ebookland Chapter 455: The Sequel to Princess 4
Chapter 455: The Sequel to Princess 4
Chapter 455 The Sequel to the Fourth Princess
The next day, Xiao Siyue didn't go out either. She slept in late in the morning, ate lunch in her own yard, and took a nice nap at noon. She didn't leave her room until the afternoon, when she was full of energy.
As soon as I came out, I saw several maids in the courtyard having a heated discussion.
"What's wrong? Did something happen?" Xiao Siyue asked, somewhat confused.
"Miss, you're up." Lan Yi's eyes lit up when she saw Xiao Siyue, and she immediately walked to Xiao Siyue's side and skillfully instructed the other maids to fetch water for Xiao Siyue.
"Hmm, what were you guys talking about just now?"
Lan Yi immediately smiled and said, "Miss, this is good news. News came early this morning that Consort De has been banished to the Cold Palace. The Fourth Princess will no longer have anyone to rely on and will not be able to act arrogantly. She deserves it."
Lan Yi felt extremely disgusted by the Fourth Princess who bullied her young lady. In her heart, her young lady was a fairy descended from heaven, while the Fourth Princess was just a mere mortal princess. What right did she have to compare with her young lady? How dare she harm the princess?
Upon hearing this, Xiao Siyue raised her eyebrows again and again. It seemed that the Fourth Princess had gotten what she wanted. Being banished to the Cold Palace was worse than being sentenced to death.
"What about the Fourth Princess? Doesn't she still have the Empress Dowager protecting her?" Xiao Siyue wondered if the Fourth Princess hadn't pleaded for Consort De. Given how much the Empress Dowager doted on the Fourth Princess, she thought that as long as the Fourth Princess pleaded, even if Consort De's position couldn't be saved, she wouldn't be banished to the Cold Palace.
Xiao Siyue was unaware that the Empress Dowager had already lost faith in the Fourth Princess. She only knew that in the past, the Empress Dowager had doted on the Fourth Princess more than any of her grandchildren.
"Haha, Miss, you don't know, I heard that today the Fourth Princess went to beg the Empress Dowager, but the Empress Dowager didn't agree. The Fourth Princess went crazy and spoke rudely to the Empress Dowager, even making the Empress Dowager sick. His Majesty was furious and immediately bestowed the Fourth Princess upon the Prince of Lingnan. Once the Fourth Princess recovers, they will get married directly." Lan Yi's eyes were full of schadenfreude.
"The heir of the King of Lingnan!" Xiao Siyue was also shocked and widened her eyes. Who didn't know this heir of the King of Lingnan? He was not only lecherous but also fat as a ball. He was already twenty-five years old and still not married. He had several concubines at home. It wasn't that he didn't want to get married, but that families with better backgrounds simply didn't want to marry their daughters to them, while the King of Lingnan looked down on families with worse backgrounds.
Another point is that, as a king of a different surname, the King of Lingnan naturally did not reside in the capital, but rather in the relatively remote Lizhou.
Unexpectedly, Emperor Zhou would marry his daughter to this man. It seems that Emperor Zhou was truly disappointed in his daughter this time, otherwise he would not have done so, even though everyone knows that this man is not a good match.
What Xiao Siyue didn't know was that the Lu family and the Xiao family were involved. At this time, the Prince of Lingnan happened to be in the capital and asked Emperor Zhou to grant his son a marriage.
Everyone knew his son was not a good match, and no one wanted to marry their daughter to him. But this Prince of Lingnan was different; he went to see Emperor Zhou every day, driving the emperor to distraction. The main problem was that Emperor Zhou couldn't easily dismiss him, because this Prince of Lingnan had military achievements and was a decent person, but he simply couldn't raise a son.
There was nothing they could do. This crown prince was the youngest and only son of the King of Lingnan. The couple doted on him from a young age. Later, the King of Lingnan found that his son was becoming increasingly unruly and wanted to correct him, but it was too late. In addition, the Queen of Lingnan protected him, and the henpecked King of Lingnan was even more helpless. That's how the crown prince ended up like this.
As the prince grew older, no noble ladies were willing to marry him. During her visit to the capital, the Princess Consort of Lingnan gave the Prince of Lingnan a strict order: she must find a wife of high status for her son.
The King of Lingnan realized he had no other choice, so he went to Emperor Zhou. Emperor Zhou refused to budge, so the King went to him every day, crying that he was getting old and didn't even have a grandson. He said that if his son didn't get married soon, he would never see the world again.
As for why the crown prince had concubines but no children, we have to mention the Princess Consort of Lingnan. Although she loved her son, as the Princess Consort of the King of Longnan, she was still his only woman. She could allow her son to take concubines, but she absolutely could not allow a son born out of wedlock to be born first.
The Lu and Xiao families were already dissatisfied with the Fourth Princess's actions against Xiao Siyue. After learning about the prince's purpose, both families set their sights on him and secretly used some underhanded tactics, which led the Zhou Emperor to agree to marry the Fourth Princess in a fit of anger.
"Didn't the Fourth Princess resist or make a scene?" Xiao Siyue asked curiously. Given the Fourth Princess's arrogance and her feelings for A Jin, how could she willingly marry the Prince of Lingnan?
"Of course there was some commotion, but His Majesty has already issued an imperial decree, so her commotion won't make a difference. His Majesty has directly placed the Fourth Princess under house arrest." Because this matter caused quite a stir, many people knew about it, especially the Xiao family, who were very concerned about it. Everyone in the family, except for Xiao Siyue who didn't leave the house, knew very well about it.
After hearing the Fourth Princess's story, Xiao Siyue felt no sympathy whatsoever, for she knew full well that the Fourth Princess had only herself to blame. Similarly, she felt no schadenfreude, for everyone must be responsible for their own actions.
As the saying goes, "You reap what you sow," the evil deeds sown by the Fourth Princess have finally borne bitter fruit. Xiao Siyue is just an ordinary person; she simply cannot repay evil with kindness. However, she is not a person filled with malice. Although the Fourth Princess intended to harm her, she ultimately failed, and now she has achieved her revenge.
From then on, there were no more grudges or entanglements between her and the Fourth Princess. They were like two straight lines that intersected and then quickly diverged, unlikely to ever cross paths again in this lifetime. Therefore, Xiao Siyue no longer cared about the Fourth Princess's future fate, nor did she want to pay any more attention to it.
In the palace
The Empress Dowager, who had fainted from anger, had not yet woken up. Emperor Zhou listened to the imperial physician's report with a gloomy expression.
"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is advanced in years and her health is deteriorating. She is no longer as healthy as she used to be. This time, she suffered a heart attack due to anger, which caused her to fall into a coma. Although we have tried our best to save her, the Empress Dowager is, after all, old, and it will probably take some time for her to recover. We hope Your Majesty will be patient and wait for the Empress Dowager to wake up."
The imperial physician couldn't help but sigh. The Empress Dowager was already in her seventies. Although she looked young, her body was already in a state of disrepair. Moreover, the Empress Dowager had suffered a serious injury when she was young. It was already a miracle that she had lived to this day. However, after this fainting spell, she probably didn't have much time left.