After the divorce, the princess was forced to raise a sickly villain

The next morning, Chu Qinghuang received the imperial edict to enter the palace.

She finished her breakfast leisurely, and after watching Fu Cang drink the medicine to regulate his body, she changed her clothes and asked someone to prepare a carriage to go to the palace.

The emperor left the court early today.

Because there were too many ministers in the court who impeached the eldest princess, and they all accused the eldest princess of being immoral by parading around with her male favorite.

The emperor listened with one ear and let it out with the other, thinking that Qinghuang should have arrived at the Yugan Palace by now, and he said slowly: "Ask them if they have anything to report. The impeachment of the eldest princess can be sent to the imperial study later, so there is no need to waste time here. If there is nothing else to report, then leave the court."

Chen Hai shouted loudly: "If there is something to report, report it early, if there is nothing to report——"

The hall, which was as noisy as a vegetable market, suddenly became quiet.

The ministers knelt down and sent him off. Before they could finish shouting "Long live the emperor", the emperor had already stood up and left. The ministers kneeling in the hall were stunned for a long time, and then they stood up and left the hall as if they had just woken up from a dream.

Chu Qinghuang was sitting in the side hall of the Yugan Palace drinking tea. After the eunuch served the tea, he asked respectfully: "Does the princess want some snacks? I'll go to the imperial kitchen to see..."

"No."

"Yes."

This was the scene that His Majesty saw when he came back, and he didn't know how to react for a while.

Chu Qinghuang stood up: "Father."

His Majesty the emperor hummed, raised his hand and dismissed his left and right: "Everyone leave."

"I'll take my leave."

Chen Hai and the palace servants all left together.

The emperor walked to the chair behind the imperial desk and sat down. He looked up at Chu Qinghuang, as if thinking about how to start: "Qinghuang, there is something I want to ask you."

Chu Qinghuang said calmly: "Is it related to the Ling family?"

The emperor was silent, then nodded slowly: "I have heard some things, but I don't fully understand the inside story. If you have been wronged, you can tell me directly, I will never let the Ling family off easily."

Chu Qinghuang said calmly: "I can solve this matter myself."

The emperor was silent.

Solve it yourself?

If possible, he would certainly like her to solve it herself, but since Concubine Duan has reported it to him, whether as an emperor or as a father, he seems not to be deaf and dumb.

Well, it's okay to understand the situation.

"Qinghuang." His Majesty the Emperor said seriously, "I heard that you went to the Ling family as a guest yesterday, and brought four male favorites?"

Chu Qinghuang corrected: "Five."

The emperor was silent, okay, it seems that there are indeed five.

The emperor said in a subtle tone: "Why did you think of taking them?"

"The Ling family invited me to go, and everyone knows what they are thinking. I just want them to see that any young man in my backyard can be the most beautiful among all the ladies." Chu Qinghuang said calmly, "The appearance of the Ling family's legitimate son is not pleasing to my eyes."

After these words came out, His Majesty was speechless.

Although Qinghuang said more than once that the Ling family's legitimate son was not pleasing to her eyes, this question is actually a matter of opinion.

Just like what people often say about marrying a wife who is virtuous and taking a concubine who is beautiful, a serious marriage of men and women is based on family background and character, and appearance is the most insignificant consideration.

What the Ling family wants is Chu Qinghuang's ability and power, and her violent temper and means can be ignored. If a woman wants to marry into the Ling family, she must be attracted by the Ling family's family background and military power, not the appearance of the Ling family's legitimate son.

Appearance is not worth mentioning in the face of power and interests.

But Qinghuang is different from ordinary women.

She likes men with outstanding looks, and doesn't care much about family background and power. When she sees a good-looking man, she wants to take him into the princess's backyard, but she doesn't care about the legitimate son of aristocratic family.

Thinking about it this way, it seems not surprising that she brought her male favorite to visit the Ling family in broad daylight.

The emperor didn't know how to react. After thinking about it, he got straight to the point: "I heard that Ling Jing was injured?"

Chu Qinghuang nodded.

"Did the shadow guard beside you do it?"

Chu Qinghuang was silent for a moment, and still nodded: "I guess so." After all, it was someone around her, and it didn't matter whether it was a shadow guard or not.

"Although the shadow guard is responsible for protecting your safety, it is not right to casually hurt the legitimate son of aristocratic family without orders." The emperor frowned slightly, "How can you be so unruly?"

Chu Qinghuang said: "I tacitly agreed to it."

The emperor paused and continued to ask: "Is Ling Jing in your house now?"

Chu Qinghuang still nodded.

"Since he is injured, why don't you let him stay at home?" His Majesty the Emperor was puzzled. "If you put him in your backyard, won't you have to bother to hire a doctor for him?"

Besides, since Ling Jing's appearance was not to her liking, why bother to put him in the backyard?

Chu Qinghuang said indifferently: "It's not your son who wants to put him in the backyard, it's the intention of those servants."

The emperor was puzzled: "Why?"

"They were bored in the backyard."

Bored?

The emperor frowned: "Isn't this too outrageous?"

Just because they were bored, they put the son of the Ling family in the backyard? It seems that Concubine Duan was right. Those servants were indeed spoiled by Qinghuang.

"Ling Jing was wrong first." Chu Qinghuang's expression was three points colder. "If father knew what he said, he would probably think that the servants were kind."

Ah?

The emperor was stunned: "What did Ling Jing say?"

Chu Qinghuang lowered her eyes and brushed her sleeves: "He said he wanted to tame me, turn me from a high and mighty princess into a lowly slave girl, and make me kneel at his feet and become his captive..."

After a slight pause, Chu Qinghuang added casually: "Before I could say anything else, I was slapped away by someone next to me. Father already knows what happened next, and I don't want to say more."

As she finished her words, the air in Yugan Palace dropped rapidly, as if it had suddenly gone from the hot early summer to the bitter cold winter, freezing cold and depressing.