Queen: “!!!”
The Queen almost wanted to order the palace maids to stop Anle and the others, but she couldn't bring herself to do it, so she could only watch them all leave.
The wife of the Duke of Dongping was so angry that the flesh at the corners of her lips trembled.
She was used to suppressing Jingle with her status as a mother-in-law, and she never thought that one day Jingle would turn over her palm. She almost fainted from anger.
The atmosphere suddenly became very stiff, as if the air had stopped flowing.
There were still eight or nine female relatives who had not left, including of course some royal family members. For example, the Princess of Cheng County always followed the lead of the Queen and did not get involved in this muddy water.
None of the women dared to look at the Queen's gloomy face, nor did they dare to offend her frown. They all drank their tea in silence, pretending to be deaf and dumb.
Others didn't look at what was said, but Lady Enguo didn't think so. She complained angrily, "Queen, what the hell is going on!"
"Jingle used to be gentle and graceful, how come she has become so rude now?! She must have been taught a bad way!"
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Lady Enguo was angry and kept nagging.
The other female members looked strange when they heard this.
They didn't want to quarrel with the Queen, and they actually understood everything. If it was "not knowing the etiquette", then the Lady of the Duke of Enguo had nothing to say. The Queen could call the Princess by her title, but the Lady of the Duke of Enguo had no right to call the Princess "Jingle, Jingle". This was a violation of the hierarchy and "not knowing the etiquette"! As Lady of the Duke of Enguo kept nagging, the Queen's mood became worse, and she wished she could sweep everything on the coffee table to the floor.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, at the beginning of the new year, she, the queen, lost face!
The queen looked sinisterly through the transparent glazed window in the direction of Shouning Palace.
It is a sunny day today, but the snow has not melted yet. The thick white snow is piled on the glazed tiles on the roof, making the sky outside seem a lot brighter.
The imperial city after the snow is as beautiful as a painting. The pure white snow hides countless dirt and dust buried underneath.
Shouning Palace, which usually seemed as deserted as a cold palace, had not been so lively for a long time, and the air was filled with laughter.
The female relatives who came to pay their respects to Queen Mother Yin were all wearing gold and silver jewelry, and covered in jewels, adding a bit of festive atmosphere to this palace without a single touch of red.
In contrast, Empress Dowager Yin, who was wearing a dark purple jacket, had a very plain makeup. She only wore a pair of white jade hairpins between her hair which was streaked with some silver threads. Her face was particularly white, as white as a wall, and she looked sickly, as if she had been ill for a long time and had not recovered.
The wife of Prince Li, the wife of Prince Shun, Jingle and other female relatives all knew that Empress Dowager Yin had been bedridden for many years, so they did not think much about it and just thought that the Empress Dowager was just feeling a little unwell.
But Chu Qianchen had a sharp eye and could tell at a glance that the reason why Queen Mother Yin looked pale was because of her makeup. She had deliberately applied a lot of white powder on her face.
However, because the makeup covered Empress Dowager Yin's face, it was difficult to tell what her complexion was like. Chu Qianchen was thinking about finding an opportunity to check the Empress Dowager's pulse later.
Everyone, including Chu Qianchen, greeted Queen Mother Yin and paid their respects to her.
Queen Mother Yin asked everyone to sit down with a smile on her face. She was very happy to see her daughter-in-law coming to wish her a happy new year, and her eyes softened a little.
After the Queen Mother Yin and the Princess of Li, the sisters-in-law, exchanged a few words, Chu Qianchen took Jingle's hand and patted it, sighing, "Mother, the princesses have been bullied by their husbands recently, and they want to seek your support."
They were clearly here to ask Queen Mother Yin for justice on Jingle's behalf, but Chu Qianchen included the other princesses in his remarks. While speaking, Chu Qianchen calmly winked at Queen Mother Yin.
Queen Dowager Yin's eyes turned. She was a smart person and understood immediately.
Don't be fooled by the sweet appearance of her daughter-in-law in front of her. In fact, she is very thoughtful. She has never been a nosy person. When doing anything, she wants to maximize its effect and achieve the effect of killing two or even three birds with one stone.
