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Yiyang shook his head vigorously when he heard the words, looked at the prince and then at the emperor, and muttered in a low voice: "I heard that there was a flood in some places, and the disaster is not small. I guess the father must have been worrying about it all night. Sleeping. I was worried that my father was ill due to illness. After the early hours of the court, I finally waited until noon to rest before thinking of visiting the palace. Unexpectedly, my father refused to summon my son, and my son thought it was because my father was really unwell. In order to prevent my son from deliberately concealing his worries, he rushed into the palace after thinking about it for a while."

The emperor remained unmoved, and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Is that true?"

"Could it be that the father doesn't want to trust my minister now?" Yiyang's eyes were red with grievance, and his voice was choked up, "That's right, my son will marry someone else when he reaches his age at the end of the year. As the saying goes, a married daughter The water that was thrown out has not yet been married, and the emperor even called for the whip."

The emperor was both amused and angry, pointing at Li Shunde who failed to stop Yiyang from entering the palace with his whip, and feigned anger to Yiyang: "Hu Bai! Ask Li Shunde how many years he has been serving here. , who dares to mess around like you? Besides, how did I hit you with that whip on purpose, and I clearly fought to get beaten by myself!"

After all, he pretended to throw the whip at Yiyang again.

There was no trace of timidity in Yiyang's tear-filled eyes. He sniffed and wiped away his tears pitifully, then looked at the shivering prince beside him, who was still in shock: "I just heard the sound of the whip from afar, wait to go!" Taking a closer look, although I don't know what mistake the prince's elder brother made that angered his father, but his brother and sister are connected, seeing that the prince's elder brother was about to be beaten to death, he didn't dare to take his father's whip in desperation, so he had to be brave Come in and get beaten."

"According to what you said, your brother brother is filial to your father, so I should reward you?" Although the words were a question, the emperor smiled slightly, and the fearful people in the hall also felt relieved. in one breath.

Yiyang knelt a few steps closer to the emperor, tugged at the hem of his clothes, raised his head and stared innocently at the emperor with wet eyes: "Then, how about the father reward the minister with a decree? In half a month, mother Concubine's birthday is coming up, and Ci'en Temple will open a dojo for a few days as usual, then my brother and sister-in-law will take Lin'an to burn a few sticks of incense for my concubine and ask the Buddha to send a few messages." She lowered her eyelids, looking a little lonely Lonely, raised his head again and his voice softened a bit, "Even if my brother has made a huge mistake, let's forgive him this time and let him be safe and secure for my concubine to see in the sky?"

Hearing this, the crown prince's whole anxious heart was finally stuffed back into its original place intact.

Li Shunde and Zhang Baoshi stood by and exchanged glances: The emperor's weakness, His Highness Yiyang is right.

Sure enough, Emperor Chunyou was silent for a while, threw the whip on the spot, raised his generous and warm hand to caress Yiyang's head, his eyes concealed traces of guilt in the doting eyes: "Forget it, it's up to you." The prince said in a serious and cold tone, "Go back to the East Palace and think about your own past, how can you be the heir apparent!"

The imperial doctor was summoned to treat the prince's wound and apply medicine, and the concubine Li Shi personally served the decoction, and did not step out until the prince fell into a drowsy sleep.

Walking down the corridor, I saw Yiyang and Lin'an, one big and one small, leaning on the curved neck railing to feed the fish in the pond, their eyebrows and eyes were full of smiles.

Mrs. Li approached a few steps, comforted the high-spirited Lin'an with a few words, handed her over to the nun behind her, dismissed a group of people who were accompanying her, and said warmly to Yiyang: "Lin'an is timid, thanks to her." You lead her here, otherwise, seeing those wounds on her father's back, she will definitely cry endlessly."

Li's voice sounded a little tired, his brows were faintly filled with sorrow, and the circles of his eyes were still red. Yiyang saw it in his eyes and knew that the prince and his wife had always been harmonious and loving. After this incident, Li Shi must have been quite frightened, so he comforted him and said: "Although the father is stricter with the elder brother of the prince, he actually has high hopes for him, otherwise he won't be very angry. Sister-in-law doesn't need to worry about annoyance, but it's just that the recent troubled times will inevitably cost a lot of money." Take care of him, don't make him rush to the knife again."

Hearing the sound, Mrs. Li sighed, stroked the back of Yiyang's hand and said helplessly: "Your brother has always been a playful person. He has only restrained himself a little in recent years. He was also trapped in the palace and was detained for a long time. The coaxing of a few flattering servants completely forgot the inculcation of the Hanlin servants to be the righteous way of the emperor, and this gave the evil-minded Xiao Xiao a chance to take advantage of it."

