I have traveled through time, who am I afraid of?

Chapter 491: Honest but Concealed

Duke Anguo Fu Peng sent a look of gratitude to Emperor Hongde, then retracted his gaze, lowered his eyes and stood solemnly.

There was complete silence in the Golden Palace for a moment.

However, all the civil and military officials pricked up their ears to listen to the noise outside the palace...

After a while, screams, some loud and some low, were heard from a distance.

Because the execution place was some distance away from the Golden Palace, the screams could not be heard clearly and were sometimes there and sometimes not, but they were definitely audible.

Many officials in the palace secretly counted the screams with a bit of evil interest...

One…two…three…twenty-eight…twenty-nine…thirty.

The screams weakened... and disappeared...

The officials began to exchange glances again, seemingly discussing something with each other...

No sound... Is the fight over?

No sound...Did he faint?

No sound... Could it be that he couldn't withstand the torture... and died directly?

It didn't take long for the officials to get the answer they had been waiting for.

Yu Feng was the first to walk back from outside the hall, looking calm.

Following Yu Feng were the two golden-armored guards in front of the palace who had just dragged Leng Xian away.

Two guards, one on the left and one on the right, held Leng Xian's arms and dragged him all the way back to the Golden Throne Hall, back to the place where he was kneeling originally.

But this time, Leng Xian couldn't even kneel down!

He just prostrated himself on the ground.

Leng Xian lay there, his whole body shaking.

Looking at his clothes, they had already been soaked with blood and sweat, and were now sticking to his body.

Because the clothes are blue, you can't see the blood-red, you can only see wet patches... the color has become darker.

But everyone knows... that was caused by being beaten with a stick and bleeding.

Yu Feng walked up from one side of the Dragon Platform and returned to Emperor Hong De.

Yu Feng bowed to Emperor Hongde, took a step back, and stood to the side of Emperor Hongde's throne.

The reason why Emperor Hong De asked Yu Feng to go and keep an eye on it was simply because he was afraid that after thirty lashes of the board, Leng Xian, who was already ill, would be sent to death.

If we really send him away directly, it would be a good deal for him!

There is a science to spanking people.

There are some tricks to beating with a stick.

If you want to beat the person to death, a few blows will do the trick;

If you want to cripple the person being punished, it would only take a few strokes of the stick.

But if you just want to make the person being beaten feel pain, but don't want to kill him or make him disabled...

That is, no matter how many times you are hit with the stick, it will only hurt... and hurt more!

That’s how we treated Leng Xian today.

It looked like he was beaten pretty hard, he was bleeding!

But in reality...it's just a pain.

No tendons or bones were broken.

This wasn't someone showing mercy and not wanting to hit him;

But I don't want to take his life now.

His life had to be saved a little longer, and he had to go to Shuntian Prefecture.

He, his mother, his concubines, and his illegitimate children all committed evil and sin together, so they must naturally bear the consequences of their sins together.

Let us face their judgment together;

Let's accept the punishment they deserve.

How could he just get away with it?

There were many civil and military officials in the Golden Palace. When they saw the miserable appearance of Marquis Qinxing Lengxian, they couldn't help but tremble in their hearts and felt sympathetic!

These officials were all secretly thinking about this matter...

The reason why Leng Xian, Marquis of Qinxing, received the thirty canings was because he missed the morning court twice in a row.

The reason why he missed the morning court was that he had been having sex with his concubine in his house and indulged himself to the point of being unable to get out of bed.

The concubine who caused him to miss the morning court session due to excessive indulgence was the one who had been hiding in the dark when Marquis Qinxing lied about marriage.

It was because the concubine was frivolous and dissolute by nature that she seduced Marquis Qinxing and indulged herself in excessive sexual activities, and was unable to attend the morning court.

And because Marquis Qinxing broke his promise and secretly kept a concubine, and brought her into the mansion... uh...

Perhaps... it was because of the concubine's entry into the mansion that the principal wife, Fu Baozhen, died early.

Fu Baozhen died, leaving behind a large dowry and a daughter;

However, the Marquis Qinxing's Mansion became the territory of concubines and illegitimate children!

Fu Baozhen's daughter Leng Rongyue lost her mother's protection and was bullied in the mansion;

All of Fu Baozhen's dowry was occupied and enjoyed by Marquis Qinxing and his mother, concubines, and illegitimate children.

That’s why… that’s why the Emperor is so persistent today;

That's why Marquis Qinxing received these thirty strokes of the cane!

Oh, that doesn’t even include the subsequent salary fine.

Look at Qinxing Hou's present, and then think about your own future...

Think about your own backyard...

Think about the mistress you secretly kept...

There were actually a few officials present who were sweating and shivering.

Many people were secretly thinking...

The Marquis Qinxing in front of us is a living example.

But... this also reminds me...

I really have to be more careful from now on!

In particular, you must avoid... favoring your concubine over your wife!

Those mistresses that I kept outside...

Maybe... just spend a few taels of silver to clear it up!

As for the concubines in the mansion, send away as many as you can, as it costs money to keep too many.

Even if you keep a few well-behaved ones, you should still give them warnings from time to time so that they will behave themselves.

No matter what, we can no longer allow them to take advantage of their favoritism and bully the wife who was married to the emperor in a formal ceremony.

As for the wife's dowry...

There really are a few officials who secretly pinch their left hand with their right hand inside their sleeves...

I can no longer take my hands from the lady’s dowry.

At present, the lady may not care or say anything;

But if one day I make my wife angry and start yelling...

Then will I... also suffer the same fate as Leng Xian?

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but shudder again.

No no no!

From now on, I must be careful in what I say and do, and cultivate my character.

At least you need to be more restrained in the near future!

If you want to live a good life, you must first please your wife.

As for concubines and mistresses, they are nothing more than toys.

Don't ruin your future just by pampering a few toys.

If it brings disaster upon myself... then it would not be worth it!

Being beaten was the least of all;

If you’re not careful, you might lose your head!

The more these people thought about it, the more panicked they became. They all made the same decision in their minds...

How to please the legal wife;

How to beat a concubine;

How to deal with the mistress...

Some even made up their minds to cut off all ties with the courtesan in a certain brothel... uh... temporarily!

Emperor Hongde, sitting high on the throne, narrowed his eyes slightly and glanced at the civil and military officials below...

There were upright and honest men like Anguo Gong Fu Peng, the Minister of Punishment Fu Yinglan, and the Vice Minister of War Fu Yingze. They stood there with calm faces and held their heads high.

There are those who have guilty consciences, feel guilty, and have selfish motives...

They slowly and involuntarily lowered their heads and eyes...