binnovel Chapter 967 The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (89)
Chapter 967 The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (89)
Chapter 967: The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (eighty-nine)
Recently, the people in the capital city have had no shortage of topics to talk about after dinner. Although people are reluctant to discuss the Fourth Prince's injury, they are excitedly talking about the affairs of the Princess's Mansion.
Good things don't go out, bad things pass thousands of miles.
The capital city is so big, but news spreads very quickly. Within an hour, the news that the county lord was a fake spread throughout the capital city.
People don’t greet each other with “Have you eaten?” or “Are you busy?”, but with “Do you know that thing?” “What is it?” “That thing, let me tell you…”
Even storytellers would weave in stories about child swapping. Of course, the characters in the story had nothing to do with Confucianism; it was about a merchant's child being swapped, but who knew who it was about? Commoners always loved to watch the aristocracy's excitement. Although many were timid, as long as everyone was watching the excitement, it was fine.
Even when the emperor learned about the affairs of the eldest sister's family, he was angry that his sister was deceived by a woman, but at the same time he had a strange sense of psychological balance.
You see, I am not the only one who is worried about offspring. Isn’t my sister also suffering because of offspring?
As the emperor, at least his children are his. Unlike his sister, he didn't even know that his daughter was taken away and killed. He worried about his missing daughter for years, but it turned out that he was worried about the wrong person. The real daughter had died a long time ago.
He said that all members of the Cai family were not good people. He had said that Zhou, as a wife of the Cai family, had stayed in the Cai family for so long. Didn’t she know the Cai family’s evil ambitions?
On the surface, they were his loyal subjects, but secretly, along with Prince Lu, they were plotting a rebellion against him. The Cai family was truly a bunch of traitors. Zhou Shi was not guilty of treason, but at least she was suspected of deceiving and withholding information. Her exile was not innocent, and yet the imperial sister came to him personally to plead with him to release her.
Now you are reaping the consequences.
The imperial sister now came to him to complain again. Alas, she used to be so high and mighty and looked down upon the legitimate daughter of a concubine, but now she has fallen badly.
The emperor suffered the same blow from his sons when he got it back from his sister.
At least, he has more daughters and sons than he does, so if one or two are missing, he won't be sad after a long time.
Although the fourth child is paralyzed, he is still alive. His life is saved. If he is taken good care of, it would be great if he can live another forty or fifty years.
He consoled himself by thinking that the royal family had always been ruthless. Hadn't his own brothers fought to the death in the past?
The fourth brother ended up like this, so doesn’t he have any responsibility?
Being in the imperial family, one is always surrounded by the flash of swords and spears. If one cannot protect himself, then he is not fit to be an emperor. Why should he force his sons to be friendly and respectful to each other, and to play those false and deceitful tricks in front of him? Brotherly quarrels are indeed a taboo and will affect the situation in the court, but he will suppress them when necessary and promote them when necessary. If his sons are fiercely quarrelsome, then he will suppress them all and should obey them.
The emperor consoled himself, feeling much better. "Hmph, none of his sons were good people anyway, so why should he feel bad for them? Those bastards just wanted his throne, but they were dreaming. He could sit on it for another twenty years."
*** looked at the emperor who seemed to be distracted, feeling quite resentful. Ever since her mother passed away, the emperor had one less person to suppress him, and he did not pay as much attention to the princess's mansion as before. It was a pity that her mother had no biological children, otherwise why would she support other princes to ascend the throne?
"Don't worry, sister. I will uphold justice for you. Anyone who dares to confuse the royal bloodline will be severely punished. Zhou Zhiying pretended to be a county princess. She is sentenced to be whipped ten times at Caishikou in ten days and exiled to the southwest. She will not be pardoned in this lifetime. Zhou's crime is unforgivable. How about she be sliced into pieces next month to serve as a warning to others?" The emperor came to his senses and promised seriously.
"This...Wasn't Zhou's death too easy?"
The emperor's expression remained unchanged, but he was actually a little surprised. He didn't expect that the imperial sister was so cruel that she was not even satisfied with the punishment of flaying?