Her Majesty Was Pregnant Before Entering the Palace

   Chapter 572 Erchen dare not punish her

   "Drink now."

   Huang Ying brought the teacup to his mouth.

   Li Xiu knelt down in the middle of the night and one morning, soaked in the rain first, then covered with snow, and his whole body was frozen and almost numb.

   The steaming tea in front of him was an unspeakable temptation for him.

   He hesitated, but opened his mouth and took a sip.

   After half a cup of tea, the warm current spreads along the internal organs and toward the limbs.

   "Thank you, sister." Li Xiu said hoarsely.

   "Don't thank me, it's all from our Crown Princess." Huang Ying took out another snack, broke a small piece, and put it in his mouth, "I've already drank the tea, and I don't care about it."

  Li Xiu grinned, his chapped lips hurt.

   Laughing is worse than crying.

   After eating half a piece, Huang Ying stopped and handed him the knee pads he brought, "Put this on."

  Li Xiu hurriedly shook his head: "I was punished by the prince, and my elder sister came to see me and gave me tea. I am so grateful. These knee pads should never be used. Sister, please take them back."

"Li Xiu, don't be stupid. It's such a cold day, you kneel like this, and your knees will be useless." Huang Ying said softly, "We are slaves, not better than masters. That is to stand and serve all day long. You If your legs are crippled, how can His Royal Highness use you? You are an eunuch, what future do you have?"

  Li Xiu lowered his head: "But this is His Highness punishing me."

"Your Highness punishing you is also related to the Crown Princess. The Crown Princess has a good heart and asked me to bring this. Yuan also said that she would bring her own wool coat for you to wear. Anyway, I persuaded me to stop it." Huang Ying pulled him. The hem of his robe, "These knee pads are made of deerskin, you just put them under your knees, the clothes cover it, and you can't see it from the outside. You have a crown princess to carry it for you, but your legs are yours, so don't be foolish."

  Li Xiu didn't move.

   Huang Ying looked at him: "You just look stupid, aren't you really stupid?"

  Li Xiu smiled bitterly: "Don't blame my sister, my legs are really numb and I can't move."

   Huang Ying woke up, and hurriedly pulled him up a little, and put the knee pad skin down on his knee.

   When his legs moved, the blood flowed back, like thousands of ants crawling through the cracks of the bones, Li Xiu grinned.

   "Okay." Huang Ying straightened his robe and covered his legs, "Did His Royal Highness say how long you will be punished for kneeling?"

   "Three days."

   "You're not allowed to eat or drink?"

   "No."

   "That's it, I'll come back when it gets dark." Huang Ying gave him the remaining half cup of tea and snacks, so as not to be distracted, he hurried away.

  The main hall of Feishhuang Hall, the emperor's bedroom.

  The emperor sat on the soft couch, covered with a thick fleece blanket, looked at the scene outside the window, and said with a smile: "Prince, Li Xiu by your side, looks honest and has a good friend in the palace."

  Li Hongyuan was sitting on the table opposite the emperor, reading the book, when he heard the words, he glanced out and said, "That is the female official next to the Crown Princess, called Huang Ying."

   "Oh, no wonder."

   "No wonder what?"

   "You punish Li Xiu, no one in the whole palace dares to take care of him, that's just the little seven sons." The emperor laughed, "You're not talking, who dares to take care of you, are you the same sinner as him? What are you going to do with the crown princess?"

  Li Hongyuan didn't lift his head, and said indifferently: "My father knows, how dare my son and minister dare to punish the prince and concubine seriously. His father, his uncle, who can I provoke."

   Without waiting for the emperor to speak, he raised his head and asked earnestly, "Does the emperor dare to punish him?"

The    emperor smiled and said, "Prince, your method of provoking the relationship between our monarch and ministers is not very clever. Is this your ability to be a prince?"

   (end of this chapter)