This time, the younger daughter-in-law should want to take this opportunity to let her, the queen mother, come out to take charge of the situation and regain the honor and power that belong to her, instead of being just a puppet being "supported" like now.
In the past few years, Empress Dowager Yin has been guarding the Shouning Palace without showing any signs of presence. On the one hand, she was drugged by the Emperor and Empress and her body was indeed not feeling well. On the other hand, she was actually somewhat disheartened and had no intention of fighting for anything. She just wanted her son to return safely.
If it was just Queen Mother Yin now, she wouldn't bother to work hard, but now she has a son and daughter-in-law, and there will be grandchildren in the future. For them, she can't be so negative anymore.
Being a mother makes you strong.
In just a moment, Queen Mother Yin's thoughts were already in turmoil.
Queen Mother Yin's face changed, and she covered her mouth with a handkerchief and coughed twice.
Nanny He gently stroked the Empress Dowager's back.
“Bang!”
Queen Mother Yin suddenly raised her hand and slapped the coffee table, frowning and angrily scolding: "Tell me, which princes-in-law are so bold that they dare to bully the daughter of the royal family!"
After coughing a few times, Queen Mother Yin's voice was a little hoarse, but more majestic, her tone was cold and stern, and she was intimidating without even being angry.
All the female relatives opened their eyes slightly wide, with different expressions.
To be honest, although the princesses including Yunhe and Duanrou came with Jingle with the intention of taking a gamble, they were actually unsure and very nervous.
After all, everyone knew that Empress Dowager Yin had been under house arrest in Shouning Palace for all these years, and she was content with it. To put it bluntly, she was just avoiding the limelight of the Emperor and Empress.
Such a queen mother might stand up for the Prince and his wife, but would she stand up for these concubines and challenge the queen's authority? !
No one expected that Queen Mother Yin would not play it safe, but would show her strength so strongly!
Princess Li looked down thoughtfully, raised her lips, and elegantly picked up the teacup. The Queen Mother had been a vegetarian for so many years, and it seemed that she was going to start a massacre.
Chu Qianchen said in a tender voice like a little child: "Mother, you don't know that the prince consort is too much!"
"Like Prince Consort Lu..."
Chu Qianchen started from the day when Jingle was injured on the forehead by Lu Fangrui because of a hairpin, and also talked about what happened in Duobaozhai. He described Jingle as pitiful as possible and Lu Fangrui as hateful as possible.
After talking about Jingle, she also told the rumors about Prince Consort Jin and Prince Consort Cheng one by one.
Her words were not particularly sentimental, but they touched Yunhe, Duanrou and others deeply. Thinking about the past few years, they felt a sense of regret that the days were passing by so slowly, and their eyes were filled with tears.
They were the daughters of the previous emperor, the daughters of a golden branch and jade leaf, but why did they live such a miserable life, reduced to the point of condescending to please the prince consort? ! "Jingle, come here." Queen Mother Yin waved to Jingle, called her to her side, took her hand and sat down on the kang, and looked at her forehead carefully.
After a few days of recuperation, the bruise on Jingle's forehead had healed about 80% and was basically covered with makeup, so other people didn't notice anything wrong with her face before.
At this moment, Queen Mother Yin used a handkerchief to wipe off the powder on Jingle's forehead, revealing the faint bruises under the powder. Looking closely, Jingle's forehead was still a little swollen.
Jingle is not even 10 years old yet, in the prime of her life. She should have been living like the king of flowers, the peony, and being doted on by everyone. However, she was treated so despised and humiliated by her gigolo husband.
Queen Mother Yin was both distressed and angry, and sighed, "I also remember the hairpin that your mother left for you. Back then, your mother said that she was unlucky and couldn't watch you grow up, so she left you something as a token of her remembrance."
Speaking of her deceased mother, Jingle's eyes suddenly turned red, and her eye sockets were filled with crystal tears, as if the tears would overflow if her eyelashes trembled.
She raised her head slightly, trying hard not to let the tears fall.
Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. It is unlucky to shed tears.
Jingle carefully wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief. She held back her tears, but her eye circles were still red, as red as a rabbit's eyes.
Queen Mother Yin's eyes slowly swept around Yunhe and other princesses beside her, and she recalled the past with a sigh, which made the tears in their eyes even brighter.
The room suddenly lost all its joyful mood and was filled with a sad and helpless atmosphere.
Queen Mother Yin sighed quietly, and said to Princess Li and the others, "It's not convenient for me to be in the palace..."
She said it very subtly, but everyone could hear that Queen Mother Yin had no choice.
Several princesses from royal families exchanged glances in twos and threes, all of them were touched.
Although they had long known that the Emperor and Empress had imprisoned the Empress Dowager, they thought that the Empress Dowager was not the Emperor's biological mother after all, and the Emperor did not treat the Empress Dowager unfilially and took good care of her, so they did not say much.
To put it bluntly, this was not the first empress dowager to be imprisoned in history.
As long as their own interests are not affected, these princesses will not help the empress dowager for no reason. After all, no one wants to offend the emperor.
Queen Mother Yin seemed not to notice the complicated expressions of the princesses. She patted the coffee table again and said seriously, "But the daughter of the royal family cannot be bullied by others."
"This is how the people live. If a married girl is wronged by her husband's family, her parents-in-law will go to her husband's family to seek justice!"
Queen Mother Yin's words made all the princesses feel sympathetic.
As the saying goes, hold your head high when marrying off your daughter.
But that is also under the premise of being well matched, marrying a daughter to a family of higher status than one's own, not for the girl to curry favor with the powerful.
Anyone who understands knows that only when the two families are well matched, will the daughter's family have enough confidence to seek justice for her when she is wronged in her husband's family. Therefore, any reliable family will not find a son-in-law with too high a social status for their daughter.
This is even more so among royal families, where the marriages are either with nobles of several generations or with newly emerged nobles.
Every daughter of their Gu family is precious. Even the concubines of the royal family are rich ladies and noble ladies. They are not sent to be humiliated by their husband's family for nothing!
The princesses applied the experiences of the eldest princesses to their own daughters, and felt even more deeply. This atmosphere is corrupted bit by bit, and we can't let people think that the daughters of the Gu family are easy to bully! !
Chu Qianchen sat beside him, sipping hot tea to moisten his throat.
She brought everyone here, said everything she needed to say, and then didn't say much afterwards, looking well-behaved and harmless.
This made everyone forget Chu Qianchen's existence for a moment and focus their attention on Queen Mother Yin.
Others didn't know Chu Qianchen's methods, but Lan Ruo, who was completely conquered by Chu Qianchen, knew them best. She glanced at her side face from time to time, and sighed in her heart: This harem is about to change! As if to verify her thoughts, Queen Mother Yin put her other hand on the back of Jingle's hand and asked, "Jingle, do you want to divorce?"
Her wise and gentle eyes looked at Jingle without blinking.
This was the second time Jingle heard someone ask her this question, and she was shocked.
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Everyone in the room looked at each other. It was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
In this almost eerie silence, Queen Mother Yin remained calm and composed, as if what she was talking about was a very ordinary matter.
Queen Mother Yin sighed, "As the saying goes, it is better to persuade people to reconcile than to separate. It is better to demolish ten temples than to destroy a marriage. But the premise is that the other party must be a person. Lu Fangrui is not a person, and keeping him is an eyesore."
Lu Fangrui is an ungrateful person who can never be tamed, a cold-blooded poisonous snake. No matter how much you reason with him, it is useless. This kind of scum cannot be tamed.
After being shocked, Jingle subconsciously looked at Chu Qianchen again, thinking about what Chu Qianchen said to her in Prince Chen's Mansion that day: "Do you want to divorce? If you are not living well, why do you want to continue living together?"
Jingle blinked, her eyes flickering.
Chu Qianchen just smiled at her lightly and said nothing.
Jingle subconsciously pinched the dress under her hands and kneaded it in her palms. Her heart seemed to tighten little by little with this action.
