Chapter 238 - 145: A Family Should Be All Together
The death of Crown Prince Zhou Wei was a devastating blow to Consort Lan’s family.
Consort Lan herself suffered a mental breakdown and, losing her senses, went to wail and create a scene before the Emperor. Initially, the Emperor treated her with relative lenience, no doubt feeling somewhat guilty.
However, later on, the woman, for some unfathomable reason, even joined forces with a few officials to plead with His Majesty to appoint Zhou Kang, the Second Prince, as the Crown Prince, and even falsely accused the Third Prince, Zhou Yin, of plotting rebellion.
Thus, it came as no surprise when the mother of the former Crown Prince was banished to the cold palace.
The Second Prince Zhou Kang was dispatched to the west of Shu.
Although the little princess Zhou Xiyue did not suffer the repercussions, the Emperor’s affection for her naturally diminished, becoming much colder, and he even intended to marry her off to a son of some distinguished official to exchange for political resources.
After personally witnessing her brother’s death, her mother’s abandonment, and her own fall from favor in their father’s heart, the once willful young girl seemed to mature overnight.
Following the end of her brother’s funeral, she took the initiative to ask the Emperor for permission to go out and cultivate.
At first, the Emperor thought his little daughter was merely causing a commotion and didn’t take it seriously. But when he saw her kneeling outside for an entire day, after some hesitation and just as the people from the Yin Yang Sect arrived, he decided to casually hand her over to the Yin Yang Sect.
The Yin Yang Sect naturally did not dare to refuse, nor did they want to.