[Minister of Justice, please stop laughing, your mouth is practically hanging to your ears... Minister of War, I know you're glad your son didn't become Princess Bao Hui's husband, but you're about to burst out laughing... And Lord Wang... Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial... Hahaha, isn't it great to see your superiors make a fool of themselves?]
The officials froze. "Why are you staring at us instead of watching the show?" they thought. "And are they going to accept the laughter or not?" Receiving the emperor's death stare, they quickly shut their mouths. If they didn't, they'd be in for a beating!
Fortunately, Princess Bao Hui no longer had any feelings for her husband. She was just angry that he had flirted with another woman and made her lose face. She vented her anger by punching him a couple of times and was too lazy to argue with him anymore. She would ask her brother, the emperor, to decide to divorce him later!
The prince consort also ignored the peony. He was furious with her and immediately turned the tables, accusing her of being immoral and seducing him every time he came. He claimed that she threatened to tell Bao Hui if he refused.
She completely portrayed herself as a victim, leaving Peony stunned. Wasn't it him who teased her every time he came to the palace? Wasn't it him who made her meet him secretly in the desolate palace in the middle of each month? Wasn't it him who promised to take her away and give her a good life?
Sigh... another scumbag!
Chuanwen sighed, but the emperor no longer wanted to concern himself with the prince consort's private life. He directly asked him why he had Chaoyang push Chuanwen into the water and why he had taken the opportunity to throw the little princess in as well!
The prince consort broke out in a cold sweat as he was questioned. Did the emperor already know everything?!
After glaring angrily at the still-unresponsive Peony, she immediately shifted the blame, "It was all Wang Sanlang's doing!"
Among those present, the Wang family members and Wang Sanlang's father, one of the officials, were immediately jolted by the electric shock, while the other was completely bewildered.
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