The situation became increasingly bizarre, and everyone couldn't help but prick up their ears.
Su Wanyan couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh, asking as if she couldn't believe it, "Just now, what did the old woman say was that she was humiliating someone?"
"Your own sister!"
"Pfft!" Su Wanyan finally couldn't hold back and sneered: "To humiliate Su Muqing? That Su Muqing whose reputation is ruined, who has gone mad, and who no one in the entire capital dares to marry, who doesn't even qualify to be a concubine? Does she need to be humiliated? Are you joking, Granny?"
The old woman froze, staring wide-eyed in disbelief: "Your Highness! Your Highness, you can't be so heartless!"
Su Wanyan's smile grew even more unrestrained. She proudly clutched her chest and looked down at the old woman, boasting, "My prince is handsome and refined, gentle and elegant, a jade tree in the wind, as beautiful as Pan An. His smile is like the morning sun, and his anger is like the wrath of heaven. He can even make the emperor's white jade ivory bow into fine tofu and pagoda meat. You say my prince has insulted Su Muqing?"
"Heh!" Su Wanyan laughed coldly, stepping forward to look maliciously at the old woman kneeling before her: "Even if you were to speak of my prince, it would be an insult to him! Tell me, who is truly degrading whom?"
Upon hearing this, the surrounding crowd couldn't help but murmur in surprise. He made shredded tofu and braised pork? Besides killing and fighting, could Prince Gong possibly cook?
In an instant, they deeply agreed with Su Wanyan's words!
At first, I thought it was someone's daughter who was about to be forcibly taken away by Prince Gong.
They were still quite dismayed, on one hand a woman had lost her chastity for no reason, and on the other hand Prince Gong, who was deeply in love with Princess Gong, had also committed such a thing, making the whole affair seem incredibly dramatic.
Most people were just watching to see what would happen.
But since the other party is Su Muqing, then it goes without saying.
How desperate must Prince Gong be to choose to have a relationship with Su Muqing?
Just as Su Wanyan said, no one in the capital dares to marry Su Muqing, and no one would want her even as a concubine. Yu Nanqing, on the other hand, is first-rate in terms of both status and appearance.
Just by appearing there, how many rich girls fell for him?
No one would believe that this whole affair was orchestrated by Prince Gong. There's only one explanation: the Marquis of Yuanning's family couldn't find a husband for their daughter, so they set their sights on their brother-in-law, Prince Gong.
According to the old woman's account, the Lady of Yuanning Marquis had probably already mentioned this matter to the Prince's residence. Su Wanyan disagreed, so she came up with this terrible idea, trying to force the Prince to take Su Muqing as a concubine.
Who exactly wronged whom?
Of course, it was Su Muqing who humiliated Prince Gong!
The old woman pointed a trembling finger at Su Wanyan: "Your Highness! She is...she is your sister! How could you...how could you say such a thing about her..."
“I don’t have such a shameful sister.” Su Wanyan laughed: “She lost her virginity, ruined her reputation, went insane, and even tried to seduce my husband. Whoever wants a sister like that can have her. I don’t want one.”
"Your Highness, don't speak so definitively!" The old woman had already wiped away her tears, and now she looked determined yet forced to feign resentment: "Even if you don't like it, the fact remains that the Prince and Miss are in the same room, and the Prince... he is determined to take responsibility for my Miss!"
After she finished speaking, the people around her looked at each other again, realizing that what the old woman had said was true.
If it were alright, we could distance ourselves as much as possible, but given the current situation...
Thinking of this, everyone shook their heads. Alas, it's a pity. No matter how good Prince Gong is, he still has to gnaw on Su Muqing, this withered flower.
“Your Highness, don’t speak so confidently. The old woman is no different!” Dai Zhiwan suddenly stood up and said, “The Prince is not a licentious and immoral person. Miss Su and the Prince are of vastly different statuses. If the Prince really has something going on with Miss Su, then it must be that your Yuan Ning Marquis’s Mansion has used some underhanded means!”
She had seen this kind of tactic many times in the manor!
Xu Zhiwan's eyes flashed with anger, her voice icy cold: "His Highness is a prince of the Great Jin Dynasty. You have committed treason and disrespect for the royal family, resorting to any means to achieve your goals. According to the law, you will be exiled at best, and executed at worst! Even if His Highness has fallen for your tricks, do you think you will get away with it?"
"Your Majesty," Dai Zhiwan said, and Xu Yixuan began to play along: "Such a person with a vile mind and unscrupulous means should not be let off lightly. In order to uphold the integrity of the Great Jin Dynasty, we should request the Emperor to issue an order for a thorough investigation, to clear the name of the royal family, and to severely punish the evildoers."
Yu Nanqing is a prince, and if his reputation is damaged, it is equivalent to the reputation of the royal family being damaged. Xu Yixuan's words are correct.
If it were just Prince Gong's mansion, people might just let it go, but it's different when the royal family is involved. No matter how much the emperor dislikes Yu Nanqing, he doesn't want the royal family's reputation to be damaged.
Of course, if the Emperor has already made it clear that he is giving up on Yu Nanqing, then that's another story.
As soon as Dai Zhiwan and Xu Yixuan finished speaking, the old woman became frightened, and her eyes involuntarily drifted to the side.
Su Wanyan noticed and immediately followed her gaze. Behind the crowd, at the corner of the corridor, a suspicious figure was peeking around!
Su Wanyan immediately pointed and shouted, "Xiao Bu! Grab her!"
Zhen Yuhuai was startled and turned to run away.
But how could she outrun Xiaobu? With a few light taps, Xiaobu had already twisted her arm and grabbed her!
"Let me go! Let me go!" Zhen Yuhuai never expected to be discovered. He gritted his teeth and glared at Su Wanyan: "Su Wanyan, let me tell you, it's all your fault that Su Muqing has become like this. If she hadn't gone to the hunting ground with you that day, she wouldn't have encountered the assassin, and she wouldn't have been talking nonsense. It's all your fault!"
"Therefore, you and the Prince must take responsibility. Even if you are unwilling, you must bring Su Muqing into the household. Do you think you can escape punishment just because we are punished? Don't forget that you also come from the Marquis of Yuanning's household. We are of the same lineage! If we are not doing well, you shouldn't expect to do well either!"
As Zhen Yuhuai struggled, he roared menacingly at Su Wanyan.
She had already gone all out for this plan.
Nothing is more important than her daughter's future!
"What responsibility?" At this moment, a gentle and pleasant voice rang in everyone's ears.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and were all taken aback.
Zhen Yuhuai's eyes widened, and she even stopped struggling, staring in disbelief at the person who had appeared in the corridor.
Yu Nanqing appeared before everyone, dressed in white brocade with gold patterns, her brows furrowed in confusion.
He walked forward steadily, carrying an exquisite food box in his hand.
Upon arriving before them, everyone realized this was not an illusion, and they immediately knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "We greet Your Highness!"
What...what happened?
The prince wasn't in the room with Miss Su...
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