Chapter 8: What’s wrong with this royal aunt beating my niece’s wife?

Su Yurou gritted her teeth in anger as she looked at the silk book. With a red background and gold edges, what else could it be but a marriage certificate!

The Emperor actually intends to give me a lighter sentence. No, what happened today has made me lose face in front of my whole family. I must make Yun Qingqing pay double!

She immediately said with red eyes:

"Yun Qingqing, half a year ago you set fire to the Crown Prince's residence and you got your face disfigured. The Crown Prince was kindhearted and pitied you, so he just called off the marriage and didn't hold you responsible. But you are not grateful and keep pestering me!"

"The Crown Prince clearly doesn't like you, but you relied on your status as a descendant of a meritorious official to ignore the Emperor's order to cancel the engagement and cling to His Royal Highness. How can you put the face of the royal family at risk!"

"The whole city saw it today. You threw yourself into the river and threatened to die, but you stole the betrothal gift from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Do you still want to deny it now?"

"If the Marquis of Zhenyuan is still alive, does he know that you did such a shameless thing?"

Yun Qingqing's face suddenly darkened, and she stepped forward and slapped him hard.

Su Yurou covered her burning face and stared in disbelief:

"How dare you..."

Yun Qingqing grabbed her collar and slapped her several times, "Pa Pa Pa". She didn't let go until her face was red and swollen. She looked down at her coldly and said:

"Who do you think you are to bark in front of me?"

Su Yurou fell to the ground with stars in her eyes, crying bitterly:

"Your Majesty, Empress, please help me, wuwuwu..."

While she was crying pitifully, she sneered in her heart. This stupid woman actually dared to take action in front of the emperor. Now no one can save her!

"Yun Qingqing, you are so bold!"

Prime Minister Su and his wife came back to their senses from their shock and said angrily:

"Your Majesty! How dare this girl do such a thing in front of you? It's simply lawless! You must take charge of my daughter and severely punish Yun Qingqing!"

"Your Majesty, please help my daughter!"

The queen also said angrily:

"Your Majesty, please order Yun Qingqing to be dragged down and slapped in the face immediately, otherwise where will the royal family's dignity be!"

Yun Qingqing sneered:

"The Queen is wrong. She is just a daughter of a prime minister, but she has no respect for her elders and insults me. I am just punishing a junior. What's wrong with that?"

"What do you mean by seniors and juniors? You are totally incomprehensible!" The Queen seemed to have heard a joke. "Stop playing crazy and stupid. Do you think you can escape punishment like this?"

Even though the emperor remembered that she was the daughter of a meritorious official, he could not help but frown when he saw her.

"Yun Qingqing, if you don't have a reasonable explanation for this matter, I will not let you off easily!"

"Your Majesty, you don't know," Yun Qingqing calmly unfolded the silk book in her hand and presented it to him, "Today I have already made a marriage contract with the Regent. Since Su Yurou is going to marry the Crown Prince, she is naturally my niece-in-law!"

"This youngster is so rude. Is it okay for me, as the royal aunt, to teach her a lesson?"

Everyone present gasped.

What did this woman say? She is engaged to the Prince Regent? How is this possible!

Yun Qingqing ignored everyone's suspicious looks and said calmly:

"Today, I have drawn a clear line between myself and the Crown Prince in front of the entire city. A little investigation will reveal the truth."

"But Su Yurou kept saying that I forced the prince to marry her and that I stole her betrothal gifts. Isn't this slander? I just slapped her a few times, which was already light!"

As she said this, she looked at the queen with a smile: "Are you right, sister-in-law?"

The queen had already seen the contents of the marriage certificate clearly. She was surprised and there was a hint of deeper meaning in her eyes when she looked at Yun Qingqing.

The emperor looked at Xiao Changheng in shock:

"This...Royal brother, what's going on? Do you really want to marry Yun Qingqing?"

The faces of several people in the Su family changed. Hearing the emperor's tone, was the marriage certificate really not possible?

I saw a certain prince taking a sip of tea slowly and said with a curled lip:

"Exactly."

The emperor was stunned.

Wasn't this brother of the emperor under some kind of spell? Even Yun Qingqing's face was too much for him to bear... Oh, he couldn't see it, so it was okay.

The Su family members looked at each other in confusion.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince requests an audience!"

Just when everyone in the room had different expressions, the eunuch's voice rang out.

"Call for someone!" The emperor quickly asked someone to come in, wanting to find out what happened today.

A moment later, Xiao Zirui hurried over and his expression changed slightly when he looked at the scene inside the house.

"Your son pays homage to the Emperor, the Queen Mother, and the Emperor's uncle." He calmed himself, bowed respectfully, and was about to speak.

Su Yurou, however, burst into tears and said:

"Your Majesty! I am not slandering you! If you don't believe me, ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. If she didn't force the marriage today, why would the betrothal gifts be sent to the Yun Mansion?"

"Yun Qingqing is clearly engaged to the Prince Regent, but she still forces and tricks His Royal Highness the Crown Prince into proposing marriage to the Yun family. She is clearly setting a trap to harm our Su family! Please, Your Majesty, look into this!"

"Your Highness, you know best what Yun Qingqing did. You must be willing to testify for Rou'er, right?"