Under the Empress Dowager, all members will be King

The eldest prince refused to come down, so Zhu Dunyi ordered the eunuchs to bring the bamboo ladder, two eunuchs supported the ladder, an older eunuch climbed up, and after a quarter of an hour, the eldest prince was carried down.

"Kneel down! You bastard."

The eldest prince turned pale with fright, and looked at Concubine Xi. In the past, when his father punished him, his mother and concubine would speak for him. Today, things seem to be different. The empress dowager, concubine Xian and concubine Zhen are also there, but no one speak for her.

The First Prince cast a look of pleading for help at Concubine Xi, blinked his eyes, and pursed his lips.

Concubine Xi Quan pretended not to see it.

"Grandmother, grandson... grandson whimper."

Gu Yinwei also felt that the child could not spoil her, and ignored his begging for mercy.

"Stop wailing, wailing again, your father beats you even harder, please ask yourself, your imperial grandmother has something else to do, let's go first."

After finishing speaking, Concubine Xian dragged the Queen Mother and Concubine Zhen to leave.

While walking, he said: "The eldest prince is so naughty, one day he dares to hide on the beams of the house, and tomorrow he dares to hide on the roof, whoever has the time to come to him every day."

"To find him today, the emperor was so anxious that he couldn't even eat. Just wait and see. If the eldest prince doesn't get punished, this matter won't be over."

Not long after the three of them walked out of the Hall of Good Night, there was a howl like a pig being slaughtered from the main hall.

"Hit, hang up and hit."

The emperor was furious, and no one dared to resist his orders. Shuangxi took the three inner and outer layers of rope, tied them firmly, and dropped them under the eaves.

The eunuchs didn't dare to do anything with their rulers. If you look at me and I look at you, no one dares to do it.

After all, he was the son and grandson of the emperor, and the eunuchs didn't dare to beat him. The eldest prince shouted: "Father and son are wrong, father, don't hit me, next time I won't dare."

"Next time, and next time."

The eunuchs dare not do anything, for fear that if they hit the prince today, they will be held accountable in the future.

Zhu Dunyi then grabbed the ruler, gathered it in his hand and walked towards the eldest prince, raised his hand and slapped the eldest prince's ass.

A finger-thick ruler was struck more than 20 times in a row, and the eldest prince cried hoarsely.

Concubine Xi rushed forward to protect the eldest prince: "Your Majesty, stop beating, stop beating."

Zhu Dunyi was so angry that he threw away the ruler. On the one hand, he was angry with the eldest prince and kept persuading him mischievously, and on the other hand, he was angry that the concubine was too protective of the eldest prince.

"Every day, I will cause trouble for me, hit him hard once, let him know what it means to be powerful."

Concubine Xi cried in distress, and the eldest prince raised his tearful eyes, "Father, I will remember you."

Zhu Dunyi, who didn't plan to do anything at first, picked up the ruler on the ground and began to hit the first prince's palm.

Xu is that the eldest prince wanted to get angry, the more the emperor beat him, the more he laughed.

"It's a good fight, a good fight, it doesn't hurt at all."

Zhu Dunyi was trembling with anger: "Sinister, hang here for self-reflection. You are not allowed to eat, you are not allowed to take medicine, and you are not allowed to visit."

After he finished speaking, he walked away.

Concubine Xi cried bitterly while hugging the eldest prince, "Son, how are you hurt?"

"Hmph, my concubine is a coward, my father beats me, but my concubine doesn't protect me."

"Tell me whether you should hit yourself or not. Who told you to hide on the beam of the house? You scared the concubine mother."

Concubine Xi cried out of breath.

He didn't eat or drink water, and his eyes were swollen like walnuts.

Agui persuaded Concubine Xi for a long time, but Concubine Xi still refused to eat or drink.

Helpless, she had no choice but to go to Huayi Palace to invite Concubine Chen.

Concubine Chen was so angry that she didn't want to see Ah Gui at all.

Instructed the maid A Xiang to say: "Go and tell the people in Liangxiao Palace that they are not welcome in Huayi Palace, and tell them not to come and hang around in front of our palace gate if they have nothing to do in the future."

