Concubine Su moved so fast that those present didn't react for a moment.
By the time her hand picked up the embroidered handkerchief, it was already too late for Si Junlin to stop her.
"Rip!" With unexpected strength, Concubine Su simply raised her hand and tore the handkerchief in half.
Everyone present was stunned. No one had expected such a scene.
It was not until Concubine Su threw away the torn handkerchief triumphantly that Si Junlin came to his senses.
"You! You... You...!" He stammered for a long time. Since he had never learned any swear words, he didn't know what to say for a moment, but he was really furious.
"Guards, arrest her for me!" After holding it in for a long time, Si Junlin finally managed to say something.
The maids and eunuchs quickly reacted and immediately subdued Concubine Su.
Concubine Yu had to pretend not to know Concubine Su at this moment. She had never expected Concubine Su to be so impulsive. It would be bad if she got implicated.
Concubine Su also regretted her impulsiveness.
Just now, she couldn't control her inner impulse and rushed up to tear the handkerchief. Now she was filled with remorse.
Seeing herself being subdued by the servants, she quickly shouted, "Empress, Empress, you can't treat me like this! I'm your third uncle's daughter and your cousin. You can't do this to me!"
How could Si Junlin let her go? This was the embroidered handkerchief that he had spent great efforts on with the help of Su Wan'er. It was just a few days away from completion, but this woman had ruined it.
At this moment, he even wanted to draw his sword and chop this woman in front of him into pieces.
But there were no swords or weapons in the harem, so he had to deal with this woman in the way of the harem.
"Guards, give her fifty strokes with the rod!"
"Yes." Having learned from the previous incident where Concubine Su managed to break free, they used all their strength this time. Not to mention these ladies raised in the deep palace, even Su Wan'er didn't dare to say that she could break free.
Concubine Yu wanted to take her leave, but Si Junlin didn't allow it. He wanted to make an example of someone right now, so that the other concubines in the palace would know who was in charge.
After Su Wan'er finished dealing with the matter of someone reporting to the emperor, she came back and saw the situation in the yard.
When Concubine Su and Concubine Yu saw Su Wan'er coming back, they both showed surprise in their eyes.
Especially Concubine Su. As soon as she saw Su Wan'er enter, she kept shouting, "Your Majesty, spare my life! Your Majesty, spare my life!"
Su Wan'er didn't know what had happened, but she knew that, judging from Si Junlin's calm nature, if he really wanted to punish someone, that person must have done something wrong. So, regarding Concubine Su's cries, she just said impatiently to the wet nurse, "What are you doing? Don't you know that such a big commotion will disturb the other concubines in the palace?"
The wet nurse quickly covered Concubine Su's mouth.
Concubine Su never expected that the person in front of her would be so cold. After all, she was one of his concubines. Why did he treat her like this?
However, her words of accusation were blocked by a silk handkerchief in her mouth, and she could only let out an unwilling "Woo-woo-woo" sound.
"What's going on?" Su Wan'er came to Si Junlin's side. Seeing his extremely angry look, she gently rubbed his temples with her hand, trying to ease his anger with this action.
Although this action couldn't completely relieve Si Junlin's anger, it could still make him calm down a little.
Si Junlin put the torn handkerchief in front of Su Wan'er. "Take a look!" He didn't want to say anything more!
Su Wan'er glanced at the handkerchief, flipped it back and forth a few times, then calmly put it down. Then she turned to the wet nurse holding Concubine Su and said, "What did your empress say about how to deal with her just now?"
One of the wet nurses replied, "Your Highness said that Concubine Su should be given fifty strokes with the rod."
Su Wan'er nodded. "Then carry it out. What are you still standing there for?"
The wet nurses, who originally thought that Su Wan'er had come to plead for Concubine Su, were all stunned for a moment. Then they reacted and quickly started the execution.
Because her mouth was covered, Concubine Su couldn't cry out in pain. Her eyes were filled with aggrieved tears, and the cold sweat all over her body had smudged her delicate makeup.
Unfortunately, among the two people present who could end her pain, one was Si Junlin, the former emperor who was so angry that he wished he could kill her, and the other was Su Wan'er, the former empress who was used to all kinds of struggles in the harem and had seen all kinds of tricks of pretending to be pitiful. No matter whether her expression was pitiful or in a mess, these two people would not stop her pain.
After fifty strokes with the rod, she was so weak that she was almost at the point of breathing her last.
"Alright, take your mistress back. Remember in the future that the empress's dignity cannot be easily challenged." Su Wan'er said coldly.
"Yes, yes, yes." Finally, Concubine Yu and Concubine Su were taken back to their palaces by their respective maids.
Si Junlin just sat there in a daze in front of the table for a long time. Finally, he raised his fist and slammed it heavily on the table. Then he got up angrily and was about to leave the pavilion.
"Wait, where are you going?" Su Wan'er called out to him.
Si Junlin turned back to look at her. "Of course, I'm going back to embroider it again."
"Why do you need to embroider it again?" Su Wan'er asked puzzledly.
"It's already torn. Do you want to give a torn handkerchief to my mother?" Si Junlin's eyes were gloomy.
He was trying very hard to control his anger. If it weren't for the soul swap, he would definitely have ordered Concubine Su to be sent to the Cold Palace and never be allowed to turn over again at this moment.
However, he was the empress now, the empress, the empress!
Su Wan'er knew that he was on the verge of an outburst, but there were still some things that needed to be clarified.
Su Wan'er shook her head. Then she picked up the handkerchief, looked up at Si Junlin with a smile, and asked, "If you start to sew it again now, will it still be in time?"
"It has to be done even if it's not in time. Otherwise, it's already too late to choose a new gift now." A flash of annoyance passed through Si Junlin's eyes. This was the first time he had been so annoyed since he was born.
The feeling of all previous efforts going to waste made him more angry than ever before.
"Actually..." Su Wan'er lifted her eyelids and looked at him. "There's another way that doesn't require starting all over again."
It was almost completed. If she had to start over, she wouldn't be able to accept it either.
Even worse, she might not even have the heart to sew another one because of this. Si Junlin still had the thought of embroidering it again, which actually made her a little admiring.
Si Junlin was a little surprised by Su Wan'er's words. He came in front of Su Wan'er and asked her puzzledly, "You said you have a way?"
Su Wan'er nodded. "Yes." She rubbed her hands. After her hands got warm, she pressed them on her eyes. The warm temperature relieved the fatigue of her eyes very well.