The four princes were stunned.

He did this, was arrested, and didn't have time to do it in the future. If the emperor investigates thoroughly, the result can be imagined.

Besides, he couldn't get rid of the suspicion of pampering the woman in the cherry blossom courtyard.

Now, he can only hope for Emperor Qingping's mercy.

"Father, the son is confused, ask for the father's mercy. I beg my father to look at the face of the mother and concubine who died of his son, and be gracious. ”

The four princes began to plead.

Emperor Qingping's face showed a look of unbearability.

Yes, it was for the sake of the woman he really loved that he chose Yi Shoufu's granddaughter for Xiao Si to be his concubine, wanting to ensure his smooth life.

"Zhaoyang, look ......" Emperor Qingping finally turned his conversation to Liu Xinning, who had been quiet beside him.

"You don't ask her. Don't even ask, even your sister. The mourning family left Changle in Ciren Palace, just to deal with this matter personally. Before Liu Xinning could reply, the Queen Mother opened her mouth first.

"The mourning family will save you face. Just say that you are disobedient and offended, and then you will be cut off for the people...... Trap it. ”

As soon as the Queen Mother's words fell, everyone in the hall was shocked.

How the four princes are languishing and pleading, naturally it is needless to say.

Even Emperor Qingping couldn't help it, "Queen Mother, this punishment is too heavy." ”

A prince, he didn't make any big deals, but he just wanted to take his cousin as a concubine-------------- and he didn't succeed yet!

Just because of this, you want to be cut down for the people and imprisoned? This punishment is about to catch up with the chaos.

Liu Xinning also quickly analyzed the situation in front of her.

The Four Princes designed her to be punished, and she was prepared.

Like any grounding, punishment, and boarding, it's all possible.

However, it is directly confined...... This is not a major event that disturbs the court......

What's more, there are doubts in this......

Liu Xinning thought as she quickly glanced at the Queen Mother, and then met her eyes.

Her heart flashed, and she quickly knelt down: "Grandmother, imperial uncle, and fourth cousin are indeed at fault, but the sin is not so serious." Please ask your grandmother and uncle to give you a lighter punishment. ”

As soon as her words of intercession came out, the four princes who were sitting on the ground were grateful, and Emperor Qingping, who was at the top, was also pleased.

The Queen Mother quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Of course, she knew that the four princes were not guilty of this. She also knew that the fourth prince was not an ordinary outsider, but the emperor's own son.

In this matter, not only Liu Xinning is not good at punishing severely, but Changle said it, but I am afraid that the emperor will be unhappy when he thinks about it in the future.

Even if the emperor is her son, she can't control his thoughts anytime and anywhere. What's more, how many years does she have left to live?

Therefore, she deliberately increased the punishment, so that the emperor and Xiaosi would hate her.

At the same time, she also hoped that Ning'er could come to intercede.

She punished her heavily, but Ning Er still pleaded for mercy at the risk of being disliked by her.

This heart, how can the emperor write a point. Even if you don't be grateful, you won't hold a grudge.

Fortunately, Ning'er understood. Otherwise, she would have to think about it.

"Cousin Zhaoyang, I'm sorry, it's the fourth cousin who has been blinded by lard for a while. I, I'll never do this again. ”

The grateful four princes were busy assuring themselves.

"Do you want to have a future?" Emperor Qingping scolded sharply.

The fourth prince shrank and stopped talking.

"Zhaoyang, your wicked cousin really can't stand you. Although he had bad intentions, fortunately it did not cause any consequences. You see, he is the biological son of the emperor's uncle. The emperor's uncle beat him with fifty boards, fined him for two years, and grounded for half a year, okay? ”

Emperor Qingping whispered softly to Liu Xinning for advice.

He was afraid of the harsh punishment of the Queen Mother, so he couldn't help but reduce the punishment. If Liu Xinning does not follow, then there is room for counteroffer.

