I am The Villain’s Dad
Chapter 56:

Unfortunately, the empress underestimated the destructive power of her daughter.

When she heard the imperial secretary’s report for the third time, saying that Princess Linglong had smashed Chen Fei’s whole palace, and Chen Fei was kneeling outside and complaining, her head hurt.

Her once well-behaved and sensible daughter has smashed three palaces this month, and the whole harem is now spreading rumors, saying that Princess Linglong is crazy, has become a harem bully, and has a quirk of smashing things apart on sight.

She didn’t understand why Linglong was not only unhappy to hear her words about replaceing a father for her, but also questioned her further.

“Mother Emperor, do you know what kind of life my father is living outside?”

Yes, of course she knows. He is living so happily and so carefree!

“Have you ever seen my father with your own eyes?”

She has seen it, she has seen it with her own eyes, and she was not happy about it!

“Have you ever thought of your old feelings?”

Yes, of course she has. But he has forgotten! She was not allowed to do so.

“Mother, say something!”

Say what? What do you mean? That she went to see the abandoned husband in the middle of the night only to be scolded and kicked out? What a shame! If she said that, she really should not be the Empress!

So, with a cold and a serious face.

“Tomorrow, you will move to the Yang Concubine’s palace!”

She flicked her sleeves and left, seething in anger. That guy, even after she did so much to see him, didn’t give her face and even told her how to say in front of her daughter? She can only take care of her daughter who doesn’t hurt her and doesn’t see him go to pot.

At first, Concubine Yang came over every day to gracefully report to her about Linglong’s daily activities. Then it became once every three days, and every time, he appeared with a bitter face. Finally, news was reported to her by the imperial secretary that Concubine Yang was beaten up and Linglong was on a hunger strike.

Humph, it must be Yang Fei’s bad, she thought. How could her good daughter have problems? Even Yuyang, that coarse man, can teach his daughter to be gentle and lovely. She did not believe that these famous noble sons cannot do what that fisherman did.

Next, she sent Linglong to stay with Concubine Zhen, who was famous for his gentleness and gracefulness in the palace, although he had not been in good health. As a result, Concubine Zhen, who was well taken care of for the past few years and had not fainted in years, fainted three times in a row.

Then, she could only think of Concubine Chen, who was in good health and was born into a family of generals. Surely he could handle it? Yet, Linglong merely stopped beating people and changed to destroying things. Concubine Chen didn’t have a lot of belongings, but any that he had was smashed to pieces. As princess, Linglong could ask for the items to be replenished. Unfortunately, with her destroying items so frequently, even if she is the Princess, the palace’s private collection wouldn’t last.

Now, the Empress stared at Linglong, who stood expressionlessly opposite her, and kept reminding herself that this baby was born by herself, and that she was the Empress, and this was her princess.

“This princess wants to leave the palace and live with her father, so Mother Empress can pretend that this princess was never born.”

Linglong was also ashamed. How could Mother Empress be like this! Even if she doesn’t care about her father, how could she hand her over to other concubines. Was Mother Empress asking her to recognize her father as a criminal?

She won’t!

Those people had bullied her father when he was still in the palace, including that so-called good person, Concubine Zhen, who was merely pretending to be frail! She saw it with her own eyes. Now that they had finally driven her father out of the palace, they wanted to raise their status in the harem in the name of raising her as a princess?

Not a chance!!

Father is no longer in the palace, and she has nothing to fear anymore. She will help her father to take revenge, and make this group of hypocrites look like fools! She doesn’t care to be a princess. What is the use of being a princess if she can’t even save her own father? Whoever wants to be a princess, go ahead! She wants to get out of the palace and take care of her father!

Therefore, once Princess Linglong had decided as much, she acted however she wished, and she was invincible in the harem. Even after the Empress publicly stated that anyone who wanted to raise Princess Linglong will be promoted to the higher rank, no one came to accept her orders.

The Empress had no choice but to hold her forehead in distress. Was that useless fisherman right after all? She can’t even take care of her daughter? She did not believe it! If those useless fools cannot do it, she will take care of her daughter herself!

Thus, the news that the Empress wanted to raise Princess Linglong herself spread out. In the royal court, voices of opposition resounded.

“Your Majesty! There is no precedent in the history for an Empress to personally raise a princess herself.”

“If there is no precedent, I will make this a first.” Humph, it was Concubine Zhen’s mother. No matter what, the Empress wouldn’t care about her words.

“Your Majesty, by doing this, how will the Lord save his face, and how can Princess Furong live with herself!” said Lord’s grandmother.

“Isn’t this what they wanted most?” If they hadn’t driven away the smelly fisherman, would she have needed to do this?

“Well…”

“Your Majesty, you have to take care of yourself! Your Majesty handles heavy state affairs, and now you want to personally raise the princess… Your Majesty will surely be overwhelmed…”

“I have already decided. Since the ministers are always busy, they will retreat without any problem!”

As she returned to the harem, the concubines thought to make her desist as well. She never thought that the gentle, lovely, and dignified concubines in the past would try to stop her in a variety of ways.

The first Concubine brought the soup and told a story, that there is a rule to follow in order to make a good soup, don’t think she didn’t know that he was trying to say that she didn’t follow the rule, go away!

