Amul has said so much, if the emperor continues to punish him forcefully, it would seem petty.
Pei Zheng whispered something in the emperor's ear, and the emperor's expression changed when he looked at Qi Yirou.
"Come here, send the third princess back to the palace, and call the imperial physician to treat her as soon as possible."
Two palace maids were about to come forward to support Qi Yirou who was kneeling on the ground, but she didn't know where she got the strength from, and she slapped one of the palace maids on the cheek.
"Don't touch me! Father, you must make the decision for your daughter!" Qi Yirou burst into tears, "Everyone in this palace bullies me and doesn't take me seriously, even him! A small envoy dares to hurt me, father, he doesn't take our Celestial Empire seriously at all..."
Qi Yirou moved towards the emperor's legs while crying, not caring at all that the emperor's face had already turned pale.
The entire pavilion was silent, as if everyone was watching this great show.
Amul was still smiling. He had already recognized the skirt of this princess. She was the one who wanted to push the little one down the stone stairs before.
He could have clearly restrained his strength just now, but he chose to kick her knee to pieces. He watched her writhing on the ground in pain, and then he mercilessly carried her back to the pavilion.
"Shut up! Why are you becoming more and more unruly?" The emperor was already angry. With so many barbarian envoys here, his little daughter's temper was really spoiled.
"Father, you are mean to me, but you never want to be mean to Rouer. It's all because of that fool!" Qi Yirou's eyes were filled with ruthlessness, which made everyone present shudder.
"Because it was the first time that his father was mean to me, and it was also the first time that he put me in solitary confinement. He, he should stay in that palace for the rest of his life and not come out! I must take revenge! I must take revenge..."
Qi Yirou murmured to herself, as if she had lost her mind.
With a crisp "slap" sound, the emperor slapped Qi Yirou directly.
Qi Yirou finally stopped muttering, and her cheeks immediately swelled up, as if she had never suffered such humiliation before, and she stared in shock.
"Father, you hit me..."
The emperor waved his sleeves and said coldly, "Hurry up and take the third princess away. After her injuries are healed, send her to the Nanshan Temple and punish her to copy scriptures and chant Buddhist scriptures for a year. If she still doesn't repent by then, she will never be allowed to come back!"
Qi Yirou was so frightened that she cried incoherently. She hugged the emperor's legs and begged for mercy again and again, but the emperor was determined to punish her severely. In the end, Qi Yirou was taken away crying.
The emperor sighed. Normally, no matter how spoiled his little daughter was, he would just turn a blind eye and protect her. But she actually dared to act like this in front of outsiders. How could she behave like a princess of a great country
It really brings shame to the Celestial Empire!
Besides, it would be inappropriate for her to touch her own son no matter who she touches.
"Your Majesty, I wonder if the fool that the Third Princess just mentioned is a prince of the Celestial Empire?"
It is obvious that Amul is asking this question even though he already knows the answer.
Everyone was still eagerly waiting for the emperor's answer, and the emperor had no choice but to respond, "That's right."
Amul smiled and said, "I think this prince is simple and kind, which is different from other people in the Celestial Empire. He is very consistent with our frank and honest barbarian customs."
The other barbarian envoys suddenly looked at each other in an ambiguous manner and laughed. Pei Zheng had been standing beside the emperor, with no emotion visible in his eyes.
The emperor ordered everyone else to leave, leaving only the emperor, Pei Zheng and Amul in the pavilion.
The emperor said, "Emissary Amul, there is no one else here, so why not tell me the truth."
Amul glanced at Pei Zheng and said, "Your Majesty, to be honest, it is not uncommon for our tribe's leaders to like men in the southwest region. I think that Prince Qi Changyi fits our tribe's leader's preferences very well."
The emperor said, "This... It's not that I don't want my son to marry. Since ancient times, there have never been men who marry. If this precedent is set and spread out, won't it make people all over the world laugh at me?"
Amul paused, but his tone was very firm.
"Your Majesty, since the marriage proposal was first made by the Celestial Empire, our Barbarian Tribe is willing to temporarily cease fire and negotiate. However, if the Celestial Empire is unwilling to meet even this request, then I think..."
Pei Zheng suddenly interrupted the two of them.
"Your Majesty, this is not impossible. No one has seen the prince, and there are guards escorting him on the way to the marriage. All we need to do is ask the prince to temporarily disguise himself as a girl and announce to the public that he is a princess of a foreign family who is related to the royal family. Then, we won't have to worry too much when we reach the barbarian territory."
…
In the prince's bedroom.
Li Yu applied medicine on his prince's face with great heartache. There were clearly tears in the corners of his prince's eyes, but he kept saying that it didn't hurt.
Li Yu really wanted to slap himself a few times. Why didn't he protect the prince well and let the little prince get hurt again
Qi Changyi's tongue tip was pressed against the corner of his mouth. His cheeks were round and plump, making it easier to apply medicine. He looked like a little frog with big eyes.
A young eunuch ran in and said, "Your Highness, the Third Princess received a very severe punishment this time! She was sent to the Nanshan Temple for a whole year. I heard that she was lame when she left!"
Qi Changyi blinked twice, but before he could make any expression, Li Yuxian and the little eunuch burst into laughter.
“Hahahahahahahahaha…”
Qi Changyi also curved his crescent eyes.
Suddenly, several people came in from outside the bedroom door. The eunuch in the lead stood in the courtyard and said, "Your Highness, please make preparations in the next two days. The Emperor has ordered Your Highness to follow him out of the palace for hunting the day after tomorrow."
Hunting
Although the emperor had gone out of the palace for hunting more than once, and would bring many princes, ministers, and nobles with him, Qi Changyi had never been qualified to go with him.
The envoys will also go along with us in this hunt for the barbarians, so it will surely be even more grand.
Qi Changyi was secretly excited and excited as the day of departure for the hunting ground finally arrived.
The other princes were served by dozens of palace maids and eunuchs in their palaces, but Qi Changyi only had Li Yu with him.
When they arrived at the palace gate, many sedan chairs were lined up in a long queue, with the mounted guards leading the way in front. The emperor's sedan chair was in the middle, followed closely by Pei Zheng and the barbarian envoys' sedan chairs, and then the other princes, ministers, and nobles.
Qi Changyi's sedan was at the end of all the princes'. He had been lying in front of the small window all the way, secretly lifting a corner to look at the colorful outside world, with a bright light shining in his eyes.
I kept counting in my mind: this is a street, this is a house, this is a forest, this is a lake, everything is so beautiful and new.
The sedan chair suddenly stopped on an open grassland, and the emperor ordered everyone to rest for a while before moving forward.
Many people in the sedan chairs got off and walked around greeting and chatting.
Qi Changyi didn't have anyone he knew, so he stayed in the sedan by himself, leaning against the small window with his head tilted. Because he got up very early this morning, his eyelids began to droop while he was lying there, and he actually fell asleep right away.
In a drowsy state, the sedan chair seemed to start moving forward again, and a pair of strong hands reached out from behind and took the little person into their arms.