Shen Yu had never thought that he would be so humiliated, being whipped like a dog in the middle of the street.
"Tanhua Shen is as elegant as jade, but I didn't think that he is also a vulgar person who hurts people with his words," Ban Kui rode on the back of the horse, ridicule almost engraved on his face, "Forget it, just treat it as this lord being blind at that time, to actually agree to your marriage proposal under your persistent pestering. Who would have thought that you were a shameless person who would burn the bridge after crossing the river. Once you became the Tanhua, you revealed your true colors and let me see your lowly self. "
Shen Yu didn't know whether to defend himself or not. His face was red as he looked at the commoners watching the commotion. He forcefully suppressed the anger in his heart and bowed to Ban Han, saying: "Lord Ban, please stop before going too far."
Was Ban Han crazy? She, a Lord, dared to whip the Tanhua that the Emperor had personally appointed. Did she still want her reputation, did she still want to marry?
"Oh, right," Ban Han suddenly said, "You said that I went too far by whipping an official of the court in the middle of the street?"
Looking at Ban Han riding on horseback with an arrogant attitude, Shen Yu had a bad premonition.
"Don't worry, you won't be an official of the court very soon." Ban Han looked at Shen Yu's shocked and scared appearance and laughed out loud. With a shake of the reins, the horse moved forward.
"Lord Ban!"
"Lord Ban!"
Shen Yu wanted to chase after him, but Ban Han who was following behind Ban Heng suddenly turned and glared at him. He raised the whip in his hand, "You dare to take another step forward?"
Shen Yu thought of the pain of being whipped and didn't dare to go forward. His heart was anxious and hateful. Were all the people of the Ban Family crazy?
The next morning, there were imperial censors in court who complained about Ban Han. They said that as the Lord of the village, she actually punished an official privately and didn't follow the rules.
This was originally a small matter, but when it came from the imperial censors, it became a big matter. The Emperor hadn't spoken yet when the imperial censors started arguing among themselves.
Fortunately, there hadn't been any major matters in court recently, so everyone started arguing about the Lord whipping the Tanhua.
"Your Majesty." Just as the argument was getting more and more heated, an unexpected person stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I have an opinion on this matter. I wonder if you can listen to me?"
The imperial censors saw that the one speaking was Cheng Anbo and closed their mouths.
"In this subject's view, this is not the Lord whipping an official of the court, but a heartless man beaten by a woman who has broken off his engagement." Rong Xia raised her hands in a greeting to the crowd. "This subject heard that before Shen Tanhua had passed the Imperial Examinations, he had come many times to Marquis Jingting fu to ask for a marriage. Marquis Jingting saw his infatuation, and did not mind that his status was not worthy of the Lord and agreed to his marriage."
"Once the fiancé became the Imperial Scholar, he couldn't wait to break off the engagement. If this isn't ingratitude, then what is?" Rong Xia said neither quickly nor slowly, "Daren, you all have womenfolk in your families. Why don't you put yourself in their shoes?"
The court instantly quieted down. A moment later, an imperial censor spoke, "The Lord of the village is unruly, willful, and extravagant. How many men in the world can stand her? Cheng Anbo is so righteous. Why don't you go marry her. "
"Imperial censor daren," Rong Xia's voice was cold, "You have studied for decades. Now, you are standing in the Throne Room. Is it to laugh at a woman and use a woman's reputation to argue?"
"If this is the gentlemanly demeanor of an imperial censor daren," Rong Xia raised his hands towards the Emperor, "Your Majesty, this subject is ashamed to stand with such a person!"
"Your Majesty, this subject feels that Cheng Anbo's words are reasonable."
"This subject agrees!"
This imperial censor who was reprimanded by Rong Xia was on the verge of collapsing. His face was as white as paper. He didn't need to raise his head to know what kind of look his colleagues were giving him.
Rong Xia was a famous gentleman in the capital. He had become the object of his shame. In the future, how would the people of the capital view him?
It's over. It's all over.
Rong Xia didn't even look at him. He only bowed towards the Emperor and then retreated. He quietly stood in his original position.
One was as elegant as jade with a tall and straight posture. The other was pale and absent-minded. Instantly, the difference between the two was obvious.
After the court ended, the Emperor had just returned to the palace when a palace maid came to report that the Princess Royal wanted to see him.
