"Since Your Majesty has spoken frankly, I will not hide anything. I wonder if Your Majesty has heard about Hongzhou being punished by being confined to his room to reflect on his mistakes?"
The Empress naturally knew about this, but she didn't know the details.
She nodded, and then Geng Youran continued:
"To be honest, Hongzhou is a good-for-nothing. He was punished because of a concubine. I have come here today to plead with Her Majesty the Empress."
The Empress assumed that Geng Youran had come hoping she would plead with the Emperor on her behalf.
"Don't worry, if the Emperor ever comes to Yonghe Temple, I will definitely plead for Hongzhou."
"No, Your Majesty, I did not come here to ask you to plead for Hongzhou."
"What is that?"
"This concubine wishes to ask Your Majesty the Empress to get rid of that concubine who seduced the prince."
"How should we handle this?"
"Beating him to death!"
The Empress was startled by Geng Youran's assertive tone; it was the first time she had ever seen Geng Youran so decisive and ruthless.
In her memory, Geng Youran would never do such a bloody thing.
"This... If I were to issue a decree, the young prince would inevitably hold a grudge. Although I am the Empress, it is not appropriate for me to interfere in such matters."
"Your Majesty, rest assured, you just issue the decree, and leave the rest to your concubines."
Geng Youran naturally thought of this matter as well. Apart from this concubine, she had never said she would let Hongzhou go.
The next day, the Empress ordered the concubine to be forcibly taken away on charges of "causing chaos in the harem" and then had her beaten to death in the Imperial Prison.
When Hongzhou, who was reflecting on his mistakes behind closed doors, learned of this, he was furious and stormed out, intending to go to Yonghe Palace to demand an explanation from the Empress.
Little did they know that Xiao Anzi was already waiting at the door.
"Fifth Prince, Consort Yu is affectionate."
"Please trouble Eunuch An to go back and inform Mother that I have urgent business to attend to. I will pay my respects to Mother after I have finished."
"Fifth Prince, Consort Yu said that the idea of beating Yu Yan to death was hers, and it had nothing to do with the Empress. If you have something to say, just tell her directly."
Hongzhou was shocked when he heard this; he had never imagined that his mother would kill someone.
"I'll be right there."
Upon arriving at Chengqian Palace and entering the courtyard, Hongzhou sensed that something was amiss.
"This servant greets the Fifth Prince."
Where is Mother?
"Consort Yu said that she will not see you today. Mother and son will only be reunited when the prince realizes his mistake."
Before Hongzhou could ask any more questions, Qianxue clapped her hands, and several guards immediately came to Hongzhou's side carrying long benches and long sticks.
"Fifth Prince, please."
"Aunt Qianxue, what are you doing?"
"The Empress said that the prince's injury from a few years ago has healed and no longer hurts, so he needs to be reminded again."
Hongzhou refused, but Qianxue forced the guards to pin him down on the bench.
"How dare you! I am a prince, who dares to touch me!"
Qianxue said leisurely from above:
"Your Highness, you should save your energy. These guards were ordered by the Empress to the Emperor. You can't get rid of them."
Hearing that his mother had even brought out his father, the Emperor, Hongzhou naturally stopped struggling.
Even in this situation, he still did not admit that he was wrong.
Let's begin!
After saying that, Qianxue went into the house, while Hongzhou howled in the courtyard.
"Your Majesty, how could you be so cruel?"
"I want him to feel pain, to remember that this pain was inflicted by me."
Hongzhou deliberately shouted loudly, thinking that this would make his mother stop the guards sooner.
However, Hongzhou underestimated his mother's abilities.
This time, Geng Youran was determined to teach him a lesson.
After ten strikes, the guards outside came in to ask if they wanted to continue. Geng Youran didn't say anything, but nodded.
Qianxue, however, was a little anxious.
"Your Highness, please stop hitting him. If you keep hitting him like this, how will the prince ride his horse?"
"Then go ask him if he knows what he did wrong. If he doesn't, then keep hitting him."
In fact, these guards were aware of the situation both in their minds and in their actions, and Hongzhou was not seriously injured.
"Aunt Qianxue, please go in and tell Mother that I have fallen in love with Yuyan, and that I have done nothing wrong!"
Qianxue gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, then stood up, waved, and went inside.
After ten more blows, Hongzhou could no longer hold on. His body was already torn and bleeding, with no good spots left.
Qianxue, Xiao Anzi, and Wei Zhu knelt on the ground to plead for Hongzhou's life, and Consort Xi, Wanru, was also invited by Xiao Anzi.
"Sister, please spare Hongzhou. Anyway, Yuyan has already been dealt with. Do you really want to beat Hongzhou to death?"
Seeing that Geng Youran did not speak, Consort Xi Wanru hurriedly asked Wei Zhu to invite the imperial physician, and then asked Xiao Anzi to call the guards to carry Hongzhou into the side room.
Just after making the arrangements, Geng Youran collapsed to the ground and fainted, her body surrounded by a pool of blood.
"This, this is! Qianxue, quickly go and report to the Emperor!"
"Why!"
After all this commotion, seven or eight imperial physicians from the Imperial Hospital came, some to treat Hongzhou's injuries and others to treat Geng Youran.
"Your Majesty, Consort Yu has suffered a miscarriage."
'Bang'!
Yinzhen smashed the teacup in his hand on the ground.
"You insolent fools! Is this how you serve your master? Qianxue! What's wrong with you? How come you didn't even notice that Consort Yu was pregnant?"
"Your Majesty, it is my fault. Since the poisoning last time, Your Highness's menstruation has become irregular, and coupled with the contraceptive soup, I did not think of that possibility."
Qianxue was also filled with regret. If she had known, she would have been more willing to risk everything and not let her mistress get so angry.
After acupuncture, Geng Youran woke up, her voice still very weak.
Consort Xi Wanru had been watching from the side. When she saw that Geng Youran had woken up, she quickly came out to report.
"Your Majesty, Sister Geng has woken up!"
"Leisurely!"
"Your Majesty, I am so sorry."
Geng Youran was so distressed that she could hardly breathe. How could she be so careless as to not even know she was pregnant?
"I'm glad you're alright. All I want is for you to be safe. We can have another child."
Yinzhen was heartbroken, but there was nothing he could do.
"Your Majesty, Hongzhou, he..."
"I already know everything. You take good care of yourself, and leave the rest to me."
Geng Youran nodded weakly, then fell into a deep sleep.
Afterwards, Consort Xi Wanru accompanied Yinzhen to the side hall of Chengqian Palace, where the imperial physicians had just finished applying medicine to Hongzhou.
"Your humble servants pay their respects to Your Majesty and Consort Xi."
"How is the Fifth Prince's injury?"
"Your Majesty, it's just a flesh wound, not a bone injury. It will heal after some rest."
Yinzhen nodded, and then told the imperial physicians and servants to retreat outside the door.
"Stop pretending, I know you're awake."
"Your subject greets Father Emperor and Empress Xi."
"Hmph, at least you know how to greet people. Do you know that you made your mother miscarry because of a concubine?"
"What!"
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