In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

Chapter 896 Bai Lu kicks the minister in the Golden Palace!

In recent times, he has not been in Kyoto or Qingzhou, and he doesn't know what happened between the prince and Bai Lu.

Zhou Langya was puzzled: How did the two of them become so close?

At this time, he hurriedly advised: "It's better not to curse. After all, the Double Ninth Festival Banquet is coming soon. We all need to keep a good face, otherwise His Majesty will be very embarrassed!"

General Murong glanced at the prince with a half-smile.

Suddenly, General Shi, standing beside him, said coldly, "Your Highness, this is inappropriate! It seems too petty and not at all like a crown prince. Lord Pei is a hero returning from the battlefield after all. Ask General Bai and the others, this is as it should be."

"..."

When General Shi spoke, the air suddenly stagnated.

Bai Lu turned her head and looked at General Shi in surprise, then asked General Murong and General Li with her eyes.

She was very puzzled as to why General Murong and General Li brought General Shi with them.

Hadn't General Shi already defected to Pei Huizhou before? Even if he cleverly "resurrected" in this battle and made amends for his previous mistakes, he could no longer be considered a general.

In short...he is a disgrace to these generals.

General Murong shook his head at Bai Lu and said, "There's something else going on here, and there's more to it..."

General Murong spoke to Bai Lu in a low voice so that no one else could hear.

Bai Lu sighed, nodded, and said to the Crown Prince and the others, "Your Highness, when we go to the front, we must be careful and cautious, and don't say anything careless."

Her eyes stopped on the prince's face.

The prince was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "I understand, don't worry."

As soon as the prince and his companions arrived at the Golden Palace, they saw Li Zongguan standing at the upper level, and Pei Huizhou and Bai Qi standing at the lower level, discussing matters with court officials in groups of three or four.

When they saw the prince coming, the ministers had different thoughts, and some stood closer to the prince.

A small number of them stood closer to Pei Huizhou.

Some court officials simply did not take sides and just stood there calmly.

But the situation behind Bai Lu was rather strange. Several dukes were standing behind her, which was equivalent to standing behind the prince; several generals were also standing behind Bai Lu, which was equivalent to standing behind the prince; and her three brothers, as well as several generals under Bai Qi, were also standing behind Bai Lu.

Now...it's getting interesting.

Bai Lu couldn't help but smile bitterly in her heart. It seemed that she was involved in the court disputes.

She knew that she shouldn't have come to Kyoto in the first place.

Never mind, the prince is from the Bai family anyway, he is my cousin, even if I don't fight for it, I will be dragged into it...

Otherwise, if the new emperor was not the prince, how could he let her and the entire Bai family go?

This is all destined.

Bai Lu stood under the Golden Throne Hall, not thinking about what to do or what to say.

She was wearing a beautiful marquis's dress, her face was as beautiful as jade, and she looked calm and composed.

As long as today is over and the rewards are distributed, she can take her children home.

At most, the emperor and others like children, so she can ask the child to stay here and play and chat with the emperor and others for a few more days, that's all.

She was just daydreaming when she heard Pei Huizhou beside her suddenly say, "Marquis Bai's clothes today are much more beautiful than the marquisate clothes worn by the other marquises."

He spoke with a cold, sarcastic voice, "No wonder everyone says our Marquis Bai is the number one female marquis in Dawu. Her pomp and circumstance is truly different from that of other marquises. His Majesty dotes on Marquis Bai and is extremely partial to him on certain matters. There have been a lot of rumors about Marquis Bai in the court lately, but His Majesty has suppressed them!"

When Pei Huizhou said this, everyone looked strange and stared at Bai Lu.

I have to say that Bai Lu is really good-looking. Her shiny and bright appearance is wrapped in a rare white jade. This white jade looks warm and translucent, so beautiful and flawless.

The only flaw is that she is now a widow with seven children.

But the flaws do not outweigh the merits, and it makes people unable to take their eyes off it.

No wonder there were rumors in the court that many generals and ministers who became famous at a young age fought for her and were beaten to a pulp.

After hearing what Pei Huizhou said, everyone thought: Yes, the emperor favors Bai Lu.

So regarding the matter of Lord Bai and her stepmother...

Everyone's eyes rolled around, and immediately some cannon fodder courtiers opened fire directly at Bai Lu.

