What?

The Crown Prince's residence is actually going to betroth them to two stewards.

Li Lianru and Zhang Lanlin were immediately terrified. Although they were the daughters of a seventh-rank official, they should not have married a steward.

Even the steward of the Crown Prince's residence is just a servant!

"Princess Consort, no! Don't give us to the steward! We don't want to marry!"

They immediately kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Su Wanshi added, "Your Highness, marriage is arranged by parents and matchmakers. What you're doing is probably inappropriate."

"Why is it inappropriate? I am the Crown Princess. Isn't my status higher than their parents'? To receive my bestowed marriage is a blessing they have earned."

Su Liluo raised her chin and said.

"Your Highness, please spare us! We know we were wrong, we know we were wrong! Please don't betroth us to the steward!"

Seeing that the Crown Princess wouldn't listen to Su Wanshi at all, Li Lianru and the others had no choice but to admit their mistakes and beg for forgiveness.

"Oh, where did you go wrong? What did you do wrong?"

"We...we were wrong to fall and bump into Miss Zheng. Please forgive us, Your Highness! Please don't grant us this marriage! Waaah..."

They started crying as they spoke.

Su Liluo remained unmoved, her face suddenly turning cold. "Speak! Who ordered you to do this today? If you don't speak, then I will grant you this marriage!"

"We said, yes, it was Miss Su who invited us here and told us to do this!"

Bang!

Li Lianru and the others were so frightened by Su Liluo's words that they immediately kowtowed and said...

Originally, Su Wanshi invited them to tell them that if they were willing to help, she would introduce them to a good marriage, and that she had been chosen by Consort Liu to marry the Prince of Chu.

If they agree to help her, she can either find them a sixth-rank official to marry, or become a concubine of the King of Chu in the future.

How could they not be tempted when they heard that?

Given their family background, they could at most marry a seventh-rank official, and marrying a sixth-rank official would be considered extremely lucky, not to mention the option of becoming a concubine of the King of Chu.

Anyway, Su Wanshi's request wasn't to kill anyone, just to wrestle and bump into people, so they weren't worried at all about being exposed.

"You're lying! You're framing me!"

Seeing that she had been betrayed, Su Wanshi quickly retorted.

Su Liluo was not surprised by the result and gave Su Wanshi a cold look.

He laughed and said, "This is the Su residence. How could the daughter of a seventh-rank official dare to do such a thing without the master's permission? Besides, there are so many girls here, why did they say it was you?"

"Su Wanshi, just you wait! I'll take them to the palace to see the Emperor right now!"

After saying this, Su Liluo ordered people to seize Li Lianru and the others, preparing to take them into the palace.

"No, you can't, Your Highness! You're also a member of the Su family; doing this won't do you any good!"

After realizing what was happening, Su Wanshi quickly went after Su Liluo.

*

On the other side, Xiao Churen had already arrived at the palace. As soon as he entered, he knelt down in front of Emperor Wenjian and told him about Zheng Qinxue falling into the water and being embraced by a man.

“Father, Zheng Qinxue has already been defiled in public by another man. I absolutely cannot marry such a woman. If I do, not only will I lose face, but it will also damage the reputation of the royal family!”

Xiao Churen knelt on the ground and shouted loudly.

Emperor Wenjian frowned in displeasure and asked, "Is what you're saying true? Was she really rescued from the water by another man?"

Emperor Wenjian didn't quite believe Xiao Churen and was a little worried that this was just Xiao Churen talking nonsense because he didn't want to marry Zheng Qinxue.

“It is absolutely true. Your Majesty is not making this up. Many of the young ladies from the Su family saw it with their own eyes. If Your Majesty does not believe it, you can summon any of the girls who attended the banquet at the Su residence today and ask them.”

Xiao Churen said with great confidence.

Just then, the eunuch announced that Grand Tutor Song and Song Donghao were requesting an audience.

"Grand Tutor? What brings him here too? Please invite them in!"

Emperor Wenjian asked in surprise, then had them invited in.

A moment later, Grand Tutor Song walked in from outside with a solemn expression. As soon as he entered, he knelt down and kowtowed heavily.

"Your Majesty, I have brought my unfilial son, Song Donghao, to apologize to Your Majesty today!"

"Grand Tutor, what do you mean by this? What mistake have you made?"

Emperor Wenjian looked at them, puzzled.

When Xiao Churen saw Song Donghao appear, he immediately understood their purpose.

Before Grand Tutor Song could speak, Xiao Churen blurted out, "Father, the one who carried Zheng Qinxue and came up from the water so close to her was Song Donghao!"

"What!"

Emperor Wenjian looked at Song Donghao in shock.

Song Donghao angrily explained, "Your Highness, please be careful with your words. I did not mean to offend Miss Zheng. It was just that Miss Zheng fell into the water and no one on the shore went down to save her."

Seeing that her life was in imminent danger, I had no choice but to jump in to save her. Please, Your Highness, don't speak so harshly!

It was clearly a matter of saving lives, but when Xiao Churen spoke of it, it sounded like something shameful.

After Emperor Wenjian understood, his expression gradually calmed down.

Although Song Donghao's actions did indeed damage Zheng Qinxue's reputation, he did so because he was saving someone, so he was not at fault.

However, it seems that Zheng Qinxue is indeed unable to marry the King of Chu.

Emperor Wenjian then said, "Since it was an act of saving lives, you should not be blamed. However, Zheng Qinxue will not marry the Prince of Chu at any time. Guards, draft an edict to abolish the marriage between the Prince of Chu and Zheng Qinxue."

"Thank you, Father!"

Xiao Churen said happily.

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