Chapter 42 Child Marriage
With so many people watching,
the executioner did not dare to be lazy at all, and hit her with sticks left and right with great effort.
In the first two blows, An Ruxue was able to scream twice, but later, a piece of wood was put in her mouth and she could only make a little groan.
General An was treated in the same way.
He had to endure ten more blows.
When An Ruxue was beaten with the tenth stick, her flesh was already bloody and her clothes were soaked with blood.
Because she was a woman, she could not take off her skirt. It would be more troublesome to treat her. The flesh and blood stuck to the clothes, and every time a little bit was torn off, it would be accompanied by endless pain!
An Ruxue was beaten and fainted.
When the last few sticks hit her, she had no reaction at all.
The prince was so upset when he saw the tragic end of his beloved that his eyes were red.
General An was not much better, but he did not faint. He was able to roll down and kneel on the ground.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for sparing my life."
Emperor Beiling said, "General An, the punishment is over. You should take good care of your injuries when you go back. You don't have to attend court in the near future."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After General An said this, he could no longer stand up.
Eunuch Wu was very considerate and had the father and daughter, who had been beaten terribly, sent back to the general's mansion.
Emperor Beiling stood at the door with his hands behind his back and turned his head to glance at An Yunxi.
"I have already punished you, are you satisfied with the result?"
An Yunxi said, "It was just a few hits, superficial injuries, no actual punishment."
Emperor Beiling raised his eyebrows, "You girl, you really hold a grudge."
An Yunxi said.
"It's true that someone was beaten, but the matter has not been resolved. There must be a conclusion between An Ruxue and the prince."
"Then I will listen to your opinion." The emperor stared at her with deep eyes.
An Yunxi saw the prince glaring at her, and did not avoid his gaze at all.
"An Ruxue is not worthy of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, why not let her become a nun."
An Ruxue wants to be the Crown Princess?
Dream on!
Her words really surprised people.
No one else spoke, but the Crown Prince was the first to jump out.
"Father, Ruxue is my woman. I am willing to take responsibility for her. Now that she has been punished, I will marry her into the East Palace!"
Emperor Beiling frowned.
"Do you still want to make trouble?"
Ling Changyue made up his mind this time.
"If you don't agree, I will kneel here forever. If you really send Ruxue to a temple to become a nun, then I will become a monk!"
An Yunxi looked at the empress's face, which turned pale and blue, and the corners of her mouth were about to twitch.
How interesting.
As a prince, he is so childish
But An Yunxi felt a little puzzled. She and the prince grew up together and they did like each other before. He didn't seem to be like this when he was young When he was young
, the prince was gentle and polite, friendly, and talented
. Anyone who had met the prince would praise him for his youth. He worked hard to learn the way of governing the country, and he was proficient in both civil and military strategies, not inferior to his peers.
Although he was not as good as Ling Fengxun, he was also a more outstanding talent among the younger generation. Why did he become a love-minded person who was in love with An Ruxue and didn't even care about the throne and his own life?
No, this is very wrong
Her vision of people was not so bad before, right?
The queen's body shook.
Her son is going to be a monk!
He is the crown prince of a country, but he wants to become a monk!!!
If there were no palace maids to support her, the queen would have fallen off the stairs.
The emperor also looked down at the crown prince kneeling in front of him.
"There are all kinds of women in the palace, why do you like her so much?" The crown
prince pursed his lips.
"I will marry her!"
"For her, you even give up your status as a crown prince?"
This time, the crown prince was silent.
He did not answer immediately.
An Yunxi's mouth twitched. If the crown prince agreed directly, she would think he was crazy.
"Your Highness!"
The prince opened his mouth and seemed to have come to his senses: "Of course not."
"Since you still want to be the prince, I have the final say on who you marry. If you dare to disobey my will again, I don't mind changing the prince."
This was really a bit serious.
The queen was out of breath and almost fainted.
"Your Majesty! The prince is ignorant. I will definitely teach him a lesson when I go back. Please have mercy. Changing the crown prince in Beiling is a big deal. It may even cause unrest in the current situation. You must think twice!"
The Emperor of Beiling glanced at the queen casually and did not continue.
"Alright, the prince has committed a serious crime, he deserves to be punished, he will be confined to the East Palace for two months, he cannot step out of the door, the people around him who failed to supervise him and let him sneak out of the palace to have an affair with others, all of them will be executed." The queen
finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this .
"What are you still standing there for? Why don't you thank your father?"
The prince bowed with a very ugly face.
"Thank you, father."
He is the prince, of course the emperor will not really punish him, at most he will take it out on the people around him.
The queen quickly spoke up and asked someone to take the prince away, and then she recovered a little spirit.
The originally elegant and graceful woman now looked as if she had aged ten years.
Her energy and spirit had been drained away.
The queen pursed her dry lips and suggested again: "Your Majesty, now that things have been almost resolved, I still want to talk to Miss An alone."
She looked at An Yunxi and forced a smile.
"After all, Yunxi is my future daughter-in-law. I promise that I will never embarrass or harm her."
As the queen, she had already said so much. If An Yunxi refused, it would be a disgrace to the queen.
An Yunxi lowered her eyes and said, "What does the Empress want to say to you?"
Seeing An Yunxi's agreement, the Empress finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Miss An, follow me here."
Emperor Beiling's eyes also fell on Ling Fengxun, "It just so happens that I also have something to say to King Xian alone, you go."
An Yunxi and Ling Fengxun looked at each other, and the two were forced to follow the Emperor and the Empress to be alone.
The Empress led An Yunxi all the way to the Yu Garden. She dismissed some servants around and took her while walking and said, "When I saw you, Miss An, I felt that we were very compatible. You have an engagement with the Crown Prince, and I can be regarded as your future mother-in-law. As long as you marry into the palace, I will definitely support you."
The Empress' words were pleasant to the ear, and her attitude towards her was very friendly, which did not seem to be fake.
However, An Yunxi had no interest in the prince.
"I appreciate the Queen's kindness."
When she said this, the Queen understood her thoughts.
She sighed, "It's the Prince who disappointed you, but do you know why the late Emperor arranged a marriage between you and the Prince?"