The sound of the board hitting the flesh was not crisp, but rather dull.
"Your Majesty," Liu Zhongbao stepped forward and advised, "You have been busy for a whole day and night. Go and take a rest first."
"No need." Emperor Longfeng stood in front of the window, looking at his two sons being beaten, and said in a low voice: "I will watch them finish the beating."
The room was dead silent. He closed his eyes. When he opened them again, he saw the clear-headed emperor again: "After the fight, send the imperial physician to check their injuries. Make sure they don't have any symptoms."
"Your Majesty, please rest assured. Someone has been sent to invite the imperial physician." Liu Zhongbao supported Emperor Longfeng.
"How much information did the Zheng family's servants find out?" Emperor Longfeng closed the window only after he saw his two sons being carried into the sedan chair by palace servants.
Liu Zhongbao's face changed slightly, and he took out the confessions of the two fugitives from his arms: "These have not been verified by the Dragon Guards, so I don't know whether they are true or not."
It is not uncommon for servants to turn the tables on their masters, so he cannot guarantee how much of this horrifying confession is true and how much is false.
"Bring it to me and let me see it." Emperor Longfeng took the confession and read it carefully. The more he read, the gloomier his expression became.
"In the fifth year of Longfeng, Lingzhou..." Emperor Longfeng sneered: "The Zheng family has a good plan, no wonder they want to kill people to silence them."
In the fifth year of Longfeng, in order to appease the officials and people in the south, he toured the south.
After that tour, he took control of all the military power of Dacheng. From then on, Dacheng began to develop in the direction he had imagined, but he never imagined that there was a conspiracy against his beloved concubine and son.
"Everything is planned perfectly." Scar repeated the same answer to the question countless times. In just one day, he lost a lot of weight and looked listless. He answered honestly whatever the Dragon Guards asked him.
"In order to assassinate Concubine Su and her son, we arranged countless perfect plans." Scar said hoarsely: "But the plan I participated in had an accident."
"What accident?" asked the Consul General.
"A child." Scar licked his cracked lips, his tone filled with unspeakable hatred and regret: "A damn girl who came out of nowhere, she found us."
The commander tightened his grip on the pen, and his tone was a little angry: "So you killed her?"
Scar did not deny it: "That child was very strong, and we almost let her escape. If she had escaped, we would all have died. We had no choice but to take her life."
"Who made her hear things she shouldn't hear, and see things she shouldn't see." Scar didn't feel any guilt when talking about the little girl he killed: "It's a pity that I couldn't kill her with a single blow. I could only tie her hands and feet, gag her, and throw her into the river."
"Beast!" The commander could no longer bear it. He broke the pen in his hand, picked up the whip on the wall, and lashed at Scar fiercely: "You might as well kill her with one blow."
In such cold weather, with his hands and feet tied and unable to shout, how much pain and despair must the child have felt before he died?
"Sir, servants like us who were bought into the mansion when we were young, do we have any choice?" Scar twitched in pain. He looked at the angry chief and said, "When I entered the mansion, I was even younger than that drowned girl. Who would have pitied us?"
The headmaster looked at the scarred man who had completely lost his humanity, walked back to the table with a sullen face and sat down: "Go on, why did your plan fail?"
"I don't know the reason either. I only know that Concubine Su and her son didn't go to the restaurant to taste the food as planned. All the assassination methods we planned were useless." Scar's voice gradually became smaller: "The Marquis suspected that there was a traitor among us, and killed several people with suspicious whereabouts. Since then, he has never sent me out to do anything."
"Why didn't Concubine Su and her son go as planned?"
"I don't know." Scar's whole body was convulsing in pain: "I don't know."
Seeing that he could not get any more information out of him, the commander-in-chief disgustedly had Scar taken away, and turned to call his men, "Have you found out where Concubine Su was in Lingzhou?"
The subordinate shook his head in embarrassment: "Boss, the Imperial Concubine Su is protected by the Dark Dragon Guards sent by His Majesty. When they learned that we were investigating the Imperial Concubine, the two women rushed over here and almost got into a fight with our people."
They are all dragon guards under His Majesty, why are those two women so vicious?
"Let's put the matter of Concubine Su on hold for now. I'll report to His Majesty first." The chief's eyes were cold and hard. "I didn't expect the Zheng family to have done so many evil things over the years."
"Princess, the prince has been carried back."
"What's going on?" Sun Caiyao stood up and said, "Didn't the prince go to see the emperor?"
"I don't know what happened. The prince was punished by His Majesty with a stick, and his lower body was covered in blood." The maid replied tremblingly: "I asked the eunuchs in Taiyang Palace, but they were unwilling to say anything."
"I'll go take a look." Sun Caiyao was panicking. She rushed into the room where the Prince of Qi lived and smelled a strong smell of blood. She reached out and grabbed a eunuch who was escorting the Prince of Qi back. "Why is the prince injured? What happened?"
"Princess Princess, please calm down." The eunuch explained, "Your Majesty has sent the imperial physician to examine the Prince's injury. It is only a superficial wound that will heal after a period of rest. There is no damage to the bones or muscles."
Princess of a county?
What Princess?
Sun Caiyao let go of the eunuch in a daze and looked at the man on the bed in a daze. How could the man she loved be the prince?
"Please ask the Princess to take good care of the Prince. The decree regarding the Prince's title will be issued soon." The eunuch bowed and did not dare to look at the Princess's expression: "If the Princess does not have any instructions, I will return to Taiyang Palace to report."
"Thank you, eunuch, for sending our... Lord Prince back." Sun Caiyao took out a banknote and put it in the young eunuch's hand: "I hope Lord Prince is in good health."
