Tsk! What a mouth that makes people love and hate it!
"Nine clans?"
The prince consort's heart skipped a beat, but he quickly calmed down and pinched the princess' chin.
"Who do you think you are? Where do you think this place is? You are just the daughter of an ordinary concubine in the palace. This is a manor in the suburbs of Beijing. If you die here, as long as I say that you accidentally fell off a cliff when you went out, no one will know. You are not the empress's daughter, and His Majesty will not worry about you."
"Cough cough cough--"
Princess Wanshou pounced on him and struggled desperately, but this cruel prince consort just pinched his hand tighter and tighter, almost breaking her jaw.
"Your Highness." The prince consort showed a cold smile: "You have been snatching Zhizhi's position for so long, it's time to give it back to her."
"Bang——"
The door was kicked open.
"Return it to whom?" A wine pot mixed with anger smashed in and hit the prince consort on the forehead.
"Ouch!"
The prince consort covered his head. The violent impact of the porcelain brought a strong dizziness, and the stinging sensation went all the way down from the scalp, as if a sharp knife was slowly cutting. And those ceramic fragments scratched the face, and the sharp pain was like countless needles piercing the skin.
The small wounds that oozed blood were hot and itchy. The prince consort felt pain and didn't know whether to continue covering his head or his face.
The princess collapsed to the ground, her arms hanging weakly at her side, and beads of sweat were still on her palms. She raised her pale face and looked at the person who strode towards her, breathing rapidly: "Dad..."
The prince consort took a closer look and recognized that the person was indeed his father-in-law, Emperor Tiantong.
Behind him were the prime minister and the six ministers of the six ministries, all looking at him with a smile.
The legs... softened on the spot.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
The prince consort's teeth trembled, unable to believe it.
How could the emperor suddenly come to the suburbs of Beijing! And it was such a coincidence that he showed up when he was about to cane Princess Wanshou!
The point is! Why did he bring a group of important ministers with him! Who would bring ministers to visit their daughter and meet their son-in-law! Did they come here specially to catch an adulterer?
Xu Yanmiao looked up and down at Princess Wanshou's prince consort.
[Is this the prince consort who dared to cane the princess? Liu Yi, the second son of Liu Shen, the Duke of Song, one of the six founding dukes? The one who was… the best poet, calligrapher, and painter, and the most talented scholar in Daxia? He
looked like a decent person, but how could he do such a thing as hurting the princess' eyes, deliberately taking an eighth concubine after the princess had a miscarriage, and having sex with the concubine in front of the princess' sickbed, and even asking the princess to ask for an official position for his white moonlight brother?
Every time Xu Yanmiao mentioned a crime of the consort, the old emperor's anger rose, and his breathing became heavier, as if an angry beast was roaring in his chest.
Finally, he turned into thunder and shouted: "Come here! Drag this beast down and chop off his head. Those who knew about it but didn't report it will all be beheaded. His elder brother and younger brother will be guilty of the same crime. Considering their father's meritorious service, they will be sent to the frontier guards. Furthermore, their father's title of Duke will be stripped, and their mother's imperial edict will be removed, and they will all be demoted to commoners!"
This really gave enough face to the Duke of Song, otherwise the nine clans would have to play a game of elimination.
But Liu Yi didn't think so.
The so-called first talent took a deep breath, as if he was still graceful and elegant, neither humble nor arrogant: "Your Majesty, I was scolding my wife at home. What crime did I commit to deserve such a severe punishment from Your Majesty?"
But his accelerated heartbeat in his chest, the sweat rolling down his forehead, the smell of burning and panic oozing from his armpits and other parts of his body, all revealed that he was extremely tense.
The old emperor was silent for a moment, and said in a strange tone: "Teaching your wife? You said you were scolding your wife?"
Liu Yi looked at Princess Wanshou, facing her with his smooth face without a single flaw, and the corners of his mouth curved slightly: "The princess can testify."
Everyone looked at Princess Wanshou.
The princess was silent for two or three breaths, then she said, "Dad..."
She paused until her chin was bruised, but the next words she said were not complaints: "Dad, please take back your decision. Yilang... Yilang was just angry for a moment, he didn't mean to hurt his daughter."
The old emperor: "..."
The old emperor: "Huh?"
Liu Yi smiled faintly. This was his confidence.
-- He knew the princess's love very well, and he was disgusted by it.
Princess Wanshou knew that she was being mean, but... she really couldn't bear to hurt Yilang...
so she looked at the old emperor timidly: "Dad! I beg you!"
"Wait a minute, wait a minute--" The old emperor pinched his eyebrows with his right hand and squeezed out words from his throat: "He brought his concubine to mate in front of your bed, and you can still plead for him?!"
The word "mate" was too rude, and the prince consort clenched his fists in embarrassment.
Princess Wanshou's face turned pale, and she spoke with difficulty: "Dad, you... how did you know..."
Could it be that the Jinyiwei had already penetrated deep into her, but she didn't notice it?
The old emperor smiled mysteriously, as if everything was under control.
Princess is a title, not an official position. The position of the Prince Consort is an official position, but it is not a position with an official seal. It is a nominal position. They cannot hear Xu Yanmiao's inner voice - the Prince Consort's father, the Duke of Song, can hear it, but he did not tell his son about it.
The main reason is that the Duke of Song did not know that his son usually played with the princess at home.