Anyone can see Jingle's hesitation and struggle. After all, this is not a choice that can be easily decided.
Yunhe, Duanrou and other princesses were all silent. Although their husbands-in-law had shortcomings, they were not as bad as Lu Fangrui. They couldn't help but ask themselves, if they were in Jingle's position, what would they do? !
On the contrary, after a brief moment of surprise, Princess Li quickly came to her senses and looked calm. She knew Queen Mother Yin a little bit and knew her inherent arrogance. This was indeed the suggestion she would make.
Princess Li thought for a moment and advised Jingle: "The Queen Mother is right. If a person changes his mind, even ten cows can't pull him back, not to mention..."
She didn't say anything else, but everyone knew that Lu Fangrui's heart had never been on Jingle. This marriage was originally the idea of the Lady of the Earl of Dongping, and it was for the benefit of becoming a princess consort.
Jingle also understood this in her heart. On the wedding night, Lu Fangrui told her that he did not want to be a royal consort, but was forced to do so by his mother-in-law. He also said that he only had his cousin Ling in his heart.
Jingle clenched the hand that was holding the skirt even tighter, and the gold threads on the material rubbed against her delicate palm.
She took a deep breath, mustered up her courage, and said word by word: "I want a divorce."
These four words almost exhausted all her strength.
After she finished speaking, she even shuddered slightly.
Chu Qianchen seemed to see a slightly trembling white rabbit, running forward with all its might, trying to escape from the claws of the beast.
Even if it fell, even if it accidentally fell into a trap, it still kept howling and never gave up.
Chu Qianchen smiled.
The midday sun shone on her, and her quiet and peaceful expression made her look like a jade sculpture of Guanyin, even more graceful.
The phoenix's eyes were bright, filled with unmistakable joy.
Ninth Princess must be happy, she must think she did the right thing. Jingle's courage suddenly doubled, her heart was completely settled, she felt that her decision must be right!
She remembered another thing Chu Qianchen said, swallowed her saliva and said, "Can we have a beating before divorce?"
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This time, after a brief silence, someone's chuckle broke the silence.
The person who laughed out loud was Queen Mother Yin.
Queen Mother Yin looked between Chu Qianchen and Jingle with interest. It was obvious who taught Jingle to say these words.
Her daughter-in-law is a hot-tempered one.
Queen Mother Yin was thinking that if she saw her son one day, she would have to talk to him and be careful not to make her daughter-in-law angry, so as to avoid being beaten.
She smiled, nodded solemnly, and said with a flick of her sleeves, "If you don't want a divorce, then give him a beating and we'll divorce him."
The son-in-law lives in the princess's mansion and receives the princess's salary. Except that his children do not take the princess's surname, he is no different from a commoner son-in-law who marries into the princess's family. Of course, the princess can divorce such an immoral husband.
Jingle was startled again, her lips moved but she was too embarrassed to ask, but her eyes clearly asked, could she divorce her husband?
Why not? Queen Mother Yin smiled again.
Her face still looked a little pale due to the thick white powder she had applied on it, but she looked more energetic in just a few words, with a kind of confidence and composure, which reminded everyone present of how graceful Queen Yin was when the late emperor was alive!
"Pen and ink are ready." Empress Dowager Yin gave an order, and a palace maid went to get the four treasures of the study, placed them on the table by the window, and then spread out paper and ground ink.
The faint scent of ink wafted from the inkstone as it was ground in circles, blending with the incense in the room.
Queen Mother Yin patted the back of Jingle's hand again and said, "Go and write."
She meant to let Jingle write the divorce letter herself.
Under the burning gazes of the crowd, Jingle's movements from standing up to walking to the table were very stiff. She had been introverted since she was a child, and didn't like people paying attention to her. She wanted to shrink between her sisters so that no one would look at her.
Today was probably the day she had received the most attention in her life.
Jingle was panicking, afraid, confused and at a loss.
She was a simple-minded person. After so many years in the palace, she had learned nothing but to endure. She also couldn't hide her emotions. Her panic at this moment was obvious.
