After I killed him for 9,000 years, he was reborn.

Empress Rong was an old lady who had followed Emperor Jiade for many years. She had given birth to a son and two daughters for the emperor. Although she no longer enjoyed favor in the harem, her position was still quite stable.

Rong Fei's two daughters are the eldest and have both been married. The only son is the last born and ranks seventeenth. The seventeenth prince is only seven years old this year and is not in good health. He usually spends half of his time in school and the other half being sick.

It was not known whether such a weak and sickly young prince could be raised to adulthood. Emperor Jiade, who had more children and was not as precious as he was, did not take the Seventeenth Prince, who had nothing special about him except for his poor health, too seriously.

If this continues, the frail and sickly Seventeenth Prince will basically have no chance of becoming emperor even if he grows up.

In such a situation, if the concubine was open-minded, she would at least comfort herself that even if her son was not in good health, the royal family had plenty of good doctors and medicines, so she could just take care of him slowly. At least he had avoided the tragic battle for the throne that cost countless lives, and it would be nice to be an idle prince in the future.

However, Concubine Rong is not a kind-hearted person. If she doesn't want to be a general's soldier, she is not a good soldier. If she doesn't want her son to be the emperor's concubine, she is not an ambitious concubine.

Rong Fei was an ambitious person who wanted to become the Empress Dowager's concubine, but the reality did not allow it. Over time, her mind became somewhat distorted, so she had an extremely bad temper and was very harsh to the servants in the palace.

Like the incident with the oval-faced palace maid today, others might just scold her and let it go, but if it fell into the hands of Concubine Rong, her face might have been smashed to pieces.

Since Concubine Rong didn't say anything, the senior palace maid beside her naturally didn't dare to stop.

With the sound of slapping, the poor oval-faced palace maid's face was beaten beyond recognition and she couldn't even utter the words to beg for mercy.

"stop."

Seeing the miserable and pitiful appearance of the oval-faced maid, a tall man grabbed the maid's hand forcefully with an angry voice.

Seeing someone stopping her from showing off her power, Concubine Rong, who was as narrow-minded as a needle, immediately frowned. But when she saw that the person who stopped her personal maid was the Third Prince, she forced herself to suppress her anger.

"I was wondering who it was, it turned out to be the most compassionate and considerate Third Prince.

What, the Third Prince has taken a fancy to this pretty girl?"

Feeling somewhat humiliated, Concubine Rong couldn't help but utter a few sarcastic remarks.

The third prince was the legitimate son of Emperor Jiade's second empress. He was of noble birth, about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, tall and handsome, with a gentle temperament and respect for others. He was considered the prince with the best reputation in the court.

"Greetings to Concubine Rong."

Letting go of the hand of the head palace maid, the Third Prince, with his usual gentle and humble expression, clasped his fists and saluted Rong Fei.

"This little maidservant made an unintentional mistake. Concubine Rong has already punished her. I think she has learned her lesson and will not dare to offend Concubine Rong again next time."

"I will never dare to do that again. Please spare my life, Concubine Rong."

The oval-faced palace maid, who didn't dare to stand up, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Concubine Rong.

Concubine Rong remained silent, but the Third Prince next to her couldn't help it.

"Empress Rong is kind, and palace maids are also human beings. The palace has its own rules. Just let it go after the punishment. Girls are thin-skinned. If something really happens, it will also damage Empress Rong's reputation. Isn't it more of a loss than a gain?"