The Adventures of the Crying Princess

Chen'an Palace

As soon as Bai Yimeng entered the hall, Emperor Chengde grabbed him by the waist without saying a word and slapped him hard more than a dozen times. Then he threw him onto the couch and said, "Lie down!"

"Your Majesty, you are unreasonable...ah..."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Chengde raised his palm and slapped him again. "How dare you talk to the emperor? How many heads do you have? Take your hands away. I don't like to hit children. It's you who are too naughty. I have to hit you."

"It was you who ordered the disaster relief plan, and now you're beating people up. That's unreasonable." Bai Yimeng put her hands behind her back and sobbed.

"Okay, I'll talk to you reasonably." Emperor Chengde sat down and held the man down with one hand. "The snacks at Xilexuan gave me diarrhea. Is that true?"

"Your Majesty, someone must have harmed me. I checked..."

Seeing her explanation, Emperor Chengde was so angry that he trembled all over, and suppressed his anger, "You are the shopkeeper, the shop is yours, if something goes wrong, you should take responsibility.

Besides, that shop was given to you by me, and you are running it like this? You naughty monkey, you are young, but there are some principles that you must understand.

Whether you run a shop or manage a household, you must be responsible. It is not enough to just take the money and then not care about anything else.

As a shop owner, you are responsible for the customers, just like I, as an emperor, am responsible for the people."

"I know I was wrong. I won't hit you anymore, okay? It hurts too much." Bai Yimeng had never seen Emperor Chengde like this before, and she was really scared.

Seeing the little girl looking pitiful, Emperor Chengde sighed and touched her head. "In fact, I am also responsible. I should have told you this from the beginning. Take your hands away. I will explain the truth to you today."

Bai Yimeng refused to do so and sobbed, "I am grown up now, I cannot be beaten like this anymore. My elder brother never punishes me like this."

Emperor Chengde thought it made sense, so he took out the prepared rattan stick from the vase and flicked it in the air, "Choose one of the two."

"Slap, slap is good." This answer was given almost without thinking.

"Yeah! I think so too, then take your hand away."

Emperor Chengde was not in a hurry to take action. He sat next to Bai Yimeng and asked, "Where do you think the problem lies in this matter?"

"The personnel are not supervised strictly. The management system is not clear." Bai Yimeng tilted his head, tugged at Emperor Mingde's sleeve, and begged in a low voice, "Stop beating."

"Since you know everything, you are committing a crime knowingly, so there is no need for us to waste time talking."

Emperor Chengde rolled up his sleeves and slapped him fiercely. After more than a dozen slaps, Bai Yimeng began to cry loudly, "I know I was wrong, stop hitting me! I've already hit me before."

"Shut up, you are not in a position to bargain."

"Your Majesty, can't you give them something else as punishment, like making them copy books? Didn't you say that we should be patient with children and not beat them at every turn?" Bai Yimeng used all the words he could think of.

"Don't be patient with monkeys." Emperor Chengde stopped talking nonsense, lifted the man onto his lap with one hand, and pinned his hands behind his back, "Little monkey, you know, Hui'er and Xiaojiu don't need me to beat them like this anymore, you are becoming more and more promising."

"I don't want to either...ah...ah..."

Emperor Chengde showed no mercy this time. After a beating from her with iron sand palm, Bai Yimeng was already crying and gasping for breath.

After an incense stick, he stopped, put the man down, and scolded him, "This matter is not over. If it is not resolved in five days, you will be beaten and your shop will be closed. Do you understand?"

Maybe he still felt unsatisfied, "Xiao Chenzi, call General Bai to the palace to pick up my sister."

Bai Yimeng burst into tears when she heard this, "No, if big brother finds out, he will beat me up. No..."

After everyone left, the queen came out from behind the screen, her eyes red, and she said nothing.

Mo Mo took out the ointment and gently applied it on Emperor Chengde's hand, "Alas, you know she is innocent, but you still beat her so hard.

The little girl is suffering physically, and you are hurting yourself, and your heart is hurting too. Why do you have to do that?"

