Chapter 719: Chapter 719: Purging Zhaoming Palace!

This Chen Liu is Rong Si’s heartfelt confidant, now the trusted eunuch beside Li Qingmu. Witnessing this scene, if he wishes to deal with Ming Fei again, it will be troublesome.

"Presumptuous, release me!"

Until this moment, Long Yue, who had been quiet and passively dragged, suddenly exerted force, breaking free from the two guards and rushed towards Chen Liu, turning and rebuking while running.

"You dare have such audacity, bullying me! I am the woman of the Emperor, are you disregarding the Emperor’s authority?"

Nianxi and Lu Zhi, "..."

This vile woman really knows how to put on an act!

She actually turned the tables on them!

The crucial point is, they couldn’t refute her claim!

Chen Liu came, following Li Qingmu’s orders, to check on Ming Fei’s situation, and he was slightly surprised when he received this task.

Your Majesty still seems to care for Ming Fei!

Chen Liu has been in this harem for a long time, possessing rich experience, knowing that concubines neglected by the Emperor might be scorned or even bullied, thus he hurried over.

This Chen Liu is truly loyal.

Indeed he is a eunuch, but eunuchs also have the right to admire women, otherwise there wouldn’t be instances of palace maids and eunuchs being together in the harem.

This Chen Liu has always been fond of Princess Rong Si.

Yes, he’s always been fond of her!

Hence he obeys Rong Si’s orders without question.

Rong Si instructed him to monitor Li Qingmu, but likewise, she also ordered him to take care of his diet and daily life.

Daily life naturally includes women.

Ming Fei is, for the time being, the only woman touched by Your Majesty, and since instructed to check, he must be attentive, so Chen Liu acted swiftly.

He saw Long Yue being dragged like that and was already unhappy, but after hearing Long Yue’s words, his expression became even colder.

Chen Liu, being Rong Si’s absolute confidant, don’t be fooled by the fact that he’s just a eunuch officer, actually holds great power. He coldly looked at Lu Zhi and sharply said: "Commander Lu, please explain the reason so that I might report to the Emperor!"

A hint of killing intent immediately became apparent, Lu Zhi quickly laughed apologetically: "Please don’t be offended, Eunuch Chen, it’s because Ming Fei rashly discussed state affairs first, and later contradicted the Empress, so we thought to deal with her."

"Oh, really? Empress, rashly discussing state affairs is a grave crime, far more severe than contradicting the Empress, isn’t it supposed to be dealt with by Your Majesty?"

Nianxi’s face turned ashen.

This is mocking her overstepping bounds!

Hence, she and Long Yue are merely laughing at fifty paces while scolding from a hundred paces, if punishment is to be meted out, it should be equally distributed.

Nianxi understands the seriousness within, although she is angry in her heart, she has no way to express it.

She gritted her teeth and said: "Thank you for the reminder, Eunuch Chen, I nearly made a grave mistake. Liu Yan, reward!"

A palace maid stepped forward, handing Chen Liu a string of pearls.

Chen Liu has many treasures in his hands, this string of pearls is not particularly remarkable, but after all, it’s a fine string of South Sea Pearls, something he couldn’t refuse.

Chen Liu accepted the pearls, his face looking a bit better, then said a few words and left, he needs to report everything that happened here to Your Majesty accurately.

"Oh dear, Empress, are you trying to catch me?"

Once Chen Liu departed, Long Yue cheerfully approached Nianxi, playfully taunting her.

Nianxi had embarrassed herself in front of so many people just now, her heart already loathing Long Yue and Chen Liu together, vowing to settle scores with them in the future, then deal with her mother-in-law afterwards!

Being taunted by Long Yue like this, her face turned livid with anger.

She coldly stared at Long Yue, uttering word by word: "Fine, fine, very fine! Ming Fei, we’ll see who laughs last!"

"Empress can enjoy the scenery along the way, but the destination remains the destination."

"You..."

Nianxi wanted to bleed, that vile woman, her mouth is so vile?

"Humph!"

She angrily led her people away.

Once she left, Long Yue’s smile faded, tidied her clothes and hair disheveled from being dragged, and said coldly: "Return to the palace!"

Yu Zhu, seeing Long Yue passed the crisis, began to cry over there: "Great, great, Master, you’re safe now! Madam, just now you really scared your servant!"

"What’s there to be scared of? If he hadn’t sent someone, it would be strange indeed!"

Long Yue still had confidence in Li Qingmu, knowing he would definitely send someone to find her, as for Yu Zhu, she didn’t know of the tacit understanding between the two, simply assuming the Emperor was concerned for Ming Fei.

Returning once more to Zhaoming Palace, Long Yue first went to bathe and wash.

This took a full half an hour, then another half hour for dressing and grooming.

By this point, it had been an hour since Long Yue was dragged out of Zhaoming Palace by Nianxi.

People around felt that things had come to a halt, this Ming Fei was truly mediocre, needing the Emperor’s support, otherwise, she’d be a mere waste.

However, just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, even mocking Long Yue behind her back for being useless, suddenly there was a demand for everyone to assemble in the courtyard.

It was afternoon now, the sun blazing fiercely, standing in the courtyard let alone inside the palace felt unbearably hot.

Nevertheless, Long Yue let them stand in the courtyard, enduring the scorching sunlight!

These people felt Long Yue was being unreasonable, picking on them without notice.

In any case, it would be just a reprimand, all they needed to do was echo obediently.

Once Madam was tired of talking, she’d surely let them disperse.

Knowing it was such a procedure, none of them cared, even prepared to tolerate the scolding.

However, Long Yue said nothing.

She had a lady’s chaise carried out, leisurely sat down, with Yu Zhu beside her playing the wind, leisurely watching them.

Initially, the people felt like nothing, but after being scorched under the sun for the time of a stick of incense, some couldn’t endure it, bodies swaying, faces red with oily sheen on cheeks.

This was heatstroke!

Long Yue remained silent, just silently watching, lips occasionally curling with an amused smile.

Half an hour, an hour... as time went on, the bodies of these palace attendants wobbled ever more.

"Thud!"

Someone couldn’t stand anymore, collapsed.

"Thud thud!"

Soon after, two more fell.

Then, more and more fainted.

Finally, when Long Yue saw more than half were down, she slowly stood up, dusted her hands, smilingly looked at them.

"Oh my, why are you all down? Weren’t you lively just now? Truly worthless! Fine, considering your weak bodies, I won’t punish you further, so, the Laundry Workshop and Latrine cleaner bureau are always short on people, you can work there! Consider it... waste utilization? Hmm?"

The Laundry Workshop is specialized in washing clothes, while the Latrine cleaner bureau... that’s for clearing night soil and cleaning toilets, this is...

This is truly ruthless!

As soon as Long Yue spoke, all those people focused their gaze on her!