I kicked out my vicious husband and married his great-uncle

As if she saw Cui Shuyan's doubts, Princess Heshuo pulled Cui Shuyan into the small pavilion next to her. Seeing that there was no one around, she sat down and sighed.

"I was still young at that time, and I didn't know the details of the incident. I only knew that seventeen years ago, the emperor's sister-in-law was pregnant, but in the end, she gave birth to a stillborn baby. It was also that incident that injured her body, and she never got pregnant again after that."

Cui Shuyan also felt it was a pity: "But, medicine is poisonous to some extent. If you take fertility-enhancing drugs all year round, it will be bad for your body."

"It's not like I haven't tried to persuade the Empress's sister-in-law. But the Empress's sister-in-law is very open-minded about other things, but she seems to have reached a dead end in this matter, and no one can persuade her. I have no way..."

As the two were talking, they heard a loud noise coming from not far ahead.

Faintly, there was a sound of crying.

It was a man's voice.

Princess Heshuo frowned and asked, "Which eunuch in the palace is so ignorant of the rules?"

People serving in the palace had to control even their breathing, let alone crying loudly.

If you offend your master because of this, it could be fatal.

Just as she was about to send her people to ask, she heard another sharp voice: "Gao Mingche, why are you crying? This prince is willing to kick you because he is giving you face. If someone else wants me to kick him, this prince won't give him the face."

Cui Shuyan recognized the voice as that of the Sixth Prince Gao Hengyuan.

Princess Heshuo also heard it and couldn't help but frowned: "Xiao Liu is always respectful in front of me. I didn't know that this kid actually has two faces."

"Is there no one in this palace who supports His Highness the Fifth Prince?"

Gao Mingche is the fifth prince.

"No." Princess Heshuo said with a tone of disdain, "His biological mother is not worthy of being on the stage. She was originally a lowly maid, and she climbed into the bed with my brother when he was drunk. If it were just that, she wouldn't be disgusting, but she was different. Once she climbed into the dragon bed and got pregnant with the dragon son, she thought she could soar to the sky and acted arrogantly. She was uncomfortable with morning sickness, so she beat three maids to death. When my brother heard about this, he was so angry that he wanted to kill her on the spot. Fortunately, my sister-in-law thought of the child in this woman's belly, so she asked my brother to spare her life."

"and after?"

"Later, my brother didn't kill her, but he banished her to the cold palace. This woman was quite obedient in the cold palace, but after giving birth to Xiaowu, she probably felt that she was good enough again. She was restless in the cold palace and killed an old concubine in the cold palace. As a result, my brother ordered her to be executed."

With such a notorious mother, it would be strange for the Fifth Prince to be respected.

As the two were talking, they saw the Sixth Prince Gao Hengyuan walking towards them and stopping beside the lotus pond.

Behind him, followed the timid Fifth Prince, Gao Mingche.

It’s just that Cui Shuyan and Princess Heshuo were staying in a rather secret place, so the two of them didn’t notice.

After stopping by the lotus pond, Gao Hengyuan casually broke off a willow branch and threw it down.

Afterwards, he waved to Gao Mingche behind him and ordered, "Go, get that willow branch back for me."

Cui Shuyan took a look and saw that the willow branch was about five steps away from the shore.

Now, blown by the wind, it is a little farther away.

This means that if the Fifth Prince Gao Mingche wants to get the willow branch back, he has to jump into the water.

But at this moment, although the water in the lotus pond is not deep, it is freezing cold. In addition, there is silt at the bottom of the lotus pond, so it will become even more difficult to go down and fish out the willow branches.

The fifth prince Gao Mingche was obviously a little hesitant, but after a moment, he climbed up the tall willow tree in a few steps.

The Sixth Prince Gao Hengyuan was immediately annoyed: "Gao Mingche, I asked you to pick up willow branches for me, why did you go up there? Don't you think that if you climb up the tree, my people won't be able to catch you?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Gao Mingche climbing onto a branch, then slowly moving down and swinging on the branch like a swing.

Just when it swung to the lowest point, Gao Mingche grabbed the branch with one hand and quickly stretched out his other hand to nimbly pick up the willow branch floating on the water.

"Gao Mingche, I asked you to pick up willow branches, what are you doing?"

At this time, Gao Mingche got down from the tree, walked to Gao Hengyuan in two or three steps, and raised the willow branch in his hand: "I am just fishing for willow branches."

"Asshole!" Gao Hengyuan knocked the willow branch out of Gao Mingche's hand and threw it back into the lotus pond, saying angrily, "That doesn't count! If you go to pick it up again! You have to step into the water from the shore to pick it up!"

"Why do you bully me, my brother? You just asked me to pick up willow branches for you, and I have already done it."

"Now that I'm not satisfied, you have to get out of the water for me, understand? You don't deserve to make conditions in front of me!"

As he spoke, Gao Hengyuan poked Gao Mingche's heart hard with his finger.

"The water in the lotus pond is so cold right now, and there are ice chips. There is also mud at the bottom of the river. If I step in, I will probably fall into the water. If I catch a cold, I will definitely die. If something happens to me, you will have a hard time explaining it, right?"

These words were both a reference to Gao Hengyuan and a threat to him.

Gao Hengyuan got angry when he heard this and kicked Gao Mingche in the stomach: "Who gave you the guts to threaten me?"

With just one kick, Gao Mingche fell to the ground with his back bent.

That’s not all. After Gao Mingche fell to the ground, Gao Hengyuan immediately stepped forward and kicked him a few more times.

Even so, Gao Hengyuan, perhaps still feeling unsatisfied, called out to the people behind him and ordered, "Come here, fight for me!"

Cui Shuyan discovered that Xie Shaohang was also among them.

Among the few people, Xie Shaohang played the hardest.

"Your Majesty, don't you care that the Fifth Prince is being treated like this?" Cui Shuyan was a little confused.

"Most of the things in the palace cannot be hidden from my brother. Since Xiao Liu is still so arrogant, it means that my brother doesn't care about this matter. He rarely has a good face towards Xiao Wu. On the surface, although the prince's allowance has not been reduced, he is also allowed to study in the upper study room. Like other princes, he has hired a martial arts master to teach martial arts. But in the end, my brother doesn't care about Xiao Wu's private situation."

To put it bluntly, Emperor Zhaowu only gave Gao Mingche the respect he deserved.

There is nothing else.

Even though Gao Mingche was bullied like this in private, Emperor Zhaowu never asked about it.

Cui Shuyan couldn't judge whether Emperor Zhaowu was right or wrong, but seeing Gao Mingche being beaten to the point of vomiting blood, she felt a little bit sorry for him.

But it was inappropriate for her to show up in the palace.

So she looked at Princess Heshuo.