Chapter 108 Presentation (2/2)
The expressions on each imperial concubine's face differed. Some were slightly strained, some were sad, and some looked like they could not be bothered at all.
Chu Tiankuo looked around and took note of everyone's reactions. ”A group of commonplace and inflammatory women!” He thought silently.
Again, he looked at Tang Xia who was standing next to him. From the start, Tang Xia kept watching Chu Tiankuo all the time, with sparkling eyes that were full of love.
Seeing Tang Xia's expression, Chu Tiankuo felt comforted.
”You all have nothing to do, right?” All was quiet for a while, then Chu Tiankuo said coldly,
”Since all of you have so much leisure time and have time to talk about irrelevant topics, your salaries will be suspended for half a year. And each imperial concubine will copy the Female Scriptures, a hundred times.”
After that, Chu Tiankuo did not wait to see their reactions. He pulled Tang Xia's hands and led her away.
After they left, the rest of the imperial concubines went crazy, ”The emperor is really too much!”
”How could he so biased?”
”Your Grace has really bewitched the emperor!”
”Yes. The emperor now is inferior to the violent emperor of the former dynasty!”
”The two emperors were quite similar. They were all willing to punish others for the sake of a beauty, and for the same beauty.”
”Say it directly! Tang Xia! She is a witch who is a disaster to the country.”
All the imperial concubines were very unhappy with Chu Tiankuo's approach and complained incessantly.
At this time, Zui Linglong saw that their moods were already highly agitated, so she said,
”You are right! It was the empress who has made the emperor confused. We all know that the emperor is actually a good emperor who loves his people and is very humane.”
He has been provoked by that bitch Tang Xia. Since we all knew that this is the reason, we should work harder to deal with Tang Xia together.”
”Yes, imperial concubine Xiao is right. We should unite to deal with that bitch Tang Xia!”
”Yes. We must separate the bitch Tang Xia from the emperor!”
”Expel Tang Xia!”
The Imperial concubines echoed Zui Linglong's words.
”But how will we deal with Tang Xia?”
An imperial concubine asked this and the rest of the imperial concubines were quiet for a moment, thinking about the best way to deal with Tang Xia.
The emperor protected her so well, so it was definitely not feasible to have her assassinated. If so, was there any other way to deal with Tang Xia?
”I have a way.”
Zui Linglong smiled and said calmly,
”We can't assassinate Tang Xia, but we have what she doesn't have! We are all from famous families, as long as we all think of ways to contact the family outside the palace, and explain the situation to them. I believe that the ministers will not let it rest, because they care about the country.” Zui Linglong looked at the imperial concubines' expressions when she gave this proposal.
They agreed to this proposal at once.
Everyone left and returned to their palaces.
In the evening, many imperial concubines wrote to their families. The imperial concubines who had ministers in their family, even asked their henchmen from home to send letters to their fathers and brothers.
Once they received the letters, their families were very angry that their good daughters, who were raised so carefully at home, were being bullied in the harem by the empress who had no power and money. They made instant decisions.
Following their daughters' letters, they would get the emperor divorce the empress. Even if Tang Xia couldn't be divorced, they would not let her be the empress!
Next morning, when Chu Tiankuo went for the morning audience, the atmosphere was still as usual at the beginning. But it did not last long. A minister stood up and said, ”The emperor, I have something to report.”
”Speak.”
After Chu Tiankuo agreed, the minister said, ”I think that the current empress can no longer be the mother of our country because of her misconduct. I request the emperor to divorce Tang Xia!”
Hearing this, Chu Tiankuo was a little angry at that time. ”Why were these outsiders talking about his empress?” When he was about to say that, another minister stood up.
”I agree. I am also requesting the emperor to change to another empress, who exhibits good behavior.”
Several ministers stood up in agreement.