In Kunning Palace, the Queen already knew that Han Ze had entered the palace, and was smiling as she instructed the kitchen to prepare lunch. "Tell Chef Hong in the kitchen that Prince Chun particularly likes the braised pork elbow and the roasted deer tendon that he makes. Prepare some fresh seasonal food."
Madam Liu bowed with a smile and said, "Master, Chef Hong knew that Prince Chun had entered the palace, so he started preparing. We will serve the meal when Prince Chun arrives."
The queen was satisfied and said with a smile: "This chef Hong is really good at handling things."
Aunt Liu laughed: "If you don't know how to deal with things, how can you be valued by the master?"
Several cooks in the kitchen wanted to be favored by the master, and they tried their best to please the master. The prince and Prince Chun often ate with the master, but the master and the prince did not easily express their preferences, and they might not be able to please them even if they racked their brains. But Prince Chun was different. He liked whatever he liked and never concealed it. Every time he ate with the master, he had to order the pork elbow made by Chef Hong.
The queen smiled and said, "I don't know why this child came to the palace."
Just as he finished speaking, Han Ze came in carelessly, shouting as he walked, "Mom, I'm hungry."
The queen smiled and said, "I'll serve you the meal right away."
Emperor Mingzheng looked at him jumping around and shook his head helplessly. This was only Aze. If it were any other son, he would be charged with disrespect.
When the empress saw Emperor Mingzheng, she was about to stand up, but Emperor Mingzheng waved his hand and said, "We don't need to perform formalities among family members."
After saying that, he sat down next to the queen.
The emperor asked them not to perform formalities. As a couple for more than 20 years, the queen had no reason to be pretentious. She sat down again and said with a smile, "Aze, why are you in the palace today?"
Han Ze sat down on the stool next to him and snorted unhappily: "Chen Junxiong said I was cuckolded and told me not to forget to wear a green hat next time I go out. I'm not stupid. The prince said that wearing a green hat is an insult. He actually dared to scold me. Father said that I am a prince. Apart from my parents and the prince, no one can scold me. I want my father to beat him with a stick."
The queen was angry and wiped her tears with a handkerchief. She said sadly, "It's all my fault. If I had stayed at home with Aze, he wouldn't have been so stupid that anyone could bully him..."
Han Ze looked at the queen helplessly, scratched his head and soothed her, "Mom, don't cry, my brain is not burned out, I'm smart, but Chen Junxiong is stupid. He knows that my father is the emperor, the greatest emperor in the world, and he still dares to scold me. Isn't he afraid that my father will punish him?"
Emperor Mingzheng's eyes were sharp, and he was furious: "I am just a humble man, why would I need these noble families? How dare I punish a playboy who does nothing?"
What Chen Junxiong did really hit the nail on the head for Emperor Mingzheng. In his mind, he was no different from Shen Mingya in terms of how hateful he was.
The Queen held onto Emperor Mingzheng's arm and said angrily, "Your Majesty, you too, why bother to compete with those people? There are no noble families left nowadays. Even a family as big as our Wang family has disappeared in the long river of history, right?"
Emperor Mingzheng sighed and took the Queen's hand: "I am not competing with them. Although the family has fallen, there are still three pounds of nails in a broken boat. The world has just been settled, and I don't plan to deal with them for a while, but they don't know what's good for them. They jump out from time to time to make trouble, which is annoying. Especially when they dare to insult Aze. Not to mention that Aze is our son, no matter which prince or prince, we can't let them bully him at will."
The queen frowned: "Shen Mingya's plot against Aze should have been resolved privately, so Aze would not be laughed at."
Han Ze suddenly interrupted: "Mom, I'm not afraid of being laughed at. Anyway, their fathers are not as old as my father. If they dare to laugh at me, I will let my father punish them and beat them with a stick."
The emperor laughed loudly and said, "Aze is right. They dared to laugh at you, which is a violation of the emperor's authority. They should be punished with a stick."
The Queen disagreed and said: "After all, he is Concubine Hui's nephew..."
The emperor snorted, "You are too kind-hearted. Chen Junxiong must not be let off easily. Otherwise, won't anyone be able to bully my son?"
