allonlinenovel Chapter 440 Confrontation
Chapter 440 Confrontation
Lan Qingwu heard the third prince's plea for mercy outside and looked at Emperor Shenwu, but Emperor Shenwu ignored him.
The Fourth Princess and the Sixth Princess watched their father gently comforting the Seventh Princess. No matter how they felt in their hearts, they all wore friendly smiles on their faces.
But after a while, there was a commotion outside the imperial camp, and a eunuch hurried into the camp. The eunuch bowed to the ground as soon as he entered: "Your Majesty, the caning cannot continue. The Third Prince..."
Emperor Shenwu paused slightly, a cold light flashed across his eyes, and he flicked his wide sleeves and walked out of the imperial camp again.
Outside the Imperial Camp, people knelt silently. Emperor Shenwu looked over calmly and saw the eunuchs carrying out the execution kneeling tremblingly on the ground. On the wooden bench, the Third Prince lay on his concubine Qiao, using his body to block the executioner's swinging wooden board.
The eunuchs were almost frightened by the blow to the precious prince, so they did not dare to use force anymore. However, the scene reflected in the phoenix eyes of the Emperor Shenwu was exactly this scene.
Emperor Shenwu said coldly: "What are you going to do? Are you going to disobey me?"
The Third Prince did not stand up. He gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to take the blame for Qiao'er! Please forgive Qiao'er's mistakes!"
Emperor Shenwu was almost laughing with anger. "There's an order of rank and file, distinctions between noble and humble, and this lowly concubine disregards that at all. She's jealous and malicious, deliberately stirring up trouble, causing Princess Zhangzhu's body to be damaged. And you took the blame for her? Do you still respect me? Do you still care about your brothers and sisters?"
The Third Prince slid off Concubine Qiao's body and knelt on the ground, touching his forehead to the ground again: "Father, Qiao'er definitely didn't do it on purpose! I am willing to take all the blame! I beg Your Majesty to show some mercy! Besides...Seventh Princess only had a scratch on her hand...she..."
Before the Third Prince could finish, the Emperor Shenwu, his face as cold as frost, gave another order: "Keep fighting! If the Third Prince attacks again, don't hesitate, beat him hard!"
The Third Prince was startled. When the sound of the cane rang out again, he threw himself upon Concubine Qiao once more. He was immediately in pain from the beating. Gritting his teeth, he said, "Father, I cannot agree with what you said about my son. He is still your son. Why can't you spare his beloved for his sake? Didn't you lose your mind and stay in the underground palace of Miaoling Palace for more than ten days for the Empress? Father, what you are doing is unfair!"
The veins on Emperor Shenwu's forehead bulged as he spoke word by word, "You have disobeyed me and disrespected my mother. Your sister was injured by your concubine, yet you haven't even asked about her condition. You've only been begging for mercy for this lowly maid. You are unkind, unjust, unfilial, and unfraternal! You are unworthy of being a son! You are unworthy of being a member of the royal family! Someone, come!"
A soft, white hand grabbed the Emperor's sleeve. Lan Qingwu looked at him worriedly, then at the Third Prince. "Your Majesty, make them stop! It's not worth it for a woman like this! Yueyue has fallen asleep. Just think of it as your daughter's. If they continue, the relationship between you and the Third Prince will be ruined!"
Lan Qingwu didn't care about the other sons of the Emperor Shenwu, nor did she care if their father-son relationship was broken or not. But even if it was broken, it couldn't be broken because of this incident! She wanted the Emperor Shenwu to have a pure father-son and father-daughter relationship with his children! Maybe the Sixth Prince, as the crown prince, couldn't get the pure fatherly love of the Emperor Shenwu, but Lan Qingwu didn't want the relationship between the Seventh Prince and the Seventh Princess to be soured because of anything.
Emperor Shenwu looked at the third prince's back stained with blood, and finally snorted coldly and turned to enter the imperial camp.
Lan Qingwu hurriedly said, "Stop!"
She didn't want to say much. Seeing the Third Prince kneeling on the ground with cold sweat, Lan Qingwu watched coldly. After the Third Prince gasped for a few times, he tried to straighten his back, bowed to Lan Qingwu, and then stood up with difficulty. He personally picked up Qiao'er, who had fainted, and staggered towards his tent!
Not far away on the other side, the Third Prince's wife was also watching coldly.