The emperor didn't want to see the queen for a long time. If it was another prince this time, even if the prince was beaten by the queen - which of course was impossible, the queen would not hurt the prince even if she hurt herself - he would not pay attention to it.
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But it doesn't work when it comes to Zhou Xuan.
When the emperor hurried to the Queen's Palace, Zhou Xuan was already being held on a wooden bench by the eunuchs, preparing to be beaten with a cane.
"Stop!" shouted the emperor, "What are you doing! Put it down!"
The eunuchs breathed a sigh of relief and quickly put down their wooden sticks.
"What are you doing?" The emperor frowned at the queen, "When his father was here, he didn't even touch Ah Xuan."
The queen said bitterly: "It is because Doctor Zhou is no longer here that I have to discipline his son for him. He is so disrespectful. Doctor Zhou will be angry to death again even under the spring."
"Don't mention Zhou Qinglai as a reason." The emperor was also angry, "I didn't discipline him well. Tell me, what mistake did he make? I will take the punishment for him."
Zhou Xuan shouted from the wooden bench: "Your Majesty, this is my own business."
The emperor turned around and scolded: "Shut up, you are wrong, and I will not forgive you." After saying that, he looked at the queen again, with an insistent look on his face, making it clear that no one could touch Zhou Xuan except him.
The Queen sneered: "Your Majesty really pampers and indulges him. That's why he is so disrespectful."
The emperor did not listen to the queen's words and only asked: "Just tell me what happened to him."
"I asked him to come and talk to him about the marriage. He and Jin Yao are so old. Now that the affairs of the princes and kings are settled, we can handle the marriage." The queen said, "I also told your majesty about this matter.
, His Majesty also knows."
The Queen did say this, or the Emperor thought so too, then——
He glanced at Zhou Xuan.
Zhou Xuan wouldn't disagree, would he? He has a very good relationship with his childhood sweetheart Jin Yao, and everyone in the palace agrees that they are a golden couple who will get married sooner or later.
The queen sneered: "He doesn't want to, because he looks down on Jin Yao."
Zhou Xuan defended himself on the wooden bench: "It's not that I despise Jin Yao, I only regard her as my sister."
The queen sneered: "You don't need to tell me these things. I don't understand what you men are thinking? Those who look down on are your sisters." Looking at the emperor again, "He didn't agree. I said a few words to him, and he said
He was so anxious that he even scolded me for being nosy. Your Majesty, as the mother of a country, does it count as nosy for me to interfere with his marriage?"
It might be true for others, but when Zhou Xuan told the queen himself that he wanted to treat his children as children, it was indeed not nosy for parents to interfere in their children's marriage affairs - what this kid said was too ridiculous!
The emperor looked at Zhou Xuan with an angry expression: "It's ridiculous, how could you be so disrespectful to the empress? Apologize and plead guilty!"
Zhou Xuan was lying on the wooden bench, without any apology on his face. Instead, he said: "Then I will only apologize if you promise not to ask about my marriage."
The Queen sneered: "Your Majesty, have you seen it with your own eyes?"
The emperor gritted his teeth angrily: "Zhou Xuan, what on earth do you want to do!"
Zhou Xuan sat on the wooden bench, looked at the emperor, and said seriously: "Your Majesty and the empress, please don't interfere with my marriage."
These words were so hurtful. The emperor looked at him with sadness in his eyes: "What do you mean by this? Could it be that I will harm you?"
Zhou Xuan shook his head: "It's not that your majesty and empress are harming me, but that I just want to marry the person I want to marry. It's me who wants it, not others who want me to want it."
The fifth prince couldn't help but jumped up at the side: "Zhou Xuan! Why is Jin Yao not worthy of you? You are too much! Jin Yao has always loved you so much, but you treat her like this!" After that, he rushed over and took it away.
The wooden stick in the eunuch's hand, "This is not a punishment from your mother and father, but this is me, as Jin Yao's brother, venting your anger for my sister!"
He raised his wooden stick and struck it down hard.