Han Ze said loudly: "Mother, I don't like Concubine Hui."
The queen glared at him: "Don't talk nonsense."
After all, she is your father's concubine, how can you judge her casually
The emperor looked at the queen and said indifferently: "Let him speak."
Han Ze said dissatisfiedly, "Dad, I don't like Concubine Hui. I just saw her strangle my fifth brother to tears. She also lied to me that my fifth brother was hungry. There were so many delicious foods there, how could he be hungry? She clearly wanted to trick me into giving her gold. Dad, please don't be fooled."
The emperor had a gloomy face. Ah Ze was simple and would not lie. He thought that Concubine Hui had really pinched the fifth prince. He chuckled and said, "This is the noblewoman brought up by an aristocratic family. Even a tiger will not eat its own cubs. In order to win favor, she can even use her own son. How vicious she is."
Han Ze echoed from the side: "She is vicious and wants to cheat Dad of his gold."
The emperor said unhappily, "You only care about gold."
Han Ze pouted and looked at him: "Doesn't Dad like gold?"
The emperor was blocked. He really needed gold, lots of gold.
The Queen secretly laughed at the Emperor who was speechless because of his son's bet. Only her own A-Ze dared to speak to the Emperor like this.
Han Ze rolled his eyes and approached the emperor: "Father, how about this, if Chen Junxiong scolds me, we will ask him to compensate us with gold, and then we won't punish him, okay?"
The queen shook her head. What a good opportunity to punish Concubine Hui, my silly son. Gold is always available, but the opportunity to punish Concubine Hui is not often available.
Emperor Mingzheng glared at him and roared, "Not good."
What a perverted idea! How important is the royal dignity? How can we just pay a fine? Wait, Emperor Mingzheng's eyes flashed, and he shouted, "Hu Deyang, have someone bring Chen Junxiong to me."
"Yes!" Hu Deyang shook his sleeves, knelt down to salute, then stood up and walked out quickly.
...
Chen Junxiong mocked and insulted Han Ze, and he was in a very good mood. He didn't care about Han Ze's complaint to the palace. His aunt was Concubine Hui, who gave birth to the fifth prince for the emperor. It was said that the emperor favored that stupid prince, but he didn't believe it at all. A stupid son was a shame for the royal family. It was too late to hide it. Then there was such a thing. He believed that any family would not allow such a shame to exist. He didn't believe that the emperor would slap a normal son in the face for a stupid son.
Thinking of this, Chen Junxiong led a group of friends and went to Chunfeng Tower. Just as he was indulging in the gentle countryside, the housekeeper came to find him.
Chen Junxiong drunkenly hugged a beautiful woman and squinted his eyes: "What do you want from me?"
The housekeeper was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead: "Second Young Master, you should hurry home." Thinking of the angry master, he glanced at the guards behind him and said, "Hurry up and help the Second Young Master back home."
Chen Junxiong was stunned, let go of the woman in his arms, pointed at the housekeeper and said with a big tongue: "You, you are so bold."
The housekeeper thought to himself, "It's okay if you are bold. As long as I bring you back to the mansion, I will have completed the task assigned by the master. Even if I am bolder, the master will not punish me."
Chen Junxiong, a dandy young man whose body had been hollowed out, was no match for the guards. No matter how he struggled, it was useless and he was escorted out of Chunfeng Tower by several guards.
Seeing this, the group of friends behind them thought to themselves, could it be that Prince Chun really went to the palace to complain? They couldn't help but shudder, they were really fools, complaining at the slightest disagreement. Thinking of this, they didn't care about the beautiful woman in their arms, hurriedly put on their clothes, and ran home in a hurry.
Chen Junxiong arrived at the door of his house. He was still drunk and was still shouting: "I will definitely let my father punish you, just wait."
The butler hung his head and said nothing.
A palace guard saw Chen Junxiong coming back, looked at him expressionlessly and asked, "Chen Junxiong from the Chen family?"
Chen Junxiong laughed arrogantly and said drunkenly: "I will not change my name or surname. I am your grandfather, Chen Junxiong."
