Yang's face turned red and white at Yan Shi's words, but because of her status, Yang had no choice but to say a few soft words, and promised to discipline her children more in the future.
Yan Shi didn't intend to let her go so easily: "Discipline is of course to be disciplined, but of course you have to be punished for what you did just now, otherwise how will your memory be long in the future."
"Just now, Xu'er has already been punished for copying "Women's Virtues" and "Women's Commandments" a hundred times each. Isn't that enough?" Yang said again, "I will take her to my sister to confess her mistake now." After finishing speaking, she thought to leave.
"Wait a minute!" Naturally, Yan Shi would not let them go so easily, his eyes swept back and forth on Hua Wei's body, "Miss is punished, but what about this young master?"
Yang's whole body was startled, and there was a glint of resentment in her eyes, but when she saw Yan Shi, she had already returned to normal: "Wei'er is still young and doesn't understand anything, let's forget it this time." She looked dazed again Ling, I hope Hua Ling can ask for a favor.
"Mother-in-law is really joking," Yan Shi smiled slightly, like a summer breeze blowing on his face, it was extremely refreshing, Hua Ling had been staring dumbfounded for a long time, how could he see Yang's eyes passing over, "If a small evil is not punished, it will lead to serious trouble. I am doing this for the good of the young master. Besides, he just beat my concubine. If this matter is reported to the royal father, I am afraid you will not be able to explain it."
Bullying the princess is tantamount to insulting the prince, and insulting the prince is tantamount to insulting his father who is the emperor. No matter how unfavored Yan Shi is, he is still a prince. No matter how the emperor treats him, it is the emperor's business, but no one else can bully the prince. Yang Shi naturally knew this, her complexion changed a few times, in her heart today Yan Shi deliberately came to embarrass her, finally gritted her teeth and said to the maid beside her, "Shangjiafa!"
Not long after, the servant girl brought back a ruler, which was similar to the ruler, but thicker and longer than the ruler.
Yang ruthlessly looked at the ruler and said, "Hua Wei is disrespectful to her elder brother, she should be beaten..."
"Twenty blows on the palm of your hand. After all, the young master has delicate skin and tender flesh. If you break your body, it will be bad. This palm will not be broken." Yan Shi took Yang's words and said, "Take that ruler Give it to the king, and the king will personally execute the sentence. In case the maidservants in the mansion dare not do it and embarrass them."
Hua Wei was so frightened that she burst into tears and went straight into Yang's arms. Yang's heart was broken by his crying, but there was nothing she could do.
With a ruler in his hand, Yan Shi walked closer and closer to Hua Wei with a faint smile on his face.
Yang really couldn't bear to let her son be beaten, so she looked at Hua Xu again for help. On weekdays, Hua Xu and Hua Ling have the best relationship. If Hua Xu begs for mercy, even if the beating is unavoidable, at least a few less beatings will do.
Hua Xu saw his mother's look at him at a glance, gave her a clear look, quickly pulled Hua Wei out of Yang's arms, and raised his two hands in front of Yan Shi. The mother was reluctant to push the third brother out to be beaten, so he was the only one to help.
Hua Wei didn't expect her own brother to do this, so she cried even harder.
Hua Xu looked at Yang Shi and said, "Mother, you take the younger sister to confess to your mother, and I will leave the younger brother to me."
After thinking about it, Yang agreed with Hua Xu's words. She couldn't avoid this encounter today, she would definitely feel unbearable if she stayed here and watched her son cry, she might as well not see her. So, taking Hua Luyao away, Hua Ling naturally followed.
Hua Wei cried like a pig, Yan Shi's ruler was merciless at all, and he didn't use all his strength. Yan Shi is a martial arts practitioner, if he used all his strength, Hua Wei's hands would probably be useless.
Hua Wei was in severe pain, crying and looking at her brother, Hua Xu just rubbed his head: "I told you not to act recklessly, but you just don't listen to it in normal times, but today you have tasted the bitter fruit? Change everything in the future. !"
Hua Wei cried even harder.
After everything was over, Yan Shi and Hua Ling got on the carriage back home, Hua Qiancheng didn't come back until the moment they were about to leave, although there was a smile on his face, his expression was not very natural. That's right, Hua Qiancheng was originally a member of King Zhao and didn't like Yan Shi. Now Yan Shi punished his daughter and beat his son after only staying in his residence for a while, no one would be happy.
But Yan Shi was very happy, and Hua Ling was even happier.
"Brother, I forgive you." Hua Ling who was sitting in the carriage said suddenly.
Yan Shi froze for a moment, then realized belatedly that on the way to the Duke of Kangle's mansion, he offended his little princess because of sleeping at night, and now the little princess is courting him.
Yan Shi smiled slightly, but he was really a child, his temper came and went quickly.
Back at the palace, Yan Shi claimed that he had to deal with it first, so he asked Hua Ling to go to Nuanyang Pavilion to rest first.
"Brother, you should deal with it quickly, so you can come to me sooner." Hua Ling walked away step by step.