"Emperor, your punishment is too light. Whose family is supported by the family? In my opinion, deprive him of ten years of income from his fiefdom. ”

The queen mother next to her couldn't help but hear Emperor Qingping's trivial punishment.

Ning'er often comes to accompany her granddaughter, she has many grandchildren, and her granddaughter is just this one.

"What the Queen Mother said," Emperor Qingping laughed wryly, "but ten years is too much." Xiao Si has been fined for two years, and now he is afraid that he can only spend Yi's dowry...... The dowry of this perennial flower woman is really ...... You see, it's okay to rob him of his income for five years? ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, she was silent.

Liu Xinning couldn't help but bow her head and think about it.

The prince of the Daqing Dynasty was neither allowed to enter Beijing like the Ming Dynasty, nor allowed to leave Beijing like the Qing Dynasty, a bit similar to the Song Dynasty, but not exactly the same.

The Song Dynasty was an inner city where clans lived and were not allowed to interact with each other or participate in politics. And the clans of the Daqing Dynasty can interact with each other and participate in politics.

The vassal kings in the early days of the Daqing Dynasty could be vassal and had great power.

However, later the emperor found that the development of the feudal king in the fief was slowly becoming a little uncontrolled.

The appointment and dismissal of officials, the arbitrary increase or decrease of taxes, was too great a threat to imperial power.

Therefore, it was slowly that the vassal king had a fief, but had no political rights, and could only collect taxes.

This finally curbed some of the rights of the vassal king.

However, during the period of the first emperor, although the prominent prince of the foreign family only relied on tax income in the fief, he had a very high degree of freedom and was able to plot, so that the first emperor almost couldn't control the government.

Therefore, in the last years of the first emperor, a rule was formulated: there is no special exception for the prince of the dynasty, the title is not titled, and the king is not a vassal.

That means that the prince of the dynasty can be crowned a prince after getting married, but he will not be given a title.

After the king is crowned, he can pay taxes to the fief, but he is not allowed to go to the fief, and he lives in the capital.

As for the title, it will be left to the new emperor to give grace.

Therefore, the brothers of Emperor Qingping, except for the special case of the war king, King An, King Shun and others all lived in the eastern inner city.

And the sons of Emperor Qingping, the second prince, the third prince, the fourth prince and other three people who have become married, have been crowned princes, but none of them have titles, and they all live in the Dongxingmen area of the East Inner City.

And the main income of these princes is the taxes in the fiefdom.

The income of the past five years is gone, and in the palace of the four princes, it is really tense.

Because, the four princes have just been crowned kings, and the taxes of this fief have not yet been paid......

Of course, there are the dowries of the four princesses, and the four princes' mansions will not be uncovered. It's just that I'm going to lose a lot of face.

The Queen Mother stopped talking, and Emperor Qingping turned to Liu Xinning again.

"This ...... It's still too heavy," Liu Xinning said with a look of unbearability.

She saw that Emperor Qingping's face moved slightly, and a smile appeared on the face of the fourth prince, and then said: "However, since this is set by the emperor's uncle, it is natural to obey." Then everything will be subject to the edict of the emperor's uncle. ”

Emperor Qingping's words about to reduce the punishment were swallowed again when they came to his mouth, and the smile of the four princes was also stuck on his face, half-smiling, very funny.

Of course, Liu Xinning wanted to increase the punishment of the four princes.

However, this is the way it is, the four princes had an idea and did it, but it didn't work.

Attempted crimes by the people can go to prison, but as a prince, how can it be?

Now that the emperor has opened his mouth to say such a punishment, what can she do?

"Uh...... Good...... So be it. "Emperor Qingping could only respond in the end.

After all, he said it himself.

In the hall, Liu Xinning and the four princes were grateful.

After thanking the favor, Emperor Qingping left the four princes behind, intending to teach them another lesson. The Queen Mother took Liu Xinning back to Ciren Palace.