"Shut up, asshole."
The head of the Chen family wished he could shut his son's mouth. He didn't know what crime this kid had committed and there was no news from the palace. He could only worry. But he was still talking nonsense, which was simply courting death.
The palace guard looked at the guards behind him and ordered in a cold voice: "Take him away."
Chen Junxiong was stunned. "Bring, what to bring?"
Several guards ignored him and took him away. Chen Junxiong was finally sober now. He frantically asked the head of the Chen family for help, "Dad, Dad, save me?"
It was useless for the head of the Chen family to be anxious. He could only wait for news from the palace. With his sister around, at least he didn't have to worry about his son's life.
After lunch, Han Ze followed Emperor Mingzheng to Mingxin Hall. Han Ze sat with his legs crossed below Emperor Mingzheng and said happily, "Dad, we must fine that bear Duoduo a lot of gold. We can't fine him too little, or he will scold me."
Emperor Mingzheng looked at him with a smile: "Do you like gold so much?"
Han Ze nodded: "Gold can buy a lot of things. When I was in the village, if I had gold, I could buy food and clothes for Little Zhuzhu, Little Xingxing and Grandma."
"If I had gold, I could buy a lot of quilts. When it snows, grandma won't get sick from the cold because she doesn't have a thick quilt to cover herself with."
"If I had gold, when grandma was sick, I could hire a doctor to see her, give her medicine to drink, and buy her delicious food to nourish her body, and grandma would not die."
"It's all because I'm too stupid to make money. Now I want to make a lot of gold and silver, so that when you don't have any, I can give them to you. I don't want you to get sick from the cold like grandma did, and have no money to see a doctor..."
Emperor Mingzheng's eyes were moist. He took out a handkerchief to wipe his eyes and said in a hoarse voice: "It's Dad who is stupid, Aze is not stupid. It's Dad who didn't protect your grandma. It's Dad who is unfilial..."
Han Ze blinked and looked at Emperor Mingzheng: "Grandma said that I am a real man and should protect little Xingxing and Xiaozhuzhu. She also said that you are a hero, Dad. You are indeed a hero, and you are the greatest emperor in the world."
Emperor Mingzheng knew that his mother would not blame him, but he felt most guilty towards his mother and Aze. "What else did your grandmother say?"
Han Ze scratched his head: "I forgot."
Emperor Mingzheng: "..."
Han Ze suddenly said, "Grandma said that Dad was very tough when he was young. He would fight with people every day and steal peaches from other people's homes. Dad was so brave. I didn't even dare to steal peaches from others."
There were a few muffled laughs nearby.
Emperor Ming Zheng glared at Hu Deyang behind him: "..."
Brat, there’s no need to talk about this matter. Your father is the emperor and he has to maintain his reputation.
Hu Deyang was so scared that he immediately covered his mouth.
Emperor Mingzheng snorted, thinking that Hu Deyang deserved to be punished for daring to laugh at me. As the father and son were talking, the guard came in, knelt down and reported: "Your Majesty, Chen Junxiong has been escorted into the palace."
Emperor Mingzheng: "Let him come in."
Guard: "Yes."
Chen Junxiong rolled and crawled into Mingxin Hall. Seeing Han Ze, what else did he not know? Did this silly prince really come to the palace to complain? Is he a child? He complained about such a small matter? However, no matter what, he had to beg for mercy: "Your Majesty, spare my life. I know I was wrong. I know I was wrong."
Emperor Mingzheng laughed angrily: "Why don't you tell me what mistake you made?"
Chen Junxiong choked. Han Ze stood up and pointed at him: "Dad, you said you would give him fifty lashes?"
Chen Junxiong was so scared that he quickly covered his buttocks and knelt down to beg for mercy: "Your Majesty, please spare my life, Your Majesty, please spare my life!"
Han Ze looked at him and laughed happily: "It's no use begging for mercy. I have to beat you with fifty lashes, no, a hundred lashes."
Chen Junxiong: "..."
