Crown of Roses ：Her Harem and Her Throne

Chapter 1 Punishment

In the imperial study,a woman in official uniform had been sitting there.She was in her thirties and very beautiful,but her eyes were too sharp and her brows contained a terrifying majesty.

She is the Regent Dong Qianxian.

She has been a famous talented woman in the capital since she was young.She passed the imperial examination and became the top scholar at the age of 18,was appointed as the right prime minister at the age of 25,and was conferred the title of Marquis of Beiding at the age of 30.Now she has become the regent of Fengtian Kingdom,second only to the emperor and above everyone else,and her glory is unmatched.

This was also the first time Ling Long met the Regent.

"Greetings to the Regent."Seeing the princess enter the hall,Dong Qianxian was still sitting steadily,with no intention of standing up to pay homage.Ling Fangzhu had no choice but to kowtow first.

"Your Highness Princess is two hours late.Can you give me a reasonable explanation?"Dong Qianxian's eyes suddenly darkened and she asked in a cold voice,with no expression on her beautiful face.

It was the first time Linglong encountered such a strict teacher.She was so shocked that she didn’t know how to respond for a moment.

Ling Fangzhu hurriedly bowed and answered:"Your Highness the Princess is not feeling well.She got up late this morning..."

"I didn't ask you,why are you butting in?"Dong Qianxian interrupted Ling Fangzhu with a cold and disdainful look,"As the princess's companion,you don't urge her to study hard,and you only help her deceive her superiors and subordinates all day long.The princess has been corrupted by servants like you."

"My cousin Fangzhu is not a slave.Besides,no one has taught me bad things.I just don't like studying."Ling Long could not tolerate others insulting Ling Fangzhu and retorted immediately.

This new tutor is really unreasonable.He doesn't take her,the princess,seriously at all!

Dong Qianxian's eyes curved into a dangerous arc as she looked her up and down."It is said that the princess is unruly and willful,and it is true today.Your Highness is the only princess of the royal family.If you don't learn well,how can you inherit the throne in the future?Since the emperor has entrusted me with an important task,I will not let him down.From today on,I will strictly discipline the princess.Even if the princess is dissatisfied with me,I will have no regrets and will die for her."

She said a lot of gibberish,and the young Linglong couldn't understand anything.She only knew that the new tutor in front of her was different from the previous tutors who were timid and submissive,and might not be easy to fool.

"Someone come,serve me with the discipline!"After Dong Qianxian gave a long speech,he suddenly shouted,shocking Ling Long's wandering soul back.

"Since ancient times,strict teachers have produced excellent students.In order to teach a generation of famous monarchs,I have no choice but to follow the example of my ancestors.Princess,you deliberately arrived two hours late today,which is a bad behavior of disrespecting teachers.Therefore,I decided to give you a light punishment to serve as a warning to others."

Give a light punishment to serve as a warning?Ling Long didn't understand these complicated words at all,and stared at Dong Qianxian with blank eyes.

The servants who served the princess were terrified.They knelt on the ground and shouted in unison:"My lord,you must not do this!The princess is worth a lot of money,you must not hit her..."

What?You want to hit me?Ling Long understood what he said now,and jumped up and cursed,"How dare you hit me?"

As a royal princess,who dared to disrespect her since she was a child?And because she was the only heir to the throne,and she was extremely beautiful and cute,everyone treated her as a treasure and spoiled her to the extreme.Even the most strict emperor would not touch her hair unless she was too naughty.The so-called punishment was just to confine her to the palace for a month and a half.Now the regent actually wanted to beat her,which was unbelievable and unprecedented.

Ling Long was so angry that she jumped onto the desk with her toes and poked Dong Qianxian's nose with her short fat little finger."How dare you?I will report it to the Queen Mother and ask her to remove you from your position."

Dong Qianxian frowned.This princess was really wild.She barely suppressed the disgust rising in her heart and calmly took out a golden token and held it in front of Linglong."Look carefully,this is a gold medal bestowed by the emperor.He was afraid that the princess would not obey his discipline,so he gave me the privilege to deal with the princess at will."

"What?"Ling Long was struck by lightning,and could hardly believe her eyes and ears.How could the Queen Mother,who always loved her the most,be so cruel as to let someone beat her?Impossible!Absolutely impossible!

