Chapter 16 Zhao Qing gets beaten

Zhaoqing didn't react in time and was hit directly on the head by the scroll. The hairpins on her bun were even knocked crooked. She was so scared that she knelt down quickly.

Li Yueyao said sarcastically:

"I dare not accept your kneeling order from Princess Zhaoqing. If I want to kneel down, I will kneel before our ancestors in the Fengxian Hall."

Zhao Qing quickly defended himself, "Aunt, I don't know what you are talking about."

Seeing that Zhaoqing was determined not to give up until he reached the Yellow River, Li Yueyao said:

"Okay, you're still being stubborn at this time, wondering if I dare to beat you to death?"

As Li Yueyao spoke, she picked up the ruler, walked around from behind the table, and hit Zhao Qing.

Zhaoqing was caught off guard and was hit hard twice.

Then, seeing that Li Yueyao was serious, he jumped up and hid to the side.

"Auntie, auntie, please let me talk. Are you going to hit me without any explanation?"

"The account books of the Zuozang Office clearly record it, but you still refuse to admit it, right? Do you want evidence?

Okay, Gan Qing, go and investigate Princess Zhaoqing's illegal activities one by one. I want solid evidence."

Gan Qing's emotionless voice came from the door: "Yes."

Zhao Qing panicked when he saw Gan Qing respond.

"Aunt, aunt, are you serious? My brother hasn't spoken yet."

Li Yueyao caught up with Zhaoqing and continued to beat him, saying as she beat him, "Your brother has already spoken. I will handle your matter."

Li Yueyao chased Zhaoqing and fought him from inside the palace to outside.

Everyone in the Taiji Palace saw Princess Jinyang chasing Princess Zhaoqing around the palace with a ruler.

Zhao Qing ran towards the main hall of Taiji Palace with all his strength, hiding around the pillars at the entrance and shouting at the top of his voice:

"Brother, brother, please come out and save me."

Li Yueyao, who followed behind, said murderously:

"I'll save you! Even the gods can't save you today. If you dare to hide again, I'll break your legs."

As he said this, he caught up with Zhaoqing and hit him with the ruler mercilessly.

"If I had known that you would cause chaos in the court, undermine discipline, and make our ancestors restless, I should have taken you directly to Chunshan.

Watching you every day, I don’t believe you can still make waves.”

Zhaoqing's hairpin fell off, his hair was disheveled, and his shawl was dragging on the ground. He was shouting:

"Brother, save me, save me, my aunt is going to beat me to death..."

The emperor naturally heard the commotion outside and sent Sun Fu out to see what was going on.

When he learned that the Grand Princess of Jinyang was beating Zhaoqing with a ruler, he grinned and said:

"Pass on my oral order. All royal children must obey the teachings of Grand Princess Jinyang. I need to rest and recuperate. Please do not bother me unless necessary."

Zhaoqing was beaten by Li Yueyao, and then dragged back to the west hall by his ears.

The virtuous concubine brought people to ask Li Yueyao about something, and happened to see Li Yueyao chasing and beating Princess Zhaoqing all over the place.

She walked to the east wing hall and sat in Li Yueyao's bedroom. Cui Xin served this year's new tea, and Concubine Xian watched the show while drinking tea.

Ye Yuanda, a doctor from the Ministry of Works, was waiting outside, waiting to be summoned. When he saw this scene, he was so frightened that he trembled and dared not move.

Seeing Li Yueyao and the other person enter the west wing hall, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and continued to stand steadily.

"Kneel down."

Li Yueyao shouted angrily in the hall.

Zhaoqing was beaten up, and when he saw that the emperor did not come out to save him, but instead asked Sun Fu to come out and deliver some words, he immediately calmed down a lot.

My aunt is much more terrifying than my brother.

After Li Yueyao entered the room, she stood beside Zhaoqing and asked sinisterly.

"I heard that you, Princess Zhaoqing, are as wealthy as a nation?"

Zhao Qing shrank back, and a flattering smile appeared on his face: "Aunt, aunt, these are all false rumors, really.

