The legitimate daughter becomes cannon fodder? Rebirth to overthrow the system's fatality

"You favor your concubine over your wife. Even when Zhou and her brother killed my mother, you knew the truth but refused to report it to the police!"

Everyone was talking again.

"I remember this incident. It seems that Miss Cheng was only seven or a few years old at that time. At that time, the prime minister's wife passed away. On the day of the funeral, the coffin could not move for three seconds. The blood clotted and it seemed that they had just reported it to the authorities."

"Yes! Princess Chen drew a portrait of the murderer based on someone else's description of the murderer's appearance, and the Prime Minister's wife was finally cleared of her injustice."

"The Prime Minister's wife died tragically. She was trampled to death by a horse while trying to protect Princess Chen."

"At that time, it was rumored that Princess Chen was the nemesis who killed my mother. When I went to burn incense, I saw that little girl kneeling beside her mother's coffin. Oh, how pitiful, the people who spread these rumors are really despicable..."

Hearing everyone's discussion, Cheng Zongyang waved his hands to deny: "Truthfully, I don't know..."

"You don't know? How could you not know? You knew that there was a hidden story behind my mother's death. In order to protect the biological mother of your two children and for the reputation of the Xiangfu, you did not allow anyone to report it to the police. In the end, when you realized that you could no longer conceal the truth, you pushed everything onto Brother Zhou and cleared Zhou of all responsibility!" Cheng Jiuyuan's voice finally became a little emotional. Thinking of how her mother died without a single piece of good flesh on her body, even her face...

The horse scare was directed at them, mother and daughter.

It was her mother who protected her with her own flesh and blood!

Chu Heng stepped forward and stood beside her, reaching out and holding her cold hand.

Cheng Zongyang pointed at Cheng Jiuyuan and said, "You, you were just pretending before! Your kindness and understanding were all fake!"

Cheng Jiuyuan snorted coldly, turned around and knelt down in front of Emperor Zhaolie: "Father, one of my requests is to sever the father-daughter relationship with Cheng Zongyang. The second is that Cheng Zongyang and my mother divorce, and I will take my mother's tablet and leave the Cheng family completely!"

Once again, everyone was shocked by this bold statement.

"It's unheard of to ask for a divorce for a deceased mother."

"That's understandable. I don't think the Prime Minister's wife wants to stay in the Cheng family either."

"What is Cheng Zongyang thinking? I heard that the former prime minister's wife was the most beautiful woman in Gusu and a talented woman. I have also seen his previous concubine. She is very petty and cannot be compared at all. What's more, he has such an outstanding daughter as Princess Chen."

"Maybe the Prime Minister's wife didn't give him a son."

"The concubine did give birth, but she was a homosexual..."

Cheng Zongyang didn't care that the emperor was present and rushed forward to teach Cheng Jiuyuan a lesson.

"You evil girl! You are a rebellious person and you don't obey discipline!"

The Pei family and Chu Heng instantly stood in front of Cheng Jiuyuan.

Chu Heng looked at Cheng Zongyang coldly: "How dare you attack my princess?"

Cheng Zongyang couldn't get close to Cheng Jiuyuan, so he could only stare at her fiercely, his eyes red as blood.

Cheng Jiuyuan kowtowed to Emperor Zhaolie, "Please grant me your permission, Father!"

Emperor Zhaolie frowned after watching this farce.

"Prime Minister!"

Cheng Zongyang was startled and knelt down suddenly: "Your Majesty, this is all one-sided words from this evil girl. Her mother is in poor health, and I am considerate of her, so I let someone else take charge of the household..."

"My sister got sick because she gave birth to children for you! You took the opportunity to seize her power and allowed Zhou to bully and humiliate her! You are a beast!" Pei Xiu said angrily.

Emperor Zhaolie looked at Cheng Zongyang with disappointment in his eyes: "Only when the family is in order can the world be peaceful. I have also heard that you favored your concubine and killed your wife, but I didn't expect it to be so serious. You let your concubine kill your wife and even shielded the murderer."

