After being turned into cannon fodder, I relied on involution to survive

After the ceremony, before the emperor could ask her why she came to see her and why she brought the eldest princess in with her, Yu Zizhen went straight to the point and started complaining.

She looked at the reserved and timid Xiao Yuanjiu with sympathy, "Your Majesty, the eldest princess was beaten all over by the nun who was serving her. Please save her quickly. She is really pitiful."

As soon as Yu Zizhen said this, the emperor and all the courtiers present frowned uncontrollably.

Xiao Yuanjiu, who had been eyeing people for a long time, was very sensitive to other people's emotional changes, so she subconsciously hid behind Yu Zizhen.

Seeing this, Yu Zizhen became more determined to deal with those palace people.

She said to the emperor: "I would like to ask your majesty to send someone to examine the princess's injuries."

Thinking about the fact that there are not many trustworthy people around the emperor, and the most important thing is that there may not be women among these people, Yu Zizhen then added, "My female guard Yaoguang also came with me. I ask your majesty to allow Yaoguang." Enter the palace, follow closely, protect and comfort the eldest princess throughout the process."

The emperor nodded slightly with a serious look on his face, "That's right."

After a pause, he added: "Go to Aunt Xuan Rongxuan and go to the main hall of the South Study."

The main hall of the South Study Room is very large. In addition to the vast study room where the emperor usually reviews memorials and discusses matters with courtiers, there is also a small room further inside where the emperor usually drinks tea and eats snacks, as well as where the emperor occasionally stays. spacious bedroom.

There was no one in the bedroom at this time, and the emperor just wanted Aunt Rong Xuan to go there to examine the eldest princess's injuries.

This was the first time that the emperor made a decision directly without looking at the faces of the courtiers. However, neither Fan Zhongming's grandfather Fan Ting, who wanted to become a powerful official, nor Lu Tong, the person in charge of the Lu family who had become a powerful official, jumped out to reject it. The emperor's decision.

It's not that they are in awe of the mascot emperor who has no real power, but they all understand one thing, that is, they must not put their contempt or neglect of the people in the royal family on the table.

In fact, not only the immediate relatives of the big and small Lu family, including Lu Tong, who directly controlled the entire palace, but other important ministers of Da Qi also knew to varying degrees that the royal family, including the emperor, was in a difficult situation.

In this palace, not only does the emperor have no real power, freedom, and privacy, but even his children are acting out what is called misery.

The eldest prince was poisoned and became a cripple. Although the second prince and the eldest princess were in good health, they were bullied and chastised in private just like the younger brother Xiao Shaoke.

Everyone knows that this is not only because the palace is firmly in the hands of two generations of Lu family women, but also because the big Lu family has always held great power and has the ability to intervene in government affairs at any time.

It is not that there are no important officials who are loyal to the royal family. The Qingliu family headed by Yang Shixian's grandfather Yang Zhengde is very loyal to the royal family.

But what can they do? Their hands are not that long and they cannot reach into the palace to protect these children.

Of course, they can also impeach the big and small Lu family, but the problem is that even if they impeach the big and small Lu family, they will at most be guilty of negligence due to lax governance, and it will not solve any problem at all.

However, these royal children who have offended the big and small Lu family will be even more humiliated, chastised, and may even lose their lives.

In order to protect these children, they can only pretend to know nothing.

But now, Yu Zizhen, the prince of Zhenbei, a famous fool in the capital, has exposed this matter directly in the sun. She suggested that a reliable palace attendant should examine the princess's injuries, and that her own female guard Yaoguang should be sent to "protect and comfort the princess throughout the whole process."

If it had been anyone else, Lu Tong might have tried to use his power to bury this matter under the water, but now he was facing Yu Zizhen, who relied on his status as the Prince of Zhenbei to A hateful guy who is not polite to the Lu family at all.

Lu Tong was also an old fox. In a flash of his mind, he had already foreseen the strong backlash he would encounter if he used his power to overwhelm others.

Instead of asking Yu Zizhen to give him the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms without any courtesy at all, he might as well wait and see what happens, and then take the initiative to severely punish the palace officials who are responsible for serving the eldest princess.

As for his daughter, Xiao Lu, she was not the one who hurt the eldest princess anyway. The most she could do was to be accused of being lax in her duties.

Not to mention that this crime caused so much damage to Little Lu, not even a single hair from Little Lu would fall out because of it.

Lu Tong was as steady as an old dog, but Yu Zizhen's classmates all rushed over in a hurry.

The eldest prince Xiao Yuanjin, Fang Huaiying, and Yang Shixian were afraid that Yu Zizhen would get into trouble. Chen Hushan, Fan Zhongming, and Wei Heng wanted to take the opportunity to spy on some news. Lu Heng, Wan Jingrong, and Wu Mingyu were worried that the big and small Lu family would be implicated.

As for Xiao Shaoke and the second prince, they just followed the crowd simply to avoid being out of the crowd.

Several people hurriedly asked for leave from their husband, and then, regardless of whether he agreed or not, they all rushed outside the main door of the south study room.

After the little eunuch guarding the gate made the announcement on his behalf, the emperor said with a headache, "Let them all go back to class for me!"

They join in all the fun, and these naughty kids are not afraid of falling into a big hole dug by others one day.

However, the reason why a naughty child is a naughty child is that the disobedient factor in his body must be very active.

So soon, the little eunuch came back and told the emperor with a bitter look on his face that no one in the group of children outside the door wanted to go back properly.

The emperor got lucky and was about to say a few harsh words when the eldest princess, Aunt Rong Xuan and Yao Guang walked out together.

Aunt Rong Xuan, who was called over temporarily, walked up to the emperor and bowed respectfully, "Your Majesty, the eldest princess has countless finger prints and bruises that were pinched, pierced, and twisted out, and these... The marks are deep and shallow, obviously caused by long-term abuse."

When reporting, her voice was no longer as calm as before, but had a rare vibrato.

When the emperor heard this, he couldn't help but feel his heart. He knew that Xiao Lu was domineering and jealous, and it was unreasonable to be stingy. Therefore, in order to prevent Xiao Lu from hurting the women and children in the palace because of her inexplicable jealousy, the emperor kept They live an ascetic life.

Except for the big and small Lu family who asked him to sleep with any woman under the guise of opening up branches for the royal family, he usually would not even touch the harem.

He suppressed his blood instinct as a father and tried hard not to show his love and concern for the second prince and the eldest princess in front of others. Even if he wanted to see them a few times, he could only use every palace banquet to express his love and concern for them. The opportunity seems to be seen casually. (End of chapter)