Seeing that it was Bohe, the guardian told her everything, “Bohe, you were not here so you don’t know. It is not just Concubine Yun who has come here but the entire harem. You better not go inside right now in case you get implicated and lose your life.”
Bohe was so scared that her face turned pale immediately. The thing that she had been worried about finally happened.
Ever since Helian Chacha had been entitled as a concubine, all the concubines in the harem saw her as their public enemy and they wished to kill her as fast as possible. And today His Majesty happened to have some urgent affairs to discuss with the ministers, so they came here just at the right time.
No, she had to bring His Majesty back, otherwise, something irreversible would happen in this place!
Thinking of that, Bohe started to run to the imperial study immediately.
Meanwhile, the war in Yangxin Hall had already begun secretly.
Looking at the tea in front of her eyes, Helian Chacha just stood there and didn’t go to serve it to them.
Since she still didn’t step up, Xu Ruyun couldn’t help urging her, “Concubine Xian, what are you waiting for? Just go and serve Her Highness the tea right now! Don’t tell me you want to wait and serve it to Her Highness until it’s cold.”
With all those eyes staring at her, Helian Chacha didn’t want to make a scene. Hence she clenched her teeth and held that teacup to serve it to the Empress Dowager, “Please enjoy your tea, Your Highness.”
The Empress Dowager looked down at the tea and reached out her hand slowly. Yet she didn’t take the cup and knocked it over instead.
Helian Chacha was stunned to tremble and the spoiled water was spilled all over her wrist that she dropped it because of the pain.
Bang!
The teacup fell to the ground immediately, shattered into pieces.
The moment the teacup was broken, the Empress Dowager pounded the table and stood up all of a sudden as she started to yell at Helian Chacha very loudly, “Concubine Xian, how dare you! Did you just try to scald me to death?”
“Show her the punishment now! It seems that this Concubine Xian will overstep my authority if I don’t teach her a lesson today.”
Those palace maids all dropped their trays and circled her suddenly as they were ready to act.
Helian Chacha tried to defend herself right away as she stared at them warily, “I dare you all!”
Hearing that, those palace maids just looked at each other but none of them dared to go up. They had already witnessed the skills Helian Chacha had got, and who knew if she had some hidden tricks.
The Empress Dowager didn’t expect that Helian Chacha would dare to fight against her, so she was so mad that she started to tremble, “Alright, perfect! Just a few days in the palace and now you are trying to be the boss? Well done! What a terrific daughter-in-law His Majesty has found for me! I don’t think there is a place for me in this harem anymore.”
Xu Ruyun went up to comfort her immediately, “Your Highness, don’t be mad. You’ll only make someone else happy if you hurt yourself from such a rage.”
She then turned to those palace maids and said, “You don’t need to be afraid. This girl just looks a bit aggressive, but she doesn’t have much ability. Are you afraid of her when there are so many of you?”
Her speech had inspired those palace maids all of a sudden. They looked at each other and nodded, then they rushed towards Helian Chacha altogether.
Although Helian Chacha learned some Taekwondo, she could only deal with a few people, so she was not able to handle too many of them only by herself. After beating some of those palace maids wounded, she was pressed to the ground by the others and couldn’t move at all.
“Let go! Let go of me!” She struggled heavily and said with her teeth clenched, “Aren’t you afraid of being punished by His Majesty?!”
The Empress Dowager sneered, “Well, I am just following the rule. Why would His Majesty blame me since he knows nothing about the rules in the harem?”
She then waved at Mommy Zhang. Mommy Zhang understood her and took out a silver needle from her sleeve, and she walked towards Helian Chacha step by step.
Helian Chacha was so scared that she started to struggle again. However, the two palace maids who were holding her were so strong that she couldn’t get rid of them no matter how hard she tried.
Mommy Zhang finally came to her and she showed her the needle in front of her eyes deliberately, “Your Highness, look at this. This is the rule in our harem. Anyone who makes a mistake shall take the punishment.”
Right after that, her needle had already penetrated into the body of Helian Chacha and only the bottom of it could still be seen from the outside.
“Ah!!!”
The entire Yangxin Hall was filled with her screams all of a sudden.
Mommy Zhang moved faster and faster as she pricked her harder and harder. Helian Chacha was suffering so much that she kept sweating and screaming.
Those concubines stood aside watching, and every one of them looked so satisfied.
After being tortured for a while, Helian Chacha could barely yell because of her burning throat.
Finally Mommy Zhang stopped, “Your Highness, do you acknowledge your fault now?”
“Fault? What did I do wrong?” She sneered a bit and raised her head slowly to look the Empress Dowager in the eyes, “I think the one who did do something wrong is not me, right?”
Hearing that, the Empress Dowager’s face suddenly turned super pale, “How dare you! Mommy Zhang, prick her harder! Do it until she succumbs!”
The moment Mommy Zhang was about to do it again, the gate of Yangxin Hall was kicked open all of a sudden.
Bang!
The red door was slammed on the wall and a cloud of dust was raised by it.
“Stop it!”
