The Princess Kicks Down the Protagonists

Chapter 286 Is This True Love?

The guards acted quickly and Xiaoyanzi was dragged out and beaten with a stick by a special nanny.

For a moment, the cries of pain from Yongqi and Xiaoyanzi were heard one after another outside the hall.

Xiaoyanzi started crying from the first time she was hit, hoping that her tears would make the emperor feel distressed. Yongqi tried to hold back at first, but he couldn't help it anymore and started wailing.

Fortunately, Xinrong and Cailian still remembered their own personalities, and expressed their deep heartache in front of the emperor. They looked like they were heartbroken but too scared by the emperor to speak.

Looking at the performance of these people, the emperor finally felt a little relieved.

That's it.

Beating Yongqi today can be considered as teaching him a lesson. From now on, our family should live a good life.

The executioner naturally knew that today's incident was caused by Xiaoyanzi, so he beat her very hard. After seventy hits, Xiaoyanzi's hands were swollen.

It's purple and bruised, and it's creepy to look at.

Her voice became hoarse from crying.

Liu Qing and Liu Hong watched silently from the side. They didn't expect the emperor to be so cruel when punishing people. Although they still felt sorry for Xiaoyanzi subconsciously, when they thought about how Xiaoyanzi had just attacked Liu Hong outside the palace, they instantly stopped feeling sorry.

Xiaoyanzi has no one to blame for her current situation. Whether Xiaoyanzi lives a peaceful life with Yongqi or continues to make trouble, it has nothing to do with them.

At this moment, the Liu brothers and sisters finally accepted the fact.

Little Swallow is no longer the Little Swallow of the slum.

They will never reconcile.

The Fifth Prince still had some courage. Even though he was in so much pain that he was breathing more than he was breathing in, he managed to endure it and not faint.

After the fight, the emperor did not forget to teach Xiaoyanzi a lesson.

The emperor thought this was no longer teaching, but punishment. Didn't Xiaoyanzi say she could never learn anything? He really didn't believe it.

Xiaoyanzi cried with tears in her eyes. The emperor in front of her who clamored for her to learn the rules was completely different from the emperor who smiled and said that if she couldn't learn it, then don't learn it, and that she should keep her original nature.

Xiaoyanzi didn't understand. Just because she was not his biological daughter, could the previous father-daughter relationship be completely forgotten?

In the emperor's eyes, this is actually the case. If Xiaoyanzi didn't keep acting like this, the emperor wouldn't mind giving her an extra meal, but unfortunately Xiaoyanzi herself doesn't know how to seize the opportunity.

The emperor would never say this, and Xiaoyanzi would naturally never understand it.

After dealing with the two culprits, the emperor rewarded the innocent Xinrong with all kinds of utensils and ornaments as a consolation, and the matter was finally settled.

Yongqi was carried out of the palace, and Xiaoyanzi was accompanied by three burly maids. The emperor issued a death order that as long as Xiaoyanzi did not learn her lesson, she would not be allowed to see Yongqi.

Although the two lived under the same roof, they were like the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl who were separated, miserable and sad.

Soon, everyone in the capital knew that the Fifth Prince had been severely punished by the Emperor for failing to control the harem. He was escorted into the palace by the guards, but was carried out when he left.

For a time, the news spread like wildfire inside and outside the palace. No one understood why the Fifth Prince was so down and out and was just keeping a low profile and behaving himself.

After leaving the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the four of them paid their respects to the Empress Dowager and then walked out of the palace.

On the way, Qing'er asked, "Yan'er, when I said I was going to give the Fifth Prince seventy strokes, I saw you sighing. What were you thinking about?"

Jingyan came back to his senses and thought about the scene just now. "I wonder if Fifth Prince noticed that Xiaoyanzi was obviously relieved after he pleaded for her."

Qing'er blinked. She also noticed it, but the Fifth Prince definitely didn't see it.

"If anyone knew that the man was being punished for the woman he loved while he was being punished, he would be very sad."

Jing Yan nodded. "I always feel that Xiao Yanzi is actually a little spoiled. Uncle Huang is not to mention it. He only needs to say a word to decide who he wants to support. But Fifth Prince is obviously unable to protect Xiao Yanzi. He indulges her like this. Does he really love her?"

The other three had never thought about it from this perspective. They lowered their heads in thought, pondering the meaning of Jing Yan's words.

Judging from his performance today, the Fifth Prince really loves Xiaoyanzi to the core, but is this really right?

Yongheng asked, "You mean, Fifth Prince has been pampering Xiaoyanzi, allowing her to run wild and cause trouble everywhere. He's not loving her, but harming her?"

Qing'er continued, "So, just like today, if the Fifth Prince can't protect Xiaoyanzi, then he's actually harming her?"

Jing Yan nodded and shook his head, "That's right and wrong! Just like before in the palace, Xiaoyanzi was favored, so she wouldn't be punished for getting into trouble. But it wasn't the Fifth Prince who protected Xiaoyanzi, it was the Emperor's uncle who protected her. After leaving the palace, the Fifth Prince couldn't protect Xiaoyanzi at all, and he couldn't even marry her."

Yongheng was a little disgusted, "That's right, Yongqi is really useless."

Jing Yan continued to express his thoughts, "Shouldn't true love for Xiao Yanzi mean teaching her principles and the ways of survival? He knew that they were from different worlds, yet he forced Xiao Yanzi into his world. Xiao Yanzi felt out of place there, yet he didn't help her fit in."

Fu Ling listened quietly to Jing Yan.

"So he is just satisfying himself." Qing'er hit the nail on the head.

Yongheng didn't quite understand, "What do you mean?"

Fu Lingan said, "Because the Fifth Prince likes Xiaoyanzi's uniqueness. Once Xiaoyanzi becomes the same as the noble ladies in the capital, he will no longer like her."

That's the truth, but Jing Yan still couldn't understand why the Fifth Prince did this. "But it's not good for everyone if they get hurt all over. Look at the two of them, they are all covered in scars. What's the point of doing this?"

Especially since Xinrong's wedding was the cause of the trouble, the Fifth Prince could have avoided it completely. Could he really not have stopped Xiaoyanzi? Not necessarily.

"Does it have to be like this to prove that they are truly in love?"

When Jingyan heard Yongheng suddenly say this, he understood.

After all, he is the protagonist. Perhaps, if love goes smoothly all the way without any bumps, he is not the protagonist.

Thinking of this, Jingyan quietly held Fu Lingan's hand. She didn't like the ups and downs of life. It would be good for her and Fu Lingan to live a plain and smooth life.

Fu Ling'an immediately understood Jing Yan's meaning, and he shook his hand back.

"Yan'er and I, there's no need to make a fuss, that's true love."

Yongheng curled his lips and said, "Who are you talking to here? Look, this is my legitimate wife. You? You still have to wait~"

Fu Lingan laughed out of anger. Why is this brother-in-law so rude?

At most, he will get married soon. No need to be jealous. He can afford to wait.

Looking at Yongheng's smug look, Qing'er smiled helplessly, hoping that her husband would not cry on the day her sister got married.