The Adventures of the Crying Princess

"I was angry today and caused a misunderstanding." The eldest princess knew she was in the wrong and lowered her eyebrows.

Lu Yikuan nodded slightly, "This child has suffered too much in the past, so it's inevitable that everyone loves her a little more.

It was her fault for offending the Grand Princess today. As her senior, I apologized on her behalf.

But there is one thing I don't know, and I hope the Grand Princess can enlighten me."

The eldest princess nodded slightly, "Please ask, sir."

"May I ask if this stripping and caning is a rule of punishment in the capital, or is it only our Xiaoqi who is treated this way?"

Lu Yikuan's cold eyes swept across the Grand Princess's cheek. Seeing that the Grand Princess was speechless, he continued, "From what I know, this is mostly used to punish low-ranking slaves or girls who have committed adultery, right?"

"Are you threatening me?" The eldest princess didn't like being looked at in that way, so she forced herself to glare back.

"I dare not, I dare not." Lu Yikuan looked back at Bai Yimeng, turned around and bowed, "I'm sorry, I need to tell you something, please don't blame me, Grand Princess."

The eldest princess was a little confused and nodded slightly.

Lu Yikuan turned his head with a cold expression and shouted, "Feng Niao, are you dead?

The lady doesn't know how to apply medicine, don't you know how to help? Yumen Villa feeds you, do you eat dry food?

Go back later and get twenty lashes." Fengniao immediately appeared and ran to Bai Yimeng's side to help her apply medicine.

Lu Yikuan turned around, still looking like a gentle gentleman, "The Grand Princess said, am I threatening you? I didn't mean to do that, and neither did Yumen Villa.

However, my father has always loved Xiao Qi and adopted her as his adopted daughter a long time ago.

Therefore, Xiao Qi is not only the little disciple of Wan'an Valley, but also the eldest daughter of Yumen Villa."

The eldest princess was not stupid. She understood that what Lu Yikuan said was just to raise Bai Yimeng's status.

She is a princess, and she has already apologized, so what? The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and her face turned cold. "These are rumors in the market. I didn't believe them at first, but after seeing her behavior in the Duke of Yue's mansion, I believe them even more."

I thought that since she was the daughter of an old friend, I would just take her back to my house and discipline her a bit. That was it.

I am the eldest princess. I don't need to explain to anyone or give any reasons for punishing her.

But for the sake of friendship, I will give you a reason. If you mind being stripped and caned so much, then stay away from Prince Yi, you foxy girl, this is the treatment you get. "

"Okay. I'll check this out later." Lu Yikuan smiled lightly, bowed slightly, and turned to look at the treetops. "Feng Jia, check it out immediately. In half an hour, I want to know who spread the rumor."

"Yes, my lord."

After Feng Jia left, Lu Yikuan looked at Princess Da Zhang, bowed and said self-deprecatingly, "Look at my martial arts habits, I forgot for a moment that I was in the Grand Princess's mansion.

I apologize for offending the princess. "

Lu Yikuan was not giving orders at all; he was clearly warning the Grand Princess.

Although the eldest princess was angry, she also knew that although Yumen Villa looked like a gang, it was actually established by the late emperor himself. Its purpose was to collect intelligence from various countries and monitor the local situation. It had the authority to execute first and report later.

"It's okay. I'm feeling a little unwell and want to change my clothes."

"If the princess wants to inform His Majesty, there is no need. I have already sent someone to the palace to inform His Majesty when I came down.

You know, the main responsibility of Yumen Villa is to serve Your Majesty."

"How is Master Lu? Which child are you to him?" After being exposed, the eldest princess sat back in her seat and smiled awkwardly.

"In reply to the eldest princess, I am the only son of my father. My father and my mother were deeply in love, and after my mother passed away, my father never remarried.

Otherwise, he wouldn't like the little girl from the Zhenbei Marquis's Mansion so much. My father loves Xiaoqi very much and always treats her as his own child."

Lu Yikuan mentioned Bai Yimeng every other sentence, intending to warn the Grand Princess not to get too close to her.

As he was talking, Feng Jia came back, holding a man in his hand, and knelt on one knee to present, "Young Master, we have found out that it was a butcher at the East Market who spread the rumor.

This butcher was delivering meat to the Duke of Yue's mansion one day, and he overheard a girl from his family talking. The girl has been brought here, and is waiting for the young master's decision."

