Chapter 556: Entering the Palace to Apologize
As he spoke, his mind involuntarily thought of the residence of the Minister of Revenue Lu Youping.
As soon as Prime Minister Liu had this thought, the servant kneeling in front of him replied, "It's from the residence of Minister Lu of the Ministry of Revenue."
"This evil creature, who allowed him to go to the Lu family to propose marriage?" When Liu Xiang heard the servant's words, he was furious and kicked him hard. The pain he felt for his son was instantly replaced by anger.
Is he crazy? He knew that they were hostile to the Lu family, but he still concealed it from him and went to the Lu family to propose marriage.
Madam Liu was also shocked by the servant's words, and then she was furious. The Lu family, the Lu family...
It was that bitch Lu Xiang who killed her daughter.
Her son actually came to propose marriage, which was like stabbing her in the heart.
Madam Liu was furious, her chest heaving violently and she felt dizzy.
Seeing that she was about to collapse, Mother Wu hurriedly supported her and said, "Madam, calm down. There may be something hidden here. Take care of yourself."
The servant was kicked in the chest and fell to the ground in pain, unable to get up.
"This slave deserves to die, please calm down, sir."
Liu Bi knew better than Mrs. Liu. When she learned that her son went to the Lu family to propose marriage, she immediately understood why her son was beaten with a hundred strokes of the cane.
Just today, the Eighth Prince went with the Ministry of Rites to the Lu family to propose marriage.
At the same time, there was also the emperor's imperial decree granting marriage.
For competing with the Eighth Prince for the same woman, a hundred beatings would be the lightest punishment. If the Emperor pursues the matter, Yu'er would be in great trouble with the charge of contempt of the royal family.
Prime Minister Liu was both angry and furious. He thought that he had to go to the palace to apologize soon. The more he did it, the more he could not let the emperor catch him doing anything wrong.
It was a pity that this matter was kept secret and caught him off guard.
He really underestimated Lu Xiang. No wonder he was so arrogant that he even dared to harm his daughter. It turned out that he was relying on the support of the Eighth Prince.
There are so many noble ladies in the capital, why did the Eighth Prince choose Lu Xiang?
Is it because the Queen takes a liking to her?
If it was just the Lu family, Prime Minister Liu would not care, but Lu Xiang is now the adopted daughter of Duke Anguo and is protected by the Queen. I think with an imperial decree, Duke Anguo will clearly stand behind the Eighth Prince.
hateful!
The emperor really spared no effort in building up power for the eighth prince.
Humph, she is just an adopted daughter, not the biological daughter of the Song family. He wants to see how far the Eighth Prince can go after marrying Lu Xiang.
"You didn't even bother to report the Second Young Master's unauthorized proposal to the Lu family. You don't care about the truth. What's the point of keeping him here? Come on, drag him out and execute him."
"My Lord, please spare my life."
"I dare not do it anymore. Please forgive me, my Lord."
"Please have mercy, my Lord."
Everyone cried and begged for mercy, but Liu Xiang remained unmoved.
If it was someone else who went to propose marriage today, he wouldn't be so angry.
The steward quickly ordered his men to shut their mouths and take them away.
"Sir, the Lu family is too bullying. They even dared to hit Yu'er. Sir, you have to take care of Yu'er."
Prime Minister Liu looked at Madam Liu calmly, with a frightening coldness in his eyes: "What do you want me to do?"
He has always respected his wife, but one thing after another was due to her, the mistress of the house, not teaching her properly. His daughter brought shame to the family, and his son was reckless and gave others handles. Which mistress would teach her children to be like this?
Prime Minister Liu didn't say it, but he had been feeling dissatisfied with Madam Liu since Liu Anyao got into trouble.
Now that Yuer has done such a foolish thing again, he is even more disgusted with Madam Liu.
Madam Liu was so immersed in her hatred for the Lu family and her heartache for her son that she didn't notice that Prime Minister Liu was looking at her with a cold and trembling gaze. She only said bitterly, "Of course, the Lu family will be severely punished. I don't know how they got close to the Eighth Prince and actually instigated him to beat Yu'er."
"Idiot." Prime Minister Liu couldn't help but scold, "Do you know that the emperor has already granted Lu Xiang to the eighth prince as his principal wife? The imperial edict was just sent to the Lu residence by the Ministry of Rites."
hiss……
When Mrs. Liu heard this, she immediately understood the whole story. She gasped in shock and opened her mouth again and again, but in the end she couldn't utter a single word.
"You take good care of the mansion. I'll go to the palace now." Prime Minister Liu didn't have the patience to say more to Madam Liu. He just gave her a few instructions and turned away.
When Prime Minister Liu entered the imperial study and saw the Minister of Rites standing and the Eighth Prince sitting, he suddenly felt his scalp tingling.
"Your Majesty, long live the emperor."
"Your humble servant greets His Highness. May Your Highness be well and safe."
The Minister of Rites clasped his fists and bowed to Prime Minister Liu: "Greetings, Your Majesty."
Chu Jinyan looked at Prime Minister Liu expressionlessly and snorted sarcastically, "How can I be worthy of your courtesy? Your Liu family is so powerful. Maybe it won't be long before I will be the one to pay my respects to you, Prime Minister."
Listening to Chu Jinyan's sarcasm, Prime Minister Liu was filled with resentment. He knelt on the ground and said in fear, "I am very terrified. I don't know why Your Highness said that."
The Eighth Prince almost pointed at his nose and said that his Liu family was so bold and disrespectful to the emperor.
"Your Majesty is wise. My loyalty to you is evident to all. I would never dare to have any rebellious thoughts." Prime Minister Liu kowtowed to Emperor Chengde in front of the table to express his loyalty.
"My son was reckless. He went to the Lu family to propose marriage without consulting me. He offended the Eighth Prince unintentionally. He deserves death. Please spare his life, Your Majesty, for my hard work over the years. I will teach him well and he will never make the same mistake again."
"Please calm down, Your Highness. If I had known that this rebellious son had such thoughts, I would never have let him off easily. Marriage is a matter of parents' orders and matchmaker's words. If I really wanted to marry a girl, I would have asked the official matchmaker to come to the door with a generous betrothal gift. It is also my fault that I arranged a marriage for him and he didn't want it, so he thought that I must not agree with him going to the Lu family to propose marriage. That's why I did such a ridiculous thing in a moment of confusion. I dare not have any disrespect for Your Highness and the Lu family."
Prime Minister Liu bowed his head respectfully and said, his meaning was very clear, his son was wrong, but it was definitely not his instigation, nor did he deliberately hire a matchmaker from outside and give a few betrothal gifts to perfunctorily deal with the matter and embarrass the Lu family.
Although this is true, the Lu family is different now than before. To slap the Lu family in the face is to slap the royal family in the face.
Emperor Chengde looked at Prime Minister Liu who was kneeling in front of him and sincerely apologizing, and he felt so angry that he couldn't get rid of it.
Doesn’t Liu Xianghui know?
Emperor Chengde didn't believe it, but the Liu family couldn't be blamed entirely. After all, Lu Xiang was not engaged to anyone, and it was normal for someone to come to propose marriage. No news of the marriage had leaked out, it was just a coincidence that the two parties met.
But no matter how you think about it, it's unpleasant.
Emperor Chengde was unhappy, and he didn't want Prime Minister Liu to be too happy.
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