Chapter 7

The maid who sprinkled salt in my coffee received twenty slaps across the face and was sent to the Laundry Court as punishment.

The cook who put bugs in my food received thirty strokes with a cane and was expelled from the palace.

As for the junior concubine who shoved me, Sheldon came up with a casual excuse to demote her and confined her to her quarters for three months.

All of this went down quietly, behind the scenes.

Sheldon never stood up for me, and he never brought it up in front of me.

But his actions spoke louder…