Pei Jinting straightened her back and answered calmly,
"It's my business to snatch her bride. It's my business to go to the border if I don't let go. I hope your majesty won't punish her."
The emperor slammed the table heavily, "You are so willful and willful, and you will do whatever you think. I won't punish you. Come here."
With a loud shout, the guards outside rushed in.
"Okay. Since you are so stubborn, today I want to see if it's your words that are tough or my cane that's tough. Someone come and give me a hard beating."
The queen was originally angry that Pei Jinting would rather go to the border than let go of the Gu family. Now she heard that the emperor wanted to be beaten with a cane.
He immediately said, "Your Majesty, how can this be done? Jing Heng's body and bones are not in good condition..."
"Jingheng, don't be stubborn anymore. These fifty blows are fatal."
Pei Jinting glanced at her lightly, then looked away lightly.
He was willing to take these fifty blows, and after receiving these fifty blows, he was worthy of being a queen.
At that time, even if the queen disagrees, he will go to the border and no one will dare to gossip about Gu Qingyuan behind his back.
Therefore, Pei Jinting's voice was calm,
"Your Majesty, I must be so stubborn. You must have inherited it. Don't worry, just let the executioner do it. I can bear it."
After the board was knocked down, Pei Jinting straightened his body instantly and groaned.
This time, it was different from the cane punishment on the wedding night.
It's a real fight.
The board fell on the skin, and the sound became more muffled.
At first, Pei Jinting knelt straight.
However, after ten strokes, there was blood on his back, and the sound of flesh and blood sticking to the board was frightening.
The emperor didn't know when he turned his back, and his hands behind his back were clasped together tightly.
The Queen's palms became sweaty and her eyes filled with tears.
She couldn't help shouting loudly,
"Pei Jingheng, are you crazy? Stop, stop... Why did you destroy yourself for such a woman?"
"What's so good about her? Her origins are unknown, and she was raised by... such a woman."
As if she had made a mistake, the queen shut her mouth in panic and looked at the emperor. Fortunately, he was immersed in his own thoughts.
Pei Jinting's forehead was covered with sweat, and veins popped out on his arms, but he still straightened his back.
"My queen, there is no need to say anything. Yuanyuan is very good. She was never the one who ruined me."
When the queen heard this, she became even more angry. She took a few deep breaths and her hand pointing at him was trembling.
"If you persist in your stubbornness and stubbornness, then give me a beating, hard, fifty times, not even one less."
Plates fell on Pei Jinting's back like raindrops.
Pei Jinting groaned every time his back was hit hard, and his kneeling body staggered forward, clenching his teeth. Before he fell, he straightened his back again.
Soon, his back was a bloody mess, and the sweat on his forehead mixed with the blood at the corner of his lips, making it hard to distinguish between salty and wet.
When the pain was excruciating, a girl wearing a plain skirt appeared in front of him, and she gently placed the veil on his hand.
Under the rain curtain, she looked like a fairy, smiling lightly at him.
He clenched his palms, and his half-slumped back slowly straightened up again.
Gu Yuanyuan was still waiting for him, so no matter what, he had to endure the fifty hardships before he could go to the Duke of Zhen to take her home in an honest and fair manner.
The emperor kept his back, listening to the heavy blows from behind, his brows furrowed more and more.
However, the stubbornness in Pei Jinting's bones is like a millstone that cannot be moved away.
It was as if he was not the one who was beaten to pieces.
The emperor let out a long sigh.
I originally thought that since the Duke of Zhen Guo looked down on Jing Heng, he would help him out. After a few strokes of his stick, his flesh and blood became bloody, which not only made the young lady of the Gu family feel distressed.
It also allowed Duke Zhen Guo to vent his anger without disturbing the young couple too much.
After thinking about it, the emperor finally relented, coughed heavily, and ordered,
"stop."
The queen spoke angrily,
"Your Majesty...this is not yet fifty sticks."
The emperor did not answer the queen's words, but asked,
"I'll ask you again. Do you regret it?"
Pei Jinting wiped the blood from the corners of her lips with her fingertips and shook her head slowly.
"I have no regrets."
"You insist on following Duke Zhen to Northern Xinjiang...have you identified yourself with the Gu family's young lady in this life?"
he asked again.
"Yes." Pei Jinting lowered his eyes slightly.
"Border wars are about to break out, and none of the neighboring countries are good enemies. Otherwise, the Duke of Zhen Guo would not have not returned to Beijing for more than ten years."
"The sword has no eyesight on the battlefield. It is extremely dangerous. How can you be so sure that you can protect yourself? Do you guarantee that you will love and protect the Gu family's wife for the rest of your life?"
Pei Jinting hesitated for a moment, then shook his head again, "I can't promise, I can only promise that I will do my best to be good to her and make her happy as long as I live."
His voice was still calm, but his lips had turned white from blood loss, and the sweat on his forehead was like raindrops, gathering on his chin and falling down.
It seems like I won't be able to hold on any longer.
When the emperor saw how persistent he was, he wanted to kill him on the spot.
But in the end, I couldn't bear it, but there was a cold snort in my nose,
"Do you think that if you go to Northern Xinjiang, the Duke of Zhen will accept you? I am not stopping you now."
After speaking, he turned his back and ordered,
"Zhao Lin, take him down and assign him an imperial doctor. Don't let this evildoer die in the palace."
"Send him to the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion."
After receiving the order, Zhao Lin hurriedly shouted and yelled at the small yellow door on the side,
"Are you stupid? Why don't you come and help me?"
Several people hurriedly moved Pei Jinting to the soft couch.
He called the imperial doctor, changed several basins of water, and applied gold sore medicine until the wounds on his body were no longer so hideous.
He also asked people to send Pei Jinting to the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion.
The queen had been behind the screen, watching the basins of blood being brought out.
"Is Gu just like that? It's worth giving up your life in Beijing and getting such a severe beating."
"What would you do if you were beaten and the Duke of Zhen didn't agree with it? Didn't you get beaten in vain?"
The screen was thin and the queen looked at the crisscross wounds on his back and cried and cursed.
Pei Jinting can't even lift his eyelids, how good is Gu Qingyuan?
He doesn't know either.
All I know is that she is his bone and his blood.
Seeing that he was speechless, the queen asked,
"If you are here to help the prince win back a victory over the eldest prince, there is no need for you."
"Jingheng. You are you, and the prince is the prince."
Pei Jinting narrowed her eyes and raised a sarcastic smile on her lips.
The queen never imagined that Pei Jinting would do this for Gu Qingyuan.
That woman caused Jing Heng so much pain, and she would never be lenient.
She originally thought that Pei Jinting was passionate and would not be interested in a woman for too long, but she didn't expect that he would eventually reach this point.
The queen slapped the table and became more and more angry as she thought about it.
Zhen Guo Gongfu.
Gu Shao was in his study, preparing a memorial for his interview with the emperor.
"My lord, outside the door, my aunt...is asking for an audience outside..." the housekeeper hurried in from outside the door to report.
Gu Shao's eyes widened and he said calmly, "What uncle? Let him go."