Cut off my tendons in my hands and feet to make me marry? Prepare to die!

Yue Ziyu stood blankly at the door of the study, his face pale, as if he had been struck by lightning.

Father wants to write a letter of severance of relationship to my eldest brother?

His heart suddenly felt like it was being cut by a knife. He wanted to persuade his father to take back his decision, but when he thought of Yue Zihuan falsely accusing his father of regicide, he was unable to utter a word.

No family can tolerate such a rebellious son who deliberately frames his father.

"Father...I am a fool and don't know how to appease your anger. But if I can do what I can, let me atone for my brother's sin."

Yue Ziyu walked to Yue Yuan with difficulty and knelt down heavily.

Yue Yuan looked at his second son with a gloomy look in his eyes and shook his head firmly:

"Your eldest brother is already 21 years old this year. He is not a child, but an adult who can make his own choices."

"He chose to put me to death, which means he has already put aside the father-son relationship. Even if I don't write a letter of severance, he will never recognize me as his father again."

He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice:

"Grind the ink for father. I want you to see with your own eyes how this marriage letter is written!"

Yue Ziyu stood up, his legs feeling as if they weighed a thousand pounds. He pushed Yue Yuan to the desk, picked up the ink stick, and slowly ground the ink.

Yue Yuan felt bad, but Yue Zihuan was like a branch on a big tree eaten away by termites to the Dingbei Palace. If it was not completely cut off, the entire palace would be doomed.

He picked up the wolf-hair brush, dipped it in ink, and with a determined look in his eyes, he began to write quickly and vigorously.

"When my son Yue Zihuan was born, I was filled with joy."

"Looking back to the past, I loved you deeply and taught you tirelessly, hoping that you would be virtuous and polite, loyal and filial. However, the world is fickle and people's hearts are fickle. You have forgotten your roots, betrayed your faith, put your biological father in an unjust position, and falsely accused him. This is an act against ethics, which is intolerable to heaven and rejected by human nature."

"What you did is against ethics and justice. Not only did it bring disgrace to our ancestors, it also made me feel heartbroken and unable to sleep all night. After this incident, although I am heartbroken, the laws of the country and the rules of the family cannot be abandoned, and the moral principles cannot be violated. From now on, the name of father and son between you and me no longer exists. The friendship is severed. Although we are blood relatives, our friendship is gone."

After writing the letter of severance, Yue Yuan put down the brush and closed his eyes tiredly.

"Go ahead, personally deliver this marriage certificate to the government office for filing, and let the world know from today that from now on, the Dingbei Palace will only have you, Yue Ziyu, as its son."

Yue Ziyu picked up the letter with shaking hands. The paper itself was as light as a feather, but he felt like he was holding an extremely heavy block of lead. Every step he took was difficult.

His father wanted him to see with his own eyes how the letter of severance of marriage was written, and to deliver it to the government office personally, as a sign of his intention.

If he continues to be as confused as his elder brother, his father will certainly not let him go.

Yue Ziyu slowly walked out of the study, looked up at the sky, a tear slid down his face and fell on the broken letter.

The next morning at court, Emperor Shengwen appeared before his ministers again after many days.

All the civil and military officials shouted "Long live the emperor!", and Crown Prince Chu Hantian stood respectfully before the emperor, his handsome face showing a calm expression, as if nothing had happened.

Grand Secretary Cheng Wei secretly glanced at the Crown Prince, moved his feet slightly, and stood slightly behind the others, muttering to himself.

The palace coup really happened, but no one expected that the one who did it was not the crown prince, but the eldest princess!

Fortunately, such a big change happened in the palace, and Yue Ran made great contributions again. The prince was too busy with his headache to pay attention to him at this moment.

Emperor Shengwen looked at the various expressions of the people in the court and breathed a sigh of relief silently.

