After their minds were read, the entire court trembled with fear.

Chapter 52 This is a recipe for two-legged lamb, right?

[Tsk tsk tsk, that's ruthless.]

They might still think the prince consort was lying on the ground and wouldn't get up because the old emperor kicked him, and that might be part of the reason, but the bigger reason was that the boy had just been cut off by Princess Yonghe.

Upon hearing this, even the old emperor, who was also a father, felt a chill run down his spine.

If it weren't for the fact that one or two of them had seen a lot, they might really have been unable to resist clamping their legs together.

However, some ministers still wiped away non-existent cold sweat from their faces.

I really can’t tell.

Princess Yonghe was a very low-key person, and no one really knew her. But it turned out she was quite formidable.

No wonder they're descendants of the old emperor, they're really awesome.

The old emperor: ……

Is it too late for him to take back what he just said?

However, for a princess to be so ruthless, there must be something wrong with this prince consort!

Shen Zhiyi firmly believed that there were few good men, so she moved the camera back up the surveillance footage.

After reading it, Shen Zhiyi's face was filled with complex emotions.

This is...so complicated.

After their marriage, Princess Yonghe disliked her husband, actually because she resented that he was chosen by the Empress. Therefore, she refused to let him touch her, and the two lived as husband and wife in name only for several years.

This situation continued until this year, when the prince consort felt he had met his true love—a maid in his household. The maid was pregnant, and when Princess Yonghe found out, she not only stomped on the maid's stomach, causing a miscarriage, but also brutally chopped off the maid's arms and legs.

The courtiers exclaimed: "This...this is a human pig!"

The Minister of Justice and the Chief Justice of the Court of Judicial Review wiped their foreheads.

Human pigs are too cruel. This thing even excludes torture methods, how inhumane.

Unexpectedly, Princess Yonghe, like Prince Narui, was suited to be a cruel official.

When the prince consort learned of this, he argued with Princess Yonghe.

"Cough cough."

Shen Zhiyi cleared her throat, and Kai Shu skillfully played two roles.

He spoke in a high-pitched voice.

"You're just worried about the child."

With a rough voice.

You can slander my people, but you can't doubt my character. She and I are truly in love, you vicious woman!

He spoke in a high-pitched voice.

【Me, a wicked woman? Heh heh heh, all I did was expose your little schemes, didn't I? You just wanted a child, didn't you? Perfect, I want one too.】

Shen Zhiyi paused for a moment after reading this, puzzled.

[This doesn't make sense, it's absurd, why would they suddenly want a child?]

Princess Yonghe knew her husband would be unhappy, so she drugged him to deliberately disgust him. Afterwards, the husband also began to act erratically, taking advantage of every maid in the mansion he saw, and even deliberately choosing to sleep with her in front of Princess Yonghe...

For a moment, everyone felt that this matter was difficult to judge.

So, it was because of Princess Yonghe that he had to be castrated?

The old emperor found the matter very troublesome, and as soon as he turned his head, the Minister of Justice quickly disappeared.

Then let the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review step up!

[Wait, that's not the reason. Holy crap, Princess Yonghe is an absolute pervert! I don't know where she picked up that recipe, saying that taking a man's penis and making soup with it will make you stay young forever.]

[There are also children who benefit from the recipe, which says to boil their newborn fetus to make their skin moisturized and smooth... This method is called "He Gu Lan" (和骨烂).]

Shen Zhiyi: Something sounds weird.

[Husband and Wife Lung Slices? Not Envious of Lamb? Let's Have Some Fire?]

Are you sure this is a skincare book? Or a recipe book?

It's still a recipe that uses people as ingredients.

I now have reasonable suspicions about the old emperor's genetics!

Old Emperor: No, I didn't! I'm perfectly normal!!!

The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, who had originally intended to take a step back, now took a step forward.

"Your Majesty, princes are subject to the same laws as commoners."

"I understand."

The old emperor's gaze toward Princess Yonghe now revealed a sense of unfamiliarity and distance.

At this moment, the person in front of him was no longer his daughter.

"Yonghe, do you know your crime?"

Princess Yonghe asked in confusion, "Father, I didn't do anything?"

"You didn't do anything? Are you sure you didn't kill and cook people?"

"Oh, you mean this? Am I guilty of eating? How can a two-legged sheep be considered a human being?"

Princess Yonghe's face was exposed to the elements, which I find truly perplexing.

Shen Zhiyi felt a chill run down her spine upon seeing this.

"Bastard thing!"

The old emperor pointed at Princess Yonghe's nose and said, "As a member of the royal family, how can you treat human life so lightly? In my opinion, you've never truly experienced hunger."

"In my opinion, there's nothing worth investigating..."

[Found it! The palace maid who was Princess Yonghe's birth mother was brought from Consort Gao's maternal family. In fact, this palace maid was her half-sister. Wow, indeed, madmen come from the same family.]

The old emperor's breath hitched, and he flicked his sleeve, saying, "Lock Yonghe and Prince Rui into the prison together."

"I accept the decree."

*

"Shen Zhiyi, how do you plan to get revenge?"

In the cold, damp prison, the chilly air made Shen Zhiyi sneeze.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me."

I just couldn't resist.

The old emperor glanced at Shen Zhiyi's frail body and beckoned to Chen Decai.

Upon receiving the order, Chen Decai quickly fetched a warm cloak.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. To be honest, I was really shocked that it was Prince Rui who struck me down, but I swear, I really did not offend Prince Rui."

The old emperor chuckled: "Of course you don't have it; it's just that he's feeling guilty."

Oh dear, the old emperor seems a bit weary.

"Absolutely! Such a fine gene has been tainted by the Gao family, resulting in two abnormal individuals. Who wouldn't be furious?"

The old emperor touched himself with heartache.

Little did he know that the Duke of Yong was so brave and skilled in battle because he was a lunatic.

If he had known this would happen, he would never have brought the Gao family's daughter into the palace in order to maintain a balance of power.

"Your Majesty, I am actually already well. Perhaps, perhaps..."

Please let me go.

The old emperor glanced at Shen Zhiyi, his tone slightly seductive: "You really don't want to retaliate?"

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; there won't be another chance."

Shen Zhiyi was extremely conflicted, but in the end, impulse prevailed over reason.

Damn it, it's such a coward not to fight back after being beaten up!

[If the old emperor regrets it later and seeks revenge, I can simply write down all his embarrassing moments from childhood in the daily records, like how he almost fell into the outhouse, or how he stole the Empress's genitals before the wedding...]

"Cough cough cough cough."

The old emperor suddenly began coughing violently: "Shen Zhiyi, have you thought it through?"

"Your Majesty, I have made up my mind!"

Shen Zhiyi's eyes sparkled: "Your Majesty, I will first knock you unconscious with a stick, then put you in a sack, and finally give you a good beating!"

The old emperor was silent for a moment: "That's...that's it?"

"Shouldn't he try to switch places with the animals?"

Shen Zhiyi's eyes widened: What a vicious old emperor! Even tigers don't eat their cubs!