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"The Third Princess was only confused for a moment. Please, Your Majesty, have mercy..."

Before Gu Qingyuan could finish her words, the Third Princess rushed in front of her and raised her hand to hit her.

"Gu Qingyuan, stop pretending to be so hypocritical. Seeing me like this, are you almost dying of joy?"

Gu Qingyuan easily caught the Third Princess's wrist as it was about to fall. He sighed and looked at the Empress. "I'm kind enough to plead for you, but you think this of me. It seems I've been too nosy. It's better to let His Majesty handle it."

Seeing that the Third Princess dared to attack Gu Qingyuan in the palace, the Queen's face turned cold and she ordered the guards to arrest her.

The Third Princess continued to struggle, yelling, "Mother Queen, you are biased. Why don't you punish my eldest sister when she makes a mistake? You don't even care about me as your daughter!"

"That's enough! Don't you think this isn't ugly enough?"

It was also the first time that Gu Qingyuan saw the Queen get angry. She stood aside silently and said nothing.

After the Third Princess was taken away, the Empress said to Gu Qingyuan with some fatigue, "I will give you an explanation for this matter, but since you beat Mingzhu like this, it has damaged the reputation of the royal family. I will fine you three months' salary."

If she gets beaten once, her salary will be deducted for three months. Doesn't that mean she can beat him four times a year?

Putting this thought out of his mind, Gu Qingyuan quickly said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Just kidding, the third princess was punished by the Queen this time, she probably won’t dare to cause trouble again next time.

She can also seek some peace and quiet.

Afterwards, the empress waved her hand as if to see the guest off. After saying goodbye, Gu Qingyuan left the palace.

She first returned to the Academy of Classics and told the people who stayed there that she had handed the Third Princess over to His Majesty, and that no matter what punishment she received, it would be none of their business.

Anyway, she beat up the third princess last night, so she finally vented her anger.

"Master Gu, someone seems to be looking for you outside."

"Oh, really? I'll go check it out."

When Gu Qingyuan went outside, he saw Master Shen standing in front of the door with a history book that he had reorganized and copied in his hand.

"Master Shen." Gu Qingyuan welcomed her into the yard.

When the people from the Classics Academy saw Master Shen, they also said respectfully, "Greetings, Grand Tutor Shen."

She is the teacher of the academy and also the Grand Tutor. Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess has great respect for her, so when these people see her, they dare not disrespect her.

She handed the history book in her hand to Gu Qingyuan and said, "I went to find the historian these past two days. Based on the information she had, I worked with her to edit and revise this new history book, adding some new content."

Gu Qingyuan flipped through the pages and then said, "Thank you, Master Shen. Come in and have some tea."

She shook her head and said, "I have something else to do at the academy. I have to go back. Now that you have the book, you must take good care of it this time."

Gu Qingyuan escorted her out the door and said to her, "I will be able to return to the academy in three days at most."

They had to copy all the books borrowed from Master Shen, and the library also needed to be sorted out.

……

After Gu Qingyuan left the palace, the empress went to the place where the third princess was imprisoned.

It was a dark room, so pitch black that one could not see one's hand in front of one's face. It was also the place where she used to punish disobedient princes and princesses.

After walking in, someone lit the light, and slowly the dark room became brighter.

At this time, the third princess was tied to a pillar. She was already injured, and when she saw the torture instruments in the dark room, she was so scared that she almost cried.

As if grasping at a lifeline, she pleaded with the empress, "Mother, I was wrong. I will never do it again. It was because of my confusion that I thought of attacking Gu Qingyuan. Please forgive me, Mother."

The Empress, wearing a long dress that trailed the ground, slowly walked up to the Third Princess and asked her, "How do you know I haven't punished your sister?"

What she was referring to was the Third Princess's accusation that she was biased.

"Since you were young, I have treated you all equally. Anyone who makes a mistake will be brought here to be punished, and your sister is no exception."

"But I've never seen my elder sister being punished!"

"How do you know that every time she makes a mistake and appears in front of you, she is not injured?"

"What?" The third princess was a little stunned. She seemed to remember that she had seen wounds on her elder sister's face, neck and arms before, but she just thought that they were injuries sustained while practicing martial arts, and never thought that she was punished by the queen mother.

"She was made a crown princess by me because I saw she put in more effort than you did. Do you think I haven't sent anyone to investigate you?"

The Queen's words hit her heart like a stone. Her lips trembled and she continued, "The Queen Mother is also partial. Gu Qingyuan beat me like this, why didn't you punish Gu Qingyuan?"

After she finished speaking, she continued angrily: "If my elder sister was beaten like this by her, you would definitely not let her go so easily."

"I have already punished her. Besides, your elder sister wouldn't do what you did, running to the Classics Institute and setting it on fire."

The Queen's tone gradually grew colder. "You openly accused me and set fire to so many ancient books. Even if your father were here today, I would not forgive you."

The Queen looked at the people beside her and said, "Punish the Third Princess."

"Yes."

The tall executioner began to torture the third princess. He first whipped her with a long whip. When the whip fell on her body, the third princess let out a heart-wrenching scream.

The Queen had walked out at some point, leaving the three princesses screaming inside.

She thought she had taught her a lesson last time in the jade shop incident and that she should have learned her lesson, but she never expected that she would even commit arson.

The screams of the Third Princess in the dark room became more and more shrill. After she was knocked unconscious, a basin of cold water fell from the sky. After she woke up, she coughed twice.

Then he continued to be tortured.

……

After Gu Qingyuan finished the work at the Academy of Classics, she felt relieved.

The Academy of Classics is usually quite busy, and the most important thing is to protect these books.

Therefore, after repeatedly instructing them to stay close to the books, Gu Qingyuan left the Academy of Classics and returned to the academy.

"It's Gu Qingyuan!"

"She's finally back. It feels like I haven't seen her in ages."

"Gu Qingyuan, here!"

Someone waved at her. Gu Qingyuan looked in the direction of the voice and saw a few girls who had chatted with her in the inner dormitory before.

After walking towards them, those people asked curiously: "You haven't come to the academy these few days, what have you been doing?"

"Yes, some people even said that the last time you came to the academy, you wanted to tell Master Shen that you wanted to leave the academy."

Gu Qingyuan laughed and asked, "Did they really say that?"

Several people nodded.

This rumor is really getting more and more popular.