Han Ze squatted in front of him and said, "Don't you want to be beaten with a stick? Beating with a stick hurts a lot, fifty strokes of the stick. The maids in our mansion were beaten with a stick and became paralyzed. It was so tragic."
Chen Junxiong had beaten servants before, so he knew that if he was beaten with fifty sticks, half of his life would be lost. He could no longer care about anything else: "Your Majesty, please spare my life. Your Majesty, please spare my life."
Han Ze smiled and said, "If you don't want to be spanked, that's fine. Just pay the fine."
Chen Junxiong was stunned. Fine? Is this possible? Just when he was about to ask how much the fine was, someone came to report: "Your Majesty, Concubine Hui wants to see you."
Chen Junxiong was delighted that his aunt would not just sit there and watch him.
Emperor Mingzheng snorted coldly: "Let her in."
He hasn't looked for her yet, but she dared to come and ask for a meeting. I want to see what she is going to do.
Concubine Hui came in and saw her nephew kneeling on the ground. Her heart skipped a beat and she knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, my nephew has offended Prince Chun. I dare not plead for him. I only ask Your Majesty to spare his life."
Emperor Mingzheng looked at Concubine Hui without saying anything. Han Ze looked at Concubine Hui with wide eyes: "During lunch, you pinched my fifth brother and said he was hungry."
Concubine Hui was startled and looked at the emperor anxiously: "Your Majesty, I don't have it."
Han Ze pointed at her and said, "You are talking nonsense. You obviously pinched the fifth brother and made him cry. You also said that the fifth brother was hungry. There are so many meals on the table, how could he be hungry? Little Zhuzhu and Little Xingxing were so thin when they were young. There was no food at home, so they ate the moldy buns given by others, but they didn't get hungry. There are so many foods in the palace, how could they get hungry? You obviously want to cheat my father of his gold and make him give you all the gold. If he gives you all the gold, what will happen if my father is hungry? What will happen if we are hungry?"
Concubine Hui wanted to shut his mouth, but she had to beg the emperor: "Your Majesty, how could I pinch my own son? Prince Chun must have seen it wrong."
Emperor Mingzheng's eyes were deep, and he looked at her without a trace of emotion: "Don't you know whether I have wronged you or not?"
Concubine Hui's heart tightened. The emperor didn't believe her. She said in panic, "Your Majesty, if you believe me, how could I strangle my own son?"
Emperor Mingzheng looked at her deeply: "Do you think I'm a fool?"
Concubine Hui’s body stiffened.
Emperor Mingzheng stopped looking at her and said, "Pass on my decree. Concubine Hui deceived the emperor and was unkind as a mother. She is demoted to a noble lady."
Concubine Hui collapsed on the ground, pinching her fingers tightly, Prince Chun!
Chen Junxiong was also stunned. His aunt was demoted from a second-rank concubine to a fifth-rank noble lady? Could she still plead for him
Concubine Hui was dragged away, and Han Ze looked at Chen Junxiong with a smile: "Your aunt was punished by my father, you are in trouble."
Chen Junxiong: “… ”
It's too bullying. Didn't he just say that he was cuckolded? Why did he treat him like this? It's too bullying.
Han Ze took out a gold ingot and handed it to him: "I'll tell you a secret. As long as I have enough gold, I can ask my father to beat you less."
Chen Junxiong looked at him blankly: "I gave him gold, but you still want to beat him?"
Han Ze glared at him: "Of course, do you think I will let you go so easily after you scolded me?"
Chen Junxiong looked at him angrily. Then why did he want the gold
Han Ze then said, "Of course, as long as you give me enough gold, I will ask my father to beat you less. It all depends on how much gold you have."
Chen Junxiong said: "I don't have any gold."
All the gold belongs to the family.
Han Ze curled his lips and said, "I know you don't have any gold. All my gold was given to me by my father, mother and my brother the Crown Prince. If you don't have any gold, why don't you ask your father, mother and brother for it? How stupid."
Chen Junxiong: "..."
He was actually called stupid by a fool? Was he really stupid? Bah, of course he wasn't stupid, but King Chun was right, he didn't want to be beaten, and he didn't have any gold, so he could only ask his parents and eldest brother for help.
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