"See if you dare!"

The palace maids used long whips made from willow branches that had been repeatedly dried and soaked. With one whip, no matter what material the clothes were made of, they would be cut open, and with another whip, the skin would be torn apart.

"Please spare my life. I know I was wrong."

The old palace maid's clothes were torn to pieces and soaked with the blood that kept flowing out of her body, and her breath became weaker and weaker.

"Someone, drag him away!"

The maid arrogantly called for someone to drag her away, then sneered at the many old maids kneeling in front of her and shouted angrily: "Let me tell you, Bai Jieyu is now the queen of the harem. His Majesty only favors Bai Jieyu, and sooner or later she will ascend to the throne!"

"Someone, continue to punish them and let them know the consequences of offending the Queen!"

"Here~"

Bai Yaoyao had no idea about the dirty things happening in the dark corners. Lu'er was in charge of the affairs of Yuzhao Palace, and she was busy dealing with the empress. For a character like the empress, she had to give 100% of her acting skills to avoid revealing any flaws. At the same time, she had to look through her original body's memories to find a breakthrough to eliminate the empress's hatred for her.

"I still can't find a breakthrough. How can I change something that has already happened?"

Bai Yaoyao collapsed powerlessly on the beauty couch. She had been penetrated by the empress for these days and her bones were almost broken. Although it was not as violent as the first time, it was still uncomfortable to be pressed and tortured by such a big body, no matter how gentle she was.

As time went by, the more she checked the memories of her original body, the colder her heart became. Her original body was definitely a devil when he was a child. After he had a feud with Mu'er, he used all kinds of false accusations and beatings, deliberately found excuses to punish, starved her, poured cold water on her on snowy days, threw her into the pool to soak, etc. on Mu'er.

Anyway, whatever torture method is used, but most of them are not the original body's ideas, but the ideas of another personal palace maid. In the original body's psychological status is lower than Xiaolu. This time, the original body's father came and deliberately ordered someone to detain the personal palace maid and only let Xiaolu follow.

"There's still no good solution."

Life in the palace was boring. From her memory, she found that the desperate Bai Yaoyao was reading some picture books on the beauty couch, and from time to time she walked out of the palace to Huachun Garden to relax. Huachun Garden was the largest royal park, covering a huge area. All kinds of rare flowers and plants were planted in the garden by special people, and the air was fresh. Bai Yaoyao only knew about this place recently, and she fell in love with it after visiting it once.

"Lulu, look at this water plant. It's colorful and strange. I've never seen it in Qi Country."

Bai Yaoyao stood by the pool, looking at the crystal clear water and was amazed. The water was so clear that it seemed as if it did not exist. The fish seemed to be swimming in the air without support. If it were not for the fish moving, she would have thought the pool was empty.

"What a foreign bumpkin."

A mocking voice was heard from afar. Bai Yaoyao turned around and saw a group of people walking towards her leisurely. A quick glance showed that there were more than 20 people, and the one leading them was extremely beautiful.

"you are?"

Concubine Shi snorted coldly: "Why, Concubine Bai doesn't show respect to me when she sees me?"

salute?

Bai Yaoyao was a little confused. Who on earth was this person?

"She is Shi Xin, Concubine Shi." Xiaolu explained softly.

"It turns out to be Sister Shi. I am here to greet you."

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Concubine Shi had come with ill intentions, so Bai Yaoyao naturally wouldn't look at her in a good light.

Concubine Shi was immediately unhappy. Wasn't this just a mockery of her old age? However, such low-level rhetoric had no offensive power to her, but Bai Yaoyao's next sentence immediately made her face change slightly.

"I heard that my sister has served His Majesty for so long, but she has not given birth to a daughter. It is really unlucky. I wonder how you feel?"

"Be bold!"

A palace maid beside Concubine Shi immediately stepped forward and wanted to slap Bai Jieyu hard. Fortunately, Bai Yaoyao dodged it with quick reaction, but was still scratched by her long nails, leaving several red marks.

"I didn't expect Concubine Shi couldn't even discipline her own people."

Xiaolu's face was full of resentment, how dare she hit her princess!

Bai Yaoyao sneered, then turned around and left with Xiaolu, not giving anyone a chance to perform.

She has few people with her and her rank is lower than others. Keeping her would only bring humiliation to herself, not to mention that the empress is looking for an opportunity to deal with her. She cannot be given the chance.

"What a coward."

There was a laugh behind him, and Xiaolu looked at the princess worriedly: "My queen..."

"It's okay, they are just villains who have succeeded, and we are not at a loss anyway."

Bai Yaoyao thought that this show of weakness was over and no one would bother her afterwards, but she didn't expect that Concubine Shi would be reprimanded by the empress the next day.

"Wow, this is a complete overpraise."

The people in the palace quickly connected the conflict between Concubine Shi and Concubine Bai a few days ago. While they were a little bit respectful to Concubine Bai, overwhelming jealousy surged like a tide.

There were also signs of impeachment of Concubine Bai in the court.

"It's really strange, why is my body getting weaker day by day."

