"Grandma Royal, we know our mistake. Grandma Royal, please calm down!" the princess said in a trembling voice.

"Your Majesty, my concubine is not disciplined strictly, please punish me!" The Queen knelt down in front of the Empress Dowager.

"You... a loving mother is a loser, get up!" Seeing the Queen like this, the Queen Mother sighed.

"Thank you, grandmother!" The princess stood up from the ground and ran over to help the queen.

"The Aijia didn't ask you to get up?" The Queen Mother looked at the princess and said in a deep voice.

"Royal Grandmother, don't be angry. Lili was also frightened today. There were many people on the street and we were scattered. If Balzul hadn't grabbed Lili, Lili would have been trampled to death! "The princess held the Queen Mother's hand and said with tears in her eyes.

"That's nonsense! You are the good granddaughter of the Ai family. Who dares?" The Queen Mother trembled in her heart when she heard this. She couldn't help but hold the princess's hand tightly. She looked at her carefully and saw that she was intact before saying: " The Ai family will spare you once. The eldest brother and Balzhuer will go and kneel outside the Qianqing Palace for the Ai family to spend the night thinking about it. As for the two palace maids and the eunuch, they will pull them down and give them fifty punishments!"

Such a punishment is already the lightest, but when they heard that Wei Ning'er and Ruoyan were going to be punished with a cane, the princess and the eldest brother immediately changed their expressions.

"Royal Grandmother, the master has his orders, and the slaves obey them. This matter has nothing to do with them. I hope the Imperial Grandmother will forgive them!" the eldest brother said immediately.

"The master is stupid. As a slave, he did not dissuade him but still followed his mischief. His crime is unforgivable. If he dares to say more, the Ai family will kill them!" the empress dowager said sternly.

"Royal Grandmother..." The princess was anxious. If she went down for fifty strokes, she would be dead or disabled. She couldn't just watch Wei Ning'er and Ruoyan suffer.

"Huang'e Niang, calm down. These two girls are the maids beside me. They have always known etiquette and know how to advance and retreat. It was my concubine who ordered them to serve the princess and never leave. They accompany the princess out of the palace and are loyal to protect the master. I hope Huang's Niang will forgive me! "When the queen heard that they were going to be beaten fifty times, she was also shocked and couldn't help but beg for mercy.

It would be fine if she were an ordinary palace maid, but Wei Ning'er couldn't do that. She promised Fu Heng that she would definitely keep Wei Ning'er safe in the palace.

"The Ai family has already said that they are not allowed to plead. How brave are you, Queen? Do you really think that the Ai family will not kill them?" The empress dowager was furious when she saw that the empress actually contradicted her.

"Huang'e Niang calms down, Wu Shu comes, takes them to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and gives them fifty punishments!" After the emperor said that, he supported the empress dowager: "It's late at night, I will send Huang'e Niang back to Cining Palace to rest!"

"Yes!" The Queen Mother gently patted the emperor's hand and smiled. After all, it was her son.

The imperial concubine and others who originally came to watch the excitement saw that the queen actually had a conflict with the queen mother over the palace maids, but the emperor stood by the queen mother's side with different expressions, but did not dare to interrupt. Seeing that the emperor and the queen mother left, they all Dispersed.

"Your Majesty..." The princess couldn't help shouting when she saw the Queen staring blankly at the Emperor and Queen Mother who had walked away.

At this moment, Wu Shulai, who had not followed the emperor, walked up to Wei Ning'er, Ruoyan, and the eunuch Xiao Xiazi who were kneeling in the distance, and said in a cold voice: "Come with us to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to be punished!"

However, the princess and the elder brother suddenly rushed in front of them and stopped Wu Shulai.

"Princess, eldest brother, this servant is following the emperor's order. Please forgive me, princess and eldest brother!" Wu Shulai bowed.

"Lili, Yonghuang, come here!" the queen said solemnly.

"Empress Huang..." The princess looked at her eagerly.

The queen did not look at her, but looked at Wu Shulai steadily, and said in a deep voice: "Wu Shulai, you are an old man in the palace. You don't need to be reminded by me to know how to act. These two maids, I want to

Watch them return to Changchun Palace safely!"

"Yes, I obey the order!" Wu Shulai said with a respectful voice.

"Go back to the palace!" the queen said, taking the princess's hand and leaving.

The princess kept looking back at Wei Ning'er and the others, feeling very uncomfortable. It turned out that she couldn't protect the people around her. Thinking of this, the princess couldn't help but feel a little angry with the Queen Mother and the Emperor. She also understood that although they doted on her, they would not

Everything depends on her.

Wei Ning'er and Ruoyan got up from the ground and followed Wu Shulai to the House of Internal Affairs. About half an hour later, they left the House of Internal Affairs.

Fifty planks were struck, but the sound of the little eunuch counting the planks was heard, and not a single plank fell, so the two of them returned to Changchun Palace intact, which also made the queen and princess feel relieved.

When the emperor returned from Cining Palace to the Yangxin Palace, Wu Shulai greeted him.

"How did things go?" the emperor asked with a slight frown.

"I followed the emperor's wishes and sent it back intact!" Wu Shulai said respectfully.

"Well, tell me, if anyone dares to spread the word, I will take their heads!" the emperor said with a slight eyebrow raised.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, they definitely don't dare!" Wu Shulai said respectfully.

"Yeah!" The emperor nodded slightly.

"Your Majesty, do you want Chuan Lin to promise to come to bed with you?" Wu Shulai saw that the emperor actually picked up the memorial from the table. He couldn't help but be stunned and thought to himself, could it be that the emperor has forgotten what happened in the imperial garden today?

"Lin promised?" The emperor thought for a moment and then remembered who the so-called Lin promised to be.

"Wu Shulai, let someone pick her up!" If Wu Shulai hadn't reminded him, he would have forgotten the matter.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

It was already very late, and the emperor took a rest after reviewing a few memorials. After Wu Shulai sent someone to invite Lin, he sent her to the side hall and sent her back to Xianfu Palace an hour later.

Naturally, the emperor would not favor Lin Jiafu Liu. He was just doing it to show off to the people in the harem. He was injured, and if he did not summon concubines for many days, it would inevitably make people suspicious. This time, Lin Jiafu could take advantage of him.

Outside the Qianqing Palace, the eldest brother and Balzul were kneeling obediently. Although it was summer, there was a cool breeze blowing in the middle of the night, so the two of them could not help but feel a little cold.

"Master, please put on some clothes!" Xiao Xiazi said with red eyes.

"No need!" The eldest brother shook his head, and then looked at Balzul beside him: "Are you cold?"

"It's not cold, it's just that my knees hurt. There are still four hours before dawn!" Balzul said with a bitter smile.

"Yeah, I guess we all have to lie down in bed tomorrow, but... it'll be fine if Ning'er has nothing to do!" The eldest brother said with a cheerful smile.

"You... are hopeless! Let me ask you, what will you do if she is really punished by the cane?" Balzul asked.

Hearing this, the eldest brother shook his head: "I don't know either. It's just that the moment I watched her being beaten outside, my mind couldn't think at all. If you hadn't pulled me desperately, I would have rushed in long ago!"

"Yes, fortunately I found out that those eunuchs were pretending to beat them. Otherwise, if you went in and made things worse, they would be punished even more severely!" Only then did Balzul understand that he had underestimated the girl.
Chapter completed!