Quick Wear: The saints are too miserable, the host will never be soft-hearted

A banquet was held in the Cining Palace.

After Xinrong bowed, she said softly, "Old Buddha, knowing that you would be entering the palace, Xinrong specially prepared a program for you. I hope this little song and dance can make you smile."

Concubine Yu said, "I heard that Princess Xinrong has been learning dancing since she was a child, and is particularly good at stepping into the song and dance. I have never seen her perform before."

"Replying to Her Majesty, Xinrong is performing the Taegeuk dance today. I would be honored to receive your comments."

Princess Xinrong went downstairs to prepare her costumes. Everyone at the table chatted, waiting to enjoy Princess Xinrong's performance. Lu Yi ate the snacks on the table, also feeling a bit of anticipation, curious about how beautiful this song and dance would be.

A young eunuch came over and whispered to Lu Yi, "Fifth Prince, Master Fu is looking for you. He said that Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei have been released and are outside."

Lu Yi took a bite of pea yellow and sat firmly in his seat, with no intention of leaving. "Why are they coming to Cining Palace instead of going to Shufangzhai after being released? The Empress Dowager doesn't like them."

“Yes, but not completely.”

"Just be clear and stop being a riddle teller, okay?" She was still waiting to see the stepping dance.

When Lu Yi looked at him, the young eunuch was so frightened that his legs were shaking and sweat was pouring down his forehead.

"Fifth Prince, this is what Master Fu told me. The other servants really don't know! He said that if you don't leave, you will definitely regret it, and Princess Huanzhu might die."

Lu Yi stared at the young eunuch expressionlessly.

Forget it, let’s not embarrass those who are not in the know.

Lu Yi threw a piece of pea yellow into his mouth, took out a handkerchief to wipe his hands, and said in a casual voice: "Let's go, go out and take a look."

The young eunuch's words were not accurate enough. Xiaoyanzi and the others had been released from the clan house. At this moment, the sisters were being held outside the walls of the Cining Palace, listening to the emperor's edict in the corridor.

When Lu Yi arrived, the imperial edict had already been read. Erkang's face was full of excitement and fear, and his expression was extremely complicated. When he saw Lu Yi, he strangely felt a trace of sympathy.

"What's going on? Why are you calling me out in such a hurry? Has the Emperor pardoned Xiaoyanzi and the others?"

Erkang looked at Ziwei with a worried look in his eyes and said, "The emperor said that the two girls can be spared the death penalty, but they cannot escape punishment alive. They will be punished with twenty strokes of the cane each."

Lu Yi seemed to be thinking about something. Twenty lashes of the board? Xiaoyanzi has experience with that, but it would be difficult for Ziwei.

Erkang continued, "The Emperor also said that Ziwei is his biological daughter after all, so... so..."

"So what?" No need to be beaten?

Erkang frowned and said reluctantly, "My brother has a study partner who took the punishment for him, so Xiaoyanzi should take the punishment for Ziwei."

Lu Yi was suddenly stunned. Twenty plus twenty, forty strokes of the cane!

She glanced at the tall and strong executioner in front of her. He was going to beat Xiaoyanzi into a rotten peach.

What's even more vicious is, why did Erkang have to tell her? Lu Yi held his aching forehead, unable to watch the good singing and dancing, and had to continue to plead with emotion.

Well done, Erkang.

Lu Yi took a deep breath, staggered forward a few steps, and said in a trembling voice: "Xiaoyanzi, Xiaoyanzi, how are you?"

After calling twice, the person lying on the bench responded. Xiaoyanzi turned her head suddenly, and there was not a trace of scar on her tear-stained face. Lu Yi was slightly stunned. This time when the queen entered the clan residence, she was unable to reach in?

Did the Emperor protect her with all his heart? Then why did he give Xiaoyanzi forty lashes? Did he want her to suffer completely? Lu Yi stopped thinking and said softly, "Xiaoyanzi, how are you? Can you hear me?"

Xiaoyanzi's mouth became more and more pouty, and she let out a cry, "Yongqi, go and beg the Emperor, I can recite poems and copy books, I'm willing to do anything, I don't want to be beaten!"

Lu Yi came closer and saw clearly that Xiaoyanzi's lips were twitching. She must have been beaten with a stick a few times. Now she hated it and was extremely scared.

It’s a pity that reciting poems and copying books are what the emperor uses to educate his daughter. As for Xiaoyanzi, the emperor is afraid that he can’t kill her so quickly.

Lu Yi sighed slightly, and the words he uttered were extremely ruthless.

"Xiaoyanzi, it's useless. It's a great honor for the Emperor to spare your head. If you work hard, I will find an imperial physician for you. After you get through this, just behave yourself and don't challenge the Emperor's authority again."

"Yongqi, Ziwei, I don't want it. Let me go. I don't want to be beaten!"

Xiaoyanzi stretched out her hand to Ziwei, who was dressed in the attire of a princess and ran up crying. She was forcibly pulled away by the guards and fell into Erkang's arms.

"Listen up, everyone! The Emperor didn't take Xiaoyanzi's life, so when you punish her with a beating, you better be careful!"

"Don't worry, Fifth Prince. We are all very familiar with the use of the board and will not use too much force, nor too little."

Lu Yi stepped back and turned his back with an expression that he couldn't bear to watch.

Erkang naturally only had Ziwei in his heart. He hugged Ziwei, whose legs were weak with worry, and kept comforting her. Xiaoyanzi's vision gradually became blurred, her face turned pale with pain, and in front of her there was only a pair, and a.

She clenched her fists, her whole body shaking with pain, and in a trance she saw a princess she had never seen before.

"Xinrong, aren't you going to perform a dance for the old lady? The banquet is going to be so lively tonight, why are you out now?"

"Fifth Prince, what are you talking about? I couldn't see you anywhere, so I thought you didn't like the stepping dance I performed, so I wanted to come out and ask you why." Xinrong kept his eyes on Lu Yi and didn't even glance at Xiaoyanzi on the bench.

"There's nothing I don't like."

"Fifth Prince, I see the punishment is over. You have nothing to worry about. Why don't you go back with Xinrong? The Empress Dowager will be disappointed if she sees that we are not here."

Xinrong spoke softly and reached out to tug at Lu Yi's sleeve.

Lu Yi looked back and said to Ziwei, "Then I'll go back. Remember to ask Doctor Chang to help Xiaoyanzi. Don't just... cry and wail." Lu Yi held back the words "talk about love".

Xinrong's eyes were full of Lu Yi, and he said happily: "Let's go, Fifth Prince."

After Xiaoyanzi and the others were released from the clan residence and entered Shufangzhai, there was no news of them anymore. Concubine Yu never mentioned Xiaoyanzi again. In the huge imperial palace, Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei seemed to have disappeared.

After Lu Yi left school, he entered Yonghe Palace and saw Concubine Yu's face filled with joy. He jokingly said, "Mother, what are you so happy about? Someone who didn't know would think you were promoted."

"You're becoming more and more reckless with your words," Concubine Yu scolded. "With my position, I can't even think of advancing any further. I'm just happy that you're getting married soon!"

Lu Yi listened to Concubine Yu's words while reaching out to take the hot chocolate handed to him by the palace maid.

"The Emperor and the Empress Dowager have already mentioned my son's marriage. Why are you only now reacting and feeling happy?"

"I've mentioned it, but until the imperial decree for the marriage comes down, my mother won't be able to put her mind at ease."