every step of the way

On the second day, at the morning court, the seat where Prince Ye Xuan should stand was vacant.

Ye Xuan claimed to be sick, but did not go to court.It's not a big deal to say that you can't go to court when you are sick.However, this was the first time Ye Xuan did not go to the court, which was enough to amaze the people in the court.

After the morning court, after returning to Ganquan Palace, Ye Mian told Fulu: "Go to the East Palace to see what happened to Xuan'er."

"Yes! Your Majesty." Fu Lu replied.

"Wait!" Fu Lu was about to walk out of the palace gate, but Ye Mian suddenly stopped him and said, "I'll go see him with you!"

"Your Majesty, the road from Ganquan Palace to East Palace is not close, why don't you go?" Fu Lu said.

"No!" Ye Mian insisted, "Xuan'er is inherently weak. In the past, he would insist on coming to court, but today he said he was sick. It is conceivable that Xuan'er is seriously ill. I have to go and see him!"

Seeing that Fu Lu couldn't persuade him, he had to accompany Ye Mian to the East Palace.

What neither Ye Mian nor Fu Lu expected was that when they went to the East Palace, they were turned away!

Shadowscar stood outside the house.

Fulu said: "Go and report, and say that the emperor has come to see His Royal Highness the Prince!"

Yinghen replied "Yes", turned around and entered the room.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness... His Royal Highness said, I don't want to see you!" After Yinghen came out, he said to Ye Mian bravely.

Ye Mian said: "What's the matter? I came to see him, why don't you want to come to see me?" Ye Mian said, and was about to go inside.

Yinghen reached out his hand again to stop Ye Mian.

"Bold!" Fu Lu said, "The emperor's dragon body is also something that people like you can touch?"

"The servant knows his mistake!" Yinghen knelt down in front of the palace gate, just blocking the place where Ye Mian entered.

Ye Mian saw that the guard was clearly obstructing him, and he was so angry that he kicked the shadow mark a few meters away, and said: "Bold, you dare to stop me. I want to see today, your master is doing it inside!" What!"

Yinghen had no choice but to stand up silently, stand aside, thinking: "I didn't do anything in there, it's not in there at all."

Ye Mian went in and looked around, shouting while searching, "Ye Xuan, get out!" However, no one was found.

Yinghen came in at this time, knelt in front of Ye Mian, and said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has left the palace!..." That's why the subordinates stopped you and didn't let you in!

"Going out of the palace? Where did you go? Didn't you say you were sick?" Ye Mian's tone became more and more serious, "He dares to lie to me now, doesn't he?"

Yinghen lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince didn't do it on purpose! It's just...just...!"

"Just what? Doesn't he know that bullying the emperor is a felony? And you, a slave!" Ye Mian was angry, "Tell me, where did he go?"

"This, slave... the slave doesn't know either!" Yinghen said.

"Okay, okay!" Ye Mian laughed back angrily, and said, "I'm here waiting for him today. Look at where he went and what he did!"

At this time, Ye Xuan had just brought Wen Mo out of the house in the suburbs of Beijing.

"Wen Mo, I'll take you to catch birds in a while. But you have to follow me obediently and don't leave me half a step! Do you hear me?" Ye Xuan instructed Wen Mo.

Wen Mo nodded obediently, and grabbed Ye Xuan's sleeve with one hand.For a moment, Ye Xuan felt all kinds of feelings in his heart, there was happiness because of Wen Mo's dependence on him, and there was also the sourness that Wen Mo felt like a child now that he was ignorant of the world.

Although not many people know or remember Wenmo, just in case, Ye Xuan put a black gauze hat on Wenmo.

Wen Mo picked up the black gauze with his hands and put it down again. He smiled sweetly at Ye Xuan and said, "It's fun! It's fun!"

Ye Xuan also laughed and said, "It will be more fun later!"

The two got into a carriage and drove in shadow.

After bumping for a long time, the carriage stopped.

"Master, we're here!" Yingji said.

"En! Wenmo, let's get out of the car!" Ye Xuan said.

The place where Ye Xuan brought Wenmo was a small forest not too far from the capital.

It's still early summer at this time, it won't be freezing, and it won't be too hot.Most importantly, many trees and flowers in the forest are growing very well.Birds and flowers are fragrant, cicadas are singing and insects are singing, and the scenery is very pleasant.

"Birds! Birds!" Wen Mo shouted all the way.

"Okay! Catch birds for you!" Ye Xuan said, "Yingji, go and catch some birds!"

"Yes!" Yingji turned around and went to catch the bird.

After a while, Yingji came back, holding a cuckoo in one hand and a heron in the other.

Ye Xuan looked at Yingji with admiration, and actually caught two, two different birds, really amazing.

Yingji was a little embarrassed, but anyone who knows martial arts can catch birds.His Royal Highness was really a little surprised.