Another day, Bai Yaoyao got up. She stood up suddenly but couldn't stand steadily and fell back on the bed. However, she didn't take it seriously and just thought that she had overdrawn herself on the empress for too long.

After persisting like this for a few days, Bai Yaoyao finally realized that something was wrong. Someone was actually using her name to bully others! She even said that she was about to ascend to the throne. It was simply outrageous and exaggerated, and she wanted people to know that she was an arrogant and domineering person.

Even if Hong Zhu were to investigate, she couldn't find out who did it. That Imperial Concubine Chi? She looked like a silly woman with a head full of jealousy, but she didn't have the ability to do that, so maybe it could only be Concubine Chu De.

"It's true that when there are too many women, there are too many troubles. Once you are favored by His Majesty, all kinds of open and covert attacks will follow."

Bai Yaoyao was also tired. She had been on guard for so long. She had been here for almost two months, but the empress still hadn't made any move. It was all just the jealousy of some nobody, making her uncomfortable within her ability.

But it just so happened that when Bai Yaoyao thought that the empress would take some time to make trouble, and when Bai Yaoyao had no time to deal with the palace maid who did bad things in her name, the border defense map of Qi State suddenly appeared in her bed and woke her up immediately.

"Damn it... this empress is trying to kill me."

Bai Yaoyao took a few quick glances with the help of the Night Pearl. The troop deployment, terrain planning, and even subsequent military progress on the map were all extremely detailed. If it was true, once it was passed on to Qi State, perhaps a night attack could really defeat Huang State.

"No, we have to burn it quickly."

Dan's primary goal now is to stay alive first and not give the empress the opportunity to torture her, rather than saving her original country.

Bai Yaoyao immediately stood up and took the defense map to the oil lamp on the table not far away and burned the map.

"Someone, get it for me!"

Suddenly, a person fell from the ceiling and pressed Bai Jieyu to the ground. Then a group of fully armed female soldiers rushed in instantly and took control of the entire Yuzhao Palace in a few moments.

Bai Yaoyao's beautiful face was pressed to the ground, close to the cold ground. She saw out of the corner of her eye that the woman in the python skirt slowly walked over and picked up the defense map she had dropped on the ground. She knew that the empress was finally going to torture her.

Chapter 12: His Majesty Arrives ( more chapters have been sent)

This was a dark and narrow cell, surrounded by walls on all sides, with only a small window with iron pillars and a heavy iron door.

A faint ray of moonlight filtered through the narrow window. The mud-plastered walls were covered with mottled stains and bloodstains. The damp dirt ground was uneven, with only a layer of matted weeds in the corners. The air was filled with a strong smell of mold and rotten blood.

A young girl was sitting on the thatched grass against the wall, shivering from the cold, her hands hugging her thighs, her head resting on her knees, her eyes dull and no one knew what she was thinking.

She was wearing a thin long skirt, and the white hem and even the skirt itself were inadvertently stained with dust, making her look dirty. However, against this backdrop, her beautiful face did not appear dirty at all. Instead, it gave her a beauty like a fairy who had fallen into the mortal world, which made people feel pity for her.

"The Empress really wants to torture me to death."

Bai Yaoyao looked around with boredom, feeling powerless against Di Muxi's chain of tactics.

First, he doted on her alone, and then took her to the study where he governed the country. As a result, no one liked her anymore, either inside or outside the palace, and no one would give her any help. Then he used those women to ruin her reputation, and finally he staged a show to put her in jail.

After this set of operations, even though she was a princess married to a foreign country, the empress could do whatever she wanted to her and still preserve the good reputation of the Dahuang Empire.

"The army's deployment map, so cruel."

Bai Yaoyao pouted conditionally and recalled the defense map carefully. Basically, all the 200,000 main forces of Dahuang were included in it, and most of them were stationed on the border between Qi and Huang. Moreover, many troops had entered the territory that originally belonged to Qi and occupied the territory that was compensated.

If the defense map is true, then Da Qi still has nearly 50,000 combat-capable soldiers, and a night attack might really be effective. First burn the granary, then raid the camp late at night, and finally cut off the logistics. With these three moves, no matter how powerful the army is, it will have to retreat.

"It's really smelly here. Do I have to go to the toilet here?"

Putting aside the unrealistic defense map, Bai Yaoyao began to hate the smell in the cell. The stench went straight to her nose and her head became dizzy after smelling it too much.

"It's so cold~"

Time passed by drop by drop, and Bai Yaoyao was so sleepy that she fell asleep with her knees on the ground. It was not until the sunlight shone through the window and there was a loud sound of the iron door opening that Bai Yaoyao was woken up by Youyou.

"take away!"

Two female soldiers came in and skillfully put prisoner shackles on Bai Yaoyao.

"You must have misunderstood me, I don't know anything..."

"Shut up!"

The female soldier's shout instantly blocked the girl's words of defense. She could only be chained and dragged away like a stray dog.

The female soldier moved very roughly and walked very fast, causing Bai Yaoyao to stumble and almost fall several times.

