The queen is sober in the world, and she is winning every step of the palace fight.

There are light calluses on his fingertips.

Practiced archery and horse riding.

Rubbing it on the girl's fair skin, the touch is delicate and makes people linger.

Fei Wan lay there weakly, thinking that when the clouds were heavy and the rain was pouring down, the emperor had tried very hard and didn't seem to care about her injuries.

I only remembered to ask after the matter was over.

Belated concern is cheaper than grass.

Who cares?

He responded weakly:

"Your Majesty, this is just a minor injury of mine, not worth your concern. With the sweet soup you gave me, any injury can be cured."

Xiao Yu laughed when he heard this: "No matter how much you take in bird's nest soup, it's not medicine, how can it heal injuries?"

"What your majesty has bestowed will naturally be cured."

The girl's voice was full of fatigue, but very respectful.

The tone was also very serious.

Xiao Yu couldn't help but think of what happened before.

When she was praying secretly under the Buddha statue alone, she said something like "I will always miss you and we will meet again."

She sounded more serious then.

"Who are your three wishes for?"

Fei Wan sat up in panic.

"Your Majesty...did you hear everything?"

Xiao Yu looked at her quietly.

"Your Majesty, I...I deserve to die!" Fei Wan knelt on the ground, her voice trembling.

Xiao Yu didn't say anything.

Her body fascinated him somewhat.

But the more this happened, the more he couldn't tolerate the fact that she still had a lover in her heart.

But Fei Wan apologized in a trembling voice:

"As a lowly servant, I shouldn't covet your Majesty's valuable body...

Being able to sleep with you is a blessing that this servant has cultivated for a thousand lifetimes, but this servant actually...

I shamelessly fantasize that Your Majesty has feelings for me. I am overstepping my bounds and don't recognize my own identity!

This slave girl will accept the punishment!"

She sat up straight on her knees and raised her hand to slap herself.

This was the punishment of slapping the face that palace maids who made mistakes often received.

Xiao Yu stretched out his arms.

He grasped her slender wrist.

"What's wrong with you?"

He never expected it.

The wish she made was about him.

A palace maid, after only serving the emperor in bed once or twice, wanted to be like a swallow on the beam, seeing him every year.

Really bold.

It's really an act of usurpation.

But it is really touching.

Moreover, she herself knew that she was too humble to fulfill her wish, so she quickly changed her three wishes into one.

I hope the flood in the south of the Yangtze River can be cured soon, and I hope he has nothing to worry about.

And perform Nuo dance to honor the gods.

Or about his prayers.

Your sincerity is commendable.

"Your Majesty...will you not punish this servant?"

The girl's eyes were filled with mist and she asked in panic.

"Naturally incurable."

He stroked the left side of her face where she had been slapped.

Move gently.

The girl quickly turned her head away, her eyes flickering and her expression stiff.

Xiao Yu narrowed his eyes: "Move the lamp."

"His Majesty……"

Fei Wan looked at his expression.

Finally, reluctantly, covering her face, she went over there and got the glass cup left by Cao Bin.

Xiao Yu pushed away her hands that were covering her face and looked closely at the light.

Both her cheeks were clearly swollen.

I applied a thin layer of powder to cover the bruises so they weren't noticeable at night.

This wasn't an injury that could be caused by a slap just now.

"Who told you to slap me?"

Fei Wan lowered her head and said nothing.

After a long while, under the pressure of the emperor's silent gaze, she timidly answered: "It was Yuncui, a fellow palace member. The Empress has already punished her..."

"Where else did you hit?"

"No, no more..."

Fei Wan hesitated, clearly hiding something.

Xiao Yu concentrated on recalling.

When the Queen sent someone to deliver the list of ladies attending the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, she mentioned in passing that a palace maid in Chunxi Palace had an epileptic seizure and accidentally injured the maid who was being conceived as a baby.

Ask him what to do.

Should the medicine and treatment be given according to the standards for low-ranking concubines, or according to the standards for palace maids?

After all, her status was different from that of ordinary palace maids. After she had served in the emperor's bedchamber, the empress did not dare to take over her affairs.

You even ask him about such a trivial matter.

At that time, he was busy reading several memorials on flood control and disaster relief in the south of the Yangtze River. He didn't bother to care about the queen's little thoughts and directly ordered someone to send a bowl of imperial soup to Chunxi Palace.

