She wanted to ruin their relationship and, by the way, label Yun Qing as "spoiled," "jealous," and "unreasonable," so that her aunt would also think that such a daughter-in-law was not good enough for her son.

Only by understanding this can her goodness be truly revealed.

Wang Jiao spoke again and then left. Yun Qing was indeed not in a good mood after she left, but she could also see the purpose of Wang Jiao's visit today. No matter what, she would never let Wang Jiao achieve her goal.

Yun Qing is not suited for being stupid, nor is she love-struck, and she would never even contemplate suicide for a man.

The reason she was angry was simply because Wang Jiao's actions offended her, making her feel disrespected.

After calming down, she thought about it carefully. If what Wang Jiao said was true, and Zhu Tao was deeply in love with her, then she would never have been able to resist showing off in front of her.

She also discovered that the king's residence was in a very remote place, which was not the kind of treatment a cousin should give to his "deeply affectionate" cousin.

Having figured it out, Yun Qing decided to test Zhu Tao's intentions first. If Zhu Tao had no interest in Wang Jiao, then she would naturally have ways to make him behave less in the future. If Zhu Tao did have feelings for her, she wouldn't want to keep such a troublesome person by her side; he was too much of a worry. Naturally, she would have plenty of ways to make him suffer in silence.

Before anyone realized it, Yun had already said what she wanted to say.

Yun Qing looked somewhat conflicted and said, "Husband, my cousin came to see me today."

Upon hearing about his troublesome cousin, Zhu Tao's face stiffened for a moment. Ever since he explicitly rejected Wang Jiao, she had been trying every means to get his attention, and he simply didn't have the patience for it, becoming increasingly annoyed with her.

But after all, she was his cousin, and his uncle had helped their family before. Given that favor, he couldn't really ignore Wang Jiao.

Zhu Tao thought for a moment. Since Wang Jiao came to see Yun Qing today, she must have said something, otherwise Yun Qing wouldn't have looked so conflicted. In order to avoid greater family conflicts, Zhu Tao decided that he should explain things to his wife.

“Wang Jiao is my uncle’s youngest daughter. She’s a pampered child, and she’s a bit of a free spirit. My uncle did us a favor back then, and it was my uncle who arranged for Wang Jiao to come to the capital this time. So my parents didn’t think much of it. If she does anything wrong, we’ll let her be. We don’t have to repay the favors my uncle did.”