"Really? Why do I feel so weak? I don't have any strength at all."

Bai Yaoyao sighed secretly in her heart as she was taken to a public trial hall. The female soldier then kicked her on the calf, causing her to kneel uncontrollably, with her knee hitting the ground heavily. The pain was so severe that tears were about to burst out of her eyes.

"Miss Bai, I am the chief judge of Huangtian City. I was ordered by His Majesty to investigate the theft of the defense map of the border of Qi State. Now that you have caught the culprit red-handed, what else can I say?"

Bai Yaoyao endured the pain and shouted loudly that she was innocent. No matter how the empress treated her, her character could not be lost for the time being.

"Your Excellency is wronged. I have no idea how the defense map appeared on my bed."

The girl had a sad face and the chains on her wrists were rattling.

Many Dahuang people who love to watch shows stood outside the door and looked curiously into the public trial hall. It was a rare opportunity to see the chief judge interrogating a prisoner, so there must be something big going on.

Some people kept asking people around them, and more people were attracted by the beautiful woman with disheveled hair.

"I seem to have heard that this princess sent by Qi State to marry is extremely favored by His Majesty. But this princess actually took the opportunity to steal the army deployment map and wanted to send it back to her country. She should be executed for her crime!"

A servant said this loudly, then turned around and disappeared into the crowd. The women were shocked. They didn't expect that this woman was such a person. She was beautiful but a thief.

Sure enough, people cannot be judged by their appearance.

Bai Yaoyao quietly paid attention to the movements outside, and she felt more and more that the servant who spoke first was the empress's man, who wanted to completely ruin her reputation and prevent the common people from being deceived by her appearance.

Otherwise, how could a woman in the harem be taken directly out of the palace for trial after committing a crime? Most of the cases were resolved privately.

The chief judge at the bench had apparently received the secret message from His Majesty. Faced with the noise outside the door, he did not shout for silence, but asked someone to bring the witness up.

Two palace maids were brought up immediately. They also had disheveled hair, but their clothes were obviously much better than Bai Yaoyao's, and they didn't have to kneel.

"Sir, we are the maids serving Concubine Bai. For several days in a row, we have seen Concubine Bai lying on the bed every time she came back from His Majesty's visit. She has repeatedly scolded us to stay away from the bed and only allowed Green Supervisor to get close."

"Yesterday, I saw Concubine Bai coming back in a panic. She was still awake late at night, looking through something in bed."

After hearing this, the Chief Judge looked at the girl who was kneeling on the ground and asked, "What else do you have to say?"

"These are all false accusations. I have never done these things."

Bai Yaoyao insisted that it was a false accusation. Anyway, since there was no surveillance or recording, the whole thing had to be judged by words.

"Keep bringing in witnesses!"

Soon after, several more female soldiers came up, and Bai Yaoyao saw the woman in the python robe at a glance.

"Sir, when we found out something was wrong last night, we rushed to Yuzhao Palace and saw Bai Yaoyao preparing to burn the defense map. Fortunately, we were able to remedy the situation in time."

As he spoke, Hong Zhu took out a defense map with one corner of it burned and the surface of the paper turned black. Bai Yaoyao's eyes widened immediately after seeing it. She was not even burned last night but was pinned to the ground.

"This is absolutely a false accusation!"

The girl cried out that it was unfair. "I was sleeping on the bed when I was grabbed by this group of people. Without saying a word, I was taken to the cell. It was all unfair."

The beautiful face looked so pitiful as she cried, and the people watching outside felt sorry for her. Was it really a false accusation? Rumor has it that there are many gossips in His Majesty's harem. Could it be that the other concubines were really jealous of this Concubine Bai being favored and deliberately framed her?

However, those who hold this idea are ultimately a minority, because the concubines who can collude with each other are too powerful. The current emperor is so wise and powerful, how could he be so indulgent?

"Your Majesty has arrived~!"

Chapter 13 Confession

"Your Majesty is here!"

Along with the loud shouts of the female eunuch, a group of fully armed royal guards shuttled through the crowd and dispersed the civilians, quickly clearing a path. Then the empress, wearing an exquisite black and red robe and skirt, slowly appeared on the stage.

"Long live your majesty."

Common people and even officials did not kneel but just bent over and bowed. This was the decree issued by Emperor Muxi, which said that kneeling for too long would make the knees weak. No one could kneel except to heaven, earth, and parents.

"Flat body."

Di Muxi walked into the public trial hall with a smile on his face, sat upright in the spectator seat and said, "I am only here to watch, you can continue, don't worry about it."

The chief judge on the stage breathed a sigh of relief, straightened his official skirt and sat down again, but the several bookkeepers and scribes in the public trial hall beside the empress were sweating profusely, and they all sat upright with their backs straight.

Everyone in the officialdom knows how ruthless the current empress is. When she came to power, because she did not gain the throne legitimately, she killed all the officials who opposed her. The blood completely soaked the carpet in the Fengtian Hall. Even though it has been washed many times, it is still a bright red color. Even if you smell it carefully, you can still smell a faint smell of blood.

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