"Shut up, stop your nonsense," the prince said.
"Princess Consort, you cannot enter here. You should quickly bow your head and apologize to the Emperor," said the Sixth Prince.
"Why? You yourself said I am the Crown Princess. I want to learn about the history of our Wu Kingdom and the habits of everyone in the harem. This is the best way so that I can better assist the Crown Prince, isn't it?"
Everyone was dumbfounded. They felt that what Tian Yu said made sense, but they still felt that something was wrong. Xu Gonggong and several other eunuchs, who were kneeling on the ground in fear, were too scared to raise their heads. They only looked at Tian Yu in surprise after hearing her fallacious argument. Prince Wu even looked at Tian Yu with a sly smile. Tian Yu looked at everyone seriously. Suddenly, Prince Wu stood up and said, "Father, I think the Crown Princess is right. She should come to the Records Room, and she should come every day."
“Your subject also thinks the Crown Princess is right,” the Sixth Prince also stepped forward and said.
The Crown Prince smiled at everyone and stood up, saying, "Father, the Crown Princess is right, but she shouldn't have sneaked in. That's unreasonable."
The Emperor looked at everyone and thought for a moment, then said, "Alright, from now on the Crown Princess can freely enter and leave the Secretariat, but if she breaks the rules of the palace, she will still be punished. This is a warning: she will be given fifteen strokes of the cane."
Upon hearing that he would receive fifteen strokes of the cane, Tian Yu was so frightened that he immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, no!"
"What? You have a problem with that?"
The others also gave Tian Yu signals to not contradict the Emperor, but Tian Yu still prostrated herself on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, Tian Yu confesses her crime, but could you postpone the fifteen strokes of the cane until later?"
Why?
Tian Yu racked her brains to find a suitable excuse and said nervously, "I must leave the palace for a while in a few days. Please allow me, Your Majesty. The seedling cultivation period is coming soon. If I am injured and delay the cultivation of the seedlings, then the fruits of my and Prince Wu's hard work for a year will be wasted."
"Tian'er, is it true?"
"Father, what the Crown Princess said is true. This time of year is the best time to cultivate rice seedlings. If we miss this period, it will delay the growth of the seedlings and thus affect the autumn harvest."
"Alright then, I'll make a note of this. I approve of your leaving the palace."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After the Emperor left, Tian Yu was so frightened that she scrambled to her feet, patting her chest to calm herself. Only then did Eunuch Xu dare to lead a few junior eunuchs to get up and walk up to Tian Yu, saying, "The Crown Princess is brilliant."
"You're too kind, Father-in-law."
Having finally escaped a calamity, and knowing she could leave the palace for a while in a few days, Tian Yu touched her still-flat stomach, wondering how much longer she could keep it a secret. But this misfortune had also brought a blessing in disguise; she could now come to the Chronicles Room anytime. Tian Yu wanted to learn more about the things that had happened here that she didn't know before leaving the palace.
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