Chapter 256: Trouble

"According to seniority, she should call you cousin. It's just that she's thought about something wrong."

The Empress did not kick her when she was down. After all, the Marquis of An's Residence had already been destroyed. Without Consort Xian's backing, she could not do anything.

"Cousin?" Ning Yue sneered. Did she have a cousin like Consort Xian?

The empress saw through Ning Yue's thoughts and ordered the eunuch to detain Concubine Shun. "Give her 50 strokes."

"No! Empress, please spare me. Empress, please spare me!" Concubine Shun was so frightened that her face turned ashen. She was finished after 50 strokes.

"It's not that I'm unwilling to let you off, but you did something wrong. Naturally, you have to be punished," the empress said calmly.

The paddle hit Concubine Shun's body, causing her to cry out in pain.

She tried to struggle, but she couldn't escape the eunuchs' grip.