In short, if they have an official seal, they can hear someone's active psychology -
[Could it be that the princess was pua? ]
[It is no wonder. She is scolded viciously from time to time, and she is probably often accused by this rubbish Prince Consort of stealing another woman's position. She is too embarrassed to tell others about this, so she can only endure it silently in the backyard. If she doesn't tell herself that she is deeply in love with a scumbag, how can she survive? 】
【Stupid scumbag, eating from the bowl and looking at the pot, no responsibility, no sense of responsibility, using the salary of the prince consort, enjoying the status of the emperor, not treating the princess well, and even belittling and suppressing her, what a scumbag. 】
【It's a pity, the princess may really think that she loves the scumbag so much that she can't leave him, and she didn't realize that she was being pua. 】
【Beep——】
【Beep——】
【Beep——】
The old emperor glanced at Xu Yanmiao thoughtfully.
Pi... Pi what?
What do you mean?
She looked coldly at her cousin who was still pleading for her husband, and after thinking for a while, an idea suddenly came to her mind.
"Wanshou."
Princess Wanshou heard her father calling her, looked up at him, tears still flashing in her eyes. The
old emperor stood, staring at her with his eyes downcast, like a stone thrown into a calm lake, ripples spreading out in circles.
"I grant you a position as an official in the Ministry of Revenue, and you can go to the Ministry of Revenue to take up the post later."
"What?" This is the confused Princess Wanshou.
"What?" This is the confused Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
Prime Minister Dou: "But..."
The old emperor looked over, and Prime Minister Dou had a lot to say but didn't dare to say it. He could only frown and look at Princess Wanshou, hoping that she would be more tactful and take the initiative to refuse.
Princess Wanshou was originally puzzled as to why her father had made such an arrangement, but when she saw the slight resentment on the face of the prince consort, she suddenly understood. The
prince consort of the Great Xia Dynasty had no real position. No matter how talented you were, you were not allowed to be an official after becoming a prince consort, and you
were not allowed to interact with court officials. Otherwise, you would be treated as a clique for personal gain. Liu Yi had always been annoyed by this matter and had a bad attitude towards her, and he also had his own reasons for staying away from officialdom.
If she hadn't forced him to be a prince consort, he would have been shining in front of the world, rising all the way, and turning from a new noble in the court into a close minister of her father. It's
all my fault...
I owe him...
and now he has offended my father, and my father deliberately used this to mock him...
After a brief silence, Princess Wanshou whispered: "I obey your order." Feeling the angry and resentful gaze of the prince consort, she never dared to look back.
Prince consort...
Princess Wanshou said softly in her heart: You must hate me, only if you make my father happy can he let you go.
The old emperor laughed and patted the princess on the head: "Good child."
Princess Wanshou smiled reluctantly.
The old emperor patted her head again and said amiably: "As for men, Daddy will help you find one, a better one..."
"No! Daddy! No no!" Princess Wanshou interrupted the old emperor and shook her head crying: "Dad! Please! I beg you, Yilang is innocent! It was... I forced him, I forced him to marry me! Otherwise, he should have been able to live with his sweetheart, it was I who forced him..."
[Ah, this is indeed pua. ]
A voice suddenly rang.
Princess Wanshou could not hide the subtle changes in her expression.
The voice was as soft as silk, and as gentle as the breeze, lightly passing through the air. Every syllable was clear and pure, making people intoxicated and unable to forget for a long time.
The voice is so nice, that person...
Princess Wanshou is obsessed with looks, otherwise she wouldn't have fallen in love with the prince consort at first sight and would not marry anyone else.
So, she reflexively raised her head to look for the owner of the voice, and immediately locked onto the young man behind a group of handsome uncles.
When she saw the other person for the first time, even though she had someone in her heart, Princess Wanshou still paused and involuntarily turned her eyes away, not daring to look at the gorgeous eyebrows. At
this moment, she couldn't think of any sweetheart or any plea. There was only one thought in her mind: It turns out... men can also be so handsome? The prince consort looked dull in front of him.
Then, Princess Wanshou suddenly realized something.
This person... didn't seem to open his mouth when he spoke?
Princess Wanshou looked carefully, and the beautiful lips did not open or close in the sunlight, but the young voice was still drilling into her ears.
[Before the marriage, he felt that the princess was too domineering and powerful, and he had no way to refuse her. Why is he not afraid of the princess after the marriage? He bullied and abused her in various ways, so why is he not worried that this vicious woman would find the old emperor to support her now?]
Is it... ventriloquism?
What is he talking about!
Princess Wanshou widened her eyes and was about to speak out to refute her husband. But her father slapped her on the shoulder.
Turning her head, she saw her father lowering his voice and saying slowly: "Listen."
Listen carefully to Xu Yanmiao's mouth that makes people love and hate!
The old emperor felt very happy.
When Xu Yanmo criticized him, he wanted to drag him down and chop him up, but when Xu Yanmo criticized others, he was happy.
[What do you mean you are being forced? You are just deceiving people who have little social experience. Do you really feel that you are being forced and afraid of being abused by the imperial power? You will be more cautious after marriage, and you will marry a concubine? If you want to marry, you have to wait until the old emperor dies, right?]
The old emperor: "..."
Princess Wanshou: "..."
Princess Wanshou looked at the old emperor seriously, trying to convey with her eyes: Dad, is this what you want me to hear?