After thinking about it carefully,Ling Fangzhu understood the Queen's intention.Ling Long was indeed too willful and naughty.In order to prevent Feng Tian Kingdom from having a foolish emperor in the future,she had to be ruthless and discipline her.

The Queen's move was well-intentioned,but...the sensitive Ling Fangzhu felt that the Regent was not truly kind to the princess.

He stepped forward and took the stunned Ling Long down from the desk,knelt on one knee and said to Dong Qianxian in a gentle voice:"Please calm down,Your Majesty.Although the princess is naughty,she is still young and ignorant.Please forgive her this time for the sake of the empress and the emperor.The princess is delicate and can't stand being beaten.If Your Majesty must punish her,please let me take the punishment on her behalf."

"Cousin Fangzhu-are you crazy?Why do you want to be beaten?It's none of your business!"Ling Long hurriedly pulled him,but Ling Fangzhu was unmoved.

"Hmph-do you want to take the punishment for me?"Dong Qianxian glanced at him with an unfathomable expression on her face.

"Okay,come here,drag this incompetent tutor away and punish him with twenty slaps."How could she really hit Linglong?After all,the princess was the treasure of the palace.Even if the empress gave her this privilege,the emperor would not forgive her.So,in fact,she had planned it from the beginning.She wanted to show Linglong her power.It would be better to punish the people around her than to punish her.This is the so-called killing a chicken to scare the monkey.

"No!You can't hit him,hit me if you want!"Seeing the guards rushing forward and holding Ling Fangzhu down,Ling Long realized that Dong Qianxian was serious.In her heart,Ling Fangzhu was more important than anyone else,so how could she let him take the punishment instead?

She wanted to stand in front of Ling Fangzhu,but Dong Qianxian signaled the servants to pull her aside.

The wooden ruler hit Ling Fangzhu's palms mercilessly,and each hit seemed to hit Ling Long's heart.She could no longer control herself and burst into tears.For the first time in her life,she felt fear and heartache.

"Wow...Stop hitting me,stop hitting me,stop it,I'll be obedient,Master Tai,please don't hit him anymore,wow wow..."

Both of his palms became red and swollen in a short while.Ling Fangzhu was sweating coldly from the pain and gritted his teeth to hold back from screaming.

When he saw Linglong,who was stubborn by nature and never shed tears easily,crying so sadly for him,he couldn't help but feel heartbroken and moved.He felt that everything was worth it.For her,he would not even frown even if he died.

After twenty hits,Ling Long broke free and threw herself in front of Ling Fangzhu.Seeing that his fair and slender hands were torn and red and swollen,it was a horrible sight.She cried bitterly,"Does it...hurt?It's...all...my...fault.I made you...get beaten.I'm...sorry...wuwuwu..."

She sobbed and held his hand while crying,puffing up her cheeks and blowing hard.If Ling Fangzhu hadn't felt so much pain in his palm,he would have been amused by her childish behavior.But his heart was warm,and he said softly,"Don't cry,I'm fine,it doesn't hurt at all,please don't cry anymore,okay?"

Seeing the tear tracks on her pretty and lovely little face,he felt as if his heart was broken.He couldn't help but want to hug her and comfort her,but he touched the wounds on his hands unexpectedly.The pain made his eyes go black and he almost fainted.

Realizing that he would not be able to hug her or hold her hand for a long time,he couldn't help feeling sad.In fact,this was the biggest punishment for him!

"I...will never be naughty again...I will study hard...wuwu..."

Dong Qianxian's move was really clever.Linglong's personality was that she would respond to soft words but not hard ones.If she was really hit,she would only become more angry and resist stubbornly.However,hitting the person she cared about most was like hitting her sore spot,making her afraid and submit obediently.

From then on,Ling Long really didn't dare to skip classes anymore and started studying obediently.Fortunately,she was very smart and it was not difficult for her to catch up on her studies.She could master the knowledge that others took ten days to understand in just one day.

However,although she was as well-behaved as a cat in class,she became lively again after class,making the palace even more chaotic and chaotic than before,as if she had to make up for all the trouble she had suffered in class outside of class.

Unfortunately,her carefree and happy days soon came to an end...