"Lord Bai became famous at a young age, so naturally he was hot-headed and did things without thinking. He even disregarded filial piety and directly killed his stepmother."

"This is truly a disgrace to the Crown Prince's family! You are, after all, a member of His Royal Highness's maternal family. How can you disregard the rules like this? This is truly disgraceful!"

"Your dignity is the dignity of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! You don't even care about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's dignity and don't even care about the Crown Prince?!"

"If this allows you to achieve military merit in the future, how can you succeed? Wouldn't that mean you're more powerful than your master? What if it harms His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?!"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince...are you just going to indulge her like this? You won't try to dissuade her from doing anything? How can you maintain your throne in the future?!"

These court officials actually brought up the issue of the country and the future succession of the crown prince to the throne.

The prince's face grew darker and darker. Upon hearing the last sentence, he flew into a rage: "How outrageous!"

He suddenly said this, and everyone was frightened and trembled.

The courtiers were stunned.

Then the prince said with a face as gloomy as water: "Do you guys have any shame? You actually said that to a girl! You guys are so shameless!"

Suddenly, the court officials blushed and stammered.

The Crown Prince continued to sternly scold, "It's the Double Ninth Festival Palace Banquet, and the Emperor hasn't even arrived yet, and you're already speaking nonsense?"

"Father, I haven't even said anything about Bai Lu, and you're the first to criticize him?!"

"Do you think... you are more qualified than my father to scold Bai Lu, and that you are more powerful than my father?"

"? Is there anyone in this world who can surpass the Supreme Emperor?!"

The court officials hurriedly bowed to the Crown Prince, their knees weakening as they were about to kneel down: "Your Highness, that's not what we meant..."

"Your Highness the Crown Prince has truly been deceived by that little girl and misunderstood us like this!"

Their faces were filled with grievance, "We are serving our country!"

Seeing them lying with their eyes open, the prince's face turned black with anger. Just as he was about to say something else, Bai Lu pulled the prince's sleeve.

The prince turned his head to look at Bai Lu, and saw Bai Lu shaking her head, smiling slowly at him and said, "No need to say more here!"

The prince thought Bai Lu was trying to keep the peace, so he frowned and said to Bai Lu, "If you don't establish your authority in the court now, how will you survive in the future?!"

Bai Lu glanced at him, raised her eyebrows, and then slowly said, "Your Highness, please step back."

Alas, the prince really couldn't do anything about her, and he listened to Bai Lu the most.

At this time, I had no choice but to give in.

Immediately afterwards, Bai Lu kicked out those ministers who had just talked nonsense in front of all the civil and military officials in the court!

They flew directly onto a pillar three meters away and were hit so hard that they vomited blood.

Everyone was stunned.

At this time, all the court officials were shocked!

They rolled up their sleeves and surrounded Bai Lu, cursing at each other.

Some pointed at her nose and said, "How arrogant! It's only women and villains who are difficult to raise. How could she be so presumptuous as to assault a court official in the Golden Palace!"

Some grabbed the white jade slabs in their hands, pointed at Bai Lu's face and cursed: "Come here, where are the Imperial Guards? Quickly arrest this woman. Disrespecting the palace and resorting to violence in front of the emperor... This is a serious crime against the court!"

Some people were spitting: "Where is His Majesty? Please ask His Majesty to come out immediately. We need to show him the real bitch he is protecting!"

There were also many people protecting Bai Lu.

General Murong stepped forward first, his face sullen, and said, "How dare you point the rags in your hands at our Lord?"

General Li stood in front of Bai Lu, and with his hands on his hips, he said to the crowd, "It's because weapons are forbidden in the court these days. Otherwise, I would have killed you with one blow of my sword, and your heads would have rolled off the floor!"

"Isn't it just beating you? So what?"

General Shi Da didn't get along with them, but he also protected Bai Lu. He frowned at everyone and said, "Enough!"

He said this to these people, but his eyes were looking at Pei Huizhou.

Pei Huizhou pursed his lips and stood there without moving.

Zhou Langya glanced at Pei Huizhou, then at General Shi. He also pulled Bai Lu back and said to these people with a frown.

"You really are going too far."

"Saying something behind my back is already outrageous enough! Now you're saying it to my face?!"

