bookcurios Chapter 225 Guilty
Chapter 225 Guilty
"What happened?" Marquis Anping immediately asked people he knew about the situation.
"His Majesty summoned all civil and military officials. My Lord, didn't you get the news?" The person who was asked by Marquis Anping seemed a little surprised.
Anping Hou shook his head: "I want to go to the palace to see the emperor for something, what a coincidence."
He had already come out, so even if someone from the palace delivered the imperial edict to the Marquis' Mansion, they would not meet him.
Fortunately, the result is the same anyway, he will enter the palace.
The ministers entered the palace, and after they knelt down, they found that His Majesty did not ask them to stand up.
The ministers began to feel nervous. What had happened to make His Majesty like this?
Everyone quickly thought about what they had done in their minds, and each had their own plans.
After a long while, the Emperor finally asked, "Minister Li, I heard that your wife has been married to you for five years and still has no children."
"And you haven't taken a concubine yet, have you?"
When Li Shilang heard that he was named by His Majesty, he was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, I, I have no concubines..."
"Why don't you take a concubine?" the emperor asked. "You've been married for five years but have no children. Aren't your parents worried?"
Minister Li did not raise his head, but he could still feel the strange gazes from people around him, which felt like knives stabbing him painfully.
Minister Li knew that what he did was extremely wrong to many people, but...
Minister Li bowed and said, "Your Majesty, my parents are not in a hurry."
"My wife and I have been childhood sweethearts and have grown up together. My father-in-law and mother-in-law treat me like their own son."
"My wife's health was not very good in the past few years, and I didn't want her to hurt herself by having a child so early."
"I have already told my parents that I will have children in a few years."
A minister nearby immediately objected: "Minister Li, you are going too far."
"You can be considerate of your wife, but you cannot ignore the inheritance of your Li family."
"Won't you make your parents feel disappointed?"
"You can definitely take a concubine, and after the child is born, raise it under your wife's name."
The other ministers also nodded in agreement.
Of course, there are also condemnations.
"If your wife doesn't find it easy to take concubines, then she is jealous and you can divorce her."
"She didn't take the initiative to take a concubine for her husband. Is such a person worthy of being the legal wife?"
Minister Li was accused to such an extent that he had no way to refute. If it were in private, he could still argue with them a few words, but this was in the palace, in front of His Majesty, he dared not say anything.
The eldest princess is a role model for women. If he refutes her, wouldn't he be opposing His Majesty?
Unless he doesn't want to live anymore?
Minister Li remained silent, and the emperor then asked everyone to stand up.
The older minister's knees could no longer bear the strain of kneeling, and when he stood up, he staggered and almost fell back.
"The eldest princess is here." The eunuch at the door reported loudly.
The ministers were a little puzzled. Why did the eldest princess come to the hall?
Since the eldest princess got married, she has never been to the court.
what is it today?
While everyone was confused, the eldest princess had already arrived and saluted the emperor in a very proper manner. Every movement she made was extremely standard.
Of course, this standard is the standard for a concubine.
Now the eldest princess no longer has any of the heroic spirit of a military commander, only the submissiveness of a woman.
After the emperor asked her to stand up, he asked, "You have been married into the Marquis' Mansion for so many years. What have you done?"
When the princess heard that the emperor was holding her accountable, she knelt down without even thinking: "Your Majesty, please forgive me."
The emperor asked coldly, "What is your crime?"
The eldest princess was stunned and couldn't say anything.
She had no idea what she had done wrong.
She received the news that His Majesty summoned her to the palace at home, and when she arrived she was questioned. What happened?
Marquis Anping was also confused and angry.
What did she do to offend His Majesty?
What a useless thing!
Just know how to cause trouble for him!
Marquis Anping stepped out of the line, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, if the princess has done anything wrong, please punish her severely."
"I will never tolerate this, my lord!"
After listening to Marquis Anping's words, the emperor asked the eldest princess, "Do you have anything to say?"
"I have nothing to say." The princess lowered her head.
The emperor shouted angrily, "Do you still remember that you are the eldest princess?"
The eldest princess was stunned and subconsciously looked up at the emperor.
When she took a look, she was shocked to find that the emperor was full of anger.
The eldest princess didn’t understand what His Majesty meant.
"You married the Marquis of Anping, but you are also a princess of the royal family. How could you not have any royal dignity in the Marquis's Mansion, and let a consort hold you in such a way?" The emperor's rebuke stunned everyone.
Your Majesty, what does this mean?
The eldest princess didn't understand. When she got married, it was the imperial concubine who had raised her, now the empress dowager, who repeatedly reminded her to be filial to her parents-in-law and respect her husband, and not to put on airs like a princess in the marquis's mansion and not to save the face of the royal family and make others think that the royal family had no rules.
Now the royal brother says that she has no royal dignity... this, this... who are they asking her to listen to?
While Anping Hou was stunned, his heart skipped a beat.
Your Majesty, what does this mean?
He had a bad feeling in his heart.
"As the eldest princess of the royal family, it's bad enough that she lives in the marquis's mansion, but she also allows the ministers to bully her at will." The emperor said coldly.
"It's fine that you've fallen into depravity, but you've even thrown the face of the royal family to the ground!"
The emperor became angrier and angrier as he spoke, and he glared at Anping Hou: "I heard that your mother is ill, and you want the eldest princess to take care of her in person?"
"Marquis Anping, your mansion is so majestic!"
Anping Hou was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, calm down. This is all the eldest princess's decision."
He simply pushed all the problems onto the eldest princess. The eldest princess felt uncomfortable, but she just gritted her teeth and endured it.
That's her husband, what can she do?
"A woman marries and becomes a wife, not selling herself into slavery. If the husband's family bullies their daughter-in-law at will, I will never tolerate it!" the emperor said sternly.
"Women in the world should never take the eldest princess as an example again. She is totally self-deprecating!"
The eldest princess was shocked and looked at her royal brother in disbelief.
What did he say about her?
Is she self-deprecating?
Is she mean?
The emperor didn't care how shocked the princess was or how upset she felt. He made his position clear to all the civil and military officials.
He had a tantrum, and when the civil and military officials left, they all felt dizzy.
Your Majesty, what happened today?
Didn’t Your Majesty once highly praise the eldest princess?