Lu Xiaoyun smiled helplessly: "Mother, Father Emperor never wanted his son to marry Lu Xiaoyun. That divorce letter suited his wishes perfectly, so why would he retract his decree?"
If possible, she believed that the old emperor would be more than happy for her to kill "Lu Xiaoyun" in the Prince An's mansion.
The Duke of Zhenguo is so protective of his daughter; if "Lu Xiaoyun" dies in the Prince of An's mansion, she will break with "Prince An".
In this way, the old emperor could sit comfortably on the dragon throne.
After a long silence, Lu Xiaoyun let out a long sigh: "Never mind..."
Consort Duan choked back tears.
In fact, she knew very well that as long as her father produced the divorce letter written by Zhu Yu, he would definitely issue an imperial decree for them to divorce.
After all, the Northern Army is no longer in Zhu Yu's hands, and the Duke of Zhenguo and his son have returned to Shengjing City. At this time, their divorce is exactly what the old emperor wants.
The next morning, just after Chenshi (7-9 AM) and the morning court session had ended, two imperial edicts were issued from the palace.
The first decree was to appoint Ren Yong'an, daughter of the Left Chancellor Ren Yushan, as the Crown Prince's concubine, who would enter the Crown Prince's residence on the 20th day of the first month.
Secondly, Prince Zhu Yu, the prospective Prince of An, and Lu Xiaoyun of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion are to be divorced, and Lu Xiaoyun will move out of the Prince of An's Mansion immediately.
Since Lu Xiaoyun entered the Prince An's mansion in just a sedan chair when she married him, without any dowry, there is no question of returning the dowry.
The issuance of these two imperial edicts caused a huge uproar throughout the entire capital city of Shengjing.
Almost everyone on the streets and in the alleys was talking about these two things.
With the issuance of this imperial decree for divorce, the various noble families who had originally wanted to inquire about the marriage of the young master Lu gave up their plans and decided to wait and see.
The wives of several ministers attended the palace banquet yesterday, and both outside the palace and at the banquet, they all witnessed His Highness Prince An's protection of the eldest daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's family.
How could they suddenly get divorced?
The young lady of the British duke and several noble ladies from Shengjing City were playing cards together.
"Young Madam, did you hear any rumors beforehand? What's going on between Prince An and Miss Lu? We initially thought it was because Lu Xiaoyun was shameless and schemed against Prince An at the palace banquet, so the Emperor had no choice but to issue an imperial decree to grant them the marriage. Later we found out that it was Ren Yong'an from the Left Prime Minister's residence who used tricks."
"Indeed, Miss Lu from the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion has suddenly gone from perpetrator to victim. When I talked to my husband about this, I felt quite sorry for her. After all, although His Highness Prince An is handsome, his temperament is really not good. What woman in the world could stand him? Alas, Miss Lu lost her mother at a young age and has no relatives who truly care about her."
"Who says otherwise? I thought she must have suffered all kinds of torment in the Prince An's mansion, but I didn't expect that Prince An would defend her yesterday. I thought that her suffering was finally over. But when I woke up this morning, I heard about their divorce."
"What exactly happened last night? Ren Yong'an has entered the Crown Prince's residence as a concubine, and Lu Xiaoyun has been divorced and sent back to the Duke of Zhenguo's residence. Now His Highness Prince An is all alone again."
The young mistress of the British Duke's family looked quite grim. Her son had just been preparing to discuss marriage with the second young lady of the Zhenguo Duke's mansion when this incident occurred.
This is truly a slap in the face to the Duke's mansion.
She flung the leaf cards from her hand and said angrily, "How can a daughter from a respectable family like this get a divorce? That Lu Xiaoyun is so shameless."
An uninformed lady said, "That's right. If my family had a daughter who was divorced, I would beat her to death. They don't care about the lives of the other girls in the family at all. Who would want to marry a daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion in the future? They have no manners whatsoever."
The ladies who had just spoken fell silent. They had all heard, to some extent, about the young mistress's youngest son's engagement to the second young lady of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion.
Which family would want to marry into a household with a woman who has been abandoned?
Isn't this bad luck?
Several people secretly glanced at the lady who had just spoken.
The lady looked bewildered and glanced at the young mistress of the Duke of England's mansion. She noticed that the young mistress's face was turning from blue to purple, and immediately understood what was happening. She quickly shut her mouth as well.
At this moment, in the Yunmei Garden of Prince An's Mansion
On the raised bluestone slab where Zhu Yu once knelt, Consort Duan has been kneeling for two whole hours.
Her face was as cold as frost in the winter, and her body swayed precariously.
The cold wind howled, like slaps to her face.
It hurts terribly.
This is what she deserves, just like when she first entered the Prince An's mansion, she ordered Li Huaiying to slap Lu Xiaoyun's face repeatedly.
It must hurt much more than that.
She should go to the palace to beg the Emperor and the Empress Dowager to rescind the imperial decree for divorce.
But she couldn't.
If the Emperor and Empress Dowager find out, they will kill Yu'er.
At that point, how could they possibly give Xiaoyun a way out?
She had no choice.
She had no choice but to do this, in the very place where Xiaoyun had once knelt.
He knelt for five hours to atone for his sins.
Chunfang was heartbroken, her face covered in tears: "Your Majesty, you have been kneeling for two hours. Your health is not good. If you continue to kneel like this, your body will not be able to take it."
Chunfang tried to help Consort Duan up, but Consort Duan pushed her away: "No, don't worry about me. I was blinded by greed back then and couldn't see Xiaoyun's good qualities, which made her suffer so much."
“I… I even had people beat her, and I beat Feng Yan too. They were covered in blood, and their backs were all mangled from my beatings. Li Feng and several guards begged me so much, but I remained unmoved.”
"It's my fault, it's all my fault. Chunfang, even if I kneel here and die today, it won't be enough to atone for even a fraction of the mistakes I made."
Chunfang was so upset she didn't know what to do: "Your Highness, the Princess Consort doesn't blame you, she won't blame you, please get up."
How can I still call her Princess Consort? I won't be able to call her that anymore.
Consort Duan pushed Chunfang away: "Xiaoyun is kind. I know she has never blamed me. Ever since she called me 'Mother Consort' that time, I've understood that she has never blamed me. How can I compare to her magnanimity? But I made such a big mistake. How could I, how could I..."
How can you pretend that never happened...?
She almost cost her and Feng Yan their lives.
A cold wind blew by, swirling up the fallen leaves. A dry branch, blown by the wind, struck her face with a sharp crack.
It left a long red mark on her face.
It looked exactly like the long nail mark she left on Li Feng's face back then.
"Your Highness!" Chunfang exclaimed, and hurriedly took a handkerchief to wipe Consort Duan's face.
Consort Duan laughed, saying, "That was a good blow, but it was too light."
Helpless, Chunfang thought for a moment and went inside to get a soft cushion and the fox fur cloak.
He placed a cushion under her knees and draped a cloak over her shoulders, saying, "Your Highness, your knees can't take it. You must take care of yourself. The weather is so cold. If you fall, His Highness Prince An will be heartbroken."
Consort Duan, her face pale, shook her cloak off to the ground.
She is the one who harmed Yu'er and Xiao Yun.
Her knees were throbbing with pain, and there were already bloodstains on the sharp bluestone slabs, but she felt much better.
When your knees hurt, you feel a little better.
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