
Actually every day at midnight Zhang Han had been sleeping in Jiang's room ever since that incident, no one knew about it, every day Jiang ordered some servants to always clean the room because Lian and Yuan had been freed from slavery since Zhao An had given the release paper.
Zhang Han also did not know where Lian and Yuan were, because when the letter was given there was actually another content of the letter that Zhao An did not know even by Zhang Han, as well, so he did not know the fate of the two servants.
As Zhang Han read his report in the study room, Lan Huan suddenly came carrying a teapot and tea cup on the tray.
" You haven't rested? it's late at night?" ask Lan Huan.
" It's okay, a little more is done." Zhang Han replied, Lan Huan then walked in.
" Your Majesty, I brought you tea" he said, then placed the tray on the table.
" When did the general turn into a servant?" Zhang Han raised his eyebrows looking at Lan Huan.
Lan Huan gulped gulped stared at like that, he was a little nervous but soon he was in control.
" What's in that tea?" tease Zhang Han, but that question almost made Lan Huan fall to his knees.
" I'm just delivering tea, if you're suspicious throw it away." Lan Huan replied nonchalantly, but he half-deadly hid his nerves, Zhang Han chuckled faintly at hearing that.
" Why is your face so tense?" zhang Han asked then poured some tea in his cup then sipped it.
" Servant excuse me." Lan Huan then left.
*****
" Queen Ming Hui, His Majesty asked you to meet him at his residence." reports Wei Chan as he is welcome to meet the empress at his residence.
" now? late at night like this?" ming Hui asked in astonishment, as Zhang Han never called out to him like this.
" I don't know either, there may be something His Majesty would like to discuss with you."
" Well, I'll be there soon." replied Ming Hui, Wei Chan then resigned, Ming Hui actually hesitated for fear of disturbing, but since Wei Chan himself had come it must have been true.
Ming Hui immediately went to Zhang Han's residence alone, when the residence looked quiet, like no one was on guard, Ming Hui thought it might be because it was late so he did not think about it, he looked for Zhang Han but did not meet until he heard Zhang Han's voice from the study room.
Ming Hui immediately walked in and was surprised to see Zhang Han sweating and overheating as he grew worried.
" Your Majesty, what happened to you?" ming Hui asked, Zhang Han looked at Ming Hui, he seemed to lose control of himself, immediately he turned his face away from Ming Hui to control himself.
" I don't know, my body is burning, it's hot" she replied quickly, then she took off her cloak.
" Your Majesty..." Ming Hui wanted to ban him for fear of being seen by the servants.
" I'll just take you to your room." Ming Hui replied, he then turned Zhang Han towards the room.
When he reached the room, Zhang Han immediately took off his clothes with the help of Ming Hui, Ming Hui then took the fan because Zhang Han was overheated, he did not know what to do, he did not know what to do, Zhang Han sat on the side of the guide with bare-chested Ming Hui fanning, Zhang Han's breathing down and up, as he turned to Ming Hui making it seem out of control.
" What happened to me? " the interior.
" I can't help it anymore." he muttered, He then pulled Ming Hui into his arms, Ming Hui hasn't even reacted to it in surprise.
" I'm sorry, I don't know what happened to me, but it's unbearable, help me." she replied and began to kiss Ming Hui, taking off his clothes and satisfying all his desires.
In the morning Zhang Han woke up first, when he realized he saw Ming Hui lying beside him Without clothes covered with blankets, as he saw himself he sighed. this morning he had a meeting, so he left Ming Hui and immediately changed clothes.
" Take a small army, arrest Lan Huan and Wei Chan, take them both and tell them to wear criminal suits, and tell the law minister to come to see me now in the study room" he said firmly, the two guards immediately carried out the order.
*****
Lan Huan and Wei Chan were already waiting for the small army, since they both expected to be punished, they were even wearing criminal clothes, when the leader of the force came, as they had already expected to be punished, he smiled at the two men.
" It seems you already know" he said as he chained the two men.
" A. of course." Lan Huan replied.
" Pray that this law is not heavy" he finished tying the chain and let the two men walk in front.
" The whip is already the heaviest, hopefully not the punishment ..." Lan Huan thought of a punishment he hated the most.
As Zhang Han entered the courtroom the ministers' faces beamed and smiled happily upon seeing Zhang Han, seeing those faces only made Zhang Han roll his eyes lazily.
" May your highness live a long time." the ministers paid their respects to Zhang Han as he was already sitting on his throne, they only realized that if Lan Huan and Wei Chan came with Zhang Han, they would be aware that they were going to visit Zhang Han, they looked at each other for answers. Zhang Han looked at the expressions on the faces of the ministers, he smiled.
" You must be wondering where Lan Huan and Wei Chan are now?" the ministers looked at Zhang Han and became frightened.
" Your highness." someone the minister wanted to explain but detained Zhang Han to continue his words, the minister only gulped because they were afraid.
" Well, where are the two of them after committing such a great crime, by deceiving their Emperor?" Zhang Han smiled meaningfully.
" Your Majesty didn't try to kill them did you? they were.." the minister gulped at the thought of the punishment in their head.
" This punishment I'm specifically showing you." Zhang Han said, then he came out followed by all the ministers.
They headed for a beautiful place to relax, but they knew what beauty it was, they passed the bridge to the pendopo in the middle of the flower pond known as the devil pond because all the flowers planted in the pool were poisonous, there were no pets in the pond other than poisonous water flowers, the pond was specially poisonous plants, and on the edge of the pond were Lan Huan and Wei Chan soaking in a pool as high as their thighs.
They were bare-chested, on the abdomen and chest pierced with acupuncture needles to prevent poison from entering the body, and behind them stood two soldiers who had been covered in security clothes and drank the antidote so that they were not affected, they both stood with the 5-inch-thick punishment board.
The ministers shuddered in horror at the punishment Lan Huan and Wei Chan received.
" So soon began his punishment." Zhang Han's orders, all holding their breath as the thick plank was smashed onto their bottoms, Wei Chan and Lan Huan clenched their hands in pain, holding back the pain, until at the fifteenth blow they fell to their knees with blood, the pale ministers saw the two of them.
" Stop it." the two maids stopped.
" The punch should have been 100 times, it doesn't feel fair if only the two of them were punished, you all got involved, so.." Zhang Han hadn't finished saying that all the ministers immediately kowtowed down begging for mercy.
" Pardon us your majesty, we all plead guilty" they said in unison with bodies trembling in fear.
" Take Lan Huan and Wei Chan away, make them suffer a little" Zhang Han said as he looked towards the law minister who was at the edge of the pool to already prepare for the punishment, he gulped as he stared at Zhang Han.
" And you guys..." Zhang Han looked at all his ministers who were prostrating.
" For 3 months your salary will be cut by 50 percent, some of your power withdrawn, and no objection."
" WHAT ...?" THEY SHOUTED IN UNISON RAISING THEIR HEADS.
Zhang Han just passed them with a triumphant smile, even though he had fallen into a trap, making his ministers deterrent that he needed to do, pulling some of their power just as much as making them not free to act, he said, and cutting their pay made them miserable because money was the main punishment for them, it was the most severe punishment they received from another punishment, he said, it was better that they be whipped and suffered a little than to slowly cut their veins like this.