Chapter 90 My Father is That Kind of Person, Your Majesty
"I cannot agree to that."
Qin Ye knelt upright on the ground and refused without the slightest hesitation: "Please, Father, rescind your decree."
"What?"
The smile on Emperor Jiaqing's face vanished instantly, as if he hadn't expected Qin Ye, who had always been obedient and compliant, to refuse so decisively.
"I am doing this for your own good. Prime Minister Jiang's eldest daughter is not someone anyone can marry. Marrying her to you as a concubine is a bargain for you. Don't be ungrateful."
“Father, it is indeed unfair to Miss Jiang to be my concubine. So please rescind your order. One principal wife is enough for me.”
"you!"
The muscles on Emperor Jiaqing's face twitched slightly with anger.
"How dare you spout nonsense again? As a prince, how can you have only one principal wife? I don't object to your love for your princess, but if that love affects your future, then that's absolutely unacceptable!"
Qin Ye remained silent, but his attitude was resolute.
The anger in Emperor Jiaqing's heart was rapidly escalating.
"What, you're willing to give up power for a woman?"
"Your subject will obtain it through other means."
"Oh."
He sneered, and then Qin Ye spoke again.
"If I were to choose to marry Miss Jiang as a concubine for the sake of power, it would be unfair to her. Women should never be sacrificed in the struggle for power by men."
"What did you say?"
These words shocked and angered the Jiaqing Emperor: "Say that again?"
"Your subject will not marry Miss Jiang. I beg Your Majesty to rescind your decree!"
"To take Miss Jiang as a concubine is an imperial decree!"
Qin Ye remained calm and repeated his previous statement: "Please, Father, rescind your decree."
"You dare disobey me? You dare defy my decree?"
"Your subject wouldn't dare!"
"Still saying you dare not?"
Emperor Jiaqing picked up a tea set and threw it at Qin Ye, shouting, "Let's see if you dare!"
Qin Ye neither dodged nor flinched, and a smear of blood immediately appeared on his forehead from the impact.
His son, who had returned from the countryside more than two years ago, defied him for the first time today, making him feel out of control for the first time.
Throughout the entire court and among all officials, whether princes or ministers, Qin Ye was the only one who dared to defy the imperial decree so directly.
They seem obedient and compliant, but when they get stubborn, they can make you grit your teeth in frustration.
"Think carefully about the consequences of disobeying the imperial decree, lest you disappoint me."
"Your son... will never regret it,"
Emperor Jiaqing: "..."
He pointed at Qin Ye, too angry to speak for a long time.
Prime Minister Jiang, who was sitting next to him, finally couldn't sit still any longer. He put away his desire to watch the show and quickly tried to smooth things over.
"Your Majesty, please calm down and don't upset yourself. It is my daughter's misfortune that I should cancel this marriage."
It would have been better if he hadn't said that; now that he had, Emperor Jiaqing was losing face.
"He has no choice."
The Jiaqing Emperor sneered: "He has to marry her, whether he likes it or not."
Qin Ye frowned, a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes.
"If Your Excellency does not mind that your daughter is to marry into the family and live a life of widowhood, then we will marry him."
"You unfilial son!"
The Jiaqing Emperor picked up the teacup again, but this time he didn't smash it. Instead, he slammed it to the ground: "Are you trying to anger me to death? Are you going to ruin your future for a woman?"
"It has nothing to do with her."
Qin Ye said coldly, "Even without her, I would not marry someone I don't love. Since I've married her, I have to take responsibility."
Instead of sleeping with someone, ruining their life, and then abandoning them without a care in the world.
"I never expected that my son would be such a romantic."
The Jiaqing Emperor scoffed, "Those who achieve great things cannot indulge in such sentimentalities. Let me say it again, do not disappoint me!"
"If a man who aspires to great things is destined to betray and hurt his wife, then what use is such a great thing?"
"That's utter nonsense."
"Does Father Emperor believe that men can have affairs at will, pursue power for what they call power, then leave and completely forget about it, and then enjoy another woman with a clear conscience?"
Having said all that, Qin Ye's cold tone already carried a hint of resentment.
A deep-seated resentment lurks in the heart.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Jiaqing finally sensed that something was amiss.
He narrowed his eyes dangerously: "After all this talk, are you blaming me for abandoning your mother back then?"
Isn't that so?
Qin Ye suddenly looked up at him, his eyes turning crimson.
"You didn't abandon us, mother and child, to fend for ourselves for some grand cause?"
"Do you know how a woman who has a child out of wedlock survived all those years?"
"Father is that kind of person, your son is not!"
These words thoroughly angered the Jiaqing Emperor.
"Okay, okay!"
He said "Very good!" three times in a row.
After saying that, he shouted towards the door, "Guards, Prince Xiao has committed treason and disobedience! Drag him away and give him eighty strokes of the military rod!"
Upon receiving the news, the Prince of Jin waited at the gate early in the morning.
Hearing the commotion, he immediately rushed in: "Father!"
This is the perfect opportunity for him to showcase himself.
"Father, please calm your anger!"
He quickly stepped forward, knelt before Emperor Jiaqing, and said sincerely, "Father, please don't be angry. My fourth brother is just ignorant. Your son is willing to share your burdens."
"What are you doing here? Get out!"
Emperor Jiaqing was in a bad mood, and when he saw Prince Jin barging in without permission, he didn't give him a pleasant look.
However, the Prince of Jin was oblivious to the subtle differences in social status; he only wanted to show off and, incidentally, gain some favor for himself.
"Father, I wish to marry Miss Jiang as my concubine. I beg you to grant my request!"
