Flowers bloom without worries

Chapter 17 Torture

After returning to the Jingxin Palace, Jiuer carefully helped Lanxi take off her cloak, and thoughtfully took out a wet handkerchief and handed it to her to wipe her hands. Lanxi took the handkerchief and gently wiped her fingers, waiting for the emperor to return to enjoy breakfast together.

"Thank you, Jiuer." Lan Xi said with a smile.

But Jiuer quickly waved her hand in response: "Your Majesty, you are too kind. This is what I should do."

Not long after, Xiao Chuhan also stepped into the Jingxin Hall. Jiuer quickly picked up a steaming handkerchief and handed it to the emperor respectfully. Xiao Chuhan sat down gracefully, then pointed to the seat next to him, motioning Lan Xi to come and sit down. Lan Xi obediently walked to his side and sat down, while Xiao Chuhan picked up a piece of mung bean cake and gently placed it on Lan Xi's plate.

"This is your favorite mung bean cake. I specially asked the imperial chef to make it for you." Xiao Chuhan said gently.

However, Lan Xi looked at the mung bean cake on her plate, and her heart was filled with anxiety. She had been allergic to mung beans since she was a child. If she didn't eat this cake, she might arouse Xiao Chuhan's suspicion; but if she ate it, she would definitely feel unwell.

After hesitating for a long time, Lan Xi decided to lie: "Your Majesty, I don't really want to eat mung bean cake today." She raised her head and her eyes met Xiao Chuhan's. She could clearly feel that the other's anger was gradually rising.

Xiao Chuhan put down the chopsticks in his hand, suddenly reached out and pinched Lan Xi's cheek, staring at Lan Xi closely, with sparks of anger flashing in his eyes.

Xiao Chuhan's voice was full of majesty: "Why don't you eat? Don't you even care about the rewards I give you?" Lan Xi was startled by his sudden action, but still pretended to be calm and tried to keep smiling.

"I think you've been too presumptuous lately."

Xiao Chuhan took the mung bean cake from the plate and forced it into Lan Xi's mouth without Lan Xi's consent.

"Even if you don't want to eat this mung bean cake today, you have to finish it for me."

"You...let me go."

No matter how Lan Xi struggled, Xiao Chuhan held Lan Xi's neck tightly and stuffed the mung bean cake into Lan Xi's mouth.

"Someone, come! Drag the queen out and give her fifty lashes of the cane!"

The Queen's body has not yet fully recovered, how can she bear such torture? At this moment, Jiu'er rushed to Lan Xi's side anxiously, knelt down with a plop, and begged bitterly: "Your Majesty, please spare the Queen! The Queen's body is too weak to withstand such torture!"

However, Xiao Chuhan glanced at everyone coldly and roared, "All of you, get out! Anyone who dares to plead for the queen again will be punished together with the queen!"

Lan Xi stared at the furious emperor in front of her, Xiao Chuhan, with hatred. At this moment, Xiao Chuhan was pinching Lan Xi's neck tightly, and Lan Xi's face had turned red. Lan Xi struggled with all her might, but her eyes were always on Jiu'er. Lan Xi prayed silently in her heart, not wanting to implicate the people around her because of herself.

"Jiuer, there's no need to plead for me. It's just death anyway..." Lan Xi's words were like a sharp sword, deeply hurting Xiao Chuhan's heart.

Xiao Chuhan angrily let go of her hand, and Lan Xi fell to the ground. Xiao Chuhan's eyes widened with anger, and he roared at the top of his lungs: "Okay! Since you want to die, I will do as you wish! Come, torture the queen immediately!"

"Your Majesty, please calm down!" Xingye quickly knelt down and begged for mercy, but Xiao Chuhan was not moved at all.

"Xingye, do you also want to disobey my order?" Xiao Chuhan's tone became more severe.

"I dare not." Xingye replied helplessly with his head down, then he and another person took the queen away.

"Your Majesty, please have mercy! Please spare my queen..." Jiuer continued to beg with tears streaming down her face.

"Jiuer, there's no need to plead for me." Lan Xi's voice was weak but firm.

The guards came to Lan Xi and prepared to take her away. Lan Xi stood up from the ground. She looked at the guards with a firm and cold look and said, "No need for you. I can go by myself."

After saying that, Lan Xi turned and left, but before leaving, she looked back at Xiao Chuhan, her eyes filled with despair and resentment.

To Lan Xi at this moment, Xiao Chuhan in front of her was no different from those who had cruelly trained her in the past. In Lan Xi's eyes, Xiao Chuhan was an indiscriminate and unreasonable tyrant.

"Take the Queen away! I want to see her tortured with my own eyes!" Xiao Chuhan ordered coldly. Lan Xi was forced by the guards to sit on the torture stool. Her body was shaking slightly, but her eyes remained firm and unyielding.

Xiao Chuhan walked out of the house and stood in the distance, looking at Lan Xi in front of him. His voice was a little cold: "If you beg me for mercy now, I might consider giving you fewer strokes of the board."

Hearing this, Lan Xi slowly raised her head and glared at Xiao Chuhan fiercely. Then, Lan Xi sneered contemptuously, and the laughter echoed in the air, as if mocking Xiao Chuhan's ignorance and cruelty.

Xiao Chuhan's anger was instantly ignited, his face became extremely gloomy, and he roared angrily: "Beat me! Beat me until I say stop!" The guards took the order, raised the boards in their hands, and hit Lan Xi hard.

Every time Lan Xi was whipped, she felt great pain, but she gritted her teeth and tried not to make any sound. Blood gradually stained her clothes red, but Lan Xi's eyes never showed any sign of surrender.