Rebirth: Bai Xueyun's
8. Mother Empress

"His Majesty has ordered prince Chen and his empress to kneel outside for four hours as punishment." The maid narrowed her eyes at Bai Xueyun and gave the queen orders.

Bai Xueyun narrowed her eyes, with both of her hands clenched beside her feet.

Prince Chen tried to say something to Bai Xueyun, Xueyun felt his delicate movements and held her hand to stop him.

Ever since they stepped in the Palace, all plans against them had begun. Helpless like them, going along with the empress and prince Chen's plan was their only option.

This was a hole, which was dug in front of their faces, and at this moment, those people pressed their heads and forced them to jump.

However, they had no choice but to jump.

Bai Xueyun looked at the scorching sun, and a dazzling light pierced through her eyes like a sharp blade. Large drops of sweat rolled down his cheeks. The summer heat entered his body, and he felt dizzy, with every inch of his skin burning in pain.

However, none of these feelings could compare to the humiliation of the empress and Qiang Zhen, who kept beating in his heart over and over again.

In both of his lifetimes, this was the first time Bai Xueyun had found herself so helpless, waiting to be trampled at will.

"consort Bai, why are you still standing there?" xu's servant said with a grin at the corner of his mouth, which was extremely terrifying.

Chen held onto Bai Xueyun's hand desperately, trying to support her with his own strength and stopping her from kneeling down.

However, he did not possess that much strength at this moment. He could barely stand on his own, not to mention supporting Xueyun.

Bai Xueyun smiled at prince Chen gently before she shook her head, signaling prince Chen need not worry.

"I'll get on my knees." Looking at Maid Xu, who was looking at him, he kept his back straight like a bamboo stick.

Bai Xueyun bent her knees, which hit the floor hard. The burning sunlight illuminated and roasted it with heat.

The blue stone floor, which had been roasted under the scorching sun for a long time, was as hot as the iron plate that had just come out of the fire, and the heat found its way inside Xueyun's body, that feels like every inch of his skin is burning, painful. Xueyun's clothes were drenched, and dried by the sun immediately before they were drenched again. With this cycle repeating, a layer of white salt crystals formed on his clothes and his exposed skin.

However Xueyun never bowed for a second.

A few guards walked up to Chen, who was standing right next to Xueyun, and tried to take her to a shady corner, but Chen stubbornly refused.

Realizing Chen's health condition, Bai Xueyun raised her weak hand to pull the tip of Chen's clothes, and prince Chen looked at her.

Bai Xueyun tilted her dry lips and struggled to speak, "prince, I can take it. Please go to rest."

Prince Chen shook his head with determination, and his weak body trembled slightly before he exerted his strong determination to stand still the next second.

Bai Xueyun stopped talking, and closed her eyes to hide her complex emotions inside.

Lifting up her dress, Princess Li Hua dashed towards them and circled around prince Chen anxiously. "Ah Chen, will you come inside with me? You can't stand a heat wave like that."

"Brother Chen, please .. I beg you!"

Prince Chen was still standing tall with no intention to respond.

Princess Li Hua was very worried, and she sent someone to take her soft sedan chair, hoping that prince Chen would come in and rest.

But Xu's servant stopped him, "princess, this is Prince Chen's choice. Please respect that."

Full of regret, Princess Li Hua became furious as she looked at Xueyun from the corner of her eyes: It was Bai Xueyun who made Ah Chen experience a severe ordeal!'

"It's all your fault! Your fault!" Princess Li Hua lifted her dress and tried to kick Bai Xueyun again, but Chen took a step and stood in front of Bai Xueyun.

His eyes were hard to focus and his body trembled, but he protected Bai Xueyun behind him with determination.

Princess Li Hua pulled her kick in time, pouted her mouth, and looked at prince Chen with a complaint, "Ah Chen, why are you helping him? He has made you lose everything!"

As far as Princess Li Hua was concerned, marrying a lowly like Bai Xueyun meant that prince Chen would never have a strong backing, and without the backing, he would never have the right to inherit the throne.

All this was because of Bai Xueyun.

Therefore, Princess Li Hua did not know why Chen would protect Bai Xueyun both yesterday and today.

Chen did not have the strength to say a word. If not for his restraining determination, he would have fainted.

At this moment, he could not hear a word from Princess Li Hua, but there was a different voice in his mind that told him to protect Bai Xueyun.

"Yo, what's going on here?"

With a majestic tone of voice, a woman wearing luxurious clothes not far away was seen walking towards them slowly with a group of servants by her side.

"Your Majesty."

When the people of the main Palace saw the woman, they all bowed to her.

The woman was the mother of the Empress, a legendary woman who had helped the emperor usurp the throne.

Although she was not the emperor's mother at the moment, nor was she in a high position when she served the deceased emperor, the emperor would welcome her as a "mother" respectfully when they met. She is considered the noblest woman in the harem.

Even Princess Li Hua, who had always been arrogant, would become submissive in front of the Empress mother.

"It's too late, prince Chen, Empress Bai, what are you still doing here?" the empress stopped. He was surprised to see prince Chen and Bai Xueyun here, as they should have already returned to their home.

The maid next to the Empress mother said, "I wonder why prince Chen and his empress did not come to my Palace today. Yes, it turns out they were being held by the empress."

When the empress heard that the Empress mother had arrived, she came out to greet him immediately and happened to have heard what the maid had said. She became nervous and explained hastily. "the empress mother, I intend to let them pay their respects to you as well. But they did not arrive at the main Palace until a moment ago."

The Empress Mother handed the Buddha beads in her hands with her eyes half-closed, which made her seem friendly and kind, "Oh, do you know why prince Chen is late?"

The empress shook her head. "I haven't asked."

"You have punished them with cruel torment under the scorching sun before even asking why. What a sneaky move!" the Empress Mother suddenly emphasized her tone. When she saw the empress, there was no anger on her face, but her gaze was sharp enough to penetrate right into the heart.

The emperor was terrified. "It was all because of my negligence. Please punish me, mother."

"Forgetit." Said the empress. "Send someone to help them in. I have something to ask them."

The empress nodded hurriedly and told her servant to support Bai Xueyun and prince Chen to enter.

However, before the maid could reach Chen, she rolled her eyes and fainted.

Bai Xueyun bit the tip of her tongue to wake herself up from the trance before she hugged Chen hastily, yelling at the waiter, "Send the imperial physician, now!"