Chapter 403; Unexpected Punishment

Fengqi Palace.

Princess Qingyun followed the nanny into the hall and immediately noticed the ugly expression on Emperor Hongwen's face.

However, she had obviously expected this to happen, so she didn't worry too much.

If she dared to do that, she already expected to be punished.

"Qingyun has met his father, the queen, and all the empresses."

However, after she saluted, she received no response from Emperor Hongwen and others, and could only maintain her kneeling movements.

After a while, there was still no movement, so Qingyun felt a little resentful.

Isn't she just a wild girl from the country? As for taking her so seriously?

However, at this moment, Wang De walked in quickly from outside, panting.

When he saw him alone, Emperor Hongwen's face became even more ugly.

"The old slave is incompetent and failed to catch up with Princess Wanfu."

Hearing this, Emperor Hongwen grabbed the tea cup on the side and threw it at Princess Qingyun who was directly in front of her.

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Wow.

There was a scream, followed by the sound of the tea cup falling to the ground and breaking.

"Princess Qingyun, Princess Qingyun, lacks moral character and treats me, the hero of Dongzhou, unkindly. As of today, she will be deprived of her title of princess and demoted to a commoner."

"It is decreed that the second prince, who has reached his age, will leave the palace and open his mansion immediately, and be given the title of Marquis of Liyang County. He will set off for Liyang tomorrow. He will not be allowed to return to the capital without an edict."

In just a split second, Emperor Hongwen issued two imperial edicts.

Everyone present was shocked by this sudden imperial edict.

Although they all guessed that Emperor Hongwen would definitely punish him severely, they never expected that it would be so serious.

A princess was deprived of her title in an instant and demoted to a commoner. A prince was only given the title of County Marquis, not even the title of County King?

Moreover, he will leave the capital tomorrow and cannot return without an edict. This is almost equivalent to announcing the second prince's death sentence.

The one who was especially shocked was Princess Qingyun. Her whole strength seemed to be drained out in an instant, and she stumbled to the ground, her face full of sluggishness and disbelief.

"Father, how could you treat Qingyun like this? I am your daughter."

"Humph, if it weren't for the fact that you are my daughter, you would be dead by now."

Emperor Hongwen snorted coldly.

"Drive her out of the palace, and her husband too."

The lady in charge of Fengqi Palace quickly called the two palace maids to come forward and set up Qingyun.

"No, father, Qingyun knows he is wrong, Qingyun knows he is wrong, please spare Qingyun this time."

"My son, go and apologize. Go and apologize to Princess Wanfu. Even if you kneel down and apologize, I will definitely get her forgiveness. Please take back your life."

However, Emperor Hongwen looked at her coldly and did not say a word.

From the moment he learned that Qingyun had driven Lu Yaoyao away, Qingyun's fate was already decided.

How many things did Lu Yaoyao do for Dongzhou in the past year?

Those things one by one are all things that he has been dreaming about for many years.

Not only that, he also liked the way he got along with Lu Yaoyao, which made him feel very relaxed.

It's like being an old friend.

A hero who has made great achievements in the world, and at the same time, he is also an old friend with whom he can communicate comfortably for the first time in these years since he ascended the throne.

Needless to say, his status in his heart goes without saying.

Qingyun dared to trample on her like this, how could he not be angry?

Of course, he imposed such a severe punishment not only because of Lu Yaoyao's status in his heart, but also partly because of Lu Yaoyao's achievements.

Imagine that a hero who had accomplished such extraordinary feats had his dignity trampled on by Qingyun in public, and was driven out of the palace like a dog.

If this spreads out, will the reputation of the royal family still be needed? If such heroes are treated like this, who will dare to do things for the royal family and Dongzhou in the future?

What serious consequences will there be if there is no severe punishment?

Now Qingyun actually says that even if he kneels down to apologize, he still wants to be forgiven.

That made him even more dissatisfied.

Not to mention whether Lu Yaoyao is qualified to let her do this, let's just say that she, Qingyun, is a princess of a country.

At the level of Jun, if she ran to kneel down to Lu Yaoyao, wouldn't that be a disgrace to the royal family and to him, the emperor?

Princess Qingyun's punishment quickly spread throughout the harem.

The ministers and women who attended the banquet were shocked when they learned about it.

Especially the female relatives who were present at the time, all looked at each other in confusion.

"Isn't Princess Wanfu too favored?"

“Incredible.”

Although Princess Qingyun was too much at the time, in their eyes, she was a princess after all.

Even if you will be punished, it will never be so serious.

However, Emperor Hongwen was so straightforward. Doesn't that mean that in his heart, Lu Yaoyao had a higher status than a princess?

Incredible, this is simply incredible.

How did Princess Wanfu do it? How could he be so favored by His Majesty?

Also shocked were Cheng Lixue and the other three.

"How is Princess Princess so powerful? My little heart is even a little trembling."

Cheng Lixue had just guessed that Emperor Hongwen would punish Qingyun like this.

She felt that she should make a decision and order her to apologize to Lu Yaoyao or something.

Because in her opinion, hitting the board is considered a serious punishment.

But she never expected that the intensity of Emperor Hongwen's punishment would be more terrifying than she imagined.

Not only was his title revoked, but he was also demoted to a commoner.

"It seems that we still underestimated the favor given by the Princess to His Majesty."

Dong Shaner was also shocked.

"She deserves it. With her little thoughts, do you really think others can't see it?"

"I want to regain my position for the second prince, but I don't want to harm myself, and even harm the second prince."

"Sister Wen, you can't call the second prince now. You have to call him the Marquis of Liyang County."

"Wang De, if you make another trip, be sure to ask Wan Fu to come over. The palace banquet is about to begin."

"How could she not participate?"

"If she doesn't come, tell her that I ordered her to come. If she doesn't come, I will."

Originally, he wanted to hit her if he wanted to tell me, but when he thought about Lu Yaoyao's character, he was afraid that if he said this, she would not come back, or even give up the job directly.

"Forget it, just ask her to give me some face."

As soon as these words came out, everyone around him, including the queen and other concubines, were stunned and shocked.

Is this still the majestic Majesty they know?

You don't even dare to say harsh words, so what else can you say to give him face?

However, after being shocked, they began to re-establish Lu Yaoyao's status in their hearts.

This stuff is really awesome.

For a princess to become a commoner in an instant is enough to shock people, and now even His Majesty is still like this.

Among these people, Wang De was not that shocked. In fact, he had seen Emperor Hongwen's accommodation when facing Lu Yaoyao too many times.

"I will definitely invite the princess back."

Wang De retreated again.

"Impossible, how could my father issue such an imperial edict? You are so brave, how dare you falsely pass on the imperial edict."

At this time, over at the male guest venue, the second prince was drinking and reciting poems with a group of young princes.

The sudden arrival of the imperial edict shocked everyone, and the second prince even widened his eyes in disbelief.
Chapter completed!