kingnovel Chapter 1232 That's a Scumbag Father, Purely Evil
Chapter 1232 That's a Scumbag Father, Purely Evil
Liang Chongyue sat in the front hall drinking tea. When Princess Qiyang came in, the system even sent her a picture of her husband's dejected departure.
The mother came to the front hall for a look, then was pushed away by the system.
The milk tea that Liang Chongyue drank early in the morning was brewed by Yunling early in the morning.
After Qi Yang sat down, he took a sip and couldn't help but praise, "I've long heard that Your Majesty loves milk tea, and I didn't know it tasted so good."
Liang Chongyue just smiled and didn't say anything. It wasn't just Yunling who knew how to make milk tea; the process was just a few steps. She had just gotten used to drinking it since she was a child.
Any imperial chef in the palace kitchen knows how to do this.
Princess Qiyang must have drunk it when she was a child.
Liang Chongyue didn't want to beat around the bush anymore: "Auntie came early today not just to bring me plates of pastries, but just say what's on your mind."
Princess Qiyang's vocabulary, which she had compiled overnight, was rendered useless by His Majesty's question.
After a moment, Liang Chongyue added, "I have a lot of things to do today, and I don't always have time like this."
Judging by the time, Fei He should be back soon. She hasn't checked on Li Yu'an yet, but she guesses he'll be back soon too.
Qi Yang was still struggling with where to begin, but with His Majesty's urging, he couldn't care less about his hesitation anymore.
"I wish to divorce my husband, and I hope Your Majesty will grant my request."
Fortunately, Liang Chongyue had already put the teacup aside and swallowed the milk tea in her mouth, otherwise she might have coughed it up.
She thought that Qi Yang came to see her so early to plead for the Xie family.
Unexpectedly, his first words were about divorcing the Xie family.
"The Xie family is a den of wolves, but you still have a choice. Now that the Xie family is in trouble, you want a divorce?"
Liang Chongyue didn't give any face at all. Although it's said that husband and wife are like birds in the same forest, they will fly away separately when disaster strikes, she had seen it all before.
However, the Xie family's situation was clearly complicated. The Xie family had been tyrannical in the area for so many years, and Princess Qiyang was unaware of how much they had profited from it.
She had long ago enacted laws allowing women to file for divorce, provided the circumstances were true and met the legal standards.
Even if the husband's family does not allow it and keeps pestering her, the local officials will handle it. If the divorce is approved and the husband's family continues to pester her, the punishment of caning will be the lightest.
Princess Qiyang was neither an ordinary person nor Li Furong, who needed to rely on the Xie family.
She wanted a divorce, but Xie Jiaguang, considering her title of princess, had to fawn over and coax her.
These past years have been smooth sailing, and now I want to sever ties and end things, not wanting to be implicated.
Liang Chongyue lowered her eyes in deep thought, and when she looked up, her gaze towards Princess Qiyang was inscrutable.
"Why is Aunt so eager to get a divorce? I think the Prince Consort is quite sensible."
Princess Qiyang thought that His Majesty would agree immediately when he heard that she wanted a divorce.
Just like Madam Xie, she never expected His Majesty to ask her such a question.
Princess Qiyang was momentarily stumped by the question, but given the current situation of the Xie family, even if neither she nor His Majesty revealed it, it was already a fact.
His Majesty's personal attendant, the Empress, went to investigate government affairs, while his long-time bodyguards investigated the Xie family's businesses.
The Xie family is beyond saving, and she can't let them drag her down like this.
"He's just a useless man. It's only thanks to His Majesty's thorough investigation of the Xie family that I discovered the Prince Consort has been doing all sorts of evil things behind my back all these years, using my name to try and pin all the blame on me."
Liang Chongyue laughed when she heard this; you can't have two different kinds of people sleeping in the same bed.
Are they treating her like some kind of silly little girl who just came of age?
"Does Auntie think that's plausible?"
Liang Chongyue was unyielding. She had worked diligently in the capital for many years on matters concerning the interests of the people, which made life a little better for the people of Daxia.
These people are the ones who outwardly comply but inwardly defy her, rendering her hard work futile and leaving the people with nowhere to turn for help.
Princess Qiyang became anxious: "Your Majesty, I am, after all, a princess of the royal family. If I am implicated in this matter concerning the Xie family, it will be a disgrace to the royal family."
Princess Qiyang slid off the chair and knelt down in front of Liang Chongyue.
But Liang Chongyue had a heart of stone: "Auntie, don't be afraid."
Liang Chongyue reached out and brushed aside the stray hairs that fell across Princess Qiyang's forehead, tucking them behind her ear.
"With an emperor like me who murdered his father in the Great Xia Dynasty, I don't care what rumors my descendants spread, let alone my aunt's affairs."
Princess Qiyang felt a chill run down her spine upon hearing this, and her whole body was trembling with fear.
Her eyes trembled as she looked at His Majesty, and for a moment it seemed as if she saw her long-deceased elder brother.
The same nonchalance, the same fearlessness.
It's the same; a calm and composed attitude that comes from having everything under control.
She left the capital early and only now understands what the rumor meant when it was said that His Majesty's style of doing things was exactly the same as the late Emperor's.
It is said that her elder brother is ruthless and cruel, disregarding fraternal affection. With such a ruthless emperor on the throne, the people will never have a good life again.
However, after his elder brother ascended the throne, he governed the Great Xia better and better, and the voices saying that the emperor was ruthless and cruel gradually disappeared.
Even she had almost forgotten how terrifying her elder brother, who had once vied for power with their father, was.
Now, seeing His Majesty, she seemed to see her ruthless and heartless brother through those beautiful eyes that were exactly the same as her imperial brother's.
"Is Your Majesty planning to execute me as well?"
Princess Qiyang, completely exhausted, knelt on the ground, her former glamorous and flamboyant demeanor from the polo field yesterday nowhere to be seen.
No matter how beautiful the hairpin is, it cannot support her former glory.
Liang Chongyue forcefully turned Princess Qiyang's face to the side and said, word by word:
"Did Aunt really think she was more capable than Father Emperor when she managed to escape his clutches?"
Princess Qiyang was stumped by the question and stood there dumbfounded.
"It's just that your father tacitly allowed you to leave because you are young."
Liang Chongyue withdrew her hand, sat lazily in the chair, and slowly picked up the teacup to sip her tea.
She had seen a lot of what happened back then through the system.
When she was young, she loved watching documentaries about her scumbag father and trying to imitate him.
He has developed an imperial appearance at a young age.
So I also witnessed some little-known aspects of my scumbag father.
Being ruthless and cruel is simply because one doesn't want to leave behind a legacy of harm and infamy.
Having murdered his father and brother, he is a piece of jade specially cultivated to sharpen knives. To survive, he can only desperately grind the knife attached to his body to pieces.
As for the rest of her bad reputation, she didn't want to defend her scumbag father.
Being the emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty brings both good and bad reputations; some are due to persecution, while others are due to a scumbag father who is purely evil.
Those whom the scumbag father spared back then were all people who, even if given another army, wouldn't be able to cause any trouble.
The scumbag father used them to ease his mind.
Some people actually thought they were exceptionally clever and escaped disaster.