"Ugh...Brother Zeyu..." Li Can covered his eyes with his small white hands, flustered and frightened: "Don't hit... at least let a grandma do it...
Zhao Yinhuan is from a daughter’s family... wu wu..."
"Ugh..." Zhao Yinhuan raised her head and nodded in agreement.
She doesn't care about the son's daughter's family. What matters is the mama and maidservants. She can be gentler. If she really wants these guards to beat her, won't it cost her life?
Feng Qing looked at Zhao Hao.
Zhao Zhen's face was expressionless and he didn't give any indication.
Feng Qing suddenly understood, turned around and ordered: "Hit!"
The two men obeyed the order, swung their boards and fired their bows left and right without mercy, and started fighting.
Zhao Yinhuan's painful tears rolled down her face, but her mouth was blocked by cotton cloth and she couldn't cry out, so she could only sob in her throat.
"Stop fighting, stop fighting..." Li Can covered his eyes with both hands and cried too: "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..Brother Zeyu, please tell them to stop..."
Zhao Zong stood with his hands behind his hands expressionless, completely indifferent.
Zhao Yinhuan was beaten twenty times and she lay motionless on the bench. The cloth in her mouth was removed, but she couldn't even muster the strength to speak. She just shed tears in pain.
She was born as a princess and a direct descendant of the royal palace. She had been accustomed to being lawless since she was a child. Even if she occasionally got into trouble, the queen would punish her with small punishments and severe warnings. She never taught her a harsh lesson.
Today's beating is the heaviest spanking she has ever received.
Li Can listened to the movement on the board and stopped, then he opened his fingers and peeked through the gaps between his fingers. When he saw the blood dripping from the waist and buttocks of Zhao Yinhuan's ivory white robe, he was so frightened that his face turned pale.
She felt both sympathy and anger in her heart, Zhao Ye...how could Zhao Ye beat Zhao Yinhuan like this? It was too much, too cruel!
Unfortunately, she could only hide her anger in her heart. She wanted to secretly glare at Zhao Zong, but she happened to catch his gaze. The fierce look in his eyes instantly turned into confusion and panic, and she lowered her head in guilt.
"Send him to the palace." Zhao Zhen turned around and entered the study.
Li Can didn't dare not follow him, so she could only look back. Zhao Yinhuan's mottled back made her calves tremble as she stepped onto the threshold of the study.
In the courtyard of the inner hall, only two people, Wu Zai and Wu Huang, were left.
"Master, the Ninth Princess was so seriously injured, what if the Queen took the blame?" Wuhuang leaned next to Wusuo and whispered worried for his Highness.
"No problem, why don't you, Your Highness, refuse to change someone for execution? Those two guards are very accurate." Wu Zao glanced at the door of the inner palace: "The ninth princess is just a superficial wound. It looks terrible, but in reality
No problem.
Besides, the Ninth Princess is in the wrong for this matter, so she deserves to be taught a lesson."
"So that's it!" Wu Zao suddenly realized, and added: "But if it doesn't hurt too much, I'm afraid the Ninth Princess won't buy it."
"Your Highness doesn't care about that." Wu Zai lowered his voice and said, "Your Highness is trying to scare the girl."
"Ah?" Wuhuang opened his mouth in a daze.
"Ah what!" Wu Zao raised his hand and slapped him on the forehead: "You say it so straightforwardly, but you still can't turn around."
Wuhuang covered his head in grievance, if I knew everything, would I still need to worship you as my teacher?
Zhao Ye entered the study, pulled out the chair next to the desk, lifted up his robe and sat down.
"Brother Zeyu..." Li Can followed him to the desk and called him softly.
Zhao Ye ignored her and raised his hand to get the official document, but suddenly a soft and fragrant ball came into his arms. He paused and put his hand on her lower back.
"Brother Zeyu..." Li Can hugged his neck, looking at him cautiously with wet eyes and red circles. His long eyelashes were still wet with tears, and his pitiful little look looked like he was suffering.
The aggrieved kitten.
When she saw Zhao Zong stretching out his hand as if to pick up a ruler, she was immediately frightened and she quickly jumped into his arms.
"What to do?" Zhao Zhi looked away and spoke in a cold tone.
"I know I was wrong..." Hearing his harsh tone, Li Can felt even more frightened. She hugged his neck tightly with her little hands, pursed her soft lips and came up to him, and kissed him hard on the lips: "I'll kiss him."
Brother Zeyu, brother Zeyu, please don’t hit me..."
Zhao Ji's whole body froze slightly, and from the tips of his ears to his cheeks and then to his neck, he was instantly dyed a thin layer of red. But in just a moment, his eyes returned to their usual indifference and clearness. He pulled away from Li Can with his big hands and lowered his eyes to look at her.
: "Who taught you?"
"No one taught me..." Seeing him, Li Can seemed to be angry again. There were tears in his eyes but he didn't dare to cry. His sweet little voice was filled with tears: "In the past, when we kissed like this, Brother Zeyu would
I’m not angry anymore…”
It was like this when I was a kid.