Yingji tied the paws of the two birds with cloth strips, gave the cloth strips to Wen Mo, and said, "His Royal Highness, after returning, I will find two cages for Mr. Wen, so we can raise them."

Ye Xuan nodded and said, "Okay! You go back and fix it for Wenmo! We should go back too."

"Go back? Didn't you just come here?" Yingji asked.

Ye Xuan said: "Didn't you come to catch birds?" Ye Xuan stared at Yingji, a little confused, all the birds were caught, what are you doing here?

Yingji said: "His Royal Highness, Mr. Wen wants to come out to play. Today's weather is so good, how about playing here for a while?"

Seeing the anticipation in Wen Mo's eyes, Ye Xuan could only say, "Okay then!"

In fact, when it comes to playing, there is nothing fun here.If you are a literati, you can also collect folk songs here.However, among the three of them, Wen Mo didn't know anything, Ying Ji was a warrior, and Ye Xuan wasn't interested in having fun.Therefore, the three of them just walked along the path in the woods for a long time, and only went back when it was getting dark.

Ye Xuan sent Wenmo back to the house, and explained to Yingji, before returning to the palace with his secret guards.

It was already dark, but the East Palace was still brightly lit.

Ye Xuan felt bad when he saw it.

Sure enough, after Ye Xuan entered the room, he saw Ye Mian.

"Royal Father? Why are you here?" Ye Xuan knelt down on the ground as he walked, "I send my respects to Royal Father!"

"Greetings? You still know how to greet me?" Ye Mian patted the desk with one hand.

Ye Xuan knew what Ye Mian was angry about, so he didn't try to defend himself, so he knelt down and said: "I know my mistake, please punish me!"

Ye Mian said: "Tell me, where have you been?"

"..." Ye Xuan remained silent.

Ye Mian looked at Ye Xuan who was silent, and became even more angry, saying, "You are really getting bolder! How dare you defy Zhen Yang!"

"Father, my son knows his mistake! I beg my father to punish me!" Ye Xuan said again.

"Okay, okay!" Ye Mian said, "Since you want me to punish you so much, I will grant your wish! Come on, the crown prince Ye Xuan is disrespectful in front of the imperial court, and he will hit you fifty times!"

"Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince didn't mean it! Please think twice, Your Majesty!" Fu Lu knelt down and pleaded.

"The servant is willing to be punished for His Royal Highness!" Yinghen also knelt down and said.

Ye Mian looked at Ye Xuan, who was kneeling on the ground, not even half-hearted about admitting his mistake.

"Call me! Whoever begs again will add another [-] boards!"

Ye Xuan kowtowed his head on the ground and said, "My son, I am willing to be punished!"

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Two guards, one pressed Ye Xuan to the ground, and the other held the board.

"Hit me hard, whoever dares to release the water, I will never forgive you lightly!"

The board fell, one time, two times... ten times... twenty times... thirty times... forty times... 49 times, fifty times... finally finished.

At this time, Ye Xuan had already fainted, and his body was also covered with blood, which almost dyed the whole white dress Ye Xuan was wearing red.

Ye Mian kept turning his back and didn't look at it, for fear that he wouldn't be able to bear it.

Ye Mian counted one by one in his heart, and when he reached the bottom, Ye Mian hurriedly turned around, and what he saw was Ye Xuan who was almost only breathing in but not breathing out.

"Xuan'er!" Ye Mian said anxiously, "Slave, who allowed you to beat the prince like this? Hurry up and get the imperial physician!"

"Slave is going now!" Fu Lu replied, and went to Tai Hospital.

Ye Mian hugged Ye Xuan to the bed, and said: "Xuan'er, Father is wrong, Father should not hit you! Father is wrong!..."

At that time, Yinghen saw that the situation was not right, so he sneaked out of the palace to find Ye Can.

After hearing what Yinghen said, Ye Can rushed to the palace immediately.But it was too late, when Ye Can came, the imperial physician had just checked Ye Xuan's pulse.

"How's it going?" Ye Can didn't even care about asking for safety, so he asked the imperial doctor about Ye Xuan's condition.

The imperial doctor said: "His Royal Highness, he was severely beaten. Ordinary people are beaten like this, and they have to rest for a while. His Royal Highness is a little weaker than ordinary people. According to the estimation of the old minister, His Royal Highness is afraid that it will take months to recover." Yu can't get out of bed!"

Ye Mian said: "Doctor Zheng, isn't there a lot of Tianshan snow lotus and thousand-year-old ginseng in the imperial hospital? Use some more for Xuan'er!"

Imperial physician Zheng said: "Your Majesty, Your Highness is weak and cannot be nourished. Using those powerful medicines may have the properties of tigers and wolves. Your Highness can't bear it!"

Ye Can asked anxiously: "Then let him be in such pain?"

"For the present plan, we have to take good care of it!" Imperial Physician Zheng said helplessly.

Chapter 46