Chapter 8 Is there something on the princess's mind?
These words were both emotional and logical, and the emperor's emotions were gradually moved by her words.
Lin Zhaoyue's tone became more emphatic with each sentence, "Originally, I did intend to teach this pair of bastards a lesson, but then I realized that this marriage was granted by my father. Since it's an imperial marriage, and Lu Chenzhou is the heir of the Marquis Xuanping, I don't want to make it too embarrassing. Seeing that they love each other, I have no choice but to help this illicit couple get together. This will also prevent people from accusing me, Lin Zhaoyue, of forcing a couple apart."
At the end, Lin Zhaoyue also sighed softly.
The emperor was silent for a long moment, then took a deep breath. "My child, I'm sorry for wronging you. When Lu Chenzhou proposed to me, every word was sincere. I truly believed he loved you immensely. Furthermore, seeing how handsome he was, his talent in both civil and military matters, I thought he was truly a rare talent, and therefore I granted him this marriage. I never expected that after only two years of marriage, he would change his mind..."
Back then, everyone would have thought that Lu Chenzhou loved Zhao Yue to the core.
His daughter has been heartless and cold-hearted since childhood, and her mother died early, so he wanted to find a husband who could be devoted to her, but he never imagined that things would turn out like this today.
He even likes that kind of woman. I don’t know if he is blind.
Lin Zhaoyue said calmly, "So, I intend to divorce you. I will completely break off all ties with Lu Chenzhou."
The emperor pondered for a moment, "When you got married, it was my permission. Now that you're seeking a divorce, I can't interfere. But don't forget that your marriage involves the Xuanping Marquisate.
"Back then, Lu Chenzhou offered 30,000 Xuanping troops as a betrothal gift to marry you. The Marquis of Xuanping even promised me that he would stay in his fiefdom for as long as you two were married."
Having said that, he paused for a moment, then looked at Lin Zhaoyue and said in a deep voice, "But in this matter, he was the one who betrayed my daughter first. Just do what you want to do. I will handle the rest."
[No way? Lin Zhaoyue really wants to divorce?]
[Alas, this emperor is a good father, but if he hadn't doted on Lin Zhaoyue so much, she wouldn't have been so bullying. No wonder she was poisoned to death by the male protagonist in the end.]
What's Lin Zhaoyue up to? Who gave you the face to divorce?
[I don't know what she's up to, but now our hero and heroine are kissing hehehe... If it weren't for the vicious female supporting character who made my daughter want to leave the capital, the hero wouldn't have realized his true feelings and kissed her. Who knows how to French kiss?!]
[The Emperor's father is so handsome, I would like to call him the uncle's favorite]
When Lin Zhaoyue saw the subtitles in front of her saying that her father would be poisoned to death by Lu Chenzhou, her face became terrifyingly cold.
Seeing his daughter's unhappy expression, the emperor asked tentatively, "How about I send someone to assassinate Chu Yinyin first?"
Lin Zhaoyue came back to her senses, a hint of warmth welling up in the corners of her eyes, "Father, don't worry about Chu Yinyin's affairs. I will take care of it myself."
"As for Marquis Xuanping, Father, do you really think that if he truly wants to leave his fiefdom, a promise can keep him?" Her lips were cold. "Now the entire capital knows about the dirty deeds done by the Prince Consort and Chu Yinyin, and I, your humble servant, have been nothing but a pitiful person from beginning to end. I even made concessions to their relationship and divorced. Therefore, no matter what the blame is, it cannot be put on your servant. Even Marquis Xuanping would probably have nothing to say."
The emperor tapped his fingers lightly on the table rock, his eyes sharp as he stared at his daughter. "So, you deliberately made such a big fuss about the Zuihualou incident? You even implicated Minister Pei's daughter."
Indeed, although his daughter had a bad reputation, this time she did nothing that was not worthy of criticism.
Afterwards, no matter what she did, neither the people nor the Marquis of Xuanping could blame her.
Lin Zhaoyue just smiled and said nothing.