Everyone saw it, and sighed in their hearts: A thousand-mile dam can be breached by an ant hole. The Lu family really pushed the honest man to the edge, forcing a soft-tempered person like Jingle to be driven out of this shocking thing and to distance themselves from Lu Fangrui.
Jingle picked up the wolf-hair brush with trembling hands. Her hands were shaking when she dipped the brush into ink. The palace maid next to her was really afraid that she would shake while writing, so she had already prepared a second sheet of paper.
Unexpectedly, when the tip of the pen touched the paper, it suddenly stabilized.
The hand holding the pen stopped shaking, and he wrote down word by word, line by line, slowly and firmly...
Jingle lowered her little head and stared intently at the paper in front of her. At this moment, the sounds from the outside world could no longer reach her ears.
She finished writing the divorce letter in one breath.
After writing the final signature, Jingle felt extremely happy and her whole body felt light, as if she had gotten rid of the disease that had troubled her for many years.
After she blew the ink off the paper, she picked it up and carefully presented it to Queen Dowager Yin, looking at her with a bit of timidity in her eyes.
Queen Mother Yin took the freshly-inked divorce letter and quickly read through it. She raised her lips and praised, "The handwriting is beautiful. You must have put a lot of effort into it."
Handwriting is as important as one's appearance. Beautifully written handwriting is like a personal impression and always leaves a good impression on people.
Jingle smiled shyly.
Queen Mother Yin put down the divorce letter and looked at Yunhe and the other princesses. She asked directly without beating around the bush, "Yunhe, Duanrou...what are your plans? Do you want to divorce your husband or wait and see how your husband performs?"
The meaning of Queen Mother Yin's words was very clear.
Lu Fangrui repeatedly used violence against Jingle and verbally insulted Jingle every day. He was not ashamed of this, but was eager to announce it to the world. Because the emperor and empress did not support Jingle, Lu Fangrui became more rampant.
