My Prince said he'd break my legs.

Liang Zhiyi looked at her with a complicated expression. It was hard to tell if it was because she had just had a miscarriage and was feeling melancholy, but Liang Qingwan looked sorrowful.

The original owner's older sister truly loved her.

Liang Zhiyi held her hand: "Sister, don't worry about me. I will take good care of myself. The most important thing for you now is to get well. Don't overthink things."

"There's something..." In this situation, she really shouldn't have mentioned it to Liang Qingwan, but if she didn't, she wouldn't have time to wait.

She felt nothing for the Liang family, but for Liang Qingwan, Liang Huaijing and Madam Gao were her biological parents, and it was unknown what she would think.

Meeting Liang Qingwan's questioning gaze, Liang Zhiyi still recounted the recent events in the manor as a prelude before explaining her purpose.

"Therefore, I think the best solution is for my mother and father to divorce."

Liang Zhiyi thought she would need to say more to get Liang Qingwan to agree, but to her surprise, Liang Qingwan agreed with Liang Zhiyi's decision.

"My father never loved my mother. As a daughter, I would say something outrageous: my father always favored his concubines over his wife."

Before she was married, she was naive and ignorant, thinking that her father's behavior was normal. Only after coming to the Prince Chen's mansion did she realize that it was not. No matter how much the Prince Chen doted on someone, if they offended the Princess Chen, the Prince Chen would immediately punish that person.

It's not necessarily that Prince Chen likes the Prince Chen's residence that much, but a principal wife is a principal wife, and he will give her the respect she deserves.

"I said last time that my maternal grandparents' family should leave. Now that my mother and father have divorced, they can go with my maternal grandfather and get away from this troublesome place."

Liang Qingwan turned to look at Madam Gao: "Mother, what do you think?"

For a moment, Gao was at a loss for words: "You... this, this..."

Liang Qingwan said, "I might fall out of favor at any time. While the prince still feels guilty about my abortion, I will plead with him. This matter can still be accomplished. If Mother still doesn't want to, and we miss this opportunity, we may not be able to do it again later."

Liang Zhiyi chimed in, "You've known Father for over a decade, so you know his personality. His heart is full of Second Brother and Aunt Qiu; there's no place for you and us sisters. You can see that by giving Aunt Qiu the power to manage the household now. Sister, you're thinking of your future and your maternal grandparents' family's future. Mother, you should think this through."

Gao remained silent for a long time. Perhaps she was truly disappointed by what Liang Huaijing had done these past few days, and in the end she agreed.

After returning home, Gao brought up the matter of divorce with Liang Huaijing, but Liang Huaijing refused, scolded Gao for being crazy, and locked her up.

But less than two days later, people from the Jiang family came. They said something to Liang Huaijing, and after the Jiang family left, Liang Huaijing wrote a divorce agreement with a livid face and threw it at Gao Shi.

He originally planned to have Lady Gao "die of illness" after Prince Chen's affair was settled, but the Jiang family sent someone to ask him to divorce her. Divorce was better than dying of illness; it would just damage his reputation.

If Liang Huaijing knew that it was his two legitimate daughters who instigated Gao Shi to divorce, he would be furious.

After Gao checked the dowry, she moved everything back to her parents' home except for the dowry that had already been prepared for Liang Zhiyi. Then she took the divorce papers and reported them to the government for record. Since it was ordered by Prince Chen, the matter was handled quickly, and the matter was considered settled.

Gao originally didn't want to move out so quickly. It would be a lie to say she wasn't worried about Liang Zhiyi staying at the Liang residence. But Liang Zhiyi wouldn't let her stay and urged her to leave.

The happiest person in the household after their divorce was none other than Aunt Qiu. Now she was in charge of the household affairs, and when the time was right, her promotion to the position of legitimate wife would be just around the corner.

The day before the autumn hunt, Gao and the Gao family went south, and that was the end of the matter.

With Gao gone, she breathed a sigh of relief. Without any ties, she could start planning her own affairs.

Tomorrow is the autumn hunt...

