Chapter 23: Disfigured Palace Maid vs. Cold-blooded Emperor
Yongfu Palace!
"Chen Lang, why did you come just now? Do you know how scared I was in the Cining Palace? They asked me to pick up Buddha beans, and I did. But they were still not satisfied, and they locked me in a dark room and tortured me with needles..."

Concubine Rou was wearing a white nightgown, with disheveled hair, and she leaned in Ye Beichen's arms with tears in her eyes, crying.

Although she was sobbing and crying, she showed her beauty like a pear blossom in the rain.

"Chen Lang, my hand hurts, it really hurts..."

Concubine Rou cried so hard that she couldn't make a sound, her tears kept flowing and she couldn't stop them.

"Rou'er, what did you say? Your mother tortured you with needles? How is that possible?"

Ye Beichen was extremely shocked. He thought that his mother would make things difficult for Rouer, but he thought it would be a punishment of copying Buddhist scriptures or picking up Buddha beans.

I never thought that my mother would torture Concubine Rou.

Although he was reluctant to believe it, his eyes immediately fell on Concubine Rou's hand, and he pulled it up in front of him to examine it carefully.

Concubine Rou's hands are white and delicate, slender and delicate, soft and boneless, and her ten fingers are also very beautiful.

But I didn't find any problems, nor did I find any needle holes.

Maybe the needle hole was too small and he couldn't see clearly.

But he did not suspect that Concubine Rou was lying. In his heart, Concubine Rou had always been simple and kind, but she was too fond of crying, and sometimes her crying made him upset.

Ye Beichen couldn't see anything wrong, so he summoned the imperial physician.

The imperial physician came soon.

After some inspection, I found out what the problem was, but I didn't dare to say it out loud.

The news that Concubine Rou burst into tears after leaving the Cining Palace had already spread throughout the harem.

This means that it must be related to the Queen Mother. How dare they speak nonsense when it comes to the Queen Mother?

"Your Majesty, your Majesty's hands are normal. I really can't see anything wrong."

The imperial physician, who had a white beard and was obviously elderly, spoke respectfully.

Concubine Rou was shocked. She was very angry and secretly cursed these people as quacks.

But because of her weak, simple and kind personality, she would never utter such vicious words in front of Chen Lang.

Ye Beichen knew at a glance that the imperial physician was not telling the truth.

I almost knew the answer in my heart.

He did not make things difficult for the imperial physician. He waved his hand and let them go.

"Chen Lang, everything I said is true. I really didn't lie to you, and I don't dare to slander the Queen Mother..."

Concubine Rou looked at Ye Beichen with tears in her eyes, crying and explaining hurriedly!

She was afraid that Ye Beichen would misunderstand her and frame the Queen Mother.

Ye Beichen naturally knew that she was not lying, so he held her in his arms, and with a complicated look in his eyes, he comforted her softly, "Rou'er, I believe you, but she is my mother. Not to mention the grace of giving birth to me, but just the fact that she supported me to ascend to the throne, I can't do anything about it. Do you understand?"

Concubine Rou looked at him in disbelief and cried, "If that's the case, then Chen Lang, please let me go. This palace can't accommodate me, and I don't want to stay here anymore. This palace will eat people, it will eat me..."

Concubine Rou cried very sadly, with tears streaming down her face, but she was still very beautiful.

Ye Beichen just felt very irritated. He had an urge to kill someone, but that person was his mother, so what could he do?
After all, he didn't love Concubine Rou enough. If it were in the past, when he heard that Concubine Rou was being tortured in the Cining Palace, he would have rushed to the Cining Palace and questioned her harshly.

But because of the 75% favorability, Ye Beichen still patiently comforted her, "Rou'er, don't say such words as leaving in the future. I will not let you leave..."

However, Concubine Rou refused to listen and just cried and begged to leave the palace.

She didn't really want to leave the palace, she was just playing hard to get.

By the way, let Ye Beichen hate that old witch.

Of course Ye Beichen would never agree to let Concubine Rou leave the palace, so he could only try his best to persuade and comfort her patiently.

Perhaps Ye Beichen's consolation worked, and Concubine Rou gradually calmed down. With a blushing face, she finally agreed not to leave.

The two reconciled, and they were full of tenderness and love, inseparable.

Of course, the two of them were simply chatting under the covers and didn't do anything else.

The main thing is that Ye Beichen was fed by Yu Yao in the imperial study during the day.

In addition, Concubine Rou was in this situation, so naturally she had no interest.

But in Concubine Rou's eyes, Chen Lang was considerate of her, worried about her health, and couldn't bear to see her overworked.

Thinking of this, Concubine Rou felt even sweeter in her heart.

She rested her head on Ye Beichen's arms and soon fell asleep.

Concubine Rou fell asleep, but Ye Beichen was not sleepy at all.

