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Chapter 36 Punished
The guard said cautiously, "Your Majesty, the mountains in the hunting ground stretch for dozens of miles. The young masters must have ridden a long way to get in. We have to wait a little longer."

Emperor Fengyang's face was very gloomy. "Minister of the Ministry of Justice, you take people to guard the door. Write down the names of everyone who comes out. Make sure you remember the whole list. When the time comes, bring all these people to Cangqian Palace to see me."

The Minister of Justice bowed and responded: "Your Majesty, I obey your order!"

Seeing the chaos at the scene, especially hearing hundreds of female relatives crying, Emperor Fengyang couldn't help but feel a splitting headache.

With a somewhat tired look, he said, "Each family should take their female relatives back home. After the imperial physician has examined them, they should take medicine and rest as needed. Princess, take Qing'er and Fu Yu with you and follow me back to Cangqian Palace. In addition, Prince Lu will also come with you."

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Cangqian Palace.

After being seated, the imperial physician was called in to check the pulse of Ye Wanqing and Liao Fuyu respectively.

"What happened?" Emperor Fengyang asked in a deep voice.

The imperial physician put away the handkerchief on Ye Wanqing's wrist and hesitated to speak: "Your Majesty, the princess is fine, but..."

"Just what?" Emperor Fengyang frowned.

The imperial physician bit his lip and met Ye Wanqing's calm eyes.

She muttered to herself, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the princess has been feeling pent up in anger for a long time... If she doesn't relieve herself in time, I'm afraid it will be very bad for her health."

Chu Yanrong looked at her daughter in astonishment: "Qing'er?"

Even Emperor Fengyang's expression changed.

Lu Jilian's narrow eyes narrowed slightly.

"Qing'er, are you okay?" Liao Fuyu asked in a low voice with concern.

Facing the gazes of the crowd, Ye Wanqing remained calm: "The imperial physician is too serious. Qing'er doesn't feel unwell anywhere."

"It may be too late when you realize you are feeling unwell." The princess stood up and said anxiously, "Your Majesty, let me take Qing'er back to Xing Palace to ask..."

Before she finished speaking, hurried footsteps suddenly sounded outside the hall.

Eunuch Su passed on the message outside the palace: "Your Majesty, the Minister of Justice has brought the young masters who went into the mountains to plead guilty."

Emperor Fengyang looked confused and looked at Chu Yanrong: "Sit down first." Then he said to the outside of the palace: "Let them in."

The palace door is wide open.

Twenty or thirty young men poured in from outside the hall.

Chu Anlan and Chu Xiaoyan are both inside.

Emperor Fengyang looked coldly and spotted the Sixth Prince Chu Gongxuan in the crowd.

Chu Gongxuan strode over and knelt on the ground: "I am guilty, please punish me, father."

The prince knelt down, and the other young men had no choice but to follow suit.

The numerous heads drooped lower than the others, as if they were afraid of losing their heads accidentally.

But Chu Anlan leaned over and looked over here.

His eyes fell on Ye Wanqing anxiously and worriedly.

"looking at what?"

Emperor Fengyang looked at Chu Anlan, his voice and expression were emotionless, making it hard to figure out what he was thinking.

Chu Anlan didn't dare to say anything and lowered his head.

Emperor Fengyang glanced at the princes kneeling in the center of the hall and asked, "Who was the leader who entered the hunting ground without permission today?"

There was dead silence.

In the hall, the cold voice of Emperor Fengyang echoed: "Answer me."

All the young men in the hall were trembling.

"Your Majesty, it's me..." Chu Xiaoyan raised his hand.

"it's me!"

Chu Anlan's voice drowned out Chu Xiaoyan's, and he knelt straight: "Today, I took the lead and ran in the front, chasing a fire fox. In order to help me chase, everyone didn't notice that the wild leopard climbed over the wall and escaped."

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly froze.

"Very good." Emperor Fengyang sneered, "Do you know that Wan Qing almost died under the claws of the leopard because of your play?"

Chu Anlan was shocked when he heard this. When they were outside the hunting ground, the Minister of Justice sealed the door and wrote down the name of every person who came out, even the Sixth Prince Chu Gongxuan was not missed.