Since the prince got married, he has indeed gradually embarked on the right track of being a benevolent monarch who can shoulder the heavy burden of the country. Therefore, in recent years, King Lu has made countless small moves like a dog jumping over the wall in secret.It's just that if the fight to promote weaving this time hadn't happened to coincide with the waterlogging of Huxun and the two prefectures and touched the emperor's bad luck, it wouldn't have made him furious. It was too much of a coincidence. I dare to confirm it, but the impeachment of the censor Yanguan was fierce, and it was undoubtedly King Lu's idea.

The people under him were unwilling to live up to their expectations and caused floods and greedy ink, so they were unwilling to make Donggong feel bad?

Yiyang smiled lightly, his eyes were like water gushing undercurrents: "The elder brother of the prince is busy with the government affairs of the previous court, and the sister-in-law is presiding over the funeral in the backyard. You should pay more attention to make the East Palace orderly, clean and solemn. Eat inside and out, and make an example to others."

After listening to what Yiyang said, Mrs. Li thought about it in her heart, and after a while, she lowered her eyebrows and nodded in agreement.

There are many people serving and walking around in the imperial city, once there are too many people, they will inevitably break their mouths.

The matter of the crown prince of the Eastern Palace was blamed, and everyone in the Zhan Shifu was worried for a while, but as expected, when the meal was about to be retired, a servant came to deliver the order. Zhan Shifu was in charge of the affairs of the Eastern Palace. He was stingy with admonitions, so that the prince's virtue was lost and he was too lazy. He ordered Zhan Shi to be punished with a stick of [-] and his salary should be fined for one month.

Thunder, rain and dew are all the grace of the king, Zhan Shi kowtowed to accept the order with a face as white as paper, and after a while, two servants came with a thick mahogany board, pushed him to the ground, spit into the palm of his hand, and then Slap hard and sing the number.

Tang Ci knelt aside and watched quietly, although he wouldn't pee his pants immediately like a few weak and cowardly colleagues, he tightly picked the corner of his robe with his fingers and pressed his lower lip lightly, already showing fear.

Years ago, she used to sit on her father's lap and watched the official who was accused of alienating the brothers of the Tian family lay on the gold brick and was beaten to death by dozens of boards. She still remembered it clearly and deeply. , What the official remonstrated was to cut down the vassal, cut down the vassal position of the king of Qi, and seize the military power of the king of Qi.

Now, she was reduced to herself, to be devastated by this.

After thirty sticks, Zhan Shi fainted. After all, the third-rank officials and the servants did not dare to be careless, so they hurriedly asked someone to take a bench from the value room and carried him to the imperial hospital for diagnosis and treatment.

Tang Ci's heart skipped a beat, and his eyes turned to a smear of blood on the floor tiles, his pupils shrunk slightly, and his fists were clenched tightly.

Then, there was something about Shao Zhan, who was also deliriously babbling and calling for pain.

After ordering someone to wait and carry Shao Zhan away, the servant glanced at the officials who were kneeling neatly like bamboo shoots with their shoulders shrugged and their heads shrugged, then walked a few steps closer to Tang Ci, lowered his body and said with a smile: "Look This good-looking man, is he the newly promoted Mr. Zhan Shi Chengtang? He is like a banished fairy, no wonder the servants and servants look forward to working in Zhan Shi's mansion every day. It is better to be famous than to meet each other. Cooking tea, cooking snow and listening to the wind and asking the moon, servants are rough people, and they don't want to meet the ceremony but it can only be a pain in the flesh." He looked sideways at the bloody floor tiles, shook his head and frowned, "It's okay, Da Tang It would be a lot rougher to salute here for a position where talents are promoted."

After looking around the mansion, the servant pointed to the valet, and smiled even more: "Climbing up the steps to accept the gift is exactly the meaning of getting promoted step by step. Does Master Tang think so?"

After Tang resigned into the duty room, he glanced at the two servants who had been waiting inside, and saw that the mahogany boards they were holding were much lighter, and his heart skipped a beat.

Even though Qin Yan has the ability to reach the sky, he should not have received the news in such a short period of time, so he could immediately manage the staff while avoiding people's eyes.

The servant closed the door, bowed to Tang Ci and cupped his hands and said: "I offended you with your words just now. Although His Royal Highness Yiyang ordered, but in the end, His Majesty will punish you, and you dare not fool around easily, so you have to do so reluctantly."

Yiyang...

Tang Ci smiled miserably: "Your Highness has a heart."

Seeing the slender Tangci help him up the bench, the servant frowned again: Fortunately, His Royal Highness Yiyang took care of him, otherwise, if he really got hit by the heavy board, his life would have to be stuck here.

