she was favored by the emperor, she became unruly in front of Cui Lihua and was sentenced to a lash of 10 lashes and beaten to death.

After this incident, all the concubines in the harem kept their distance from Cui Lihua, and no one dared to be careless in front of her.

It is hard to imagine that a modern person can actually say words that would sentence someone to death.

Cui Lihua's long eyelashes seemed to be covered with a layer of ice, and she lowered her eyes and looked at her and said.

"Do you know that a nobleman cannot stay overnight in the Qianqing Palace?"

Bu Ji's heart skipped a beat. In order to be able to "retire" in the palace, she had read the palace rules carefully, so of course she remembered such a thing.

Only concubines above the rank of concubine could stay overnight in the Qianqing Palace; the rest could only serve the emperor and be sent back to their own palaces by their eunuchs that night.

"It is the Emperor's will."

She was not trying to shirk responsibility. It was Li Ji who tortured her the entire night and did not wake her up in the morning, allowing her to sleep until now.

If Li'er hadn't come in to call her, she would have slept until noon.

"What does the emperor mean?"

The corners of Cui Lihua's mouth were drawn into a straight line. Even though her mouth was closed, the sound of her gnashing teeth could not be concealed at all.

Li Ji never let her stay overnight in the Qianqing Palace. Even when it was dawn, he would ask the eunuch to send her back personally.

"Then do you want to hear what the Queen Mother has to say?"

She stretched out her hand and took the token handed to her by the palace maid Qinyin. It was made of copper metal and had the three big characters "Cining Palace" engraved on it.

"Noble Bu has no regard for the law and has disrupted the palace rules. She shall be punished with forty strokes of the cane as a warning to others."

Qin Yin suddenly raised her head to look at her own queen, then quickly lowered her head and muttered softly.

"Isn't it twenty?"

Cui Lihua glanced at her, and she shut up, knowing her mistake.

The empress dowager meant to give her a slight punishment so that other concubines in the palace would not follow Bu Guiren's example to seduce the emperor and disrupt the palace rules.

Our own queen has arbitrarily added twenty lashes of the cane, which is to beat Concubine Bu to death.

Even a healthy man may not be able to endure forty strokes of the cane.

Bu Ji looked around and before he could say anything, he saw two eunuchs beside Cui Lihua coming out with a long bench and a solid wooden board four or five centimeters thick.

Li'er suddenly panicked and grabbed her arm with trembling hands.

"Master, what should we do? It's the Queen Mother's will."

If Concubine Jia acted on her own, it would be fine and they could get away with it.

But this is the Queen Mother's intention. If you contradict her, it will not be as simple as a caning, you will lose your head.

"You won't really do that, will you? We are from the same place after all."

Cui Lihua made a prompt decision and said sarcastically.

"Don't try to get close to me. People who come from the same family are useless."

The smile on Bu Ji's face disappeared, he became serious and let go of Li'er's hand.

Cui Lihua is planning to take real action.

The two eunuchs used brute force to hold down Bu Ji's arms and dragged her to the bench.

"The Queen Mother also knows that you pretended to be sick and didn't go to the Cining Palace to pay respects."

"I advise you to accept the punishment obediently. If you are punished for multiple crimes, I'm afraid the Bu family will be angry."

Bu Ji did not struggle. After thinking for a moment, he tore his sleeves into pieces with his hands, folded them up and bit them in his mouth, then lay down on the narrow chair.

Didn’t they show it in TV dramas, that the pain will go away if you bite a piece of cloth?