Chapter 264 Confession
Arrived at Chengning Palace.
Li Xiuyuan led his men in.
Pei Tingyue sat on the main seat in the middle of the side hall with an angry look on his face.
Li Xiuyuan only took a glance, then lowered her head and knelt with the Third Prince, "Your Highness greets the Imperial Concubine."
Pei Tingyue sneered, "Li Xiuyuan, you've come just in time. Explain to me what's going on!"
Li Xiuyuan knelt on the ground and cried, "It's my fault. I raised Yushi to be a stubborn child, which led to this disaster."
Pei Tingyue narrowed her eyes: "Yu Shi?"
According to her understanding, this matter seemed to be done by the young master of the Li family, so how did it get linked to Yu Shi?
Li Xiuyuan reached out and pushed the third prince beside her.
The Third Prince lowered his head, his voice tearful, "I'm sorry, Empress Chen, it's all Yu Shi's fault... It's all because of Yu Shi's confusion that he made such a big mistake. Please punish me, Empress Chen."
No one noticed the dullness and numbness in his eyes when he said this.
Hearing this, Pei Tingyue pondered for a long time.
She was a little bit unconvinced that this was really done by Yu Shi.
In the past few years, she only heard that Yu Shi was well-behaved and obedient, but she could only see him once during the holidays and say hello, and she did not have the opportunity to have much contact with him.
Until this year, Xiao Si went to Wenhua Palace. Occasionally in the afternoon, she would go to bring cakes to Xiao Si and bring one for each prince.
While sitting there eating pastries, Yu Shi saw her feeding Xiao Si, and his eyes were filled with envy, and he frequently looked at the mother and son.
When Pei Tingyue looked over again, he had lowered his head.
Finally, one time, Pei Tingyue's eyes met his and she waved for him to come over. He came over shyly.
Pei Tingyue asked him, is the pastry not tasty?
Yu Shi shook his head.
Pei Tingyue asked him again why he didn't speak.
The child lowered his head with red eyes and stammered that it was annoying to talk like that.
Pei Tingyue felt very sad after hearing this.
Children are very sensitive to emotions and can clearly perceive other people's attitudes towards them.
If he hadn't been disliked in Bixiao Palace, how could he say this?
Who in the Bixiao Palace dared to laugh at or despise the prince? Only one person: his biological mother, Li Xiuyuan.
Seeing him so sad, Pei Tingyue comforted him.
Yu Shi's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he finally asked embarrassedly if Empress Chen could feed him one.
Pei Tingyue took a piece of cake and fed it to him.
Yu Shi's face showed his happiness and he ate all the cakes.
From then on, every time she went there, she would feed the child a piece of cake.
Pei Tingyue couldn't believe that a child who was usually well-behaved and polite could change his personality so drastically in such a short period of time and do such a thing just because he was "angry".
Pei Tingyue asked again: "Yushi, did you really do this?"
Yu Shi knelt on the ground and said with tears in his eyes, "Yes."
Li Xiuyuan also quickly said, "I didn't teach Yu Shi well. I know I was wrong. Please punish me, Your Majesty."
Pei Tingyue raised her eyelids: "If something really happens to Xie Xun, you, Yu Shi, and the young master of the Li family, none of them will be able to escape. Pray hard, I hope he is okay."
She didn't punish him directly.
Yu Shi is a prince after all. Although she is in charge of the harem, this matter involves too many people. It is better to wait for the diagnosis of the imperial physician and discuss it with Xie Chen.
She flicked her sleeves, got up and went to the inner bedroom.
Li Xiuyuan, the third prince, and two study companions were still kneeling.
The third prince lowered his head, and crystal tears welled up in his eyes.
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at the same time.
In the sleeping hall.
After applying the medicine, Xiao Si and Pei Yu both stayed by the bedside.
The bloodstains on the couch and on Xie Xun's body had been cleaned up.
Xie Xun's head had been smeared with medicine by Xia Yuanpan and covered with a plain white silk. He was now wearing Xiao Si's new undergarment and lying on the couch, not waking up.
When Pei Tingyue came in, the palace maid had just prepared medicine for him and brought it in.
Seeing this, Pei Tingyue sat down beside the couch and fed him spoonful by spoonful.
Xie Chen arrived halfway through the feeding. He must have just found out after he finished discussing the matter with the court officials.
He looked very unhappy. When he came in and saw Xie Xun like this, his expression became even gloomier, with an endless coldness surging in his eyes.
"Are you still awake?"
Pei Tingyue wiped the medicine stains from Xie Xun's lips and said, "No, Dean Xia said that he lost too much blood. He needs to rest well after drinking the medicine. It will take several hours for him to wake up."
Xie Chen responded, then gently stroked the bloodstain on Xiao Si's face and asked, "Does it hurt?"
Xiao Si shook his head and said softly, "I'm not in pain anymore, don't worry, father."
Xie Chen patted his little head and asked Pei Yu, "What about you?"
Pei Yu said: "It doesn't hurt anymore."
Xie Chen went out.
After a while, the heart-wrenching cries of several children were heard outside, including Yu Shi's.
Pei Tingyue sighed and stopped interfering in the matter. He just focused on feeding Xie Xun the medicine.
On the other hand, Xiao Si was very anxious: "Why is Third Brother still crying? I'll go check it out!"
Pei Tingyue grabbed him and said, "What are you doing there? It was your third brother who set the homework. He did it on purpose. It's reasonable for your father to punish him."
"impossible!"
These words were actually said by Xiao Si and Pei Yu together.
Pei Tingyue raised his eyes and looked at the two of them.
Little Fourth clenched his chubby fists, his fair face filled with disbelief. He said, "Impossible. During the fight, Third Brother kept scolding Li Che, and when he couldn't stop, he even took a lot of the blame for me. He clearly wanted to stop it, so how could he be the culprit?"
Pei Yu also said, "Aunt, it's impossible that the Third Prince did this. That previous argument was caused by Ah Xun standing up for the Third Prince, which led to friction with Li Che."
Pei Tingyue frowned slightly and said slowly, "The Third Prince admitted this himself. He accepted it himself."
Xiao Si and Pei Yu were shocked.
Xiao Si was puzzled: "How could it be... How could it be Third Brother? What on earth is going on?"
Pei Yu was completely confused.
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In front.
The third prince and his two companions knelt on the ground, whimpering in pain as the ruler continued to fall.
It had already been over a hundred times, and the palms of several people were swollen and almost bleeding, and they were crying in pain, but Xie Chen still had no intention of stopping.
If they weren't so small, the beating with the stick wouldn't last long, and it wouldn't be as simple as a ruler.
“Wuwuwu…”
"Ah, it hurts—"
"Uncle Emperor, I don't dare anymore. It hurts so much."
Several children wailed.
Li Xiuyuan knelt aside and turned her head away.
In the main seat, Xie Chen's aura became even colder, and he looked at Li Xiuyuan.
This woman was indeed hard-hearted and really didn't love Yu Shi. Even when Yu Shi was beaten by him like that, she didn't even say a word to plead for mercy.
However, this is also better. Since you don’t love Yu Shi at all, just don’t raise him, so as to avoid spoiling Yu Shi.
Xie Chen raised his hand and the palace maid stopped.
"Yushi, since you dared to do it, don't be afraid of punishment. Do you accept this punishment now?"
The Third Prince's tears fell, and he withdrew his violently trembling hands, "I admit it."
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