Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Chapter 492 The Princess Inflicted Family Discipline

"What?! Kneeling for so long?"

Du Juan couldn't believe it. When punishing servants in Prince Ning's Mansion, they would never make them kneel for a whole day!

She couldn't help but complain in a low voice: "Is this going to let me live? The emperor is too cruel. I have been kneeling for so long, won't my legs be broken?"

"Besides, wasn't it the young lady who pushed the person into the water? Wasn't it the prince who ruined the person's innocence? If there is a wrong, punish them. Why do you want to make them kneel? Is the emperor so unreasonable and is he randomly implicating others?"

Madam Chai's face changed, and she immediately scolded her: "What nonsense! Be careful of your mouth!"

Dujuan lowered her head and dared not say a word no matter how many complaints she had.

Shen Wantang's mind unconsciously emerged the look on Gu Qianhan's face after he was punished to kneel last time. She remembered that he seemed to have knelt for a whole day and night.

I really don't know how he endured it.

Perhaps, he had already begun to harbor the idea of ​​treason at that time!

Day two.

Early in the morning, when Shen Wantang woke up, he heard a commotion outside.

"Dujuan, what's going on outside? Who's making a noise?"

"Princess, the prince and the eldest lady had an argument. Qin Xin has gone to see what happened. When she comes back, we will know why they were arguing."

Shen Wantang shook his head: "Why else? It's naturally because of Liu Nanshi. The two of them are blaming each other again!"

About half an hour later, Qin Xin came back: "Princess, the eldest lady was driven away by the prince! He also ordered her not to come back, saying that Prince Ning's Mansion does not welcome her!"

"I asked you to deliver a letter to Lin Rouxin last night. Did you deliver it?"

“It has been delivered!”

"That's fine. Just wait for the eldest lady to come back. You go out and keep watch. Once she comes back, you go and tell the prince."

Qin Xin didn't know what she was up to, but she obeyed and said, "Yes, I'll remember it!"

Sure enough, before noon, Xiao Qingxi came back crying.

In the afternoon, she started arguing with Xiao Qingyuan again, and they even ended up fighting.

In the past, Xiao Qingyuan would always give in to her, but he didn't this time. If he didn't give in, Xiao Qingxi would be even less likely to give in.

After watching the excitement, Qin Xin came back in shock: "The prince was really brutal this time. He beat the young lady until she had a nosebleed but he still refused to stop! The young lady was even more ruthless. She bit off a piece of flesh from the prince's arm! If the princess hadn't gone to separate the two, someone might have died today!"

Shen Wantang felt that it was not enough and she should add more fuel to the fire. She asked Qin Xin: "Did the princess say anything?"

"The princess scolded the prince for being crazy, saying that he wanted to beat his own sister to death for a woman, and forced him to apologize to the eldest lady, but the prince refused to listen and scolded the princess, saying that if she had not refused to let him marry Miss Liu, Miss Liu would not have died."

Qin Xin was still terrified: "The prince is scolding whoever he catches now. He has gone crazy. It's terrible! Princess, why don't we close the gate and don't let the prince in, otherwise I'm afraid he will go crazy on you."

"No need to shut it off, just let him come."

Shen Wantang didn't care about Xiao Qingyuan going crazy. She told Qin Xin: "Go and watch what's going on over there, and tell me if there's anything unusual."

"Yes!"

But for two days, Xiao Qingyuan showed no abnormality, except that he would cry at night while holding the clothes that Liu Nanshi gave him. During the day, he looked very normal as before.

It was not until the third day, the day of Liu Nanshi's funeral, that Qin Xin hurried back and said, "Crown Princess, the princess used the family rules to beat the crown prince, and she is still beating him. The crown prince refuses to beg for mercy even if he dies!"

Shen Wantang was a little surprised: "Why?"

"Because the prince insisted on holding the coffin for Miss Liu and sending her off for the funeral!"

"what?!"

"The prince also wants to bury Miss Liu in the Xiao royal family tomb, saying that after he dies, the two of them will be buried together!"

Shen Wantang stood up suddenly: "Let's go and see the princess!"

When she arrived at Shaoguangyuan, Xiao Qingyuan was still being beaten.

He was dressed in mourning clothes and had a white cloth tied on his head. If you didn't know, you would think someone had died in Prince Ning's mansion.

His face was pale, but there was no blood on his clothes. It was obvious that Princess Ning had asked her men to hold back and not hit him too hard.

Shen Wantang saw that her mother-in-law's face was even paler than Xiao Qingyuan's. She knew that she was heartbroken, but she was still holding on and refused to ask them to stop.

"stop fighting!"

Shen Wantang said these three words on behalf of her mother-in-law. She stepped forward to stop the guards: "Are you going to beat the prince to death? Everyone, step back!"

Who among the guards didn't know that Princess Ning loved the prince like the apple of her eye? Naturally, no one really beat him to death, they were just pretending.

Seeing the Crown Prince's Consort come out to call for a halt, they immediately stopped and retreated.

Princess Ning was visibly relieved, and her complexion looked better.

Shen Wantang looked at Princess Ning and said, "Mother, why do you have to do this? I feel pain when I am beaten. If the prince feels a little pain, you should feel ten times more pain. If the prince makes a mistake, you can just talk to him nicely. How can you use family rules? The prince's body can't stand such a severe punishment!"

Princess Ning stood up abruptly: "This bastard wanted to hold the tablet for Liu Nanshi, and I didn't allow him to do so, but he wanted to become a monk again! Tell me, can you hold the tablet casually? He doesn't mind it being unlucky, but I do!"

Xiao Qingyuan endured the pain and climbed up from the ground. His handsome face was full of grief and love: "How can mother be so unreasonable? I just want to see Nan Shi off for the last time. I couldn't marry her when she was alive, but now that she's dead, I should do something for her that a husband should do!"

Princess Ning's voice changed with anger: "Carrying the spirit tablet is a son's job! Only after your father and I die can you carry the spirit tablet! If you carry the spirit tablet for Liu Nanshi, where does that put your father and I?!"

"I don't care who is responsible for holding the memorial tablet. Anyway, I want to hold the memorial tablet for Nan Shi! She doesn't have any children. If I don't hold the memorial tablet for her, who will?"

"She hasn't married yet, so the funeral should be simple. A simple funeral procession will suffice. There's no need to hold a coffin!"

"No! As long as I am here, I will not let Nanshi suffer such an injustice! Not only will I hold up a memorial tablet for Nanshi, I will also let Nanshi be buried with me!"

Princess Ning felt sorry for him being beaten just now, but now she felt that she should not have asked the guards to hold back and should have beaten him to death directly!

She took several deep breaths before she recovered and angrily said, "I think you've lost your mind. Liu Nanshi is neither your wife nor your concubine. Why should she be buried with you?! What's more, even if you want to be buried together, the Liu family will never agree!"

"Then I will snatch Nanshi's coffin, bring it back to the palace, and place it in my yard! I will sleep next to her coffin from now on, and stay with her like this forever!"