The Regent's Little Wife

Chapter 136: Grinding in the Imperial Study

next day

Sang Ning accompanied the Crown Prince's concubine back home. Prime Minister Qin Rui did not expect that Sang Ning would accompany his son back home. It seems that Sang Ning treats his son well. Although his son will not be able to become the Queen in the future, the position of the Imperial Concubine must be his son.

After Qin Ye returned to the Prince's Mansion, he did as Sang Ning said and summoned all the concubines and servants, a total of eight people. Now that he had the imperial seal, he had the right to speak. The other seven people did not dare to say anything.

The first rule Qin Ye made was to have these seven people come to the temple every morning and evening. Concubines and servants should behave like concubines and servants. Especially servants, they should not run around when they have nothing to do, but should grow flowers and grass in their own yard. He also accused Si Nan on the spot and confined him to his house for 15 days.

Sang Ning listened to his subordinates' reports. This Qin Ye was quite interesting. He actually made them wake up at dawn and dusk. At this moment, he suddenly heard a man crying outside the door.

At that time, his subordinates came to report that a young servant named Si Nan wanted to see him. Sang Ning knew that this person must be here to complain. Before Sang Ning agreed, the young servant named Si Nan rushed in.

"You are so brave... How dare you break into the palace without the prince's consent? Who gave you the courage?" As Sang Ning's personal bodyguard, Shen Yan had to be the first to jump in in such an emergency.

Si Nan looked pitiful and said, "Your Highness...you have to stand up for me, Concubine, he bullied me." As she spoke, tears fell like rain. If you didn't know better, you would think she had suffered a great injustice.

"Si Nan... you are so courageous. You dare to break into my study without waiting for my summons... do you still know the rules? Shen Yi... drag him out and give him 20 strokes of the cane. Throw him back into his courtyard." Sang Ning would not punish servants easily. She was really angry today. These people were not allowed to enter her study without my permission, but this little servant actually dared to break in directly.

Si Nan was still cursing in the yard, blaming all the blame on Qin Ye.

"Qin Ye...I won't let you go, you are all bitches, bitches..."

Sang Ning in the house was already full of anger. Seeing this man disobeying discipline, he really didn't know how his father taught him.

"It's so noisy... Shut his mouth for me. Tell him that if he dares to curse again, I will make him unable to open his mouth forever..."

Shen Yan hated this kind of person very much, and he ordered everyone to beat him up. Si Nan's mouth was covered by a pair of smelly socks. He cursed Qin Ye and Shen Yi in his heart, both of them were bitches. Qin Ye at least had a position as the prince's concubine, but you Shen Yi are nothing, you are just a personal guard, a dog slave. Although I am a servant, I am also a master, you just wait for me. Sang Ning, you are mine, I must get you. I don't believe I can't get you.

Since Si Nan was dealt with, the East Palace has become much quieter, and the other people are also more obedient and dare not interfere. Although Qin Ye is not the prince's principal wife, he is in charge now. Sang Ning also gave the prime minister face.

From that day on, after court dismissal every day, Li Yuan kept Sang Ning, and Sang Ning knew that nothing good was going to happen.

"Xiao Ning...from today on, you will come to my study every day after court to grind for me..."

Sang Ning didn't know if he had heard it wrong. Grinding... that was the job of servants. He was now the crown prince of Beili, and he asked the crown prince to grind. What kind of thing was this?

"What? Are you unwilling?..." Sang Ning was so absorbed in her thoughts that she forgot to respond.

She knelt down hurriedly, showing a forced smile, "Father... and I was distracted just now, please forgive me. I am not unwilling..."

Beili Huang Liyuan looked at Sang Ning's expression and he knew that Sang Ning was reluctant, but you had to start from this step.

"Since you are not unwilling, then why are you still standing there? Why don't you come and grind it for me..."

"Your son obeys your order..." Sang Ning pouted and walked over reluctantly. Although he often came to the emperor's study, he usually left after a short while. Her books were very complete, and he had never been here before.

There was a young eunuch grinding ink in front of the desk. When he saw Sang Ning coming over, he handed the ink over.

"Thank you, Your Highness... Your Majesty, I will take my leave..." The young eunuch retreated tactfully.

Beili Huang was reading the memorials at the desk, while Sang Ning was standing beside her, grinding along the millstone. Since Sang Ning came here, she had basically never done the work of a servant. She only stayed for half an hour before she felt her arms were very tired. But Beili Huang was still there, carefully reviewing the memorials.

Another hour passed, and Emperor Beili finally put down his brush. He looked up at Sang Ning.

"This is your first time doing something like this, but you did a good job. If you're tired, just put it down and take a break... Let's do this for the first time today. Starting tomorrow, you must grind ink for two hours every day beside me. Is that okay?"

"Father, I have no problem..." Sang Ning thought, how can it be no problem? Two hours is four hours. It is very tiring to keep doing the same action for four hours. This is obviously the work of servants, why let me do it?

It was not until the evening that Emperor Beili allowed Sang Ning to go back. Sang Ning had been standing since the morning court session, except for lunch and lunch break. She had fallen asleep in the carriage and did not know when they arrived at the Crown Prince's Mansion.

The people in the Eastern Palace didn’t know what had happened. They only knew that after the Xia Dynasty, Emperor Beili kept Sang Ning and had not allowed her to return until now.

"Your Highness, what happened to you... You haven't been home for a day? How did you become like this? Your Highness, are you okay? Do you want to ask the court doctor to take a look at you?" Su Ye looked at Sang Ning, who looked haggard. She thought that His Majesty must have reprimanded him. Prince, did he punish him to kneel again? Or something else?

"I'm fine, just a little tired..."

At this time, Shen Yan looked Sang Ning up and down, and asked, "You were in His Majesty's study today..."

The little maid was massaging Sang Ning's shoulders. Sang Ning didn't say what he did today after coming back from school. Shen Yan actually knew that he was in the Majesty's study today. He looked at Shen Yan in confusion.

"Is it strange? Not only are you in His Majesty's study today, but if I'm not mistaken, you should have been grinding ink for His Majesty all day, right?"

"You even know this, how did you know it?"

Shen Yan held back her laughter. She actually spent a whole day grinding ink.

"This is very simple. Didn't you smell a faint scent of ink on you? And this ink comes from the royal family, and only the royal family can use it. If you only stayed in the study for a while, the smell of this ink wouldn't be on you, so you must have stayed in His Majesty's study for at least two hours today."

Sang Ning listened to the other party's well-reasoned analysis.

"You're right. My father asked me to grind ink today. He also told me to grind ink for two hours every month... I don't know what's wrong with him that he actually asked me to do this. I'm almost dying of sleep..."

Shen Yan listened to Sang Ning's words. He knew that Emperor Beili would never ask Sang Ning to do these things for no reason.

"When His Majesty asked you to grind ink, what were you doing?"

"His Majesty is reviewing memorials... What else can he do? He reviews his memorials, and I grind ink for him. What else can I do?"

Shen Yan looked at Sang Ning. She didn't seem to understand the purpose of Beili Huang's actions. It seemed that Beili Huang was testing everyone around him, including his beloved daughter.