"She has no sense of responsibility. If this is not corrected, it will be a big problem in the future." Emperor Chengde looked at his palm and said, "This medicine is not bad. Give a bottle to the little monkey. Don't say it was my intention.

By the way, have someone spread today’s incident in an exaggerated way, so that the second child won’t feel unbalanced and come back to trouble the little girl.”

……

Prince Qi's Mansion

King Qi glanced at Yueshan weakly, "Father, you care about the people's livelihood the most. When you found out that Bai Yimeng had done something like that, how did you deal with it?"

"I heard from the servants at Chen'an Palace that His Majesty was furious and beat me with a weapon himself. If it weren't for the Queen's intercession, I'm afraid he would have been beaten to death."

The King of Qi secretly rejoiced, "Okay, I told her to always cause trouble for me. Good job." After thinking about it, he felt something was wrong and asked, "Father just beat her, didn't he say anything else? For example, confiscating the shop, stripping the title of princess or something like that."

Bai Yimeng caused him to lose his title, so he had to take revenge and let her taste the feeling of falling from grace.

"I told you to punish her to reflect on her mistakes behind closed doors for five days." Yueshan couldn't help but complain, "She was beaten so severely that even if she wasn't allowed to reflect on her mistakes behind closed doors, she would have come out. Your Majesty is clearly partial."

"Well, father, you are just being considerate of our friendship. This girl isn't a big shot anyway, and father loves her so much, it's good enough that he lets her suffer such a big loss, it's not good to make too much of a fuss."

In the past, the King of Qi would not have said this. After experiencing the demotion, he saw it clearly. The saying that the heart of a king is hard to predict is not just a saying.

Faced with the power and status that he had lost and regained, Yuwen Xi had a different perspective.

Right now, he must take control of the initiative in the situation, and there is no need to care about trivial matters.

"Is there any news from the Crown Prince? Is Zhuifeng dead or alive?"

"Your Highness, Zhuifeng was clearly killed by my subordinates, but somehow he came back to life. Now he is beside the Crown Prince, and his brother is also here. It was my subordinates who failed to do their job well, please punish me, Your Highness."

The King of Qi smiled bitterly. How many people are there around him now? If Yueshan is driven away, he will be out of luck. He waved his hand and said, "These are all trivial matters. Don't worry about them. Do you have any news from the East Palace? Tell me."

Yueshan bowed down as he spoke, thanking the King of Qi for not punishing him. "The East Palace has been quite quiet recently. For several days in a row, the Crown Prince accompanied the Crown Prince to study after the morning court session, and drank tea when he was free. He has become much more elegant."

"The more this is the case, the more we must not take it lightly. By the way, is the poison in my body the Tear Beauty?"

"In my opinion, yes. But rest assured, Your Majesty, the antidote is on the way and the poison will be cured soon. As for the defense of the palace, I have also made a new plan, and what happened last night will definitely not happen again."

"Okay, you can do whatever you want." The King of Qi coughed and looked at the crabapple tree outside the window. "It seems that the prince finally knows what happened back then. Inform our people and give the prince some information.

If necessary, send Xiao Suyun to the prince. Chunyue Tower is gone, fortunately Xiao Suyun is still willing to follow me.

Go tell her that if this is done, I will not miss out on her benefits. I want him to be ruined so that he can give up his position faster."

"Yes." Yueshan suddenly remembered something, "Did Prince Yi send someone to keep an eye on us?"

The King of Qi stroked his chin and asked, "Bai Yimeng was beaten, how did the third brother react?"

"That was his Majesty who beat him, who dares to say anything? He was just coaxing women in the mansion as usual. To be honest, this Prince Yi is really a loser who hangs around women all day long." Yueshan couldn't help but laugh.

"You don't understand. The third child has been spoiled since he was young. All he does is have fun. How can he have any ambitions?" The corners of King Qi's lips curled up with pride.

"Of course not. How can our prince be as capable of both civil and military affairs, and both wisdom and courage?"

"Stop flattering me. We are short-handed right now. Your focus should still be on the crown prince. The third brother is just a paper tiger and has no ability." The King of Qi could not help but remind him again and again.

"Yes, I obey your command." Yueshan bowed and took his leave.