Chapter 166: Imprisonment

Princess Pingnan screamed and hurried over to help her husband up without caring about her son.

Prince Pingnan was born a military general, but he was old. Emperor Jingxuan only used 30% of his strength in that kick, which made him lose a lot of his vitality.

He suppressed the severe pain in his heart and pushed his wife away.

He opened his mouth to say something, but the pain instantly distorted his face. He couldn't speak and could only kneel quietly on the ground, lowering his head to hide the resentment in his eyes.

The Princess of Pingnan, who was pushed away, turned pale with fear. Where was her previous arrogance?

She pleaded for mercy: "Your Majesty! What happened today is all our fault. Please forgive us for the hard work that the prince has put in guarding the border over the years, even if it is not meritorious!"

Princess Pingnan was really scared and full of regret.

As for Guo Xiong, he was so frightened that he dared not move, even though his pants were wet.

The palace servants standing by felt relieved, as they had been criticized a lot by this family recently.

Guo Xiong is an unpleasant brat, and Princess Pingnan is a condescending woman. Both mother and son are difficult to serve.

As for the Prince of Pingnan, he was a playboy and a lecher when he was young, and he was still the same when he was old. He could not walk when he saw a beautiful palace maid, and occasionally he would touch her when there was no one around. The palace maids despised him privately.

"forgive?"

Emperor Jingxuan chewed on these two words, then suddenly smiled, "I'd like to ask what your Guo family wants to do?"

"Guo Quan, your son Guo Xiong first threatened to gouge out my son's eyes, and today he provoked me and Concubine Zhao for no reason, insulted me and Concubine Zhao, and beat my son. He even turned the tables afterward!"

Prince Pingnan wanted to argue, but as soon as he opened his mouth, a mouthful of cold wind rushed in, and his throat and chest felt as if they were being torn apart by pain, followed by another mouthful of blood.

Emperor Jingxuan remained calm and said, "Guo Quan, Guo Quan, your son has repeatedly tried to harm my son. What does he want? What do you want?"

"Treason?"

As soon as the two words were spoken, the murderous intent was revealed.

Prince Pingnan's mind was buzzing as he vehemently protested, "I dare not! I am loyal to you and to the Great Qi. I am aware of your rebellious intentions and beg Your Majesty to investigate!"

The blood at the corner of his mouth dried in the wind, his face flushed red with excitement as if it were liver, and he looked at Emperor Jingxuan pleadingly.

"Clear?"

Emperor Jingxuan chuckled, his eyes growing colder. "Well said. I now suspect that your son's targeting of my son for no reason was at your behest. Otherwise, why would he, at such a young age, be so determined to harm my son?"

Prince Pingnan: "Your Majesty is wronged! This old minister——"

Emperor Jingxuan: "To indulge a son is like to kill him. How could you, the King of Pingnan, not know this truth? I respect you greatly for the sake of the late emperor and the tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the south, yet you have such evil intentions!"

With a faint sigh, he said with deep sorrow: "Guo Quan, I am very disappointed in you."

"Your Majesty—Puff!"

After spitting out several mouthfuls of blood, King Pingnan's face turned pale and his body was like a candle in the wind.

I don't know whether the remaining emotion on his face was guilt or excitement.

Emperor Jingxuan looked calm and casually ordered, "Take him away, throw Prince Pingnan into the Heavenly Prison, and hand him over to the Dali Temple for a thorough investigation."

The Yulin Army put away their weapons and several people worked together to lift the Prince of Pingnan.

He summoned his last bit of strength and asked, "Your Majesty! Aren't you afraid of chilling the hearts of tens of thousands of soldiers?"

Emperor Jingxuan: "Did you hear that? The Prince of Pingnan is threatening me with his soldiers stationed in the south. Does he even care about me?"

Everyone nodded to show that they heard it.

Emperor Jingxuan: "We will know if the Guo family has any intention of rebellion after investigation."

"Not investigating would chill the hearts of the people of the world."

"Mr. Guo just said that a son's failure to educate his father is his fault. I am willing to take the blame for my son. If so, I will be punished with fifty strokes of the cane. Guo Xiong will watch the punishment."

Prince Pingnan was so angry that he fell back, his eyes rolled back and he fainted.

After the King of Pingnan was dealt with, the Princess of Pingnan and her son were left on the ground.

Emperor Jingxuan glanced at him and said, "As for you."

Princess Pingnan's legs went weak as she kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong, please spare my life! I truly know I was wrong, and I will never do it again!"

Seeing her husband, whom she relied on, being dragged away like a dead dog and thrown into the Sky Prison, Princess Pingnan was trembling with fear, shaking violently all over, fearing that Emperor Jingxuan would kick her.

Emperor Jingxuan said: "As a princess, you have no sense of virtue. You indulge your own children and behave in a rude manner. You are unworthy of being the mistress of the royal palace. From this day forward, you are deposed from your position as princess and demoted to a commoner."

"As for today's mistake, I will slap you a hundred times as a punishment."

With a bang, Princess Pingnan also fainted.

"Mother!"

Guo Xiong felt helpless and could only sit on the ground stupidly.

Emperor Jingxuan ordered: "Let Zhou Bingyi take care of their family and don't let them die."

Jiang Fusheng: "I understand."

Emperor Jingxuan raised his hand, and the palace servants cleaned up the blood on the ground and dispersed. This thrilling farce just ended.

Before leaving, many palace servants couldn't help but look at Asui, still shocked.

The genius young master of the Lu family is actually the emperor’s biological child!

I'm afraid the weather in the capital is about to change.

After the palace servants cleaned up, the bloodstains on the ground had disappeared, including the family of the culprit.

Ah Sui rubbed his eyes and asked, "Did you just kick Guo Xiong's father?"

Emperor Jingxuan paused, "Did you see it?"

Asui: "I heard it."

Emperor Jingxuan was embarrassed. He covered his eyes but forgot to cover his ears.

"Why don't you call me father anymore?"

Hearing this, Asui turned his head and struggled, "Put me down, I can walk by myself."

Emperor Jingxuan put him down and sneered, "How long can you walk with your short legs?"

Hearing his ridicule, Asui frowned, his black hair stood up in anger, and he walked forward heavily without looking back.

“Even if it takes until next year, I will walk on my own!”

Hearing these resentful words, Emperor Jingxuan raised his eyebrows.

Tsk, the kid is throwing a tantrum.

He said nothing, reached out to pick up Asui, and stuffed him into the imperial carriage neatly regardless of his struggling.

.........

There was no shortage of spies in the palace, and Emperor Jingxuan did not block the news.

Therefore, in less than half an hour, everything that happened in Hongwenguan was reported to the six palaces.

Compared to the news that "Prince Pingnan intended to rebel and was thrown into the sky prison", Asui's life experience was like a bolt from the blue, shocking everyone.

Changchun Palace.

"What did you say?! Say it again! Whose son is Lu Changsui?"

Concubine Lu grabbed the collar of the palace maid who reported the news, her eyes bloodshot as she stared at her.

The maid was so frightened that her legs trembled. She repeated tremblingly, "Yes, it is your Majesty's biological child. Your Majesty acknowledged it himself."

Bang.

Concubine Lu let go of her hand, and the palace maid fell heavily to the ground, crawling and rolling out.

"ha!"

"Hahaha--"

Concubine Lu collapsed on the ground and laughed wildly.

He started crying while laughing, and fainted after letting out an endless cry of grief.

Only one thought remained in my mind.

They were all fooled.

Such scenes happened in more than one place: Yaohua Palace, Lu Family, Yun Family, Wenchang Earl's Mansion...

Repeated fainting scene.