C101 Received Penalties

Zhong Miao Yi stood at the side and raised her head to look at the empress dowager. "Miao Yi has never harmed the princess, nor has she ever harmed her child."

When Yun Mengqi heard this, she became agitated. She pointed at Zhong Miao Yi and said: "Don't you hate the limelight that I am suppressing you with? She was the one who had bewitched Brother Ze Yi, and now, she had even given Brother Ze Yi a bewitching soup! Otherwise, why would Brother Ze Yi believe you and say that it was because the servants were unsure of what you were doing?! Those servants were given to me by the empress dowager, and also given to me by brother Ze Yi. They are either you or the Consort! Do the two of you really think the empress dowager doesn't count when you're linked together? "

When it came to Concubine Xian's head, she felt a huge headache and was a little unable to react. Yun Mengqi's mouth was so strong that she couldn't even breathe after saying a series of words.

The empress dowager patted Yun Mengqi, "What are you angry about? Didn't I tell you, don't be so angry. "

Yun Mengqi immediately quieted down and did not speak anymore.

In fact, the empress dowager already had some other guesses in her heart, but she couldn't say them out in front of Yun Mengqi. Furthermore, she didn't have any other evidence.

At the end of the day, the Zhong Miao Yi was merely a scapegoat.

"This Dowager knows that you can play the zither, can draw, and have read many books. Speaking of which, you are also a sensible girl." The empress dowager's tone suddenly changed as she spoke of something else. Zhong Miao Yi didn't know what the empress dowager meant by that, and could only nod in agreement.

"Since that is the case, this one will not make things too difficult for you. You should stay here and help this one pick out some damaged books." The empress dowager's words were so light that Zhong Miao Yi thought for a brief moment that she had misheard her.

Just plagiarize damaged books?

Zhong Miao Yi didn't believe her. How could the empress dowager let her off so easily?

Yun Mengqi also didn't understand what the empress dowager meant, and was a little anxious. Just as she wanted to say something, the empress dowager looked at him.

The empress dowager's gaze was a little cold. Yun Mengqi was stung for a bit, but was unable to say that sentence and swallowed it back.

"Someone, write." As soon as the empress dowager gave her orders, someone brought their things up. It looked like they were already prepared.

Once the item was placed, the Zhong Miao Yi's heart turned cold.

The empress dowager had clearly been prepared long ago, as there were more than a hundred books piled in front of her. Zhong Miao Yi took a deep breath, and her head felt increasingly dizzy.

The empress dowager was actually still thinking about how she hadn't eaten yet. "Give Princess Miaoyi something to eat. Once she's done, she's about to start working."

A maid came in with a tray on the table. There were two bowls on the tray. One bowl was filled with plain water while the other bowl was filled with steamed buns.

Zhong Miao Yi glanced at the empress dowager and saw that she was looking at him with a faint smile. "Eat."

Zhong Miao Yi could not disobey, and slowly moved forward, her fingertips just touched the steamed buns, and then she started to frown.

This was a cold steamed bun, and the bowl on the side was probably cold water as well.

Zhong Miao Yi picked up the steamed bun and took a bite. It did not have any flavor and looked stiff like she was eating paper.

Her Majesty looked at her for a moment. "Aren't you hungry?"

Zhong Miao Yi took a deep breath. No matter how hungry she was, it was not something she could eat.

"To reply the empress dowager, that's too annoying." Zhong Miao Yi didn't want to pretend that she was hungry or not. How could the empress dowager not know if she was hungry?

"I choked. Can't you drink water? Or would you like me to send someone to feed you? " The empress dowager smiled, her eyes even colder.

Zhong Miao Yi knew that the empress dowager was talking about the water in another bowl. After a moment of silence, she saw the empress dowager look at the people around her with a meaningful glance, so she picked up the bowl herself and took a sip.

After drinking it, Zhong Miao Yi's face changed, she almost vomited a few mouthfuls of blood as she tried her best to hold it in.

If she were to spit it out in front of the Empress Dowager, she would have a new excuse to punish her.

"How is it? Are you still choking? " Her Majesty asked again, her tone tinged with a hint of a smile.

Zhong Miao Yi swallowed the salt water with great difficulty and placed it down, feeling even more uncomfortable than before.

Her Majesty nodded, probably expecting that Zhong Miao Yi would have to endure this.

She raised her eyebrows and ordered, "Eat, eat, drink! It's late today, and there haven't been many people coming to my house all year round. Write on this table in the outer hall that you can stop whenever I tell you to."

Zhong Miao Yi put down the cold steamed buns in her hands. She had eaten all the food in the empress dowager's mouth, and had also drunk all the wine in there. Originally, this was how she ate and drank all the food in the empress dowager's mouth.

The Zhong Miao Yi didn't say anything. It was useless to beg for mercy at this point in time. She sat down at the table and placed a brush and paper on it.

Many of the words on the book had begun to fade. Indeed, it needed to be copied, but this sort of book was usually written by the students of the Orthodox Academy. For the sake of not revealing her identity, the empress dowager had put in a lot of effort to punish her.

It was still okay in the beginning, but the empress dowager and Yun Mengqi could be heard conversing in a low voice within the room. Yun Mengqi's coquettish attitude in front of the empress dowager made her look like a little girl, which wasn't too annoying.

She now understood the empress dowager's methods in punishing the Zhong Miao Yi, so she was naturally proud of having the empress dowager's protection.

Halfway through copying the book, the Empress Dowager suddenly ordered someone to bring it over for her to see. Zhong Miao Yi's hands trembled, and a bad premonition struck her again.

As expected, the empress dowager hadn't even read two pages before she tore it apart. "These words are so small. Are you deliberately trying to bury This Dowager so she can't see them?"

"Rewrite it. Make it square. Do you remember?" Her Majesty tore the paper off the floor and soon someone came to pick it up.

Zhong Miao Yi promised to remember it and started again.

This time, she heard the empress dowager's words and wrote them in a straight and square manner. Because she could not write according to her own habits, she wrote them very slowly. The empress dowager seemed very satisfied with her speed and didn't say anything else about what she wanted to see.

However, after writing for a short while, Zhong Miao Yi started to feel sore on her shoulders and wrists.

She raised her other hand to rub it, wanting to take a break. Just as she loosened her shoulders and felt better, the empress dowager's cold voice sounded from not too far away. "Fight."