Wang Chaoluan's face turned pale, and he rushed over and hugged Emperor Mingde's thigh, crying and begging: "Your Majesty, Yuan Xu is still young, how can he withstand these twenty bitter rods? Let him make such a big mistake today, so let the ministers and concubines take it on his behalf, Your Majesty!"
"Father! My son is wrong! My son really knows his mistake!" Li Yuanxu was really scared now, and threw himself into Wang Chaoluan's arms, weeping.
Mother and son embrace each other tightly, weeping one after another.
Emperor Mingde's chest heaved violently. Seeing his beloved fourth son kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy, there was still his own footprint on his chest. When he was angry just now, he exerted some strength, but he didn't know if he was injured or not. , I was angry and pitiful, and seeing the noble concubine's hair all messed up, crying like pear blossoms with rain, her face inevitably showed a look of intolerance.
Li Yuanlang knew that he would not be able to escape accountability today. Instead of waiting for others to attack him, he would rather die and survive. God swears that he never sent the third younger brother, and he doesn't know how the tiger got here, but today it's all the child's fault!"
Emperor Mingde sneered: "You don't recognize this case, and how you say it is your fault!"
Li Yuen Long cried: "As the elder brother, Yuen Long has to raise points everywhere. The fourth brother is still young, and he loves to play at the moment and doesn't know right from wrong. It's because I, the elder brother, failed to dissuade him in time, that's why today's disaster happened. I beg you My father allowed me to take the responsibility of these twenty battles on behalf of my fourth brother!"
Emperor Mingde narrowed his eyes slightly: "Are you telling the truth?"
"My son is sincere," Li Yuanlang knelt down, making a gesture of willingness: "I implore my father to allow my son to suffer for my fourth brother!"
Emperor Mingde nodded and said in a deep voice:
Let me send you off, but you will not be able to escape the responsibility, I will bear these twenty sticks! I hope you will remember it in the future!"
Brown against the slate floor, Li Yuanlang's teeth trembled: "My son, please remember."
Emperor Mingde nodded slightly, and glanced at Li Yuanxu angrily: "You evil bastard must not be forgiven lightly. From today onwards, you will be confined to the side courtyard for a month. Without my permission, you are not allowed to step out of the room! ?? "
"The concubine obeys the order."
"The son obeys the order."
Wang Chaoluan wept softly, let go of Li Yuanxu in his arms, and knelt down together.
"Your Majesty..." Chu Guiren took a step forward, but was blocked by Emperor Mingde's hand, and shouted:
"What more chaos do you want to add!"
Chu Guiren's complexion tightened, and he stepped back behind Empress Sima, glaring at the mother and son kneeling on the ground with hatred, while Empress Sima took a deep breath almost invisibly.
After dealing with the other side, Emperor Mingde walked up to Li Yuanmin with disgust in his eyes: "You stupid bastard, no matter whether you were instigated by someone or not, today's misfortune will start with you, if you don't teach you a lesson, I'm afraid you will This bastard can't grow a memory, so they will be dragged down together for thirty battles! The people in the West Palace are ineffective in guarding, and they will be fined for three months, ten battles each!"
As soon as the voice fell, the officials present showed various expressions.
Everyone knows that Emperor Mingde hates the third prince, but the biggest instigator of today's incident was only lightly grounded for a month. The third prince has always been cautious and timid, how could he do such evil things? Being used by others, the punishment is the heaviest, which is embarrassing.
On the other side, the eldest prince Li Yuanqian pursed his lips slightly, fearful in his heart. The fourth younger brother always flaunted his talent and boasted of himself. His pulse was blocked by Zuo Xiang, and now he knew his uncle's foresight, so he couldn't help but look at Zhao Zuo Xiang with gratitude.
"I obey the order..." Li Yuanmin seemed to be afraid, he shrunk his shoulders, with a flattering expression on his face, "I have something else to say, please."
"Say!" Emperor Mingde was impatient.
Li Yuanmin swallowed his saliva: "Today's disasters are all caused by my stupidity. My son is willing to follow the example of the second brother and compensate the fault of the fourth brother for the father. In addition to these thirty battles, I also ask the father to bestow this tuck The slave of You Ting will be the servant of the Taixue in the West Palace."
As soon as this remark came out, there was a lot of discussion among the ministers.
According to the practice of the autumn election, each prince must choose at least one Taixue minister. The other princes are easy to say, but the third prince, who is unlucky and hated by Emperor Mingde, is not easy to arrange. How can the marquis and nobles Let the fate of the whole family be related to him, so everyone can't avoid it. Before the autumn election, Emperor Mingde was still worrying about how to choose this candidate. Hearing what he said, he couldn't help but move.
It's also... a good idea. First, it saves him from the trouble of arranging a candidate for the servant of the West Palace. Second, this villain at least has the status of a prince. Let a sinful son be removed from slavery and become his imperial servant. This is a gift, so it can appease the hearts of the generals present.
He stroked his beard and thought for a while, cleared his throat, and pretended to ask: "What do you think?"