Yan Shi sat in the side hall and asked Qingji to call Jiang Qingyue over, and after a while, Jiang Qingyue came.
"Qingji, tell me about the situation in the Kangle State Mansion today." Earlier in the Kangle State Mansion, Hua Ling was called away by the Yang family, and Yan Shi ordered Qing Ji to follow Hua Ling, but later in the garden Qing Ji was not there. , it should be Yang's excuse to send Qingji aside.
This is indeed the case, Qingji said: "At the beginning, the Duke's wife asked the princess how she was doing in the palace in front of her servants, but the princess's face didn't look very good, so she didn't answer too much. So the Duke's wife Ask again, is life not good in the palace? The concubine said something about the prince, you treat him very well, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that he said it reluctantly. It's like a poorly married woman who is afraid of her parents I was worried, so I forced a smile in front of my parents."
Of course Yan Shi knew why Hualing's complexion was bad at that time, and it was because of the incident in the carriage, so he simply explained to Jiang Qingyue that he had offended the princess, but did not say the reason.
"The concubine is really pure in heart. If other women are dissatisfied with the prince, they will not write it on their faces, let alone be seen by their parents," Jiang Qingyue said, "But it also helps us. If you don't agree with His Highness, you must regret this move."
"No," Yan Shi said, "I've changed my mind now." Yan Shi recounted what happened in the garden, and also expressed his thoughts of trying to win Hua Ling over.
Jiang Qingyue pondered for a long time after hearing this: "It doesn't matter from this point of view, but now that His Highness has offended the Duke of Kangle, I'm afraid that the Kangle Kingdom Guild will go to King Zhao to file a complaint, and King Zhao will let the Ministry of Punishment trouble His Highness."
"It doesn't matter," Yan Shi said, "If King Zhao really wants to win me over, he is eager to make friends with me and will not easily trouble me. Even if he troubles me, there is nothing to be afraid of. I am afraid that he will not come. However, I really want to trouble him now. Qingji, spread out the loss of the tablet of the birth mother of the concubine on the day of the wedding ceremony, the eldest lady insulting the aunt, and the young master disrespecting the elder brother. You should understand the specifics of how to do it."
Yan Shi's move has two main purposes. Duke Kangle is King Zhao's right-hand man. Even if he can't be moved now, it is still possible to taint him a little bit. Gaomen is the most concerned about dignity and face, and this matter is bound to reach the ears of the emperor. Hua Qiancheng is afraid that it will be difficult for him to take on the important task, and then he will collapse bit by bit.
"The princess is in a good mood?" As soon as Hualing entered the Nuanyang Pavilion, the dumb mother saw that his whole face was smiling brighter than the sun, and she couldn't help being a little curious. She naturally knew that Hualing was going to Guining. The Duke's Mansion is not happy.
Hua Ling was eager to express his joy, when the dumb mother asked, it was like a flood that opened the floodgates, telling how Yan Shi punished the members of the Hua family.
"It's not that I hit you, I don't think the prince is necessarily doing it for you." After hearing such a conclusion, the dumb mother had to say that Jiang was still very old.
Sitting on the chair, Hua Ling grabbed a few grains of broad beans from the plate on the table and threw them into the air, then caught them with her mouth, and the broad beans landed firmly in his mouth: "You just can't see our husband Husband Enai, I said that you should also get married."
"I don't want to get married. I'm half mad with you alone. If there is another one of you, I'll be mad with both of you." The dumb mother said and sat down beside Hua Ling.
Hua Ling hastily poured a cup of tea and brought it to the dumb mama respectfully with both hands raised: "Mama, please have some tea. Mama is tired, Mama is tired."
"Young poor." Even though she said so, the corners of the dumb mother's mouth couldn't stop turning up, she took the tea from Hua Ling's hand and drank it.
After drinking the tea in the teacup, she raised her head and looked at Hua Ling. Her eyes were no longer filled with a playful smile as before, but were replaced by love and affection. She sighed softly. He breathed a sigh of relief: "It's really hard for you, I called that woman's mother for so many years."
"Mommy, why are you mentioning those sad things in such a good atmosphere," Hua Ling was said by the dumb mommy, and her playful smile disappeared just now, "If you want to talk about suffering, you are the most miserable. I have been a dumb person for so many years."
"Miss is kind to me, and I will never be able to repay this kindness." The lady mentioned by the dumb mother refers to Hua Ling's biological mother.
Having said that, Hua Ling clenched her fists: "Don't worry, I will make them repay everything we lost!"
Yan Shi and Jiang Qingyue discussed matters until dark, and even ate dinner together. Now that he has decided to change his strategy towards Hua Ling, Yan Shi thinks that it is appropriate to increase his favorability in front of Hua Ling, of course, it has nothing to do with love.
Still far away from Nuanyang Pavilion, Yan Shi saw his little concubine sitting on a small stool and looking into the distance with her hands on her cheeks.
"Why is the princess here?" Yan Shi asked as he walked.
When Hua Ling saw it was Yan Shi, a flash of light flashed in his eyes. He got up from the chair and ran to him, "Brother, I'm waiting for you."