Qi Yuning rubbed her face with a handkerchief, her eyes suddenly reddened, tears streaming down her face as she said, "Empress, from childhood till now, how many times has Qin Yuli come to bully me? I exposed her, but in the end it was always because she would cry. She has the elders of the Qin family who dote on her, but I don't have parents or elders, so I have to tolerate her..."
That's why she thinks I'm easy to bully, and she's bullied me time and time again, and today she even slandered me in public."
Qi Yuning knelt down again and cried, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, for a woman, being slandered like this is extremely serious.
If Qin Yuli is not severely punished today, I am afraid that someone in Shengjing City will follow suit in the future, which will only cause her to lose her reputation for no reason and make it difficult for her to survive!"
Lu Ze walked over to Qi Yuning, put Lingling down, knelt beside Qi Yuning and said, "Your Majesty, I hope you can give Princess Qi justice."
Lingling followed Lu Ze and knelt down. Seeing Qi Yuning's tears, she said, "Don't cry, mother."
Princess Pingrou said, "Father, Queen Mother, Yuning is truly pitiful. She was bullied by Qin Yuli like this. Did she think Yuning had no parents? She has a mother now. I treat Yuning as my own daughter. But Father and Queen Mother always say that they remember Uncle Qi, yet they allow their little granddaughter to be bullied like this..."
Emperor Shi Yuan cast a sharp glance at the still-crying Qin Yuli. "You attempted to slander Princess Qi's reputation. Miss Qin, at such a young age, has resorted to such ruthless tactics to destroy someone's innocence. I sentence you to one year in prison in the Shengjing prefectural government. Qin Han, for his incompetent parenting, will be fined six months' salary as a warning to others."
"Your Majesty!" Uncle Qin knelt down repeatedly and said, "Your Majesty, my little granddaughter's mistake was unintentional. She didn't mean to slander me..."
Qi Yuning snorted coldly, "Your Qin family's dead guards are accusing me of something. Didn't Qin Yuli bring the dead guards to the Marquis's mansion intentionally to frame me? Uncle Qin, you are old, don't think that everyone is as confused as you!"
Uncle Qin glared at Qi Yuning angrily.
Emperor Shi Yuan angrily said, "Uncle Qin, letting Qin Yuli go to jail for a year is already a mercy!"
"Grandaunt, please save me." Qin Yuli looked at Queen Qin.
Queen Qin was very disappointed and said, "Lili, you still don't want to plead guilty. It seems that your family really spoiled you. What you did this time was really too much. Go to prison and reflect on your actions!"
Madam Qin said with red eyes, "Aunt, this prison is not a place for a daughter like you."
Queen Qin angrily said, "She brought this upon herself."
Qin Yuli said with red eyes: "Mother, I don't want to go to jail, my cousin the Crown Prince, please save me."
The prince sighed and let Qin Yuli be dragged away by the palace servants.
Emperor Shi Yuan angrily said to the Qin family, "You should all go back and reflect on your actions. Yuning has been greatly wronged today. Queen, please give Yuning something to calm her down."
Queen Qin replied, "Yes, Your Majesty."
Qi Yuning received a lot of rewards when he left the palace.
Lu Ze, who was walking beside Qi Yuning, saw Qi Yuning's red eyes, and wiped her tears with his thumb and asked, "Why are you still crying?"
"There's too much ginger juice on the handkerchief." Qi Yuning handed the handkerchief to Lu Ze. "Qin Yuli, do you think she's the only one crying? If you touch my weak spot, she won't be able to get away with it either."
Lu Ze took Qi Yuning's handkerchief and smelled it, and it was indeed full of ginger...
Princess Pingrou hugged Lingling and said indignantly, "How could Qin Yuli be so stupid as to try to humiliate you in such a way?"
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "She didn't mean to insult me. She just wanted to find out Lingling's background."
Princess Pingrou suddenly realized, "No wonder she said she wanted to thoroughly investigate Lingling's background. Fortunately, you discussed this with me beforehand. Qin Yuli is really something. Lingling looks so much like Lu Ze, and yet she still doesn't believe it?"
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze beside her and said sarcastically, "Who made Master Lu's peach blossom eyes always attract bad peach blossoms? First it was the fifth lady and the sixth lady, and now it's the cousin..."
Princess Pingrou nodded and said, "Yes, I know better. If I had known, I would have given birth to him in a more ugly way."
Qi Yuning smiled lightly.
Princess Pingrou carried Lingling into the princess's carriage, while Qi Yuning got into the prince's carriage. She had thought that Lu Ze would also go to the princess's carriage, but unexpectedly he got into the prince's carriage instead.
Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning and said, "What my mother said just now was wrong. If I had been born ugly, I would not have been worthy of the princess's attention."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "Indeed, it's just barely acceptable now."
Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning's red eyes and said, "Just barely? Who was it that stared at me for almost half a minute last night?"
Qi Yuning's eyes turned redder: "You are pretending to be asleep?"
Lu Ze put his arm around Qi Yuning's waist and whispered in her ear, "Lingling isn't here right now. I think..."
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