Ah Xiang nodded in agreement, so she sent a message to Ah Gui.

"Sister Ah Xiang, what did Concubine Chen say?"

"My lady is not in a good mood, she doesn't want to see anyone these days, Axiang, go to Penglai Pavilion and try to find Meifei."

"Thank you sister, I'm leaving, and I'm going to say hello to Concubine Chen for our mother."

Ah Xiang then ran back to answer Concubine Chen.

Concubine Chen stood in front of the window and asked casually, "Ah Gui is gone?"

"gone."

"Then what's going on in the Palace of Good Night? Didn't it mean that the eldest prince has been found?"

A Xiangdao: "The eldest prince was found, but the emperor was very angry, he was hung up and beaten, not allowed to eat, not allowed to feed water, empress, do you want to take a look?"

"I'm not going. Concubine Xi had a fight with Bengong last time. She should come to apologize to me. Why should I go to see her?"

"She doesn't welcome me, so I don't want to displease her."

After finishing speaking, she started to read, but Concubine Chen couldn't calm down at all, and even took the book down.

Ah Xiang did not continue to persuade, but gently pinched Concubine Chen's feet.

Concubine Chen tossed and turned, as if a needle was pricking her on the imperial concubine's couch.

Ah Xiang brought hot tea, "Niang Niang, your eyes are tired after reading for a long time, you can drink some tea."

"Don't drink."

"My lady eats red bean cake."

"Don't eat."

Concubine Chen simply threw away the book, closed her eyes and meditated, A Xiang knelt on the ground to add fuel to the incense burner, Concubine Chen got up by herself, went into the study to search.

Then I opened the treasured jewelry box, picking and picking, as if looking for something.

"What are you looking for, Madam? This servant will help you find it."

"If you're not looking for anything, just look through it."

Concubine Chen walked back and forth with her arms folded, looking absent-minded, perhaps looking anxiously outside the hall.

Ah Xiang knew that Concubine Chen was worried about the Liangxiao Palace, but she refused to take the initiative to go because of face.

"Your Majesty, do you want your servant to send someone to ask?"

"If you want to ask, you can send someone to ask, but this is your own idea. I don't care about the matter of Liangxiao Palace at all."

"Yes, everything is the servant's own idea."

Ah Xiang sent someone to the Palace of Good Night to inquire, and after a cup of tea, the maid came back to answer her questions.

"Responding to Sister Axiang's words, I heard that the Palace of Good Night is in chaos, the eldest prince refused to accept discipline, contradicted the emperor and suffered a lot of beatings, and two of the rulers with a thickness of one finger were broken, and they are hanging in the scorching sun right now. The servant girl glanced at it from a distance, the eldest prince's lips are dry enough, his clothes are full of blood, Eunuch Shuangxi's disciples are guarding him personally, and Concubine Xi is in tears."

When the maid answered, Concubine Chen was holding a book in her hand, she didn't read a word, and listened attentively to the maid's reply.

"anything else?"

"That's all. The servant girl originally wanted to take a closer look, so the concubine Mei came with someone. I heard from Xiaolan next to Concubine Mei that the medicine for sores in their palace was gone, and there was nothing extra in the imperial hospital. Right now People are going to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, in a hurry to ask for medicine."

"Okay, let's go down, take these golden melon seeds."

"Thank you sister Axiang for the reward."

Ah Xiang grabbed some golden melon seeds and gave them to the maid, and then broke a plate of pastries for her.

After the maid left, Ah Xiang looked back, and saw Concubine Chen getting up from the imperial couch at some point, and walking out of the inner room holding a bottle of golden sore medicine.

She put the golden sore medicine heavily on the table, and said with a straight face: "Look at me."

"Your Majesty, you have a cold face and a warm heart."

"Who is cold-hearted? I don't care about the affairs of the Good Night Palace at all. I have a lot of golden sore medicine. I will reward you with a bottle. If you want to give it away, you can give it away. If you don't want to give it away to me, you can keep it for yourself."

"Your Majesty, this servant will deliver medicine to the First Prince."