HCB Chapter 131 The Emperor’s Fury
Chapter 131 The Emperor’s Fury
At the same moment,
In order to get Fang Qingge into the palace smoothly, the crown prince Liang Hean used a trick of self-torture, and every day after that was torment for him.
In the imperial study of the palace.
The chilly atmosphere dropped to freezing point.
The prince knelt on the ground and begged non-stop.
"I beg your father to grant me your permission."
Emperor Kun was trembling all over, breathing heavily as he stood in front of the imperial desk.
"Asshole."
After cursing, he suddenly picked up the teacup at hand and threw it hard at the prince.
The prince did not dodge. With a "bang", the teacup hit his forehead and fell to the ground. It rolled a few times before it shattered into pieces on the ground with a "pop".
In an instant, blood gushed out from the prince's forehead.
Emperor Kun was stunned for a moment, but the anger in his heart had not yet subsided. He turned his head and pretended not to see it and shouted loudly,
"Prince, you...you are very good! You know how to threaten me."
The chief eunuch, Eunuch De, who was standing nearby, was so worried that he knelt on the ground with a plop.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please calm down! Let the Crown Prince take a look at his wound first? If there is a scar left, can it be ok?"
"What injuries?"
Emperor Kun then scolded him.
"What an unfilial bastard, just let him suffer like this.
Tell me, among those noble ladies from high-class families that I arranged for him, which one of them was not outstanding in terms of family background, character and appearance?
And what about him? What did he do? "
Emperor Kun was furious when he said this. He pointed at the prince kneeling on the ground and continued to curse:
"What is he doing? He comes to challenge me every day. What is he talking about? He has taken a fancy to a woman? He wants to divorce the Crown Princess to make room for that woman?
Prince, raise your head and answer. Wasn't it you and your good mother who chose the Crown Princess? Now you are telling me that you have no feelings for her?
Hehehe..., why don't you go to heaven? Do you know the consequences of doing this? Do you know how people in the world will view you as a prince?
All right! Go back to the East Palace, and I will pretend that I have never said anything in the past few days. I will not hold you accountable for the past."
*
Emperor Kun had been annoyed by the Crown Prince's requests to see him late at night for several days in a row, and this time he finally couldn't bear it anymore and got angry.
It seemed that he was really angry. His hands were shaking as he pointed at the prince.
The chief eunuch, Eunuch De, who was kneeling on the ground, did not dare to plead for mercy anymore.
The blood on the prince's forehead dripped down his cheek and fell to the ground.
His face was already pale, but he didn't say a word, just knelt on the ground without moving. He didn't have any intention of repenting or taking back what he said.
"Dezi, tell him to go back and reflect on his actions. He doesn't need to attend the morning court during this period."
"Here."
The chief steward, Eunuch De, shuddered when he heard this. Not allowing the prince to attend the morning court was a harsh punishment.
He was afraid that the prince would anger the emperor again, so he said to the prince,
"Your Highness, I'm offended."
He raised his hand and called over a few guards, who then sent the prince back to the East Palace.
**
East Palace
In the inner room of the outer study,
The prince, whose wound had been bandaged, leaned against the bedside, wondering what he was thinking. Eunuch Fu asked the prince distressedly,
"Your Highness, please stop angering the Emperor. Can't you just tell the Emperor that we already have two lovely little babies in the East Palace?
When the emperor sees his smart and lovely granddaughter and grandson, he will definitely agree immediately!"
The prince closed his eyes and said nothing. Just when Eunuch Fu thought the prince was about to fall asleep,
The prince's voice came slowly.
"Ah Fu, you don't understand. I did this so that the three of them would be safe and could enter the palace smoothly and legitimately.
At that time, Fang Qingge would not be able to enter the palace as just a concubine."
"Ah? Your Highness, why go to so much trouble? If the Emperor knew about the existence of the two children, wouldn't he give Miss Fang a higher position?"
"No, then the Queen Mother would have taken the initiative to save the mother and son, and Fang Qingge would not have lived to enter the palace.
Only in this way can I, with the help of someone, finally fulfill my wish!
Therefore, the two children cannot be exposed before Fang Qingge enters the palace.
Besides, I have a plan for the next step. What does it matter if I suffer a little now? "
Eunuch Fu was unable to think straight, and just covered the prince with a brocade quilt. He knew that he was the most important person around the prince, and nodded excitedly and woodenly:
"Your Highness, Miss Fang is unaware of your painstaking efforts!"
*
The next day, the prince was ordered not to attend the morning court. He reflected in the East Palace but still refused to listen to the advice. He knelt in front of the imperial study again at night.
"Father, your son requests to see you!"
"Please have mercy, it's all my fault, I beg you not to take your anger out on her. She is a good girl, father, I beg you to help me."
After saying that, the prince kowtowed three times to Emperor Kun.
Emperor Kun, who was reviewing memorials in the room, was furious when he heard this. The veins on his forehead were throbbing. Looking at the wound on the prince's forehead outside the room, he softened his words with some heartache and said,
"Dezi, send the prince back to the East Palace. I don't have the time to listen to him now."
"Here."
*
The Crown Prince was sent back to the East Palace by Eunuch De. The next night, the Crown Prince, who was determined to rebel to the end, knelt in front of the Imperial Study Room again.
"Dezi, don't worry about him, let him kneel if he wants to!"
Emperor Kun seemed to be completely disappointed with the prince. No matter how long he knelt,
They all seemed not to see it and ignored it.
Until the candles in the imperial study went out, Eunuch De gave a look to Eunuch Fu, who was at his wit's end, and persuaded the prince to go back.
The Crown Prince's abnormal behavior for seven or eight days in a row finally became public knowledge, and what happened in front of the Imperial Study reached the ears of the Empress.
She rushed to the East Palace in anger.
**
East Palace,
Outside study.
Eunuch Fu saw the Empress coming in a propriety manner from afar, and he knelt down hurriedly to greet her loudly.
"This servant pays my respects to the Queen."
"Where is the prince?"
"Reporting to the Queen, the Crown Prince is inside. I will go and report."
Before Eunuch Fu could get up, the Empress had already run to the room, looking like a model along the way. With a sullen face, she kicked open the half-closed door with one foot.
"Queen mother?"
The prince tried to get up from the couch in a weak manner, but the queen stepped forward and slapped him.
The crisp sound of a slap startled everyone in the East Palace.
"Prince, you? You are fine! How has the Crown Princess ever wronged you by humiliating you like this? Ah? Speak? Why are you mute now?"
"Queen mother?"
The prince fell to his knees with a plop.
**