Playing bad and eating melons: The whole court is laughing? No, no

Yuan Sheng knew that Kong Jijiu would definitely report to the emperor that he had falsely accused Jiang Xun of plagiarism, but he did not expect the punishment to be so severe that he would be stripped of his title and beaten with a stick.

I was stunned for a moment.

Chen didn't understand what was going on and just stood there in a daze.

The prince ignored the two men's reactions and signaled the guards who followed him to prepare to beat them with a stick.

Two guards stepped forward, and one of them said, "Excuse me."

The two men raised their hands to grab Yuan Sheng.

Chen came back to his senses and shouted, "How dare you!"

The two guards paused and turned to look at the prince.

Chen said, "Your Highness, before you spank me, please allow me to sort things out first."

The prince waved his hand, signaling the two guards to come back first.

Seeing this, Chen pulled Yuan Sheng out of the front hall, and at the same time secretly sent someone to call Prince Rong back.

The imperial guards who had changed into casual clothes and were guarding outside the palace did not stop them. They deliberately asked the princess to send someone to call Prince Rong back.

A quarter of an hour later, Prince Rong stepped into Prince Rong's Mansion.

Inside the palace, Chen tried every possible way to delay time and kept begging for mercy.

Chen said, "Your Highness, Sheng'er has admitted his fault. We are willing to personally apologize to Master Jiang and hope Your Highness will show some mercy."

"I am only following orders. If Princess wishes to plead for mercy, she can come to the palace to see Father later."

But he felt that they probably didn't have that chance.

Chen pulled the corners of her mouth and forced a smile and asked, "Then can you... hold off on the beating for now?"

The prince narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at her, "Princess, do you want me to disobey the imperial decree?"

"My wife dare not."

The prince felt that the time was almost up. If Prince Rong had been called back, he should have entered the palace by now.

If he wasn't called back, he probably noticed something was wrong and ran away. There would be no point in waiting any longer.

So he stood up and said, "Since you don't dare, then let's start fighting."

As the prince's voice fell, two guards stepped forward and pressed Yuan Sheng onto the bench, waiting for the prince's order.

Chen had no choice but to kneel down and beg, "Your Highness, my prince will be back soon. Can you wait a little longer?"

After twenty lashes of the board, Sheng'er would be half dead.

The prince glanced at her, unmoved, and raised his hand, saying, "Hit her!"

The guard raised the heavy board in his hand and was about to bring it down, but at this moment, Prince Rong walked over.

"Wait a minute, Prince!"

The guard's board stopped in mid-air, and he looked at the prince to ask if he wanted to continue.

The Crown Prince acted as if he hadn't noticed Prince Rong and ordered in a cold voice, "Fight!"

The board in the guard's hand fell with a bang, hitting Yuan Sheng's buttocks, accompanied by Yuan Sheng's screams.

Prince Rong was furious when he saw this, "Prince, I told you to stop!"

Prince Rong's entourage stepped forward and snatched the board from the guard's hand. Yuan Sheng was helped up by Chen, and the two sides immediately became hostile.

The Crown Prince asked sternly, "Are you planning to disobey my order, Uncle?"

"I will go to the palace and apologize to His Majesty. Please return, Prince."

The prince did not move, but there was a lot of noise outside.

"I came here this time, not only to punish the prince, but also for another matter." He said as he extended his hand to Ping An, his personal eunuch.

Ping An took out an imperial edict from his sleeve and handed it to the prince.

The Crown Prince took the imperial edict, unfolded it, and read: "Prince Rong has raised private soldiers and is plotting rebellion. From today on, he is confined to his palace and awaits punishment."

Prince Rong's face changed drastically. "False accusation! This is a false accusation! I am loyal to Your Majesty and have no intention of rebellion! I want to see Your Majesty."

Chen's mother and son were both confused. Was the prince (father) going to rebel?

"Uncle, don't worry. Father will see you, but not now. Come, take Uncle Wang away and keep him under strict guard!"

When the commander of the imperial guards outside heard the prince's voice, he immediately rushed in with his men.

Prince Rong knew he couldn't escape surrounded by so many people, so he didn't struggle any more. He just shouted, "You can always find a pretext to accuse me! My Royal Brother, you've really gone to great lengths to get me killed!"

"Does the Emperor's uncle know about Xinghua Village?"

Prince Rong's shouting stopped abruptly, and only then did he truly feel the breath of death.

Things are revealed!

"Take the man away and keep watch over him at all times."

The commander of the imperial guards responded loudly, "Yes," and Prince Rong and his family were taken away.

***

In Emperor Yuan's study, Bai Ze stood nervously in the middle, holding a piece of paper.

Just now, His Majesty asked him if he could speak multiple languages, and also asked him if the King of Nanzhao had sent people to capture his wife before.

After he answered one by one, Emperor Yuan asked the chief eunuch to give him a piece of paper.

Emperor Yuan raised his chin and said, "Bai Ze, see if you can recognize the words above."

After confirmation, Emperor Yuan chose to believe Bai Ze.

Hearing this, Bai Ze unfolded the paper in his hand, and then his eyes gradually widened.

"Your Majesty, it's in Cuban writing. It says: The items have been delivered to the usual place. Take them away immediately. An additional two hundred thousand silver coins are required."

Emperor Yuan: "Cuban script?"

Bai Ze explained, "The Guba script was spoken by a certain tribe hundreds of years ago. Few people can speak it now. I only came across it by chance in an ancient book. After searching for a long time, I finally found the descendants of that tribe and learned a little bit of the Guba script."

"Where do the descendants of that tribe live now?"

Bai Ze blurted out: "Western Regions."

***

On the other side, in Wenyuan Pavilion, Jiang Yueyang looked around his independent office.

Seeing a couch behind the screen, he nodded with satisfaction.

She planned to bring a blanket tomorrow and spread it on the couch so that she could lie down comfortably when she was tired.

"Dong dong dong!" There was a knock on the door.

Jiang Yueyang said "Come in" and the person outside pushed the door open and came in.

The person who came was Xu Zheng, and he was holding a pot of sunflowers in his hand.

Jiang Yueyang's eyes lit up when she saw the sunflowers. She had never seen a sunflower in her life!

She pointed at the sunflowers and asked without any embarrassment, "Are these flowers for me?"

Xu Zheng nodded and handed her the whole pot of flowers. "Master Xiao Jiang, I asked my mother yesterday after returning home. The servant was my brother, who got lost when he was a child."

Jiang Yueyang looked at the sunflower lovingly, "And then?"

"I redeemed my brother's indenture."

"Did that family give you any trouble?"

Logically speaking, if that family knew that Xu Zheng worked in the palace, they would definitely not let him redeem his indenture so easily.

Xu Zheng said with a hint of pride, "I went there disguised as a farmer."

"Smart!" Jiang Yueyang praised without hesitation.

Being praised like this by a girl who was ten years younger than him, Xu Zheng felt a little embarrassed, and the tips of his ears turned slightly red.

Jiang Yueyang didn't notice his expression and asked, "Master Xu, if I want to ask for leave, what procedures should I follow?"