Just thinking about the face of Li Wantong he had just seen made him feel excited. And when he recalled her graceful figure when she knelt down just now, he immediately felt aroused.
Li Wantong was walking on the long corridor of the palace. She would soon be able to leave the palace gate. But for some reason, her heart was pounding with panic, and she quickened her pace involuntarily.
However, she was still stopped.
A pair of palace servants carried a sedan chair and blocked her way. The leading eunuch was someone she had seen before. He had just been following the emperor.
"Greetings, Your Excellency."
"Oh, this won't do. Miss Li is a noble lady. How could you bow to a lowly servant like me? In just a few days, it will be this servant bowing to Miss Li."
These words made Li Wantong's body tremble. She wasn't stupid. The only people in the palace who could make the eunuch beside the emperor bow were the concubines in the harem and the empress dowager. But he had just said that in a few days...
No... it couldn't be...
The eunuch saw Li Wantong's face turn pale in an instant and comforted her, "I believe Miss Li is a smart person. Please get in, Miss Li. The emperor is waiting. Don't keep the emperor waiting too long."
The eunuch bowed and made way. But this was the way into the sedan chair, and it was also the way into hell for her.
"No... my father is still waiting for me at home... I have to go back first..." She turned around and was about to leave, but before she could start running, two strong maids stepped forward at the eunuch's signal and grabbed her.
They held her arms on either side and carried her onto the sedan chair.
"Don't! I don't want to! Let me go! I want to go home!" Li Wantong struggled violently, but as a young lady from a wealthy family, how could she be a match for these maids who had been working in the palace for a long time?
In a few moments, she was tied to the sedan chair.
"Help! Help! I don't want to go! I don't want to go!"
"Gag her mouth for this servant. We don't want to spoil the emperor's mood. Otherwise, you'll all lose your heads."
The people around quickly stuffed a cloth into Li Wantong's mouth.
"No, no... mmph..."
"Carry her to the side hall and clean her up properly. Keep a good eye on her. If she escapes, hum, this servant won't be able to protect you."
"Yes."
After Li Wantong was cleaned up, she was carried to the emperor's bedroom. She was tied to the bed. Her two wrists were tied to either side of the headboard, and her legs were also tied apart at the foot of the bed. Her mouth was gagged, and she couldn't make any sound.
Her body couldn't move at all. She could only be at their mercy.
She silently prayed in her heart, hoping that the emperor would be busy and not come, and then forget about her. But this was just wishful thinking on her part.
When the emperor walked in and saw Li Wantong tied to the bed, he leered at her. His gaze swept over her body brazenly, inch by inch.
Li Wantong looked at the man undressing by the bed in horror and shook her head desperately. Her eyes were full of pleading.
"Don't worry. After today, I will send someone to your home with an imperial edict. You're the daughter of the Li family. I'll make you a noble concubine. How about that?"
The emperor didn't look at Li Wantong's expression, or rather, he didn't care even if he did. All the women in the world belonged to him. He could sleep with whoever he wanted.
At the moment when the emperor pressed down on her, Li Wantong shed tears of humiliation. It was all over. Her whole life was over.
Perhaps because Li Wantong's initial non - cooperation had angered the emperor, so that night, the emperor showed no tenderness at all. His attitude was extremely harsh.
Li Wantong endured the pain and forced herself not to faint. After the emperor was done, she curled up in the quilt and didn't move. The ropes on her body had already been untied.
Hearing the sound of the emperor's snoring beside her, Li Wantong's eyes filled with tears. Behind the tears was boundless hatred.
She took out the hairpin on her head, but she raised her arm several times and couldn't bring herself to strike. She stumbled out of bed, picked up her clothes on the ground, and put them on in a hurry.
The palace servants on duty didn't pay any attention to Li Wantong as she ran out.
It was just evening. The afterglow of the setting sun shone on every corner of the capital, making people feel infinitely warm.
But Li Wantong felt cold all over. She ran out of the palace in a daze and walked towards the Li Mansion.
Her personal maid saw Li Wantong coming back and rushed over quickly. But when she saw Li Wantong's appearance, she was shocked.
"Miss, what's wrong with you? What happened? Miss, don't scare me." The maid was almost crying. The miss had been fine when she went out. Why did she come back like this?
"Shut up. Don't make a sound. Don't tell anyone. If the mistress asks you, just say I've come back and I'm resting."
After saying that, she dragged her injured body back to her room.
"Miss, what's wrong with you? Are you tired? How about I prepare some water and serve you to take a bath?"
A bath? Yes, a bath! "Go and prepare the water. I want to take a bath." She wanted to wash herself clean.
"You all go out. No matter what sound you hear, don't come in without my permission."
"Yes."
After everyone left, Li Wantong quickly took off her clothes, jumped into the bathtub, and scrubbed the marks on her body desperately.
Her body was covered with dense hickies and bruises.
Now that she was alone in the room, she finally couldn't help crying.
"Ah! Ah! Waaaa... Why... Why!"
The maid guarding outside heard the miss's cries and immediately wanted to push the door in, but then she remembered the miss's order and stepped back.
She was no longer pure. She was no longer worthy of the Fifth Prince! Waaaa... Why did God treat her like this.
On this side, after the emperor woke up, he saw that the person beside him had already left. The temperature beside him was already cold. It seemed that she had left a long time ago.
Humph!
"Someone! Bring my clothes."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"When did that woman leave?"
"Your Majesty, she left the palace in the evening."
Evening? wasn't that just when he had fallen asleep? She could even get out of bed and run away. It seemed that this Li Wantong had good physical strength. He had originally planned to be gentle with her since it was her first time.
Unexpectedly, he had left her the strength to run away. Didn't she want to stay in the palace? Since she had already been slept with by me, I'd like to see if you dare to marry someone else!
Since she didn't want to serve in the palace, then let her stay outside.
"At this time tomorrow, go to the Li family. Tell them that the empress dowager wants to see Li Wantong and ask her to enter the palace to accompany the empress dowager for a few days."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
This eldest daughter of the Li family was really ungrateful. Wouldn't it be good for her to stay in the palace and wait for the reward? Why did she have to go against the emperor's order?
I'm afraid this Miss Li will have a hard time after entering the palace tomorrow.
Li Wantong didn't go out for the whole day. She didn't even eat. The servants were very worried, but the miss had ordered them not to tell the master and mistress.
It wasn't until someone from the palace came to say that the miss was invited to enter the palace to accompany the empress dowager that Li Wantong finally came out.
Everyone saw her pale face and thought she was scared because she was going to enter the palace. But only the maid supporting her knew that Li Wantong's body was trembling.
Li Wantong knew that this was not the order of the empress dowager at all, but... the emperor's...
She closed her eyes in despair. She still couldn't escape after all.