"My dear ministers, I'm sure you have heard about the dramatic changes in the palace yesterday." He swept his sharp eyes across the face of Crown Prince Chu Hantian, and then spoke:

"Princess Shouning is plotting to usurp the throne. She deserves death. She even kidnapped the Queen Mother and tried to escape. She is so disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unjust!"

His eyes were cold, and as he spoke, he clenched his fists tightly, with veins bulging on the back of his hands.

"Fortunately, the Queen Mother was not injured and is in good health. Shouning was also executed on the spot."

"All those who participated in the Shouning Rebellion, including the family of Minister of War Chen Qi, have almost all committed suicide out of fear of crime. The remaining children have been exiled to the border. From now on, they are not allowed to join the army, take the imperial examinations, or return to the capital!"

"Also, Shouning's two children are still young and do not know anything about it. From today on, their titles and fiefdoms will be stripped, and they will be demoted to commoners! They will not be allowed to take the imperial examinations for three generations!"

"Although I live with the Queen Mother in the Cining Palace now, I will have to leave the palace after I turn fifteen!"

The ministers looked at each other and dared not speak.

Compared with Chen Qi's grandchildren, the punishment received by Princess Shouning's children was extremely light.

Your Majesty still had some consideration for the brother-sister relationship and could not bear to kill her.

After Emperor Shengwen finished talking about the arrangements for Shouning's children, he felt a little uncomfortable. He took a deep breath and spoke again:

"Yesterday, General Yue Ran and several generals from the Jingji Camp entered the palace to protect the emperor. They have made great contributions and are granted a half-level promotion and a reward of 1,000 taels of gold!"

"All officers and soldiers in the Jingji camp who participated in suppressing the rebellion will be rewarded with 100 taels of gold!"

At this point, Emperor Shengwen changed the subject and looked at Dali Temple Minister Zhou Wenzheng:

"Lord Zhou, how is the trial going in Yue Zihuan's false accusation against his biological father?"

Zhou Wenzheng hurriedly came out and bowed:

"Your Majesty, Yue Zihuan insisted that he was jealous of the Dingbei King's preference for Yue Ran, so he falsely accused his biological father. As for the several men in black who killed Princess Song, they also claimed that they were assassins hired by Yue Zihuan and only recognized money, not people."

Emperor Shengwen sneered upon hearing this:

"He is a very righteous man. He takes care of everything by himself!"

Chu Hantian stood in front of the emperor and his eyes twitched.

Father, what does this mean?

He looked at Emperor Shengwen inquiringly, stepped forward, and spoke in a loud voice that echoed throughout the court:

"Father, although Yue Zihuan was previously the Crown Prince's tutor, he had never actually worked in the Eastern Palace."

"Now that Yue Zihuan has done something so unscrupulous, I am ashamed to be associated with such an immoral person. I beg you to sentence him to death as a warning to others!"

Emperor Shengwen's eyes were quietly looking at the Crown Prince from behind his crown.

Chu Hantian looked at his father calmly, without any sign of fear.

This son is so cruel and ruthless that he really deserves to be a member of the royal family.

Emperor Shengwen narrowed his eyes in an ambiguous manner and spoke slowly:

"Pass on my decree. Yue Zihuan falsely accused his biological father first, then lied to the emperor. His narrow-mindedness led to the death of Princess Song. From now on, Yue Zihuan will be demoted to a commoner. From now on, he can only do hard labor for a living. After completing three years of hard labor in the capital, three generations will not be allowed to enter the government!"

Zhou Wen Zheng's eyebrows twitched when he heard this.

Your Majesty's handling of Yue Zihuan was quite delicate.

It may not sound heavy, but as the eldest son of a royal family, he had been high and mighty in the capital for twenty years, admired wherever he went. But now he was reduced to dust and could only do hard labor for a living.

Moreover, they were not allowed to go out of town and had to stay in the capital, doing hard labor for the people who once crawled at their feet.

For a nobleman like Yue Zihuan who calls himself a banished immortal, this is more painful than death.