newbobooks Chapter 285: I'll Remember the Pain
Chapter 285: I'll Remember the Pain
"But Yongqi and I are truly in love, why are you trying to break us up?"
The emperor shrugged. "Didn't I give you to Yongqi? If so, why are you making such a fuss? Aren't you just looking down on the position of a princess? If I give you to Yongqi as a concubine, wouldn't that be considered breaking up the relationship? And if I give you to a princess, that's also breaking up the relationship? How can this be justified?"
The emperor now understood that Xiaoyanzi did not simply want to be with Yongqi. She was making such a fuss just because she thought the princess's rank was too low.
The more he thought about it, the angrier the emperor became.
He has three thousand beauties in his harem, and no concubine has ever fought with him because he gave her a lower position. Is this hitting Xinrong and Yongqi? This is because they are dissatisfied with him and are venting their anger by making a scene!
The emperor snorted coldly, "Xiaoyanzi, you were so innocent and lively when you first entered the palace. How come you have become so materialistic and greedy now?"
Could it be that Xiaoyanzi pretended to be a princess in order to covet the glory and wealth in the palace?
The emperor didn't want to make such malicious assumptions about Xiaoyanzi, but now looking at her greedy look, the emperor was really disgusted.
Xiaoyanzi was also very angry. She used to be able to get whatever she wanted, which was naturally free and easy. But now she has nothing. How can she not care?
"Your Majesty, you are so high and mighty, so naturally you won't understand us!"
The emperor rubbed his brows and looked at Liu Qing and Liu Hong, "What's wrong with you?"
It was also the first time that Liu Qing and Liu Hong were questioned by the emperor. They talked for a long time but couldn't explain themselves clearly. Yongheng couldn't bear it anymore and explained to them what had happened in the past few days.
"Well, you did a good job. You didn't let Xiaoyanzi make a scene during the wedding reception. You deserve a reward."
If it weren't for the brother and sister stopping Xiaoyanzi, he would have lost face in front of the whole city again.
What the emperor didn't know was that it was almost the same, but none of the ministers who heard about it dared to report it to the emperor.
After admiring the green and red willows, the emperor pointed at Xiaoyanzi and scolded her, "Everyone around you understands this, but you don't. What kind of good person would cause trouble at someone else's wedding? It's only because Xinrong has a good temper. If it were anyone else, they would definitely turn you over to the authorities! What else are you dissatisfied with?"
Liu Qing and Liu Hong nodded frantically. Yes, they did have this consideration when they stopped Xiaoyanzi. It was a pity that Xiaoyanzi was blinded by love.
Originally, what Xiaoyanzi did was wrong, and the Fifth Prince was also wrong. Since he couldn't do it, why did he make a promise to Xiaoyanzi? As a result, one of them could only talk empty words, while the other was stubborn and insisted on fulfilling his promise.
Yongqi felt very distressed when he saw Xiaoyanzi being scolded over and over again by the emperor.
"Father Emperor, I was not thoughtful enough on this matter. Xiaoyanzi doesn't understand anything."
These words brought back the emperor's unpleasant memories. It was because of these words that he excused Xiaoyanzi countless times. He forgave Xiaoyanzi for every trouble she got into. It had been almost two years since Xiaoyanzi mistakenly entered the palace, and he still used this excuse!
Not only has he not made any progress, but he's also becoming more and more ridiculous!
"She doesn't know anything and can't learn? She's almost twenty and still doesn't understand things? My little princess is more sensible than her! Yongqi, you really didn't think it through. Don't rush to take the blame. You'll be in trouble later."
"I..." Yongqi still didn't dare to contradict the emperor and lowered his head in frustration.
The emperor nodded at Yongqi and then at Xiaoyanzi. After all, he couldn't just cut Yongqi out in anger.
Then hit!
He just didn't believe it. How could he not learn his lesson after being beaten so hard?
"Yongqi! You are foolish and absurd. You favor your concubine over your wife. You deserve thirty lashes! And the fifty lashes you received today haven't been carried out yet? Then take them all!"
"Xiaoyanzi, I won't punish you too much, just twenty strokes of the cane. Didn't you say you know nothing and can't do anything? I'll arrange for a nanny to teach you. When you've learned everything, you can see Yongqi again!"
"Emperor Father! Emperor Father, you can't do that!"
When Yongqi heard that Xiaoyanzi was going to be beaten with a stick, he immediately stopped caring about anything else. He knelt forward and hugged the emperor's thigh and begged, "Father, you can't beat Xiaoyanzi. Xiaoyanzi has suffered serious internal injuries and hasn't recovered yet. If she is beaten with a stick, she will die!"
The emperor stared at Xiaoyanzi with wide eyes. The man in front of him was full of energy. When he was arguing with him just now, he was even more imposing than him. They were totally different.
Yongqi kowtowed heavily and begged, "Father Your Majesty, it's all my fault. I didn't lie to you. If it doesn't work, just call the imperial physician to check Xiaoyanzi's pulse. It's all my fault. I'll take the beating for her, Father Your Majesty. It's all my fault!"
Xiaoyanzi didn't expect that Yongqi would actually take the punishment for her. She was deeply moved and breathed a sigh of relief. She still remembered the beatings she received from the emperor when she made mistakes before. It hurt so much.
The emperor didn't say anything, so Yongqi kept knocking his head, over and over again, and soon blood came out.
Seeing him like this, the emperor was very annoyed, but now he felt heartbroken. Even when Concubine Yu hanged herself, he didn't see the Fifth Prince kowtow so hard.
"Okay, you'll take her punishment? Then it'll be doubled, an extra forty strokes!"
Hearing this, Lian Xinrong couldn't help but look up at the emperor. Seventy boards were indeed a bit heavy.
The Fifth Prince's crying also stopped abruptly. Seventy strokes of the board plus fifty lashes, the Emperor was going to cripple him!
Xiaoyanzi also shuddered, but thinking of the pain of the board, she didn't dare to speak. She was afraid that if she opened her mouth, the emperor would immediately change his words and beat her.
Xiaoyanzi could only silently appreciate Yongqi's kindness in her heart, and she would remember it.
Looking at the miserable appearance of the Fifth Prince crying his eyes out, Jing Yan sighed helplessly.
Now that you know you're scared, why weren't you doing that before?
In fact, the emperor regretted it as soon as he said it, but he couldn't change his words in front of so many people. He originally thought that Xinrong or Xiaoyanzi would plead for the Fifth Prince, so he could get out of it without having to make any trouble.
As a result, everyone was frightened and no one spoke.
Forget it, he is my own child after all, I can't beat him to death. I will let the execution department know how to handle the matter properly. At least Yongqi should stay in bed for a month to learn his lesson!
"Beat him! Execute him immediately!" The emperor gave the order with a stern face, and soon the guards dragged the fifth prince out.
Looking at Xiaoyanzi kneeling on the side pretending to be a quail, the emperor was furious. His brainless son took the initiative to take the punishment for a woman, but this woman didn't even plead for mercy?
No matter how much of a bastard Yongqi is, he is still his son!
"Xiaoyanzi can't be spanked with a stick, right? Then spank her hands! You should spank her as many times as Yongqi spanked you!"
Humph! It hurts! Remember this lesson!
When Xiaoyanzi heard she was going to be spanked, she immediately put her hands behind her back and said, "Your Majesty, aren't you going to spank me twenty times? Then can you only spank me twenty times?"
Look, isn't he scared silly? He even tried to bargain, which made the emperor even angrier. "Say another word and I'll give you ten more strokes of the cane! Beat him!"