The words from the palace supervisor immediately made many people at the main table look surprised.
Indeed, sixty hard boards and one month in water jail is not a simple punishment, it is simply torture to death! Let’s not talk about whether Chu Nan’s body can withstand a full sixty hard boards, just soaking there
In a cell full of water, people will die, right?
Chu Nan was prepared to accept severe punishment, but he didn't expect that the punishment was beyond his imagination.
Han Yuxi was so shocked that she covered her mouth and almost screamed.
But she soon felt relieved. The palace regulations never treated the punished as human beings, and the laws still followed the ancient times and were very cruel.
When she was a child, when she came to play with Princess Xiaoyao, she once witnessed a palace maid being beaten to death for stealing. She was so frightened that she had insomnia for more than a month.
Chu Nan's current punishment is exaggerated, but it is actually reasonable, because this is the imperial palace! It was the brain of the entire country and the place where dragons lived. How could it not be strict?
"Your Majesty... This, this is just an ancient punishment. Now we are in modern society. Why are there still talks about beating the wall and being imprisoned in water..." Han Yuxi hurriedly knelt down again and begged, "Chun Nan is really
I didn’t do it on purpose, I hope the emperor will show mercy!”
"Han Yuxi, how should I decide? I don't need you to tell me what to do!"
The Emperor of China glanced at Han Yuxi with dissatisfaction, thought for a while, waved his hand and said, "Well, today is the day of the banquet, so there is no need to see blood so much to spoil the fun. Let's take him down and imprison him in a water prison for one month as a punishment."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The palace supervisor received the order and nodded hurriedly to express his understanding.
Chu Nan sneered, and he finally understood. In the eyes of these royal families and nobles, the lives of ordinary people are worthless. Isn't the reason why the law is strict because most of the people who commit crimes are helpless servants?
They say that princes who break the law are as guilty as the people, but this is just talk. If it is not Chu Nan who takes the blame at this time, but a certain young master with a background, let's see if the supervisor will tell this punishment rule in public.
! Cannot be fair and just cannot be achieved without treating everyone equally, so making trouble is just a joke.
"Father, how could you do this?
The water prison in the palace has not been used for many years. The sewage inside is so smelly that it is difficult to stay there for a day, let alone a month.
Aren't you trying to torture people to death?
What if someone is killed?"
Princess Xiaoyao was so anxious that she couldn't help but speak out.
"Human life?
He faked his identity and broke into the palace without permission, which in itself violated the royal majesty. Death is not a pity."
The Emperor of China said coldly, "If he doesn't survive this month, he will die and it will be his own fault."
When Chu Nan heard the emperor's words, he finally chuckled calmly, "Haha, yes, in the eyes of the emperor, the lives of the Chinese people like us are like a piece of grass. He is indeed a good emperor who loves his people like his own children. Today, he looks like an emperor, really
What an honor!”
"What do you mean?
Dare you ridicule me?
?”
The Emperor of China couldn't hear the cynicism in Chu Nan's mouth. He slammed the table angrily and said, "Here comes someone, put him in a water prison!"
"yes!!"
Several guards hurriedly surrounded Chu Nan and captured him without saying a word.
Chu Nan's body is still weak now, and the side effects of absorbing the spiritual power of jade have not been eliminated. He has no strength to bind a chicken, and there is no way he can be the opponent of these guards.
He had no intention of resisting at all. After all, with his current strength, even Chu Xin might not be his opponent, let alone disobeying the emperor's orders.
"Stop it!!"
Princess Xiaoyao suddenly got up emotionally and pushed away the guard who was about to arrest Chu Nan. She stretched out her hands in front of him to protect him and said loudly, "I'll see who of you dares!"
Princess Xiaoyao's sudden attack caught everyone off guard.
The Chinese emperor reacted quickly after being stunned, and said angrily, "Yuxin?
What are you going to do?
Don't you even listen to your father's words?
Do you want to go against me?
?”
"Yuxin! What are you doing? Come here quickly. Your father is going to be really angry. This is not how you act petty!"
The queen not far away was also frightened and frightened, and hurriedly warned.
Chu Nan looked at the beautiful princess protecting him in surprise, and couldn't help but feel a little baffled.
What is she doing?
Why do you need to defend yourself so much?
Is it just because I am Han Yuxi’s friend?
The suspicious Chu Nan came to his senses and said, "Princess Xiaoyao, thank you for your generous help, but this matter has nothing to do with you, and I don't want to implicate other innocent people."
Princess Xiaoyao turned her beautiful face. At this time, her charming black pearl-like eyes were covered with water mist. She looked at Chu Nan with complicated eyes, as if she was piercing her heart, wanting to see him really clearly.
nothing left.
Chu Nan didn't understand why Princess Xiaoyao showed such a complicated expression to him. It didn't seem like a proper reaction to a stranger at all?
At this time, he felt more and more that Princess Xiaoyao always had a feeling of déjà vu, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before... After Princess Xiaoyao stopped and stared at Chu Nan, she finally closed her eyes and let her tears flow.
It slipped from her beautiful face.
Suddenly, she opened her eyes suddenly, her eyes full of determination, and said calmly and loudly, "Father... Chu Nan is innocent, he really is innocent, I tell you the truth.
Well, actually it’s all my fault that he came to this banquet!”
"Wow..." All the guests at the banquet were in an uproar when they heard this sentence! No one expected that Chu Nan sneaked into the palace to attend the banquet, and was actually related to Princess Xiaoyao?
Even Chu Nan in front of him was stunned and dumbfounded, feeling that this world was completely beyond logic.
Are you kidding me?
Is there any mistake?
I obviously came to the banquet because I promised Han Yuxi to be her male companion, so why is it inexplicably related to the princess?
This princess... why is she helping herself like this?
"Yang Yuxin! What the hell are you talking about!!"
The emperor was really shocked, surprised and angry. He gritted his teeth and said, "Stop messing around here, okay?"
?”
Just as Princess Xiaoyao was about to speak out, Han Yuxi beside her finally couldn't sit still anymore. She knew very well that if Princess Xiaoyao really told this secret that only the two of them knew in public, then not only would she
Facing the emperor's shocking wrath, she will be plunged into a situation beyond redemption! Although she is a princess, if this secret is exposed in public, the emperor will never forgive her, and even if he does not punish her severely, her life will definitely be extremely miserable.
After all, the emperor had too many children. Although there were not as many as three thousand concubines in the harem, there were still more than a dozen. He gave birth to more children than he could count on both hands. One more would not be too much, and one less would not be too much.
, if you really want to be cruel, Princess Xiaoyao is just a dispensable character.
Losing the face of the royal family is a more serious crime than anything else! Even if she is a favored princess, it is of no use! Princess Xiaoyao must know this in her heart, but she still does it!
She knew she couldn't do anything, but she did it. She wanted to transfer all the firepower from Chu Nan to herself! She was trying to protect Chu Nan, and she flew into the flames at all costs!