Chapter 5 Your Highness, Please Spare Your Concubine
Chapter 5: Your Highness, please spare this concubine.
Li Chen smiled happily.
No one in the world is afraid of Dongchang's power and murderous methods, but only the royal family is not afraid, because their authority comes from the emperor, and they are also the most loyal lackeys in the hands of the emperor.
As the official of the Dongchang factory who wanted to be dealt with quickly by the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, he must be the first one willing to take refuge in him.
This force will definitely become a great help to him.
"Very good."
Li Chen threw the knife in his hand in front of the Sanbao eunuch and said: "My father once gave you a knife, but now that knife is rusty, so now I give you this knife, do you want it?"
Eunuch Sanbao knelt down respectfully, picked up the knife on the ground, held it tightly and said: "When the emperor handed over the imperial edict to the slave, he once said that from now on, the slave will be the knife in the hands of His Highness."
Taking a look at the Qianqing Palace with the door tightly closed, it seemed that the emperor, who was lying on the dragon couch without taking a breath, had already made arrangements.
"Among the many princes, the Ninth Prince is the youngest. Years ago, the Queen asked her father to bring the Ninth Prince over to raise her. She also asked the Chief Minister of the State to personally teach him. I want to know every move the Ninth Prince makes every day."
Although he oversees the country now, he is still the prince. As long as the Daxing Emperor dies and he does not ascend the throne, the throne will remain uncertain. He believes that whether it is his younger brothers or the ministers in the court, Even among the princes who have already established vassal status, there must be those who are determined to covet the throne.
This struggle for imperial power is only just beginning.
Eunuch Sanbao said respectfully: "I will send everything your Highness wants to know to the East Palace every day."
After giving Eunuch Three Treasures a deep look, Li Chen waved his hand and said, "Get off and go back to the East Palace."
Back in the East Palace, Li Chen originally planned to change his clothes, but when he thought of the charming Zhao Rui, he felt that his heart was agitated.
The fight in Qianqing Palace was still hot-blooded, so he urgently needed to vent his anger.
So he turned around and headed straight to the bedroom.
However, as soon as Li Chen walked around the corner of the gallery, he saw Chen Zhi standing at the door of the palace where Zhao Rui was.
Chen Zhizheng, who didn't notice Li Chen's arrival, said to Zhao Rui in the dormitory with a look of distress and anxiety: "Rui'er, did that dog prince do anything to you? Let me go in and take a look, I just want to be well." Take a look at you! Don’t worry, I will kill that dog prince sooner or later to avenge you!"
"presumptuous!"
In the palace, Zhao Rui's scolding came from the palace.
"I am the crown prince's concubine. According to the hierarchy of honor and inferiority, you should address me as the crown prince's concubine. Who allows you to call me by my nickname?"
Standing at the door of the dormitory, Chen Zhi's face turned pale.
He gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, I respectfully call you the Crown Prince. Since you entered the East Palace, why have you changed so much? Have you forgotten that I was the one who took care of you before?"
Zhao Rui said angrily: "That's nonsense. I was still in the residence of the chief minister at that time. When would it be your turn to take care of me? At that time, I just saw that you were like me, a distant relative of the chief minister. I said a few words to you, except There is nothing more than this, so don’t spit on others."
Chen Zhi's face was distorted with excitement, and he growled: "No, you have always known that I like you, I have liked you for a long time! Rui'er, tell me, is it the dog prince who threatened you? He Did I forcefully humiliate you today? As long as you say yes, no matter what, I will take off the head of that dog prince to avenge you!"
"roll!"
Zhao Rui was furious, his voice rose much higher, and he threw a teapot from the dormitory, which smashed into pieces at Chen Zhi's feet.
"My affairs have nothing to do with you. Don't come to see me again in the future, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Chen Zhi looked at the broken teapot at his feet and felt that his heart was also broken.
She was sincere, but was trampled under Zhao Rui's feet.
This taste made him go crazy with hatred.
He placed all the blame on Li Chen, and with blood-red eyes, he growled: "No matter what you say, I know everything is like this because of that dog prince, you wait, wait for my revenge!
"
Just after he finished speaking, Chen Zhi suddenly discovered a pair of exquisite and gorgeous gold silk cloud shoes beside the broken teapot fragments.
His heart sank, and Chen Zhi felt his scalp numb. He subconsciously slowly raised his head along the boots, and his eyes moved up inch by inch until they landed on Li Chen's expressionless face.
"You said that I am a dog prince, and you want to take my head off?"
Li Chen's expression was indifferent, with a faint smile on his lips, he looked at Chen Zhi and said.
