“Princess Rong’an, you stole my husband and are now trying to pin this on me, trying to drive us out of the capital? You dare to make a move? As long as I have a breath left, I will beat the drum and appeal to the emperor tomorrow.”
Ye Miaoyun was furious and didn't care about anything else, so she confronted them directly.
She had just been outside the crowd when she overheard people whispering that Ye Miaoyun had seduced the county princess's husband, which was why they had come to make a scene.
Ye Miaoyun was furious, and when she heard from her daughter that the person who had come was Jiang Mingtao's current wife, Princess Rong'an, she became even angrier.
These shameless scoundrels are the ones who are accusing others first.
“You are a noblewoman of the royal family, of high status. You took a fancy to Jiang Mingtao and snatched him away. I am just a country bumpkin. I can’t compete with you anyway, so I didn’t even plan to go to the yamen to file a complaint. I didn’t expect you to want to kill me…” Ye Miaoyun said, forcing out a few tears.
The onlookers immediately began to whisper among themselves.
"Although I am just a village woman, I was Jiang Mingtao's first wife, whom he married with great ceremony. After he passed the imperial examination, he faked his death and stayed in the capital to marry you. I was a widow when I was heavily pregnant, and I have raised our daughter with great hardship all these years..."
Qi Fangya saw that she was crying and talking, and the onlookers were full of sympathy and their faces turned black.
“Princess Rong’an, you certainly know more about the laws of the court than I, a village woman. A divorced wife who marries another is sentenced to three years in prison. Jiang Mingtao claims to be unmarried but has married a woman from the imperial clan. This is a crime of deceiving the emperor. You have come here today to make trouble and have driven me to the brink of despair. I have no choice but to go to the yamen to file a complaint.”
Qi Fangya looked at Ye Miaoyun, wishing she could rush over and shut her up.
She had assumed that Ye Miaoyun was a clueless village woman, and that the Ye family, coming from a small place like Liuhe Town to the capital, must be terrified and uneasy. She thought that being threatened by her, the county princess, would definitely scare them out of their wits.
She then took the opportunity to send people to drive them all out of the capital, and then gave them a severe beating so that they would never dare to come back.
In a few days, we will send people to eliminate them all.
Unexpectedly, the Ye family was more assertive than she had imagined, and Ye Miaoyun was nothing like a clueless village woman.
That bitch actually revealed Jiang Mingtao's dirty secrets in front of so many people.
I underestimated her.
As a county princess, she certainly wouldn't lower herself to argue with this lowly woman.
When Granny Zhou saw her mistress looking over, she immediately understood what she meant.
"It was clearly you, you shameless woman, who was unfaithful and had an affair with another man. After being divorced, our magistrate married the county princess. How dare you say that you divorced your wife and remarried, slandering an official of the court and insulting our county princess? You country bumpkin, you must be tired of living!" Granny Zhou shouted.
She didn't care about the facts; as long as she sided with her own county princess, she was sure she was right.
These onlookers are all ignorant fools. As long as they drive the Ye family away, the matter can be quickly quelled by the county magistrate's status and methods.
Just as Ye Miaoyun was about to speak after hearing the old woman slander her, Qi Jiu, who was standing behind her, suddenly rushed over and slapped Granny Zhou across the face with all his might.
When Qi Jiu was exiled, he traveled a long way and suffered a lot. Although his life has been much better at the Ye family's house these past few months, he has still been working.
He was no longer the pampered Prince Rui who had little strength in his hands.
The slap sent Granny Zhou sprawling to the ground, her mouth filled with blood.
Everyone was stunned.
As the saying goes, you have to consider the owner before you beat a dog.
Those living in the west of their city were almost all ordinary people. Even the officials were those with low rank and little money, who had no choice but to live here because they were short of cash.
And now, someone has actually hit the county princess's maidservant, which is practically a slap in the face to the county princess of Rong'an.
"You lowly commoner, how dare you touch someone close to me, the county magistrate! You're courting death!" Qi Fangya trembled with rage and couldn't help but shout loudly.
Granny Zhou was her confidante and her dowry maid. She had served her loyally for many years. Now that she had been beaten, Qi Fangya was both angry and anxious, and lost all reason.
"Guards, drag this lowly scoundrel over here and beat him, whether he lives or dies."
Upon hearing this, the guards knew that Princess Rong'an wanted the man who had beaten Granny Zhou to die.
However, they cannot kill the person yet; they must leave him alive and let him die in a couple of days to avoid causing trouble for the county magistrate.
Just as these people were about to grab Qi Jiu, Qi Jiu suddenly turned around and looked at Qi Fangya, sneering, "Qi Fangya, you dare to touch me and see what happens."
Qi Fangya looked at Qi Jiu's face, her mouth agape, unable to utter a single word.
How... how could it be Qi Yanchang!
Just as the guards were about to grab Qi Jiu's arm, Qi Fangya screamed in fright, "Let him go!"
"I'm no longer royalty. If you want someone to kill me, go ahead. If you kill me, the old man will be very happy. If he's happy, he might restore your father's title of prince, and then you'll be a princess," Qi Jiu said sarcastically.
"Ninth... Ninth Master, you've misunderstood. How could I dare to lay a hand on you? What are you doing here, Ninth Master?" Qi Fangya stammered.
Qi Jiu is indeed no longer a prince, and he was even exiled before, but no matter what, he is still the emperor's son. As long as the emperor is still alive, no one dares to openly deal with him.
"Qi Fangya, listen to me clearly. Miaoyun is now my wife. If you dare to cause trouble for the Ye family again, or say a bad word about her, I dare to set fire to your mansion and then burn down your Anguo Duke's mansion. You can try if you don't believe me."
Qi Jiu laughed as he spoke: "I'm barefoot now and I'm not afraid of anyone wearing shoes. If any of you dare to mess with me, I'll fight you to the death. Anyway, my life is worthless, and I don't care if I die."
Qi Fangya's eyes widened after hearing his words, and she couldn't utter a single word for a long time.
The news that Qi Jiu had been pardoned by the Emperor and returned to the capital from his place of exile had already spread among the royal family, and Qi Fangya was of course aware of it as well.
Although the emperor did not restore Qi Jiu's title or acknowledge this son, the fact that he had royal blood flowing in his veins could never be changed.
Qi Jiu not only returned to the capital, but also married a widow. This matter had long become a joke among the royal family. Even Qi Fangya laughed at Qi Jiu when she talked about it with Jiang Mingtao a few days ago.
She never expected that the widow Qi Jiu married would be Ye Miaoyun.
how so?
"Get out of here! Stay away from us from now on. If you dare to set foot here again, I'll burn your house down!" Qi Jiu shouted sternly.
Qi Fangya opened her mouth upon hearing this, intending to say something, but then heard someone beside her say, "Princess, the Prince of Duan's heir has arrived."
Upon hearing this, Qi Jiu turned to look at Qi Chengshuo, who had brought a large number of guards, and shouted loudly, "Chengshuo, these people want to kill Uncle Jiu, come and save me quickly!"
Qi Fangya: "..."
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