Chapter 18: Concubine Ying Qi listened to the laughter outside
He said as he stepped forward and made the move to hit Bei Jingchu.
This time he was grabbed by the nanny next to him and pressed to the ground.
[Hahahaha, I’m dying of laughter, I’m crazy! Why aren’t you crazy anymore? ]
The little baby giggled, but Lei Nian'er looked at it and felt that... a villain was succeeding?
No, no, how could she think so of the little princess? The little princess scolded her to help her.
"You wicked slaves! What are you doing? If you don't let me go, I will chop you all to pieces when my father comes!"
But the palace was not her home, and no matter how she shouted, the maids did not dare to let go of those who attempted to harm the little princess.
Lei Naner's shout was so loud that it reached Yu's study. Before the messenger could get there, the emperor and General Lei came over.
[Daddy, Daddy! You are finally here! Someone is bullying your baby! ]
Bei Jingchu pointed at Lei Naner who was pinned to the ground and looked at the emperor, accusing him in baby language.
The emperor walked over and picked up Bei Jingchu from Lei Nian'er's legs.
"Tell me, what's going on?"
The nanny reported back, "Your Majesty, this young lady wanted to offend the princess as soon as she came in, but was stopped by Miss Lei. After that, she went crazy and wanted to hit the princess, so I had to subdue her."
"You're talking nonsense! You bitch, how dare you talk nonsense! It was obviously this brat who scolded me first!"
"You evil creature! Why don't you shut up!" General Lei's roar frightened Lei Nan'er for a moment.
"Don't you think what you said is outrageous? The princess is only one month old and can't even speak. How can I scold you?"
But Lei Naner was used to being fearless, and after being yelled at, he felt aggrieved and started to throw a tantrum.
"I don't care, it's not my fault! Ah Ye, you actually yelled at me, I won't talk to you anymore!"
Bei Jingchu found it really funny to see her adopted father’s brows wrinkled so much that he almost pinched a fly to death.
[Hahahaha, no one has ever dared to act like a spoiled brat in front of the emperor, hahahaha, let me, Aye, see how dangerous society is.]
The baby's clear and soft laughter was filled with undisguised mockery.
Emperor: ...Laugh now! Who can laugh louder than you?
General Lei knelt down before the emperor and kowtowed to apologize.
His forehead hit the ground with a loud bang and soon turned blue.
"It is all my fault for not teaching her well. If a child is not taught well, it is the fault of the father. Your Majesty, please punish her. Please, Your Majesty, please consider my daughter's young age and let me take her back to discipline her personally."
Lei Naner, who had just refused to listen to the threats and scolding, suddenly became quiet. She lay on the ground, staring at General Lei.
She heard people say that the emperor was the most powerful person in the world, but Lei Naner didn't think that was a big deal.
She thinks that the most powerful person is Aye. No matter how powerful the emperor is, can he be as powerful as Aye?
Her father was a great general and a hero.
Those people were afraid of him, but she was not.
So when she entered the palace, Lei Naner didn't think the emperor was a big deal.
But now, the father who had always been tall and majestic was kneeling and kowtowed before another person.
Lei Nan'er lay there in a daze, and no one knew what she was thinking.
The emperor rubbed his brows and said, "Then give him twenty strokes of the cane in court as a warning to others."
General Lei kowtowed: "My lord, thank you for your kindness."
Bei Jingchu was confused: [Ah? Ahhh? Wasn't it his daughter who did something stupid? Why beat her father? Isn't the punishment a bit too severe? ]
But no one paid any attention to her.
General Lei felt warm at heart when he heard the little princess's voice, but he did not raise any objections. Instead, he requested, "I want you to watch the execution."
“Yes.”
The sound of the board hitting flesh could be heard one after another, and Lei Naner's eyes were fixed, as if he had lost his soul.
Bei Jingchu, a kid, was sitting in her cradle, and she opened the system interface out of boredom.
Found one more person:
Lei Nian'er
Identity: The eldest daughter of General Jinwuwei of the Yue Dynasty
Age: 5 years old
Favorability: 43
It turns out the heroine is already five years old!