There was also something she didn't dare to say. She kissed him a few days ago and he agreed to help her.
She found that kissing him and acting coquettishly seemed to work.
"Don't mess around next time." Zhao Ye lowered his eyes and ordered: "Go and get the "Etiquette". I have half a volume behind my back today."
"Okay." Li Can was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately got off his lap.
She didn't dare to object that reciting half a volume of "Rituals" was too much. Her heart was full of joy that she didn't have to be beaten, so she went to the bookshelf to get the book.
But when she got the book and looked at the thick volume, she felt like crying again.
How can I recite this today?
"Next time, if you go to a place like Juqian Pavilion again, Zhao Yinhuan will be your fate today." Zhao Ji took the official document and unfolded it, speaking in a calm tone.
"I don't dare anymore." Li Can said in a small voice, holding the book in his hands and acting obediently.
She shuddered when she thought of the tragic situation when Zhao Yinhuan left. How could she dare to do it again?
Zhao Yinhuan is so injured that she will probably have to lie on the bed for a long time? I wonder when I will have the opportunity to go to the palace again to visit her?
The study became quiet.
Zhao Ge was reviewing the documents, while Li Can was holding "Rituals" and reading silently.
At first, she kept in mind that she had made a mistake today and sat upright, fearing that Zhao Ji would be unhappy and still punish her.
But as she read, she tilted her body, but she still held the book in her hand.
But later, she unknowingly leaned on the small book desk, resting her little head on her arm and reading the book, and her naturally clear and clear eyes gradually became misty.
She did her homework early this morning, dealt with the Li Xiangnan sisters, and then went to Juqian Pavilion and had Zhao Zong arrested. In the end, she watched Zhao Yinhuan get beaten and was a little scared. She was really tired.
Awesome.
At this moment, it was already dark outside, and she couldn't hold on any longer.
There was a slight "click" sound - the book in her hand was closed, her thick long crow eyelashes covered her, and she fell asleep completely.
Zhao Ye glanced sideways at her, sped up the movements in his hand, then put down his pen, stood up and stepped forward.
He took the crane feather cloak and put it on her body, then leaned over and gently picked her up.
"No..." Li Can's dazed little hands pulled on his clothes and begged: "Brother Zeyu, don't hit me..."
"I won't hit you, just go to sleep." Zhao Zhen patted her gently and whispered to comfort her.
Li Can seemed to be relieved, and two slender arms naturally climbed up his neck, and his little face nestled in his arms, nuzzling him like a kitten, and calmed down.
Zhao Ye lowered his eyes and looked at her jade-white side face, his eyes softened a little, and he carefully wrapped her in the cloak, and then he carried her out.
He carried her to the west bedroom, leaned over and placed her on the big bed.
When he thought about getting up and leaving again, Li Can gave up and hugged his neck with both hands and refused to let go. He muttered sleepily: "If you don't leave, I want brother Ze Yu to sleep with me..."
Zhao Zhen paused as he stood up, then raised his hand to pull her slender arms off her neck.
"I don't want..." Li Can sobbed, and his voice took on a crying tone: "Brother Zeyu won't leave..."
Zhao Zhen's movement to stand up stopped again.
"The girl is not asleep yet, why don't you, Your Highness, try to coax her?" Wu Zai whispered from behind.
Zhao Ge said nothing and paused for a moment. Li Can climbed up on him in a daze and was about to fall to the ground.
Zhao Ye hugged her again, moved her to the bed, and lay beside her.
Wu Zao smiled quietly, raised his hand to put down the bed curtain, and quietly retreated out.
As soon as Zhao Ge lay down, Li Can wrapped himself around him like dodder, with his little head pressed against his chest and pillowed on his arm. One little hand held the hem of his clothes, and the other held his narrow waist.
, two legs were also wrapped around his lap.
The bed curtains draped, softening the candlelight outside. The room was quiet, and in the distance, there seemed to be the faint chirping of cicadas in early summer.
Zhao Ye lowered his eyes and looked at Li Can's sleeping face. He raised his hand to tidy up the broken hair on her forehead. Then he pulled the brocade quilt, covered Li Can carefully, and closed his eyes.
That night, Li Can slept very soundly.
She had a dream, dreaming that Zhao Zong held her and coaxed her to sleep like he did when he was a child.
His embrace had his unique refreshing fragrance, which made her feel warm, comfortable and at ease as if surrounded by mountains and sea.
The dream was so real that after Li Can woke up, he stared at the empty other half of the bed for a long time.
"Girl, are you awake?" Tang Cake's cautious voice came from outside the bed curtain.
"Yeah." Li Can came back to his senses and responded lightly.
"Your Highness, please get up and go to the garden to practice." Tang Cake breathed a sigh of relief.
It's fine if the girl wakes up. If she hadn't woken up and been disturbed, she would have been very angry when she got up.
"Okay." Li Can kicked off the brocade quilt, let go of the dream that made her reluctant to leave, rubbed her eyes and ordered: "Get up for me."