Want to tease the prince, the cat is soft and delicate

If she went crazy again, Emperor Shunde might punish her in a fit of rage.

But Xuanyuan Yue came to his senses in time, admitted his mistake and begged for mercy.

It was true that Emperor Shunde was angry, and it was also true that he doted on Xuanyuan Yue in the past.

Although the reason for his anger tonight was his dissatisfaction with Xuanyuan Yue's actions, the main reason was that Xuanyuan Yue challenged his authority.

As an emperor, he cannot tolerate deception, nor will he allow anyone to ignore his rules.

He killed palace maids indiscriminately, resorted to lynching, bribed officials, and deceived his superiors and subordinates.

Xuanyuan Yue did not take him, the emperor, seriously.

"As a princess of the current dynasty, you should be dignified and polite, and treat the servants well, but look at what you have done. If the crown prince had not told me, how many innocent servants would you have wanted to kill without telling me?"

"Your son, I know I was wrong." Xuanyuan Yue cried and moved closer to Emperor Shunde's legs, her body almost sticking to his legs. Her eyes were full of pleading and her posture was extremely humble.

"Those servants were clumsy in their work. They either smashed my beloved treasures or watered the flowers my father gave me. I was angry and just sent someone to beat them with a few sticks. I didn't expect that they would die without even taking the beating."

Xuanyuan Yue pointed at the palace maids and eunuchs who were still busy saving water and said, "Father, you can go and interrogate the servants in my palace to see if I am lying."

"This time, I really know I was wrong. I will never do it again. Father, please love me and don't abandon me."

Xuanyuan Yue was crying with tears in her eyes and red eyes, which was really heartbreaking for the viewers.

Emperor Shunde looked down at her. Seeing this daughter whom he had spoiled since she was a child now crawling at his feet and begging for mercy, he felt sorry for her and softened his tone: "You have disappointed me so much. From today on, you should go to the Imperial Ancestral Temple to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures, cultivate your character, and repent for the evil deeds and mistakes you have done in the past."

Xuanyuan Yue didn't want to go. The Taimiao was not as good as the palace, not to mention the conditions. She had enjoyed luxury since she was a child, so how could she endure the hardship?

She also wanted to ask Emperor Shunde for help.

But Emperor Shunde was determined to ask her to go to the Taimiao to repent, and no matter what she said, he would remain indifferent.

Perhaps knowing that there was no room for maneuver, Xuanyuan Yue collapsed to the ground in despair.

Following her gaze, she saw Xuanyuan Che standing in the distance, looking at her quietly, with his figure as straight as a pine tree.

There was a faint smile on his face, as if he was watching a joke.

Xuanyuan Yue went crazy again, but before she could make a fuss, Empress Cao, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up: "Come, take the princess away and keep her under good care."

Xuanyuan Yue was taken away, and the matter came to a brief end.

I don't know when the wind started to blow, and the fire gradually began to grow bigger.

Empress Cao said she had a headache and went back with the help of her nanny.

This night was really restless. Emperor Shunde pinched his brows with a headache and asked, "How did Yue'er offend you?"

What he said was not a question, but an affirmative sentence.

Xuanyuan Che walked up to him and stood shoulder to shoulder. He looked at the fire and answered irrelevantly, "The wind is blowing. If the fire is not put out, I'm afraid the other palaces will also be affected."

Emperor Shunde looked at him and asked, "What can we do?"

"Your Majesty, you think too highly of me. With the fire this intense, even gods would have to ask for help." Xuanyuan Che pointed to the sky: "Your Majesty, why don't you wait a little longer? The rain is about to fall."

Emperor Shunde looked up at the sky.

The sky in the distance was overcast with dark clouds rolling in, and a rainstorm was about to come.

"It's getting late. Father, please go back to the palace and rest." Xuanyuan Che glanced at Zhao Zhen beside him calmly.

Zhao Zhen immediately understood and half-bowed forward, "Your Majesty, I will help you return to the palace to rest."

Emperor Shunde was indeed tired and hummed.

Before getting into the sedan chair, he turned around and glanced at Xuanyuan Che. He wanted to say something but in the end said nothing and got on the sedan chair in silence.

After walking for a distance, Emperor Shunde sighed softly.

Zhao Zhen happened to hear this sigh, and he hurried to the front of the sedan chair and asked with concern: "Your Majesty, are you feeling unwell?"

Emperor Shunde sighed again: "Zhao Zhen, tell me, did I do the right thing or the wrong thing tonight?"

Zhao Zhen didn't dare to respond to this. He was silent for a moment before saying, "I think it's the right thing to do."

Emperor Shunde looked at him and asked, "Why do you think so?"

Zhao Zhen chuckled and replied intriguingly: "In fact, your majesty has a ruler in his heart, measuring everything, so there is no need for me to say more."

"Hahaha, hahaha." Emperor Shunde, who had been gloomy all night, burst into laughter at this moment.

"Zhao Zhen, ah Zhao Zhen, try to understand the emperor's mind, or I will punish you for disrespect!"

Although these were harsh words, the smile on Emperor Shunde's face indicated that these were just casual remarks made when he was happy.

Not true.

Zhao Zhen bent his body and laughed along with Emperor Shunde.

Outsiders believed that their Majesty disliked the Crown Prince, and rumors often circulated in the court that his Majesty intended to depose the Crown Prince.

Whenever he heard such rumors, Emperor Shunde would become furious.

Outsiders don’t know, but he knows.

The Crown Prince's position in His Majesty's heart is second only to the late Queen Shun'an.

The human heart is always biased and cannot be deceived.

After everyone left, Mei Susu poked her little head out from her cloak. She first checked the surroundings and then meowed twice at Xuanyuan Che.

Xuanyuan Che heard her cry and looked down at her.

The coldness in his eyes turned into tenderness the moment he lowered his head. He pinched Mei Susu's little ear and said in a low and magnetic voice: "Are you satisfied?"

"Meow~"

Satisfied. This person has been sent to the Taimiao to cultivate his character, how can he not be satisfied?

When she complained, Xuanyuan Che said he wanted to settle the score, but she didn't actually have high expectations.

Although he was smart enough to guess what she meant, she was just a cat and insignificant.

She thought, even if Xuanyuan Che went to fight for her and defended her, he would only scold Xuanyuan Yue verbally. How could he offend anyone because of a cat?

But I never expected that he would not show any mercy at all.

He planned and strategized, pressed forward step by step, and directly brought up the matter of the clan house.

This small act of deception turned into a major matter that the emperor had to take seriously.

The lives of servants are also lives. If the emperor disregards human lives like others, he will be condemned by the whole world.

The corpses in the clan house are just what they can see now.

No one knew how many corpses had been thrown out of the Lanyue Palace over the years when they hadn't noticed.

The emperor breaks the law and is guilty of the same crime as the common people.

Xuanyuan Yue’s punishment can only be considered light.

I guess the emperor still couldn't bear to see him suffer like this.

I hope Xuanyuan Yue can be influenced by the Buddha and mend his ways in the Taimiao.