It's so thin and small that you can't really tell what it is.
The original novel didn't mention much about the heroine's life before her family was exterminated. It only explained that she turned evil because of the extermination of her family. Bei Jingchu naturally thought that she was avenging her parents.
It seemed today that General Lei wasn't very nice to her either.
Just look at Lei Naner's attitude towards her.
Children understand adults' thoughts very well. If parents care about their older sister, younger brothers and sisters will only respect her.
Why did the heroine turn evil?
This time when he went to the full moon banquet, General Lei came on foot and was carried back.
Lei Naner had been in a daze all the way home. Lei Ning had wanted to discipline his daughter, but seeing her remain silent all the way, he knew she was finally frightened.
The old father, who was lying on the stretcher, sighed and said, "Do you know you are wrong?"
Lei Naner came back to her senses and nodded gently.
It was rare to see her so well-behaved, and General Lei softened his heart. He changed his tone and taught her earnestly:
"The emperor is the supreme ruler, and his daughter is the princess. We are his subjects, and we have to die if the emperor wants us to. What you did today means I have no problem killing you."
Lei Naner was still young, but he knew that death was a terrible thing, and he shuddered with fear.
Seeing this, General Lei didn't say much, "Go back to your mother and think about what went wrong today."
This was the first time that Lei Naner looked at Aye straight in the eye. Aye, who was usually tall, was taller than her even when he squatted down.
But now he was lying on the stretcher, not looking strong at all.
She returned to the main courtyard thoughtfully. Mrs. Lei saw her look and hurriedly pulled her back.
"What's going on?" There was no sign of vitality at all.
"Aye said that I was disrespectful to the emperor, and then he was beaten by the emperor. Mother, what does it mean to be disrespectful to the emperor?"
After asking this question, Lei Naner saw that the expression of A Niang, who was always confident, became particularly frightened.
She was pulled up and down by her mother, who looked her up and down. Her mother asked anxiously, "How are you? Were you beaten?"
For the first time, the concept of imperial power entered Lei Naner's little mind.
It was something that would make her almighty parents shudder at the mere mention of it. It was frightening, yet... desirable.
After Lei Nan'er left, Lei Nian'er stepped forward and asked concernedly: "Aye, are you okay? Does it hurt?"
I took away a leaky little cotton-padded jacket, and I also got a comfortable little cotton-padded jacket.
General Lei felt relieved and smiled cheerfully, waving his hands at his daughter: "Father, I'm fine, don't worry."
Lei Nian'er was not worried, because her admiration for him had long been exhausted by this man's repeated favoritism.
But her aunt told her to pay more attention to her father.
Being filial and obedient will make her life better.
At that time, her aunt hugged her and cried, "My Nian'er is so young, it's all because of your aunt's uselessness that you have to learn to fight for favor at such a young age."
Seeing the person lying on the stretcher, Lei Nian'er felt a little schadenfreude. She thought about all the sad things that had happened in the five years since she was born before she managed to suppress the smile.
After sending his eldest daughter away, General Lei, who had just been lying weakly, jumped up from the stretcher.
The eunuchs who carried out executions in the palace were all well-trained and used force according to their master's instructions.
It looks like they have the same force, but in reality, three blows can kill a person, or a person can be beaten a hundred times without getting hurt.
He saw that his skin was torn, but in fact it was just a superficial wound. It would heal in two days after applying some medicine.
It must have been instructed by the Emperor, just to show off to others and his daring little daughter.
Lei Ning understood the emperor's intention and pretended to be weak all the way.
General Lei and his family were sent back, but Bei Jingchu's full-moon banquet was not affected at all.
The two ritual halls were still bustling as usual. Even the palace maids, who were usually not allowed to dress up, were allowed to wear jewelry that was not in accordance with etiquette today and receive rewards and titles.
The whole palace was filled with joy.
Even the palace maids and eunuchs in the cold palace could receive silver rewards.
The deposed Concubine Ying, Qi, listened to the laughter outside, opened her eyes with great effort, and walked out of the house.