My eunuch An is a yandere

"Alright, I've granted you the grace to support my concubine. Now let's settle the score for favoring my concubine over my wife."

Shen Gaoyi and the group of people who came to join in the fun were a little overwhelmed.

"The Queen Mother has already agreed to this matter by granting grace, so why is there still a need to settle accounts?"

Bai Ningwei laughed sarcastically.

"You used the Holy Ancestor's jade pendant to force me to break the rules I set, and I have already complied with your wishes. However, grace is grace, and the law is not just for show; the two are not in conflict."

"Zhao Fan has been married for less than three years, but he insists on taking a concubine. According to the law, he shall be caned with twenty sticks and fined one hundred taels of silver. The concubine shall also be caned with twenty sticks and imprisoned for three months. Since this concubine is pregnant, the punishment can be postponed until she has given birth and recovered."

"However, there is no need to delay Zhao Fan's twenty strokes of the cane. Execute them now."

Li Xiaojiu immediately waved his hand and called in four eunuchs, one to escort the prisoners and one to bring the torture instruments.

Soon, crackling sounds were heard outside the Zichen Hall, along with the painful groans of Zhao Fan, whose mouth was blocked.

Shen Gaoyi and the others' faces turned pale after hearing this. They didn't expect that they wanted to outwit the empress dowager, but ended up being outwitted again.

Bai Ningwei glanced at her nails painted with red nail polish casually and said something even more infuriating.

"I was the one who reported Zhao Fan for favoring his concubine and killing his wife, so the one hundred taels belong to me."

"But the Queen Mother agreed to the concubine's appointment."

Shen Gaoyi's words were practically squeezed out from between his teeth. One hundred taels of silver was a small matter, but a slap in the face hurt. He wanted to say that she was also responsible for Zhao Fan's crime of favoring his concubine over his wife.

"Yes, it is a grace granted by me. But I am not being coerced by you. Am I forced to conduct a sting operation?"

"Look at how furious you all are. What a disgrace! Well, I'm also at fault in this matter. Fine me nine hundred taels of silver. Add this one hundred taels to the total, a thousand taels, and exchange it all for rice. Have the female city patrol set up a charity shed outside the City God Temple and give porridge to the orphans and beggars in the city. That'll be an explanation for this matter."

Bai Ningwei had already punished herself, so what else could Shen Gaoyi and the others say? They couldn't demand the Queen Mother be caned as well. Besides, it was fine for the Queen Mother to insist she was innocent. By retreating, the Queen Mother would be able to prevent these powerful ministers from finding fault.

After Shen Gaoyi and the others were forced to bow and retreat with an unwilling look on their faces, An Jiu, who had been hiding behind the screen, came out.

He placed his hands on Bai Ningwei's shoulders and kneaded them gently.

"These people really don't change their ways despite repeated warnings."

Bai Ningwei leaned back to allow Anjiu to massage her. The comfortable force made her close her eyes and smile nonchalantly.

"Let them make as much trouble as they want. The more trouble they make, the more it proves their incompetence."

Who among the ambitious will follow someone without ability? If they have confidence, they can make more trouble.

But now Bai Ningwei has mastered the rhythm of the court, and it is not easy to make her lose miserably in the field she is good at.

"But only Zhao Fan was punished, while Shen Gaoyi and his gang suffered no losses at all. It makes me angry no matter how I think about it."

"Could it be that you want me to drag them out together and have them beaten?"

The thought of a row of people lying in a row outside the Purple Palace, with their pants taken off and their bare buttocks exposed to be beaten, was surprisingly funny.

"Being beaten is the lightest punishment."

Anjiu murmured softly.

Bai Ningwei felt very comfortable during the massage. Her consciousness was already confused and her head was nodding. She could fall asleep at any time, so she didn't hear what An Jiu said.

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Zhao Fan was beaten in the palace. Because he was the son of a marquis, he could not be thrown out like ordinary palace maids after being punished. He had to be sent to the duty room to apply medicine and then be supported out.

Zhao Fan lay on a half-worn stool in the duty room, waiting for people from the Imperial Hospital to come and apply medicine on his buttocks.

The conversation between the two young eunuchs outside the duty room came in one after another.

"I have never seen such a stupid person. The jade pendant of the Holy Ancestor Emperor was exchanged for no grace, but for a concubine."

"Who says it's not? I heard that the Zhao Hou is already the last generation. Instead of asking for a title and official position, he asks for a concubine. What do you think the Zhao Hou is thinking?"

"Who knows? But I heard that in the Zhaohou Mansion, there has been no capable person for several generations."

"After twenty strokes of the cane this time, I don't know if she'll still be alive. I guess that concubine is a fairy, otherwise how could she fight so hard?"

Zhao Fan was sweating all over, enduring the burning pain in his buttocks and back, and had to listen to the eunuch's ridicule.

He regretted listening to Shen Gaoyi and taking out the family heirloom, which resulted in his current outcome.

Originally, this jade pendant was kept by my father, waiting for the day when he passed away, so that he could continue the title for another generation by selling his misery and using the jade pendant.

But Shen Gaoyi said that as long as he did as he said, he would arrange a position for him in the Ministry of Revenue.

Between a position with real power and a title that was just an empty honor, he chose to cooperate with Shen Gaoyi.

But the ending was different from what was agreed. He was stripped of his pants and beaten outside the Purple Palace, and was brought to shame in the palace. It was unknown whether Shen Gaoyi would still give him the position he had agreed to, and what position he would give him.

Whether he can survive is still unknown.

When Zhao Fan finally returned home, the people from Yanwuwei were already waiting for him.

Zhao Fan's weight was on the servant, his face pale and he couldn't breathe. He could only ask with a weak breath.

"I wonder what can I do for you, sir?"

"You're here to collect the fine. You were fined in the palace, so this fine is to be paid to the Queen Mother. Mr. Zhao, don't delay and pay the money quickly so we can leave soon. I heard that Lord Shen has booked the Zuixian Tower, and a few of us are planning to go there for a few drinks."

Shen Gaoyi had booked a private room at Zuixianlou, but the truth was not important. What mattered was that Zhao Fan couldn't stand what he heard.

In a daze, Zhao Fan felt a suffocating pain in his chest. He had been beaten so badly, and even lost his family jade pendant. And Shen Gaoyi was actually throwing a banquet to celebrate. This was too much! This was too much!

Zhao Fan spat out a mouthful of blood and passed out immediately.

The Zhaohou Mansion could no longer afford a doctor, so they went to the street to invite a doctor. The doctor looked at the wound and shook his head.

"The trauma is not light, and coupled with the chest congestion, the patient has a high fever. It's difficult to treat. I've observed him carefully over the past three days. If the high fever subsides, everything will be fine. If it doesn't, then prepare for the funeral."

When Lord Zhao heard this, his beard trembled with anger. His son was fine before entering the palace, but now he was ready to prepare for his death.

"Shen Gaoyi, you hurt me!"

Yan Wuwei, who had been watching the fun from the sidelines and had not left, started to make sarcastic remarks at this time.

"My Lord, you are a kind person who is being bullied. If I were you, I would definitely find a way to retaliate. Even if I can't pay back with my life, I would at least make the other party lose face."

"That's right. This is still a marquis's mansion. Shen Gaoyi, relying on his position as a minister of state, simply doesn't take the descendants of founding heroes seriously."

Lord Zhao's heart, already darkened by his son's fate, began to harbor murderous intent.