Shen Yue clearly noticed that everyone's eyes were on her.
She was no longer as timid as before; instead, she stood tall and faced everyone's scrutiny.
She is her mother's daughter and should become like her mother.
“What’s wrong with my children? I think they’re fine,” Qu Jingyun said in defense.
Seeing the smug look on Princess Changning's face, he didn't give her any face.
He said directly, "Of course I can't compare to Princess Changning in disciplining her children. I heard that she was recently involved in a scandal of abducting a woman. My two children are too timid to do such a thing."
Princess Changning's expression immediately changed.
Her husband's family was not in the capital, and although the matter caused a great stir locally, Qu Jingyun shouldn't have known about it.
Qu Jingyun seemed to see the shock in her eyes and quickly said, "I was doing business with some people from the Jiangnan area a while ago, and I overheard them talking about it and remembered it."
"Who would have thought that the son of the dignified Princess Changning would actually..."
Qu Jingyun didn't continue speaking, but just sighed.
She said with a look of sympathy, "As a mother myself, I can understand how you feel right now."
“You…” Princess Changning noticed that the way people around her were looking at her had changed, and a surge of resentment towards Qu Jingyun welled up in her heart.
Besides the important reason of her divorce from Shen Yunting, the most important reason for her return to Beijing this time was the trouble caused by her son.
It made her really not want to stay there any longer.
"This must be a rumor. My son would never do such a thing," Princess Changning could only say, trying to justify herself.
However, when this story spread, few people believed it.
Princess Changning, not wanting everyone to dwell on the matter, changed the subject, saying, "Today is Tingzhixuan's banquet. Putting everything else aside, Young Master Tang was invited by Tingzhixuan, so you have no right to kick him out."
"Whether you are Miss Qu or Madam Shen."
With Princess Changning as his backer, Tang Xiuqi's eyes grew increasingly arrogant.
But to everyone's surprise, Qu Jingyun calmly asked, "What about the owner of Tingzhixuan? Doesn't she have the right either?"
"The owner of Tingzhixuan?" Princess Changning was taken aback.
The moment his gaze fell on Qu Jingyun, he suddenly burst out laughing.
"What do you mean by that? You're not trying to say you know the owner of Tingzhixuan, are you?"
Her tone was full of sarcasm.
Qu Jingyun smiled nonchalantly: "I suppose I know the owner of Tingzhixuan."
"What a joke!" Princess Changning's first reaction was to scoff.
But Qu Jingyun's next words shocked everyone present.
"Because I am the master of Ting Zhixuan, of course I have the right to tell him to get lost."
"Wh-what?" Princess Changning was stunned.
In an instant, he burst into laughter, his tone full of sarcasm.
"Are you kidding me? How could you possibly be the owner of Tingzhixuan? The owner of Tingzhixuan is incredibly talented. He once defeated a student from the capital school with his own talent and became famous overnight."
"Even the current tutor who teaches the Crown Prince was once defeated by the master of Tingzhixuan, so how could it be you?"
Princess Changning clearly did not believe it.
In her eyes, this was absolutely impossible.
The people around were also talking about it.
However, their inner thoughts were similar to those of Princess Changning.
Tang Xiuqi naturally wouldn't believe it so easily.
She scoffed, "The former general's wife is making such boastful remarks today; isn't she afraid of becoming a laughingstock?"
"Even though you're no longer the general's wife, it still doesn't sound good if word gets out, does it?"
"Do you think I need to lie about this? This kind of lie is easy to expose, especially here in Ting Zhixuan."
Qu Jingyun looked disdainful and met Princess Changning's eyes directly.
He retorted, "I was missing for five years, and Tingzhixuan's banquet was not held for five years until I returned. Do you think this is just a coincidence?"
Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions immediately turned strange.
That seems to make sense.
But they ultimately couldn't connect Qu Jingyun with the mysterious owner of Tingzhixuan.
This is absolutely absurd!
"Everyone's here, let's begin." The manager of Tingzhixuan arrived late.
Even when facing numerous important figures, he remained neither humble nor arrogant.
Everyone present knew that this was the manager of Tingzhixuan, and his expression was inscrutable.
She glanced at Qu Jingyun for a moment, then at the shopkeeper.
No one was the first to break the silence.
The shopkeeper realized something was wrong and asked, "What happened?"
"Shopkeeper, do you know this woman?" Tang Xiuqi asked eagerly.
This question was extremely important to him.
The shopkeeper looked at Qu Jingyun with a blank expression, then shook his head.
"I don't know him."
Upon hearing this, Tang Xiuqi burst into arrogant laughter.
She looked at Qu Jingyun with disdain: "Is the former general's wife really that stupid? To actually tell such an easily exposed lie here. No wonder I almost believed you just now."
Tang Xiuqi's repeated use of "former general's wife" was clearly an attempt to humiliate Qu Jingyun.
Qu Jingyun was not annoyed, but simply stood there calmly, facing everyone's scrutinizing gaze.
Shen Yue and Yin Xue felt a deep discomfort and stepped forward to protect her behind them.
Qu Jingyun gently pushed the two women aside and walked a few steps to the shopkeeper.
He took out the jade pendant in his hand and waved it in front of the other person.
The shopkeeper's expression changed drastically. He stared intently at Qu Jingyun's face, unable to utter a single word for a long time.
Tang Xiuqi seemed oblivious to the fact that something was amiss.
She spoke with increasing arrogance, "Manager, I was invited by Tingzhixuan, but this former general's wife wants to kick me out just because she doesn't like me. It's obvious that she doesn't respect Tingzhixuan. Manager, you must uphold justice for me."
"No matter what, Miss Qu is the wife of a former general. General Shen fought on the battlefield and survived countless battles. For his sake, Young Master Tang, please don't hold it against Miss Qu." Princess Changning played the good guy at this moment.
However, when he caught a glimpse of Qu Jingyun out of the corner of his eye, he felt a hint of schadenfreude.
“Princess, you can’t say that. General Shen is indeed worthy of our admiration, but Miss Qu’s domineering behavior is tarnishing his reputation, not to mention that the two of them are already divorced.”
"Just now, Miss Qu kept saying that she took the initiative to ask His Majesty for the divorce decree. After being husband and wife, I don't know what happened to her that she would divorce General Shen. Is there something shady going on here?"
Tang Xiuqi became more and more agitated as he spoke, looking as if he wanted nothing more than to tie Qu Jingyun to a pillar of shame.
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