Inside the Empress's Palace.
One slap after another resounded throughout the palace, but Concubine Chu showed no sign of stopping. Even the hands of the eunuchs holding her were trembling, and they all turned their heads, not daring to look at the scene in front of them.
Dongfang Yi's face was completely swollen, and blood was oozing from the corner of her mouth. But she still raised the corner of her mouth, as if she didn't care that she was being beaten violently. Instead, she looked quite calm.
Her attitude completely enraged Concubine Chu. She stopped what she was doing, bent down, and stared directly into the eyes of the woman in front of her. Gritting her teeth, she said, "Doesn't it hurt? Or do you want it to hurt more?!"
Then she ordered the maids and eunuchs behind her, "Bring me my whip!"
As soon as she said this, everyone was stunned for a moment, and no one dared to move for a while. One of the maids said, "Your Highness... Using the whip might kill someone. This servant is afraid that Your Highness will be blamed by the Emperor and the Empress Dowager!"
After saying that, she immediately knelt on the ground. Although she had spoken out, her body was trembling uncontrollably, as if she was enduring extreme fear.
Concubine Chu had once used the whip recklessly in her own palace, and countless maids and eunuchs had died under her whip. Her methods were so bloody that no one dared to mention it. If she were to use the whip on Concubine Yi now, even if she didn't die, she would never be able to get out of bed again.
Seeing that the maid dared to disobey her, Concubine Chu walked over and kicked her far away. Then she pointed at another eunuch and said, "You, bring the whip to me!"
The eunuch saw what had happened to the little maid, so he naturally didn't dare to say anything more. He turned around, fetched the whip, and handed it to her.
Concubine Chu took the whip with a raised eyebrow, but her heart was pounding wildly. Looking at the woman in front of her who had no power to resist, she couldn't help but feel excited. She had dreamed of this day for so long, the day when she could trample this woman under her feet like this, crushing all her arrogance and dignity. From then on, she would be the most noble woman in this palace.
Thinking of this, she raised the hand holding the whip, and then lashed it down.
"Snap!"
The loud sound of the whip hitting the skin resounded throughout the palace. Dongfang Yi was almost knocked unconscious by the sudden pain. But after a brief moment of daze, she felt a burning pain on her back.
Her back must be lacerated by now, she thought. But she still controlled herself not to make a single sound of pain, because she knew that her cries would only make the woman in front of her happier.
After lashing the whip once, Concubine Chu's hands were trembling. But seeing that the woman in front of her showed no reaction, she lost the fun of beating her. But she still didn't want to let her go so easily, so she raised her hand again and lashed the whip down.
After receiving two lashes, Dongfang Yi felt that her consciousness was becoming unclear. She thought that this woman's whip skills were really cruel. Back then, when she was at the Empress Dowager's place, she didn't feel like this even after receiving four or five lashes.
"If it hurts, just scream! What are you still pretending for!" Concubine Chu roared, very unhappy with the way the woman in front of her looked now. Why did she look down on her like this? Even when being beaten so brutally by her, she still looked so indifferent.
Just thinking of this made her self - esteem unbearable.
Hearing this, Dongfang Yi sneered and then said, "What do I have to scream for? You're just a dog taking advantage of its master's power."
Because she was enduring the pain, her voice was very soft, but every word still fell into Concubine Chu's ears.
She immediately lost control. What came to her mind was that she might as well just beat this woman to death. Anyway, the Emperor would never wake up. From then on, the palace would belong to the Nangong family. Nangong Liuyun had promised her that he would let her deal with Dongfang Yi. So it should be okay to deal with her a little earlier, because she really didn't want to see the woman in front of her continue to live.
Thinking of this, her eyes were filled with bloodshot eyes. Then she let out an angry roar, raised the whip with all her strength, and was about to lash it down.
Dongfang Yi also felt that this lash was different. She thought that her body had already suffered so much. If this lash came down, she would surely lose her life.
But thinking of this, there was actually a sense of peace in her heart. But then she thought that she hadn't seen Helian Qi for the last time. So how could she just die like this?
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but struggle, regardless of the wound on her back. She just blindly wanted to escape from under the whip.
Seeing the woman in front of her trying to avoid the whip, Concubine Chu finally felt the pleasure of beating her. So she couldn't help but ask, "Dongfang Yi, aren't you supposed to be fearless? Why are you cowering now?"
Hearing this, Dongfang Yi couldn't help but curse her a hundred times in her heart. She thought, wouldn't you struggle when you're about to die? I'm not a dead rabbit!
But she was already injured, and she was being held by others, so she simply couldn't break free. And Concubine Chu's whip was about to come down.
Just when she was about to accept the lash, a male voice came from outside the palace gate.
"Stop!"
Then a man rushed in at the fastest speed.
After Dongfang Yi saw his face clearly, tears fell uncontrollably from her eyes. Then she shouted loudly, "Helian Qi!"
She never expected that Helian Qi would wake up, and he had rushed to her side at such a moment.
Concubine Chu was also completely taken aback. But the whip in her hand couldn't be stopped, so she could only let it lash down. But this time, the person it hit was Helian Qi.
Helian Qi felt a sharp pain in his back, and his body involuntarily leaned forward a bit. But his hand didn't let go of the woman in his arms.
When everyone saw that the Emperor had come, they immediately scattered in a panic. They knelt on the ground shouting, "Please spare our lives, Your Majesty!" as if they had seen something terrifying. Concubine Chu was completely stunned and even forgot what she should do now. She could only stare blankly at the man in front of her.
Wasn't he poisoned? Wasn't it said that there was no cure and he would soon die? Why did he suddenly appear here now and even take a full - force lash from her without getting hurt?
Now she was completely dazed. Immediately, she tightened the whip in her hand and fled the Empress's Palace.
As for the two people still standing there, Dongfang Yi looked at the man in front of her with tears all over her face and murmured, "You've finally woken up. Am I dreaming? Or am I already dead and this is the underworld?"