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

Yu Sujin was driven away from the emperor's presence and felt greatly humiliated.

She deeply hated Concubine Xian for setting a trap for her, and also blamed Fei Wan for not wanting to help her.

If Fei Wan was willing to help her, why would she take the risk to ask for help from Concubine Xian, and then be harmed by Concubine Xian?

When she returned to her residence, she did not dare let anyone know that she had been driven away by the emperor, and just treated people with a smile as usual.

There were two concubines of lower rank living in the same palace. When they heard that she had gone to the emperor's presence, they thought she would serve him in bed tonight. However, she came back soon, so they asked curiously.

Yu Sujin forced a smile and said shyly, "What are you two sisters thinking about? His Majesty is ill, how could... I was just worried about His Majesty, so I went to visit him."

"You can go just because you are worried. You are indeed worthy of being Zhao Guipin's sister. You are benefiting from Zhao Guipin. Even if we are worried to death, we can't go." said a concubine.

Yu Sujin smiled awkwardly.

"Hey, sister, how are you wearing..." another one asked curiously.

Yu Sujin hurriedly explained: "I accidentally got my skirt wet, so I borrowed another one to change into."

"Why does it look like the same color as the palace maids' attire at Changle Palace? The clothes worn by the maids of the Consort Xian are different from those of other palace maids. The cuffs and lapels of the clothes are embroidered with gold thread."

"Oh, I was in Changle Palace at the time, and I borrowed the clothes from the palace maids there."

The two concubines praised her, saying that not only did she have Concubine Zhao to rely on, but she could also interact with Concubine Xian.

"When your sister rises higher and higher and becomes as enviable as your sister, don't forget us."

Yu Sujin could only perfunctorily say, "Of course I can't forget my two sisters."

After finally sending the two away, Yu Sujin returned to the inner room, dismissed everyone, and cried on the pillow.

Others only saw her as if she was triumphant in everything, but who knew that both Concubine Zhao and Concubine Xian were targeting her and never gave her any help at all!

While she was crying, someone from Changle Palace came and called her over.

Yu Sujin wiped away her tears with difficulty, changed her clothes, put on a thin layer of powder to cover up the traces of tears, and went to Changle Palace with a heart full of grief and indignation.

Prepare to expose the trap set by Concubine Xian and confront her face to face.

Unexpectedly, he didn't even see the virtuous concubine, but was punished to kneel outside the palace gate.

"Why! What have I done wrong? Why do you want me to kneel?" She shouted loudly towards the door.

Refusing to kneel.

So she was pressed to the ground by two palace maids and forced to kneel.

"Selectwoman Yu, please be quiet. It's late at night, and the Empress has already gone to bed. If you wake her, you will be committing a more serious crime of disrespecting a superior and committing treason. You will not be punished by kneeling. If you don't want to kneel, that's fine. Just stand up."

A eunuch holding a stick as thick as his arm and half a person's height stood by and supervised with a sinister look.

Yu Sujin shuddered when she met his gaze.

She immediately realized that if she dared to stand up, the other party would definitely swing the stick at her and force her to kneel down again.

"Your Majesty...what did I do wrong? Even if you punish me, please let me know why!"

She had no choice but to shout towards the door again.

He was immediately slapped hard in the face.

"Since Her Majesty has been managing the harem, she has always been clear about rewards and punishments, and no one in the palace has disobeyed her. Are you questioning Her Majesty's ability by making such a loud noise? Do you want to come before the Emperor and ask His Majesty to remove Her Majesty and take charge of the harem instead?"

"I didn't mean that. I just wanted to..."

Snapped!

The maidservant slapped her again before she could finish.

"How can you hit someone so casually..."

Snapped!

Another slap.

Every time Yu Sujin argued, she was hit.

After being hit seven or eight times, he finally behaved himself, knowing that this was not the place to reason.

My face was burning.

She knelt on the ground, and her knees became numb from the pain in a moment.

It felt like many ants were biting my legs, or like being pricked by needles. The pain and swelling were unbearable, but I couldn't help but endure it.

She had never suffered such humiliation since she was born.

Virtuous Concubine!

She hated it.

Cut off her chance to serve the emperor, make him dislike her, and then torture her...

The virtuous concubine launched a series of attacks to completely crush her to death.

The heavy palace gate was completely closed, and only the supervising eunuchs and palace maids were left around.

She knelt all night.

They supervised it all night.

"Who can help me……"

At first, she hated Concubine Xian deeply and blamed Fei Wan as well.

Later, she knelt until her whole body became stiff, her mind went blank, and she felt that she might die from kneeling like this.

Auntie, where are you? I'm so tired and cold...

I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die…

I want to go home...

Someone come save me, save me...

"Hey, Miss Yu, why are you kneeling here? What's going on?"

Suddenly someone pulled me up.

Yu Sujin looked at the person in front of her with a dull gaze. It took her a long time to recognize who the other person was.

"help me……"

Her body relaxed and she fainted in Xiangyi's arms.

*

"Sister, you're finally awake. You were unconscious for the entire day. I was really worried."

When I opened my eyes again, the room was brightly lit by candlelight, and in front of me was Fei Wan's concerned face.

Yu Sujin felt a sharp pain in her knees, and she felt completely powerless. She opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, tears started flowing.

"The imperial physician examined you. Your knee is swollen from kneeling. It's been bandaged and applied with medicine. You need to take care of it. He also prescribed you some liver-soothing and heat-dissipating medicine. It's already been brewed. Take it now."

Fei Wan helped her up personally, brought her medicine and fed her with gentle movements.

After feeding her the medicine, he took out some malt sugar and put it in her mouth to relieve her bitterness.

Yu Sujin's tears never stopped.

Holding the candy in her mouth and calling out "big sister", her tears flowed even more violently.

"Don't cry, you'll hurt your eyes and look ugly." Fei Wan smiled and comforted her, telling her, "Just stay with me and take care of Concubine Xian, I'll take care of her."

"Ah."

Yu Sujin agreed, but she was really out of energy and lay back on the pillow.

When she was comatose, her dreams were filled with the emperor's angry face, the virtuous concubine's fake smile, and the sarcastic words of the concubines in the palace.

Overnight, she experienced the cruelty of the palace!

Although Fei Wan was unwilling to help her serve the emperor, it was still Fei Wan who saved her at the critical moment.

She completely discarded her previous naive competitive thoughts and resentment towards Fei Wan.

For the first time, I felt that this palace was terrifying, like a man-eating beast. It was also the first time I felt that I had to rely on this new "elder sister".

"Your Majesty, Consort Yu has suffered a major setback this time. Once her leg heals, she can be used, right?"

After leaving the side hall where Yu Sujin was recuperating and returning to the main hall, Xiang Yi asked quietly.

Fei Wan had already received the news that Yu Sujin was driven away from the imperial presence and Yu Ruyi was sent back last night.

Then he smiled and said, "It can be used, but it's not very useful yet."

The dependence in Yu Sujin's eyes just now was genuine, and Fei Wan judged that she had changed her mind. However, it still needed to be sharpened before this knife could be considered a good one.

As she was speaking, Xiao Hui came in and reported, "Your Majesty, Jin Shou, the steward from the kitchen, is here."

Fei Wan immediately put aside the little matter of Yu Sujin.

"pass!"

Since Jin Shou dared to come in person, he must have made some progress in investigating the drugging of Zhishu!