Cheng Yan obeyed the order and dragged the stunned palace maid to the emperor.
Zheng Cheng stepped forward and took a closer look at his face: "Your Majesty, he seems to be from Cuiwei Palace."
The emperor's eyes were gloomy: "You dare to put your hand on my head after giving me a little face. Zheng Cheng, please send these two slaves to Concubine Rou personally so that she can recognize her true identity. The queen mother is weak. "Since Concubine Rou is free, she will copy some scriptures for my mother to pray for blessings. I am exhausted."
Zheng Cheng respectfully agreed, waved his hand to summon the dragon chariot, helped the emperor sit down, and stepped aside to signal Cheng Yan to follow the emperor.
After the dragon chariot went away, Zheng Cheng straightened up and sighed:
"How dare you stare at that person and make His Majesty angry? You're really shy."
After finishing speaking, he ordered the palace attendants who followed him to carry the unconscious palace maid straight to Cuiwei Palace.
In Cuiwei Palace, Concubine Rou was chatting with the little princess. When she heard that Zheng Cheng was coming, Concubine Rou thought the emperor was coming to bed, so she politely invited him to sit down and have tea.
Zheng Cheng bowed politely, with his usual smile on his face:
"Thank you, Your Majesty. There is no need to sit down. This servant is here to give you a gift for Your Majesty."
When Concubine Rou heard this, her smile grew even bigger.
The little princess asked curiously: "Mr. Zheng, what did your father send you?"
Zheng Cheng: "Princess, you'd better not look at this gift. It's getting late. Princess, why don't you go back to the palace to have a good rest first."
The little princess said displeased: "What gift can't I see? Where is my palace? I still need Manager Zheng to decide?"
Concubine Rou quickly glanced at Zheng Cheng's face and scolded the little princess:
"What are you talking about! Since Manager Zheng said this, it must be very inconvenient. You should go back to the palace as soon as possible."
The little princess wanted to say something more, but when she saw Concubine Rou's warning eyes, she endured it and reluctantly stood up, bowed and left.
Concubine Rou smiled and said: "Yunxi is spoiled by me, don't take it to heart, Mr. Zheng."
Zheng Cheng bent down to salute and said humbly:
"Your Majesty, I have broken my slave."
Seeing that Zheng Cheng was not angry, Concubine Rou asked about the gift again.
Zheng Cheng waved to the door, and the palace servants carried a palace maid in and threw her not far from Concubine Rou.
The palace maid was lying on the ground, her face was bloody and bloody, her rouge-colored palace dress was stained with blood, her sleeves were stained with blood, and it was wet against her arms, which was dazzling and shocking.
Concubine Rou took a closer look and was so frightened that she screamed and shrank back with a pale face:
"What is this...take it away, take it away! Manager Zheng, why did you send a dead man to this palace!"
Zheng Cheng's smile remained unchanged:
"Don't be afraid, Madam. She's not dead yet, she just fainted from the pain. If Madam takes a closer look, she might be an acquaintance."
Concubine Rou didn't dare to look any further and signaled the maid next to her to come forward.
The palace maid braved the courage to squat down and take a closer look. She was shocked when she recognized the person clearly. She raised her head and accidentally looked at Zheng Cheng. She felt even more frightened. She bent down and went back to Concubine Rou and whispered a few words. Concubine Rou was already His frightened face turned even paler.
"Mr. Zheng...couldn't this...be a gift from His Majesty?"
Zheng Cheng: "That's exactly what I said to you. Your Majesty said that the palace maid stretched her hand too far for the sake of Cuiwei Palace, so she asked him to remember it."
As he spoke, Zheng Cheng motioned to the accompanying palace attendants to come forward and turned up the palace maid's sleeves, revealing a pair of bloody, bare arms without hands.
Concubine Rou was so startled that she spoke again, and her body was trembling with fear.
As soon as Concubine Rou finished shouting, the little princess who secretly turned back was frightened by the scene in front of her and screamed out.
(End of chapter)
