Chapter 252: Playing the board
The Li family died of a crime, which is a taboo in the palace, how dare the second prince say such a thing in front of the emperor?
His current mother is a concubine!
Sure enough, the emperor immediately frowned, and his eyes became colder and colder, "Then you mean, you don't want to study hard anymore, do you?" ”
"That's not what Erchen meant!"
The second prince hurriedly explained, looking at the emperor's cold face, he gritted his teeth for a while, "Erchen just needs time to slow down, and he also needs a concubine." Although Concubine Yan is good, she is not the biological ...... of Erchen after all."
The emperor snorted coldly, "What do you mean, let me hand you over to your own aunt Li Changzai, and you will be able to cheer up and study, right?" ”
The second prince didn't want his mind to be completely known to the emperor, so he panicked for a while, and hurriedly knelt down to ask for guilt, "That's not what Erchen meant!" ”
"And what do you mean?"
"Erchen ......"
The second prince pursed his lips in a dejected manner, tears rolling in his eyes......
"Mother, it's not good!"
In Zhong Cui's palace, the palace maid ran in in a panic, and the movement was so loud that it attracted the attention of the people in the two side halls next to her, and Jiang Gui and Liu Changzai both walked out.
"What's going on?"
Liu Chang was asking the palace maid beside him, and the palace maid was busy going to the main hall to investigate, and Jiang Guiren was also very curious.
The palace maid who replied ran into the main hall and hurriedly said: "Niangniang, quickly change your clothes and go to the Qianqing Palace, something is wrong!" ”
Concubine Yan hurriedly came out of the inner room, "What's the big deal, so panicked?" ”
The palace maid hurriedly said: "The second prince has angered the emperor, and now he is being beaten in the Qianqing Palace, Niangniang hurry up, I'm afraid it's too late!" ”
"Beaten?!"
Concubine Yan was shocked, "Although the emperor's godson is strict, he has never been beaten!" What did the second prince do to make the emperor angry like this? ”
The palace maid on the side brought her clothes, "Niangniang, let's change your clothes and take a look!" ”
Concubine Yan had to hurriedly turn back to the inner room, change her clothes and go out, Liu Chang's palace people had already heard the matter at this moment and told Liu Chang to be there.
Seeing that Concubine Yan was in a hurry to come out, she hurriedly said, "Niangniang, I'll go with you!" If something big happens, there is someone to talk to! ”
Liu Changzai was his own person, so Concubine Yan was not polite and nodded at her.
When the two of them went to the Qianqing Palace, the news of the emperor beating the second prince gradually spread in the harem, and everyone was very surprised that the emperor was abnormal.
In the past, the eldest prince was so naughty when he was young, and he never saw the emperor beat him, at most he beat the little eunuch next to him.
The second prince has always been well-behaved, how could he make such a big deal and provoke the emperor to beat him?
"Queen Mother, do you want to go over and have a look?"
Cui Shao asked the queen, and the queen was careless, "What's the hurry?" If you go to this palace, you have to persuade the emperor not to beat the second prince, it is better to pretend to hear about it late and go later. ”
Cui shook and said, "Yes." The slave maid heard that Concubine Yan had rushed over, and she didn't know if she could persuade the emperor. ”
"I'm just afraid of the difficulty."
The queen stroked the hairpin ring in the mirror, "Do you think that the palace doesn't want to go over early, because it is malicious and wants the second prince to be beaten?" This palace has never been so unbearable and so ruthless to a child. It's just that the emperor has never beaten the prince, this is the first time, and the second prince must have done something very wrong. If the palace goes to persuade and annoy the emperor, won't even the palace itself get in? ”
Cui shook his head and said, "Niangniang is thoughtful, naturally yes." Even so, I'm afraid that Concubine Yan won't be able to please her, she is the adoptive mother of the second prince, and the emperor may even scold her. ”
The queen suddenly thought of a person.
I'm afraid that no one in the entire harem except that person can persuade the emperor to calm his anger, right?
She said, "What about Concubine Zhao? Did she rush there? ”
Cui shook and said: "The news of Concubine Zhao is naturally not as good as our Changchun. Gong Kuai, I'm afraid I just know it now. If she goes for a while, the slave and maid will tell the queen again. ”
The queen bowed slightly, "Still haven't you found out why the second prince was punished?" ”
Cui shook it and said: "I only know that today is the emperor's homework for the three princes, and the second prince can't answer the question, so the emperor is angry." That's about it, and we don't know the specifics. ”
The queen said: "No, if you just can't answer a question, it won't make trouble to the point of fighting." There must be some other reason, it's just that the news of the Qianqing Palace is too difficult to probe, and this palace is not difficult for you. ”
She got up slowly, "Let's serve the main palace to change clothes." ”
Now the change of clothes is slowly passing, and when she goes, Su Youyi is estimated to have passed, even if the emperor wants to be angry, he can't be angry with her.
The queen had such an calculation in her heart, but she forgot that she, as the queen, had the most influence in the harem, and she should have heard the news first.
But she came late, and everyone knew her thoughts, suspecting that she was deliberately letting the second prince be beaten.
In the Qianqing Palace, when Concubine Yan arrived in a hurry, she saw a stool outside the hall, and the second prince was pressed on the stool with his pants off, and his buttocks had been beaten bloody.
She was so frightened that she covered her mouth and hurried into the palace, "The emperor is angry, the emperor is angry!" Killing the second prince is a small matter, the emperor is angry and hurts his body, and he asks the emperor to calm his anger! ”
There has never been a precedent for the prince to be beaten when he makes a mistake, and the minions around him are beaten, Yan Concubine heard that the second prince was beaten and thought it was just a small punishment and pretended, and she only understood when she saw the blood on the second prince's buttocks-
Your Majesty, this is true.
How much anger can the emperor break the rules handed down by his ancestors and beat a prince like this!
At the head of the palace, the emperor saw Concubine Yan coming in in a hurry, and raised his eyes and glanced at her.
Just when Yan Concubine thought he would say something, the emperor looked down and read the book again and didn't say anything.
Liu Chang was following Concubine Yan, wanting to help her up, and looked at Shang Shou worriedly.
In the end, he was still worried that the emperor would be angry, so he simply knelt down with Concubine Yan, "The emperor is angry." ”
As a newcomer to the harem, she had only heard about the emperor's temperament from Yan Concubine and others, but she didn't know anything about him, so she didn't dare to persuade him.
The emperor still didn't speak.
Not long after, a report came from outside the hall that Su Youyi was also here, and Yan Concubine had hope in her heart.
Su Youyi hurriedly climbed the stairs, after she heard the news that the emperor was angry that the second prince was beaten, she immediately rushed over, and she came with Wan Guiren and Chun Chang, who were drinking tea and chatting in her palace at that time.
Before entering the hall, she saw the second prince lying on the bench dripping with blood, and she gasped in fright.
Wan Guiren was even more shocked and covered his mouth, worried that he would scream, and even Chunchang, who had always been afraid of heaven and earth, was so frightened that he couldn't speak.
Su Youyi did not enter the hall directly, but walked towards the second prince.