"Our Lord Bai has made military achievements after all. Outside... the people of so many places offered him the "Umbrella of All People." Yet, back at court, he received no praise! Instead, he was insulted everywhere. Why is this so?!"

He then pointedly said, "If you think you're so powerful, why not go out there and earn some military exploits, and then come back and curse Bai Lu all you want!"

"The prosperity and peace you enjoy today were all earned by Bai Lu, and now you're here cursing people?"

Duke Liang and Duke An looked at each other and sneered.

Duke Liang helped Bai Lu at this time, after all, his son was adopted by Bai Lu.

He directly said to everyone: "If any of you dare to disrespect Madam Bai Lu again, you will become an enemy of our Liangguo Mansion!"

"My Liangguogong Mansion has been prosperous for generations, and no other noble family can compare to it."

"I am making this clear here. You are not allowed to insult her again. She is the benefactor of our Duke of Liang's Mansion."

Duke Anguo also hurriedly said, "Our Duke Anguo Mansion is also like this!"

You know, it was Bai Lu who saved her son Gu Liang.

If Bai Lu hadn't helped him find his relatives, if Bai Lu hadn't helped Gu Liang with his studies, how could Gu Liang have grown up like this?!

This is all thanks to Bai Lu.

And now is a good opportunity to express gratitude.

Seeing that several dukes and generals were protecting Bai Lu in this way, the court officials looked at each other, raised their eyes, and showed fear.

Finally, the prince slowly said, "How long are you going to continue this farce?!"

"If you don't wait here for your father to come to court, I will not be polite later!"

"If you get angry and say things you shouldn't say, or submit memorials you shouldn't submit... that would be terrible!"

All the ministers stopped protesting, but their dissatisfaction with Bai Lu had reached its peak.

Bai Lu rolled her eyes at them, which made the court officials on Pei Huizhou's side very angry.

"Humph, how can this little girl be so presumptuous!"

When they went up and were about to argue with Bai Lu and the others, they saw Pei Huizhou stopping them all.

Pei Huizhou's expression turned extremely grim, and he said to them, "That's enough! Stop making trouble. If you continue making trouble... the emperor won't side with us."

"You know, we were the ones who provoked Bai Lu in the court first. When the emperor finds out, he'll just call Bai Lu over and give her a few pretentious scoldings. It won't be a big deal. And the emperor knows that Bai Lu was wronged this time. He was already on Bai Lu's side, and now he's even more so."

Besides, even if they don’t favor Bai Lu, Bai Lu has all these military achievements to rely on. What can they do to Bai Lu?

Beat Bai Lu with a stick?

She's just a girl, and you're going to beat her like that? The people at the border will surely revolt.

Previously, because of the White Dew Festival... so many people revolted. This kind of thing is not unknown to everyone.

So no matter what, it is impossible to do anything to Bai Lu.

Instead of talking about nonsense, it’s better to wait here quietly for the emperor to come to court.

When the emperor arrived, he didn't know what had happened here, and no minister dared to say anything.

He spoke a few words casually, then waved his hand and said to everyone, "Let's go to Lushan."

"After we arrive at Lushan, we will set up the Chongyang Banquet in the afternoon."

All the officials bowed in unison.

Bai Lu stood in the second row in front of all the officials. She was wearing a red robe and a pearl curtain hanging from her head.

The emperor was suddenly filled with emotion at the sight of his elegant appearance. He seemed to remember...some words that Bai Lu's mother, Zhao Bingyu, had said to him before.

Zhao Bingyu said: "The most difficult thing for me to see in my life is that women and men have the same status..."

"It would be great if one day, a woman could serve as an official in the court."

After decades of hard work, the imperial examination for women has finally been launched.

This year, there are indeed female top three scorers in the imperial examination who are now employed in the Hanlin Academy, but they are not qualified to attend court, and the ministers do not agree.

But they were just waiting for Bailu to come back and let Bailu take the lead.

In a few days, he can directly ask all the officials to allow these women to enter the court.

The emperor felt very pleased and smiled faintly at Bai Lu.

This is truly like a father looking at his daughter, the more he looks, the more satisfied and happy he becomes.

The emperor raised his ceremonial procession, followed by all the officials, and the Yulin Army cleared the streets in a mighty procession.

There were green forests in the suburbs, and soon they arrived at Lushan.