The Emperor had a lot of feelings for the Princess Royal. His mother wasn't favored, and his father favored the son of the imperial concubine. If it wasn't for his aunt's support, his position as the Crown Prince would have been taken away by the imperial concubine's son. In addition, the Princess Royal wasn't someone who wanted to be repaid. Therefore, over the years, the Princess Royal had always been very respected in front of the Emperor.
Now that he heard that the Princess Royal wanted to see him, he immediately asked the eunuch around him to invite the Princess Royal in.
"Greetings, Your Majesty," As soon as the Princess Royal entered the inner hall, she bent her knees and bowed to the Emperor. The Emperor was so scared that he hurriedly reached out to support her, "Aunt, what are you doing? You and I are aunt and niece, why do you need to be so polite? "
The Princess Royal stood up straight. Although she was close to sixty years old, her body was still pretty good. Her dignified manner of a royal princess could be seen in her every move.
"Today, I came to apologize to you on behalf of my disappointing granddaughter," The Princess Royal took out a handkerchief and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. She choked with sobs, "Back then, I didn't teach her father well, which led to him not being proper in his old age. Even his two children are like him."
When it came to the sad part, the Princess Royal was already choked with sobs. She only covered her face with a handkerchief and cried bitterly.
"Aunt, please don't be sad." The Emperor knew in his heart that his aunt married a general who only knew how to fight wars in order to consolidate his father's position as the Emperor. It was also because of this layer of affection that his aunt was able to protect him and his mother, allowing him to become a high and mighty Emperor.
It wasn't his aunt's fault that his cousin had such a playboy appearance now. It was the fault of the Duke Of Jingting, that vulgar man, for not teaching his son well. Thinking about how his aunt had sacrificed her entire life for their family, and in her old age, she actually let a small Imperial Censor accuse her only granddaughter in court, the Emperor felt a little upset.
"Aunt, this matter has nothing to do with your niece. You can only blame Shen Yu for being fickle and not being proper."
"Your Majesty doesn't need to comfort me. It's my Ban Family's lack of discipline that made things difficult for Your Majesty in court because of her."
"My niece is a good girl. Who in the palace doesn't say good things when they see her? I also like her very much. It's because I didn't protect her well that she suffered such grievances."
In the end, the Princess Royal was personally helped into the carriage by the Emperor. Everyone in the palace could see how deep the relationship between the aunt and niece was.
De Ning Princess Royal sat in the carriage. She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and a cold smile appeared on her face.
Born in the Imperial Family, she knew better than anyone that there were no true feelings in the Imperial City, only schemes. Just like when the late Emperor schemed against her husband, causing him to live in pain and torment for the rest of his life. Another example was this good nephew of hers. He respected her all the time, but it was only because she was tactful and her child didn't have the ability to interfere with the Imperial Family's affairs.
The late Emperor schemed against her husband, so she made sure that his beloved son couldn't become the Emperor. This was fair.
The day after the Imperial Censor accuses the Ban Han, an imperial edict was sent to the Jingting Marquessate. The gist of the imperial edict was that his niece was very good and he liked her very much. He felt that the village lord wasn't worthy of her status, so he was promoted from the village lord to the commandery lord, with 700 households to live in.
At the same time that Ban Han was promoted to commandery lord, Shen Yu was removed from her official position because of her lack of morals. Even the Imperial Censor who accuses the Ban Han was stripped of his position as Imperial Censor on the grounds of 'improper conduct'.
"Sister, was there such a scene in the dream?" Ban Heng looked at the imperial edict in Ban Han's hand, "A commandery lord and a household to live in. This is a treatment that even the eldest legitimate granddaughter of a Prince may not necessarily have. Grandmother is amazing."
The day before yesterday, after his sister whipped Shen Yu, she didn't directly return to the fu. Instead, she went to the Grand Royal Residence to complain.
Then, not only did his sister bring back a large box of gemstones, she also brought back a commandery lord with a household to live in. The older, the wiser.
"I don't remember," Ban Han stuffed the imperial edict into his hands, "Take your time to read it."
"Intelligent and virtuous, pure and beautiful …"
Ban Heng pointed at the words on the imperial edict and shook his head, "Your Majesty really doesn't have it easy, lying through your teeth."
Ban Han snatched the imperial edict and placed it on the altar in the main hall. He let this imperial edict lie together with the other imperial edicts.
"Your Majesty is wise and wise, your eyes are as bright as a torch!"
Ban Han suddenly remembered that this didn't happen in the dream. Even in the dream, she wouldn't forget such an important matter related to her status.
So … because she whipped Shen Yu, reality began to change?
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