His voice came earlier than himself, and the familiar sound threatened everyone there that they all kneeled down right away.
“Your Majesty!”
“Your Majesty!”
Seeing that Ye Shengxuan was coming here so fast, Mommy Zhang knew the scene would become really ugly. She hid the silver needle into her sleeve immediately and kneeled down as the others did.
The Empress Dowager was the only one who was still sitting there, calm as usual.
On his way there, Ye Shengxuan didn’t speak to any woman kneeling to the ground. He picked up Helian Chacha who was still on the floor and held her in his arms. He then looked up to question the Empress Dowager, “Mother, what the heck are you doing here?”
“Concubine Xian has been ignoring the rules for so long. I can forgive her for not serving me the tea after all these days. But she offended me in public and even started a fight in front of me. That was really unforgivable! That’s why I asked Mommy Zhang to help her remember the rules of the harem!”
Ye Shengxuan’s eyes were filled with rage, “Since when the rules of the harem include pricking people with a silver needle?”
“Your Majesty, are you fighting against me for a woman?” The Empress Dowager looked at the man in front of her unbelievably.
Hearing that, Ye Shengxuan replied coldly, “I will discipline my own woman. I don’t need your help, Mother!”
“Great! Perfect!” The Empress Dowager was so overwhelmed by her anger that she couldn’t stop mocking, “Then I will step out of the business in the harem from now on. I will not live in this harem anymore. Tomorrow I will move to the imperial cemetery to guard the former emperor. I know I don’t have many years to live, so I think it is a good thing to meet the former emperor earlier.”
Ye Shengxuan had heard this numerous times since he was a child, so he said coldly, “I feel so grateful that you can think that way, Mother. I’m sure Father would be so happy to hear that.”
“You…You…” The Empress Dowager was so angry that she didn’t know what to say, so she stood up and yelled at last, “Back to my palace! I want to go back!”
Then she left with all of her people like a parade.
Those concubines were all frightened to see Ye Shengxuan back. Although they loved to see Helian Chacha being bullied, they didn’t want to get themselves involved in trouble.
Seeing that the Empress Dowager had left, they didn’t dare to stay longer, so they left one by one with excuses.
When it turned to Xu Ruyun, Ye Shengxuan suddenly said to her, “Stop.”
Xu Ruyun was so shocked that she could barely move her body and her face turned super pale as well. Finally, she put herself together and asked carefully, “What else can I do to help you, Your Majesty?”
Ye Shengxuan helped Helian Chacha lie on the imperial bed and then looked up to ask her, “Do you have anything to do with today’s matter?”
Seeing that it was Bohe, the guardian told her everything, “Bohe, you were not here so you don’t know. It is not just Concubine Yun who has come here but the entire harem. You better not go inside right now in case you get implicated and lose your life.”
Bohe was so scared that her face turned pale immediately. The thing that she had been worried about finally happened.
Ever since Helian Chacha had been entitled as a concubine, all the concubines in the harem saw her as their public enemy and they wished to kill her as fast as possible. And today His Majesty happened to have some urgent affairs to discuss with the ministers, so they came here just at the right time.
No, she had to bring His Majesty back, otherwise, something irreversible would happen in this place!
Thinking of that, Bohe started to run to the imperial study immediately.
Meanwhile, the war in Yangxin Hall had already begun secretly.
Looking at the tea in front of her eyes, Helian Chacha just stood there and didn’t go to serve it to them.
Since she still didn’t step up, Xu Ruyun couldn’t help urging her, “Concubine Xian, what are you waiting for? Just go and serve Her Highness the tea right now! Don’t tell me you want to wait and serve it to Her Highness until it’s cold.”
With all those eyes staring at her, Helian Chacha didn’t want to make a scene. Hence she clenched her teeth and held that teacup to serve it to the Empress Dowager, “Please enjoy your tea, Your Highness.”
The Empress Dowager looked down at the tea and reached out her hand slowly. Yet she didn’t take the cup and knocked it over instead.
Helian Chacha was stunned to tremble and the spoiled water was spilled all over her wrist that she dropped it because of the pain.
Bang!
The teacup fell to the ground immediately, shattered into pieces.
The moment the teacup was broken, the Empress Dowager pounded the table and stood up all of a sudden as she started to yell at Helian Chacha very loudly, “Concubine Xian, how dare you! Did you just try to scald me to death?”
“Show her the punishment now! It seems that this Concubine Xian will overstep my authority if I don’t teach her a lesson today.”
Those palace maids all dropped their trays and circled her suddenly as they were ready to act.
Helian Chacha tried to defend herself right away as she stared at them warily, “I dare you all!”
Hearing that, those palace maids just looked at each other but none of them dared to go up. They had already witnessed the skills Helian Chacha had got, and who knew if she had some hidden tricks.
The Empress Dowager didn’t expect that Helian Chacha would dare to fight against her, so she was so mad that she started to tremble, “Alright, perfect! Just a few days in the palace and now you are trying to be the boss? Well done! What a terrific daughter-in-law His Majesty has found for me! I don’t think there is a place for me in this harem anymore.”
