After visiting the Purple Bamboo Pavilion, Wei Linglong returned to her own Yunfeng Pavilion.
"What an idiot."
"It's no wonder she wasn't favored."
Bai Cai saw Wei Linglong pulling the white cat's ear and understood that Wei Linglong was angry.
It's best to be careful, otherwise you'll be the one who suffers.
"Your Majesty, Consort Wan is not favored by the emperor, and with the addition of Imperial Censor Tang, her situation in the palace will likely become even more difficult."
"Smack!"
Bai Cai covered his face, which had been slapped by Consort Jian, not understanding why he had been hit, but he still knelt down.
After all... life is more important.
"You lowly servant, are you mocking me for being a concubine, inferior to Tang Shiya?"
"Meow!!!"
Wei Linglong threw the white cat she was holding to the ground, and the cat let out a shriek and ran away.
Meanwhile, Bai Cai on the ground was being repeatedly slapped in the face by another palace maid.
"Slave...slave...maid"
"stop"
Wei Linglong waved for everyone to stop. "What do you want to say?"
Bai Cai finally got a chance to catch his breath, crawled to Wei Linglong's feet, and grabbed the hem of her dress.
"Your Majesty...Your Majesty, Tang Shiya...no...she's just the daughter of an imperial censor."
"The Imperial Censor of Tang was merely a first-rank official, not even worthy of being called a Marquis."
"If you're not getting to the point, you might as well not use your tongue."
Wei Linglong pinched Bai Cai's chin, seeing the fear in his eyes.
Amused by the fear in Bai Cai's eyes, he released his grip on Bai Cai's chin.
He took a handkerchief and wiped his hands, gesturing for Bai Cai to continue.
"If the Tang censor impeaches the fathers and brothers of the empresses..."
"Then... what will the ladies in the various palaces do?"
Wei Linglong saw Bai Cai lower his head and meekly express his idea, "It's a good idea, but! Don't forget that Tang Shiya's rank is still valid."
She also has a son.
"Your Majesty, if it were the daughter of a high-ranking official, it would be a different story."
"Get up, have someone get you some medicine."
"This servant thanks Your Highness."
Wei Linglong thought about what Bai Cai had said, and it had to be said that it was indeed a solution.
He then sent a palace maid out of the Dingkang Marquis's residence to summon Granny Wei into the palace.
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Zou Heng was leisurely sipping tea under another tree not far from Qin Jingmu and Qin Jingtai.
Watching two people hanging upside down copying palace rules
Don't say it, don't say it.
The sight was comical; the turtle's head was sticking out as far as it could, much like a turtle's head struggling to protrude from its shell.
The more Zou Heng looked at it, the more it seemed to be true. He couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of tea.
After wiping his mouth with his sleeve, he saw Yu Ying walking towards him.
"Brother, how many times have you copied it?"
Three times
"Me too, three times."
"Brother, let's ask Master to reduce the punishment."
"Don't drag me into this, ten times is enough."
Qin Jingtai recalled the palace rules ten times and hesitated for a moment.
Then it occurred to me, since he's the master, maybe I could plead for him a few less times?
Just as he was about to plead for mercy, he noticed there was another person next to Zou Heng.
"Brother, look who's next to Master?"
"Master's subordinates? I've never seen them before."
Qin Jingmu looked in the direction Qin Jingtai pointed and indeed saw someone he had never seen before.
Seeing that person gave me an instinctive bad feeling, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it.
After watching the people who came looking for Zou Heng leave, Qin Jingtai shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Master, could you perhaps lighten the workload for me and my elder brother by a little?"
"Master, we are your best disciples!"
"Master! Master—"
Zou Heng's head throbbed when he heard Qin Jingtai's voice. "This Third Prince is really causing trouble."
Remembering what Yu Ying had just said, Zou Heng endured the deafening noise and walked up to Qin Jingmu and Qin Jingtai.
"Is Commander Zou going to reduce our punishment of copying lines?"
Qin Jingmu still had high expectations.
Qin Jingtai looked at Zou Heng, who was standing upside down in front of him—well, actually, Qin Jingtai was hanging upside down from a tree.
"Master, Master, can we stop copying now?"
Zou Heng was speechless upon hearing their conversation. "You think you can get away with not copying? Dream on! Let them pelt me with potatoes and sweet potatoes!"
Thinking of what Yu Ying had just said, I felt sorry for the two princes.
Fine, I'll just have to be merciful to these two princes.
At this moment, Zou Heng had no idea that the two people who returned to the palace had been scolding him for a long time.
Both of them believed that the punishment was their own idea.
"Since both Your Highnesses have spoken..."
"I'll just do you a favor."
Qin Jingmu and Qin Jingtai were overjoyed to hear that their punishment of copying texts would be reduced.
"Commander Zou truly lives up to his title; I also wish to become his disciple."
"Master, Master, your disciple will definitely be filial to you."
What should Zou Heng do if he feels a little guilty? Of course, he can't let the two of them find out.
"The two princes only need to copy it five times in total as punishment."
"Thank you, Commander Zou."
"Master is so good."
Are Your Highnesses hungry?
"I'm hungry, Master, I'm hungry."
Qin Jingmu felt something was off when he was asked if he was hungry, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong.
So he didn't say anything.
"Alright. Your Highnesses, please wait a moment, I'll have someone bring the food right away."
Qin Jingmu increasingly felt that there was something wrong with Zou Heng.
I could understand the reduction in copying punishments, but the fact that they'd actually give me meals seemed unbelievable.
Looking at Qin Jingtai, he was still full of excitement; he could reduce his punishment of copying lines and get to eat.
Qin Jingmu suppressed his doubts and continued copying the text as punishment.
After the two finished copying the contents on both sides, they saw Zou Heng have someone bring over a basin full of something.
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