"Of course we can't let His Highness the Prince of Huai work in vain." Ling Xiang took out a bottle of elixir, "This is your reward."
Xuanyuan Qi played with the bottle of pills but didn't express his opinion, as if this little benefit was not enough to impress him.
Ling Xiang had no choice but to add: "If His Royal Highness Prince Huai wants anything else, please let me know."
"Simple, whoever sees it gets a share. I want half of the benefits my cousin has brought out."
"Okay." Ling Xiang had a painful expression on her face. She gritted her teeth, picked up the pen, and handed it to Xuanyuan Qi with both hands: "Your Highness Prince Huai, I'm sorry to bother you."
Xuanyuan Qi signed the document as if giving alms, as if he didn't want to stay any longer. He took the pill and left immediately.
Before leaving, he reminded her, "Miss Ling, don't forget to personally deliver my things to the Huai Palace!"
Ling Xiang looked at Xuanyuan Qi's back and gritted her teeth: "I must have been kicked in the head by a donkey!"
Seeing the two of them like this, and not seeming to have a good relationship, Nangong Yu dispelled his doubts and finally instructed: "You should withdraw the lawsuit today. I will send someone to pick you up to study in the palace in a few days. I will give you what I promised you then."
"The last deed will be sealed by the prince and I and placed in Shuntian Mansion. Is that okay with you?"
Nangong Yu didn't care about that: "Okay."
Ling Xiang went to Shuntian Prefecture as agreed.
Yuan Zhengqing had already received the news that the King of Qin and the King of Huai had successively gone to the Marquis Zhenguo's Mansion, and he roughly guessed the purpose of Ling Xiang's visit.
And what Ling Xiang said was exactly as he expected: "Master Yuan, I have reached a settlement with the King of Qin. I will withdraw the lawsuit against me for being poisoned."
Yuan Zhengqing frowned: "Ms. Ling, do you know the price you have to pay for withdrawing the lawsuit?"
Although Ling Xiang had read the laws of the Dajing Empire, he hadn't seen the price of withdrawing the lawsuit. "Please let me know, Lord Yuan."
Yuan Zhengqing said sternly, "If a case is withdrawn in a normal case, the person who withdraws the case will be punished with thirty strokes of the cane at the yamen. If the case involves the royal family, the punishment will be doubled! Since you are a woman, the punishment can be reduced by 20%."
Ling Xiang really didn't expect that withdrawing the lawsuit would result in such a severe punishment.
However, neither Ling Chengfu nor Nangong Yu mentioned the punishment she would suffer when they asked her to withdraw the lawsuit.
No wonder Nangong Yu said that he would pick her up to take her to Prince Qin's Mansion in a few days. It seemed that he already knew what she would face today.
Ling Xiang took out the sealed contract and said, "This is the contract signed between me and His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin. Please keep it for me in Shuntian Prefecture."
"The Shuntian Mansion's court cane can draw blood with one blow, and five can leave a person unable to get out of bed. An ordinary person can't even withstand thirty blows. You'll need to endure forty-eight. If you don't have spiritual power to protect you, you definitely won't be able to withstand it. Have you really thought it through?"
"Yes." Ling Xiang nodded bitterly, "This is already my best choice. If I offend the Princess and His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin, I'm afraid my Zhenguo Marquisate will have no place to stand."
Yuan Zhengqing certainly knew that Ling Xiang was in a difficult situation, but he could protect her for a while, but he could not protect the Marquis of Zhenguo Mansion forever.
"Then please make preparations, Miss Ling. The execution will be carried out in a quarter of an hour." Yuan Zhengqing accepted the deed and personally delivered it to the archives room.
Ling Xiang took two pills to treat internal injuries in advance, drank some spiritual spring water, and leaned on the cold, hard bench, taking a deep breath: "Master Yuan, I'm ready."
Yuan Zhengqing took the court cane and said, "Ling Xiang was caned 24 times for withdrawing his lawsuit. This prefecture will personally carry out the execution today. After the execution, the case will be dismissed. No one will be allowed to appeal this case to Shuntian Prefecture again."
