allonlinenovel Chapter 1233 This is her retribution
Chapter 1233 This is her retribution
Princess Qiyang knelt at Liang Chongyue's feet, her brown eyes darting around as she looked down.
Her little scheme was obvious, and Liang Chongyue casually remarked:
"Does Prince Consort Xie know that my aunt came to see me so early today not to plead for the Xie family, but to ask for a divorce?"
Princess Qiyang was so frightened that she grabbed Liang Chongyue's sleeve tightly and pleaded:
"Moon, no, Your Majesty, when I first arrived in Qiyang, although this was my fiefdom, it was already tightly controlled by the Xie family. There was nothing I could do. The Xie family never took me seriously from the beginning, because they were certain that I wouldn't dare to do anything."
They've been using my name to commit evil deeds, ruining my reputation and making it impossible for me to disembark. I don't want to be controlled by them any longer. I beg Your Majesty to have mercy and allow me to divorce the Xie family.
Princess Qiyang grabbed Liang Chongyue's clothes and kept kowtowing, her head hitting the ground with a thud.
Her headdress of jewels was tangled up, making her look utterly disheveled.
Liang Chongyue remained as languid as ever, his eyes sweeping over her.
Only when Princess Qiyang could no longer kowtow and collapsed to the ground, her face filled with despair, did Liang Chongyue adjust her posture, bend down, and stare at the bloodstains on her forehead from the kowtow.
"What does Auntie plan to offer in exchange for her freedom?"
When Princess Qiyang first arrived in Qiyang, she may have suffered a lot of mistreatment from the Xie family. At that time, the imperial power was changing and the capital was in turmoil. As a princess who had escaped from favor, the Xie family, who were at the height of their power in Qiyang, naturally did not take her seriously.
Liang Chongyue believed that Li Furong had been mistreated in the first few years after arriving in Beijing. Even though Li Furong had been tormented to such an extent, the Li family still had influence in the capital at that time, while Princess Qiyang had no support behind her.
The mistreatment he suffered back then was real, and so is the wealth and honor he has enjoyed over the years.
The many comfortable days in between were built on the blood and sweat of the common people. Liang Chongyue could not let her off so easily just because she kowtowed a few more times and was born into the royal family.
She was the ruler of a country, and the moral standard that the emperor should be punished the same as the common people had no effect on her, but that did not prevent her from using it to restrain others.
Princess Qiyang's eyes were filled with tears, and for a moment she did not understand what His Majesty meant.
He slumped to the ground, looking up at His Majesty with a puzzled expression in his eyes.
Liang Chongyue toyed with the jade talisman in her hand, her tone stern and leaving no room for argument:
"Your aunt wouldn't think that all the bad things she's done over the years can be wiped clean just because of a few of your crimes, would she?"
Princess Qiyang's eyes widened as she listened: "Those were all the work of the Xie family, they have nothing to do with me!"
A cold smile curled at the corners of Liang Chongyue's lips as she looked at Princess Qiyang, her gaze fixed on a heinous corpse.
"Can your aunt take responsibility for what you said today?"
Princess Qiyang's mind was filled with a myriad of thoughts. She believed that she had not done anything heinous. Compared to the crimes committed by the Xie family, she was just a newcomer, weak and helpless, who had been used by the Xie family.
Princess Qiyang: "I have been taught in the palace since childhood. Over the years, I have never oppressed the people and have allocated funds for charity every year. Your Majesty, the innocent should not be implicated because of the things the Xie family has done."
Princess Qiyang's makeup was ruined by crying. Liang Chongyue knew before she died in her previous life that what a person says when they are about to die is not so credible.
Not to mention, when given the chance to exonerate themselves, a person with heinous crimes might even confess to something as simple as releasing an ant when they were a child.
Because they have nothing else to say, they can only use the small favors they do when their conscience occasionally kicks in to create an innocent and naive persona for themselves.
Liang Chongyue: "If I find out that my aunt has told even half a lie today, can I say that my aunt has once again brought shame to the royal family?"
Liang Chongyue refused to budge an inch, remaining unmoved no matter how much Princess Qiyang pleaded with him.
With a swift movement, Liang Chongyue snatched the hem of Princess Qiyang's robe from her grasp. Losing her last support, Princess Qiyang slumped to the ground in complete resignation, the last glimmer of light in her eyes fading away.
"What does Your Majesty intend to do with me?"
Princess Qiyang spoke weakly, so weak that she didn't even have the energy to look up at Liang Chongyue.
Princess Qiyang was not the first person to show such a miserable state in front of Liang Chongyue, nor would she be the last.
"There are royal villas and several imperial palaces. Aunt, please choose one."
Upon hearing this, Princess Qiyang's eyes lit up instantly, and she looked up at Liang Chongyue in surprise: "Your Majesty won't kill me?"
Liang Chongyue chuckled, but her eyes were devoid of any warmth: "Who told you that your aunt is a princess of a country? If your aunt doesn't care about the dignity of the royal family, I always have to."
Compared to the Xie family, what Princess Qiyang did was nothing. She simply sided with the Xie family and shared in their profits.
In reality, she received less than one-tenth or one-twelfth of what she actually received.
The Xie family kept her as a shield, hoping that if things came to light, she would turn a blind eye to the Xie family out of respect for Princess Qiyang.
Sometimes, Liang Chongyue didn't even know if it was because the mountains were high and the emperor was far away, or what had blinded these people to the truth.
Her reputation for patricide was so great that after she ascended to the throne, only one in ten members of the royal family in the capital survived.
It's unclear whether the Xie family was overconfident in themselves or in Princess Qiyang.
Face, face, she really didn't know whose face was so great that she could pretend not to know about the persecution of the people.
Upon hearing that she was still alive, Princess Qiyang disregarded the pain in her forehead and kowtowed several more times to Liang Chongyue.
It completely stained the small piece of floor tile in front of Liang Chongyue red.
Princess Qiyang: "Thank you for your mercy, Your Majesty. Thank you for your mercy."
Only when Princess Qiyang was tired from kowtowing did Liang Chongyue slowly shatter her illusion of returning unharmed.
"I'll say it again, what does Auntie plan to offer in exchange for her freedom?"
Princess Qiyang's joy at surviving the ordeal was short-lived, as she was stunned by a question posed by Liang Chongyue.
"Your Majesty, what is the meaning of this?"
Liang Chongyue placed the jade tweezers in her hand on the table beside her. The jade made a crisp sound as it struck the table. "No one in this world does evil without being punished. Even I am not exempt."
Liang Chongyue spends her days reviewing memorials as a form of atonement. Her patricide and fratricide were orchestrated by them, and her current cold-hearted and ruthless state was all forced upon her by them.
This is the retribution for their scumbag father and imperial brothers.
She will face her retribution in the future, and as long as it doesn't fall on her children, she will accept it all.
Even she, the ruler of a nation, couldn't avoid this; how could mere royal blood be so noble and unique?