Marrying a wife and a concubine together? Wouldn't it be better to divorce and become the queen

He changed into an inconspicuous carriage and left the Prince of Chu's Palace with Feng Zheng.

Ever since Pan was thrown into the dungeon yesterday, she has been cursing non-stop.

Prince Rong was present when they arrested her. The people of Jingzhao Prefecture did not give her any special treatment because she was the mother of the Prince of Chu's concubine. Instead, they locked her up in the darkest and dampest cell in the dungeon. It was the transition between winter and spring, and the nights were cold. Pan couldn't stand the scolding all night and didn't fall asleep until she was sleepy. At dawn the next morning, she started to scold the jailer again:

"You lowly slaves! I am the mother of the favorite woman of the King of Chu. How dare you give me some rotten food? If the King of Chu finds out, you will be in trouble! Quickly bring me breakfast again and prepare a charcoal quilt for me. It's freezing here. You don't take good care of me. I've got cold. The King of Chu will beat you to death! What are you looking at? I'm talking about you two gatekeepers. Why don't you do as I ask?"

She pointed at the two jailers in the passage and cursed them arrogantly. The jailers looked at her and laughed at her, a shrew who didn't know her own weight:

"You dare to mention the King of Chu? You are such a bold shrew. The King of Chu is hiding at home and dare not come out to see people. How can you expect him to come to the prison to see you? Stop talking nonsense and stay here honestly. If you don't keep quiet, I will whip you with a whip!"

Pan didn't believe the jailer's words at all. She put her face against the cell door and pointed at the jailer fiercely:

"You're talking nonsense! My daughter saved the life of the King of Chu. Without my daughter, there would be no King of Chu. With this favor, the King of Chu will definitely not ignore me. You'd better kneel down and apologize for scolding me. Otherwise, when the King of Chu comes, I will let him whip you to death!"

When Xie Yan walked into the cell, he happened to hear the conversation between Pan Yulian and the jailer.

Pan's words "Without my daughter, there would be no King of Chu" hit Xie Yan's sore spot exactly. His face became as dark as if the sky had fallen, and he stood there emitting uncontrollable rage.

Feng Zheng noticed that he was angry and thought that he was angry because of the jailer's rudeness to Pan Yulian, so he scolded the jailer:

"These jailers are so presumptuous! Don't they know that Yu Lian is Shu Yao's mother, His Highness's mother-in-law? They are so disrespectful to her, they simply don't take His Highness the Prince of Chu seriously!

Your Highness, you must teach them a lesson when you get there! I turned around and saw the cell where Yu Lian was imprisoned. This cell is so dirty that I can't even step foot in it. It's so outrageous that these people imprisoned Yu Lian in such a place..."

Feng Zheng kept on talking, not knowing that the man next to him was about to spit fire. Xie Yan raised his hand angrily, and the strong wind from his sleeves swept across Feng Zheng's face. Feng Zheng immediately stopped talking and looked at him in astonishment.

Xie Yan's voice was as cold as an ice cave in the twelfth lunar month:

"Master Feng Er, I have something urgent to deal with, so I will not go to see Madam Pan. Liu Qi, you take him there." After saying that, he strode out of the cell.

Seeing his attitude suddenly change, Feng Zheng stood there in a daze, not knowing what had happened, but he anyway sent someone to follow Liu Qi to see Pan.

Liu Qi showed the token of the Prince of Chu's Palace. The two jailers did not dare to neglect it. They led people to Pan's cell and opened the door: "Guard Liu, you have a quarter of an hour."

Seeing Liu Qi, Pan was overjoyed. Seeing that the jailer had changed his arrogant attitude and became respectful, she cursed again:

"You are a slave who looks down on others. Now you know how to be respectful. Do you see who is coming? This is Guard Liu who is beside His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu. His Royal Highness sent him to see me to prove my status in His Royal Highness's eyes. Let's see if you dare to disrespect me again!"

After scolding her, she looked at Liu Qi: "By the way, Guard Liu, why didn't the prince come?"

Others looked down on others, but Liu Qi felt that the Pan family in front of him was just taking advantage of others' power and being arrogant and domineering with the title of the prince of his family. He said in a cold voice:

"The prince has urgent matters to attend to. Master Feng Er, Madam Pan, please speak as soon as possible. I will wait for you outside."

After saying this, Liu Qi stood outside the cell door.

Not seeing Xie Yan come to see her, Pan felt a little uncomfortable and asked Feng Zheng:

"Master, the King of Chu can't come, and Shu Yao didn't come either. That girl said yesterday that she would rescue me as soon as possible, but she didn't come today. I had to sleep in this pigpen-like place for a night. It's so disgusting."

Pan complained in disgust, Feng Zheng said: "Let's not talk about that for now, Shu Yao suddenly got poisoned and is recuperating in the palace."

"Sudden poisoning? You said Shu Yao was poisoned?" Pan asked in surprise.

Feng Zheng said: "That's what the housekeeper of the Prince of Chu's Mansion said. He was bitten by a rat that Feng Qingluan caught from the mountain on the night of the wedding. He was poisoned and his condition has been controlled. Don't worry."

Mrs. Pan nodded and said, "I feel relieved that the King of Chu is taking care of Shu Yao, but what should I do? Master, has the King of Chu said when he will rescue me?"

Feng Zheng said with some sorrow: "Your Highness hasn't spoken yet. The incident you caused in Mingxi Street has spread all over the capital, and many people are talking about the King of Chu. However, the King of Chu dotes on Shu Yao, so it's only a matter of time before he rescues you. You just need to wait patiently."

Let her wait?

Mrs. Pan's face was long: "How long can I wait? Master, why don't you ask our son to come back and save me? Yang Yu is a sixth-rank vanguard, so he should have some face in Jingzhao Prefecture."

She didn't know that her son was just a small sixth-rank vanguard and had no chance to speak in front of the Jingzhao prefect who was a fourth-rank official.

Feng Zheng said with a stern face, "No! Yang Yu has been training hard enough in the military camp, and you still have to trouble him to do things. Do you have the heart to do that? Anyway, you will be out soon, so don't tell him about this and annoy him."

Pan said: "Master is right, I will do as you say."

The couple was discussing when they could get out when Jingzhao Prefecture Governor Hou Zhizhi came to the cell.

When Hou Zhizhi saw Liu Qi bringing people to visit Pan, he knew that this was arranged by the King of Chu. He nodded to Liu Qi and said in a dignified voice:

"I, Ms. Pan, insulted the royal princess yesterday on Mingxi Street. Now that the facts have been investigated and confirmed, I, in compliance with the order of His Majesty, shall be punished with thirty strokes of the cane and imprisoned for three months. The execution shall be immediate!"

As soon as Hou Zhizhi delivered his oral instructions, two yamen runners came forward, arrested Pan and took her to the execution room.

When she heard that she would be beaten with thirty sticks and spend three months in jail, Pan's mind went blank. It was not until the guards pressed her on the board and the heavy board landed on her buttocks that she regained consciousness and screamed:

"How dare you! I am the mother of the concubine of the King of Chu. Do you want to die and dare to hit me? Stop it now, ah, it hurts... ah ah."