Her father and brothers were often away fighting battles and rarely returned to the capital, but on one occasion, when they did return, the Princess saw her father and brothers riding on horseback.
She valued her eldest and second brothers the most.
The next day, she went to the Emperor to ask for his blessing on the marriage.
His Majesty has only one daughter, whom he loves dearly, yet he is not senile.
He knew that the Xu family was a pillar of society, and he also knew her father’s loyalty, guarding the border for decades and protecting peace on the frontier.
He couldn’t possibly let down the meritorious officials.
This was the first time the Emperor had reprimanded the Princess.
“Nonsense! You are becoming increasingly outrageous and lawless. General Xu has a wife who is the same age as me, and the three young generals Xu are all married. How can you marry them? If this gets out, what will become of the royal family’s reputation?”
For the first time in her life, the Princess had something that she couldn’t have. She is the Emperor’s only child, and for so many years, she has been his only child. He doted on her and spoiled her in every way.
The Princess was not a respectable woman; some of her male concubines were men she had forcibly taken. The court officials had many complaints about the Princess, but none of them dared to speak out against her in front of the Emperor.
They all knew that the Princess was the apple of His Majesty’s eye, the jewel he held dear.
Even the Emperor himself wouldn’t dare to say a harsh word to the Princess, so how could these people dare to say anything to her?
Even if they were to say it, they would only dare to say it in private.
The more unattainable something is, the more the Princess desires it.
Moreover, the Xu family father and sons are all tall, strong, and agile, so she is determined to marry into the Xu family.
So she poisoned her mother and three of her sisters-in-law at a banquet.
Xu Lingyi would always remember that day when she lost her mother and sisters-in-law.
Her young nephews and nieces lost their grandmother and mothers.
Princess Minghua is His Majesty’s only daughter. Even if she did such a thing, her family still could not kill her to vent their anger, especially since His Majesty came to apologize in person.
Her father and the Emperor were like brothers since childhood.
“The Xu family is a subject, and I am the ruler. If the ruler commands the subject to die, the subject has no choice but to die. What wrong have I done by killing them? They are all just servants in my eyes.”
These were Princess Minghua’s exact words.
She still didn’t think that she had done anything wrong, even though she was severely punished by the Emperor to appease the Xu family’s anger.
But in Xu Lingyi’s case, the fates of her mother and three sisters-in-law were not so easily settled.
She harbored resentment toward the Princess, but she also resented the Emperor.
So in her past life, even though the Emperor was the most powerful person in the world, she never thought of using him to kill the Princess; she knew that it was impossible.
One reason was that the Emperor was already thirty-six years old, and he had only had one princess all these years, which meant that the Emperor was infertile, so very few noble families in the capital would send their daughters to the palace.
After all, at that time, everyone felt that a woman’s greatest support was her husband and son.
It was very sad for the empress and imperial concubines to die without having children.
Therefore, families that doted on their daughters even slightly would not send them to the palace.
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