Xiao Wangye's Beloved Wife

Chapter 72. The Past 5 Early Rifts and Hatred

Huang Mingxiang and Huang Liyue blinked their eyes at the sight of Xiao Jihuang and his younger brother Xiao Zhen Gu sitting on their knees facing Huanghou and the Emperor.

"Da Xiaojie and Er Xiaojie Huang Fu, come and kneel!" The Emperor's resolute voice rang out, making Huang Mingxiang and Huang Liyue stare at each other confusedly. As soon as they glanced at their father and mother, the faces of the two looked furious.

Huang Mingxiang and Huang Liyue did not dare to resist, the two of them immediately knelt not far from Xiao Jihuang and Xiao Zhen Gu. The heads of the four of them bowed deeply.

"Explain, how did your fight happen?" the Emperor asked, demanding an explanation.

Huang Mingxiang widened his eyes silently. Jesus ... Her brother's fight with the two princes was caught? Huang Mingxiang bit his lower lip, afraid.

Seeing the four of them silent, her aunt Crown Princess asked Huang Mingxiang to speak. "Mingxiang, explain to aunt. How did the fight happen? Prince Jihuang's face was bruised, the behavior of the four of you really does not reflect the blue-blooded young man and miss!"

Huang Mingxiang raised his head for a while to stare at his aunt, then lowered his head again. "Mingxiang was thrusting a sparkling stone at prince Jihuang, then the prince scoffed at the slovenly Mingxiang and clutched Mingxiang's shoulder. After that Jiejie came, prince Zhen Gu defended the Jihuang prince by ridiculing the two of us. Prince Zhen Gu said that Mingxiang and Jiejie were lowly women. Jiejie did not accept, trying to defend and protect Mingxiang. Then Jiejie asked Mingxiang to hide, Mingxiang didn't know anything about what happened in the fight."

"Yuhou! Not just like that!" Xiao Jihuang straightened her head, staring resentfully at Huang Mingxiang.

"Then what, Jihuang?" huanghou asked, staring at the cold grandson.

Xiao Jihuang turned to look at her grandmother, bowing. "Grandmother, Mingxiang also often insulted the spoiled prince Jihuang! Though what I said was true, Er Xiaojie Huang Fu is slovenly! He just took the stone from the ground!"

"Then? How did that bruise on your face come about?" the Emperor asked, looking at his grandson.

Xiao Jihuang lowered her head even deeper. "Your Majesty, this is Da Xiaojie Huang Fu's doing! The woman hit me so hard, her energy and behavior like a man! Absolutely does not reflect a noble lady honorable!"

Huang Liyue did not accept, the woman immediately looked at the Emperor and bowed back. "Your majesty! But it was prince Jihuang who gripped my arm hard first!"

"I'm not clutching, I'm just grasping your arm! Don't exaggerate the story!" reply Xiao Jihuang was upset.

"I'm not exaggerating the story!" huang Liyue replied that she did not want to lose.

Brak!!

"Enough!!" The emperor kicked down the table, staring intently at the four boys before him.

"Prince Jihuang was punished for not leaving his residence for two weeks for not being able to maintain his image as the oldest prince of the Crown Prince! Prince Zhen Gu was sentenced to pray in the temple and fasted for a whole week for saying bad things! Da Xiaojie Huang Fu was sentenced to kneel in the front yard of Huang Fu facing the Palace for three weeks and wrote down five words of apology for daring to hit a prince and could not behave as a good noble lady! Er Xiaojie Huang Fu was sentenced to write three words of apology for daring to act presumptuously to the Imperial family! This decision is absolute, it cannot be changed! Zhen wants this matter to stop here!"

The emperor then drank the wine already available in his cup, staring ferociously at the four snot boys in front of him.

Huang Liyue frowned, unfair. Why is the most severe punishment on him? Didn't he do this together with Huang Mingxiang? And again, those two princes had indeed always bothered them, why was the punishment here the most severe?

Huang Liyue stared towards Huang Mingxiang, cold. He could not understand, his heart ached. Why was the punishment that Huang Mingxiang had obtained so light? It's not fair to him!

Little Huang Liyue could not understand why the punishment of him and Huang Mingxiang was different. The Emperor lightly punished Huang Mingxiang for not doing anything violent other than insulting his spoiled grandson. Huang Mingxiang also did not get involved into a fight, in contrast to Huang Liyue who had already dared to insult as well as punch. In the original rules, daring to insult and beat, the punishment was whipping or being hit using wooden beams.

