Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Chapter 223
Facing Emperor Jingfeng's stick punishment, Jia Daoheng seemed to have expected it long ago, without the slightest fear on his face, instead he calmly straightened his clothes, and respectfully bowed to Emperor Jingfeng: "Minister Jia Daoheng, thank you for your punishment. "

Emperor Jingfeng became more and more angry when he saw it, and shouted out of the hall, "Hurry up and come! Drag him down!"

Two flying fish guards stepped forward, one left and one right set up Jia Daoheng and dragged him outside the Wenhua Hall, tied him to a bench, and began to punish him in full view.

"Boom"! "Boom"! "Boom"!
There was a dull sound of beating, and even if the thick and heavy board fell on the relatively soft buttocks, the pain caused was unbearable.If it were someone else, he would have screamed and howled in pain as early as the first stick fell. However, Jia Daoheng has endured seven or eight sticks now, but he still didn't say a word, and forcibly endured it.

Emperor Jingfeng was in a rage at the moment, and Jia Daoheng's move fell into his eyes as tantamount to a silent confrontation. He became even more angry for a moment, and said angrily: "Hit me hard! Hit me hard!"

As soon as the words fell, the sound of beating from outside immediately became a lot heavier. The Fei Yuwei who was punishing him used much stronger force than before, and greeted Jia Daoheng all at once, without showing any mercy.

The force suddenly increased, Jia Daoheng couldn't bear it any longer, and wailed in pain.

Soon after the punishment was over, Fei Yuwei entered the palace and reported to Emperor Jing Feng: "Report to Your Majesty, all twenty court sticks have been beaten."

Emperor Jing Feng's face looked better now, and he glanced at the blurred figure lying on the bench outside the hall, he snorted coldly, and walked away in anger.

After an unknown amount of time, Gu Yunji, whose legs were so weak that he could barely stand, gradually recovered from his shock, and stood up with Cheng Yan supporting each other.In silence, the two of them turned pale, and they both read in each other's eyes the joy of being alive after the catastrophe.

When he came outside the hall, Jia Daoheng slumped on the bench, sweating profusely, and was beaten out of breath, but fortunately he was still conscious and could barely speak.

Seeing the large dark water stains on Jia Daoheng's buttocks, Gu Yunji's voice trembled: "Master Jia, are you alright?"

Jia Daoheng pulled the corners of his lips and squeezed out a weak smile: "...It's okay, I can't die."

Cheng Yan's throat was so congested that he was a little speechless: "Twenty court sticks... hit so hard again, it must have hurt the muscles and bones. Even if there is no danger of life, I am afraid that half of his life will be lost. It takes half a year in bed to get better."

"It's not that serious, at most three to five months... Hiss—"

As he spoke, Jia Daoheng wanted to use his arms to support himself, but with a slight movement, the wound on his buttocks was pulled. The pain made him gasp, and he had no choice but to lie back on his stomach: "Actually, the first ten sticks are okay, mainly the back The ten rods were a bit heavier, and I couldn't bear it for a while. But His Majesty still showed mercy, and only ordered "really hit" to teach me a lesson, and didn't intend to beat me to death. If not, then you really won't see it me."

There is also a difference between the court rod and the court rod. When the emperor ordered punishment, he would often give a metaphorical password, allowing Feiyuwei to control the strength of the board.If it's just a "beating", it means that a small amount of punishment is enough. It looks like a beating, but in fact it's just a flesh wound, and it will heal soon.

If it is "really fighting", it means that the officials who are punished will be seriously injured. In the lightest cases, the muscles and bones will be damaged and recuperate for several months. In severe cases, they will be directly disabled and unable to get out of bed for the rest of their lives.No matter how serious the first two are, at least one life is left, but if you "beat with heart", then you will never stop until you kill someone.

"Beating" hurts the skin and flesh, and "really beating" hurts the muscles and bones. Jia Daoheng originally only wanted to "beat", but because he resisted and kept silent, Emperor Jing Feng was so angry that he changed it to "really beating".Right now, he is hurting both skin and bones, both internal and external. Gu Yunji and the two of them can't bear to look at each other, but he himself is quite optimistic, and he doesn't seem to be in a mental state that has been punished at all.

Seeing that the lips of the two were so frightened that their lips turned white, Jia Daoheng felt guilty again: "I had expected what happened today, but I just made you feel anxious. I'm really sorry. The main reason is that if I choose other Hanlin officials as the exhibitors Officials, His Majesty may think that they are conspiring with me, only new officials like you who have just entered the Imperial Academy and are ignorant of the affairs of the court will not be implicated."

Establishing a crown prince and seizing an heir is often accompanied by a bloodbath, and Gu Yunji has never been willing to take this muddy water.It was supposed to be a good sutra lecture today, but he was dragged into such a turmoil for no reason. It is impossible to say that he did not blame Jia Daoheng in his heart.

However, thinking of Jia Daoheng's appearance of admonishing Yan Jin just now, Gu Yunji couldn't help admiring his courage and courage, and seeing that he was seriously injured, he really couldn't bear to get angry with him.The initial suffocation turned into helplessness at the moment, and finally he only sighed: "Master Jia, why are you bothering?"

"We are just Hanlin officials, not cabinet ministers who can discuss national affairs with His Majesty. It is enough for us to do our own duties well. Why do we have to go through this muddy water of Li Chu? And we ended up like this? "

Jia Daoheng said: "The important matter of setting up a crown prince is related to the national economy. Although the princes are young now, if your Majesty does not make a decision, it will encourage the ambitions of the other princes and plant the seeds of disaster for the future chaos. What I eat is the salary of the imperial court, so I should take a responsibility to persuade the monarch."

Seeing that Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan were silent, Jia Daoheng seemed to feel that the words were too high-sounding, so he smiled: "People have to do something when they are officials, some people want money, some people want power, you just treat me as me." It's the name of the picture."

"I, Jia Daoheng, have been familiar with the books of sages and sages since I was a child. Naturally, I yearn for being an official in the imperial examination and being famous in history. Now I am just a small official in the Hanlin. Can anyone remember me?"

"But after today's incident, the situation is different." Speaking of this, Jia Daoheng's eyes showed a touch of complacency, "supporting the eldest son, offending the face and admonishing him, and being punished by the monarch twenty court sticks. Once you mention this In the rest of my life, wherever I go, I will be more respected by people, and in the future, I can also leave a reputation of being upright and upright in the history books, isn't it very worthwhile?"

Gu Yunji really didn't think it was worthwhile to offend the emperor and suffer twenty court scepters in exchange for an illusory so-called "good name".However, everyone pursues different aspirations, and it is not good to impose one's own ideas on others, so he didn't say much.

When Jia Daoheng recovered a little bit, Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan gave a few money to the servants, asking them to help carry Jia Daoheng out of the palace and send it to his family.

For this reason, Jia Daoheng thanked the two of them again and again, and kept saying that he would invite them to dinner when he recovered from his injury.Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan saw that he was talkative and dense, and he was in good spirits, so they were a little relieved and went back to the Imperial Academy together.

(End of this chapter)