After the Wanshou Festival, Jiang Changning asked Xiaochun to leave the palace and asked her to find someone to investigate whether Chaoyun and Zhao Xifang had any connection.
It's normal for a woman from the lower class to want to marry into a rich family.
But generally speaking, they are within reach, but I can't even think about reaching the top branches.
Chao Yun not only dared to think, but also put it into action. This was not normal no matter how you looked at it.
Furthermore, why did those palace maids want to publicize Chao Yun's beauty in the palace? It would be strange if there was no trick.
With Chaoyun's identity and status, she cannot contact anyone in the palace. Who could help her
The first person that popped into Jiang Changning's mind was Zhao Xifang. Intuition was a mysterious thing, but there was no harm in checking.
A few days later, Xiaochun and Xiulan found some clues, one outside the palace and the other inside the palace.
"The day after receiving the imperial edict from the palace, the maidservant beside Chaoyun met a young man named Zhao. I checked and found out that he might be the second brother of Princess Yu." Xiaochun said.
Xiulan said, "The maid Chaoyun was looking for was not working in Gantang Palace before. She was temporarily transferred there. I found out that she deliberately found the steward and gave him a gift. I asked Dong to send someone to arrest her and she is being interrogated."
Jiang Changning chuckled. Her intuition was really accurate. It was really Zhao Xifang who was causing trouble.
"I've collected all the evidence. I'm going to file a complaint with the emperor." Jiang Changning didn't quite understand why Zhao Xifang did this, but it didn't stop her from fighting back.
But Jiang Changning's petition was not successful. That night, Emperor Xuanzhi said to her, "Tomorrow, you will reward Princess Yu with a copy of "Female Commandments" and a ruler."
"What's wrong?" Jiang Changning asked.
In the Qin Dynasty, if she, the queen mother, gave both "Instructions for Women" and a ruler to a woman of noble birth, it basically meant that the woman was lacking in virtue.
"You're stretching your hands too far and meddling in too many matters," Emperor Xuanzhi said calmly.
Jiang Changning's eyes moved slightly. It seemed that he might have known about Chaoyun's matter. He smiled and said, "I will give the gift to Princess Yu tomorrow."
The next morning, Emperor Xuanzhi picked a random incident to reprimand Prince Yu, saying, "If one family cannot be governed, how can the whole world and the country be governed?"
After the reprimand, he was fined three months' salary and ordered to suspend his work and go home for one month to reflect on himself.
After the court was dismissed, Prince Yu went to Prince De in confusion and said, "Your Majesty has always been clear about rewards and punishments. I made such a small mistake. Logically, Your Majesty fined me my salary and would not let me suspend my duties to reflect on myself. There must be something I don't know about this. Please help me analyze it."
Prince De patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother, if one family cannot be governed, how can the whole world and the country be governed? Don't you understand what I mean?"
Prince Yu was thoughtful. When he learned that the Queen Mother had rewarded Zhao Xifang with a copy of "Instructions for Women" and a ruler, he suddenly realized that he was implicated by his good princess!
He returned home in a rage and found Zhao Xifang, "What did you do?"
"Why are you so angry at me, you're so unreasonable?" Zhao Xifang yelled back even louder.
"Why are you pretending to be confused? The palace has rewarded you with the "Female Commandments" and a ruler."
Zhao Xifang said stubbornly: "I didn't do anything. Who knows why Jiang was crazy?"
Jiang family!
Prince Yu widened his eyes and slapped Zhao Xifang in the face.
Zhao Xifang was a little dazed by his beating. After a moment's silence, she screamed, "You hit me, what right do you have to hit me? My parents have never hit me."
"I'm hitting you for no reason. Do you think you can just call the Empress's name casually?" Prince Yu asked angrily.
Prince Yu was stunned. He had never thought that his princess had such ambitions. He sneered and said, "You are worthy of being the mother of the country."
Zhao Xifang was unhappy to hear this, "Why am I not worthy? Am I not as good as that orphan girl of Jiang family?"
"How dare you compare yourself to the Queen? You can't even give birth to a son."
The difficulty of having children was Zhao Xifang's greatest pain. She felt a heartache from being stabbed by Prince Yu, and blurted out, "If I had known you were such a loser, I should not have married you."
Prince Yu laughed in anger, "I should have said this. If I had known you were so stupid and ignorant, I would not have married you."
There is nothing nice about insulting each other, and the couple had long been dissatisfied with each other, and now they were angry, so they started arguing without saying a single nice word.
The quarrel was not stopped until a servant saw that the two had gone too far and invited the concubine to come, but it was obvious that the couple had become enemies.
Zhao Xifang went back to her parents' home angrily to complain. When Prince Yu found out, he said, "She loves to go back to her parents' home, so let her stay there and never come back. The palace is too small to support her big Buddha statue."
Although the Concubine Dowager strictly forbade the spread of the quarrel between Prince Yu and his wife, the fact that Zhao Xifang returned to her parents' home with a swollen face was not concealed, and the news still spread.
Zhao Xifang returned to her parents' home to seek their support, but she forgot that Princess Wenhe, the greatest supporter of the Zhao family, had passed away.
The most important thing is that she bribed the midwife and caused the death of Song Yirou, and the evidence was in the hands of Prince Yu.
The Zhao family had long lost the ability to compete with Prince Yu, so how could they support Zhao Xifang
Even after knowing that she had quarreled with Prince Yu, Zhao's mother frowned and said, "You are so ignorant."
Zhao's father questioned her, "As a woman, how can you quarrel with your husband?"
Although her brother and sister-in-law did not blame her, they also said: "Husbands and wives should understand each other and talk things over in a nice way. There is no need to argue."
No one asked if the wound on her face was serious. Zhao Xifang was sad, wronged, and angry. "Who wants to quarrel with him? He is the one who is causing trouble for me."
"Men work too hard outside, and when they come home, they speak a little harshly. As a wife, you should be gentle and considerate." Zhao's mother said.
Anyway, it was Zhao Xifang's fault. She was so angry that she wanted to go back to the palace, but at this time, someone sent by Prince Yu delivered a cart of things.
"The prince said that the princess is a filial daughter who only wants to be with her parents. The prince understands the princess's filial piety and allows her to stay at her parents' home for a short time to be with her parents and fulfill her filial duties."
Everyone in the Zhao family's face changed. The only difference between this and divorcing his wife is a piece of divorce paper!
Prince Yu was still angry. If he sent the person back, he might not be able to enter the palace.
After the Zhao family members discussed it, Zhao's father and the eldest brother went to talk to Prince Yu first.
"You, just stay at home for a while." Mother Zhao looked at her daughter, whom she was once proud of, and shook her head.
After Jiang Changning in the palace learned about this, he said to himself: "It has become such a mess, it seems that there is no need for me to add more bricks and tiles. I'd better just watch the show from the sidelines."
As for Chao Yun, she was nothing more than a useless chess piece. Neither Emperor Xuanzhi and Jiang Changning, nor Prince Yu and Zhao Xifang cared about her anymore.
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