Chapter 100 Are you making things difficult for Prince Jing?
"What?!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhu Xuan next to her suddenly shouted.
Zhu Xuan, who was sitting on the other side, had a gleam of brilliance in his slender, beautifully shaped eyes that always showed a gentle smile.
Nan Yan knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "This slave is guilty of death, this slave is guilty of death!"
Zhu Feng slammed his palm down on the table with a loud bang, spilling the wine in the glass. He angrily shouted, "How dare you! I ordered you to take charge of the Imperial Seal, yet you even lost the key to the Imperial Treasures Department! You know this is a capital offense!"
"This slave deserves to die, this slave deserves to die!"
Nan Yan kowtowed so hard that a red mark appeared on her forehead in a short while.
She lowered her head, grimacing in pain, but she couldn't help but cautiously glance at Zhu Feng in front of her, and the reactions of the two princes beside her. She saw that Zhu Xuan's face had calmed down, and he was just waving his fan, looking at her thoughtfully.
But Zhu Xuan's face turned blue with anger at this moment.
He glared at Nan Yan with his tiger eyes. Nan Yan just glanced at him and immediately looked away in fear.
Zhu Feng, still furious, pointed at her and cursed, "Do you know that today I was going to grant the fiefdom of Yanyun to Prince Jing, and I was just waiting for the imperial seal to arrive so I could issue the decree. Now that you've lost the key to the Imperial Treasures Department, how can I issue the decree?"
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"Are you trying to embarrass Prince Jing?"
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"I must punish you severely today! Come here——"
As soon as he finished speaking, Nan Yan was so frightened that she hurriedly said to Prince Jing: "Your Highness Prince Jing, spare my life!"
Zhu Xuan's teeth were chattering, especially when he thought that the matter had already reached the final step, but it was ruined just because a little palace maid lost the key.
He was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and said fiercely: "You——"
But before he could finish his words, he heard a cold voice from the side: "Sixth Brother, forget it."
Looking back, it was Zhu Xuan who turned around and said to him with a smile, "This palace maid also made an unintentional mistake. Besides, she only lost a key, not the imperial seal."
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"If she really lost the imperial seal, then punishing her would be useless."
After saying that, he turned to look at Zhu Feng who was sitting above him: "Your Majesty, tell me, am I right?"
Two guards had already stepped forward, ready to receive the order. When Zhu Feng heard what he said, he raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Prince Ning's words are quite..."
Zhu Xuan said harshly, "But as a female official in charge of the Imperial Treasures Department, she lost the key to the Imperial Treasures Department. She can't just go unpunished."
Zhu Feng was silent for a moment, then said, "Drag her away and give her twenty strokes of the cane."
As soon as the words came out, everyone around was stunned.
If the female official of the Shangbao Department lost the key to the Shangbao Department, and lost it when the emperor was about to use the imperial seal, this serious crime would at least require her to be thrown into prison and severely punished. However, the emperor only gave her twenty lashes of the board.
Even if Prince Ning pleaded for mercy, this punishment was still too light.
Zhu Yu frowned and was about to say something, but Zhu Xuan smiled and said, "That's good. A small punishment is a big warning, so that this lady won't make a bigger mistake in the future."
Zhu Feng said, "Why don't you thank Prince Ning quickly?"
Nan Yan hurriedly said to Zhu Xuan, "This servant thanks His Highness Prince Ning."
After saying that, the two guards came over, pulled her up from the ground, and dragged her out of the imperial garden.
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