The prince wanted to die, and the doctor raised her hand and slapped him

Su Yinyue looked unfamiliar, "Who is Tang Yucheng?"

Some time ago, Su Yinyue came back from the Yongning Marquis Mansion and exposed Gan Wen and Gan Wu's forgery of miracles in the street. Tang Yucheng hid in the crowd and spoke for Gan Wen and Gan Wu.

At that time, she thought Tang Yucheng was an accomplice of the Gan brothers and had him arrested.

Later, she was attracted by Sun Jun's rebellion and completely forgot that Tang Yucheng was still imprisoned in the dungeon.

After Uncle Fu reminded her, Su Yinyue remembered and said casually, "Let him go."

Uncle Fu said, "Princess, Tang Yucheng's family is grateful for your guidance and specially presented five hundred taels of silver."

"There's also this unexpected surprise." Su Yinyue said with a smile, "Then give him a few slaps and let him go."

"I only want fifty taels of the five hundred taels of silver. You can share the rest with your subordinates."

The silver sent by the Tang family passed the way to the princess, and Uncle Fu was delighted and said, "Yes."

After leaving Furong Courtyard, Uncle Fu immediately asked the servant to notify Tang Yucheng's family to come to the side door of the palace to pick him up.

Half an hour later, Tang Yucheng's grandparents, parents, and aunts and uncles all arrived.

As soon as they saw Tang Yucheng coming back, they immediately surrounded him and asked about his well-being.

"It's thinner! My grandchildren are suffering."

"It's okay, it's okay, there's nothing wrong with the body, Princess Yu is kind."

"My son, this time your father spent five hundred taels of silver to get the message to Princess Yu through his connections. Don't butt in from now on."

Tang's father thanked Uncle Fu profusely and was about to leave with his son.

Uncle Fu stretched out his hand to block Tang's father, "Wait."

Tang's father's expression was instantly tense, but he saw Uncle Fu raised his chin and said seriously: "The princess said that he needs to be punished a little."

"Each of you must slap Tang Yucheng in the face before you can take him away."

Tang's father felt relieved, thinking that the whole family had been worried about this unfortunate child for two months. If he didn't beat him now, he would still have to deal with him when he got home later.

He immediately rubbed his hands nervously and said, "This kid is a big mouth and talks nonsense. He should be taught a lesson."

After saying that, he slapped Tang Yucheng twice in the face, who was moved by seeing his family.

Tang Yucheng covered his face in shock, "Dad, what are you doing? Didn't we agree to give each of us a slap?"

Before he could finish his words, Grandpa Tang gave him a loving slap. "It's only natural for your father to slap you twice!"

"I, your grandfather, also slapped you twice!"

In the end, Tang Yucheng followed his family back with drooped shoulders and a bruised face.

The evening breeze blew gently, and the bright yellow corner lamp above the side door flickered. I watched the comedy in silence.

The poisoned Emperor Mingde did not have enough energy, so in order to prevent government affairs from disturbing his medical treatment, he appointed several ministers to share his worries.

Although the capital city seemed quiet on the surface due to the Queen's mourning period, the turmoil in the dark never stopped.

The peaceful days passed quickly, and several days of rain completely took away the summer heat.

A low-key black carriage stopped at the gate of Prince Yu's Palace in the drizzling rain of late autumn.

"Princess, Duke Mu's residence requests an audience."

The concierge brought a note, "Mrs. Mu is outside the door right now."

The etiquette of Qi State for entertaining guests is to send a visiting card first and then make an appointment to meet with the host.

The wife of Duke Mu was too hasty to come directly to the palace without saying hello.

Su Yinyue was a little surprised, "Did she say what she came here for?"

"The Duke's wife said she has something important to discuss with you. Please spare some time to see her." The doorman bowed and asked, "Princess, do you want me to go out and refuse?"

Su Yinyue shook her head, "Let her in."

Although she did not have much contact with Duke Mu's Mansion, Jiang Zaiyu wrote Duke Mu's name on the letter he left for her.