The other princes-in-law also began to follow suit and became bolder day by day.
若要断个罪过，那么卢方睿是主犯，其他几个驸马算是从犯，自然不会一概而论。
今天，殷太后给静乐撑腰让她休夫，也足以杀鸡儆猴，让其他驸马们警醒一下，也让他们知道驸马这个位置不是仅仅夫，他们与公主不仅是夫妻，更是君臣。
云和等长公主们面面相觑，有的下意识地摇头，有的踌躇，有的意动。
她们还没到静乐那样被人作践到过不下去的地步，而且大部分人与驸马膝下都有子女，有了子女，就多一层牵挂，她们其实是更希望驸马能够警醒。
殷太后也只是这么一问，给她们多一个选择而已，当然不会勉强她们休夫或者和离，若是能过得下去，谁又会劝别人离呢。
这也是她的一种表态，话不仅仅是说给在场的公主们听的，同时也是说给不在场的驸马们听的。
殷太后优雅地抚了一下衣袖，素净的妆容、素净的服饰不比今日着九龙四凤冠与袆衣的皇后，可是无论是气魄、风度，还是眼光、见识，都远胜皇后一筹。
殷太后微微一笑，道：“以后若是有什么事，大可以找哀家。”说着，她又看向了坐在下首的礼亲王，“就算在宫外，也可以找礼亲王和礼亲王妃做主。”
就是在民间，出嫁的女儿即便父母双亡了，那还有宗族在，可以找族长夫妇做主的。
顾氏的女儿不容人折辱！
“太后说的是，还有我们这把老骨头在呢。”礼亲王妃也是跟着应声。
殷太后再次环视众人：“总不能让先帝一去，就让他的女儿们无依无靠。”
她故意说了“无依无靠”，说得长公主们心酸不已。
为人妇者又有哪个容易的，又有哪个不受委屈的，谁不想在夫家跟前挺直了腰板做人，长公主们眼圈泛红，都捏着帕子抹起眼泪来，连带几个王妃也是心有感触。
气氛渐渐地变得温暖了起来，原本还有些局促的众人全都自然而然地放松了下来，夸奖太后“慈爱”、“宽仁”、“公道”等等的词语此起彼伏。
楚千尘在也一旁只负责点头，再没说过一个字。
紧接着，殷太后又把寿宁宫的太太监招了进来，让对方拟了一道懿旨，由她过目后，何嬷嬷就把代表太后的凤印呈给了她。
殷太后却是有些闪神，一时没动，微微蹙眉，何嬷嬷手里的那方凤印就停顿在了半空中。
顺王妃见太后的神色有异，就关切地问了一句：“太后娘娘，您还好吧？”
殷太后抬手揉了揉一侧的太阳穴，勉强笑了笑：“哀家没事，只是有些头疼而已。”
她勉强振作起精神，接过了那方凤印，然后稳稳地盖在了懿旨的末端，吩咐大太监道：“去传旨吧。”
于是，当天，一道刚出炉的懿旨就随着那封静乐亲笔所书的休书出了寿宁宫。
平日里，这懿旨自然是要传去静乐的公主府，可今天是正月初一，驸马们也都随公主进宫参加朝贺。
朝贺之后，公主们被皇后传去了凤鸾宫说话，这些驸马们当然不能丢下公主们出宫，就都聚在敬思殿说话。
卢方睿穿着驸马的礼服，瞧着光鲜亮丽，只是右半边脸被静乐之前用热茶泼过，如今已经消了肿，但烫伤没全好，只能用白粉敷面以遮挡烫伤，否则有碍仪容不说，要是惊吓到皇帝被治罪也只能算倒霉。
卢方睿本来也考虑过今天托病不进宫参加朝贺的，可是皇后早有言在先，说今天静乐必会进宫，所以她会借着这个机会教训静乐，让静乐向卢方睿赔罪。
上次卢方睿在多宝斋前当众被揍，早就憋着一口气了，他就想着以牙还牙，今天非要让静乐当众向他道歉、赔罪，当着在场其他驸马的面，一振夫纲。
他定要让静乐知道什么是夫为妻纲，什么叫三从四德，什么叫男尊女卑！
只是想想那个画面，卢方睿就觉得志得意满，浑身舒畅，连之前被宸王妃手下那个贱婢踩裂的胸骨似乎都没那么痛了。
卢方睿喝了口茶，放下茶杯时，被突然凑近的金驸马吓了一跳，他直接想后仰了一些，想问对方这是干什么，就听金驸马不太确定地说道：“卢兄，你这是敷了粉吗？”
前朝以白为美，不仅是女子，连男子都喜欢敷粉熏香，不喜蓄须，没抹点粉都不好意思出门，本朝自太祖皇帝起，就有意改变这种风气，但即便如此，还是有一些人崇尚前朝的一些风气。
金驸马以为卢方睿也是如此。
但卢方睿心中有鬼，只以为金驸马是知道了多宝斋的事，是故意在刺探自己，眼神霎时变得阴鸷。
金驸马浑然不觉，又道：“卢兄，我瞧着你用的这粉可比金粉斋的要好多了，细腻自然……”
金驸马对着卢方睿吹捧了一番，渐渐地，卢方睿也意识到是自己太敏感了，神色恢复如常。
他随口敷衍了金驸马两句，目光又忍不住往殿外瞟去，心道：算算时间也该差不多了吧……
就在这时，殿外传来了一阵凌乱的脚步声，似有几人急匆匆地往这边走来。
卢方睿眼睛一亮，眸放异彩。
他以为是静乐来了，差点没起身，但按捺住了，一手紧紧地握住了椅子一侧的扶手。
以一个头发花白的老太监为首的队伍出现在了殿外，他们挡住了正门的光线，让屋子里一下子暗了些许，把众人的目光都吸引了过去。
老太监目标明确地走到了卢方睿跟前，揖了揖手，用尖细的声音慢慢悠悠地说道：“咱家奉太后娘娘之命，前来传旨，请卢驸马接旨吧。”
卢方睿一头雾水，想不通太后怎么会突然给他传懿旨，但还是即刻起身，跪下接旨。
大太监从身旁的一个小內侍接过懿旨，打开了懿旨，就拖着长调念了起来：“文德皇太后有谕：兹闻静乐长公主与驸马卢方睿夫妻不和……”
