Nanyan tried to break free of the ribbon tightly bound to his wrist again, but it still had no effect.

With this movement, the thin quilt covering her body slipped off a corner, revealing her emaciated shoulders, and her smooth skin was as white as jade, reflecting the candlelight beside the bed, adding a bit of strange temptation.

In addition to the exposed shoulders, in fact, her whole body is not an inch, the naked skin is completely ironed with the cold silk quilt, in fact, it doesn't feel good, there is a feeling of being crossed by ice, she shrunk a little, the quilt slid down a few inches, this time not only the shoulders, but even the craggy collarbones were exposed, and she didn't dare to move anymore.

Tonight was her first night.

It has been more than three months since she entered the palace as a picker, Nanyan counted these days with her fingers, although she was not like other pickers, she stretched her neck and looked forward to the day when she was fortunate by the emperor, but she also knew that this day would always come.

She didn't look forward to it, and naturally she was not qualified to resist, but the sisters around her, each of them tried their best, and some even bribed the eunuchs and grandmothers in charge to fight for the opportunity to sleep.

However, after the third maid went to bed, the situation changed.

Because she — didn't come back alive.

The previous two maids were sent back after sleeping, covered with injuries, one was even unconscious for several days and was not awake, and the other was still awake, as if he was demented, with a high fever and talking nonsense wrapped in a quilt every day, no one was allowed to get close, and within two days, he was taken away by the people in the court.

Since then, everyone is no longer so eager about the matter of serving, but avoids like a snake and scorpion, the emperor's bedroom is like a beast's bloody mouth, whoever goes in, don't think about coming out well.

But today, Mama came over to spread the word and let Nanyan sleep tonight.

When everyone heard the news, they were relieved at first, they were glad that they had escaped a catastrophe, and then everyone looked at her with a little more pity, as if they were looking at a dead person.

Although Nanyan was afraid, she couldn't disobey the emperor's order, so she could only let those palace maids bathe herself, and then bring her to this tall and gorgeous dormitory, let her take off the last layer of clothes, lie on the bed and cover it with a thin quilt.

Nanyan is now, like meat on a chopping board, just waiting for someone to slaughter it.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but turn her head to look out the window, it was pitch black outside, there was no one, not even the sound of the wind, she could only see the shadows of the trees outside projected on the window paper, shaking, making her more and more uneasy.

When is the emperor coming tonight?

If only he hadn't come.

Maybe the emperor is busy tonight and is too late to come here to thank her, in this case, maybe he can pick up a small life.

She kept silently reciting this in her heart, as if God had heard her prayers, and time passed little by little, although she could not see the hourglass in the corner of the house, she also estimated that it was almost time, and the emperor still did not come.

Is he really not coming?

Thinking like this, a glimmer of hope rose in Nanyan's heart, maybe she would be saved after surviving the next few hours.

However, just as she was still thinking like this, there was a commotion outside.