What does His Majesty mean by those words?

Her daughter sneaked out of the palace to play and got caught by the city patrol?!

Thinking of her praise of the city patrol, Empress Song's face turned ashen, as if she had been slapped a dozen times.

My heart trembled violently.

He feared that his daughter, Princess Shouchun, might be bullied outside the palace, and even more so that the matter would spread and damage Princess Shouchun's reputation.

Empress Song hurriedly stopped her, saying, "If Eunuch Yuan goes to the city patrol office to fetch Shouchun, it will probably cause quite a stir. I... I'd better send someone to fetch him instead..."

Just as Eunuch Yuan was about to leave, he heard Empress Song's words and immediately stopped.

It saves him the trouble of not having to go.

The Emperor's face darkened considerably. "Do you think this matter can be kept secret?"

The princess, who had sneaked out of the palace, was arrested and imprisoned by the city patrol, utterly disgracing the royal family.

Empress Song wanted to persuade him further, but when she met the Emperor's cold eyes, she dared not utter a single word.

Eunuch Yuan withdrew and left the palace to rescue the princess.

Before Eunuch Yuan even arrived at the city patrol office, news of the city patrol office's capture of Princess Shouchun spread like wildfire, quickly reaching teahouses and taverns throughout the capital.

When the news reached the city patrol headquarters, everyone was stunned. "Did our city patrol headquarters arrest Princess Shouchun?"

"I don't know."

"The city patrol captured a hot-tempered girl today. Could she be a princess?"

"It shouldn't be. When Vice Minister Tang came back earlier, he went to the prison and took a look, but he didn't say that it was a princess..."

"That can't be it, I was terrified. I'm the one who caught that master and servant."

Just as they breathed a sigh of relief, a constable rushed in and said, "Oh no, they might have really arrested the princess. People from the palace have arrived."

The constables who were arresting people were so weak in the knees that they could barely stand.

As Eunuch Yuan entered, the yamen runner quickly bowed to him and said, "No, we didn't know you came, sir."

Eunuch Yuan asked, "Where are the Prince of Yanping and the others?"

The constable said, "They're all off duty today, so they're not in the government office."

Even the yamen runners and Eunuch Yuan had forgotten that today was a day off.

It must be said that Prince Yanping and his men laid a good foundation. With the main figures away, their subordinates arrested Princess Shouchun and brought her to the city patrol office.

The city patrol mainly catches people for minor offenses like fighting, petty theft, etc. As long as they pay the fine and make up for the losses, they can be taken away.

The fine was ten taels, but the compensation was three hundred and sixty taels. Princess Shouchun smashed a jewelry stall and broke several jade hairpins. The stall owner and his wife waited outside the city patrol office for the compensation.

The city patrol officers went to release Princess Shouchun from the prison, where she was terrified by the cockroaches.

Princess Shouchun had never seen anything so disgusting in her life, and she was terrified.

As soon as the prison door opened, Princess Shouchun fled as if she were escaping, not even bothering to ask who had come to bail them out. When she came out of the prison and saw that it was Eunuch Yuan, Princess Shouchun turned pale.

Eunuch Yuan came to pick her up; the Emperor must know that she had sneaked out of the palace and been caught by the city patrol.

My father will surely punish her severely.

On her way back to the palace, Princess Shouchun sat in her carriage and berated Shen Wan mercilessly.

She didn't scold those two thugs, because they weren't worthy of Princess Shouchun's words.

Princess Shouchun did not want to go to the Imperial Study, but she dared not refuse.

Upon entering the imperial study, Princess Shouchun knelt down with a thud, tears streaming down her face. "Father, I know I was wrong. It was all Princess Ling's fault. She ordered two local ruffians to rob my purse and even had the city patrol arrested me!"

As Eunuch Yuan walked behind, his eyes twitched when he heard Princess Shouchun's tearful complaint.

The Emperor was furious, but Princess Shouchun showed no remorse and even turned the tables on him.

If Princess Ling harbors ill intentions towards Princess Shouchun, she may leave the palace today, but she will not return alive.

Empress Song only knew that her daughter had slipped out of the palace and been arrested by the city patrol, but she was unaware that Princess Shouchun had encountered Shen Wan outside the palace. So she immediately believed Princess Shouchun's words.

The Emperor slammed his fist on the dragon table in anger, startling Princess Shouchun, who trembled. The Emperor roared, "A princess of such high status, chasing two thugs outside the palace, making it impossible to tell who the real thugs are! Did Princess Ling hold a knife to your throat and order you to chase them?!"

Eunuch Yuan, "..."

No wonder Prince Ling always hits the nail on the head when he criticizes the Emperor.

So it turns out he took after the Emperor…

However, Eunuch Yuan really didn't expect that Princess Shouchun would chase after the thugs. Princess Shouchun was spoiled and competitive. In the palace, not to mention princesses, even princes didn't dare to provoke her. Those two thugs were also blind. They thought that Princess Shouchun was easy to bully because she looked delicate. They didn't expect to be taught a lesson by Princess Shouchun.

Actually, when Princess Shouchun caught the thief who stole her purse, the city patrol wouldn't have arrested her. But when they were arresting people, they used things from the stalls to throw at them, accidentally injuring passersby. By the time the city patrol arrived, the two thugs had almost been beaten to death by Princess Shouchun and her maids.

The city patrol officers had no choice but to make the arrests.

Princess Shouchun felt extremely wronged.

She finally managed to sneak out of the palace to play, but was caught and taken to the city patrol office, losing all face.

It's all Princess Ling's fault!

If it weren't for her, she would still be happily picking out jewelry at Jinbaoge!

Those two thugs were definitely acting under her orders!

Yes, Princess Shouchun was convinced that the thugs were sent by Shen Wan. Because of this, she was not afraid at all. She was the emperor's princess. At most, Princess Ling would only dare to order thugs to steal her money. She would never dare to let anything happen to her. So she was fearless and beat the thugs to death.

Seeing Princess Shouchun pouting and looking unconvinced, Empress Song said with exasperation, "Hurry up and admit your mistake!"

Didn't she already admit her mistake?!

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