周围其他人也和卢方睿一样竖着耳朵听。
等众人意识到这是一道赞同静乐长公主休夫的懿旨时，都傻眼了。
一时间，敬思殿内寂静无声。
卢方睿：“！！！”
卢方睿惊呆了，所有人都惊呆了。
在大齐朝，还从不曾有公主和离这一说，更不用说是“休夫”了，这可是大齐朝建国后这百余年的头一遭。
可想而知，等今天这个消息传遍整个京城，必然会引来一片沸沸扬扬的非议声。
当大太监念到“从此男婚女嫁各不相干”时，卢方睿终于回过神来，昂着脖子，不服地怒道：“凭什么？”静乐凭什么休了他！
然而，大太监暂时没理会他，还在继续念着懿旨，最后一句是：“卢方睿对公主不敬，杖三十。”既然已经休了，当然不能再称驸马了。
这下，懿旨念完了。
大太监一挥手，就有两个干练的中年內侍步履矫健地进来了，两人一左一右地钳住了卢方睿，粗鲁地把人往外拖。
“放开我！”卢方睿拼命地挣扎了起来。
然而，这两个专事刑罚的内侍全都是练家子，最擅长制服不听话的人，更何况卢方睿不过是花拳绣腿的花花架子，任他怎么挣扎，皆是徒劳，挣扎间，只有他脸上的白粉“扑簌簌”地掉了下来。
大太监悠然合拢了懿旨，又把懿旨交给了很旁的那个小內侍，背着手，对着卢方睿的背影道：“太后娘娘说了，今天是大年初一，既然夫妻从此恩断义绝，那就不劳卢公子留在公主府中过年了。”
“直接打了，把人赶出去！”
话音还未落下，殿外已经响起了卢方睿凄厉的哀嚎声。
施刑的內侍一边挥棍，一边数数：“一、二、三……”
随着数字增加，殿内的其他驸马们全都是汗如雨下，鬓角几乎都被汗液浸湿了。
现在打的是卢方睿，但是这三十杖分明就是打给他们看的，太后这是在杀鸡儆猴呢！
金驸马等驸马们都慌了，心脏失控地乱跳。
卢方睿作践静乐长公主，还闹得满城风云，驸马们也是观望了一阵的，确定宫里确实不管，他们也都放轻松了，日子也过得肆意了一点。
但此时此刻，听着外面卢方睿的声声惨叫，他们只觉得仿佛有一根根毒针扎在他们心口似的。
金驸马默默以袖口擦了擦冷汗，脸色惨白得没有一点血色，脚下也有些虚。
只差一点，他就要把人给抬进公主府了，还是他弟弟劝他不如趁过年提，才拖延了几日，否则，现在他是不是已经与卢方睿一起挨板子了？！
金驸马暗自庆幸幸好他的动作慢了一步。
“十五、十六、十七……”
殿外的计数声、杖责声与惨叫声此起彼伏。
卢方睿那凄厉的惨叫声几乎传遍了半个宫廷。
这边的动静闹得那么大，这件事自然也传到了皇帝的大太监陈素耳中。
However, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. After the emperor finishes the ceremony in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, he has to lead the princes and a group of clan members to the Fengxian Hall to bring the deity tablets back to the Taimiao. This is another cumbersome ceremony.
Therefore, Chen Su only dared to wait at the gate of the Taimiao. Only after the ceremony was over and the emperor came out of the Taimiao did Chen Su step forward and tell him about the Empress Dowager Yin's decree, Xu Jingle's divorce and Lu Fangrui's thirty beatings.
"How bold!" The emperor was stunned at first, then he became furious. The twelve colorful jade beads on the crown shook constantly, making his face look gloomy.
He felt that Queen Dowager Yin was clearly challenging his authority as emperor.
How outrageous! How outrageous! Did Yin think she was still the empress of the previous emperor?! The emperor was furious, as if something had exploded in his head. He spoke without thinking and blurted out, "The empress dowager is too tactless. Don't you know how to stop her? Let her do whatever she wants!"