The young masters were all confused.

After asking, we found out that a wild leopard was frightened and climbed over the wall using a pine branch leaning against the wall, disturbing the women of Hongfeng Mountain.

The emperor was angry and ordered them to go to Cangqian Palace for training.

On the way, someone comforted them, "It was just a wild leopard. Those women were timid and didn't stand the scare, so they made a big fuss. Let's go and admit our mistakes to the emperor, and we'll put this matter behind us."

Chu Anlan also thought so.

Who would have thought that the wild leopard almost took Ye Wanqing's life?

Chu Anlan looked at Ye Wanqing.

Ye Wanqing shook her head at him.

Right now, Emperor Fengyang is very angry.

The more you talk, the more mistakes you make.

Chu Anlan had to swallow the words on his lips, knelt down again, and clenched his fists with his hands hanging at his sides, pressing them tightly against the cold floor.

Emperor Fengyang said, "Minister of Justice."

The Minister of Justice stepped forward and said, "I am here."

Emperor Fengyang said in a cold voice: "Pass on my decree. Anyone who drove the wild leopard out of the hunting ground today will be punished with thirty strokes of the cane. Chu Anlan and Chu Gongxuan will each be punished with twenty strokes of the cane."

The Minister of Justice was horrified: "Your Majesty, the princes were all pampered and brought up, with delicate skin and tender flesh. If they were beaten with thirty sticks, they would probably be crippled. Moreover, the Sixth Prince is still young..."

"The prince deserves to be beaten!" Emperor Fengyang said coldly: "Gong Xuan, do you accept the punishment?"

Chu Gongxuan bowed properly, with no expression on his mature face. "I accept the punishment."

Emperor Fengyang waved his hand and said, "The rest of you go outside the palace to wait for your execution. Chu Anlan, you stay here first."

A group of people wailed silently.

Soon, the sound of a ruler hitting the palm of the hand was heard outside the hall.

Chu Anlan was still kneeling on the ground.

Perhaps she had gone too wild in the mountains, her high ponytail was a little messy, and even her sleeves and robe were torn, with a trace of blood on her neck.

Despite his dishevel, he still exudes youthful vigor.

His gaze at this moment was still fixed on Ye Wanqing's face.

"Prince Lu." Emperor Fengyang said indifferently, "Tell Prince Dun everything about what happened before and after you rescued Wan Qing today."

"Wei Chen takes orders."

Lu Jilian stood up and said in a clear voice, "Today, I was on patrol at Hongfeng Mountain. I was shocked to hear the cries for help from the women, so I went up the mountain to rescue them. The women were led by the princess and escaped from danger, but Miss Ye and Miss Liao were not there... When I found the princess and her group, the frightened wild leopard was pouncing on her..."

Chu Anlan's face turned pale when he heard this.

His gaze once again fell on the bloodstain between Ye Wanqing's eyebrows.

"Chu Anlan." Emperor Fengyang called him again.

"I'm here." Chu Anlan looked up.

Emperor Fengyang sat on the dragon throne, holding the armrests with both hands, exuding the majesty of an emperor: "Do you accept the punishment of these fifty rods?"

"I admit it." Chu Anlan lowered his head.

Emperor Fengyang stared at him coldly: "Back in Jindu, you asked me to grant you a marriage with Wanqing, but I didn't agree. Today, do you understand why I rejected you?"

Chu Anlan said nothing.

Emperor Fengyang's face was as gloomy as water: "You are too impulsive and reckless, and never consider the consequences of your actions. These fifty strokes of the ruler are a lesson to you."

Chu Anlan opened his mouth but said nothing.

"The eldest princess has agreed to this marriage, but I have never approved of it."

Emperor Fengyang continued, "You keep saying you want to marry Qing'er, but tell me, what will happen after you marry her? She hasn't even married you yet, but she has been in danger because of you. First there was a flood and a landslide, and now there are attacks from wild beasts... Have you ever protected her when she was in danger?"

Chu Anlan was speechless after being asked.

(End of this chapter)