As soon as Yinzhen arrived, he was busy apologizing to his father, the Emperor, and had not yet had time to ask what had happened in the garden.
Upon hearing that his wife had miscarried, Yinzhen became extremely anxious. When he stood up, his vision blurred, and Su Peisheng helped him up. Yinzhen pushed him away and ran to Nara's side, calling out anxiously, "Wife, wife."
Nara had fainted from the pain, and there was a large pool of blood beneath her.
Yinzhen's eyes narrowed sharply, and he roared at Su Peisheng beside him, "Hurry up and fetch the imperial physician!" He picked up his wife and ran towards the main courtyard.
Hopefully, it's not too late.
Unable to catch Nan Yi, Li Yi dodged while pleading, "Master, wake up! Stop this nonsense, something terrible has happened."
Nan Yi's attacks were fierce, but he grinned and said, "No, I haven't had enough fun yet."
"Master, you've caused a huge disaster! If you don't stop now, even I can't save you. I beg you!" Li Yi almost knelt down and begged.
"Who is Grandpa? You? You're not my grandpa," Nan Yi said playfully, his hands never stopping.
Having watched the farce unfold, Emperor Kangxi raised his hand and made a gesture. Several dark figures flashed and leaped towards Nan Yi, and in an instant, Nan Yi was besieged by four masters.
Even so, she remained calm and collected, and it took four experts a full half-incense stick's time to capture her.
It wasn't that she was inferior in martial arts, but rather that women's physical strength was inferior to men's, and she had fought with Li Yi for a long time, which exhausted her.
She single-handedly fought against four top imperial guards. What Kangxi was thinking was unknown, but Li Nian and the other man were astonished, their eyes filled with disbelief.
Can anyone tell them if this is still the Tong family they know?
Fortunately, Madam Tong had been hiding in the courtyard and not associating with them. It turns out that she didn't not want to associate with them; she just disdained to.
With that skill, one finger could crush them.
It seems something extraordinary has been discovered.
The Nian and Li families were even more depressed.
They've been fighting for years, but the other party has never taken them seriously.
Nan Yi was escorted to Kangxi by the guards. Instead of kneeling, she sat down on the ground, panting heavily.
Kangxi looked down at him, his gaze carrying a faint air of authority and pressure. "Tong Shi, are you using your skills to cause trouble for the Fourth Prince?"
Nan Yi tilted his head to look at her, then glanced at the hands on her shoulders. A trace of confusion flashed in his usually clear eyes, as if something in his mind wanted to break free, yet his almond-shaped eyes returned to their bewildered state.
Confused and bewildered, yet a thought kept recurring in her mind: the person in front of her was dangerous.
They knew the danger, but they couldn't discern it.
Nan Yi sized up Kangxi and said, "Why did you arrest me? Are you a bad guy? You must be a bad guy."
"How dare you be so disrespectful to His Majesty!" Li Dequan stepped forward and reprimanded her, secretly giving her a wink while avoiding the Emperor's presence.
Nan Yi ignored him and shouted at Kangxi, "You're just being rude, you're a bad guy, an old bad guy." She pouted and cursed indignantly.
The air became quiet.
In the entire Qing Dynasty, who dared to openly criticize the emperor?
That's it, that was the only thought in everyone's mind.
Everyone in the garden was terrified by Nan Yi's arrogant words insulting the emperor, and dared not utter a sound. The Ninth Prince gave Nan Yi several meaningful glances, but Nan Yi did not receive them at all.
Fearing she might cause another disaster, the Ninth Prince tugged at the Eighth Prince's sleeve, signaling him to quickly come up with a solution.
The Eighth Prince was anxious. At this critical moment, what could he do? He couldn't just shut Nan Yi up.
He screamed anxiously in his heart, "Nan Yi, Nan Yi, you've really messed up this time!"
However, Nan Yi's current state was ultimately his fault. Despite his quick thinking, he couldn't save Nan Yi.
