"Your Majesty, I will not marry. I have done nothing wrong. Why should I leave with Prince Rong?"
Jiang Ningyao knelt straight on the ground and refuted with his hands clasped.
Why should she be blamed for what Yuchi Shang did? He was the one who gave the things, and everything was his own wish, but now he wants her to take the blame?
Shouldn't the person involved memorize it himself?
Tired of beating people, Song Jiao sat on a chair nearby. Taozi came over and rubbed her hands with concern, then asked softly, "Miss, did your hands hurt?"
Song Jiao shook her head, "Not bad."
"How dare you! Are you trying to disobey the imperial order?" the eunuch standing next to Yuchi Gong shouted harshly.
"Yes, I am going to disobey the Emperor's order. I do not accept the way the Emperor has handled the matter! I have never asked the Prince to do these things. He did everything himself and sent them here later. I was not aware of this. As the saying goes, ignorance is not a crime."
"Your Majesty, you want to marry me to Prince Rong. Is this reasonable?"
Song Jiao looked at Jiang Ningyao, who was determined to commit suicide, and couldn't help but sigh. Is this girl here to make fun of her? Or has she been in the modern world for too long? Wanting to reason with an ancient emperor? Never mind that Jiang Ningyao was just the daughter of an imperial censor.
Just wandering among the princes was enough to kill her many times.
Yuchi Gong sneered, lowered his eyes, and twirled the ring on his thumb with a sneer, "Really? You've reminded me that you've been wandering around among my sons, picking and choosing between them. What are you waiting for? Waiting for one of them to ascend the throne and become emperor?"
As soon as these words came out, Jiang Ningyao's delicate smile suddenly turned pale, "Your Majesty, I don't know what you are talking about."
"Don't know? These people are fools, but I am not! Jiang Ningyao indulged you before because I wanted to see the true nature of these sons. Now I have seen it. Anyone who can be fooled around by a woman is not worthy of being called the Crown Prince."
The only thing Yuchi Gong was thankful for was that Yuchi Lie was not involved in these things, so he already had an idea in his mind.
"I hereby declare that Prince Shen Yuchi Lei, with his excellent character, is to be appointed Crown Prince and will reside in the Eastern Palace effective immediately."
This time, Jiang Ningyao wanted to say something, but she couldn't open her mouth. None of the people she chose became the crown prince, but the only person who completely disliked her became the crown prince. How could this happen?
"As for you and Censor Jiang, you also have places to go." Yuchi Gong looked at Jiang Ningyao with cold eyes, then turned to look at Qin's father, "Brother Qin, are you satisfied with this handling of the matter?"
Father Qin naturally knew what it meant to quit while he was ahead, and nodded with satisfaction, "Of course I am satisfied."
"As long as you're satisfied! I think you and your daughter haven't seen each other for a long time. Why don't you return to Prince Rong's Mansion and have a good talk? As for Mingyue, she will always be Prince Rong's Consort. No one can change her status. After waiting for three years, you can marry again."
"Mingyue thanks you, father." Song Jiao stood up and took the lead in bowing to express her gratitude.
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On the way back to Prince Rong's Mansion from the palace, Taozi was in a bad mood.
Song Jiao noticed something was wrong and couldn't help but tease her, "What's wrong with you? Is it because the performances you prepared before didn't work?"
Taozi nodded aggrievedly, lowering her eyes, a look of confusion on her face. "Princess, when I entered the palace, I had already thought of all the actions and things I was going to do, but I didn't expect that I wouldn't even have the chance to perform."
"Okay, okay, since there's no performance this time, we can just come next time!" Song Jiao raised her hand and touched her little head. She really felt sorry for the child.
"Will there really be a next time?" Taozi looked at Song Jiao with sparkling eyes.
Song Jiao was previously considering whether to add some special features to the brothel. Now that she sees Taozi loves acting so much, she might as well write a script and let her give it a try.
Originally, Taozi's conditions were pretty good.
"After we get back, I'll write a few scripts for you. Then you can take people to perform for others. Wouldn't that give you a chance?"
Looking up, Taozi looked at Song Jiao with admiration, "Thank you, Princess."
After returning to the palace, less than two hours later, three imperial edicts came down at the same time. The first one was for Song Jiao, which was an imperial edict that Prince Rong had passed away. She would be the head of the palace from now on. The second one was an imperial edict for Censor Jiang to return home.
Because Censor Jiang failed to educate his daughter well and allowed her to do evil among the princes, he was directly dismissed from his post and exiled to the border.
As for Jiang Ningyao, she will naturally marry Yuchi Shang.
The third one was the imperial edict appointing Yuchi Lie as the crown prince.
Censor Jiang looked at Jiang Ningyao with complicated eyes, but finally followed the exile team.
Yuchi Shang also woke up after five days and wanted to go to the palace immediately. Unfortunately, he couldn't even enter the palace gate. Finally, he could only come to the gate of Prince Rong's mansion, but the guards at the gate kept stopping him from entering.
"You blind people, have you seen clearly? Who am I?"
The guards still held their spears and blocked the door. "Sorry, you are no longer a prince. You are not qualified to enter the palace now!"
"Where is Qin Mingyue? Where is she? Tell her to come out and see me!" Yuchi Shang couldn't believe why the result turned out like this.
Without hesitation, the guard raised his spear and struck him hard on the back. "Calling the princess by her name is disrespectful!"
Yuchi Shang's body had not recovered to begin with, and now he was hit by the stick and fell to the ground on the spot. The guards saw that the situation was not good, so they simply sent someone to invite Song Jiao.
After a while, Taozi helped Song Jiao to the door and saw Yuchi Shang lying on the ground. Compared with the linen clothes on him, her whole body exuded exquisiteness.
"He's just a nobody. Just throw him away. Why bother disturbing the princess?" Taozi frowned and looked disdainful when she saw that it was Yuchi Shang.
He's not a prince anymore, yet he's still causing trouble?
Yuchi Shang heard Taozi's voice and raised his head with great effort. Seeing Song Jiao in front of him, dressed elegantly, he immediately raised his head and cursed, "Qin Mingyue, you vicious woman! I am your husband, and you dare let your servant treat me like this?"
Song Jiao raised her hand and touched the tassels in her hair. Her beautiful eyes narrowed into a line. "You are no longer Prince Rong, so don't call yourself this prince! It sounds disgusting."
"By the way, shouldn't you thank me, Princess? Thank me for letting you marry the woman you've long admired. Even though she's not your principal wife, she's still your principal wife after all. Isn't that a tribute to your deep love?"
Yuchi Shang looked at Song Jiao fiercely, "You arranged this, didn't you? Isn't it?"
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