"At that time, she was suspicious and wanted to escape from the palace. Because she recognized her as someone from His Majesty's palace, I thought it would be appropriate to interrogate him in front of His Majesty." As he said that, he squatted down, approached Han Lu and grabbed her chin, forcing her to look up and face her sinister and cold eyes, "Say, who instructed you to leave the palace? What are you going to do?"

Han Lu threw Yu Guang to Youmeng. Youmeng was looking at her with a feeling of distress, with a faint anxiety in her eyes. Han Lu pursed her lips and said with determination: "Return to Prince Su's words... no one instructed me. It was me who felt that life in the palace was depressed and wanted to go out to the palace to reunite with her family..."

"Who gave you that token?" Su Zhi slowly lifted a token made of green beads and tassels pure gold in his other hand, and stopped in front of Han Lu's eyes. "Let me see, this seems to be the imperial order of His Majesty the Queen?"

He was intentionally saying to Youmeng behind him. Youmeng felt like she was strangled to her throat, and her breathing became more and more difficult. She turned her face away in a hurry: "It's me..."

"It was stolen by his majesty when he was asleep!" Unexpectedly, she was stolen by Han Lu, which shocked her.

And Su Zhi sneered in a bone-destroying manner: "If the price of loyalty is not to die well, will you still not regret your determination to protect her?"

"No, Prince!" Han Lu was determined, "What I said is true, Your Majesty has nothing to do with this..."

"Okay, if you want me to believe what you are telling the truth..." Su Zhi stood up with a sneer and called the chief servant general beside him, "What is the crime of stealing Your Majesty's order and leaving the palace without authorization?"

Xiao Bengzi lowered his eyebrows and felt a little panicked: "The palace maid escaped privately because it was a violation of the palace ban, and it was a crime..."

Su Zhi smiled completely: "Say."

Xiao Bengzi bowed his head in even more fear: "I will be punished by foot."[1]

Youmeng's face was pale, but Su Zhi turned to Xiaobengzi and curled the corner of his mouth: "Is it too light to just chop off one pair of feet?"

Xiao Bengzi sneaked into him: "That prince means..."

"She was not just a private escape, but also stole a token that symbolized His Majesty's will." The calmer Su Zhi's face became, the more terrifying it was. "It is inevitable that he will be guilty of deceiving the emperor and committing his superiors."

"Prince, please spare my life!" Gu Yu, who had changed his clothes in the inner room for eavesdropping for a long time, couldn't help it. He shouted mercy and rushed out and knelt in front of Su Zhi. "Han Lu just missed her family's relatives too much, so she wanted to leave the palace. She was confused for a moment. Please give her a chance to reform for the sake of her daily life..."

"In my eyes, Your Majesty's safety is more important than anything else, and no one can tolerate 'temporal confusion'." Su Zhi said ruthlessly, "Come."

"Su Qing, wait!"

Youmeng stopped shouting, and Su Zhi slowly turned his eyes: "What? Does Your Majesty want to plead for this slut?"

Youmeng stared at Su Zhi and took a step closer: "She is mine, and I should deal with it."

"Your Majesty is the king of a country. It is already very hard to deal with all kinds of things every day. I am not only the Duke of yours, but also the lord of your harem who assists you." Youmeng looked at his hypocritical smile. The position of the queen was just a "empty air" that day to make him lose his real power in order to check and balance him. At this moment, it became an excellent reason for him to weaken himself. "Since the day you ascend the throne, I have given me the power and responsibility to take charge of the harem. Is it better to punish the trivial matters of palace servants?"

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Notes:

[1]口[yuè]口 [yuè]口, one of the ancient Chinese criminal laws, also known as 文口, a kind of torture in ancient China, refers to cutting off the legs and feet of the punished person.
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