"With such character and integrity, he is unfit to be the prime minister of a country!"

Just one sentence made Cheng Zongyang look as pale as death.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I, your minister, do feel guilty towards my first wife, but I did not condone my concubine to harm others, nor did I protect her! Your Majesty is wise! Your minister..."

Emperor Zhaolie raised his hand to interrupt him and looked at Cheng Jiuyuan: "I agree to both of these requests. I will make the decision to have your mother divorce the Prime Minister and move her tablet out of the Cheng family. You can also sever your relationship with the Prime Minister and have no further connection with him from now on!"

Cheng Jiuyuan was overjoyed, smiled and kowtowed to Emperor Zhaolie loudly: "Thank you, father!"

Emperor Zhaolie saw her smile and said happily, "Not only that, I will posthumously confer the title of First-Rank Imperial Consort on your mother."

"Thank you, father!" Cheng Jiuyuan kowtowed again.

The third son of the Pei family showed joy on his face, and Pei Xiu's eyes were red.

Cheng Zongyang lay on the ground looking dead.

He wanted to bring this wicked girl back home and repair their father-daughter relationship, but this wicked girl actually wanted to kill him!

He finally understood that everyone here was on the side of this evil girl. No matter how dissatisfied he was, he had to endure it, otherwise he would lose his official position.

Emperor Zhaolie spoke softly and gently to Cheng Jiuyuan with a smile on his face, but the next moment when he looked at Cheng Zongyang, his face was full of frost.

"Cheng Zongyang, I heard that you had already severed ties with Cheng Jiuyuan in front of all the officials. Now it's as you wished."

Cheng Zongyang gritted his teeth. At that time, Chu Ze was the emperor, and he said that in order to distance himself from Prince Chen.

"As the prime minister, you were completely unaware of the traitor and even gave him advice to embarrass Prince Chen. If it weren't for the fact that you have done some good things for the people over the years and are the biological father of Prince Chen's wife, you would have lost your head long ago."

"Your Majesty!" Cheng Zongyang looked at his superior pleadingly.

He had indeed chosen the wrong side, and he still fantasized that with the help of Cheng Jiuyuan's relationship, he could keep his official position and even become the emperor's father-in-law in the future.

In fact, Emperor Zhaolie originally planned to turn a blind eye to it for Cheng Jiuyuan's sake.

After all, because Cheng Zongyang was a fence-sitter, Chu Ze didn't use him much.

But now seeing Cheng Jiuyuan's attitude towards Cheng Zongyang, he immediately added insult to injury.

"In consideration of your past contributions, I will not need your head. Effective immediately, you will be dismissed from your position as Prime Minister..."

Cheng Zongyang just felt his head buzzing and he could not hear anything.

Everyone around looked at him and sighed in their hearts.

Grab everything to climb up, but in the end, it's all gone.

If he had been nicer to Princess Chen, he would be the most successful person now.

It's really just a matter of one thought.

Cheng Zongyang's eyes were dazed, and he murmured, "Evil girl... evil girl..."

Eventually he was dragged away by the guards.

The awarding ceremony lasted for an hour, and even Princess Chen's deceased mother was posthumously honored.

Those who were not rewarded also received praise from Emperor Zhaolie. Those who were here at least showed that they did not stand on Chu Ze's side.

The only one who was dismissed from office was the biological father of Princess Chen, who was a great contributor.

Who says that women are inferior to men.

Just because Cheng Jiuyuan saved the emperor and made great contributions, the Pei family also rose to prominence.

Pei family has three sons, one is a scholar, one is a military officer, and the other is an imperial merchant. This means that they are both officials and businessmen, and their status is unbreakable.

The Pei family jumped from being a mere merchant family to becoming the new elite in the court.

Those who had daughters in their families all set their eyes on the third son of the Pei family.

After the awards were given, the palace banquet officially began.

For a moment, the Imperial Garden was bustling with activity and fluttering sleeves.