"I'll take my leave." The young eunuch stuffed the banknotes into his sleeves and turned to leave.
Sun Caiyao walked to the bedside in a daze and sat down. She took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat off Yun Yanze's face, her eyes slightly red.
Clearly in her dreams, His Highness had never suffered such a fate, so why did it happen today?
She thought that as long as the prince avoided Ming Jiuzhu, he could escape the fate of being killed by Ming Jiuzhu. Why did everything become worse and worse after the prince and Ming Jiuzhu had no contact?
What exactly is wrong?
Was it the dream that deceived her, or did everything get worse because she was with His Highness? !
"Your Majesty, His Highness has sent you a box of pearls." Xiangjuan brought a box. Concubine Su opened the box and saw several pearl necklaces inside.
"These necklaces are so beautiful." Xiang Juan praised: "Your Highness is so thoughtful."
"How can he be so careful?" Concubine Su picked one and put it to her neck and compared it: "Count it, how many necklaces are there in total?"
Xiangjuan lowered her head and counted, eight.
"There are eight in the box and one on my hand, nine pearl necklaces in total." Concubine Su put the necklace back into the box: "This is not a gift for me, it's obvious that he is thinking about his future wife, but he can't bring himself to say it directly, so he is asking me, his mother, to invite Jiuzhu to the palace as a guest."
"Your Majesty is really smart." Xiang Juan smiled and shook her head: "I am stupid and didn't think of this."
"It's not that you're stupid, it's just that no one knows a son better than his mother." Concubine Su smiled and picked up a necklace and put it on: "As a mother, I have accepted his benefits, so I have to help him. Now take my invitation and go to Ming's house to pick up Jiuzhu, and tell her that I want to keep her in the palace for two days."
"I will go right away." Before Xiang Juan left, she smiled and teased, "Your Majesty must miss Miss Ming too."
Concubine Su stroked her pearl necklace and smiled. She looked at herself in the mirror, and her beautiful face became more gentle.
Prince Chen was playing with the pearls on the table out of boredom, and finally impatiently swept all the pearls into the box.
I wonder if my mother understood his hint?
In case he didn't understand, should he make it clear?
But if I make it clear, won’t it seem like he really wants to meet Ming Xiaozhu?
He walked around the yard twice and kicked a tree root. Ming Xiaozhu was the county princess and could have submitted a letter to enter the palace herself. The fact that she didn't come only showed that she had never thought about him at all.
It didn't matter if she didn't miss him, he didn't think much about her anyway.
After kicking the tree roots twice, Prince Chen turned and left the yard.
"Your Highness, where are you going?"
"I'm going to go see my fourth brother."
When he was in a bad mood, he would go to visit the sick. When he saw that other brothers were not doing well, he would feel better.
The young eunuch hurriedly followed behind him, worried that His Highness might accidentally anger Prince Qi to death.
"Miss." Chunfen looked at Jiuzhu in confusion as she stuffed all the silver and many valuable hairpins into the box: "Why did you bring so much gold and silver into the palace?"
"Shh." Jiuzhu held the box and hid it under her cloak: "Good sister, keep your voice down, don't let the aunt in the palace hear it."
"Miss Ming." Xiang Juan saw Jiuzhu carrying something out, which looked quite heavy: "Let me help you carry it."
"Thank you, auntie." Jiuzhu hugged the wooden box tightly: "They are just little things, I can do it myself."
"Okay." Xiangjuan nodded and helped Jiuzhu into the carriage with a smile.
"Aunt." Jiuzhu hid the wooden box tightly behind her cloak. "Can I go and see where His Highness lives now?"
"Of course." Xiang Juan glanced at the things in Jiuzhu's arms from the corner of her eyes: "From Suzaku Gate to Chaoyang Gate, we can go to Zhangliu Palace where His Highness lives. Shall we go around Chaoyang Gate to see His Highness later?"
"Okay, okay." Jiuzhu nodded quickly. The dragonfly hairpin on her head fluttered its wings, looking a bit naive and cute.
Coming out of Yun Yanze's yard refreshed, Prince Chen discovered a familiar little head swaying at the gate of the compound. Seeing him, the girl at the door jumped up and down in her place: "Your Highness, Your Highness, here, here."
The corners of Prince Chen's mouth rose. He put his hands behind his back, walked in front of Jiuzhu, and raised his chin slightly: "Why are you here?"
"Your Highness, come down." Jiuzhu grabbed his sleeve and turned to smile at Xiangjuan: "Aunt, let me say a few words to Your Highness."
After saying that, she dragged Prince Chen away, and only squatted down when they reached the corner: "Your Highness, don't stand there, squat down quickly."
Prince Chen looked around, then looked at Jiuzhu who looked mysterious, touched his nose, and squatted down like her: "What's wrong?"
Forget it, I won’t tell her that there are secret guards outside the yard watching this matter.
Jiuzhu had an expression on her face that said "let me show you my treasure" and she secretly opened her cloak.
"Liu Zhongbao." Emperor Longfeng stopped and looked at the two people squatting in the corner, whispering with their heads close together: "The ones squatting there seem to be my son and the little girl from the Ming family?"
What are they doing squatting there?
Are you imitating a three or four year old kid, playing in the mud?
"Your Majesty, it is indeed His Highness and Princess Ming." Liu Zhongbao took a closer look and thought in confusion, the Zhangliu Palace is full of secret guards protecting the princes, there is no need for His Highness and Princess Ming to act so mysterious, there is really no need.
Emperor Longfeng began to worry that his son really took the little girl to play in the mud.
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