At the tender age of eight, he was hastily dragged out and made emperor!

"Divorce her?!"

"Cough cough!!"

Zongzheng Temple.

Main hall.

Chu Hui held a teacup, his face flushed from coughing. Huang Long, who was standing with his sword at his side, reached out to wipe the tea off his face and looked at Chu Hui helplessly.

"Are you sure you heard correctly?"

Chu Hui ignored all of this, put down his teacup, stood up and walked towards Huang Long, "Xu Chu divorced his wife?! What a joke, just because the Duchess of Qing received people from Fengluan Palace?"

"Are you sure you're not just kidding me?!"

"Your Highness, how could I dare to joke about such a thing?"

Under Chu Hui's gaze, Huang Long clasped his hands in a salute and said, "This matter has already spread throughout the court and the public. There are many people discussing it now. As soon as I learned of this, I rushed back."

"Crazy? That can't be."

Chu Hui looked incredulous and muttered to himself, "My brother's wedding is imminent. Even if what Fengluan Palace did was indeed somewhat unethical, there's no need to distance ourselves from them in this way."

"What exactly is this old fox up to? Doing something so outrageous, isn't he afraid that something might happen to Xu Yun when he enters the palace? Doesn't this just make him a target of public criticism?"

"The key is that there is no benefit to this. As the Left Prime Minister, Duke of Qingguo of Dayu, and with the title of Pillar of State, he has countless disciples and former officials in the court and the country. Doing such a thing will only bring harm and no benefit at all."

"I also find it strange."

Huang Long frowned slightly and said, "It was he who wanted his granddaughter to enter the palace. Now that he's made such a fuss, putting aside the Duke of Qing's mansion, it's not good for that person at all."

"Moreover, the Duchess of Qingguo comes from a prestigious family and has given birth to three sons and one daughter for the Duke of Qingguo. Just because of this, she disregards decades of marital affection and everything else. This is not only strange, but simply inconceivable."

"No, there's definitely something fishy going on here."

Chu Hui stretched out his hand and said, "Let's go, let's go to the palace immediately to see the Emperor."

After saying this, Chu Hui flicked his sleeves and strode quickly out of the hall.

Seeing this, Huang Long quickly turned around and followed.

But Chu Hui stopped at the entrance of the hall.

Huang Long looked puzzled.

"No, I can't go see my brother."

Chu Hui shook his head and turned around. "This matter is too strange. I'm afraid that at this moment, many people in the court and the public are watching closely."

Chu Hui couldn't understand Xu Chu's antics at all.

There's no need to go to such extremes just to distance yourself from Fengluan Palace, is there?

The problem is, if you've already drawn a clear line, why did you do it in the first place?

Bow your head?

admit defeat?

Based on his understanding of Xu Chu, Chu Hui did not believe that such a person would bow down so easily. If he did, then all that he had done before would have become a huge joke.

Can't figure it out.

Chu Hui was truly baffled this time.

"Your Highness, why don't we go and see Prince Consort Wu'an?" Seeing Chu Hui's reaction, Huang Long stepped forward and said, "After all, the Emperor's wedding is imminent, and under such circumstances, we cannot afford to make any mistakes."

"go!"

Chu Hui's eyes lit up, and he stretched out his hand, saying, "Go find Liu Chen!"

After saying that, Chu Hui turned around again and walked quickly out of the hall.

The reason Chu Hui reacted this way to Xu Chu's divorce was because he was to assist in the wedding arrangements. Chu Hui knew all too well what his own brother's wedding meant.

Given this situation, such a shocking incident has occurred, and we must find a way to quell it.

Otherwise, it would affect the emperor's wedding, which would be bad.

When Chu Hui left the Court of Imperial Clan Affairs to go to the Court of Imperial Guards to find Liu Chen, the Daxing Hall presented a different atmosphere.

"That old fox is playing hard to get."

Chu Ling stared at the memorial he held with a half-smile.

"Your Majesty, the matter of the Left Chancellor divorcing his wife has caused a great uproar in the court and among the people." Li Zhong lowered his head and said, "This matter needs to be..."

"Don't bother."

Chu Ling closed the memorial and casually tossed it onto the imperial desk. "If I really reacted, it would only be what he wanted. A letter of divorce would extricate Xu Yun from the situation. It seems that Grandmother was right. We should be cautious when necessary, lest we end up hurting ourselves on the whetstone."

Ok?

Li Zhongsheng had doubts.

He clearly couldn't understand how Xu Chu's divorce from his wife could be related to the woman who was about to enter the palace.

"I remember that Xu Chu's wife was from the Cui family, wasn't she?"

While Li Zhong was pondering, Chu Ling lifted his robe and spoke.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Li Zhong hurriedly bowed and reported, "Xu Chu's wife is indeed from the Cui family's main wife. In fact, Cui Xu was Xu Chu's second wife, and the marriage was bestowed by Emperor Taizu."

"At that time, social class distinctions were very strong. Among the civil and military officials who followed Emperor Taizu, some wanted to marry into some prominent families, but they were rejected, which caused quite a stir."

"Some of these remarks angered the Emperor Taizu, who then issued an imperial edict to grant the marriage. As a result, some prominent families declined and died out."

It seems there are quite a few secrets from the early days of the Great Yu Dynasty.

Chu Ling sighed after hearing this.

This is why he is so cautious.

In the central and local areas of Dayu, there exists a group of entities similar to cliques. Through generations of marriage alliances, master-disciple relationships, students, former officials, and other connections, they have woven a web of hidden interests.

Many of the people gathered at the central level may be the spokespeople for these networks of interests. Even if the spokespeople are eliminated, the problem is that without understanding what's behind them, it's impossible to control the overall situation.

It is important to understand that these groups control and dominate various resources, including people. For those top-tier clans, the countless common people are merely means of production, consumables used to supply their enjoyment.

The key issue is that this kind of thinking is highly assimilative. Even if a new group joins in, over time, some people will forget their original intentions and true nature.

Chu Ling knew it was impossible to break this situation; as long as privilege existed, this kind of thing could not be stopped. But for Chu Ling, he needed to control the discourse.

"Investigate this Cui family and see what unusual things they've been up to behind the scenes." Thinking of this, Chu Ling reached out to Li Zhong and said, "This matter must be carried out in secret; don't let the news leak out."

"The slaves obey the order."

Li Zhongli immediately bowed and said.

But at that moment, Li Zhong suddenly realized that perhaps this was all a scheme orchestrated by Xu Chu from the very beginning. If that were the case, then everything would make sense.

After all, Xu Chu is not one to give up easily; otherwise, he wouldn't have done those things in the first place.

The key is his position and the height from which he is held. He cannot always do things according to his wishes. If that is the case, then he must have had an ulterior motive in divorcing his wife.

"Grandmother really did choose a good empress for me."

Watching Li Zhong's departing figure, Chu Ling revealed a faint smile. At this moment, Chu Ling really wanted to see what kind of extraordinary woman Xu Yun was, that she was willing to let Xu Chu go to such great lengths.