Zhao Zhongquan turned around and responded from afar, "Don't worry, this old servant remembers!"
Yun Duoduo was relieved to hear Zhao Zhongquan's reply.
I must protect my little treasure trove.
During the Lunar New Year, we can't afford to lose money; it's considered unlucky.
Yun Duoduo breathed a long sigh of relief. She had completed her mission of delivering the message and returned to her father and brothers' side. Finally, she could relax and stay peacefully for a while.
In her modern days, she often traveled alone and enjoyed being by herself. However, after coming to Nanyang, perhaps because she spent every day in the palace surrounded by many people, she felt somewhat apprehensive about being alone outside.
However, in modern times, public security is still very good; at least there are no such blatant child abductions.
She rested in Yun Beiye's arms, and Yun Beiye patted her head to comfort her.
Yun Yishu removed the withered branches from Yun Duoduo's head and helped her tie her hair back up. "Royal sister, it's all my fault."
Yun Duoduo winked at Yun Yishu, signaling her to stop talking, fearing that Yun Beiye would punish Yun Yishu for this.
When she returned, she noticed that Yun Beiye's gaze toward the guards was filled with cold killing intent.
"Royal sister, quickly change into these clothes."
Yun Yishu wiped his nose, feeling a stinging sensation and a deep sense of guilt.
It's all my fault; I insisted on coming out to see what was going on.
If anything were to happen to my younger sister, I wouldn't have a good life either.
Hearing Yun Yishu's inner thoughts, Yun Duoduo opened her mouth in surprise, "Third Brother, are you really that perceptive?"
[Waaaaah, my father and third brother love me so much!]
"good."
Yun Duoduo took off her tattered, black, and dirty outer robe and put on a new one. She suddenly noticed a large red blister on the corner of Yun Beiye's mouth.
"Father, what's wrong? Why do you have blisters on your lips?"
Yun Duoduo wanted to reach out and touch it, but her hand stopped in mid-air. She knew that these blisters must hurt a lot.
[Waaaaah, Father was so worried about her that he got a fever and a blister appeared next to his mouth!]
"It's alright, I'll just have the imperial physician send some medicine to reduce the internal heat when we get back," Yun Beiye said nonchalantly.
Yun Duoduo never expected that the usually calm and composed monarch would be so anxious because of her sudden disappearance.
She secretly resolved that she would never again cause her father such worry.
After changing their clothes and shoes, Yun Duoduo and Yun Yishu followed Yun Beiye back to the palace.
...
In the early morning, the clouds were lying comfortably on their backs in bed, taking a nap.
Outside, it was a time of ice and snow, but inside the bedchamber, a heater was burning, making it very warm and comfortable—perfect weather for sleeping.
A palace maid rushed into Fushuang Palace in a panic, shouting as she ran, "Ninth Princess, Ninth Princess, please save our mistress!"
Ah Xiang stopped the person, and upon seeing that it was Chunhua, the head maid of Changqiu Palace, she said, "Chunhua, why are you so unruly? Why are you in such a panic?"
“The Ninth Princess is still sleeping.” Ah Xiang glanced inside and gestured for her to speak softly.
"Ah Xiang, hurry and save our prince!" Chunhua said anxiously, her face flushed and her words tumbling out incoherently.
"His Majesty came to Changqiu Palace early this morning. He first reprimanded our Empress for failing to raise her son properly, and then took the Third Prince to Zichen Palace. The Empress could not stop him."
"I heard that the Third Prince is being flogged by the chief eunuch in the Zichen Palace right now!"
Chunhua's voice was trembling with tears, and when Axiang heard this, she also felt a little anxious.
Yun Duoduo was awakened by the noise outside. She vaguely heard someone shouting outside, but she couldn't make out the specific words.
She rubbed her eyes, yawned widely, and asked indistinctly, "What's going on outside?"
She sat up groggily, and Granny Liu helped her put on her clothes while she was still sleepy.
"Ninth Princess, please, Ninth Princess, save the Third Prince!"
After Yun Duoduo came out, Chunhua knelt down in front of her with a thud.
"What's wrong?"
"The Third Prince, the Third Prince, is being punished in the Zichen Palace!" Chunhua cried as she spoke.
To be flogged in the Zichen Hall?
Is it because of what happened last night?
"Hurry, let's go see!"
Yun Duoduo was anxious. She had seen palace maids and princesses being flogged. The eunuchs who served those officials were all skilled. After a few strokes, no matter if you were a prince or a princess, they would make sure your skin was torn open and covered in blood.
The Emperor dragged his third brother to the Zichen Palace to beat him because he was afraid that if Consort De pleaded for him in the Changqiu Palace, he wouldn't be able to carry out the beating.
Father, you really are... a tiger father.
The group hurried to the Zichen Palace and saw a concubine kneeling at the entrance of the palace from afar.
That person was Consort De. When she saw Yun Duoduo coming over, her body went limp, her vision went black, and she fainted.
"Your Majesty!" Chunhua saw Consort De fall and hurriedly ran over to help her up.
"Chunhua, you should take your mistress back quickly. It's freezing cold here, don't let her catch a cold."
"Ninth, Ninth Princess?"
Is this Princess Jiu?
Xiazi rubbed her eyes, somewhat unsure.
He looked at the Ninth Princess before him, whose hair was disheveled and who seemed to have small, unidentified yellow lumps at the corners of her eyes. [Has the Ninth Princess not washed her face or combed her hair?]
Yun Duoduo didn't care about Xia Xiazi's surprised look. The matter was sudden and urgent, and she didn't care about her glorious princess image. She went straight in.
Just as she stepped across the threshold, a scream suddenly rang out, startling Yun Duoduo and making her heart clench.
"It's all... Your subject's fault..." Yun Yishu sincerely admitted his mistake.
"If you hadn't been so playful and insisted on going out to see the excitement, would your royal sister have been captured by human traffickers?"
Yun Beiye roared angrily at Yun Yishu, who was lying on the bench. His face was gloomy, and his whole being exuded a cold aura that kept strangers at bay.
"Human slaves, don't you know how cruel human slaves are?!" Yun Beiye's lips trembled with anger.
"If it weren't for your clever and quick-witted sister, if she had been captured by human traffickers, you would never have seen her again in your life!"
Upon hearing this, Yun Yishu stiffened, as if he had suffered immense pain.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please calm down. Perhaps, perhaps even the Third Prince did not expect such a thing to happen."
Zhao Zhongquan stood by, offering words of advice with a troubled expression.
"Didn't you think of that? He admitted it himself; he went out to see the commotion, and the crowd swept away his imperial sister!"
"If I don't teach them a lesson this time, who knows what they might do in the future?!"
"I'm usually busy with state affairs, but today I must teach you a lesson, you unfilial son!"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