The sound of reprimands and hog-killing howls from outside the house was endless, and the servant hurriedly lowered his voice and said to Tang: "There are a lot of people talking, so in order to avoid losing people's tongues, five or six points must be used, but this board does not hurt the skin." Injury, please be patient for a while."

Tang Ci held the stool legs tightly with both hands, and smiled softly: "I won't make things difficult for Eunuch, Eunuch, don't worry."

After all, she drooped down her slender, fan-like eyelashes, and clenched her teeth.

No matter what the purpose of Yiyang's kindness to her is, she understands it and is willing to accept it.After all, she didn't want to die yet, nor could she.

The board fell in response, and accompanied by a dull sound, the pain climbed from the buttocks and legs all the way to the back to the brain. The embarrassing and shameful cocks that broke through the throat were swallowed one by one.

Before she could catch her breath, the next plank smashed down with the same force through the wind.

Beads of sweat had already broken out on the forehead, and the skin of the thin and tender lips had been bitten open, with strands of blood oozing out.

Seeing her pitiful appearance, the servant couldn't help lowering his body and persuading her: "Master Tang, you might as well call out, it will save a lot of pain."

Tangci shook her head lightly, the pain... She deserved it herself. She should have advised the prince when she saw the prince addicted to weaving in the East Palace, but she was negligent. Could it be that she has lived a much more comfortable life recently and forgot that she never Is there no turning back?

The servant sighed silently, and gave the two young servants a look, signaling them to fight quickly, so as to save the people under the board from being tortured for a long time.

The rest of the boards were lowered quickly and hurriedly, overlapping each other one after another. Even though they were covered by clothes, blood spots were already visible.

The ground was also drenched with sweat and there was a pool of shadows. It was the first time for the servant to see such a tough and silent person. He secretly gave Tang Ci a thumbs up in his heart, but in the blink of an eye he saw Tang Ci struggling on the bench. Wanting to get up, he hurriedly stepped forward to stop him: "Lord Tang, don't move rashly, the injuries can be big or small, and this slave will order two people to take care of you to go to the imperial hospital for treatment."

Going to Tai Hospital to see and treat injuries...the clothes must be stripped...

Tang Ci politely declined, endured the piercing pain, raised his leg and staggered to the ground, barely walked a few steps, and smiled to the servant: "Elder-in-law, can you see? I'm young, no problem."

The servant caught a glimpse of her face as white as paper, with a layer of cold sweat forced out on her forehead, and her walking was clearly unsteady.

Qin Yan was busy dealing with the waterlogging disaster. He frowned when he heard the news. He couldn't get away and he didn't have time to take care of it. He ordered someone to report the news to his wife, Liu Shi, and make her wait outside the palace gate.

Mrs. Liu was afraid that Qin Rongyue would cry when she heard the news, so she handed her over to the nanny, and only ordered a few maidservants who were nimble and quick to bring some emergency wound medicine, and came in a carriage.

After waiting for a while, at least I saw a thin and weak figure limping towards the palace wall.

He hurriedly rushed to hold Tang Ci by the waist, and without any effort, she fell limply into his arms. Seeing her face flushed, when she touched her, it was scorching hot!

Women have always been easy to soften their hearts, especially mothers. When Liu Shi saw Tang Ci's appearance, he was so anxious that tears came to his eyes.

Helping Tang Ci to lie on the soft couch in the spacious carriage, the maidservant lightly tried to show her the injury by taking off her trousers. Mrs. Liu stopped in a hurry, and whispered to the blood on the robe: "about The flesh is torn, I’m afraid it’s stuck to the material of the clothes, if you take it off forcibly, you’ll hurt yourself, cut it with scissors when you get back.”

Tang Ci was fed ginseng tea, which dilutes the bloody smell rolling up in his throat. His fingers still gripped the mattress on the couch, his whole face was covered with sweat, and his eyebrows and eyes twitched slightly in pain.

"You child..." After all, Mrs. Liu couldn't say what she complained about. After sobbing for a while, she finally persuaded with red eyes, "Listen to what Master said, this revenge——can we not avenge it?" On the carriage His maidservants are all confidantes, and they have nothing to say.

The emperor has been on the throne for twelve years, the government is clear, and the country is as stable as a rock. How can it be easily shaken?

There was a sudden throbbing pain in the wound, and Tangci's slender eyebrows frowned slightly. Although there was a faint smile on his face, his voice could not help trembling with pain: "If I was the only one in this world, I would be happy to be a blind and deaf shrunken head." Turtle. Although I can easily get out of the shackles, but..." She paused, and a tear fell from the corner of her eye just now even though the pain was unbearable, "My mother is still waiting for me on the mountain temple with hope. , my sister An Ning is 16 years old but spends her time in a cold and dark palace, how can I be willing to leave them alone?"