How could the clever ministers fail to understand what Emperor Mingde meant, and immediately claimed that it was good, and praised His Majesty for his kindness.
Mingde Emperor Longyan Dayue ordered the Taishi who wrote the pen to come forward to write the imperial decree immediately.
Under the cloud platform, Sima Yu's eyes were dark. Today, his father and son had other plans, and they didn't want to be interrupted by this sudden tiger. Now they can only hold back for the time being. He glanced at Hou's father who was not far away. The other party was not frustrated that his plan was blocked, and he still had a spring breeze, chatting and laughing with the officials on the side.
Is it because I am still young and my cultivation level is not enough.
He took a deep breath, washed away the depression in his heart, and looked into the distance. The man had been taken to accept the responsibility by the guards.
Looking at that thin and frail figure, he suddenly felt a sense of inexplicable uneasiness. This third prince was different from what he had expected.
But what is different, he can't tell.
He paid attention to his figure, and an indescribable feeling came over his heart.
The one who has been paying attention to Li Yuanmin is also Yan Lie. His breathing is hot, and his fingers are tightly pinched into the flesh. The emperor punished him with thirty battles and culminated.
He thought that the other party would look at him again, but he never looked at him until he was escorted by the guards and passed his iron cage.
His face was calm and calm, as if he was not going to be tortured.
Why.
Yi Lie clenched his teeth and closed his eyes.
***
Outside the Tai Academy, the waiters with sticks started to fight one after another. The wooden stick with the thickness of a child's arm hit his buttocks, making a dull sound. Li Yuanmin gritted his teeth and clung to the bench under him, already drenched in cold sweat His clothes, the sharp pain hit, seemed endless.
Beside him was Li Yuanlang crying: "You bitch! I will never spare you!"
"Bitch! Bitch!"
Li Yuanmin ignored him, his mind was in a trance under the attack of severe pain.
It hurts, it hurts too much.
Even the sunlight has turned into a knife blade, piercing into the eyes, piercing the eyes so that they can't see the future clearly.
Li Yuanlang's 20 sticks have been beaten first, his lips have been bitten, and blood is dripping, his pupils are full of hatred, like ghosts, and he can only stare at Li Yuanmin:
"I will kill you!"
"Kill you!"
The ferocious and hoarse voice reverberated like a curse.
With the last dull sound, Li Yuanmin's thirty sticks were also executed. The palace servants put away the sticks and all went to the courtyard to answer.
Li Yuanmin was lying on the bench, he slowed down, and turned his head with difficulty:
"Don't worry... you can't kill me..." He coughed violently and vomited out a mouthful of bright red. However, he didn't seem to care, but smiled,
"Because... Wang Chaoluan won't trust you anymore... Your twenty sticks... It's for nothing..."
No one can be sure of the truth about the tiger, except for the two of them. After this incident, Li Yuanmin has opened a rift between him and Wang Chaoluan.
Li Yuanlang's eyes were about to burst, he yelled and was about to rush over, but he rolled on the ground under the excruciating pain.
"Li Yuanmin!" He screamed with all his strength. Immediately, his face turned grim, he couldn't breathe, his eyes turned white, and he passed out like this.
Li Yuanmin coughed again, and the light and shadow in front of him became more and more blurred. He looked at Li Yuanlang who was unconscious on the ground, and laughed. He didn't know if he was laughing at him or himself.
So tired, Li Yuanmin thought, tired and in pain.
His eyelids became heavier and heavier, and when the world in front of him stretched into a long line, he instantly fell into the darkness.
***
Li Yuanmin was in a coma for three days.
When he woke up, he opened his eyes to see Yan Lie's beast-like eyes. His pupils were black and cold, like two black jade in the cold night. Li Yuanmin couldn't help reaching out and touching them.
When he touched the warm skin, he suddenly realized that this was not a dream.
The corners of his mouth twitched, and a difficult smile appeared on his bloodless lips.
He thought, he finally rescued the child.
"Ariel..." Li Yuanmin smiled until tears rolled down his face, and called him again, "Ariel."
Yi Lie originally saved a bunch of words to question him—why did he lie to him, why did he save him, why, why. However, in the sound of Ah Lie, the inexplicable sulking in his heart disappeared without knowing why.
He just closed his mouth, with a cold face, and let the other party's fingertips gently touch his eyebrows and cheeks, as if he was drawing something.
In the afternoon, an imperial decree came down, granting the third prince Li Yuanmin the title of King of Guang'an, granting Lingnan a fief, and setting off for the trip as soon as he recovered from his injuries.
Lingnan is a smoggy place far away from the capital, and the folk customs are tough. It has been a bitter place since ancient times. But ever since he received the imperial decree, Li Yuan couldn't help but jump up in his heart.
——In this life, he finally had the opportunity to let him step out of the sky of the imperial city.
He naturally knew why this imperial decree came so urgently. After all, Yan Lie's status was special and embarrassing. It was impossible for him to live in the palace for a long time. Emperor Mingde wanted to arrange a place for the two of them.
In any case, since the beginning of his planning for the tiger, this is already the best result he can think of.