Now it seems that he was hit hard.

If I had known her face was swollen, I should have asked the imperial physician to send her some good medicine to reduce the swelling.

"What about other injuries on your body?"

"Your Majesty, it doesn't matter where I'm injured..."

"Show me!"

Fei Wan lowered her head.

She was forced to untie the bulky dance sleeves tied at her elbows and knees.

The red cloth fell to the ground, revealing white skin.

Large and small purple bruises on the skin were all visible in front of the light.

Xiao Yu frowned.

Anger gathered in his eyes.

"He's injured so badly."

Looking more closely, there were several marks on her arms and thighs, especially the two bluish-gray spots on her knees, which were clearly injuries from being forced to kneel for a long time.

"She hit you and punished you, and no one stopped her?"

Fei Wan hurriedly pulled up the palace skirt scattered beside her and barely covered her body.

She whispered timidly, "It's none of anyone else's business. Your Majesty, please don't vent your anger on me. Yun Cui is a maid in charge, and no one dares to stop her."

"Where is your master?"

"The Empress was in Fengyi Palace at the time. Your Majesty, you can't blame her! It was all my fault that I upset Sister Yuncui..."

"She's unhappy, not crazy?"

Fei Wan was stunned when she heard this.

Confused, she asked, "Your Majesty, why do you ask this? She's not insane, she just has a bad temper. It's all because I'm too stupid to please her."

Xiao Yu's eyes darkened.

The Queen is trying to smooth things over again.

No wonder he sent someone to report to him.

It turns out that this matter is indeed outrageous.

Concubine Chun didn't even know how to protect the person who had served him, and let a palace maid beat him!

Is it because she is also a palace maid?

"Cao Bin."

"The slave is here!"

Cao Bin hurried into the room upon hearing the summons, bowed his head, and saluted, "Your Majesty, would you like to take a bath?"

While the emperor was doing his business in the Buddhist temple, he quietly called people and told them that all the necessary preparations for washing and bathing were ready and they were waiting outside the courtyard.

Xiao Yu said, "Tomorrow, I will issue an order to all six palaces to confer the title of Seventh Rank Lady on Chunxi Palace's maid Fei Wan, and bestow the title of 'Ying' on her."

Cao Bin was shocked.

According to the rules, the palace maids were promoted from the ninth rank.

This directly skipped two levels and was promoted to the seventh rank. Does he even have a title?

Many high-ranking concubines never even got a title!

"Your Majesty, no, please take back your order!"

The first one to disagree was Fei Wan himself.

She hurriedly put on her palace skirt to hide her beauty that would be revealed if she moved at all.

He knelt down and bowed his head, begging urgently.

"Your Majesty, I served the Imperial Concubine only to help her bear children. How could a lowly person like me be granted a title?

Besides, I promised the Empress that once I gave birth to the child, I would leave the palace immediately, find a remote mountain place to live, and never set foot in the capital again.

If you confer a title upon me, I shall be breaking my oath and betraying my master!

I will never obey your command even if I die!"

Xiao Yu frowned even deeper.

Concubine Chun, you actually want to send this maid away far away and not even let her enter the capital?

I'm just a servant, yet I'm so cautious.

In this matter, she is not "innocent and kind".

"Why, she is your master, and I am not?"

Fei Wan kowtowed repeatedly.

"I dare not, Your Majesty is of course the master, and the greatest master in the world.

But...but because of this, I absolutely dare not expect too much.

Please, Your Majesty, revoke your order!"

She thudded her head to the ground.

The forehead quickly became red and swollen.

Xiao Yu's face darkened slightly.

"Since you don't want to, I won't force you!"

Cao Bin beside him secretly clicked his tongue.

Others are so happy when they are promoted, but this servant doesn't know how to appreciate it.

Fei Wan was disdainful in her heart.

Seventh rank lady?

It's just a low-level position!

If she can't make a big splash, how can she compete with Yu Tingjin?

"Your Majesty, I sneaked out and dared not delay for too long. I will take my leave!"

She knelt and backed away.

"Who allowed you to leave?"

The emperor said in a deep voice.

Cao Bin quickly knelt down and shrank back.

He could tell that his master was really angry.