He took a deep breath, mustered up his courage and continued, "Your Majesty, I am truly ashamed. This is all my fault. I don't know why I displeased Her Royal Highness the Princess. The Princess said she wanted a divorce."

Zhu Ming took all the responsibility on himself. After all, it was not a wise move to blame the princess in front of the emperor.

Although the emperor looks particularly amiable today, he must not lose his sense of propriety.

The emperor's smile froze on his face in an instant, as if he had been cast under a spell.

The entire imperial study fell into deathly silence. Everyone held their breath, not daring to make a sound.

"evil creature!"

After holding it in for a long time, I finally managed to utter a word.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. It is all because of my poor parenting that the princess is upset. But if we divorce, it will hurt the reputation of the royal family. I am afraid that I will never be able to redeem myself, Your Majesty~"

Zhu Ming stood up and knelt on the ground, every word he said was for the emperor's sake.

The emperor was so angry that his face almost turned green. He even began to suspect whether he had dug up the Yan family's ancestral tomb. Otherwise, why would everyone who had anything to do with the Yan family not let him leave alone?

Needless to say, the queen, the daughter of the Yan family, fed him insects. She had a very vicious heart.

Look at the two children she gave birth to, one is rebelling, and the other is starting to make trouble.

Not to mention the Yan family. Except for Yan Gongce who was an exception, everyone else rebelled.

The emperor was silent for a moment, trying to calm his anger, "Prime Minister, please stand up. I will handle this matter."

He turned around and sat back on the dragon chair, his brows furrowed.

Zhu Ming stood up nervously, secretly groaning in his heart. He thought the emperor would get furious immediately, but he didn't expect him to be so calm.

"Prime Minister, please go back first. I will handle this matter." The emperor said calmly.

Zhu Ming felt relieved, kowtowed to express his gratitude, and left the imperial study.

The emperor sat alone on the dragon throne, with a lot of thoughts in his mind. Of course, he didn't want them to divorce, which would not only damage the royal family's reputation, but also who would marry her after the divorce?

"Someone come!" the emperor shouted loudly.

The personal eunuch came in and asked, "What do you want, Your Majesty?"

"Pass on my oral order and order Princess Zihua and her husband to come to see me as soon as possible."

The emperor decided to find out the situation himself and find out what the two of them were fighting about. If it was really Zhu Dongting who bullied his daughter, he would definitely not let him off easily.

If Zihua causes trouble for no reason, he will have to teach her a lesson.

If both of them are wrong, then they should each take a step back. If they insist on divorce, then... he will not agree!

After receiving the order, the eunuch hurried to the Prime Minister's Mansion to convey the emperor's will.

Zihua was a little surprised when she received the imperial edict. This was the first time that her father took the initiative to summon her into the palace.

Soon the two men came before the emperor and knelt down to pay their respects.

The emperor looked at them and asked sternly, "Why do you want to divorce?"

Zhu Dongting kept silent. Si Zihua looked up at him and said calmly, "Father, your Majesty, your son-in-law and I have different personalities and often quarrel. We are not living a happy life."

The emperor frowned slightly, "Husband and wife must tolerate each other, how can they divorce easily because of such a small matter?"

Si Zihua: “…”

The emperor turned to look at Zhu Dongting, "What do you have to say?"

Zhu Dongting kowtowed hurriedly, "Your Majesty, it's all my fault. I have ignored the princess since we got married, and that's why I hurt her heart."

He recalled every detail since he married Zihua, and his heart was filled with guilt.

He spent his days drinking and partying, ignored her, and even found fault with her many times. As for his family, they didn't treat her as a family member at all, and they had a small quarrel every three days and a big quarrel every five days.

I think everyone would have had enough of this real life.

What's more, she is a princess who is high above everyone else.

The emperor pondered for a moment and said, "Then are you willing to change your ways and live a good life with Zihua?"

Zhu Dongting quickly agreed, "I am willing!"

Si Zihua frowned slightly, "But..."

The emperor interrupted her and said, "Husband and wife quarrel at the head of the bed and make up at the foot of the bed. How can there be a grudge overnight? Since the prince consort has admitted his fault, you should not be aggressive."

Si Zihua bit her lip and said nothing more.

Seeing this, the emperor softened his tone and said, "Forget it, you can go back first. If there are any conflicts in the future, just talk it out, don't act on impulse."

The two men kowtowed to express their gratitude and left the palace.

Zhu Dongting stared at Si Zihua, and he silently swore in his heart that he would treat her sincerely to make up for the mistakes he had made.

However, Si Zihua had a sad face. She said softly, "You should leave first. I want to go see my mother."

After saying this, she left Zhu Dongting behind and walked towards the cold palace alone.

Si Zihua stepped into the cold palace, and the moment she saw the queen, tears couldn't stop falling.

"Mother, I really miss you..."

She didn't mind at all that Queen Yan was wearing tattered clothes and threw herself into her arms.

Queen Yan's eyes were filled with pity, but she didn't know what had happened to make her usually strong daughter cry so heartbrokenly.

But she couldn't ask, so she could only pretend to hug her and gently stroke her back as if it was an instinctive reaction.

"Mother, do you know? I am so tired and hate it!"

Si Zihua lay in the arms of Queen Yan, and said to herself with tears in her eyes: "Mother, I know you are not really sick, but I can't do anything. My brother was plotting a rebellion, and I was unable to dissuade him. I could only watch him fail and be imprisoned at the city gate, suffering countless beatings and tortures every day."

"I was powerless to stop all this. I didn't even have the courage to go and see my brother until he died. Facing the sneers and ridicules of the crowd, I had no way to refute them, because those were indisputable facts!"

Si Zihua cried and complained, pouring out all the pain in her heart.

At this moment, she did not realize that Queen Yan's eyes were already filled with tears.

"Mother, I am so tired. I did nothing wrong, but they put all the blame on me. I hate her so much. I hate that bitch Feng Qi. If it weren't for her, I would have been forced to marry Zhu Dongting!"

When he got excited, Si Zihua clenched his fists and his nails dug deeply into his palms.

"But what can I do? There is nothing I can do, and there is no hope of revenge. It was like this before, and it is even more so now. Mother, please tell me, what should I do?"

Si Zihua began to sob.

Queen Yan was heartbroken, but she couldn't say anything and could only pat her on the back silently.

She became even more determined in her mind that her son had been killed by them, and now her only daughter was living such a wronged life, she would never let them go!

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