"Hand him over to Jingzhao Prefecture, and we'll do what needs to be done." Lu Yikuan didn't look at the man, "Pass on my order to block the news. If I hear this rumor again, I'll hold you accountable."

"Humph, Yumen Villa is so majestic. If your majesty knew, I wonder what you would think?"

"What the Grand Princess said is absolutely right. Before coming here, I asked for permission from His Majesty.

His Majesty has agreed, and Eunuch Chen is here too, if you don't believe me you can go and ask him."

No matter how noble the eldest princess is, she is just a princess and cannot interfere in state affairs.

If I really ask, even if I am not punished, I will be scolded. I have no choice but to swallow it.

The gatekeeper of the palace came to report that Emperor Chengde had arrived at the gate in casual clothes. Lu Yikuan smiled and looked at the eldest princess, "Your Majesty is here, we can talk about the marriage of Xiaoqi and Prince Yi."

"What is there to talk about about marriage?" Emperor Chengde quickened his pace out of curiosity when he heard Lu Yikuan's words.

"Come here, Xiaoqi, and meet His Majesty."

Seeing that everyone wanted to bow, Chengde waved his hand and said, "I am leaving the palace incognito, there is no need to be polite, just be casual.

Lu Aiqing, you just said that you wanted to talk to the Grand Princess about the marriage of Xiaoqi and Laosan. What's going on?"

“Your Majesty, please forgive me. I was stupid and misunderstood the rumors and almost hurt Princess Sui’an.

Fortunately, Lord Lu found out the truth and brought the offender to justice, thus clearing Princess Sui'an's name." The eldest princess twitched as if she was suppressing her fear.

"I asked him to do this. Have you found out? Who spread the rumor?"

Lu Yikuan knelt down and kowtowed, "Your Majesty, the real murderer has not been brought to justice. The one who was brought to justice was the one who spread the news, a butcher. He heard about it from Miss Yue from the Duke of Yue's mansion."

"true?"

"Lu Yikuan would not dare to deceive the emperor." After saying this, he bowed down.

Emperor Chengde waved his hand and said, "Stand up, I already said we are outside the palace so no need to be polite.

You are such a well-behaved kid. Then, what about marriage?"

"The Grand Princess suspected that Xiao Qi was flirting with Prince Yi and was worried that she would ruin the royal family's morals, so she..." Lu Yikuan looked at Bai Yimeng, "You go over there and be obedient."

Bai Yimeng nodded slightly, without looking at Emperor Chengde or anyone else, and turned to the side.

Lu Yikuan told Emperor Chengde what he had heard from the secret guards.

After saying this, he knelt down again and said, "I beg Your Majesty to release Xiao Qi. She is still young and in poor health. If anything goes wrong, we...we will be in great pain.

Your Majesty, please have mercy and release her. It has only been half a year since she came to Beijing, and she has been to hell countless times.

Your Majesty, please let her go for the sake of the Marquis of Zhenbei, okay?"

After listening to Lu Yikuan's words, Emperor Chengde felt a little dizzy. He looked at Bai Yimeng and said in a trembling voice, "Little monkey, come here."

Bai Yimeng was in a trance for a moment, as if trying to determine whether it was Emperor Chengde who was calling her, and then she slowly stood up, walked forward and knelt down. She said nothing, and showed no expression.

Before Lu Yikuan came, she took a deep breath to suppress her internal injuries.

Ever since I saw my second senior brother, I finally relaxed a bit.

At this moment, his internal organs seemed to be burning, and his expression inevitably looked a little dull.

Seeing Bai Yimeng's reaction, Emperor Chengde seemed to be certain that what Lu Yikuan said was all true. When had his monkey ever looked like this before?

The voice was as soft as possible, "Come here, little monkey, let me take a look at you."

Bai Yimeng looked at Lu Yikuan, as if asking for his opinion.

"Go, His Majesty won't harm you." Lu Yikuan patted her head gently.

Bai Yimeng looked at the Grand Princess, shook his head and said nothing, and no longer looked at Emperor Chengde.

Emperor Chengde walked forward, squatted down and gently pulled her ears. Bai Yimeng seemed to be afraid and tilted her head to avoid him.

Then he immediately hid behind Lu Yikuan.

For some reason, she couldn't see clearly. When Emperor Chengde came over just now, she didn't recognize him.

Just because she was familiar with Lu Yikuan's aura, she dodged away.