The emperor did not lower his voice when speaking, and his voice was clearly heard by the princes, royal princes, crown princes and other clan members behind him.
The crown prince and the other princes just looked embarrassed, but the clan members felt that what the emperor said was a bit inappropriate.
Queen Dowager Yin was the late emperor's second wife and legal wife, which meant she was the current emperor's mother, by all rights and authority. Even her title of Queen Dowager was bestowed upon her by the late emperor's will.
The dignity of Empress Dowager Yin is beyond doubt. A stepmother is also a mother. If the emperor is disrespectful to his stepmother, that would be unfilial.
Some older princes of the royal family looked at each other, most of them frowning.
They also had a good impression of Queen Mother Yin.
When the previous emperor was in power, Empress Yin was a famous and virtuous queen with a good reputation.
Later, when the current emperor ascended the throne, Queen Mother Yin did not seize power, but stayed quietly in Shouning Palace. Even the ninth son she raised was a promising one and had made great contributions to the royal family.
Over the years, these princes of the royal family all knew very well that the emperor was using Queen Dowager Yin to control Prince Gu Jue, but they turned a blind eye. After all, there can't be two tigers in one mountain, and it is natural for the emperor to be afraid of his younger brother Gu Jue. Such incidents have been quite common since ancient times.
At least the current emperor is quite respectful to Queen Mother Yin and takes good care of her.
Nothing can be perfect, and as long as things look acceptable on the surface, for the sake of peace in Da Qi, these clan members didn't say much.
However, now the emperor was in a rage and he was blurting out things like saying the empress dowager was "bold", "unmeasured" and "nonsense", which was not in accordance with etiquette.
"Your Majesty," Prince Li took two steps forward from behind the emperor and walked to his side. Then he turned sideways to face the emperor, bowed, and advised, "Please be careful with your words."
The other clan members were whispering, making rustling sounds.
"..." The emperor then realized that he had just spoken out of turn. The veins on his forehead throbbed and his face looked extremely ugly.
Prince Li continued, "Your Majesty, I have also heard about Jingle and the prince consort's affairs. Your Majesty may not know about it yet. People outside are saying that the prince consorts' favorite game is 'Drunken Beating of the Golden Branch'."
"..." The emperor's face became even more gloomy, and his breathing became heavy, obviously he was very angry.
Prince Li looked the Emperor in the eye without fear, without flinching or hesitation, and said, "The Queen knew about this a long time ago, but she didn't support the princesses. The Queen Mother supported Princess Jingle. Is there a problem?!"
"Or does the emperor want to watch the eldest princess being bullied to death by her husband? She is the daughter of the late emperor and the emperor's biological sister!"
Prince Li's words were so righteous and passionate that many other clan members around him nodded in agreement, feeling sympathetic.
To most people, Prince Li was not scolding the emperor but the empress. It was the empress who was short-sighted and insisted on marrying Jingle to her cousin. The Lu family was taking advantage of the situation and even bullied the royal family!
Not only did the emperor look unhappy, but Chen Su beside him also had a gloomy expression. He had a vague premonition that the queen was in big trouble this time.
Regarding Jingle's matter, the Queen was wrong and the Emperor was also wrong. The Emperor was wrong in that he did not care about the princesses. However, it was impossible for the Emperor to admit his mistake, so the one who was wrong could only be the Queen.
Chen Su's back was covered with cold sweat, soaking her inner garment. Prince Li was still speaking slowly in her ear: "Your Majesty, even in the common people, if a sister is severely bullied by her husband's family, her brothers from her natal family will come to the door together to seek justice."
emperor:"……"
The emperor was a little confused by Prince Li's scolding and couldn't say a word in reply.
He never cared about the affairs of his younger sisters. After all, there was the Queen in the harem. The Queen was the mother of the country and the eldest sister-in-law was like a mother. Therefore, the affairs of the eldest princesses naturally fell under the Queen's jurisdiction.
And the Queen is in charge like this? ! ! ! (End of this chapter)