Her Highness Doesn’t Want to Work Hard Anymore

Li Yan was forced to take off the expensive clothes on behalf of the prince, and put on a dusty coarse cloth bunt.

He has been used to wearing soft and smooth fabrics since he was a child, and he is very delicate. He can't accept this kind of rough clothes at all. He just feels that there is nothing good about his body, and he can't help scratching on his body.

But in a short while, many red marks appeared on his body.

But the officials responsible for escorting him didn't realize it, and dutifully sent him to the Taimiao.

The folks are working hard to build the Taimiao, and there are officials from the Ministry of Industry walking back and forth on the site, and Li Ji occasionally comes to supervise the work.

When Li Yan was sent to Taimiao, Li Ji happened to be there.

Li Ji looked each other up and down, smiling very flamboyantly.

"You are quite suitable for this outfit."

Li Yan stared at him angrily: "What are you so proud of?!"

Li Ji casually shook the whip in his hand, and said lazily.

"Don't get me wrong, I just couldn't help laughing when I saw you like this."

Li Yan hated him even more, but he had nothing to do with him. In the end, he could only secretly swear in his heart that when he regained his status as a prince, how would he get revenge? !

Li Ji heard Li Yan's voice, but didn't take it to heart.

Maybe Li Yan didn't know it himself, but Li Ji already understood that the emperor was completely disappointed in Li Yan.

A prince who disappointed even the emperor, what future can he have in the future?

Li Ji was too lazy to talk to the other party, and said directly to the official in charge of the division of labor.

"Let the boy go digging stones."

Stone chiseling is the hardest and most tiring of all jobs, and it is usually done by prisoners serving their sentences.

Li Yan became anxious immediately: "How dare you?!"

Li Ji ignored him and just glanced at the official.

The official's scalp tightened when he saw it, and he didn't dare to hesitate any longer, so he hurriedly said to Li Yan.

"You come with me."

Li Yan stood still.

He doesn't want to do such a tiring job.

Even if his father temporarily demoted him to a commoner, it was only temporary.

Sooner or later, he will regain his status as a prince.

These officials must not dare to really do anything to him.

However, the next moment, he saw King Zhao waving his horsewhip, and the whip hit Li Yan's calf impartially.

Even though Li Yan was wearing thick clothes, he was still in pain and screamed out.

"what!"

He knelt down and covered his calf, roaring angrily.

"How dare you hit me? I'm the prince!"

Li Ji looked at him with raised eyebrows: "This king is ordered to supervise the reconstruction of the Taimiao. Anyone who dares to steal, rape and play tricks, this king has the right to teach him a lesson. If you are not convinced, you can sue me in front of the saint."

Li Yan was speechless immediately.

Don't say that he doesn't have a chance to see his father now, even if he could see his father, his father probably wouldn't help him vent his anger.

Li Ji stroked the whip in his hand: "I count to three, if you still don't leave, I will whip you again, three, two..."

Li Yan felt aggrieved and resentful.

But he had no other choice.

His mother, concubine and uncle are not around, he is alone and helpless here, if he continues to fight against King Zhao, he will only suffer.

When King Zhao reached the third count, Li Yan stood up, endured the pain from his calf, and limped towards the stone cutting field.

Seeing this, the official next to him quickly followed.

Chiseling stones is risky, and it is easy to hurt yourself if you are not careful.

In order to prevent Li Yan from being injured, the officials specially selected an experienced stonemason to guide Li Yan.

The mason didn't know Li Yan's identity. Seeing Li Yan's skin and tender flesh, he thought it was the young man from a rich family who committed a crime and was punished to come here to do hard labor.

There is no need to be polite to hard labor.

So everyone in the stone cutting field could hear the stonemason's reprimand.

"Why are you so useless, boy? You can't even move a stone, so all your food is for nothing?!"

"Use some strength! Are you chiseling stones, or are you massaging stones?"

"Why are you staring at me? Even if you stare your eyes out today, you still have to finish all these jobs!"

"Hurry up, don't whine like a woman, don't you see that it's getting dark?"

"I'm telling you, if you don't finish these tasks today, you don't even want to eat."

...

Most of the officials present knew the identity of the fifth prince. Some of them wanted to dissuade the mason and let the stonemason take it easy. Don't push him too much. After all, he is the emperor's own son.

In the end, they were all forced back by King Zhao with a look.

King Zhao is a world-famous evil god, and no one dared to provoke him. In the end, those people could only stop trying to dissuade him, and honestly went about their own business.

The construction didn't come to an end until the sun went down.

The officials have already gone home.

The homes of the folk husbands are relatively far away, and it is inconvenient to go back every day. They have built several shacks next to the construction site.

At night, they huddled in the shack to sleep.

There was a stove burning in the shack, and the temperature continued to radiate, but it wasn't too cold.

Li Yan looked down on those simple shacks, he wanted to find a room in the Taimiao for the night.

However, the soldiers of the Huxiao Battalion who were in charge of guarding the Taimiao stopped him.

"Idlers are not allowed to enter, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!"

Li Yan said angrily: "Open your dog eyes to see who I am?!"

The soldiers have long been ordered by King Zhao to keep an eye on Li Yan at all times and must not relax.

He replied sternly: "The sage has decreed that you are now a common man."

Li Yan was so angry that he fell on his back.

It's really a tiger falling into Pingyang and being bullied by a dog!

Now even a little soldier dares to look down on him!

Li Yan still wanted to pester him, but the soldier directly showed the saber he was carrying with him, so scared that Li Yan immediately shut up, turned around and left resentfully.

He couldn't get into the Ancestral Temple, and there was no other place to go for the time being, so he could only hold his nose and walk into the shack.

However, the good positions near the stove have already been taken by the peasants.

Li Yan could only choose an edge to sit down.

With the yellow light of the fire, he looked down at his blood-bubbled hands, feeling so sad that he couldn't help but shed tears.

woo woo woo.

He really misses his mother and concubine, his uncle, and wants to go back!

Probably Li Yan's prayer played a role.

The next day, an official secretly found Li Yan when he was not prepared.

"Your Highness Fifth, this is what Master Liu asked me to bring to you. It is not an expensive item, but it can solve your urgent needs."

Li Yan took the burden that was stuffed by the other party.

When I opened it, I found thick clothes, shoes and socks inside, and a roast chicken wrapped in oiled paper.

Li Yan salivated frantically when he smelled the aroma of roasted chicken.

Last night, he disliked the bad food provided at the construction site, so he played a temper tantrum and refused to eat it.

As a result, the meal that belonged to him was quickly divided up by others.

He could only stay up all night hungry.