"You! You know perfectly well that something happened to the Su family, aren't you just taking advantage of their misfortune?"

Xiao Churen glared at her through gritted teeth.

He increasingly felt that Su Liluo was a unreasonable and meddlesome woman.

Not only is he ugly, but his personality is also repulsive.

If it weren't for Wan Shi's kind heart, she wouldn't have been able to give the crown prince to her.

I doubt any man would ever want a woman like that!

But he could not have imagined that in the near future...

This woman, whom he now loathes and grimaces at, will be the regret he desires for his entire life but can never have.

Where is the Crown Princess?

Just then, a group of soldiers dressed in yamen runners walked over from the main road.

A young man leading the group walked out of the crowd and went directly to the entrance of the Crown Prince's residence.

"Greetings, King of Chu!"

Upon recognizing the King of Chu, the yamen runner first bowed to Xiao Churen.

Xiao Churen exclaimed in surprise, "Zhang Jing, what brings you here?"

Zhang Jing was a military advisor under the Prefect of Jingzhao, whose daily duties included assisting the Prefect in investigations and arrests.

Seeing him here now, Xiao Churen became wary.

Zhang Jing clasped his hands and replied, "Your Majesty, I have received news that someone has framed the Crown Princess and I have come here to investigate."

What!

She reported it to the authorities so quickly!

Everyone was stunned, and the Su family members became even more frightened.

The people from the Prefect of the Capital have all arrived. The surrounding people witnessed their false accusations, so the evidence is irrefutable.

If we were to capture them, it would be an incredibly easy task.

At the same time, Su Liluo was also slightly surprised.

She hasn't had a chance to report it to the authorities yet. Who did this?

However, they arrived at just the right time.

Su Lilu walked gracefully to Zhang Jing, and then pointed to Su Wanshi and the others.

"These are the people who falsely accused me of stealing their things, then forced a scene and demanded to enter the Crown Prince's residence to search it, and in the end, what..."

None of them were found.

No, that's not how it is.

Su Wanshi immediately denied it out of fear.

Seeing these constables arrive, she realized that Su Liluo really dared to send them to the authorities!

Zhang Jing glanced sharply at Su Wanshi and the others, then gave instructions to his subordinates.

"Slandering the Crown Princess is a first-class crime! Guards, arrest them!"

"No! Don't arrest me!"

Su Wanshi was so frightened that she immediately hid to the side.

Su Xuanlang and Xiao Churen also came out to protect Su Wanshi.

"My lord, this is all a misunderstanding, a complete misunderstanding!"

"Slower!"

Zhang Jing looked puzzled when she saw that even the King of Chu was protecting her.

He asked, "Your Highness, this was identified by the Crown Princess, what is this...?"

They're protecting the criminals!

He didn't dare say it aloud, but he thought it to himself.

Xiao Churen's expression was very unpleasant; he knew that what he had done was inappropriate.

But at the same time, he also knew that the Crown Princess had secretly reported it to the authorities, so he could only do as she said.

So he said seriously:

"It's all a misunderstanding. The Crown Princess has just agreed to reconcile. All they need to do is compensate the Crown Princess with some money."

"Yeah?"

Zhang Jing looked at Su Liluo with a puzzled expression.

"I did say that, but they refused! So I had no choice but to deal with it according to the law!"

"Your Highness, we are willing, we are willing!"

Seeing that Su Liluo had given in, Su Wanshi quickly agreed.

Although wealth is important, she is more important.

She doesn't want to go to jail!

Otherwise, her reputation would be completely ruined!

Although the other members of the Su family also felt sorry for Su Liluo, they were very reluctant to give her money.

However, seeing that the yamen runners wanted to arrest them and put them in jail, they naturally had no choice but to comply.

So they all nodded in agreement.

Su Lilu then asked someone to bring out writing brush and ink, which were placed in front of the Su family members.

She said to the constables, "Please write an IOU and a certificate, so that you won't try to renege on your debt when I send someone to collect it!"

Mr. and Mrs. Su were furious, but they had no choice but to write down the agreement.

After accepting the written agreement, Su Liluo smiled and walked back to her residence.

Then, they ruthlessly slammed the door shut.

The Su family and their entourage could only leave in a huff.

*

The following day, Xiao Churen was impeached by the censor in the imperial court.

When Emperor Wenjian heard from the censor that Xiao Churen had caused a scene at the Crown Prince's residence for the sake of the daughter of a sixth-rank official, and had allowed them to search the Crown Prince's residence, he was deeply moved.

The emperor was furious.

Even though he doesn't like the Crown Prince now, he is still his own flesh and blood.

Xiao Churen did this partly because he felt that he was arrogant and thought that his status could surpass that of the Crown Prince and that he would inherit the throne in the future.

On the one hand, he felt that Xiao Churen lacked a sense of the bigger picture and was actually making a fool of himself for a woman.

Therefore, Emperor Wenjian immediately imposed a punishment.

Xiao Churen was ordered to stay at home for a month to reflect on his mistakes and was also fined half a year's salary.

Soon, the news reached Consort Liu.

When Consort Liu learned that her son had been punished, she was first heartbroken, and then furious.

"Who exactly is this Su Wanshi? You need to find out right now!"

How could her son make such a big mistake for a woman!

Especially since they were from a family of a sixth-rank official, a family she would never even look down upon!

Before long, Consort Liu's people had thoroughly investigated Su Wanshi.

For the sake of her son's future, she planned to have Su Wanshi summoned to the palace for a warning.

She absolutely forbade her son to marry a woman of such low status; her daughter-in-law should at least be from a family of high rank, like the Prime Minister, to be worthy of her.

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