She married a dying prince and she won three babies.

The three women were forced by the servants to lie on a bench.

The executioner was also a woman.

They were all very skilled at it. They couldn't kill anyone. The prince's pronouncement clearly meant that he had no intention of killing anyone, but he still wanted to hurt the person.

With a "bang", the blow hit the third old lady's buttocks.

A scream was expected by everyone.

Another blow landed on the third lady's buttocks.

It was also a scream.

When has the pampered lady of a wealthy family ever suffered such punishment?

Just one blow from the stick almost made the man faint.

The board fell down again and again.

When Concubine Luo was also hit with a stick, she only let out a muffled groan and gritted her teeth.

It's getting dark.

The servants lit lanterns.

Shangguan Ru saw that Concubine Luo's forehead was sweating due to pain, and she also watched with her lips bitten.

Her heart ached to the extreme with each fall of the board.

When there were still ten strokes left, she could no longer bear it and threw herself on Concubine Luo's back, took one of the strokes and let out a cry of "Ah".

At the same time, Shangguan Ziling, who was already sixteen years old from the third house, also jumped on the back of the third wife and caught the board.

The woman who was beating the prince with a stick was unable to do it, so she looked up at the prince and waited for instructions.

"Pull them apart and continue beating. Whoever is at fault will be punished." The prince showed no mercy and did not give the children a chance to show their filial piety.

"Uncle, please let your niece fulfill her filial duty. After all, she gave birth to your niece, and she is also a poor woman. If she hadn't been humiliated, why would she have come to this point today?" Shangguan Ru cried and begged.

She was taught so well by the Third House. Even after going through so much pain, she is still so kind and respectful.

Yu Yuanzheng shook his head helplessly and walked forward.

"Sister Ru, you have just been seriously injured. You can't stand the beating at all. If you fall ill, who will take care of Yue'er?" Yu Yuanzheng dragged the person aside with a mop.

Yu Yuanzheng didn't fail to appreciate her filial piety, but her body really couldn't take it.

"Ru... Ru'er, mother... mother can bear it." Concubine Luo tried to stop him intermittently.

"Wow..." Shangguan Ru was held back by Yu Yuanzheng and could only cry.

There are still ten boards left, and they will be finished soon.

All three women fainted.

The third old lady received ten more strokes of the board, and even though she fainted, she still received all the strokes.

After the execution, they were dragged back to their respective yards.

We will open the ancestral hall tomorrow to comfort our ancestors.

"An Yi, guard the palace well and don't let anyone leave tonight." The prince ordered again.

This is to prevent anyone from leaving the palace to seek help, and also to prevent news from spreading out of the palace too quickly.

This is a family affair of the palace.

The third old lady is just a concubine with no background, and her status is completely incomparable to the second old lady's concubine. The prince can directly deal with her on behalf of the old prince.

No one could sleep well that night.

The prince wanted to drink to relieve his sorrow again, but after being scolded by the princess, he put down the wine jug again.

The prince, who had no wine to relieve his sorrow, had no choice but to carry the princess into the house to relieve her sorrow.

The two lay quietly on the bed.

The prince hugged the princess tightly.

"Yuyan... Yuyan, Yuyan." The prince murmured the princess's name three times in a row.

The princess obediently let him hug her without saying a word. She knew that the prince was sadder than ever.

The prince murmured the princess's name several times.

He buried his head in the princess's shoulder.

The princess clearly felt a slight chill in the socket of her shoulder.

The prince shed tears.

She had never seen the prince shed tears.

Men don't shed tears easily, that's until they are deeply sad.

Today, the secret that had been hidden in the palace for twenty-one years was revealed, which really hurt his heart.

He wouldn't be this sad even if the old prince died. It's an illness, incurable.

Back then, he was plotted against by Concubine Luo and had to bring her into the palace.

The two of them were in a cold war for several months.

This knot in my heart was finally untied today.

"Yuyan, it's all my fault. I have wronged you." The prince was apologizing for what happened many years ago.

"Okay, it's all in the past. Actually, I'm also not good. I was angry with you back then, so I ignored Concubine Luo, and as a result, the third house took advantage of it. If I had been there to watch her give birth, the baby swapping wouldn't have happened." The princess also apologized.

She was indeed very unhappy at that time.

Although the marriage between her and the prince was arranged by the old prince, it was because they fell in love with each other. However, not long after they had a child, someone came to disrupt their life.

Of course the princess was angry.

After so many years, I finally found out what happened today.

"Princess, I want to change the rules of our ancestors." The prince suddenly said something that had nothing to do with what happened today.

"What rules?" The princess tilted her head and asked in confusion.

"The direct descendants of my Rong Palace can only take concubines if they are childless after the age of 40. Anyone who dares to violate this will be expelled from the Rong Palace." The prince said this in an extremely serious manner.

Being expelled from the palace means having to make a living on your own, as the palace will not give you any property.

It's like being kicked out of the house.

This is what I mean by expelling the second and third wives from the palace today.

They couldn't get any of the palace's property.

"And make this rule public. Let's see which woman dares to plot against the children of my Rong Wang Mansion." The prince added harshly.

If planning to marry into the palace ends up being kicked out, then what's the point of planning?

Aren’t women who plot to marry into Prince Rong’s Mansion just after the palace’s splendor and wealth?

Without wealth and glory, no one would think of scheming.

If he was just an ordinary man back then, Luo Xinyi would never have plotted against him, and wouldn't even have looked at him.

"Have you thought it through? This is just your own idea, and the clan may not agree." The princess was not optimistic that his decision could be realized.

"I am only talking about the direct descendants of my Rong Palace. It has nothing to do with the other Shangguan clan members. Currently, only Ziqi and his two grandsons are direct descendants. I don't care about the others."

"Oh, then you can decide for yourself. Zheng'er has been married into the palace for more than two years, and as her mother-in-law, I have never thought of putting anyone in the chess room." The princess was proud of herself and her daughter-in-law getting along so well.

"Fortunately, Zishu remarried. If he hadn't, Ziqi would have died long ago. She is a good woman and is the perfect person to be the Crown Prince's Consort of my Prince Rong's Mansion." The prince was very confident in Yu Yuanzheng.

"Yes. Fortunately it was her. When she first entered the mansion, I was very dissatisfied, but she gave me such a big surprise."

The two talked a lot that night, from the past to the present, to their children, and then to how to choose a son-in-law in the future.

Amid the princess's gentle whispers, the prince finally fell asleep peacefully.

He had been traveling continuously and should have arrived in Beijing in three days, but he returned early.

What a coincidence, he happened to see her bringing a group of people to the garden to catch an adulterer, and he happened to come there.

It gave him such a great shock.

Alas, the second and third wives only see the glory and honor of Prince Rong, and have no idea how much responsibility he has to bear.

He started learning martial arts and literature at the age of five.

I train hard in the hottest days of summer and the coldest days of winter, and never have a good rest.

Whenever there is a war, they have to go to the battlefield. No matter where the emperor goes, they have to protect his safety. They would rather die themselves than let the emperor die.

Each generation of princes did not live long, because they were burdened by this responsibility.

No one can understand.

But the prince had not slept enough, and there was another commotion in the palace.