Gu Yingzhi looked down at the woman in his arms who was pretending not to care but had her ears perked up, and a gentle smile appeared on his lips.

He spoke each word as if he were speaking to Du Qingyao, but even more so to the person in his arms.

"In my heart, there is only Li Yunyan. She is my only queen and my only wife."

His meaning was so obvious that he didn't even glance at himself once while he was speaking.

Du Qingyao suddenly felt weak in the legs and could not stand. She took a few steps back and was supported by Granny Yue and others.

Tears streamed down her face as she questioned, "Your Highness, are you really not afraid of offending the Du family?"

Gu Yingzhi remained silent. He already had some evidence of the Du family's crimes, and if they made the slightest move, he could immediately make their entire family die without a burial place.

"If Your Highness can repent and return to the right path, I will pretend that today's events never happened!"

She looked at him, tears welling in her eyes. At that moment, she felt a pang of regret. If she hadn't come to Lianjiang City, she might have remained in the dark and lived as the Princess of Qingyang for the rest of her life.

But when she arrived, the false bubble burst, and now the prince doesn't even give her the most basic respect!

Gu Yingzhi said in a deep voice, "If you agree to divorce me now, I can give you some compensation out of consideration for the years you have managed the palace."

His eyes sharpened. "If you don't agree, I can make you agree!"

King Qingyang always kept his word. Hearing his heartless words, Du Qingyao felt so wronged that tears streamed down her face.

"Your Highness, are you truly so heartless?"

"I'll give you half a month!" Gu Yingzhi seemed oblivious to her grief, his deep voice carrying an irresistible authority.

After saying this, he didn't linger. He put his arm around Li Yunyan and went into the room, leaving Du Qingyao with a resolute back view.

At this moment, the courtyard was completely silent. Everyone held their breath and dared not make the slightest sound.

Du Qingyao stood there, frozen like a statue, her eyes vacant and lifeless, as if she had lost her soul. She couldn't understand how things had come to this.

I came here full of joy and anticipation, but less than an hour has passed! What could have caused everything to change so drastically?

Du Qingyao tried to clear her mind, but it was a chaotic jumble of thoughts, leaving her increasingly bewildered. She stared blankly ahead, her eyes revealing a deep sense of helplessness and loss, as if everything had slipped away from her at that moment…

"Your Highness, let's go back!" Bing'er gently advised.

They all knew the prince's temperament well; once he made a decision, he would never easily change it.

Granny Yue also recovered from her shock and, with tears in her eyes, advised, "Your Highness, let's return to Qingyang City first, and then write a letter to ask the master if they have any ideas."

Du Qingyao seemed to have grasped at the last straw in her despair. She murmured, "Yes! Go find Father! Father will definitely have a way to help me!"

"Let's go! Go back quickly!"

Du Qingyao came in a hurry and left in a hurry. The servants in the mansion continued to perform their duties and did not mention the matter at all, as if she had never come.

Li Yunyan was pulled back into the room by Gu Yingzhi, and her anger had subsided by half.

Looking at his slightly ingratiating smile, she asked, "You've already decided to divorce her?"

Seeing that she was willing to talk to him, Gu Yingzhi took her hand and kissed it, saying, "You never liked hearing me talk about this before, so I didn't mention it. I originally planned to tell you after the divorce, but now you know it ahead of time?"

What method are you planning to use?

She looked at him, wanting to know what he was planning.

After all, Princess Qingyang was not at fault in this matter. The one who was wrong was Gu Yingzhi, who knew that he had feelings for her but still married the princess. Then he regretted it after the wedding, wasting five years of her life.

Any woman treated like this would surely come to demand an explanation, just like Princess Qingyang did.

Therefore, Li Yunyan was not angry about what happened today. She was just a little jealous that Gu Yingzhi had a legitimate and respectable wife.

Gu Yingzhi touched her nose. "Then I'll tell you? You can't get angry."

She looked at him and said gently and calmly, "Tell me what you're saying? If you're hiding something from me, then I'll really be angry!"

He held her in his arms, just in case she ran away, and said slowly, "Before I found you, I wanted to divorce her, but she never agreed. I thought that with time, she would get lonely and change her mind. After finding you, I felt the urgency of the situation, so I secretly gathered evidence of the Du family's crimes. If Du Qingyao doesn't agree to a divorce, I will use this evidence to threaten her, and then the Du family will not fare well either!"

Li Yunyan looked up. "Are all those pieces of evidence true?"

“Of course it’s true!” Gu Yingzhi kissed her. “I’m not so despicable as to fabricate evidence!”

Having said that, Li Yunyan stopped asking. If the Du family really did fall because of this, it was because they had done evil first, but Gu Yingzhi had uncovered the evidence beforehand.

She gave a soft hum, "And you have so many concubines?"

A deep, magnetic laugh suddenly burst forth from his broad, muscular chest. The laugh was initially soft, but gradually grew louder and louder, as if he wanted to release all the joy and pleasure in his heart.

Li Yunyan punched him in annoyance and urged in a coquettish voice, "What are you laughing at? Tell me!"

Gu Yingzhi grabbed her small fist with one hand, his smile unchanged, "Yanyan, are you jealous?"

Her face froze for a moment, then she blushed and immediately turned away from him, saying, "I didn't! Don't talk nonsense!"

He wrapped his arms around her from behind in that position, lowered his head and kissed her earlobe, his voice joyful and husky: "Yanyan, I'm so happy!"

Fearing she would get angry if she waited too long without hearing an answer, he quickly said, "Don't worry, Yanyan, I only want you. As for those concubines, I haven't even seen what they look like. When the time comes, I'll dismiss them all and let them go wherever they want."

"Are you really willing to do that?"

Li Yunyan said angrily, "So many beauties, they don't make you angry, they always go along with you and try to please you, and they can give you a bunch of children. When they get old, you can continue to find young and beautiful women. And when I get old..."

She couldn't continue, because Gu Yingzhi had already silenced her incessant chatter by silencing her with a harsh kiss, and carried her horizontally into the inner room.

He placed her on a brand-new rocking chair, and Li Yunyan exclaimed in surprise.