My niece has been a widow in the princess's mansion for many years, living a life of ease and comfort. How could she possibly be as wealthy as a nation?"

Li Yueyao was so angry that she laughed: "No desires or requests?

As soon as I returned to the palace, I heard that you had countless lovers and that the princess's mansion was magnificent and extravagant.

Why are you pretending to be innocent here?

You have no desires or demands, so what about Hua Qingfeng?

Or explain more about Jin Mantang?"

Zhaoqing saw that Li Yueyao knew his background so quickly, and then thought that since his brother was not paying attention to him now, there must be someone complaining about him behind his back.

Thinking of this, Zhaoqing looked at Gan Qing at the door with a bad expression.

Gan Qing stood at the door, looking at Zhao Qing intently, without even glancing at him.

"What are you looking at Gan Qing for? Are you planning to vent your anger on him?"

Li Yueyao became even angrier upon seeing this, and hit Zhaoqing twice on the back with the ruler.

Zhao Qing was dissatisfied after hearing this and said, "Aunt, I can't stand this servant Gan Qing anymore. You might as well gouge out my eyes."

After hearing this, Li Yueyao reached out and hit Zhaoqing on the back twice.

“Is Gan Qing a slave?

He is General Gan's orphan, raised in the palace since childhood, and now he is the leader of the Hundred Cavalry Division. How can you belittle him like this?"

Not feeling satisfied, he hit him twice more.

"She's been like this since she was little. Whenever she suffers a loss from me or your brother, she takes her anger out on the maidservants around her.

I thought you had grown up and corrected your bad habits over the years, but I didn't expect you to still be like this. You really deserve a beating.

You just said you wanted to gouge out your eyes. That's a good idea for me. Do you really think I wouldn't dare?"

Zhao Qing was hit so hard that tears came out of his eyes. He simply sat on the ground and cried without caring about his image:

"Aunt, you hit me without asking any questions. How can a prisoner in prison even ask for a few words of defense? Wuwu...

I'm your niece, how could you be so cruel...

Wuwu... Father, Mother, please come and save me! I'm about to be beaten to death by my aunt..."

"You still have the nerve to mention your father, the emperor, and your mother? You've pissed them off so much that they're almost dead."

Li Yueyao threw the ruler in her hand onto the table, sat down casually on a chair beside her and said:

"You're being wronged. Fine, go ahead and tell me what you can come up with today..."

Zhao Qing heard this and cried, "Aunt, I didn't want to marry that short-lived Xue Yong, but you forced me to.

He died in the war and we didn't even have a child.

I stayed alone in the princess's mansion, with no one to care for me and no one to love me...

Wuwu... Is this the life you have arranged for me?"

Li Yueyao scolded: "Is this your reason for finding a lover?

How can a person not live?

So what’s the point of me living alone in Chunshan all these years?

Why don't I find someone with ten or eight concubines?"

Zhaoqing was speechless after being confronted by Li Yueyao.

She originally wanted to play the misery card, but who knew that her aunt was even more miserable than herself.

It seems that this trick works for my brother, but not for my aunt.

Li Yueyao spoke again, "Let's talk about the concubine matter later. First, tell me about the Zuozang Office and what's going on in the ordinary warehouse."

Hearing Li Yueyao ask this, Zhaoqing prepared to change his tactics.

So she said aggrievedly, "Aunt, I have been a widow at home for these years, and I am always laughed at when I go out to attend banquets.

Our royal princess is a phoenix high and mighty, but she is always mocked by a bunch of rotten chickens. It makes me mad to death.

My niece thought that clothes make the man, and saddles make the horse, so she wanted to buy some nice jewelry and clothes, so that she could look presentable, so... "

After hearing this, Li Yueyao looked at Zhao Qing in disbelief: "Who did you take after your competitive, vain, and brainless behavior?

Our Li family has been passed down for four generations since Emperor Gaozu founded the country. Your Taizu, Grandfather, and Father have worked tirelessly to bring our Great Jin to this point.

You are a princess, and the royal family has never asked you to pay anything for the Jin Dynasty.

Can't you just live a peaceful life?"