In the wing room of the side hall of Qixiang Palace, Caiju sat in the main seat, sipping tea leisurely.

The one kneeling below was Luo Cainu.

When His Majesty personally visited Qixiang Palace before, Concubine Xian had Luo Cainu sent away, but the punishment still had to continue.

But my room is not as spacious and comfortable as the main hall of Qixiang Palace.

It was past noon, and the hottest day of the day had just begun.

There was no ice in Luo Cainu's portion, and the whole room was like a small steamer.

Even with the door open, it wasn't much cooler.

Not to mention that she was wearing thick palace clothes, which made the situation even worse.

The constant flow of sweat soaked her inner clothes, which stuck to her body and was quite uncomfortable.

Luo Cainu felt as if half a lifetime had passed. The pain in her knees had turned into numbness and itching, and now she had no feeling at all.

It was as if her knees were no longer hers.

She was staggering and about to fall down when she heard Caiju say calmly, "Luo Cainu, you have to think it over carefully.

You are not as lucky as Cui Cainu, who has the favor of His Majesty.

If you faint now, no doctor will come to treat you."

Luo Cainu's body finally held up.

I don’t know how long it took, but a little palace maid walked in from outside the courtyard and came to Caiju’s side.

In a voice that only the two of them could hear, she said, "Sister Caiju, the queen is having a tantrum in the inner hall. Sister Caixin can't persuade her alone, so please go over there quickly!"

"What about here?"

"I'll be watching over you here, don't worry!"

Cai Ju didn't think much about it, she stood up and said, "The Queen said that Luo Cainu must kneel for three hours.

You've only been kneeling for an hour, and you're already standing here staring at her.

When you have kneeled enough, you can stand up! "

The little palace maid nodded in agreement, and Caiju left with satisfaction.

She walked Caiju out of the side hall before she put away the flattery on her face and hurried back.

The two palace maids who served Luo Cainü had gone somewhere to take a break, while Cui Cainü was still recuperating in the main hall.

In the entire courtyard, there were only Luo Cainu and the little palace maid.

The others won’t be back for a while.

The young palace maid closed the door and helped Luo Cainu up from the ground: "Luo Cainu, let me help you lie down on the bed!"

"But... there are still two hours."

"It doesn't matter, Sister Caiju won't come over again.

As long as you stay in your room, no one will know."

The young palace maid helped Luo Cainu up, but her legs were like noodles at this moment - she had no strength at all and kept shaking.

The little palace maid almost dragged her onto the bed.

When I looked up, I saw that Luo Cainu's face was abnormally flushed, her lips were unusually pale, and a string of tears were sliding down from the corners of her eyes.

"I thought that entering the palace to serve the emperor was better than being sent by my father to the prefect who looked like a pig. Who would have thought..."

The young palace maid took out a wet handkerchief and wiped her face: "Luo Cainu, you dare to say such foolish words, aren't you afraid that His Majesty will punish you?"

Luo Cainu's eyes became extremely fierce, and she glared at the little palace maid: "I wish the emperor would kill my entire Luo family!"

She entered the palace unexpectedly, so her cousin had to compensate the Luo family.

But why?

Why should they enjoy the benefits of their sacrifices?

The young palace maid knew that Luo Cainu was getting stuck in a dead end and nothing she said would change her mind.

He reached out silently and tried to untie Luo Cainu's clothes.

"What are you doing!" Luo Cainv clutched her collar and belt tightly, looking in disbelief at the palace maid in front of her who was about the same age as her.

The little palace maid twitched her lips and said, "It's a bit stuffy in the room, and we can't open the doors and windows, so we can only wear less.

What do you think I'm going to do?

As he spoke, he took out a steamed bun from under his clothes and handed it to Luo Cainu: "Eat it. There are people all the way. I can't bring anything else in."

When Luo Cainu smelled the fragrance of the steamed buns, her stomach suddenly felt a pain from hunger.

He grabbed the bun and stuffed it into his mouth, then asked vaguely, "Why are you helping me like this?"

"Princess Zhennan asked me to take care of you."

Luo Cainu was stunned for a moment, but soon accepted the reality: "Did my cousin find out the truth? Why did it become like this?"

"Your Majesty's people are investigating this matter now. They have traced it back to a eunuch, but the eunuch refused to admit it. The situation is currently at a stalemate.

This is also good for you. It would be bad if our people were caught.

He will definitely not be able to withstand the torture of the Ministry of Punishment and will confess directly."

Lu Jiao was eating happily, it would be better if she couldn't bear it.

I don’t know whether the commander-in-chief is capable enough to find the eunuch arranged by Xiao Xu.

If she can't find it, she can help.

However, the palace maid beside Luo Cainu will not be exposed for the time being.

At the moment, Luo Cainu hated Xiao Xu and the Luo family to the core.

Leaving her with Luo Cainu might produce unexpected results.

Lu Jiao marked her body, and everyone she came into contact with would be recorded.

At that time, the list will be handed over to Yan Yuanhao, allowing him to identify which people have been bribed by the Zhennan Palace.

There is no need to eliminate them all. Letting these visible agents continue to exist can, on the one hand, make use of them to pass messages to confuse Prince Zhennan; on the other hand, it can also prevent Prince Zhennan's palace from planting other spies into the palace.

In the main hall of Qixiang Palace, the emperor had already left, and the concubines also left when they saw that the situation was not right.

Before, the judge gave Concubine Xian acupuncture, and the silver needle had to stay on her head for half an hour, so Concubine Xian fell into a gorgeous sleep.

Even the imperial physician's removal of the needles failed to wake her up.

When she woke up naturally, the sky outside had fallen.

As soon as Caiju reached the front of the main hall, she heard the sound of porcelain falling to the ground.

So crisp!

There was also the voice of Concubine Xian scolding: "Take it away! I don't want to drink it!" Then another porcelain bowl fell to the ground.

Caiju hurried into the hall and was immediately furious when she saw the palace maids all "shrinking their necks like quails".

"You are all dead! Why don't you go over and stop the queen?"

Caiju walked into the inner hall and was met with a pair of red eyes.

"Miss Caiju is so arrogant. What's the matter? Seeing that I have lost my position, are you planning to climb up the social ladder?"

Caiju sighed, knowing that she was too impatient and could only persuade him patiently.

"My Lady, I followed you into the palace. Who can I get close to if you lose your power?"

"Shunpin... No, now I call you Empress Shunfei."

Seeing the empress so disheartened, Caiju felt indescribably sad.

She could see that His Majesty was cold-hearted and did not favor anyone in the harem, but it was a pity that the Queen had always had illusions.

Seeing that the palace maids had already cleaned up the broken porcelain pieces on the ground, she hurriedly drove everyone out, leaving only her, Concubine Xian and Cai Xin in the hall.

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