Seeing that the situation was beyond repair, the Emperor's face grew increasingly dark. Knowing that this was inappropriate, the Ninth Prince gritted his teeth, braced himself, lifted his robe, and knelt down to plead for mercy, "Father, I heard from my Fourth Brother a few days ago that Sister-in-law Tong was ill, which is why I was so impolite. I beg you to forgive Sister-in-law Tong for her slip of the tongue."
Kangxi stared intently at the audacious Nan Yi. "He's an old scoundrel," a phrase that sounded new to him, and for a moment, he felt a strange urge to laugh.
However, if he doesn't punish her for publicly insulting the emperor, how can he maintain the dignity of the imperial family?
"Li Dequan, send her to the Forbidden Garden to recuperate. No one is allowed to visit her, including the fourth prince." At this point, thinking of Tong's superb martial arts skills, he added, "Her martial arts skills must be dispelled to prevent her from causing trouble again in the future."
According to everyone's opinion, the fact that the Emperor did not punish her for a major offense of disrespect by beheading her, but merely confined her to the Forbidden Garden, was already a sign of the Emperor's mercy.
Li Deben was thinking that since the Emperor hadn't gotten angry, it seemed that the Emperor still valued Tong Yatou.
"No, I beg Your Majesty for mercy. Sister-in-law Tong's martial arts skills are unparalleled in the world. It would be a real pity to cripple her. I beg Your Majesty for mercy." The Ninth Prince spoke up again.
Kangxi was about to leave when he heard the Ninth Prince's words. He turned around and stared intently at the Ninth Prince, his sharp eyes falling on the face of his ninth son with a deep and cold gaze.
"I beg Your Majesty for mercy. Last time, if it weren't for Sister-in-law Tong's exceptional skills, I would have already lost my life."
When the Ninth Prince brought up the matter, the Eighth Prince stepped forward and said, "Father, I also urge you to reconsider."
Yinzhen, who had just seen Nara off, returned and happened to hear the Eighth Prince's words, so he knelt down as well.
Kangxi ignored the eight or nine men and asked Yinzhen, "How is your wife?"
Yinzhen's face was filled with grief. He knelt on the ground with his hands and kowtowed before replying, "It is my fault. Knowing that Lady Tong was ill, I failed to take good care of her and let her run out of the courtyard. The princess's pregnancy was lost. I failed to manage the household properly, which caused Lady Tong to offend Father Emperor. I am guilty."
Kangxi glanced at his three sons and asked casually, "You also plead for Lady Tong?"
Yinzhen did not answer, but kowtowed again, responding to Kangxi's words with his actions.
"To defy me for a concubine, what audacity! If she weren't ill, I would have taken her head and sent her back to the palace." Kangxi's face turned cold, and he turned and left, full of displeasure.
The faces of the Fourth Prince, Eighth Prince, and Ninth Prince changed instantly, and cold sweat broke out. Their father was furious.
They seem to have made a big mistake.
Nan Yi struggled and refused to leave, crying and shouting the names of Yiren, Xiao Shunzi, and Yinzhen. Yinzhen looked on with bloodshot eyes and tried to stop her, but Su Peisheng held her legs tightly. "Your Highness, you can't go. His Majesty is already angry. You don't want Master Tong to lose his head, do you?"
Upon hearing this, Yinzhen abruptly stopped in his tracks, his fingers digging into his palm until they bled. He turned his head to the side, no longer looking at the crying Nan Yi.
"It's over, the three of us shouldn't have pleaded together." The Ninth Prince didn't even care about his image anymore, he was extremely annoyed.
Even if there was nothing between him and Nan Yi, the fact that the three sons were all protecting a woman was considered disobedience in the Emperor's eyes.
“Since it’s done, it’s too late to regret it.” The Eighth Prince stood up and pulled the Ninth Prince along. “Let’s go back. If you want to plead for him, you’ll have to wait a while. Maybe Father Emperor will calm down and agree to let Nan Yi out.”
He then cupped his hands in farewell to his fourth brother, saying, "Fourth brother, farewell."
So many things happened in a short time. Nan Yi was taken away, the Fujin suffered a miscarriage, and Yinzhen was exhausted. He cupped his hands to the two of them without much sincerity and said, "Thank you for speaking up for me, Eighth Brother and Ninth Brother. I won't thank you."
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