He looked at Concubine Rou who was sleeping sweetly in his arms, and for some reason, Yu Yao's face suddenly flashed through his mind.

I don’t know what she is doing?
If I'm not here tonight, will she be able to sleep? When she finds out that I'm staying overnight in Yongfu Palace, will she be jealous? Angry?

Thinking that Yu Yao might be jealous and angry, he suddenly wanted to go back to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to sleep.

But when he saw Concubine Rou sleeping soundly beside him, Ye Beichen gave up the urge to return to the Palace of Supreme Harmony.

He tightened his arms around Concubine Rou, closed his eyes, and soon fell asleep.

……

When Yu Yao learned that Ye Beichen did not return to the Hall of Supreme Harmony at night, she knew that he was resting in Concubine Rou's Palace.

She didn't feel uncomfortable at all. Everything she did was for the mission. If she really liked Ye Beichen, that would be really bad.

The emperor has three thousand beauties in his harem, and so many of them are waiting for him to sleep with them every day. If they were all jealous, how miserable would his life be?
Knowing that Ye Beichen would not come back, Yu Yao happily took a shower and went to bed.

It’s not that she was looking forward to Ye Beichen going to Concubine Rou’s palace, but mainly because she had been sleeping with him for five or six days in a row.

It happens at any time, day or night, anywhere. My body can't bear it anymore.

It's a rare leisure night tonight.

Yu Yao fell asleep quickly and slept soundly.

On the second day, Yu Yao got up early and dressed in front of the bronze mirror. She had the same bun as the palace maids, and paired it with a tourmaline peach blossom hairpin, embellished with a pair of kingfisher butterflies, which was fresh and elegant.

At this time, Eunuch Cha brought her breakfast. The breakfast was simple, a bowl of hot milk tea, a plate of crystal dumplings, a bowl of meat porridge, a plate of stir-fried vegetables and a plate of spicy cucumber strips.

Although simple, the allowance was comparable to that of the noble ladies in the harem, so Yu Yao was naturally not dissatisfied.

What she found strange was that Eunuch Cha kept looking at her for several times with a somewhat strange expression.

It seems like he wants to say something but stops himself.

As if he was afraid that Yu Yao would ask, Eunuch Cha put down his breakfast and left in a hurry.

It was so fast that Yu Yao didn't have time to call out to him.

She put down her chopsticks, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and quickly called up the system.

"System, what happened? Why does Eunuch Cha look at me so strangely?"

The system was about to tell her when Yu Yao asked, and said, "This morning, the emperor issued an edict to promote Concubine Rou to Concubine Rou, with the title unchanged, and rewarded her with a large number of precious and rare items. This news has spread throughout the harem."

Yu Yao frowned, "When did it happen? Why don't I have any news at all?"

"I received the order when Ye Beichen left Yongfu Palace this morning!"

The system said.

Yu Yao's eyes flashed with displeasure. She had taken great pains to serve Ye Beichen. Although her treatment had improved, she was still a palace maid after all.

Look at Concubine Rou. She goes into the Cining Palace and sheds two tears, and then she suddenly becomes the high and mighty Imperial Concubine. Don’t you think it’s infuriating?

"Host, why are you in such a hurry? Anyway, you have two in your belly, and you will get a position sooner or later."

The system knew that she was in a bad mood, but it did not laugh at her. Instead, it comforted her.

"Besides, the emperor didn't give you a position because he liked you too much and wanted to keep you by his side!"

Yu Yao said nothing, and didn't feel comforted at all.

I just feel unbalanced!
After tidying up a bit, she estimated the time when Ye Beichen would be off duty, and quickly went to the front hall to serve.

From the beginning of the day when the sky began to turn pale to the morning sun which slowly rose from the east, the golden sunlight shone on the earth.

Ye Beichen walked against the light of the morning sun. His bright yellow dragon robe looked even more dazzling and heavy under the golden sunlight.

When Ye Beichen passed by the door of the imperial study, he saw her and paused for a moment, so short that it was almost unnoticeable.

Yu Yao lowered her eyebrows and looked gentle, but Ye Beichen could still detect the unhappiness in her eyes at a glance.

I suddenly realized that she was unhappy.

I don’t know if it was because I didn’t return to the Hall of Supreme Harmony last night, or because of the imperial edict this morning appointing Rouer as a noble concubine.

Ye Beichen took a look and stepped into the imperial study.

Yu Yao did not follow in this time, but just stood at the door.

The main reason is that I don’t want to go in, nor do I want to move forward.

Anyway, I'll call her if there's anything.

On this side, Ye Beichen walked into the imperial study and saw that Yu Yao did not follow in, so he knew that the woman had lost her temper.

He rubbed his brows with his fingertips, feeling amused, but in the end he said nothing. Instead, he turned around and went back to deal with his official business.

(End of this chapter)