"Snap!"
The eldest princess's legs suddenly gave way and she collapsed to the ground, her face pale and incredulous, muttering to herself incessantly.
"Impossible, impossible! Father Emperor could not be so heartless to me. I am his daughter, his first daughter. Even if there is no love between us, there is still kinship!"
The eldest princess frantically pounded the ground, and the pearl hairpins and ornaments on her head gradually fell apart, making her look completely disheveled.
"Father, how cruel you are! I'm going to find Mother. She will surely find a way to save me. I don't want to become a commoner. I don't want to go to the Imperial Clan Court."
As she spoke, a strong will to survive flashed in the eldest princess's eyes, and she quickly got up and tried to rush out the door.
Then, she was stopped by the imperial guards, which angered her so much that she started cursing on the spot.
"You dog slaves, get out of my way! I will punish you! Ahhhhh, get out of my way!"
The imperial guards wore cold expressions, but they made a mental note of the eldest princess. Now that she had been demoted to a commoner, they had plenty of ways to get revenge.
A princess who is disliked by the emperor is bound to have a bad life!
The chief eunuch gave a sinister smile and waved to the palace guards. “Princess, I will trouble you to walk to the Imperial Clan Court in person. Now that you are a commoner, you are no longer entitled to ride in a carriage.”
The eldest princess broke down and screamed; at this moment, she finally felt fear.
"Ah, no, no, let me go, let me go! Someone, someone, come and save this princess, come and save this princess..."
The servants and guards of the Grand Princess's residence knelt on the ground, not daring to lift their heads.
They didn't have the guts to save the eldest princess.
Now I feel like crying. The Grand Princess's mansion is gone. Their fate is either to be ruthlessly executed or to be scattered and reassigned to other places.
Alas, the royal family of Chaozhou Kingdom are all bloodthirsty and intolerant of others; it's no wonder they can't have a good life.
...
The news that the eldest princess had been demoted to a commoner quickly spread throughout the entire capital city.
The noble families, ministers, and princes were filled with mixed emotions and felt terrified.
They understood that the Emperor targeted the eldest princess simply to make an example of her and warn them against having any improper thoughts.
At the same time, it showed his attitude.
The Wen family is extremely important to him; anyone who dares to cause trouble for the Wen family is causing trouble for him.
...
In the palace, the chief eunuch embellished the report about the eldest princess, emphasizing her insults towards the emperor and mentioning that she wanted to seek help from her mother.
Just then, the eldest princess's mother came to the imperial study and begged the emperor to spare the eldest princess.
The dog emperor was already extremely displeased. He thought that he had been too good to the mother and daughter in the past, so good that they didn't realize their own status and didn't take him seriously at all.
Hmph, he can give favors and he can take them back just as easily.
"Guards, take this daughter to the cold palace. If she keeps whining, execute her immediately."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The eldest princess's mother was utterly shocked, her face filled with panic. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you can't treat me like this! Aren't you afraid my parents will hold a grudge against you? Your Majesty, I beg you to retract your order, Your Majesty..."
The dog emperor gave a sinister, cold laugh.
"Heh, thank goodness you reminded me, otherwise I would have almost forgotten that your father is a great general. Ha, trying to threaten me with military power, you are simply audacious and do not take me seriously at all."
The eldest princess's mother was terrified. Oh no, oh no, their whole family was doomed.
The dog emperor had a dark expression on his face; he hated being threatened the most.
"Guards, execute this vile woman. As for that commoner princess, cut off all her food. Her life or death is entirely up to her."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
After a moment of contemplation, the dog emperor immediately ordered the commander of the guards to be summoned and personally lead the team to arrest and imprison the princess's mother and her family.
The key points were to reclaim military power and confiscate property.
As for the charge, it was attempted treason.
Hmph, he had long wanted to take back his military power, but he had never had a reason. Now that the matter of the eldest princess had come up, he finally found a suitable reason.
Ha ha ha ha……
...
For several days, the people of Chaozhou were filled with fear and unease.
The princes and court officials, in particular, dared not utter a sound, and dared not reveal their usual petty tricks, for fear of giving the dog emperor a handle to use against them.
After several days of rest, Wen Lengyu has recovered her health.
It's time to stir up this stagnant water in the imperial city.
Over the years, she has single-handedly built an information network that spans most of Chaozhou, hoping that one day she will no longer be subject to others.
Now, it's time to put them to use.
She knew all about the private affairs of those princes and ministers.
In short, the muddier the waters, the better.
Next, Wen Lengyu got busy. She first ordered people to put the princes' weaknesses into the hands of the other princes.
As a result, each faction wants to kill the other, and the imperial court will be quite busy for a while.
Then, she secretly gathered together the virtuous and talented people she had discovered earlier and began to win their hearts and minds.
Each emperor has his own courtiers.
The court officials are all useless idiots, pleasure-seeking beasts. They must be replaced from the inside out in order to benefit the development of the Chaozhou Kingdom.
She didn't intend to become empress herself, but for the sake of the Wen family's future, she had to plan everything in advance.
Most of the people in the court in the future were people she had promoted. She had done them a favor. If anyone dared to harm the Wen family, they would have to see if they were willing to do so.
As for the future emperor of Chaozhou Kingdom, she had already decided that if her eldest son was unwilling to take over, then her other brothers and sisters would take over.
She clearly distinguishes between what's good for others and what's not.
As far as she knew, her other siblings didn't have that ambition, but there was one person who had both ambition and courage, and that was Yu Guangliang.
Yu Guangliang!
Upon hearing this name, Wen Lengyu couldn't help but blush, her heart pounding wildly, revealing her girlish thoughts!
Yu Guangliang, that seemingly carefree but actually thoughtful and kind-hearted boy, always showed her meticulous care in places she couldn't see.
He assumed she didn't know.
In reality, she knew perfectly well what was going on.
However, she, who has always been indifferent to emotions, did not know how to respond to his feelings.
It wasn't until she came into this world that she realized she had unknowingly fallen in love with that boy.
Over the years, her information network has become highly developed.
But she still couldn't find Yu Guangliang's whereabouts, and she was quite anxious, hoping that he was living well somewhere in this world.
Yu Guangliang was in Chaozhou Kingdom, but Wen Lengyu was unaware of his existence.
That's because the magistrate of Xikou County, where Yu Guangliang lived, didn't report the Yu family's household registration information to the imperial court at all.
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