Su Qingyu pulled her two younger sisters behind her and looked at Wang Jinyao with a cold expression.
Seeing Su Qingyu coming, Song Wanwan and several other young ladies bowed and called her Madam Shen San.
Only Wang Jinyao and Su Qingyu stood face to face. Their eyes met, Su Qingyu's face expressionless, even a little nonchalant.
After a moment, Wang Jinyao finally lowered her eyes, bowed, and said, "Hello, Madam Shen San."
Su Qingyu hummed, then asked in a cold voice, "What's going on?"
When facing Su Shunci and Su Zhilan, Wang Jinyao can still act like the legitimate daughter of the Wang family.
But when Su Qingyu arrived, her momentum unconsciously weakened by three points. When facing the Shen family and Elder Shen, even her father had to give in.
However, Wang Jinyao also had her own plans. Today's events were already very clear. With just a little investigation, she could prove that Su Zhilan was having an affair with a man outside her relationship.
By then, not to mention Third Madam Shen, even Chen Ge might not be able to protect Su Zhilan’s reputation.
As for the two slaps Su Shunci gave her, she would naturally slap back once Su Zhilan's guilt was proven.
Wang Jinyao then said, "Mrs. Shen San is very perceptive. I heard with my own ears that the fifth lady of the Su family said that she wanted to meet His Royal Highness Prince Cheng. And this is not the first time, it has happened several times."
"I questioned her, and the Fourth Miss of the Su family beat and scolded me. Just because she hit me, the Wang family won't let it go."
Su Qingyu frowned subconsciously. His Royal Highness the King?
When she was helping Shen Zhixiu get up in the morning, she heard him say that he would go out of the city with His Royal Highness King Cheng today to check the waterways outside the city.
She casually asked when he could come back, and Shen Zhixiu said at least in the evening.
She didn't doubt Shen Zhixiu's words at all. He wouldn't be wrong about such a thing, let alone talk nonsense.
Su Qingyu turned around and pulled Su Zhilan to the window. In a voice only the two of them could hear, she asked, "Who exactly did you meet today? Was it really His Royal Highness Prince Cheng? Are you sure it was him?"
Su Zhilan thought for a moment and said, "It should be His Royal Highness Prince Cheng, but I haven't asked about his identity. I met him at Prince Ning's mansion on the day my brother welcomed my aunt to the palace. There were not many young princes there that day, so I guessed it was him."
During the several times they met, she always called him Prince and never mentioned his title.
After hearing Su Zhilan say that it was a guess, Su Qingyu made a judgment in her heart that this person was most likely not His Royal Highness Prince Cheng.
She suddenly remembered that when she came out of the private room on the third floor, she seemed to see the loyal and brave king Song Hongshen entering another private room on the third floor. His waist was slightly loose, probably because he was not wearing a belt.
She thought for a moment, Song Hongshen was also there on the day her mother entered Prince Ning's Mansion.
Su Qingyu had some guesses in her mind and returned to Wang Jinyao again.
"Miss Wang said my fifth sister was seeing a man from another family. Do you have any evidence? Just this belt?"
"Miss Wang, don't forget that my brother is also a prince of the current dynasty. A square jade belt is not a rare item."
Wang Jinyao looked solemn. "This is easy to handle. The prince's belt is made by the Weaving Bureau. Every piece is recorded. Just check and you'll know."
Su Qingyu smiled faintly, "If Miss Wang has wronged my fifth sister, what should I say?"
"I can't possibly wrongly accuse her. If I really wronged the fifth young lady of the Su family, I am willing to kowtow and apologize." Wang Jinyao said firmly.
Su Qingyu nodded, "That's what you said, don't deny it when the time comes."
Wang Jinyao pressed on, "What if I wasn't wronged? I was slapped twice for no reason. What do you say then?"
Su Shunci rolled her eyes at her and said coldly, "If you prove my fifth sister's guilt, I will make you fight back twice as hard."
Now that her elder sister is here, she is even less afraid.
Wang Jinyao glared at Su Shunci angrily and asked Su Qingyu loudly, "Then who will send this thing to the weaving bureau?"
Just as Su Qingyu was about to speak, Song Hongshen walked in with his hands behind his back.
"No need to bother, this is my possession."
After Song Hongshen came in, he first glanced at Su Zhilan and nodded slightly at her.
He also ordered the servant beside him to put the belt away.
Song Wanwan looked at Song Hongshen in surprise, "Third brother, why are you here?"
So it turned out that Sister Zhilan was meeting her third brother? Song Wanwan felt relieved.
Su Zhilan, who was standing behind Su Qingyu, froze in place, staring at Song Hongshen in a daze.
Third brother? Isn't Song Wanwan's third brother the Loyal and Brave King Song Hongshen? Her fiancé.
At this moment, Song Hongshen was giving Su Qingyu the salute of a younger generation, "Hello, Third Madam."
Song Hongshen performed the ceremony because the two families were close and he regarded Shen Zhixiu as his elder.
Su Qingyu quickly dodged to the side, "You are too polite, King Zhongyong."
Then he asked Song Hongshen, "So, the one who met with my fifth sister privately was the prince?"
Song Hongshen nodded and said, "I was the one who invited the Fifth Miss out. I thought we were already engaged, so we just wanted to discuss some matters over a meal. It was my fault for not being considerate enough. I should have told the elders of the Su family."
The apologetic tone made Su Qingyu feel a lot better.
"Then please explain, King Zhongyong, or my fifth sister will be humiliated by Miss Wang."
Song Hongshen turned around and stood beside Su Zhilan, glancing at the several young ladies from aristocratic families who were surrounding him.
"There's no need to tell others about my private affairs. But if anyone dares to spread rumors and slander the Fifth Miss of the Su family because of what happened today, don't blame me for being rude."
When he said the last sentence, his cold gaze fell on Wang Jinyao.
It is both a warning and a rebuke.
Wang Jinyao felt like she was on edge. Song Hongshen's look just now made her extremely panicked.
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