"Cuizhu, bring the property deed and the gold."
Of course, the Second Princess did not want to go to jail, nor did she want to be divorced, so she had no choice but to accept the bet and give the thousand taels of gold and the farmhouse to Gao Zhijun.
Cuizhu went back to the palace and brought back the gold and the house deed.
Everyone waited quietly for Cuizhu to come, not daring to make a sound.
The ministers saw that the emperor favored Princess Xiangyun and was planning to give up the second princess. Therefore, the ministers valued Gao Zhijun even more and wanted the younger generation in their families to marry her.
The Second Princess was so angry that she was itching, but she didn't dare show it on the surface.
Not long after, Cuizhu asked someone to bring a thousand taels of gold and the house deed.
"Princess, the gold and the title deed have been brought."
Cuizhu pointed at the box on the ground and handed the deeds of the farm and shop to the Second Princess.
The Second Princess took the deed, then walked over to Gao Zhijun and said, "Princess, I accept the loss and offer you a thousand taels of gold, a farmhouse, and two shops."
"Thank you, Second Princess."
Gao Zhijun took the deeds to the farm and the shop without hesitation, and then asked Hongyue to count the gold: "Hongyue, count the gold."
"Yes, Princess!"
After Hongyue finished speaking, she walked to the gold and began to count the amount of gold in the box carefully and seriously.
"Miss, the amount is just right!"
Hongyue said to Gao Zhijun after counting.
"Thank you, Second Imperial Sister, for giving up your love. I have one more thing to say. Please start."
Gao Zhijun took the deeds to the manor and the shop and carefully examined the addresses. Both shops were located on busy streets, one on the west side, not far from the clinic, and the other on the east side, where business was also quite good.
Zhuangzi is located in the southern suburbs, and it is written that it has one hundred acres of land, which is quite large.
In the capital city where prices were soaring, only powerful ministers and wealthy businessmen were qualified to own a manor of 100 acres of land.
"Princess, we are a family. How about we just forget about that?"
The second princess wanted to dig a hole in the ground when she thought about saying, "I am a pig, my skills are inferior to others!"
If she dared to call herself a "pig", she would become a laughing stock in the entire capital tomorrow. How could she still have the dignity to continue living in the circle of the nobility?
"Second sister-in-law, your word is your bond. As a member of the royal family, you should set an example. How can you go back on your word? This is not just a slap in the face of the royal family, but also a slap in the face of my father. Are you really going to go back on your word? Besides, it's not that my sister is unwilling to settle the account, but all the civil and military officials present are here. They all heard our bet. If they spread it out and said that you, Second sister-in-law, went back on your word, wouldn't the people laugh at you, mocking us all for being so fickle. How can the people still trust my father and the court?"
Gao Zhijun would never let her get her wish. She cleverly did not say that she would not let the Second Princess go, but instead shifted the blame to the Emperor, the ministers and the court.
It’s not that I don’t want to, but that the emperor and the ministers don’t want to.
With the emperor and the ministers around, it would be impossible for the Second Princess to deny her debt, unless she no longer wanted to be a princess.
"How dare you! As a princess, how could you go back on your word? Isn't this bringing shame upon the royal family? I give you two choices: First, honor the bet immediately. Second, I give you a written imperial decree, and from now on you will no longer be the Second Princess."
The emperor was furious. The second princess had been slapping the royal family in the face tonight, which made him furious and he wanted to execute her.
When the Second Princess heard the imperial decree of divorce, she was so frightened that her whole body trembled and she felt panicky and terrified.
If she was divorced, her family would not let her go, and even the noble ladies in the capital would laugh at her. She could not be divorced and lose her title as the Second Princess.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. I will honor the bet. I ask Your Majesty to have mercy on me!"
The second princess was so frightened that her face turned black. She regretted that she had made things difficult for the princess and put herself in such an embarrassing situation.
"It all depends on the Second Princess's performance!"
The emperor said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace. I will speak now."
"I'm a pig, I'm not as skilled as others!"
The Second Princess said this with gritted teeth.
Today's humiliation will be avenged someday.
"I can't hear you, please speak louder, Second Princess."
Gao Zhijun was not far from her, so of course she heard what she said. She was deliberately trying to embarrass her and make her look bad.
"you……"
The Second Princess was so angry that she wanted to curse, but the Emperor glared at her and she immediately shut up and didn't dare to say anything more.
"I'm a pig, I'm not as skilled as others!"
This time, the Second Princess' voice was much louder, and everyone in the hall could hear it.
"I can't hear you clearly, please speak louder!"
Gao Zhijun decided to dampen her spirit and ask her to repeat herself. Since she had already offended him, she might as well do it thoroughly.
The Second Princess dared not speak out, she could only glare at her fiercely, and shouted unwillingly: "I am a pig, I am not as skilled as others!"
"After hearing this, I know that the Second Princess is a pig. I will not look down on you."
Gao Zhijun's ears were buzzing from being yelled at, but she wasn't angry. She just scratched her ears and then said something shocking. The Second Princess was so angry that her face became even darker than the bottom of a pot.
Gao Zhijun's words made the noble ladies on the female side laugh secretly, and they all despised the Second Princess in their hearts. At the same time, they all reminded themselves not to offend Princess Xiangyun, because she would never let go of any grudge.
Even the Queen and the Crown Princess covered their mouths and laughed secretly. The Queen Mother and the Concubine Dowager also wanted to cover their mouths and laugh secretly, but as they were elders, they could not act recklessly.
Liu Ningchu and the wife of the Minister of Revenue did not cover their mouths to laugh secretly, but they laughed openly.
The second princess's family was so embarrassed that they wanted to find a hole to crawl into. They received many mocking looks.
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