"My beloved concubine, do you think that I should hand this old woman over to you for punishment? I wonder how my beloved concubine plans to punish her?" The slow voice did not reveal any joy or anger, but it made Concubine Dong Guifei feel a chill in her heart.
“She dared to lay hands on the prince, so I will not let her off easily. I will beat her with ten... no, twenty strokes of the cane.” Concubine Dong spoke timidly, looking at the emperor with tearful eyes, looking indescribably sad and moving.
Murong Zheng just looked at Concubine Dong calmly for a long time without making a sound.
“Is Your Majesty dissatisfied with this punishment? If you are not satisfied, I will beat her with fifty lashes. But Your Majesty, with fifty lashes, Nanny Li will die. You know that she is my wet nurse, and I cannot…” At the end, Concubine Dong could no longer control her tears, which fell like beads from a broken string.
But Murong Zheng still sat there quietly, without any expression of joy or anger.
No one knew that all he could hear was the words of the little palace maid: his own son, the noble prince of the Great Zhou, was actually no better than a mean slave...
A bitter smile finally appeared on the corner of his mouth, but when he looked at Concubine Dong, there was a bit of helplessness on his face.
"Your Majesty, you are the most merciful. How could you bear to see Nanny Li lose her life?" Concubine Dong could not wait for the emperor's reply. She became more and more anxious and uncertain.
The only thing she insisted on now was to protect Nanny Li. Not to mention that Nanny Li was very sincere to her, even for the sake of her own face, she could not let anything happen to Nanny Li.
"It's not me who is merciful, it's you, my beloved concubine." Murong Zheng finally stood up, leaned over, helped Concubine Dong up, and put his arms around her waist.
"Your Majesty, Kai'er's legs are broken this time. If the Empress Dowager knew about this..." Empress Sun, who had been sitting quietly beside Murong Zheng, suddenly spoke up, with deep disapproval in her eyes towards the Emperor.
If possible, she really wanted to use the authority of the queen to seek justice for Murong Kai, but in this deep palace, there was only Concubine Dong, and she had the emperor protecting her, so the palace rules could not restrain her.
"Since it was done by this unruly slave, then send him to Kai'er and let him deal with him." Murong Zheng glanced at the queen and gave the order.
"Your Majesty, I don't want..." After hearing Murong Zheng's words, Concubine Dong's face changed. She grabbed Murong Zheng's sleeves tightly, with a pleading face.
She knew best what she and Nanny Li had done. If Nanny Li was sent to Murong Kai, she would probably lose her life.
Murong Zheng put down his hand on Concubine Dong, turned to Queen Sun and instructed: "Send this evil slave to Kai'er and tell her that this is Concubine Dong's confidant. He is a prince and should know how to act in moderation."
Anyone could tell from these words, which were both defensive and aggressive, that the emperor had softened his heart and wanted to save Nanny Li's life.
Empress Sun obviously didn't expect the emperor to say such a thing. A smile suddenly broke out on her beautiful face, but the smile was bitter and sad.
"Kai'er has always respected me as his mother. I am afraid I am too embarrassed to do what the emperor has entrusted me to do. I hope the emperor will punish me."
"The Queen."
Anger suddenly burst out on Murong Zheng's face, but Empress Sun was neither angry nor afraid. She slowly stood up and knelt in front of Murong Zheng.
All the civil and military officials in the court didn't dare to say much before, and now they dare not even breathe a word.
"Sister Queen, how dare you question the Emperor? You don't want to be the Queen of the Great Zhou anymore, right?" Compared to the court officials, Concubine Dong was excited at this moment. What she had in mind was the position of Queen. However, the Queen had not fought for it for so many years, and now she finally made a mistake. How could she miss it
"I believe that what the Queen said is true. However, such words are not something a loving mother would say to her child." Qu Jingze's voice suddenly resounded throughout the hall, like a wisp of spring breeze, blowing away the dullness and stagnation in the hall.
(End of this chapter)