Seeing Wei Tongrui hiding behind Fu Zhengqing and rolling her eyes at her in a provocative manner, Su Luo continued.

"As for whether she did it on purpose, anyone with eyes in the women's section can see for themselves."

Fu Yinghua felt that Su Luo was unreasonable and petty.

“Madam Su, no one was injured in this matter. Your daughter is fine, and you have already beaten and kicked Jiali’s mother. Let’s just let this matter go.”

Today is the banquet for the Minister's child; if this continues, it won't be good for anyone."

By bringing up Fu Zhengqing, Fu Yinghua felt that Su Luo should at least give him some face, since Fu Zhengqing was the prefect of Lucheng.

No one at the banquet ate anymore; everyone stood up to watch what was happening.

"Madam Su, why don't you go with my wife to change your clothes? You'll catch a cold if you don't."

Fu Zhengqing also wanted to minimize the problem and resolve it peacefully.

Mo Sang walked up to Su Luo again and said to her.

"Madam Su, please come with me."

Su Luo sneered, standing straight at the entrance of the reception room, lifting her sleeves which were still red from the soup.

"Lord Fu, would you say this counts as an injury?"

Seeing this, Fu Zhengqing said to a servant beside him, "Quickly go and fetch a doctor for Madam Su."

He turned to Su Luo and said, "I'm so sorry, Madam Su, but don't worry, I'll cover your medical expenses."

Although Su Luo knew medicine, she had no medicine on hand, so calling a doctor was the best solution Fu Zhengqing could think of.

"No need, Lord Fu. I just want her... to give me an explanation."

Su Luo pointed at Wei Tongrui: "Or, as an official, Lord Fu can give me an explanation. As long as I am satisfied, I will not pursue the matter any further."

"Madam Su, why don't you give me some face?"

Fu Zhengqing is an official, and since he has said that, if Su Luo is a smart person, she won't make a fuss anymore.

"I have already given Lord Fu face once at the banquet, so Lord Fu should give me face in return."

Those who knew Su Luo looked at her in disbelief. How dare a merchant's daughter speak to the prefect like that?

Fu Zhengqing tolerated Su Luo because of her kindness to the Fu family, but Wei Tongrui was his elder, and he was wondering how he could punish his elder.

"Very well, Madam Su, tell me, what do you want me to do to satisfy you?"

Fu Zhengqing never used the term "this official" in front of Su Luo; now, he was simply showing off his official status.

"I want you to handle this officially and punish those who deserve it."

Without any evidence, and at his son's one-month celebration, he really didn't want to ruin this wonderful day.

“Madam Su, I’ll have my aunt personally bring gifts to apologize to you tomorrow. Is that alright? Let’s just let this matter go.”

Wei Tongrui winked at Su Luo. Su Luo wanted to mess with her, but she didn't even consider whether she had the ability. And she even apologized? She was a member of the Fu family and would never apologize to a businesswoman.

Everyone wanted to minimize the damage and let it go, even Wei Tongrui thought so, which is why he dared to throw soup at Yi Huan.

"Lord Fu, since that's the case, I, Su Luo, will ask you one question: Are they your uncles and aunts, your closest relatives?"

Fu Zhengqing frowned. Why was Su Luo asking him this? He just wanted the banquet to continue. Everyone present thought Su Luo was being unreasonable.

"yes!"

"Fine, very well. I gave your Fu family a chance, but Lord Fu didn't want it, so don't blame me."

After saying that, Su Luo reached out to the sleeve that had been soaked with soup. She was wearing a cotton coat, which had absorbed a lot of soup.

Slowly, Su Luo took out a bright yellow imperial edict, a piece of which was stained with soup.

"Lord Fu, this is an imperial edict specially issued by His Majesty. According to the laws of Nanning Kingdom, what crime is it to deliberately slander or damage an imperial edict? Do you know?"

Others who are not so knowledgeable about the law may not understand it, but Fu Zhengqing, as the prefect of Lucheng, could not possibly be ignorant of it.

Fu Zhengqing was instantly terrified. How could Su Luo have an imperial edict on her? After thinking for a moment, he realized that Su Luo had grown cotton. Could this be a reward from His Majesty, which was why she had this imperial edict?

The more he thought about it, the more logical it seemed. How could Su Luo dare to use a fake imperial edict to deceive people? She even carried it with her at all times.

What was originally just a quarrel between two women was not a big deal, but it violated the Emperor's decree, which has now landed them in serious trouble.

"Lady Su...madam Su, may I take a look at this imperial edict?"

Su Luo sneered as she handed the imperial edict to Fu Zhengqing's outstretched hands.

The contents above, along with the gleaming jade seal, all told Fu Zhengqing that it was true.

Suddenly, Fu Zhengqing bowed to Su Luo and handed back the imperial edict, saying in a flustered manner.

"This humble official greets the Deputy Minister of Agriculture!"

Fu Zhengqing was the highest-ranking official here, and everyone bowed to Su Luo when they saw him. Everyone at the banquet followed suit and bowed.

"This humble subject greets the Vice Minister of Agriculture..."

Only Wei Tongrui was dumbfounded. She had heard from Madam Mo that Su Luo was just a female merchant selling medicine. How could she have suddenly become an official?

There's no such thing as a woman holding an official position in this world. This Lady Su must be faking it; she would never accept a fake official position.

"Everyone, please rise. Lord Fu, you haven't answered my question yet."

In the cold winter, Fu Zhengqing felt only heat and trembled as he lowered his head, not daring to look at Su Luo.

"In response to Vice Minister Si, those who destroy the imperial edict... shall have their entire family executed."

Fu Yinghua looked at her nephew in alarm, like a startled bird. How could this matter have escalated to such a great extent?

"Zheng... Zhengqing..."

Fu Zhengqing should have known long ago that Su Luo was the type to seek revenge; he should have realized this back in Anchangzhou.

Today's events were deliberately orchestrated by his aunt, and there were no injuries. He thought that Su Luo could just endure it and it would pass. But he forgot that Su Luo was not the kind of person who would endure things.

"You, you, you...who are you trying to scare? Maybe this imperial edict is fake."

Su Luo shook her head and sneered. This woman really wouldn't shed a tear until she saw the coffin.

"Shut up."

Fu Yinghua slapped Wei Tongrui across the face. Today, this stupid woman is really going to ruin me.

"Lord Fu, not only has your Fu family harmed an official of the court, but you have also defiled His Majesty's edict with soup. If you refuse to give me an explanation today, someone will naturally come to confront you in the future."

We can't enjoy the banquet now, so let's take our leave.

Su Luo was about to leave with Yi Huan in her hand when Fu Yinghua and a group of people followed and blocked Su Luo's way, especially Mo Sang.

"Madam Su, my aunt went too far in this matter. Please forgive my husband. He is an honest official in Lucheng."

Mo Sang knew that as long as Su Luo dried the imperial edict, there would be no marks on it, given the material of the edict. However, Su Luo went to the capital to report it.

That would be a heinous crime that would lead to the extermination of three generations of a family. At that point, not only the Mo family, but even Fu Zhengqing's maternal grandfather's family would not have a chance to survive.

It's pitiful that her newborn child, barely a month old, is facing the annihilation of her entire family.