Chapter 22: Tear off your face and step hard
The eldest princess' voice was like ice cracking jade, striking everyone's heart.
All the ladies in the hall knelt on the ground in an instant, even their breathing stopped.
Old Madam Song's face was pale, her hands trembling slightly, but she still forced herself to straighten her back. "Princess, your words are too serious... I was just teaching a disrespectful girl a lesson. Why did you involve the court?"
“Bang!”
The eldest princess raised her hand and pulled out the hairpin in Old Madam Song's hair that went beyond etiquette, and threw it to the ground, making a crisp sound.
"Is this something you can use?"
Old Madam Song was so humiliated that her vision went dark. "This is a gift from the Empress Dowager. Why can't I use it?"
"She's dead!" The princess brushed her sleeves lightly with her nail-stained hands and said casually, "I can send you to meet her in the underworld. When you see her, you can file a complaint."
Old Madam Song staggered back two steps.
The female members of the Song family behind him hurriedly tried to help, but were given a cold look by the eldest princess and froze in place, not daring to move.
Madam Song forced herself to maintain her dignity and said in a trembling voice, "Your Highness, according to etiquette... you should call me aunt..."
"Aunt?" The eldest princess chuckled and said slowly, "I'm afraid you won't live to hear this name."
She suddenly leaned over and stared at Old Madam Song. "Isn't it the blood of the Song family that loves to kill their closest relatives that runs deep in their bones?"
"Tell me...if I kill you today, will it count as a family tradition?"
Old Madam Song's pupils suddenly shrank, she felt dizzy, her body swayed, and she almost fell down.
"Mother!" Song Yujin's mother, Liu, hurried forward to support them, placing herself between the two of them and forcing a smile. "Princess, you're joking... Buddhism is a peaceful place, and if you shout about fighting and killing, wouldn't the Buddha hear you and blame you?"
She originally wanted to help her mother-in-law out, but it made Old Madam Song even angrier.
The eldest princess waved towards Qu Ling, "A Ling, come here."
Qu Ling quickly stood up and walked over, "Auntie——"
The word "Aunt" not only made Old Lady Song's heart tremble a few times, but also made Old Lady Qu's mind move slightly.
Does Her Royal Highness the Princess think so highly of Aling?
"What have you done to deserve this old woman's accusation of killing you?"
When Old Lady Song heard the eldest princess call her that, she wanted to spit out blood.
Qu Ling spoke the truth.
The eldest princess stared at Old Madam Song with icy eyes. "I ordered the stabbing of your daughter. Didn't Song Jun tell you? Or did you know but didn't dare to come to the Princess's Mansion to settle the score with me, and only dared to bully a little girl?"
"You know exactly what she did, yet you still dare to call yourself her legitimate mother. How shameless!"
"Your Highness, the Princess!" Old Madam Song could no longer bear it. "Why are you so aggressive?"
When Empress Dowager Song was alive, the eldest princess was not very polite to the Song family.
After Empress Dowager Song passed away, the eldest princess simply tore off the Song family's reputation and trampled on it.
"Come here," the eldest princess said calmly, "move the Song family's seat to the back of the palace."
The palace maids immediately stepped forward and roughly dragged the women of the Song family to the last row in front of everyone in the hall.
Song Yujin's pearl hairpin fell to the ground, but she could only bite her lips tightly and dared not make any sound, for fear of angering the eldest princess.
"This isn't called being aggressive," the princess exuded a stern aura. "This is called respecting the order of seniority."
Old Madam Song's head was buzzing, and she pinched her daughter-in-law Liu with force, causing her excruciating pain.
"Okay, tomorrow I will go to the palace and ask His Majesty and the Empress whether His Majesty no longer recognizes our relationship with the Song family."
She was so angry that she felt dizzy and her blood was flowing backwards.
The princess sneered and raised her voice, "Is the wife of the Chief Censor here?"
The wife of the Chief Censor came out trembling, knelt on the ground, and did not dare to raise her head, for fear that she would be in trouble.
"Go back and tell your husband that the Song family is sitting side by side with our Zhao family at the lecture. Tell him to think carefully about how to write the memorial and ask the civil and military officials in the court whether our Zhao family's kingdom should also be divided into half for the Song family."
The eldest princess raised the seriousness of the matter to a higher level.
Old Madam Song was stunned for a moment. After she came to her senses, her lips trembled, but she dared not say another word.
This is going to completely destroy the Song family!
"Your Highness, please calm down." Liu knelt down and kowtowed first.
She was so anxious that tears were about to come out. "It was my fault that I arranged the position next to the princesses. Your Highness, please punish me. This matter... my husband is completely unaware of it."
Even though Liu was in the back house, she knew that the eldest princess had many people in the court.
On the surface, it seems to be aimed at the Song family, but in fact it is aimed at the prince.
This matter could be serious or minor. Although it would not bring disaster to the Song family, Liu was worried that her son would be blamed by the prince and his career would be affected.
The eldest princess didn't look at her, but suddenly turned to the princesses and said, "The daughter-in-law of the Zhao family has been bullied by the ministers."
She ran her fingertips across the face of one of the princesses. "I heard that you have close ties with the Song family?"
The princess's knees weakened and she fell to the ground, "No..."
"I don't care about your private affairs," the princess pushed the man away and looked around at everyone, "but remember this: where there's a Zhao, it's not the Song's turn to make the decision!"
The eldest princess always held Qu Ling in her hand.
This is to tell everyone that Qu Ling has her support.
Someone carried a chair to the front. After the eldest princess sat down, she ordered, "Add another seat. Ah Ling, please sit with me."
Everyone looked at Qu Ling with a deeper look.
Mrs. Qu was in even more complicated mood.
This girl is so lucky.
Master Huaisu had not yet arrived, and a lady close to the eldest princess boldly asked, "Why is Princess Jiaping not here? The princess is extremely filial to you. You rarely go out, and this is the first time I haven't seen the princess with you."
When talking about her daughter, the eldest princess's expression softened a lot.
"She injured the crown prince, and her uncle punished her by having her take care of him in the East Palace until he recovered."
There was a burst of flattering laughter in the hall, but only Liu couldn't laugh.
The princess's eyes swept over her forcedly calm face, a hint of sarcasm spilling from the corner of her mouth, "The princess and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince grew up together and have a good relationship. His Majesty also loves the princess. These things are something some people can't even ask for."
When Zhao Yuanrong was detained in the palace, the Song family immediately sent their eldest daughter Song Yuzhen into the palace, as if they were afraid that something was lost.
The eldest princess and the crown prince are at odds with each other, but the crown prince shows deep affection for Zhao Yuanrong.
The emperor doesn't care.
In the past, it was the Empress Dowager Song who controlled the government.
After the Empress Dowager Song died and the Crown Prince grew up, the Emperor still did not intervene, and the Crown Prince and the eldest princess fought against each other in the court.
The choice of the Crown Princess was decided by Empress Dowager Song.
The Song family wants to have three queens, the eldest princess wants to rule the world, and the prince wants to have both the country and the beauty.
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