The Empress Kneels in Her Palace to Admit Her Mistakes After Slaying Her Ways in the Female-Oriented

No matter how quick-witted Chen Liang was, he could never have imagined it.

Despite their best efforts to guard against it, they couldn't prevent an old woman who was almost fifty years old from entering the world.

He doesn't understand!

How could a domineering official in charge of the imperial treasury and the armory fall in love with an old cleaning lady? Her menstrual blood must have dried up by now!

Wei Chengye stopped giving Chen Liang a friendly look, grabbed Cai Genhua, turned around and strode away, wanting to leave this place that didn't understand, respect, or bless them, and go to a world where there was only the two of them, where they could be together in love.

Upon seeing this, the steward, who had just been ushered out, turned back to report to Pei Jingzhi: "Master, Lord Wei has left with his new bride. Do you think we should send someone to see them off?"

The steward clearly saw Pei Jingzhi's growing respect for Wei Chengye during this period. After all, Wei Chengye had been living in the Pei residence all along. He felt that the two of them were only slightly sullen at the moment, and that according to the master's temperament, this knot might still be untied.

But Pei Jingzhi simply roared, "Get him out of here!"

"Get him out of here right now!"

"And... burn down the house he's been staying in these past few days, and throw all his belongings out!"

"Throw it to him!"

"Don't leave anything behind!"

The butler was taken aback, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Master, isn't this... a little hurtful to him?"

Pei Jingzhi jumped up instantly, grabbed the inkstone, and smashed it at the butler, yelling, "Get your mother's head!"

The inkstone was thrown, but the butler dodged it with a quick movement. His forehead was covered in cold sweat, and he knew that the master was really angry this time.

Even the magnanimous master was thoroughly angered.

Without further delay, he immediately summoned several servants and went straight to the house where Wei Chengye had lived. In no time, they had cleaned up all of Wei Chengye's belongings.

Wu Yang rushed out of the mansion gate and saw Wei Chengye, who had just walked out of the gate.

"Lord Wei, please wait a moment. These are things my master sent to you. They've all been used by you, and my master thinks they're dirty. Please keep them safe."

Wei Chengye was already quite unhappy, and now seeing Pei Jingzhi's blatant disrespect, his anger was completely out of control, and he was on the verge of losing his temper.

He simply stopped walking, turned around and faced the Pei residence, and began to curse loudly.

"Pei Jingzhi, you're such a stubborn old man!"

"He's obsessed with the old Chinese almanac all day long, his brain is rusted shut, he doesn't know how to understand others at all, and he doesn't understand love at all!"

"Truly, one cannot discuss ice with a summer insect, nor the sea with a frog in a well!"

"Do you know that when you love someone, you can even give up your country? His Majesty was willing to give up his country for Tuoba Xiangtai. Even the late Emperor was able to enfeoff the late Empress's lover in Yunjing, grant her land, and make her a king."

"All I've done is fall in love with a woman older than me, how dare you humiliate me like this?"

Wei Chengye cursed, his voice booming into the Pei residence. The steward's face changed drastically upon hearing it, and he rushed back to report. He saw the master with tears streaming down his face, almost a weeping mess in front of Chen Liang.

At this point, it shouldn't have been his place to say anything, especially since he had just been hit with an inkstone by the usually kind master. But the steward dared not remain silent.

After all, what Wei Chengye meant was truly shocking.

Grant him land, grant him a king...

So that's how the King of Yunjing gained his power?

Having mustered his courage, he knelt down on the ground.

"My lord, Wei Chengye is cursing in the street. He said, he said... that the Prince of Yunjing was the late Empress's lover, and that the late Emperor deliberately sealed him there to compensate the late Empress..."

Boom!

Then it sounded like thunder.

Pei Jingzhi stopped crying.

Chen Liang also stopped offering words of comfort.

The two of them turned their heads almost simultaneously to look at the butler, their eyes filled with disbelief.

King of Yunjing?

Is that how it came about?

No, no...

The two of them felt a bit confused.

Isn't the Prince of Yunjing the late emperor's sworn brother?

How come... he's become the late Empress's lover again?

What the hell is this?!

It's such a mess!

My brain is about to explode!

It took Pei Jingzhi and Chen Liang quite a while to finally understand.

The Prince of Yunjing, whose origins are unknown, was adopted as a sworn brother by the late emperor under the pretext of "appreciating his talent," and was registered in the imperial register and enfeoffed in Yunjing.

This matter was opposed by numerous ministers from the outset.

However, the late emperor did follow proper procedures, and at that time, Pei Jingzhi was serving as an official in a remote area and was completely unaware of the inside story.

just now……

Only then did I understand!

The late emperor, in order to compensate the late empress, took the late empress's lover as his sworn brother and also granted him Yunjing, one of the two capitals of the Great Yu!

That's how the current King of Yunjing came to be!

Even more frightening is...

The Prince of Yunjing wields real power!

A true feudal lord!

Because the late emperor entrusted all military, civilian, financial, and political affairs within the territory of Yunjing City to the King of Yunjing!

Furthermore, the Prince of Yunjing was allowed to appoint his own officials and lead his own guards. All taxes levied within the vassal state would go to the Prince's residence, and would be no less than those in the capital. Moreover, his ceremonial system was the same as that of a prince.

In fact, without an imperial edict, one was not required to attend court.

Pei Jingzhi had been troubled by this matter for a long time. After all, the presence of powerful princes within the Great Yu territory was a great threat to the Great Yu court. For this reason, he had offered suggestions to the Empress many times, trying his best to dismiss Yun Jing and several other princes.

But little did they expect that the one who started it all was actually the late emperor.

No wonder the Empress ignored all the memorials he painstakingly wrote; so that's how it is!

Pei Jingzhi's tears flowed uncontrollably again.

But this time, it wasn't sorrow or pain, but rather a transcendence after extreme despair, as if there was nothing left in the world. The Great Yu... must have exploded!

How could a mere mortal like him defy fate and change the destiny of the Great Yu?

He could only be buried with the Great Yu!

Chen Liang shared a similar idea.

From that moment on, he suddenly felt that Ren Tianye, this powerful minister, was not so bad after all.

He was starting to understand Ren Tianye a little...

The Demon Suppression Division may seem domineering, a hundred times more ruthless than the imperial court's henchmen, but in all the world, there are only such bewitching monsters. It is only the Demon Suppression Division's iron-fisted methods that can truly intimidate you.

"How about we consider joining forces with Ren Tianye?"

Chen Liang already had an idea in mind, but did not make a decision immediately.

Firstly, he and Pei Jingzhi were on the same side. Lord Pei Jingzhi was still fighting desperately against Ren Tianye, so how could he betray Lord Pei Jingzhi?

Secondly, he did not fully trust Ren Tianye and needed to observe for a while longer, especially to see what the Demon Suppression Division was doing.

Thirdly, and most importantly.

He is currently just a commander of the Imperial Guards. Even if he were to serve Ren Tianye, he might not be highly regarded. If he were to join the Demon Suppression Division, his position would probably be even lower than Xie Changfeng's.

—You know, Xie Changfeng used to be a lower-ranking official than him!

He had to find a way to make Ren Tianye think highly of him.

……