096.Disposal

"That's not necessary."

Rong Jing's expression was not good at all, and he said in an inexplicable tone: "How can what the emperor's uncle said be false? In your opinion, how should this matter be handled?"

"Your Majesty is not experienced enough. You have to ask me for such a small matter."

Rong Se smiled meaningfully, insulted him lightly, and then said lightly: "Xi Chaoyi is not worthy of Xuanhe, so they should divorce. Humiliating the princess is humiliating the royal family, which is a serious crime of deceiving the emperor. Considering that his father has served the court for many years, the death penalty can be spared and he can be caned 80 times. As for Xi Yan——"

The ministers exchanged glances with each other silently, especially the officials of the six ministries, who became nervous, fearing that if the regent was unhappy, the execution ground would be flooded with blood again.

But His Highness Liang Shenyu saw it clearly. There was clearly no murderous intent in Rong Se's eyes, but rather a bit of mischievous and malicious joy.

It seems like he is planning something bad.

"Since Xi Yan likes his concubine so much, I will make the decision."

Just when the ministers thought that the Regent King was going to kill Liu, he looked calm and said in a gentle tone: "Let Xi Yan divorce his wife Xue and marry her to Liu. In the future, Liu will be the legitimate wife of the Xi family. What do you think?"

Royalists: “…”

Regent Wang Dangyu: "..."

The whole hall fell silent in an instant.

Even Rong Jing was stunned.

Rong Se seemed not to realize that he had said anything outrageous and his expression remained normal.

"Since everyone is silent, it means there is no objection. Then the matter is settled. Draft an edict. Within two days, have the Xi family hand over the divorce letters of Xue and Xuanhe to the palace."

At this point, the Regent King made the final decision and the court was soon dismissed.

Rong Se had been fooling around with Liang Shenyu for half the night last night, and had listened to the adults quarreling for nearly an hour. His back and waist ached from sitting so much that he did not get up for a while. He waited until most of the adults had left before he tentatively held onto his own Qilin armrest and stood up calmly and steadily.

Before he could leave, Rong Jing snorted coldly from behind him: "What a trick, uncle! What? Are you trying to pull the Xi family in too? It must be difficult to make such an embarrassing situation like this."

Rong Se paused for a moment, then perked up in an instant, lowered the corners of her beautiful eyes, and glanced over from above.

"Xi Family..."

He spoke softly, and the words were extremely clear in the quiet and empty hall, carrying a cold and mocking tone.

"What is it?"

Rong Jing choked up, his jealousy was exposed, and Rong Se's arrogant look hurt his eyes, so he didn't care about anything else, stood up, looked back at her coldly, and said sharply: "If that's the case, why bother to please the emperor's uncle?"

Rong Se sneered: "Which eye of yours saw me trying to curry favor with the Xi family? My dear nephew, not everyone is like you. In order to win over a minister, you can even send your sister to be beaten as a punching bag."

Rong Jing was silenced for a moment, then said: "That is her responsibility as a princess to provide her with fine clothes and delicious food. Besides...if she had no choice, she wouldn't have to suffer this."

Rong Se nodded in understanding, and it was made very clear that he was the one who was so-called "forced to do so".

"so it is."

Before Rong Se opened his mouth, another smiling voice suddenly came, as clear as spring water.

It was Liang Shenyu who had gone and returned. He walked into the hall with a calm and composed demeanor, with a hint of arrogance. He embodied the four words "command troops and respect yourself" to the fullest.

Rong Se raised his eyebrows slightly.

Liang Shenyu smiled back, then walked forward, his eyes fell on Rong Jing, and said with a friendly smile: "Your Majesty is right. We are born rich and noble, so we have no choice. But I have a doubt. Your Majesty has the same luxurious clothes and food as His Highness Tongxuan, and has a group of servants, but now Your Majesty still relies on the prince to handle government affairs, right?"

The palace maids had already left privately, and even the guards were standing guard outside, fearing that they might hear something they shouldn't.

Then the hall became empty and quiet.

No one spoke for a moment.

Rong Jing naturally thought that Rong Zhixu should be sacrificed. His mother had told him so since he was a child. If he was a prince, he would not be allowed to stay, but since he was a princess, he could still be of use in the future.

What's more, it is against the rules for Rong Se to rule the country personally!

Besides, he is the emperor, why should he do everything himself? Can't all the officials in the court be just for show?

"Your Majesty is thinking that when you take charge of the government in the future, there will be civil and military officials in the court who can share your worries."

Liang Shenyu revealed Rong Jing's thoughts in one sentence and looked at him without any warmth.

Rong Jing's thoughts were exposed, especially with this man standing in front of him, which made him feel both envious and resentful. At this moment, he felt ashamed and embarrassed, but had no way to refute.

At this moment, under Liang Shenyu's all-seeing eyes, those secret and despicable thoughts that they thought were unknown to everyone had nowhere to hide anymore.

He wanted to be an emperor, to be above everyone else, to call the shots.

But he didn't intend to take on the responsibility of the emperor.

He even had only a vague understanding of political affairs. Cao Lun and the tutors gave lectures every day, but Rong Jing didn't listen much. All he thought about was how to pull Rong Se down and trample him under his feet into the dust.

However, Liang Shenyu did not say anything more. He just leaned over and saluted Rong Jing, then extended his hand to Rong Se and said gently, "Prince, it's time to go back."

Rong Se had almost had enough of Rong Jing's wildness, so he snorted and put his hand on Liang Shenyu's, then walked out of the hall with him side by side.