"I'm sorry aunt, Mingxiang. Aunty can't do anything even if Jihuang has an aunt's son. The Emperor's decision was absolute, he himself said that this decision could not be interrupted. Message from aunt to you, next time be careful, yes, son."

Little Huang Mingxiang simply sighed and cried hearing his aunt's reply. He again caught up with Huang Dajie and Song Furen with an excited limp.

Three weeks passed, Huang Mingxiang had already completed his sentence earlier than Huang Liyue. Huang Mingxiang hurriedly ran to the front yard to greet his older brother who had just completed the punishment from the Emperor.

His forehead folded miserably as he saw Huang Liyue walking towards his residence assisted by two servants. Huang Liyue's legs looked very limp from kneeling for too long, his face looked pale.

"Jjjjjjjj ...." Huang Mingxiang walked over, yet Huang Liyue did not stop and continued walking, not even glancing at him.

Huang Mingxiang was still thinking positively, perhaps her brother was still too willing to finish the punishment. Huang Mingxiang followed Huang Liyue, as he was about to enter his brother's room, two servants held him in.

"Pardon us, Er Xiaojie. But at this time Da Xiaojie said he did not want to be disturbed. So, please return to your residence." The servant bowed towards Huang Mingxiang after finishing his sentence, then turned around to enter the room and closed the door tightly.

Huang Mingxiang looked at his brother's bedroom door sadly, even though he missed Huang Liyue terribly. Unable to do anything, Huang Mingxiang decided to return to his residence.

The next day, the same. Her brother's bedroom door was still closed, the maid also said the same reason. Again Huang Mingxiang relented because he could do nothing, but the incident continued to happen over and over again, making Huang Mingxiang start to feel strange. What's more when the other noble lady's friend of her brother's came to visit, they were all allowed to enter Huang Liyue's room. But when Huang Mingxiang came, the one who came out was the servant and again gave the same reason as usual.

There was about a month that it kept happening, he and Huang Liyue were getting less and less playing together. Until the news that the Emperor died, it was the first time they had been in one horse carriage back after having never previously looked at each other and talked.

Huang Mingxiang always tried to get close to Huang Liyue, but Huang Liyue always refused to respond. Huang Mingxiang was sad, he was confused. Until finally two months later, the coronation of the Emperor and Huanghou had just arrived. A month later, the Imperial decree, which officially designated him as 'Junzhu', arrived. Huang Mingxiang was overjoyed to hear this news, once he finished receiving the decree and returned to Huang Fu, the first figure he looked for was Huang Liyue.

Huang Mingxiang ran in search of Huang Liyue, the woman immediately entered without knocking on Huang Liyue's room door first. This made Huang Liyue furious, yet Huang Mingxiang did not understand. Why is her brother so angry about this? Wasn't this something ordinary before?

Huang Mingxiang lowered his head softly, the woman explained the reason why she was in such a hurry to meet him that she lost her manners.

"So you're here to show me Junzhu's title, huh?!" Huang Liyue snapped, his hand gripping the porcelain tea cup on the table.

"No ... Jiejie. Mingxiang just wants to tell you, nothing more. I think you'll be happy as always, because if one of us just got an achievement, wouldn't we normally play fireworks?" Huang Mingxiang lowered his head deeply, starting to shed tears. She was confused, not understanding at all, why did her brother become so changed like this? It's never been like this before!

"out! Huang Mingxiang's! Out!" Huang Liyue shouted, driving him away. The woman's hand pointed loudly at the open door of her room.

"Jjjjjjjj ...." Huang Mingxiang looked sadly at his brother, crying.

Prangs!!

"OUT!!!" Accepting Huang Liyue, the woman threw the porcelain cup towards Huang Mingxiang, the shard hitting Huang Mingxiang's leg.

Huang Mingxiang trembled, this was the first time he had been jolted this hard. His heart ached, the brother he loved so much, promised to always protect him, but now even snapped and hurt him.

Huang Mingxiang walked backwards, then dashed out of Huang Liyue's room. Since then, the relationship between the two of them has not been very good. The two of them were often bickering, yet still always trying to appear harmonious in front of Huang Dajie and the general.