Money Well Spent

"You used me as a blanket for the whole night, and I let you hug me while I lay still! What a shame! If I had known that you would flog me, I would have done something!"

Of course, the young emperor heard everything on Lin Yi's mind.

When she heard that he had thought about sleeping with her, she almost wanted to beat him to a pulp!

However, when she saw his aggrieved expression, she felt quite amused.

She wasn't genuinely angry or really wanted to punish the lecher.

Even for Thirteen, the punishment was only a symbolic one.

After all, she was the emperor. If she didn't punish Thirteen, it would affect her authority.

She had to admit that after sleeping through the night next to his man, she felt she had never been so relaxed.

She hadn't felt this way since her father, the late emperor, died.

At this moment, she felt completely different from before when she had a backache and felt dizzy after waking up.

She only felt exceptionally comfortable, and her mind was unprecedentedly clear.

This was also something that surprised her. Could it be the effect of sleeping with this lech?

But why did the empress seem so uncomfortable after what happened the night before?

She was so sore that she couldn't get out of bed!

Why was that?

Seeing that Lin Yi was frightened, the young emperor was overjoyed. She said with a cold expression,

"Alright, get out and get ready. I'll save those forty floggings for later. It can wait until the morning session ends."

With that, she flicked her sleeves and ignored Lin Yi.

"She's not flogging me now? It seems she really dotes on me. I didn't look after her boobs for nothing last night."

"Take Little Lin away and flog him twenty times!"

Lin Yi, who was enjoying those thoughts, was shocked when he heard this.

"Shit! What's wrong with you? Why do you change your mind so soon? Didn't you say you would save the flogging for the time being? It's only been a few seconds! Why do you want to flog me now?!"

A moment later, the sound of wailing and howling came from outside the imperial study. At the same time, there was the muffled sound of a stick hitting the flesh.

"Ah!! It's killing me! My legs are broken!! Ah!! Your Majesty, please spare me!! Your Majesty, all the floggings are going to kill me!"

Hearing Lin Yi's heart-wrenching screams outside, the young emperor sitting in front of the dressing table couldn't help but frown slightly.

"Who's doing the flogging?"

A white-robed palace maid who was combing her hair immediately said,

"Your Majesty, it's Nineteen."

Upon hearing Nineteen's name, the young emperor stopped frowning, and there was a strange look on her face.

She could not help but mutter to herself,

"What a lecher! One of those days, I'll show him what real flogging is like! He won't have any skin left if I don't show him any mercy!"

At this point, even the young emperor couldn't help but laugh.

Outside the imperial study.

Lin Yi was pressed onto a long bench by two young eunuchs.

He was scared out of his wits.

After everything he went through in his two lifetimes, he had never thought he would be flogged!

He couldn't believe it!

Lin Yi racked his brain.

He was thinking about how he could avoid this punishment.

Just as the armored soldier was about to swing a long wooden stick at Lin Yi's butt…

Lin Yi suddenly struggled with all his might to break free from the restraints of one of the eunuchs. Then, before the others could react, he quickly reached into his pocket.

In the next moment, a money bag appeared in his hand.

Just as they frowned and were about to press Lin Yi down again, they saw Lin Yi reach out and grab a few pieces of silver.

The sharp-eyed Nineteen, who was the guy in charge of carrying out the flogging, saw Lin Yi take out a relatively large chunk of silver and tossed it back into the bag.

He could see what Lin Yi wanted to do, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

"Everyone, hold on! Well, here's a little token of appreciation. You can buy a few drinks with it later. Guys, please show mercy!"

Seeing this, everyone looked at each other with strange expressions.

Master Nineteen was doing the "flogging". Why did Lin Yi still give away silver?

The corners of Nineteen's mouth twitched. He didn't stand on ceremony and snatched the silver from Lin Yi's hand.

Then, he said to the two eunuchs,

"Hold him down!"

Seeing this, the two eunuchs didn't dare to be negligent. After seeing that Master Nineteen had taken the silver, they immediately snatched the silver from Lin Yi's hand and pressed him down on the bench without a word.

This time, Lin Yi was dumbfounded. He didn't know what they were up to.

Just as he was wondering if he had successfully bribed them, he heard the guy spit twice on his palms.

It was obvious that he was going to use a lot of strength.

[Shit! Why are they all the same?! No one plays a fair game!"

When the stick smashed down, Lin Yi could hear the sound of the stick breaking through the air.

This stick could break his tailbone at the very least!

Lin Yi couldn't help but curse in his head. He had spent all that money for nothing!

Lin Yi closed his eyes and waited to be beaten up. However, the stick didn't make Lin Yi feel any pain when it came into contact with his butt.

It even made him feel relaxed.

This puzzled him for a moment. Had he obtained peerless martial arts after transmigrating and had only just found out about it?

However, he soon discovered something abnormal. He saw that everyone around him was holding back their laughter.

Then, when Lin Yi turned his head curiously, he realized that the guy in charge of flogging shook his wrist when the board was about to fall. The stick stopped a few centimeters away from him.

This also made the incomparably powerful stick abnormally gentle when it landed.

At this moment, Lin Yi finally couldn't help but praise his wit.

It seemed that his money hadn't been spent in vain!