But no matter how Si Jinyue asked, Qi Nanyan ignored her and shouted directly:
"Come here, give the princess twenty strokes of the cane!"
Upon hearing this, Si Jinyue's face turned pale immediately!
Your Highness, how could he... be so confused about right and wrong?
After this beating, how could she still have any dignity left in this mansion?
Si Jinyue knelt down and moved to Qi Nanyan's side, grabbed his clothes, and begged for mercy:
"Your Majesty, I really don't know anything about the midwife. Please call her in to confront me!
I really didn’t do this, you…”
However, before she could finish her words, Qi Nanyan swung his cloak and shouted at the walking stick nanny:
"What are you still standing there for? Hit me!"
How could Si Jinyue, a delicate and pampered princess, be a match for two strong old women?
In a few seconds, she was pressed down on the bench!
Chunzhi and Chunyu knelt on the ground, wanting to plead for their princess, but were so frightened by Qi Nanyue's look that they dared not breathe.
Once, once, and again!
A princess was actually being beaten with a stick, just like a lowly maid who had done something wrong!
The endless sense of shame made Si Jinyue grit her teeth and refuse to scream!
But the severe pain below her body made her face even paler.
After only six blows, she couldn't hold on any longer, cold sweat broke out, and she fainted!
Seeing this, the staff-carrying nanny stopped and asked:
"Your Highness, the princess has fainted. Do you want to continue?"
Qi Nanyue frowned slightly. Is this woman really so fragile, or is she playing some trick on him?
He said coldly: "This little pain is nothing, continue!"
At this moment, Chunyu, who was kneeling not far from Si Jinyue, saw the blood dripping under the bench with his sharp eyes!
She screamed, "Prince, please stop hitting me! My lower body is bleeding!"
At this time in Linglong Garden, Zheng Ranran was holding a book.
The maid Qin'er hurried into the room, walked up to Zheng Ranran and whispered a few words.
Zheng Ranran nodded slightly, her eyes slightly cold, and said:
"That's great, but once that person dies, this matter can no longer be explained clearly!"
She paused and continued, "I heard that the prince went to Cuijing Pavilion. Send someone to get the news."
Qin'er quickly agreed, left the room, and arranged for someone to inquire.
When she came back, she said, "Why should Concubine get involved in this matter? The prince's heart has always been with you!"
When Zheng Ranran heard this, she put the book in her hand on the table.
She looked around the room, and everywhere her eyes could see were the precious treasures that the man had given her.
His heart?
Does he have a heart?
She met him when she was young and ignorant, and her life has been ruined ever since!
That day, he was wearing a white robe.
He always has a warm smile on his face, which makes people feel happy when they see him!
There was always a gleam in his eyes that made her reluctant to look away.
After that, at every palace banquet or ball game, he would look at her from afar, his eyes full of deep affection.
It was not until the Lantern Festival three years ago that he gave himself a white rabbit guarding the moon lantern.
He said that he wanted to marry me as his principal wife and live with me for the rest of my life!
What a heavy promise that is!
He actually promised it to himself!
But half a year later, he welcomed the daughter of the Si family as his principal wife...
How ironic!
But she still couldn't let go...the man who looked at her from afar, his eyes full of love, smiling silently.
Sure enough, he came to her with a guilty look on his face to explain.
He blamed all the faults on Concubine Luo, saying that he could not bear to refuse a mother's arrangement.
He said he wanted to give her the best things in the world.
He needs time to prove himself, and he has to wait patiently...
He also promised that he would find ways to pull the eldest daughter of the Si family down from the position of the main wife and let her take it!
She just believed such a perfunctory explanation and full of lies!
So, one year after the eldest daughter of the Si family married into the palace, she ignored the opposition of her parents and brother and rushed into the Rui Palace without hesitation.
Become his concubine Zheng!
But what happened later?
She knew that the best thing he was talking about was the supreme position!
And in order to achieve that goal, he kept taking concubines into his house, just to gain the influence of the families behind these women!
She initially thought that she was different from other women in his heart!
But she only found out when she lost her unborn baby!
The life of his child was not as important as the support from the princess's family.
And she herself is just a chess piece in his hands!
What he values is always the ability of his own family...
Qin'er, actually told me that his heart is with me?
This is such a great irony!
She curled her lips into a smile, reached out to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said:
"Last time I asked you to check on the matter of the second young lady of the Si family. Has your father and brother sent any news?"
Qin'er saw that her concubine's eyes were slightly red, and she knew that she had said the wrong thing just now.
Ever since the concubine's miscarriage, the prince hasn't come to Linglong Garden for a long time...
But Concubine Liu was very proud of herself. She would come to Linglong Garden every day with her belly bulging and her hands on her lower back!
No wonder the concubine couldn't stand it...
She reached out and poured a cup of tea, handed it to Zheng Ranran, and said:
"Everyone knows that the second young lady of the Si family is a miserable person. She lost her mother when she was young, but was raised by the princess's biological mother.
It may look glamorous to outsiders, but only the second young lady knows what it is like in reality.
It's being rumored that the princess's mother started having bad luck after the Second Young Lady returned to the capital, saying it was the Second Young Lady who brought bad luck to her!
She paused, then continued:
"Now, the second young lady has gone north. The eldest young master sent people to investigate, but no news has come back yet."
Zheng Ranran held the teacup and sipped it, but the image of King Mo Ying flashed through her mind.
“I heard that the Nine Hell King was quite fond of the Second Young Miss and even went to the Si family to vent his anger on her by whipping the Si family mistress!
It can be seen that the Second Young Lady must have some extraordinary qualities to be so loved by the notoriously hot-tempered Ninth Prince!"
Qin Er nodded and said:
"That's right. The second young lady is so young, but her medical skills are amazing. She can even treat epidemic diseases!"
Zheng Ranran thought to herself: That second young lady is truly an extraordinary woman!
The master and servant were talking quietly when they saw the door curtain being lifted.
The maid Lan Sui walked in quickly, looking a little flustered and said:
"Just now, news came out from Cuijing Pavilion that the princess is pregnant!"
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