Just then, a commotion suddenly came from the house on the right.
Shang Beiyu and Xiao Jianzi have excellent hearing.
Every word of Bai Lu's curses and her words about the little bandit girl not getting married reached their ears.
Shang Beiyu's expression immediately turned extremely ugly: "Who arranged that vulgar ceremony to humiliate the Demon Queen?!"
Little Cocoon was also trembling with fear upon hearing this, and immediately shifted the blame: "Your Majesty, Meng Qi was in charge of handling all these trivial formalities; Meng Qi only gave me a general outline of the process, and even if I had a hundred lives, I wouldn't dare to make things difficult for the Demon Queen like this!"
Meng Qi was located near the ancestral hall.
Hearing the commotion coming from the house on the right, he rushed to the scene immediately, feeling utterly miserable.
Those useless bastards in the Ministry of Rites!
They're more trouble than they're worth!
That really screwed him over!
Now that things have come to this, Meng Qi has no choice but to forge an imperial edict. After all, his son is his, so it's perfectly reasonable for a father to deliver an edict on behalf of his son!
Meng Qi coughed loudly and announced in a high-pitched voice: "By imperial decree, Princess Chonghe is the one whom the Emperor sincerely seeks to marry. In the Emperor's heart, Princess Chonghe is more holy and pure than any other woman in the world, and is the only candidate to be the Empress."
No one shall make things difficult for Princess Chonghe with any red tape; anyone who disobeys shall be executed!
Anyone who disobeys the Princess's orders and dares to approach and harass her again will be executed!
The assembled ancestral hall matrons and palace maids were all in uproar:
The Emperor has gone to such extremes to force his uncle and aunt into marriage, even going so far as to openly utter such blatant lies as to say that Princess Chonghe is pure and immaculate.
Who in the world doesn't know that Princess Chonghe has already married the Ninth Prince?
How can anyone still believe that Princess Chonghe is a young woman of marriageable age?
"What are you all standing there for? Are you all just standing here waiting to be beaten?" Meng Qi was very displeased to see the maids and servants staring at him with incredulous looks, and suddenly let out a loud shout.
The palace maids and nannies then came to their senses, quickly lowered their heads like quails, and silently dispersed.
If even emperors don't care about rules, why would they risk their lives to follow them? After all, it's not their ancestors' reputation that's being disgraced.
I watched as the group of troublemaking maids and old women dispersed.
Meng Qi forced a smile and stepped forward, trying to appease Bai Lu with a few words so that she could go in and persuade Ji Fengyao.
Little did they know that he hadn't even reached the White Dew.
Bai Lu withdrew her foot from the doorframe, glared at him fiercely, and said, "Don't think that just because you came here and made a fake fuss to drive everyone away, this matter will be over. The rules are your royal rules. If you come to me now and say that the Emperor is completely unaware of these rules that humiliate my princess, neither my princess nor I will believe it. Who do you think is a fool!"
After saying that, he slammed the door shut with a loud bang.
Meng Qi stared at the door, which was almost knocked down and was still shaking violently, and felt like he was utterly pissed off!
This is insane... even a hundred thousand alpacas wouldn't be enough to express his current mood.
Even if it weren't for murder, it wouldn't have made any difference.
He really wanted to strangle all those meddlesome officials, their stewardesses, and the palace maids one by one!
Shang Beiyu was also furious when he heard this. He took out a ghost mask, put it on, and quietly went to the room on the right.
"Your Excellency..." Meng Qi was both surprised and anxious when he saw him arrive, and almost cried out.
Shang Beiyu quickly unleashed a burst of demonic energy to gag him, his eyes flashing with a murderous light as he transmitted a sharp voice: "Didn't I tell you all that these procedures are just formalities? Who told you to follow human rules to the letter?!"
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