Liang Shulin did not delay and went straight to find the Queen. Including the round trip journey, His Royal Highness Prince Liang had probably vented his anger.
King Liang stabbed the prince thirty-eight times, avoiding all vital parts. The most brutal stab was between the legs, which did not castrate him. However, it would not be easy to heal him.
King Liang was sitting in the yard and no one was allowed to come forward. However, the Twelve Guards could not come up either. They were all kicked over. Xiao Tuo did not take any action. King Liang did all the beatings.
The people in the Eastern Palace had never seen Prince Liang in action, and they didn't know that he had such great skills. Even the prince himself couldn't believe it.
He thought that he would never suffer any loss in the Eastern Palace.
When the Queen heard Liang Shulin's report, she could hardly believe her ears. When she hurried over with her men, the Prince was already lying on the ground, like a rag, covered in blood.
The dying prince saw the queen coming and barely raised his head, shouting with red eyes: "Mother, kill him, kill him!"
When the queen saw the prince covered in blood, her heart almost stopped beating, and cold sweat broke out on her palms almost immediately, "Quick, quick, call the imperial physician!"
Amid the bustle, Prince Liang stood up and walked out step by step without even looking at the Queen.
The Queen shouted angrily, “Stop!”
King Liang stood still, without turning back, and said in a cold voice: "I have hurt His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and I will plead guilty. Please allow me to leave the palace for a while, and I will come back tomorrow morning to plead guilty!"
"You..." The queen was so angry that she was shaking all over. However, seeing that the prince was too seriously injured, she had no time to take care of him for the time being. "Come here, take Prince Liang to Jingning Palace and wait for me to return."
The Queen's guards immediately surrounded them. Prince Liang turned and looked at the Queen, "Does your Majesty really not trust me? I said I would go to the palace to plead guilty tomorrow."
"You can't leave the palace. Go to Jingning Palace immediately." The queen was extremely angry and said sternly.
"No!" Prince Liang looked at the Queen with cold eyes.
The queen gasped when she saw his eyes. She had always hoped that there would be no disputes between the brothers, but she didn't expect that it would still happen despite her efforts to avoid it.
"You are guilty of treason and stabbed the prince. You are guilty of capital punishment. Do you know that?" The queen was grief-stricken and angry. She scolded the guards, "Why don't you arrest him quickly?"
Although she was angry and heartbroken, she did not want him to fall into the hands of her father, Grand Tutor Liang. If her father knew that he had injured the prince, he would definitely take legal action, so she had to punish him first.
The guards rushed forward, but King Liang put the sword on his neck and looked at the queen, "Mother, I promise you that I will go to the palace to plead guilty tomorrow morning."
The Queen said sternly, "Nonsense! Do you think I will do what you want just because you threaten me with a sword? You are just relying on my love for you to act lawless. You can even be so cruel to your own brother. In the past, I always thought you were disabled and took better care of you. I didn't expect that my pampering would lead to disaster. I really regret it."
When the King of Liang heard this, he laughed, but he was filled with grief and indignation. He said disheartenedly, "Thank you, mother, for your love and care in the past. I will take responsibility for my own actions and will not run away. Don't worry."
He turned around, and before the guards approached, he slashed at his left hand with the sword. Blood flowed as he slashed at his left hand. He said in a cold voice, "If your mother doesn't believe me, I will give you some of the initial payment first, and I will pay the balance when I enter the palace tomorrow."
Xiao Tuo was also frightened, and hurriedly went over to help him leave quickly. The guards naturally did not dare to chase them, for fear of provoking King Liang to commit suicide again.
"Mother, please kill him quickly, kill him!" the prince yelled at the top of his voice.
The queen swayed and almost fainted. The maids hurriedly supported her. She cried dryly, but she was filled with grief and pain but couldn't cry. She murmured, "Crazy, all crazy."
After Prince Liang left the palace, he went directly to the Lin family. On the way, Xiao Tuo bandaged him. Looking at his determined face, Xiao Tuo was thoughtful.
Lord Lin was so happy to hear that King Liang had given the order, but King Liang only sent a letter of withdrawal of engagement, which was written in the East Palace. He left the palace mainly to do two things, one was to withdraw the engagement, and the other was to propose marriage.
The Lin family did not accept the letter of withdrawal of engagement, but only said that they would go to the palace to find the queen. Xiao Tuo said indifferently: "You'd better accept it, Lord Lin. It would be bad if the queen personally sent someone to deliver it later."
Lord Lin is a smart man. If Prince Liang cancels the engagement privately, the Queen will feel guilty towards the Lin family and will definitely make some compensation. However, if she waits until the Queen cancels the engagement, there will probably be nothing to say.
After all, they are mother and son. If Prince Liang insists on not marrying her, the Queen will not force him too much.
The Lin family finally accepted the letter of broken engagement, but they were very worried because many people had proposed marriage to him before, but he had refused all of them. This granddaughter was pretty and was a bargaining chip for his career, so he naturally couldn't just marry her off.
I didn't expect that I would fail to climb up the high branch and instead fall into the mud. It's really a case of losing the rice while trying to gain the chicken.
Now I just hope that the Queen Mother’s reward will not be small, otherwise, I will suffer a great loss.
After breaking off the engagement, Prince Liang returned to the princess's residence and asked Zi'an for Yi'er's address.
Zi'an spread his hands and said, "I don't know."
King Liang was furious. "You didn't leave your address?"
"Don't worry, ask the household department to check it out." Zi'an said.
Just like that, King Liang ordered the household department to check Liu Yue's address overnight. After finding it, King Liang knelt in front of Zi'an and said, "Auntie Huang, please do me a favor."
Zi'an knew what he was going to do, "Don't worry, you can't go there so late at night."
"No, strike while the iron is hot. Go now. After you go to the palace to apologize tomorrow, you can ask the Empress Dowager for her imperial decree and ask her to grant you the marriage."
Zi'an saw that he had made up his mind, but he couldn't help but worry when he thought about going to the palace to plead guilty tomorrow. "Tomorrow you will plead guilty, take your uncle with you."
"No need, she won't do anything to me, just a few dozen beatings with sticks." King Liang said calmly.
"You don't need to take these dozens of slaps."
"He is the current crown prince, and just a few dozen lashes is too light for me," said King Liang.
Zi'an thought about it and felt that punishment was inevitable, so he said, "Okay, go ahead. I'll have someone prepare it, and you can't just mention it casually."
King Liang said, "You don't need to prepare anything. I will go with my heart. You mainly need to pull her mother away."
"Are you planning to propose marriage to Yi'er?" Zi'an was very surprised. This is indeed in line with the trend, but, isn't it appropriate in this era
"Ask Yi'er first, then ask her mother." said King Liang.
Xiao Tuo had been watching from the side with a strange look on his face.
Zi'an pushed him and said, "You follow me."
Xiao Tuo shook his head, "I don't want to go."
"Why?"
"I'll stay here and watch. The prince and the King of Yuedong are angry. Once you leave, they will start fighting." After Xiao Tuo said this, he went straight in.
Zi'an looked at his back and said, "This guy is a bit crazy."
(End of this chapter)