Xu Ruyun went up to comfort her immediately, “Your Highness, don’t be mad. You’ll only make someone else happy if you hurt yourself from such a rage.”
She then turned to those palace maids and said, “You don’t need to be afraid. This girl just looks a bit aggressive, but she doesn’t have much ability. Are you afraid of her when there are so many of you?”
Her speech had inspired those palace maids all of a sudden. They looked at each other and nodded, then they rushed towards Helian Chacha altogether.
Although Helian Chacha learned some Taekwondo, she could only deal with a few people, so she was not able to handle too many of them only by herself. After beating some of those palace maids wounded, she was pressed to the ground by the others and couldn’t move at all.
“Let go! Let go of me!” She struggled heavily and said with her teeth clenched, “Aren’t you afraid of being punished by His Majesty?!”
The Empress Dowager sneered, “Well, I am just following the rule. Why would His Majesty blame me since he knows nothing about the rules in the harem?”
She then waved at Mommy Zhang. Mommy Zhang understood her and took out a silver needle from her sleeve, and she walked towards Helian Chacha step by step.
Helian Chacha was so scared that she started to struggle again. However, the two palace maids who were holding her were so strong that she couldn’t get rid of them no matter how hard she tried.
Mommy Zhang finally came to her and she showed her the needle in front of her eyes deliberately, “Your Highness, look at this. This is the rule in our harem. Anyone who makes a mistake shall take the punishment.”
Right after that, her needle had already penetrated into the body of Helian Chacha and only the bottom of it could still be seen from the outside.
“Ah!!!”
The entire Yangxin Hall was filled with her screams all of a sudden.
Mommy Zhang moved faster and faster as she pricked her harder and harder. Helian Chacha was suffering so much that she kept sweating and screaming.
Those concubines stood aside watching, and every one of them looked so satisfied.
After being tortured for a while, Helian Chacha could barely yell because of her burning throat.
Finally Mommy Zhang stopped, “Your Highness, do you acknowledge your fault now?”
“Fault? What did I do wrong?” She sneered a bit and raised her head slowly to look the Empress Dowager in the eyes, “I think the one who did do something wrong is not me, right?”
Hearing that, the Empress Dowager’s face suddenly turned super pale, “How dare you! Mommy Zhang, prick her harder! Do it until she succumbs!”
The moment Mommy Zhang was about to do it again, the gate of Yangxin Hall was kicked open all of a sudden.
Bang!
The red door was slammed on the wall and a cloud of dust was raised by it.
“Stop it!”
His voice came earlier than himself, and the familiar sound threatened everyone there that they all kneeled down right away.
“Your Majesty!”
“Your Majesty!”
Seeing that Ye Shengxuan was coming here so fast, Mommy Zhang knew the scene would become really ugly. She hid the silver needle into her sleeve immediately and kneeled down as the others did.
The Empress Dowager was the only one who was still sitting there, calm as usual.
On his way there, Ye Shengxuan didn’t speak to any woman kneeling to the ground. He picked up Helian Chacha who was still on the floor and held her in his arms. He then looked up to question the Empress Dowager, “Mother, what the heck are you doing here?”
“Concubine Xian has been ignoring the rules for so long. I can forgive her for not serving me the tea after all these days. But she offended me in public and even started a fight in front of me. That was really unforgivable! That’s why I asked Mommy Zhang to help her remember the rules of the harem!”
Ye Shengxuan’s eyes were filled with rage, “Since when the rules of the harem include pricking people with a silver needle?”
“Your Majesty, are you fighting against me for a woman?” The Empress Dowager looked at the man in front of her unbelievably.
Hearing that, Ye Shengxuan replied coldly, “I will discipline my own woman. I don’t need your help, Mother!”
“Great! Perfect!” The Empress Dowager was so overwhelmed by her anger that she couldn’t stop mocking, “Then I will step out of the business in the harem from now on. I will not live in this harem anymore. Tomorrow I will move to the imperial cemetery to guard the former emperor. I know I don’t have many years to live, so I think it is a good thing to meet the former emperor earlier.”
Ye Shengxuan had heard this numerous times since he was a child, so he said coldly, “I feel so grateful that you can think that way, Mother. I’m sure Father would be so happy to hear that.”
“You…You…” The Empress Dowager was so angry that she didn’t know what to say, so she stood up and yelled at last, “Back to my palace! I want to go back!”
Then she left with all of her people like a parade.
Those concubines were all frightened to see Ye Shengxuan back. Although they loved to see Helian Chacha being bullied, they didn’t want to get themselves involved in trouble.
Seeing that the Empress Dowager had left, they didn’t dare to stay longer, so they left one by one with excuses.
When it turned to Xu Ruyun, Ye Shengxuan suddenly said to her, “Stop.”
Xu Ruyun was so shocked that she could barely move her body and her face turned super pale as well. Finally, she put herself together and asked carefully, “What else can I do to help you, Your Majesty?”
Ye Shengxuan helped Helian Chacha lie on the imperial bed and then looked up to ask her, “Do you have anything to do with today’s matter?”
