PFC Chapter 333
Chapter 333
I guess it was because the Sixth Prince's wet nurse didn't know about dietary restrictions, ate things she shouldn't have, and then fed them to the Sixth Prince, causing the child to suffer in vain!
Knowing this, how could Qingying be lenient?
The two men didn't even have the chance to argue before Li Yu and his men forced them to sit on the bench.
The muffled sound of caning immediately resounded throughout the courtyard.
The two wet nurses had their mouths blocked, and when the boards fell on them, they could only make whimpering sounds.
Accompanied by muffled sounds, it makes people feel even more horrified.
The twenty blows were quickly completed.
Qingying still ignored the two wet nurses' opinions.
He turned his gaze again and asked, "Is anyone from the Yonghe Palace kitchen here?"
After that, several people came together to greet each other, but their voices were trembling.
As soon as the greetings died down, a young eunuch knelt forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report."
Qingying narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "Speak."
"Empress, I've heard that wet nurses must eat light food every day to properly feed the little prince, but these two eat extremely spicy food every day..."
"Extremely spicy? What do you do in the kitchenette?"
"To answer your Majesty, I am not very skilled and can only be responsible for cleaning the ingredients."
"What did they both have for dinner today?"
The young eunuch paused after hearing this, thought for a moment, kowtowed again, and then replied, "Your Majesty, tonight's dinner for the two wet nurses is spicy kidneys with pepper, shredded chicken with jellyfish, and spicy pork with fresh bamboo shoots..."
"Well, I didn't know there was such a slut seeking death in the harem!"
Qingying sneered and asked, "Who is the small kitchen manager?"
A burly eunuch standing next to the young eunuch who had just replied hurriedly followed him on his knees and took a few steps.
"Slave...slave..."
He was so frightened that he couldn't utter a complete sentence.
It was the little eunuch who spoke again.
"Empress, although we know about this, there is nothing we can do. The two wet nurses, relying on their experience nursing the Sixth Prince, acted tyrannically in Yonghe Palace. Furthermore, Concubine Wan has not been well since giving birth, and they are always lip-service."
"If the kitchen doesn't cook what they ordered, there's always a commotion."
Qingying didn't say anything for a moment after hearing this.
However, he was somewhat dissatisfied with Concubine Wan's incompetence.
She couldn't even protect her own son, what the head of this palace did was really...
"what's your name?"
"Your Majesty, my humble name is Yue Xi."
"Li Yu, take him aside first."
Qingying's sudden words surprised Yue Xi.
But he was smart and had no intention of speaking up.
Seeing the two men retreat, Qingying said again, "Come here, punish the people in the Yonghe Palace kitchen with thirty strokes of the cane."
As soon as he finished speaking, a chorus of begging for mercy arose.
But Qingying showed no sign of being soft-hearted.
After the beating, Qingying spoke again, "The people in the small kitchen are careless and unfit to serve in the palace of Concubine Wan and the Sixth Prince. Send them to the Ministry of Punishment to pound rice."
"As for the two wet nurses, they will be given twenty strokes of the cane and embroidered summer. Then, we will inform the Ministry of Internal Affairs and expel them from the palace. They will never be allowed to enter the palace again."
Even after the small kitchen and the wet nurse were sent to prison, the matter was not over.
Qingying spoke again, "When the Emperor and I arrived, apart from the person who went to Jingren Palace to announce the news, there was only Shunxin serving in the main hall. How come you are all more noble than the master, yet you dare not accompany him?"
"The harem has its own rules. Since everyone disregards the rules, there is no need to force you to serve the master."
"Except for Shunxin, Yuexi, and the maid who went to Jingren Palace to report the news, all the servants in Yonghe Palace have been sent away by me. They are never allowed to serve the concubines or the princes and princesses again!"
Qingying acted decisively and cleaned the entire Yonghe Palace in a short time.
Naturally,惢心 had already sent people to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to select new people to serve in Yonghe Palace.
The matter is finally being settled.
When Qingying stepped into the main hall again, the Sixth Prince had already drunk the medicine.
The high fever completely subsided, and fortunately nothing serious happened.