"Impossible?!" Shen Liangyuan's eyes widened. "Am I stupid? I want to harm someone and let the palace maid next to me write this birth date?"
She was panicking and eager to defend herself, so she turned her attention to Wang Chenghui, who was kneeling beside her. "Is it you?! You framed me, right?"
Wang Chenghui obviously did not expect that she would bite back at this time.
Her eyes were filled with disbelief, "Liang Yuan, what are you talking about?"
"Isn't it?" Shen Liangyuan's eyes were filled with threats. "How dare you do such a sinister thing? If it hurts His Highness's offspring, can you bear the consequences?"
"It's obviously you..."
"Shut up!" Shen Liangyuan stopped her, "Do you dare to bring me up again?"
"Okay." Jiang Jingchuan had no intention of watching them shirking responsibility. Judging from their performance just now, he was afraid that they were related.
He sat at the head of the table, his eyes slightly cold, and said in a calm voice, "Come here, drag these two out and give each of them thirty strokes of the cane."
"No need to save face for them."
Everyone looked at the man sitting at the top in disbelief.
I can't believe he would punish me like that.
In the palace, caning requires the man to take off his pants, but the master is not usually punished with this.
Not having to save their dignity means that they should be punished like the punished slaves by taking off their pants.
Shen Liangyuan finally began to get scared. Her face was pale as she crawled towards Jiang Jingchuan. "Your Highness, Your Highness, spare my life! Your Highness..."
"Your Highness... well..."
Before he could say a few words, he was dragged away with his mouth covered.
Wang Chenghui was so frightened when Jiang Jingchuan mentioned the punishment that he lost his voice and couldn't even utter the words to beg for mercy.
Soon, the sound of a board hitting flesh could be heard from outside.
A full thirty hits, each one seemed to hit the hearts of everyone in the harem.
After a while, someone came in and said, "Your Highness, the fight is over. Shen Liangyuan and Wang Chenghui have both fainted."
"Drag it back."
"promise."
After everyone left, Jiang Jingchuan looked at the second-class eunuch who had initially accused him, "He was given a promotion!"
"In the afternoon, have everyone in the East Palace go and watch the execution."
The eunuch collapsed to the ground, but even more terrifying things were yet to come. The prince continued, "Tell the people from the Imperial City Bureau to arrest all his family members and bring them in to watch the execution."
The Crown Princess didn't expect Jiang Jingchuan to be so cruel this time. Her face turned pale and she felt a little pain in her stomach.
But it's not over yet.
The prince then looked at the people kneeling on the ground and trembling. "Except Lu Chenghui, all the others will be slapped twenty times. The execution will begin now."
"Your Highness!" The Crown Princess looked at him, "They didn't do anything wrong, how could they be punished so severely?"
Jiang Jingchuan looked over calmly, "Does the Crown Princess think they did nothing wrong?"
The Crown Princess was not afraid, but she still tried to speak up to stop it.
All the women in the palace were punished because of one person, and the only one who was spared was because she had a good relationship with Tu Qingyu.
She really didn't dare to imagine what position Tu Qingyu occupied in the prince's heart.
"Your Highness, I know you care about Tu Liangyuan and you are angry about her murder, but you cannot take your anger out on the sisters in the palace."
"Do you think I'm taking my anger out on you?" The prince glanced at the women below, some of whom had already started crying. "Why are you here?"
“Your Highness, it was Shen Liangyuan who said that she hadn’t gone to talk to the Empress for a long time, so she asked me to go together.”
“Yes, Your Highness, it was Shen Liangyuan who asked us to come.”
“Your Highness, if you say that Lu Chenghui is here, why can she be exempted from punishment?”
Lu Chenghui quickly said, "I didn't come here with you."
She looked at Jiang Jingchuan and said, "Your Highness, I came here today to talk to Qingyu, and by the way, I came to see how Xiaojuzi's injury is recovering."
"We just happened to meet on the way."
Jiang Jingchuan had some impression of this woman whom Tu Qingyu had mentioned several times in his booklets that he liked to associate with. On weekdays, when he was handling government affairs in his study, she was the one who often accompanied Qingyu.
So he was happy to give her this face.
He just wanted to let everyone know that in the East Palace, don't stand on the wrong side.
Being on good terms with Tu Qingyu can bring you many benefits.
Even if there is no pampering, it will be something else.
Anyway, as long as he dotes on Qingyu, they will be jealous of Qingyu.
In this case, why not let them all hold it in? Even if they feel like vomiting, they still dare not embarrass Qingyu on the surface.
As for doing something behind someone's back, he won't let that happen again.
After today, he will transfer half of his secret guards here.
He just couldn't believe that he couldn't protect a woman in the East Palace!
"Stand up and take a seat."
"Thank you, Your Highness." Lu Chenghui was then helped up by the maid and sat on the chair.
"Did you hear that clearly? If you want to blame someone, blame Shen for instigating you." After she sat down, the prince looked at Li Shi, "Why? Do you need me to tell you again?"
When he said this, the Crown Princess's face turned even paler.
Obviously, she was also angered.
In the past, His Highness would never lose face for her in front of outsiders.
Li Shi received the order and clapped his hands. Soon a nanny came in carrying a thin sandalwood board that was two fingers wide and about a foot long.
"Come one by one." Jiang Jingchuan looked at one of them and said, "Those who just echoed Wang Chenghui in there, give them five more hits."
Anyway, Qingyu hasn't woken up yet, so he has plenty of time.
Coming one by one is really heartbreaking, and the last one will be scared to death.
The nanny took the board and started with the person kneeling in front.
Whoever she stood in front of, a eunuch would come forward and hold that person's hand.
Then Mammy raised her hand,
“Pah, pah—!”
“Pah… Ugh…”
The thin board hit the person's lips again and again, and soon the mouth was unsightly.
After twenty injections, the entire lip area was swollen.
Some people even had blood oozing from the corners of their mouths.
After everyone had finished their punishment, Jiang Jingchuan waved his hand and said, "Go back to your own quarters. Next time before you join in the chaos, think about the pain you've suffered today."
The Crown Princess also stood up and saluted, "Your Highness, I will take my leave first."
"Go back." Jiang Jingchuan glanced at her calmly, "Since you're not feeling well, take a good rest."
"promise."
After everyone had left, Jiang Jingchuan went in to see Tu Qingyu.
"Where's the medicine?"
"Your Highness, the medicine is ready." Nanny Yang brought it over. "It's just warm."
Jiang Jingchuan took the medicine and fed it to Tu Qingyu little by little with a spoon.
Tu Qingyu complained in the space: "Luckily I'm unconscious now, otherwise I would be dying from drinking the medicine like this."
Dabao: "My little master, I will put this medicine into the space now. You are not sick, so you can't take medicine carelessly."
Tu Qingyu: "You are right."
After feeding the medicine, he saw that Tu Qingyu was still not awake, so he left the East Palace.
When he came back, he brought back three carts full of rewards, all for Tu Qingyu.
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