It was also said that the wife of Duke Mu was the sister of Jiang Zaiyu's grandfather, and according to blood relationship, she should call her aunt.

"Madam, please come in."

Lady Zhao, wife of Duke Mu, entered Hibiscus Courtyard under the guidance of Jasmine.

She was wearing a thick dark green cloak and looked somewhat similar to Zhao Xi in the palace.

"Your Highness greets the princess."

Su Yinyue held her arm firmly, "Aunt, please get up quickly."

After some pleasantries, Zhao explained his purpose.

"The Queen's mourning period has just ended. I know that the princess is grieving and I shouldn't have disturbed her."

"But today, the Duke received a message from the Imperial Concubine in the palace. This is a serious matter. The Duke and I are stupid, so we ask the Princess to make a decision."

Seeing her embarrassment, Su Yinyue said bluntly, "Zhao Xi is giving up her peaceful life and trying to do something evil again?"

The news that the relationship between Princess Yu and the Imperial Concubine was not harmonious had already spread among the princes and ministers.

Zhao, who knew the situation, automatically ignored Su Yinyue's disrespectful words, "Qi State has good weather and peace, and the emperor rarely attends court. But the harem cannot be without a master for a day..."

She looked solemn and lowered her voice a bit, "The Imperial Concubine wants to take advantage of the rare early court session tomorrow to ask the Duke to recommend her as the Queen..."

Su Yinyue's heart was filled with ripples, and she quickly analyzed the pros and cons of Zhao Xi becoming the queen.

The status of the queen is honorable and is almost the most coveted position for all women in the feudal dynasty. In a moral sense, the queen's son is the next crown prince.

Having said that, being an emperor has always been a matter of one's own ability, there is no such thing as righteousness.

On the contrary, Zhao Xi would be a sitting duck if she became queen.

The most important thing for Su Yinyue to do now while staying in Prince Yu's Mansion is to practice martial arts so that she can protect herself when she leaves the capital in the future. Looking after Zhao Xi is just a side job, and she has no intention of dealing with the trouble she brings.

Seeing that she was silent, Zhao couldn't figure out what she was thinking, so she tried to test her: "The Duke is the Imperial Concubine's uncle, so he is naturally willing to serve the Imperial Concubine."

"But the former queen has just finished her mourning period, and the Duke has come forward to request the new queen to be crowned. If someone takes advantage of this, it may implicate the Imperial Concubine."

"The Prince is not in the capital right now, and the Duke is afraid of missing the morning court tomorrow, so he asked me to come and discuss this with the Princess."

"What do you think about this matter, Princess?"

Su Yinyue was not used to speaking ambiguously and making the other party guess, so she simply stated her attitude directly.

"Don't worry about her. If she wants to be the queen, let her son do it himself."

Zhao thought for a moment and then spoke again to confirm Su Yinyue's thoughts, "Does the princess mean to write a letter to inform His Royal Highness?"

"But Longshou Valley is several days away from the capital, and it takes a day to send a letter by carrier pigeon. By the time we receive the reply from the King, tomorrow's morning court will have ended."

"Aunt, just pretend you didn't receive the message from mother." Su Yinyue said, "I will go to the palace to dissuade mother from becoming the queen."

Upon hearing this, Zhao immediately stood up and said goodbye, for fear that if she said a few more words, Su Yinyue would throw the difficult communication problem with Concubine Zhao back to her.

Su Yinyue said to Huamei beside her: "Ask Uncle Fu to pass a sign to the palace, saying that I will go to the palace to pay my respects to my mother tomorrow."

Uncle Fu was efficient and managed to get the news into Changxin Palace before the palace gates closed.

The next day, Concubine Zhao got up very early, but she did not wait for the news that Duke Mu had requested the title of queen for her in the previous dynasty.

After noon, Su Yinyue, who had said she would go to the palace to pay her respects, still hadn't arrived.