Emperor Jiaqing paced back and forth a couple of times, pressed his hand to his forehead, and after a moment of restraint, said to Prince Jin, "Get out of here immediately, or I'll lose my temper."
"Father!"
The Prince of Jin was naturally unwilling to let go of such a good opportunity, which contrasted sharply with Qin Ye, a disobedient and unfilial person.
Let the Emperor know who his most beloved son is.
"Fourth brother grew up in the countryside, so he inevitably has some of the wildness of the city. You don't need to get angry with him. Anyway, your son and fourth brother are both princes, with equally noble status. It doesn't matter who Miss Jiang marries."
After speaking, he turned to look at Prime Minister Jiang, whose face was growing increasingly grim, trying to gain his approval.
"Your Excellency, don't you think so? As the eldest son of the Emperor, am I not worthy of your daughter?"
Prime Minister Jiang: "...Your Majesty, let's call off the marriage alliance. I'll take my leave now."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Emperor Jiaqing shouted again: "Guards, the Prince of Jin has trespassed without an imperial edict. Drag him away and give him thirty strokes of the military rod as a warning to others."
Prince of Jin: "..."
Before he could even react to what was happening, he was dragged away by the Imperial Guards who rushed in and was beaten with military sticks along with Qin Ye.
Outside the Imperial Study, screams of agony soon rang out.
Of course, the entire conversation only involved the Prince of Jin.
Qin Ye, however, did not utter a sound until he had been beaten with eighty strokes of the military rod and passed out.
Emperor Jiaqing issued an order to send Prince Jin back to his residence, and Qin Ye was taken to Yong'an Palace to be treated by the imperial physician.
The physicians of Prince Xiao's residence can enter the palace, but the princess cannot.
Qin Ye must stay in the palace to recover from his injuries for the time being. He can only return home when he is fully healed.
...
The night was deep.
After Awu and Yunsi infiltrated the palace, they successfully evaded wave after wave of patrolling imperial guards and Jinwu guards.
As they approached the Imperial Study, Awu discovered many people hiding in the shadows.
These people were completely still, and you couldn't even hear them breathing. If they weren't hiding in different locations, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they were all dead.
Although Awu could see them, these people were too strange, so she dared not let her guard down and slowly and laboriously led Yunsi forward.
Yun Si held her breath, focusing intently on everything around her.
However, their biggest problem now is that they don't know which palace Qin Ye has been assigned to recuperate in.
She should have asked Muze when he returned to report in the afternoon.
"elder sister."
When they came to a fork in the road, A-Wu asked with her eyes which way she should go.
It was the dead of night, and everyone except those on patrol and watch was fast asleep. Any slight movement would be easily detected.
Yun Si lowered her eyes and pondered for a moment.
If it's not in the Imperial Study, then...
"Go to Yong'an Palace."
With a try-it-and-see attitude, Yun Si asked A Wu to take her to the Empress's Yong'an Palace.
As it turned out, Qin Ye was indeed assigned there.
With no one secretly guarding Yong'an Palace, A-Wu's tense nerves finally relaxed a bit.
She led Yun Si to the rooftop, first locating Qin Ye's room, before heading towards their destination.
It was actually easy to find, because only the room where Qin Ye was was still lit by candlelight, and there were several people breathing inside.
Yun Si couldn't understand it, but A Wu could.
"here."
The window was slightly ajar, which gave Yun Si the perfect opportunity to make her move.
There were five people in the room, including Dr. Ji.
Four of them were imperial physicians.
"This high fever won't go down, what should I do?"
The group was anxiously discussing how to deal with the situation.
"We've tried all the medications we could, but the fever just won't go down, and he won't wake up. I'm afraid his life is in danger!"
"Yes, what do you think? Should we report this to the Emperor?"
"The Emperor has already grown tired of Prince Xiao, otherwise he wouldn't have taken such drastic measures. Reporting it to him is useless, so let's just do our best and leave the rest to fate."
Doctor Ji, who was wiping Qin Ye down with warm water to lower his fever, heard their conversation and said impatiently, "His Highness will be alright, you..."
Looking up, he saw that all four imperial physicians had collapsed to the ground.
He was startled when he heard a noise outside the window. The next moment, two slender figures burst through the window.
"who……"
Shh, it's me!
Yun Si lifted the black hooded cloak over her head, and only then could Doctor Ji see who it was.
His surprise turned to delight: "Your Highness? What brings you here!"
"I'm worried."
As Yun Si asked, she walked towards the bedside: "How is Your Highness now?"
"Not good."
Dr. Ji's eyes were filled with worry: "The high fever won't go down, and he's vomiting up all the medicine he's taken."
Yun Si had prepared herself mentally before she arrived.
She knew all too well what a terrible punishment of eighty strokes of the cane would be, but when she saw it with her own eyes, she couldn't hold back her tears, which flowed uncontrollably from her eyes.
"Qin Ye..."
Qin Ye was lying face down, his upper body was naked, and his entire back was a bloody mess. Although medicine had been applied, it had not been properly cleaned or bandaged.
In this situation, inflammation is very likely to occur, so it would be strange if there wasn't a high fever.
"Dr. Ji, I need to clean his wound again, can you help me?"
Yun Si's voice choked with emotion as she forced back her tears and quickly calmed herself down.
She first gave Qin Ye a fever-reducing pill that she had prepared herself, and then immediately began to rinse and clean his wounds again.
Dr. Ji looked on, opened his mouth several times, but ultimately said nothing.
"Dr. Ji, what are you trying to say?"
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