Just then, the Prince of Pingnan heard Ye Qingwan's voice: "Father, what's wrong?"
As soon as the Prince of Pingnan turned his head, he saw Ye Qingwan and her sister-in-law Lin Xiuyan standing hand in hand not far away.
One of them was carrying a chicken, and the other was carrying a fish; they seemed to be there to buy groceries.
The Prince of Pingnan originally wanted to cover for the Princess of Pingnan, but now that they had seen it like this, there was no way to hide it anymore.
Lin Xiuyan's voice came from behind: "Ah, isn't that the Princess Consort? Why is she dressed like that?"
The Prince of Pingnan turned his head and glared at her fiercely.
Lin Xiuyan had never been afraid of the Prince of Pingnan. When he glared at her, she would just look at him innocently.
Princess Pingnan clenched her fist and looked coldly at Lin Xiuyan and Ye Qingwan.
She knew that they were there to laugh at her!
At that moment, she finally understood why those people hadn't hit her face when she was being beaten last night.
It turns out they were worried that others wouldn't recognize her at a glance!
Lin Xiuyan met the Princess of Pingnan's gloomy and vicious eyes. Her eyebrows curved slightly, and she greeted the Princess of Pingnan with a smile: "Good morning, Princess."
Princess Consort of Pingnan: "..."
This greeting was so suffocating!
She turned pale with anger, but Lin Xiuyan smiled and asked, "Who was that man who was holding the princess just now?"
"The princess did not return home all night last night. Could it be that she went to meet her lover in secret?"
Princess Pingnan was about to speak when Lin Xiuyan interrupted her, saying, "Your Highness, there's no need to explain. I understand."
After she finished speaking, she glanced at the Princess Consort of Pingnan and said, "After all, Father has many wives and concubines, and sometimes he inevitably cannot satisfy you."
Princess Consort of Pingnan: "..."
Her face darkened further; Lin Xiuyan really dared to say anything!
The Prince of Pingnan knew that today's events were most likely related to them, but even if he knew, there was nothing he could do to them at this moment!
He said with a dark face, "Get out!"
Tell them to get lost?
Lin Xiuyan and Ye Qingwan were never the kind of people who would obediently follow orders.
Ye Qingwan pointed at the Princess Consort of Pingnan and asked, "With the Princess Consort in such a state, isn't Father going to do anything about it?"
The Prince of Pingnan ignored her, grabbed the Princess of Pingnan, and threw her into a carriage to the side.
Ye Qingwan said from behind him, "Father, how could you treat the Princess like that?"
"She was just wearing one less piece of clothing and hugging another man."
"You once said that she is the best woman in the world and deserves to be treated gently by the whole world."
"You also said that no matter what mistakes she makes, you will forgive her."
Pingnan was already furious, and his face turned extremely ugly when he heard Ye Qingwan's words.
But these are indeed words he once said!
Seeing Princess Pingnan like this now, he couldn't help but feel furious.
He turned to look at Ye Qingwan, who was looking at him with a calm expression.
The fish she was holding bounced slightly, and sunlight streamed through the gaps in the leaves above her head, illuminating her face.
She wasn't wearing a veil today, and the half of her face that she had slashed herself with no longer looked as grotesque as before.
That delicate and pretty face was just like the stunning beauty he had seen when he first met her mother.
The memory that the Prince of Pingnan had deliberately tried to forget over the years resurfaced in his mind at this moment.
The past replays before my eyes, but because more than ten years have passed, it is mottled and tinged with bitterness.
In the bustling market, the rich aroma of cooking smoke enveloped the bitterness and pain of his life.
He instinctively reached out his hand, as if trying to grab something, but there was nothing between his fingers.
A sense of desolation suddenly and unexpectedly rushed towards him, engulfing him.
An extreme pain arose in his heart, which he could not suppress even slightly no matter how hard he tried.
The Prince of Pingnan used all his strength to turn his head and lift his foot to get into the carriage, but found that his legs were weak and he fell directly in front of the carriage.
The guards quickly reached out to support him: "Your Highness, are you alright?"
Fine beads of sweat appeared on the Prince of Pingnan's forehead. He didn't speak, but simply pointed away the hand that the guard was offering to help him up.
His eyes were bloodshot. He tried to stand up, but found his limbs even weaker.
Not wanting Ye Qingwan and Lin Xiuyan to see him in such a disheveled state, he grabbed the carriage shaft and climbed into the carriage.
The people surrounding the area were all stunned by what they saw.
After the Prince of Pingnan's carriage had driven far away, someone exclaimed in surprise: "That whore hanging at the vegetable market was actually the Princess of Pingnan!"
After someone shouted the news, people whispered among themselves and spread the word.
They all previously thought that Princess Pingnan was of noble status and someone they could not touch.
After they saw Princess Pingnan hanging at the entrance of the market, they realized that she was nothing special after all.
That so-called nobility is nothing more than something fabricated through clothing.
Those men from the lowest social classes who touched Princess Pingnan today felt both excited and afraid.
What's exciting is that they actually managed to touch Princess Pingnan today!
What they were afraid of was that if they touched Princess Pingnan like that, would Prince Pingnan kill them to silence them?
There were just too many people who saw Princess Pingnan today. If the Prince of Pingnan wanted to kill her, he would probably have to kill more than half of the people in Liefeng City.
Because anyone who saw this would immediately tell their friends and family, "Did you know? Princess Pingnan was stripped naked!"
"Princess Pingnan has agreed to be Chen Liugou's woman!"
"Princess Pingnan has cheated on Prince Pingnan!"
All sorts of rumors, both true and false, are flying around.
The once-noble Princess Consort of Pingnan was brought down from her pedestal, and she became the most dissolute woman in the entire Liefeng City.
Lin Xiuyan and Ye Qingwan were dressed plainly and carrying the most down-to-earth things in their hands, listening to the discussions about the Princess Consort of Pingnan from all directions.
A faint smile appeared on Ye Qingwan's lips, which slowly expanded and finally turned into an extremely arrogant laugh.
Lin Xiuyan knew that she had been severely suppressed by the Princess Consort of Pingnan over the years, and that she was just venting her emotions at this moment.
She didn't care at all about the way other people were looking at her. She only slowly stopped laughing after she had finished laughing.
She asked Lin Xiuyan, "Did you see the old hag's miserable state just now?"
Lin Xiuyan nodded: "I saw it. She looked even more lowly than the lowest-ranking prostitute in the brothel."
Ye Qingwan smiled again, reached out and rubbed her sore face, and said slowly, "You know what? I used to think she was invincible."
"From as far back as I can remember, I've lived off her, and I've always been trying to figure out what she's thinking, hoping to get rid of her one day."
"I thought this was something I would never achieve in my lifetime, but now I realize that it's not that difficult to do it."
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