Chapter 116 He deserves a slap in the face!

Shen Qingci couldn't help but chuckle softly: "Sister-in-law, you make it sound so easy."

"You caused my miscarriage, pushed me into the lake, one thing after another. Did someone force you to do all this? You've done so many evil things, and I almost lost my life at your hands. Now you say that if I remarry and you remarry, then all of that should be as if it never happened?"

Shen Qingci laughed heartily, finding it incredibly ironic: "Sister-in-law, that's not how you do it."

Liu Ruolan's face immediately turned ugly: "Then what do you want? You should know that all of this started because of... Huo Yunzhan!"

Shen Qingci glanced at her, her eyes smiling, "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I certainly won't let Huo Yunzhan off the hook either. But you..."

"I still have to settle the scores that need to be settled."

"As for what I want?" Shen Qingci's eyes suddenly turned cold and sharp: "Then naturally... I will repay you tenfold or a hundredfold for what you did to me before."

Liu Ruolan stared intently at Shen Qingci, her eyes fierce: "Do you really think that just because you married Chu Jichen, you can do whatever you want? That you can deal with me?"

"My father is the Prime Minister!"

"Even Chu Jichen can't touch him, so who do you think you are?"

"No matter how hard you try, you can only marry a useless person, and you will never be able to have a child with him."

"You are like a dodder vine, only able to exist by clinging to Chu Jichen. If that's the case, then I will get rid of Chu Jichen."

“Chu Jichen is in the royal family and has no children. If anything happens to him, you will be finished.”

Shen Qingci's eyes widened, and she suddenly raised her voice: "What? What did you say, Madam Hou? You said... Prime Minister Liu wants to kill the Regent?"

The garden was full of guests who had come to celebrate Princess Gong's birthday. Upon hearing Shen Qingci's words, they immediately looked at Shen Qingci and Liu Ruolan with surprise in their eyes.

Liu Ruolan's face immediately turned ugly: "What nonsense are you spouting? When did I..."

Shen Qingci interrupted her directly: "Didn't you just say that yourself? Do I need to repeat it?"

"You tell me, no matter what Chu Jichen is like, he's still no match for Prime Minister Liu."

"You said that I went to great lengths only to marry a cripple, and that I would never be able to have a child with Chu Jichen. You said Chu Jichen is a cripple..."

"You also said that I'm like a dodder vine, only able to exist by clinging to Chu Jichen. If that's the case, then you should join forces with your father to kill Chu Jichen. Once Chu Jichen is dead, I'll be completely finished."

Shen Qingci's eyes quickly welled up with tears, her face filled with grievance and disbelief.

"I really don't know what I did to deserve this from the Lady of the Marquis?"

“When I was in the Marquis’s mansion, you caused me to miscarry and tried to kill me again and again.”

“I respect you as my sister-in-law, and since I am now an orphan, I don’t want to have any more conflicts with you, so I took the initiative to leave the Marquis’s mansion and quickly remarried.”

"But why won't you let me go? Why do you keep chasing after me and humiliating me? You even said that you would kill Chu Jichen first and then get rid of me!"

No sooner had Shen Qingci finished speaking than Chu Jichen's cold, low voice came from not far away: "Oh? So, Prime Minister Liu wants to kill me?"

Shen Qingci and Liu Ruolan quickly looked in the direction from which the sound came, and saw that Chu Jichen and Prime Minister Liu had appeared in the crowd not far away at some point.

Liu Ruolan's face turned deathly pale. She opened her mouth, but her lips trembled uncontrollably.

Prime Minister Liu took a deep breath, his face embarrassed: "Your Highness is joking, there's nothing to it."

"That's not true? So, does the Prime Minister mean that my princess lied?"

Prime Minister Liu cursed inwardly, but dared not show the slightest dissatisfaction on his face: "How could that be? It's my daughter. I've spoiled her. She's arrogant, domineering, and speaks without thinking."

"Ever since the incident involving the Marquis of Yongning a while ago, she has been traumatized and has become somewhat erratic. That's why we brought her back to the Prime Minister's residence yesterday."

Chu Jichen scoffed, "Crazy? I don't think so."

"And if she's gone mad, would the Prime Minister still dare to bring her out to make false accusations everywhere?"

Prime Minister Liu gritted his teeth, furious. He glared at Liu Ruolan and said, "What are you standing there for? Apologize to the Prince and Princess right now! Then get back to your residence immediately! From this day forward, you are not allowed to leave the Prime Minister's residence without my permission!"

Liu Ruolan's face was extremely ugly, but she didn't dare to offend Chu Jichen and Shen Qingci, that bitch, in public!

She's clearly spouting nonsense and trying to sow discord!

But now is not the time to dwell on these matters. Liu Ruolan gritted her teeth and said, "It was my fault. I was provoked and talked nonsense. Please forgive me, Your Highness and Your Highness's wife."

"That's it?" Chu Jichen scoffed, his eyes flashing with a fierce light, clearly not satisfied.

Liu Ruolan clenched her hands tightly. Just like that? What else did he want?

Shen Qingci smiled: "If the Lady of the Marquis threatens to kill the Regent and me, an apology will suffice."

"Does that mean from now on, anyone can spout nonsense in front of us?"

"So, if Lady Hou and Prime Minister Liu really lay a hand on us in the future, will an apology be enough?"

Prime Minister Liu clenched his fist, which was hidden in his sleeve: "Then, according to the Princess's wishes?"

Shen Qingci smiled and said, "Since Prime Minister Liu also admits that the Lady Hou said things she shouldn't have, then she should naturally be slapped."

Prime Minister Liu's face darkened. Shen Qingci was about to slap Liu Ruolan in front of him. This was not slapping Liu Ruolan's mouth, but clearly slapping his face!

He looked at Chu Jichen almost immediately.

In front of so many people, Chu Jichen should at least give him, the prime minister, some face, right?

Chu Jichen looked steadily at Shen Qingci, his eyes gentle: "What the Princess Consort means is what I mean."

Prime Minister Liu was stunned, his expression growing increasingly grim.

What did Chu Jichen mean? Was he trying to embarrass him in front of so many people?

Does he not even want to maintain a semblance of peace?

But with so many people watching, and both he and Liu Ruolan having just admitted to the matter…

If he had known, he would have insisted that Shen Qingci was lying.

Prime Minister Liu closed his eyes. He had suffered this loss. Chu Jichen, just you wait!

"Yes, Ruolan was indeed in the wrong. It is only right that Your Highness and Princess Consort deal with it. They can decide for themselves."

Shen Qingci nodded, but instead of calling for a maid, she walked directly to Liu Ruolan, clearly indicating that she intended to take matters into her own hands.