Empress Chiang turned towards the voice and saw Xiao Jiuyuan's gloomy face giving out orders.
Immediately after hearing the orders, Bai Yao waved his hand and two of his men stepped forward to pull Hua Mei out with lightning speed.
Hua Mei felt completely relieved after hearing Xiao Jiuyuan's orders. She had thought that she would be killed for sure, but now she would only get paddle strikes.
Yun Qianyu initially wanted to stop Xiao Jiuyuan, but quickly stopped.
For breaking a gift from the emperor, Hua Mei should have been beheaded. Compared to that, the twenty paddle strikes she was now receiving was nothing.
Just as Yun Qianyu was thinking about this, the empress asked in a flat tone, "Ninth imperial brother, what is the meaning of this?"
Xiao Jiuyuan turned to the empress and naturally knew the meaning of her words.