In fact, in addition to what her father said, after learning about Lu Chenzhou and Chu Yinyin's affairs, her original feelings for Lu Chenzhou were instantly extinguished. So she didn't care about him and Chu Yinyin at all.
She went to Zuihualou with only one purpose, which was to initiate a divorce and test the influence of her behavior on the plot.
The emperor said slowly and solemnly, "Alright, as long as you don't go too far with Lu Chenzhou, I will take care of the rest."
He changed the subject, "Let's not talk about this anymore. Tell me what happened to you outside this year. I haven't left the palace for many years, so I'd like to hear something new."
Lin Zhaoyue also laughed, "Yes."
After chatting with his father about interesting things outside the palace for a while, Zhaoyue said goodbye as it was almost time.
But when she left, she suddenly remembered something.
"Oh, Father, there's one more thing I forgot to mention."
"What's the matter?" the emperor asked.
"The prince said he wants to be an ordinary person and no longer wants to be the crown prince. Do you think you can find an opportunity to depose the crown prince and give the opportunity to someone who is prepared?"
The emperor frowned and said, "Nonsense! Your brother is making a fool of himself, so why are you making a fool of yourself too?"
Lin Zhaoyue's lips curled up as she spoke slowly, word by word, "Father, I, your son, am not fooling around."
The emperor's expression changed instantly, his eyes sharp, "Don't mention the Crown Prince again! He's your own brother!"
If this were heard by others, there would be another bloody storm in the court.
Lin Zhaoyue's smiling face was filled with a chilling calmness: "Father, I don't need my own brother."
After saying this, she slowly turned around and left.
[Or you'd say you're a vicious female supporting character, you're even taking revenge on your own brother, and you can't stand seeing the man next to you being nice to other women.]
Why are the sisters' character developments so different? Why is Lin Zhaoyue really going to depose the crown prince?
"Tsk, I don't believe it. She wants to control her brother as a puppet regent. How could she really want to depose the Crown Prince? She must be so angry that she said that on purpose."
[I bet fifty cents that Lin Zhaoyue is jealous of the heroine again because of her brother's reaction. My poor little girl...]
The emperor's pupils suddenly shrank and his eyes became fierce.
What does Yue'er mean?
What exactly happened?
This was the first time in all these years that he felt such a biting chill from Zhao Yue.
She wasn't speaking in anger.
After calming down, he ordered in a deep voice, "Go and find out what happened between the prince and the princess."
The old eunuch behind him whispered, "Yes."
"And more." He picked up the memorials implicating the son-in-law in front of him and said coldly, "Send all these memorials to the fiefdom of Marquis Xuanping and let him see what kind of thing he has given birth to!"
By the time Lin Zhaoyue came out of Qianyuan Palace, it was already late.
She had originally planned to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager, but when she thought about her father's future, she lost the mood.
Although the subtitles would give her many plot hints, including her own ending and that of Lu Chenzhou, Lin Ye and others, for many characters that were not so important in the book, those subtitles would only mention them when that person appeared.
They are more interested in watching "slapping themselves in the face" and watching the ambiguous scenes between the male and female protagonists.
Therefore, the subtitles do not contain all the plot clues, and sometimes she can only piece them together.
For example, she only found out on that day that Xiao Tingye's feelings for her were inconsistent with his appearance.
So today she found out that the cause of her father's future death was actually Lu Chenzhou's poisoning.
But why did Lu Chenzhou poison his father?
A minister poisoned the king.
He was going to...rebel.
"Your Highness, aren't you going to Ning'an Palace?" Mu Ying asked in a low voice, following Zhaoyue quickly.
The road Zhaoyue was heading to was no longer the road to Ning'an Palace.
"No, I'll go when I'm in a better mood." She said lightly.
The Queen Mother had never liked her, so whenever she went there, there would be some arguments.
She wasn't in the mood to deal with it right now.
As she passed through the Imperial Garden, a figure happened to come from the other side of the corridor.
Before the person got close, the pleasant sound of the ring on the waist could be heard.
Upon seeing this person, Zhaoyue turned around and headed in another direction back to the palace.
"Princess, you changed your route the moment you saw me. Is there something on your mind?"
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