Zhou Xuan did not dodge and let the wooden stick hit him, making a muffled sound.
The fifth prince raised his staff and struck it down. The emperor said nothing and only looked at Zhou Xuan with a sad expression. The queen saw it from the side with a bit of ridicule in her eyes.
"Your Majesty," she said, "Although Jin Yao is not my biological child, I raised her with my own hands. My daughter has been humiliated like this. Even if I am not the mother of a country, it is only natural that I vent my anger on my daughter."
The emperor looked at Zhou Xuan: "Axuan, you don't like Jin Yao and don't want this marriage. I don't blame you, but your attitude is too much. Do you know that you are wrong?"
Zhou Xuan shook his head: "Your Majesty, only with this attitude can your Majesty and the empress understand my feelings. Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't have a chance to choose."
The emperor's favor is so great, and the emperor and the mother of the country give him a reward. If he is polite, he will be treated as if he wants to welcome you, as if he is grateful, as if he is ashamed to refuse, and then he will be pushed back and forth, and then he will be forcibly given the gift——
"So you want to speak harshly and hurt others?" the emperor said, his voice a little hoarse, his eyes full of disappointment, "In your eyes, do all the cares and protections I have in me be just a sign of favor from above? I never have any tenderness at all?"
Zhou Xuan raised his body: "Your Majesty, I didn't, that's not what I meant -"
"Okay!" the emperor shouted at him and stood beside the queen with his sleeves rolled up. "The Marquis of Guannei, Zhou Xuan, offended the queen with his rude words. I will punish you with fifty sticks to serve as a warning to others!"
The fifth prince's hand holding the wooden stick trembled slightly. Although he was happy to watch others get beaten, a spanking cost fifty sticks, which was really fatal. Although the emperor often punished him since he was a child, it didn't add up to anything.
There are fifty sticks.
From this point of view, it is not a good thing for Zhou Xuan to be favored every day. Once he angers the emperor, he will be punished for several years by others!
It would be better to give these fifty strokes separately over several years. Most people would not be able to bear the fifty strokes all at once!
Even if the execution eunuch looked at the emperor and showed mercy, Zhou Xuan would not even think about getting up for ten days and a half.
Thinking of Zhou Xuan's usefulness to the prince, the fifth prince couldn't help but plead: "Father, it's too, too heavy. If one of A-Xuan's troops gets hurt, he will be in trouble." He raised his staff again as he spoke.
After hitting Zhou Xuan several times, he said, "Hurry up and admit your mistake!"
Zhou Xuan remained silent, and the emperor said coldly: "Why are you still standing there?"
The executioner who was standing aside hurriedly stepped forward. The two of them held down Zhou Xuan, and the two stood on the left and right sides. One of them did not forget to take back the wooden staff from the fifth prince's hand.
With a bang, the wooden stick fell on Zhou Xuan's body, making a muffled sound, followed by another sound. There was no sound in front of the Queen's Palace, only the wooden stick hitting his body rhythmically.
Qing Feng was held aside by two guards. Looking at Zhou Xuan, who was motionless and silent as he was being beaten, his eyes turned red with anxiety.
Fifty sticks, fifty sticks, in order to finish the fifty sticks, you have to hit him from the back to the buttocks and legs. Only by hitting him with bruises all over his body can he prevent this person from being maimed and beaten to death.
"Princess." Qingfeng turned to look aside, his always smiling face almost crying, "Please, please beg His Majesty quickly."
Princess Jin Yao, who came after getting the news, had been watching for a while, and then shook her head: "Father is punishing Zhou Xuan for me, how can I plead for mercy, but make father sad?" There was something in her beautiful big eyes.
Tears sparkled, "Father has already been heartbroken by Zhou Xuan, I can't hurt father's heart anymore."
Qing Feng lowered his head, looking desperate and sad. How could he ask Princess Jin Yao to plead for mercy? Zhou Xuan violated the Queen and the Emperor just to refuse to marry Princess Jin Yao. How sad it would be for a girl to refuse marriage like this in public.
The most sad and painful one should be the princess.
