Traveling to the ancient harem

Chapter 273: Divorce

Royal study room.

An Ning stood up, walked to the emperor and bowed deeply: "Brother, I have a favor to ask of you. I beg you to grant my request."

"Go on." The emperor raised his hand and asked her to stand up.

"My sister wants to divorce Xu Yan." An Ning's words, one by one, were like thunder, almost blowing the Xu family away.

"No, you are a princess, how can you get a divorce?" Xu's mother's voice sounded sharply. It was too outrageous. How could the princess say such a thing?

"I wonder which family's law stipulates this? The princess cannot divorce." Huang Ye took over the conversation.

"Concubine Huang, you have nothing to do here." Xu Yan, who had come to his senses, was furious. The princess must have been instigated by Concubine Huang. In the past, the princess looked at her with admiration... even pleading. It had only been a short time since she returned to the palace, and she wanted to divorce him. He could not help but vent his anger on Huang Ye.

"How dare you." The emperor was furious. She had never said that to the yellow leaves. This Xu Yan was really tired of living: "Old Yu, slap him."

Eunuch Yu had long been impatient with Xu Yan. He quickly grabbed Xu Yan's collar and slapped him left and right, giving him several slaps. Anyway, the emperor didn't specify how many slaps he should give, so the extra slaps were just to vent Concubine Huang's anger.

Xu Yan's mouth and nose immediately began to bleed. He felt his head buzzing. The pain and humiliation made him blurt out: "An Ning, you just watch them humiliate your husband..."

"Soon you won't be a princess consort anymore." An Ning said slowly. She originally thought she would feel sad seeing him being beaten, but who knows... She now wanted to invite eight big dramas to celebrate her joy.

"Evil creature." Father Xu had a bad feeling: "Why don't you kneel down and beg the princess for forgiveness." He was so scared when the emperor got angry just now that he knelt on the ground. At this time, he didn't care that the emperor didn't let him get up. He got up and pressed Xu Yan, wanting him to kneel down and apologize to the princess. The most important thing now was to coax him back to the mansion first.

"Father, I am not wrong." The scholar's noble character made Xu Yan feel that he had just been humiliated. "She wants a divorce, so let's do it. It was you who wanted to climb up to the royal family and let your son marry the princess, thus ruining his future..."

"May I ask, Your Majesty, have you ever taken the exam? Were you on the list?" Huang Ye asked curiously.

"You..." Xu Yan was choked and speechless. He didn't dare to say anything more about Huang Bin, as he was afraid of being beaten.

"Your Majesty, Prince Consort Xu took the imperial examination twice but failed both times." Eunuch Yu answered sarcastically.

"That's because I wasn't prepared." Xu Yan's face flushed with humiliation: "If there is a next time, I will definitely win."

"Okay." The emperor said, "Then I will allow the princess to divorce you. After the divorce, you can continue to participate in the provincial examination. I promise here that as long as you have real talent and pass the examination with real ability, you will definitely be given an important position."

"Your Majesty... please take back your decision. We cannot divorce." Father Xu knelt on the ground in fear again. He knew how capable his youngest son was, even if others didn't. He was the one who had great ambitions but little talent, and if he divorced the princess, their family would be finished.

At this time, Father Xu was extremely clear-headed. He suddenly remembered that the man who went to Nanmen Caishikou to watch the beheading in the morning said that so many people were beheaded that the blood almost flowed into a river. If... He shuddered several times and didn't dare to think about it. He really didn't dare to think about it...

"Old Yu, go to the Secretariat and ask them to draft an edict as soon as possible." The emperor doesn't care what others think. He is the emperor. Is there anything wrong with helping his sister get a divorce?

"No, you can't get a divorce." Xu's mother suddenly got up from the ground: "Princess, if you think there is something wrong with Yan'er, we can ask him to change. Please don't get a divorce, okay? If you get a divorce, the royal family will be disgraced, right?" She spoke incoherently and even started to threaten.

Xu's mother regretted it now. She shouldn't have let Yan'er ignore the princess. Since the princess married into their family, she has become much more powerful. As the princess's mother-in-law, people fawned on her wherever she went. If they divorced...

"Princess, you've been married to our family for half a year, and there's no sign of pregnancy. As your mother-in-law, I haven't said a word. Isn't our family good enough to you? Can you please stop being angry with Yan'er?" Xu's mother pleaded.

"Oh, I do think there was some movement. You can ask your good son. He hasn't slept in my room since we got married a few days ago. How could I have any movement in my stomach?" If this hadn't been mentioned, An Ning wouldn't have been so angry. Anyway, there was no one else here, so she wouldn't be embarrassed to say it.

Mother Xu looked at her little son with her mouth open. Was it really like that? How could she not know? However, she seemed to have heard the princess say so. At that time... she felt that the princess was not dignified and was jealous of the concubines, so she scolded her.

Xu Yan felt that his proud self-esteem was completely trampled today: "That's because you, Princess, are too jealous. You even refused to let me take a concubine..."

"Eunuch Yu, can the prince consort take a concubine during his wedding?" Huang Ye continued.

"Although there is no legal provision, it is a customary rule that a prince consort cannot take a concubine." Eunuch Yu, who had not yet left, answered cheerfully.

"Old Yu, hurry up." The emperor became impatient. What's wrong with Old Yu? Why is he so slow today?

Eunuch Yu: You haven't told me how to draft the edict yet. It would be useless for me to go there. I might as well just watch the fun here. But I can only say this in my heart.

"Divorce is not allowed." Mother Xu rushed over to stop Eunuch Yu: "If the emperor issues an order for divorce today, I will die in this imperial study." She is the princess's mother-in-law and also has an imperial decree. She doesn't believe that the emperor can really watch her die.

Eunuch Yu thought that this was a very difficult matter. This woman was just a shrew. If she really lost her temper and hit her head against the pillar, it would not matter whether she died or not. This matter would become a big deal.

An Ning shrugged at Huang Ye. She knew this would happen. Her mother-in-law was not someone easy to deal with.

"Bumping your head against the pillar in the imperial study?" Huang Ye covered her mouth and laughed, "Your Majesty, I have really learned a lot today. He dared to threaten Your Majesty with just an imperial edict. How hard must this person's head be? How many times must it take to chop it off?"

Father Xu collapsed to the ground at once. He thought again of the Nanmen Vegetable Market today. That damn old woman was throwing a tantrum without even considering where she was. Judging from the current situation, if the divorce went smoothly, their family could still be saved. If they let the old woman continue to make trouble, it would be a question whether they could return home safely.