allonlinenovel Chapter 421 I'll dare to do it again next time!
Chapter 421 I'll dare to do it again next time!
Looking at Yingtian Prefecture so close at hand, Zhu Biao hesitated for a moment.
It's not that I'm afraid to return home.
Instead, they were worried about getting beaten up.
As for whether he'll dare to run away again next time?
That's for next time.
I dare you next time.
After taking a deep breath, Zhu Biao instructed the commander of his personal guards, "Let's go to the Chang residence."
What Zhu Biao never expected was that as soon as he arrived at the gate of the Chang residence, he saw the female official who was by his mother's side standing in front of the gate.
Upon seeing Zhu Biao, the female official immediately bowed and said, "Your Highness, Her Majesty requests that you return directly to the palace."
Return to the palace?
Without hesitation, Zhu Biao dismounted, ran a few steps, bypassed the female official, and rushed into the Chang residence, shouting as he ran, "Auntie, save me!"
Without Aunt Chang by my side, only a fool would follow the female official back to the palace!
Despite Zhu Biao's extensive search of the Chang residence, the Lan family, whom Zhu Biao regarded as his savior, did not appear.
The female official walked up to Zhu Biao with a smile and said, "Your Highness, Madam Chang and Madam Xu were summoned to the palace by Her Majesty early this morning."
"The Duke of E, the Duke of Wei, and the Duke of Xin were also summoned to the palace by His Majesty early on."
"By the way, the young lady from the Duke of E's family is also in the palace."
Zhu Biao was immediately filled with despair.
I, the dignified Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty and the Executive Vice Emperor, thought I had found a way to avoid being beaten.
But to my utter surprise, my mother predicted my prediction and summoned away every savior I could think of...
……
After Zhu Biao followed the female official into Kunning Palace, Empress Ma said with a smile, "My Biao'er has really grown up and become quite capable. He even knows how to run away from home now."
Zhu Biao glanced around and saw that neither Madam Chang nor Madam Xu, who could save him, were in Kunning Palace. In despair, he decided to give up entirely.
Zhu Biao knelt down with a thud and bowed to Empress Ma, saying, "Mother, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have gone to the Chang family to ask Aunt Chang for help first. However, my brother-in-law taught me all of this."
Empress Ma was so angry she laughed.
Before Zhu Biao returned, Empress Ma had considered countless possibilities, and even predicted that Zhu Biao might run to the Chang residence for help first.
However, Empress Ma never expected that Zhu Biao would betray his teammates so directly, starting by selling out his brother-in-law.
Before Empress Ma could react, Zhu Biao pulled a small pouch from his pocket, held it above his head with both hands, and said, "All the mistakes are my fault, but before you punish me, please take a look at this, Mother."
Empress Ma gave a slight hum, first saying "Get up and speak," and then gesturing for the female official to take the small pouch from Zhu Biao's hand.
Zhu Biao breathed a huge sigh of relief, then asked with a grin, "Mother, where's my father?"
Empress Ma snorted coldly and said, "Your father is drinking in the Qianqing Palace. What, are you going to go find your father first?"
Zhu Biao shook his head repeatedly and replied, "No, it's because my brother-in-law has a few memorials that I need to pass on to my father."
Empress Ma ignored Zhu Biao and took the small bag from the lady-in-waiting. She opened it, glanced at it, and then dabbed a little out with her finger.
"Is this salt?"
"Such fine salt, is it produced in Dengzhou?"
Zhu Biao replied with a fawning expression, "Mother is wise; this is indeed produced in the salt fields of Dengzhou."
“My brother-in-law said that an acre of salt field can produce a thousand catties of coarse salt every day, and even fine salt like the one my child brought back can produce several hundred catties every day.”
Empress Ma tasted the salt on her finger, then put the small pouch away.
Seeing the smile on Empress Ma's face, Zhu Biao tentatively asked, "Mother, this time, I can be considered to have made amends, right?"
Empress Ma smiled, reached out and grabbed the ruler from the side, walked to Zhu Biao's side and ordered, "Stretch out your hand."
Snapped!
Empress Ma looked at the grimacing Zhu Biao and sneered, "Did you make this salt, or did your brother-in-law make it? If your brother-in-law made it, where did you get the credit?"
Snapped!
"As the ancients said, 'While one's parents are alive, one should not travel far; if one must travel, one should have a fixed destination.' As the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty, you left the capital without your parents' permission. Where have you been studying?"
Snapped!
"The moment you knelt down, you said your brother-in-law taught you to do it. I ask you, did your brother-in-law teach you how to escape this beating by teaching you to betray him?"
Empress Ma only calmed down slightly after striking Zhu Biao's hand three times with a ruler, leaving it red and swollen.
After returning to her seat, Empress Ma snorted coldly again and said, "As a son, you should be filial and fraternal; as a friend, you should be trustworthy. Do you understand?"
Zhu Biao said with a bitter face, "Yes, I remember it all, but..."
Empress Ma frowned slightly and asked, "But what is it?"
Zhu Biao said with a wronged expression, "My brother-in-law told me that if I can't avoid it, I should say that he taught me to."
Empress Ma glared at Zhu Biao with the kind of look one might give someone with intellectual disabilities, and asked, "What did you and your brother-in-law say that made him scheme against you like this?"
Zhu Biao opened his mouth blankly, his mind replaying everything that had happened in Dengzhou Prefecture.
After a long while, Zhu Biao said dejectedly, "I remember now. I told my brother-in-law to teach me how to avoid this beating, otherwise I would go to Ningyang County to complain to my eldest and second eldest sisters."
Empress Ma had grown tired of dealing with her foolish son, Zhu Biao.
That's so stupid.
Empress Ma said with exasperation, "When you ask your brother-in-law for advice, you should at least adopt a humble attitude. But instead, you threaten him with your sister?"
Zhu Biao opened his mouth, but Empress Ma continued, "Think about it, if Chang Mao and Chang Sheng were like this, would you feel at ease?"
Zhu Biao opened his mouth again, then lowered his head helplessly and said, "Yes, I know I was wrong."
Empress Ma then waved her hand and instructed, "Alright, go to the Qianqing Palace to find your father, and think about it carefully later."
Zhu Biao bowed in agreement, then looked around and asked, "Mother, where are Aunt Chang and the others?"
Empress Ma snorted coldly and said, "They're in the Imperial Garden. What, do you want your Aunt Chang and that girl to be here so you, the Crown Prince, can get beaten up?"
Upon hearing Empress Ma's words, Zhu Biao shuddered and quickly bowed, saying, "Thank you, Mother. I will go to Qianqing Palace now."
Once outside Kunning Palace, Zhu Biao immediately reached out and examined the area.
famous.
It's swollen.
He ultimately couldn't escape the beating.
Incidentally, she was also tricked by her own brother-in-law.
but……
This beating should end here, since Mom has already given me a beating, and Dad probably won't beat me again, right?
Reaching out and touching the several memorials in his arms, Zhu Biao suddenly felt confident again.
I'll do it again next time!