Chen Zhi took a deep breath and said with difficulty: "Humble job...humble job..."
"Here comes someone."
Li Chen didn't bother to listen to Chen Zhi's explanation.
No matter what he said, his fate was already doomed from the moment Li Chen found him standing in front of Zhao Rui's palace door.
Behind Li Chen, two guards wearing double-winged wild goose feather uniforms walked out.
Seeing the clothes of these two guards, Chen Zhi's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Dong, Dongchang Jinyiwei!?"
Since its establishment, the Dongchang Jinyiwei has only obeyed the orders of the emperor alone.
Chen Zhi, who had followed Li Chen and the Queen to the Qianqing Palace before, but was not qualified to enter, had no idea how much changes had taken place in the Qianqing Palace and even the entire Great Qin Empire in the past short hour.
Chen Zhi's expression changed drastically. He knew very well that once he fell into the hands of Dongchang, he would be doomed.
"I am a distant relative of Mr. Zhao, the chief minister of the dynasty, and I am also the head of the guards in the Queen's palace. You can't hand me over to Dongchang!" Chen Zhi yelled.
"Leave it to Dongchang? You're overthinking it."
Li Chen sneered and said: "Put this insulting thing in front of the palace and punish it with a hundred sticks."
Upon hearing this order, Chen Zhi was horrified.
A penalty of one hundred sticks does not sound as impactful as beheading, but among the punishments of the Qin Dynasty, the wooden stick used for this kind of stick punishment is as long as a person and two palms wide. The end that hits the prisoner is
There is a layer of fine nails on the surface of the wooden stick, and the executioner is required to hit it with all his strength.
This kind of rod punishment, as long as ten sticks are struck, is enough to cripple an ordinary person.
One hundred sticks were enough to beat Chen Zhi's lower body into a pulp.
"Li Chen! You dare to beat me to death? The Queen and Mr. Zhao will never let you go!"
Two Dongchang guards escorted Chen Zhi, who struggled and cursed angrily.
"The Lord Zhao you are talking about is just a minister of the royal family. I represent the royal family. Even if I kill you, what can you do, and what can Zhao Xuanji do?"
After Li Chen finished speaking with a sneer, he waved his hand and said: "Drag him down, beat him firmly, and beat him carefully. If he can't hit him with less than a hundred sticks, he will die. You two will take the rest for him."
Li Chen's words made the two execution guards look cold. Then one of them covered Chen Zhi's mouth, and the other dragged him to the open space in front of the palace. The guard who covered his mouth sneered: "I'm sorry.
Yes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince’s order, I dare not disobey in my humble position, so I have no choice but to let you enjoy these hundred sticks.”
Chen Zhi's miserable screams could be heard outside, and Li Chen had already entered the side hall.
Zhao Rui clearly heard the conversation outside and knew what happened.
Chen Zhi screamed one after another, making Zhao Rui's face turn pale.
"Scared?"
Li Chen raised his hand and gently rubbed Zhao Rui's tender face and asked.
Zhao Rui pursed her lips, panicking and instinctively retreating to avoid Li Chen's affectionate and aggressive palm.
But her hiding seemed to arouse Li Chen's interest.
He raised his hand and grabbed Zhao Rui's wrist, and with a gentle pull, Zhao Rui fell into Li Chen's arms.
"ah!"
Amidst Zhao Rui's exclamation, Li Chen's big hand pressed against her delicate waist, slowly caressing it downwards, and said with a chuckle: "I am very satisfied with your answer just now, so I decided to tell you
Good news."
Zhao Rui's entire mind at the moment was on Li Chen's big hand that was causing trouble behind him. Hearing this, he instinctively asked: "What's the news?"
"Just now, my father appointed me as the crown prince who oversees the country. From this moment on, I am no longer a prince in name only, with no actual authority, but a prince who exercises the power of the emperor on behalf of my father and patrols the world on behalf of heaven.
"
"Chen Zhi who is screaming outside is just the beginning. If Zhao Xuanji wants to change the dynasty, he will end up like this sooner or later."
He pinched Zhao Rui's chin with his fingers and asked her to look up at him. Li Chen said, "How about it? It's good news."
Zhao Rui's face was full of surprise and astonishment, but before she could speak, the big hand Li Chen placed behind her back became dishonest.
"Yes, that's good news. Your Highness, please don't... I, I am a little scared."
"Don't worry, this time, I promise, I will just hug you and do nothing else."
Li Chen swore his promise, and with one finger, he opened the tie around the waist of her coat.
"Your Highness, you said nothing and did nothing!"