The second Concubine did a dance for her, saying that since ancient times, men and women have their own things to do. If men were women and women were men, the rules of the world will be messed up. Huh! Is she trying to say that she overstepped the bounds and did what men should do? Get out!

Then, when the third one came to visit, before he could even speak, she threw him out directly.

She didn’t bother talking nonsense with these people. One by one, she knew they were against her, but they didn’t know she had her own hardships. She gave birth to two daughters in this life. One of them was not cute at all and has been plotting for the throne all day. Since the Empress has already raised her as an heir, how could she not give her the throne? Do you need to start scheming at such a young age? How brash. The other one, on the other hand, was taught well by Young Master Yuyang, but was schemed against by others, and has now ignored her as Mother Empress.

She no longer has Yu Yang, has lost one daughter, but she doesn’t want to lose her last family. If she listened to the people of the court, wouldn’t she just become their puppet in this life? Can’t she do something she wanted to do?

“Linglong, write two more of these words.” Mingyue frowned as she looked at the calligraphy that Linglong was writing casually, feeling helpless. These characters, Linglong had already been taught to write very well since she was five, but now, she was writing it like… Like dog scratches…

“Mother Empress should know that no matter how many times she writes now, Linglong can no longer write like she did before,” said Linglong expressionlessly as she picked up the brush mechanically to write. “Writing is about peace of mind, and since the mood of the writer is unstable, there is no way to write any good words.” In addition, Linglong was deliberately trying to oppose the empress, and the Empress was dying of anger. However, Linglong’s writing only became worse and worse, so she didn’t dare to say anything further. The more the Empress spoke, the uglier her daughter writes.

“That’s it, I don’t want to write anymore. I want to play the piano.” The Empress gave up asking Linglong to write. She remembers that in the past, Linglong liked playing the piano the most, and she would compose music in her free time, gaining fame in the capital. Doing what she likes, the Empress can’t say no, right? Suddenly, a harsh sound pierced Mingyue’s ears.

Next, they played chess. No matter what move the Empress made, Linglong was merely inattentive. In the end, Mingyue was about to win, but she let Linglong win once. “That’s all, you should go back and rest, and wait until you feel better tomorrow.” There was no point in forcing Linglong to continue, so she simply let Linglong go back to rest.

Later that night, she summoned Grandfather Chen.

“What does the Empress need?”

Other than Young Master Yuyang, the person Linglong listens to the most is her grandfather, and Mingyue had no choice but to ask help from him.

“…..”

Chen remained prostrate on the ground, afraid to speak any further. What could he say? The princess and the Empress, mother and daughter, were on opposite sides. As the princess’ grandfather and the Empress’ father, he could only watch. What else can he do? What if he accidentally annoys the Empress? Nowadays, it was only Grandfather Chen who has been helping Linglong all the time. With how the princess treats those concubines and embarrasses them, if Grandfather Chen dies from punishment or gets exiled from the palace, he wouldn’t know what the concubines would try.

He also does not understand the Empress’ actions. At her age now, the princess, even without a father, could also live alone in the Princess’ Palace and have a teacher give her lessons. There was no need for her to be raised by a concubine. Since the Empress has expelled Prince Consort Yuyang from the palace and does not grant the princess’ wish to live with her father, why bother forcing the princess around like this? She even brought the princess to live with her and planned to raise her herself, setting a precedent as well.

Now, there were rumors everywhere in the palace that the Empress had intended to pass the throne to Princess Linglong all along, and that Princess Furong had lost Her Majesty’s favor. Princess Furong has even come to Princess Linglong’s palace to sneer several times, and even Prince Yuyang, the biological father, was also quite resentful. Furthermore, it was also said that Princess Linglong was acting so impudently now because she was instigated by Prince Consort Yuyang. Princess Linglong and Princess Furong were at each other’s throats, and they had confronted each other several times.

When Yuyang was in the palace, his one regret was losing Princess Furong who was taken away. Throughout his time here, he suffered so many grievances just so he could take a look at Princess Furong. Every day, he would teach Princess Linglong, the most important thing was that she and her sister loved each other regardless. Even if they did not grow up in the same place, he always told Linglong to remember that Furong is her only sister, so she must respect, love, and help her sister in times of need. Yet, in the end, it was Princess Furong who caused Prince Yuyang to leave the palace, and it was Princess Furong who came to the Princess’ Palace to insult her father after Prince Consort Yuyang left.

With her sister acting this way, added with the Empress, her own mother, also making things difficult for Princess Linglong, it would be strange if the princess could keep her calm. Now, she was just arrogantly strutting around in the palace, angering the Empress, although she hasn’t done anything significant yet. Still, the Empress was persecuting the princess, causing the princess’ rebellious streak. She was the root of the problem, but can this kind of thing be told to the Empress?

“You don’t have to be afraid. No matter what you say today, I will not punish you for it. Just act as if you were never here.”

Mingyue also understood Grandfather Chen’s situation. Just a glance at his face told her he must have something to say.

“Yes… the Princess…”

Chen thought about it and opened his mouth, after all, after so many years of following the princess and the Empress, he also wanted the two of them to be well.

It was not a good thing to be so angry with the Empress like this.

After receiving the Empress’ assurance again, he began to speak his mind.

After a few words, the Empress was enlightened.