Xiao Shaoyuan didn't really want to care about the life or death of the greedy Concubine Zhang, but he couldn't bear to see this stupid and bad woman hurting his two children because of her greed.
As expected, the woman first implied that his beloved son didn't care about his sister's life or death, and then because her fantasy was shattered, she began to insult his only daughter.
This made Xiao Shaoyuan angry. Seeing that the carriage was already within the distance where he could "take action", he immediately grabbed the teapot on the table and threw it out.
As soon as the coachman stopped the carriage, he immediately lifted up his clothes and jumped down.
"I offered you severance pay, but you refused to leave. You said you couldn't bear to leave my daughter. My daughter offered to accompany you to the Zhang family, but you refused, saying the Zhang family couldn't support you. My daughter said she could support you, but you said you couldn't bear to see her use her own savings to support you. My daughter said you could use the severance pay, but you immediately turned hostile and hurled insults at her. So, what exactly are you asking for? Do you simply want to be with your child, or do you want to use your child's name to gain more money, a higher status, better treatment?"
Concubine Zhang was a bully in her own family. She was naturally afraid of the sullen-faced Xiao Shaoyuan. Moreover, Xiao Shaoyuan had exposed her true purpose, and she couldn't help but feel guilty.
Concubine Zhang, who had previously cursed the eldest princess to the utmost, now knelt down at Xiao Shaoyuan's feet with her neck shrunk.
She tried her best to cry like a pear blossom in the rain, in order to express her sadness and grievance, while also showing her fragility and beauty.
"Your Majesty~~~"
As soon as these two words came out, Concubine Zhang immediately received a fierce glare from Xiao Shaoyuan.
At the same time, Yu Zizhen's ministers and guards all turned their heads and stared at Concubine Zhang who was kneeling at Xiao Shaoyuan's feet with rather unfriendly eyes.
Concubine Zhang was so frightened that she started to hiccup. She now realized that her mouth was faster than her brain and she had accidentally caused trouble.
She didn't dare to neglect it and kept kowtowing in the direction of Yu Zizhen, "Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me, it was just a slip of the tongue, it was really just a slip of the tongue."
Of course Yu Zizhen knew that she had just slipped the tongue. In fact, everyone present knew that Concubine Zhang had just slipped the tongue, but how many people in this world have lost their lives because their mouths acted faster than their brains, and even caused the deaths of their family members and friends as well?
During the reign of Emperor Guangda of the Qi Dynasty, there were two thousand people who were convicted for their words or died in literary inquisitions.
Even if Yu Zizhen directly concluded that Concubine Zhang's call of "Your Majesty" was a sign of her undying desire to restore the monarchy and therefore sentenced her to death, it would still be justified.
Even if Yu Zizhen was more ruthless, she could expand the charge to include the entire Zhang family, the monks in Huangjue Temple, and those who served Concubine Zhang and helped her sneak out.
This is under the premise that Yu Zizhen wants to protect Xiao Shaoyuan's family, rather than taking advantage of the situation to eliminate these former royal family members.
If she had been more narrow-minded and suspicious, she might even have implicated Xiao Shaoyuan, the person addressed as "Your Majesty" by Concubine Zhang.
Concubine Zhang, who had lived in the harem for many years, was very familiar with this routine. She was afraid that Yu Zizhen would be like the elder and younger Lu ladies, and that one word could cost her and her family's lives.
"Alright, stop knocking for now. We'll talk about how to deal with this matter later." Seeing that the eldest princess was so easy to deal with, Yu Zizhen did not use this opportunity to attack Concubine Zhang. She looked at Xiao Shaoyuan and said, "It's not convenient for me to interfere in your private affairs. It's up to you to decide whether Concubine Zhang should stay or go."
Since she said so, how could everyone not understand that she would not punish Concubine Zhang for this slip of the tongue.
But Concubine Zhang herself was still very panicked. She was not a smart person to begin with, and now she was frightened by the fact that her mouth was moving faster than her brain, so her reaction suddenly became even slower.
After Yu Zizhen left, she simply didn't dare to fight for the wealth and glory she desperately desired. Xiao Shaoyuan had her sent back to the Zhang family in a tough attitude, and ordered her not to take the initiative to look for the eldest princess again. Concubine Zhang agreed to all of it.
As for the eldest princess, this time Xiao Shaoyuan did not intend to give her the so-called autonomy. As a father, he directly ordered the eldest princess to leave with him.
Although China is now ruled by a female emperor, it is not so easy to change people's inherent thinking.
Among the common people, and even in the mansions of nobles and court officials, people still subconsciously put the role of father and male host before the role of mother and female host.
When it comes to a child's right to belong, people still subconsciously believe that the father and the paternal clan have absolute say in this right.
With Xiao Shaoyuan's indulgence, the eldest princess can make her own decision about whether to stay or go, but if Xiao Shaoyuan is unwilling to indulge her, according to common sense, people generally believe that she should follow her father, not her mother.
Concubine Zhang's disturbance was suppressed silently. Unfortunately, those former royal family members and monks who wanted to use her as a weather vane did not get any useful information from Yu Zizhen's attitude towards this matter.
However, they were not disappointed, because Yu Zizhen might be able to stay out of the affairs of Concubine Zhang, but she would definitely not be able to dump those people from the Zhenbei Palace to other people.
Yu Zizhen had to deal with the huge family and clansmen of the King of Zhenbei, including the Princess of Zhenbei and Yu Zicheng, personally.
In fact, many people had been looking forward to the drama between Yu Zizhen and the Zhenbei Palace as early as when she ascended the throne and got married. It was a pity that Yu Zizhen was so cunning in this matter.
It turned out that although she had accepted the surrender of King Zhenbei a long time ago, she did not release the control over the movements of King Zhenbei's family and clansmen until after her wedding.
Thanks to her, they even had difficulty leaving the northern border, let alone running to the capital to cause trouble for Yu Zizhen.
Not only did Yu Zizhen complete the two major events of ascending the throne and getting married as quickly as possible, but he also took advantage of the opportunity of her physically isolating the family members and clansmen of the King of Zhenbei to arrest many people who tried to use them to cause trouble for Yu Zizhen.
Those people wanted to do something secretly, but they didn't expect that Yu Zizhen had made various arrangements in advance. These arrangements not only made them fail, but also forced them to face Yu Zizhen's imperial majesty.
Compared with these guys who had wild ideas and wanted to plot against Yu Zizhen in private, the King of Zhenbei, who was the "victim", was much wiser.
Not only did he not object to Yu Zizhen's temporary house arrest of his family members and clansmen, but he was also very honest and did not cause any trouble at the important moment of Yu Zizhen's enthronement and marriage.
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