There were twenty-two servants in Qixiang Palace, and only the lowly servants who did odd jobs escaped.

The emperor meant to let everyone, from top to bottom, watch. This was the consequence of allowing his subordinates to murder the royal heir.

Jinzhong glanced sideways at the inner hall, his expression hidden under the brim of his hat was ambiguous.

He looked around the courtyard, observing the slightly frightened and panicked expressions on the faces of the palace servants around him, and a look of slight regret appeared on his face.

Jinzhong pretended to be happy, but he was extremely happy inside.

This was not the first time he had bullied others by taking advantage of his power. He always found it very amusing. He was just giving people a taste of their own medicine, and he was very good at it.

"Beat her! Give her a good beating, let everyone see. This is the fate of not serving the master properly. Who made you unlucky? Li Xin has been thrown into the mass grave. Remember this beating today, so that there won't be another Li Xin."

As soon as he finished speaking, the eunuchs started beating him with their sticks, and screams rang out in the courtyard.

The palace gates were wide open, and screams echoed throughout the Forbidden City.

Jinzhong sat at the top, watching those who had bullied Yanwan in the past begging for mercy in front of him one by one, and he felt extremely happy in his heart. This was not the end yet. He wanted to get back five years, a full five years of torture.

He swore that no one could bully his Yan Wan, no one.

When everyone was lying on the ground covered in blood, Jinzhong dusted off the non-existent dust on his python robe, put the teacup in his hand back on the table, stood up and walked towards the inner hall.

No one dared to look at his expression. The slightly raised feathers behind his hat showed his joy at the moment.

Jin Yuyan sat on the bed, covering her ears with her hands. The screams almost drove her crazy.

Her face was pale, devoid of the charming charm she once possessed. It had only been one night, but her haggard appearance made her look as if she had wasted years.

The execution was over, but she still felt the screams echoing in her mind.

"This servant pays his respects to the Imperial Concubine Jia. Your Majesty, the Emperor has sent me a message. You must remember today's lesson well. Don't let anyone around you lose their life for you like Li Xin did. From today on, there will only be two maids left in Qixiang Palace. You must take care of yourself."

Jinzhong bowed slightly and gave a perfunctory greeting through the thick curtains.

Seeing the person coming, Jin Yuyan suppressed her fear, sat upright, and tried to maintain a majestic appearance. She angrily shouted at the blurry figure standing upright through the curtain; "You dog slave, I have lost my power one day, and even you dare to mock me. Where is the emperor? I want to see him. I am the mother of the fourth prince. The emperor cannot treat me like this..."

"I dare not. This is the Emperor's order. Concubine Mei has lost her pregnancy. The Emperor is accompanying her right now and has no time to come and see her. Now that the message has been passed on, I have to hurry back to serve the Emperor. I will take my leave first."

Jinzhong raised the corner of his mouth slightly and smiled playfully. His eyes swept across the emerald green ring on his fingertips, and then across Jin Yuyan's withered face.

It's rare that the once high and mighty Concubine Jia, who was so beautiful in the harem, has ended up in such a situation.

In the past, she was the one who bullied others, and now it’s her turn to experience what it feels like to be bullied.

Jinzhong was in a good mood. He ignored her calls and walked out of Qixiang Palace without looking back.

"You little dog slave! Come back here! I want to see the Emperor! Your Majesty...you can't treat me like this..."

"Come back soon! You're just a coward... wait and see how I'll deal with you when I get out!"

No matter how she shouted, Qixiang Palace was now empty.

In the past, she had Zhenshu who came with her from the Yu family, and Lixin who served her since she came from the Qiandi Palace. Now, there was no one by her side, and everyone in the palace was in a panic, fearing that they would not be able to follow a good master and would be implicated like the people in Qixiang Palace.

The master is the master. If something goes wrong, the first one to suffer is the servants around him. Who made him unlucky? He was not born in a wealthy family and didn't marry a good master.

Survival of the fittest. The struggle in the deep palace is no different from the fight between wild beasts in the forest.

"Chunchan, what's going on outside? Why is there so much noise?"

Qixiang Palace and Yongshou Palace are close to each other, and Yan Wan was awakened by the noise early in the morning. She yawned lightly and got up to wash up casually.

"It was Eunuch Jinzhong who led his men to deal with the people from Qixiang Palace. They opened the door and started beating people in front of the courtyard. People passing by were watching. It was very scary."

After twenty strokes of the cane, the skin and flesh were torn apart, and the execution stick was probably stained with blood.

Chunchan sighed, but there was a look of satisfaction on her face.

She had witnessed the five years her master had spent in Qixiang Palace, and giving them twenty lashes of the board was already a light punishment.

A dog that relies on the power of others will not have to suffer the pain of twenty strokes of the cane if someone helps his master in the past five years.

"These people are my former colleagues, Chunchan. Go ahead and arrange for the Sizhiku to assign them lighter tasks. After these twenty strokes of the cane, without proper medical treatment, they still have to do heavy work. How can this person endure it?"

Yanwan's eyes flashed slightly, and the bad idea came to her mind.

"The master is so generous. Seeing that the servants are in trouble, he still wants to help them. They should be grateful to him."

Chunchan nodded in agreement. She didn't know anything else, but seeing her master's expression, it was certain that she was up to something bad again.

As Qixiang Palace gradually became quieter, this matter came to an end. Without Jin Yuyan's domineering voice in her ears all day long, Yan Wan really felt a little uncomfortable.

Since the end of the southern tour, the emperor has been gradually getting worse.

He remembered the noble words Cao Yi said that day, and he became extremely annoyed when he thought about how the empress dowager had always hindered him and had formed cliques in the court.

Now that Qi Ru is dead, even though the empress dowager is living out her days in the Cining Palace and no longer interferes too much in his life, the emperor still can't bring himself to ask for peace.

He had just finished court that day and was feeling bored, so he left the Yangxin Palace and went to the Imperial Garden to relax. On his way, he passed by the Yongshou Palace and found that Yan Wan was about to go out.

"My concubine pays your respects to the Emperor."

Seeing that it was the emperor, Yan Wan was surprised for a moment and then bowed

"Hurry up and get up, Concubine Ling. It's so hot out here, why don't you stay in the palace? Where are you going?"

The emperor replied softly, asking Yanwan to stand up and talk. Jinzhong, who was standing by, quickly waved his hand to stop the sedan chair.

"Summer is almost here. I heard from Aunt Fujia that the Empress Dowager has been feeling unwell lately, so I've specially prepared some refreshing and cooling medicinal dishes. I'm about to go to the Cining Palace. It looks like the Emperor just finished his morning court, right? Would you like to go with me? You might as well try my cooking. Lately, when I've been paying my respects at the Cining Palace, I've always heard the Empress Dowager worry about the Emperor. She says you've been afraid of the heat since you were a child, and she wonders if the servants in the Yangxin Palace are taking good care of you. But she's worried that the Emperor is busy with state affairs, so she doesn't want to bother him."

Yanwan was smiling widely, and the willow-green gauze flag dress she was wearing swayed gently in the breeze. The magnolia flowers embroidered on it bloomed in the wind, which was very elegant and interesting.

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