Yuan Zhengqing showed mercy and did not double Ling Xiang's punishment. Everyone present were Yuan Zhengqing's people, so naturally no one raised any objections.
Yuan Zhengqing kindly stuffed a soft cloth into Ling Xiang's mouth, swung the court stick, and hit Ling Xiang.
Within a few hits, blood appeared on Ling Xiang's back.
Yuan Zhengqing forced himself not to look at Ling Xiang's miserable condition, and continued the execution at the original pace.
As the boards continued to fall, not only did my back hurt, but my internal organs and meridians throughout my body also began to hurt.
The spiritual energy in her body began to circulate spontaneously, but this did not relieve the pain. Instead, it made the pain even more excruciating, as if it was going to tear her apart.
Ling Xiang endured twenty-four strokes of the board without uttering a single cry of pain during the entire process.
Yuan Zhengqing withdrew his hands and instructed the doctor waiting nearby: "The execution is complete. Treat Miss Ling quickly."
Xiaoyu had been invited over by Yuan Zhengqing and had been waiting outside. When she came in and saw Ling Xiang's miserable state, she squatted down crying and said, "Miss, what's wrong with you?"
Ling Xiang tried to open her mouth, her voice as soft as a mosquito: "It's okay."
The doctor gave Ling Xiang acupuncture skillfully and handed Xiaoyu the medicine he had prepared early in the morning, "Give it to her quickly."
Xiaoyu quickly wiped away her tears, endured the pain and fed Ling Xiang the medicine, then applied medicine on her, and was busy until late at night.
Ling Xiang had already fainted from the pain.
Yuan Zhengqing waited until Xiaoyu came out, asked about Ling Xiang's situation, called someone who knew the situation to carry Ling Xiang into his sedan chair, and took Xiaoyu to the Marquis of Zhenguo's Mansion.
"Master Yuan, why did you hit my young lady?" Xiaoyu stood up for her young lady.
Yuan Zhengqing clasped his hands tightly behind his back and said, "This is your young lady's choice. The law cannot be violated. She has survived this time, and everything will be fine in the future."
Back in her room, Ling Xiang opened her eyes: "Xiao Yu..."
"Miss, are you awake?" Xiaoyu immediately wiped away her tears and forced a smile. "Would you like some water? Would you like something to eat?"
"No need." Ling Xiang said weakly, "Bring the bathtub over."
Xiaoyu immediately dissuaded her: "Miss, the doctor said that your wound cannot be exposed to water."
"I'm a doctor myself, so just be obedient and get it."
Xiaoyu immediately ran to get the tub and placed it next to Ling Xiang's bed. "Miss, what should we do next?"
"Put me in." Ling Xiang supported herself on the bed and stood up.
"Miss, don't move. I'll hold you!" Xiaoyu was already very careful, but because she didn't have enough strength, she almost dropped Ling Xiang when she put her down, causing the wound on Ling Xiang's back to tear.
"Miss, I'm sorry." Xiaoyu felt very guilty.
"It's okay." Ling Xiang gritted her teeth and comforted, "Go back and rest."
Xiaoyu subconsciously wanted to stay and take care of Ling Xiang, but she couldn't disobey the young lady's order. After struggling for a while, she chose to leave obediently, but she didn't dare to go far. She closed the door and stood guard at the door, listening to the movement inside with her ears perked up.
Ling Xiang used her mind to take out the spiritual spring water and poured it into the bathtub. The gentle spiritual spring water wrapped her body, and the pain all over her body was immediately relieved a lot.
Strands of spiritual power gathered in her body, and Ling Xiang subconsciously practiced her skills. As the spiritual power gathered more and more in her dantian, it finally condensed into a drop of liquid, indicating that she had broken through the second level of Fengling Xian Jue - foundation building.
After the breakthrough, the pain in the meridians disappeared immediately, replaced by an indescribable comfort.
Even the wound on his back was perfectly repaired.
This time, she was able to rise from the ashes and turned a disaster into a blessing. Thinking carefully about the situation when she was caned in Shuntian Prefecture, she finally understood that Yuan Zhengqing carried out the execution personally and did not hold back at all. It turned out that it was for her own good.
She remembered this favor.
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