The Eastern Palace

Yu Zhao said, "Your Highness, His Majesty's health is deteriorating. He is eager to pave the way for Prince Chen, and he will definitely take action tomorrow."

Pei Yue leisurely brewed tea and poured a cup for Yu Zhao, who quickly knelt down, saying, "This subordinate dares not."

That's right, who would dare to let the current crown prince pour them tea? Would they be courting death?

Pei Yue glanced at him indifferently: "You've really made a fool of yourself. Get up."

He then picked up his teacup, took a sip, and scoffed, "Didn't he promise Grand Commandant Sun's granddaughter to Prince Chen as a concubine? Since he wants it so badly, let him take it. Let's see if they can stomach it."

The Southern Army's three battalions were responsible for guarding the imperial palace, while the Northern Army was responsible for guarding the capital outside the capital.

The Imperial Guard was responsible for maintaining the balance between the two armies. Most of the Imperial Guards were orphans of soldiers who died on the front lines. They were of impeccable lineage and were led by the heir of the Marquis of Yuanping. No matter who was the emperor, the Imperial Guards were directly under his command.

The current Lieutenant of the Northern Army is the Crown Prince's Consort An. Consort An entered the Eastern Palace and gave birth to the eldest son of a concubine, thus binding her to the Crown Prince. For the sake of the family, Lieutenant An has no choice but to support the Crown Prince. Otherwise, if Prince Chen were to ascend the throne, how could Prince Chen possibly tolerate the An family?

That's why the emperor was so eager to have Grand Commandant Xu Sun's granddaughter become Prince Chen's concubine. What's the next step? It's definitely to have Prince Chen take over the three battalions of the Southern Army.

"Have your men keep an eye on things. They'll definitely make a move during the autumn hunt." The emperor's desire to depose the crown prince isn't new. He won't let Pei Yue get away with even the slightest mistake. Even if there's no mistake, he'll find one to make.

Yu Zhao replied, "Yes, Your Highness, I will keep an eye on it. There is one more thing."

"explain."

"For some reason, Prince Chen made Liang Xiuzhuan divorce Gao Shi. Gao Shi is Liang Liangyuan's birth mother. Now Gao Shi has gone south with the Gao family."

Pei Yue raised an eyebrow: "Have the Gao family's shops been transferred out?"

"Not yet. His Highness told us to keep it under wraps, and no one dares to take it on," Yu Zhao said.

"Heh~ Cutting your losses to survive, not too stupid." Pei Yue's slender fingers slowly tapped the table: "These people are insignificant, they're gone and that's that. Just send a few hidden guards to secretly follow the Liang family."

The reason the Gao family was suppressed was because Liang Huaijing was really an eyesore at the time. He had a low official position but was very arrogant, and the Gao family had to provide him with money to make him able to act so arrogantly.

However, now that Liang Zhiyi is determined to protect the Gao family, and the Gao family is willing to let go, he doesn't care about a minor official's relative by marriage, and letting go won't cause any problems.

"Also, go and tell the Crown Princess to prepare Feiyu Palace for Liang Shi to live in, so that she won't suffer any grievances."

Yu Zhao's lips twitched. This was indeed a relief; no concubine would ever be wronged like this. What concubine lived in a palace? Wasn't His Highness afraid of the other concubines being jealous?

However, he didn't say anything in the end, but bowed and said, "Yes, I will take care of it right away."

Liang Zhiyi, who was being arranged for this, was completely unaware of what was going on. She got up early in the morning and started making a fuss in the house, stuffing silver notes all over her and Chunmei.

As the time for departure approached, Liang Zhiyi was only wearing her undergarments. The two of them had sewn invisible pockets into her undergarments to hold banknotes.

"Miss, should we dig up the box in the backyard?" Chunmei asked.

Liang Zhiyi slipped two gold bracelets wrapped with red thread onto Chunmei's wrist, then looked her over and, finding no problem, replied:

"No need. Carrying that thing would be too conspicuous, and I can't carry all my wealth with me. Let's leave it for now; it might come in handy someday."