The backs of the two people walking away together were extremely painful to Rong Jing. He clenched his fists tightly, his eyes were resentful and cold, but more of it was powerlessness and fear.

Obviously...

It is obvious that he is his father's only son, the only heir to the throne, and the legitimate emperor of the Jin Dynasty.

But why would these people, including Liang Shenyu, stand on the side of the son born to Rong Se, that whore?

Based on what?

When they were outside the palace, Rong Se let out a breath and said with a smile that seemed real and fake: "You really understand his thoughts."

Liang Shenyu laughed, "After all, I was his study partner for a few years, and he has been like this since he was young. I just didn't expect that after so many years, he hasn't made any progress at all."

"It's good to be a little stupid." Rong Se sighed with ambiguous meaning.

After all, he was not much better. This kind of intrigue and veiled attack was too unfriendly for a cook. It was all thanks to Rong Jing's stupidity. If it was a smart opponent, such as Cao Lun who had remained silent since the morning court today, Rong Se would be really scared.

He shrank closer to Liang Shenyu and sighed, "Luckily I have you."

Seeing the suddenly frightened Prince Regent, Liang Shenyu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He quietly pinched his thin knuckles under his sleeves and laughed softly, "What's wrong now? Wasn't he still majestic and solemn at the morning court just now, suppressing all the officials?"

However, the Regent himself sighed solemnly: "... the fox is just taking advantage of the tiger's power."

Liang Shenyu said "hmm" with a rising tone at the end, which sounded doubtful.

Rongse just shook his head, looking sad.

Isn't this just the fox taking advantage of the tiger's power?

It was only thanks to the majesty left by the original owner that we were able to barely scare those old immortals.

Then he heard a helpless chuckle, Liang Shenyu pinched his fingertips again, and said softly: "Madam Xue and His Highness Xuanhe's problems have been solved in one go, you should be happy, don't be sad, go back and have a good rest."

Rong Se nodded with deep conviction.

.

With the regent's words being more useful than the emperor's, the imperial edict was drafted that day. It only asked the Xi family to give Madam Xue and Rong Zhixu the divorce letters, and to appoint Liu Ran as his wife. After Rong Se had read it, it was sent directly to the Xi family.

The imperial edict was sent in the afternoon, and before nightfall, the divorce letter had already been delivered to the Regent's Palace - it was Rong Zhixu's permission.

Rong Zhixu held the thin piece of paper in her hand, and she felt that she was holding hope for the rest of her life. It was not until this moment that she felt the true... sense of relief after escaping from the cage.

"Free."

Rong Zhixu closed his eyes and murmured in his heart.

Lan Ying sat beside her, stuffing candied fruit into her mouth one by one, and said in a joyful and vague voice: "This is a good thing! It must be the master's help. You don't know that this divorce letter was written by Xi Chaoyi in the torture chamber, and Yun Zhi personally witnessed the execution. The punishment was eighty strokes of the cane!"

Lan Ying made the number eight with her hands.

Then he continued, "Don't be fooled by Yun Zhi's quiet nature. He is very cruel and mean. I heard that the imperial guards' caning punishment, let alone eighty, thirty strokes can kill a person. On the surface, he looks intact, but in fact, his organs are completely shattered! Today, Xi Chaoyi was unwilling to write a divorce letter, but it was clearly written in the torture room. I heard that he was not conscious when he was carried out of the torture room. It must have been Yun Zhi's idea. You see, we beat him back for you!"

Rong Zhixu couldn't help laughing, he opened his eyes, and said in a good-natured way, "Then we should thank Governor Yun."

"We can't just thank him!" Lan Ying's eyes widened, "My master and I also contributed!"

It was clearly a look of seeking credit.

Rong Zhixu just smiled and said, "Yes, I should thank you."

Lan Ying nodded, and with the corner of her eye she glanced at the divorce letter in her hand, and said, "Why are you still holding this thing? Put it away quickly. It was written by that person, and it's unlucky."

Rongzhi Xu Wan'er twisted the thin piece of paper and said softly: "It turns out... light can be held."

Lan Ying understood what she said and paused in chewing the candied fruit. Soon she frowned heartlessly again.

"What's the big deal? This is just the beginning."

As she spoke, Lan Ying pinched a piece of candied fruit and stuffed it into Rong Zhixu's lips, smiling brightly, "Why don't you eat it? This is made by the master, it's delicious."

Rong Zhixu was startled, and subconsciously opened his mouth to hold the candied fruit between his lips. He reacted belatedly, and after swallowing the sweet and sour candied fruit in his mouth, he asked, "Is this also made by the emperor's uncle?"

"Yes." Lan Ying nodded. The lively little girl was quiet for a rare moment and said softly, "It's surprising, isn't it? Is the master completely different from what is said outside?"

Rong Zhixu thought of his former secret hatred, and was overwhelmed with emotions for a moment, and nodded slightly.

"yes."

Not just different, they are... two completely different people.

After saying this, Rong Zhixu seemed to be hesitant to talk again.

Lan Ying tilted her head to look at her, "What's wrong?"

Rong Zhixu hesitated for a moment and whispered, "If Madam Xue leaves the Xi family, I... want to go pick her up and thank her in person."

"Oh, about this." Lan Ying nodded, stood up and clapped her hands, "I'm afraid it's too late to answer, but I heard from the master that the old house of the Duke of Xin was cleaned up at noon today. I guess she will go there. If you want to see her, I'll take you there."

Rong Zhixu was silent for a while, thinking in silence.

…It seemed as if fate had suddenly begun to favor her.