Zhao Yunke frowned deeply: "Your Highness is foolish!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Prince of Zhennan, enraged, raised his stick high and struck Pei Zhao heavily on the back with a loud crack.
"Pfft!" Pei Zhao's legs went weak, and he suddenly collapsed to the ground, unable to get up for a long time.
"You wicked child! Everyone outside is saying that you kidnapped the Grand Madam. You have committed countless evils and are guilty of murder. Today, I will beat you to death in the Duke's mansion to atone for your sins!" Prince Zhennan roared.
Pei Zhao raised his head: "Father, you are wise. I came to attend the wedding banquet the day before yesterday. It was the Grand Madam who saw me and insisted on coming back with me."
The Prince of Zhennan paused in his actions.
"Father, the Dowager Madam says she is suffering from..."
“I was there that day, why didn’t the Grand Madam listen to you?” Zhao Yunke suddenly interrupted Pei Zhao: “Young Master Pei, it is a fact that you kidnapped people in full view of everyone.”
Pei Zhao scoffed: "The Prince of Guangjia hastily got married yesterday, isn't that because he feels guilty?"
Zhao Yunke frowned: "The old man has passed away, why does Prince Pei need to further tarnish his reputation?"
"Whether it's true or not, we'll only know after we hear it. Yunke, why do you have to stop Prince Pei from speaking?" Zhao Zhiyan put one hand on his lower back and casually glanced at Song Yue.
It was the first time she had styled her hair in a married woman's style. Her petite and delicate body leaned against Zhao Yunke's back, which was extremely unsightly!
"What is the Prince of Guangjia plotting to marry the Third Miss? And he even wants to silence me, so I can die with my eyes open..." Pei Zhao scoffed, his face full of resentment.
Zhao Yunke stared intently.
"I am here. Speak your mind. Why argue?" Zhao Zhiyan stepped forward, went up the steps, took three incense sticks from a maid, and bowed to the mourning hall inside.
Pei Zhao raised his eyes: "The Grand Madam was poisoned long ago. It was you who, for your own selfish reasons, deliberately kept her alive to buy time so that you wouldn't have to observe mourning. The Grand Madam was in great pain, which is why she found an opportunity to ask me for help. To avoid being exposed, the Third Miss led people to storm the door and kidnapped my two children as a threat. I had no choice but to release the Grand Madam. And then yesterday you rushed to get married. You are truly ruthless, not even sparing the elderly!"
Pei Zhao's voice was not quiet, and just then, many civil and military officials came to offer their condolences. Upon hearing this, they gasped in shock.
"Such a thing actually happened?"
"No wonder the wedding was so rushed. The old lady seemed off yesterday when she was sitting in her chair."
Some people were discussing it, while others simply didn't believe it.
"That's not right either. If the Grand Madam is unwell, would the Duke, as her son, abandon her?"
"The Dowager Lady was still alive and sitting in a chair watching the ceremony yesterday. Surely the Princess's residence couldn't have timed the wedding for her daughter so precisely?"
The group argued incessantly.
Pei Zhao slowly sat up, propping himself up with his hands, and pointed at Song Yue: "The Third Miss is jealous of the Grand Madam for leaving her in the villa for thirteen years without caring about her. She has tormented her a lot in the past three years. In fact, Prince Guangjia had already colluded with the Third Miss. In order to break off the engagement, he did many disgusting things behind the scenes. Now that the engagement has been broken off, they immediately got married. The Grand Madam has no use anymore, so she naturally died."
Seeing Pei Zhao's eloquent explanation, some people who already suspected the marriage was hasty yesterday were now forced to have their own doubts as well.
Zhao Zhiyan looked at the two of them with a complicated expression.
Song Yue now understood why her mother was staying inside and wouldn't come out; it seemed there was still a tough battle to fight today.
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