Honglian's words sounded like nonsense to anyone.
But no one present raised any objection.
The prince knew that Honglian was doomed. He was just waiting to quickly finish today's matter and deal with her as soon as he left the village.
Soon, Rong Yi was also brought in. By this time, Rong Yi had sobered up and regained consciousness. Thinking of what he had done to Hong Lian, he glanced at the prince with a guilty conscience.
Shen Zhixiu asked Rong Yi, "Prince Rong, Miss Honglian has explained everything that happened just now. Does Prince Rong have anything to explain?"
Rong Yi stammered, "Master Shen, I've had too much to drink. I really... don't know what's going on."
He was telling the truth. He didn't even know how Honglian got into the room or onto his bed. Furthermore, Honglian was the prince's man, so he didn't dare to speculate.
"Prince Rong, do you remember what happened just now? What are you planning to do?" Shen Zhixiu asked again.
Rong Yi glanced at the Crown Prince and said, "Of course, everything is entirely up to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
The Crown Prince glared at Rong Yi, feeling that he was more trouble than help. "I will take care of this matter myself, so there's no need to discuss it here."
Song Hongshen leaned lazily against the back of his chair. Hearing this, he suddenly spoke, "Now that Prince Rong has said this, this matter will be easy to handle."
Rong Yi was stunned and looked at Song Hongshen in confusion.
Song Hongshen continued, "Prince Rong should go back and cancel the marriage first, and then marry Miss Honglian as the Crown Prince Consort of Prince Rong's mansion. This way, the reputation of the Crown Prince and the Eastern Palace will be saved."
After saying this, he looked at the prince and said, "Your Highness, am I right?"
The prince's expression changed again and again, and he looked at Song Hongshen with dissatisfaction and warning. Song Hongshen seemed not to understand and looked at the prince with a half-smile.
Before the Crown Prince could speak, Rong Yi spoke first, "Your Majesty, are you joking? Even if Miss Honglian is the Crown Prince's wife, she is not worthy of being the Crown Prince's Consort in the Rong Palace. This Crown Prince is already engaged, so please don't make such jokes, Your Majesty, are you?"
Song Hongshen picked up the teacup beside him, lowered his head and took a sip. Then he threw the teacup out, and it fell at Rong Yi's feet.
"Are you kidding? Prince Rong, do you think I'm joking?"
"What is Miss Honglian's identity? She is the future court lady of the Eastern Palace. She is not even worthy of me, but not worthy of you, Rong Yi."
"It's just unfortunate that you slept with this person today, so you have no choice but to marry her."
When he said the last sentence, Song Hongshen's face was as gloomy as water and his eyes were sinister.
Don't think that he doesn't know what the prince is planning. If he wants to settle the matter privately, it depends on whether he agrees.
Rong Yi was completely confused. What was going on?
He didn't dare to speak rashly, but looked at the prince, then at Song Hongshen, and then at Shen Zhixiu and Su Yuanzhou.
With two guesses in mind, she dared not speak out and could only say, "I will listen to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on all matters concerning marriage."
Su Yuanzhou chuckled, "Prince Rong, marriage is a matter of life and death, and it's up to the parents and the matchmaker. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not your father, so how can he control who you marry?"
The Crown Prince was the heir apparent to the throne, and Su Yuanzhou's words were tantamount to contempt for the Emperor's authority. The Crown Prince wanted to get angry, but thinking about the Emperor's favor for Su Yuanzhou, he remained silent.
Seeing that the Crown Prince's face was green and he didn't say anything, Song Hongshen pressed the issue again, "What did your Highness say? I remember that Prince Rong was betrothed to a young lady from the Leng family. When you cancel the engagement, your Highness, please remember to explain to the Leng family."
The prince gnashed his teeth in anger, "Prince Chungyong, we have said enough. Let's leave it at that."
"This matter still needs to be decided by the Rong family, and others should not interfere."
Song Hongshen gave the Crown Prince a mocking smile, "Your Highness, that's not what you just said. Now you don't care about the reputation of the Eastern Palace anymore?"
The prince snorted and said, "That's different. I thought you were the one who ruined Honglian, so I naturally want to seek justice for her."
"But now it's Honglian who made the wrong choice. Let alone serving Rong Shizi, even if she dies in Rong Shizi's bed, it's all her own fault."
Whether it is Honglian or anyone else, they are all pawns to Prince Yu.
He would not affect his relationship with the Rong family for the sake of a pawn.
It would be a joke if the Rong and Leng families broke off their engagement because of Honglian.
Honglian looked at the prince in disbelief. She didn't expect that her life was nothing to the prince.
Every woman around the prince thinks she is different, but they don't know that to the prince, there is no difference.
Song Hongshen shook his head and said, "Your Highness, this is wrong. I cannot bear to see the reputation of the Eastern Palace damaged."
"I think it's difficult for Your Highness to make a decision because the Leng family is your maternal family. So, leave this matter to me. I will definitely make Miss Honglian the Crown Prince's Consort in Prince Rong's Mansion."
Song Hongshen had made up his mind to let Rong Yi marry Hong Lian, severely slap the prince in the face, and then cut off the engagement between the Rong and Leng families.
Su Yuanzhou watched the excitement with a smile in his eyes, thinking that the prince was really idle, why would he provoke Song Hongshen?
In the battle for the throne, the Song family still wanted to remain neutral and did not want to support any prince to take the throne. Even though the prince had previously plotted against Song Wanwan, the Song family only drew a line between themselves and the prince and did not actually harm him.
But if the prince plots against Song Hongshen, the situation will be difficult to predict.
Song Hongshen was a man who was said to be vicious and cruel, but he had his own bottom line and principles in doing things. He was said to be upright, but he did not act according to common sense.
He would not be loyal to the emperor and patriotic just because the prince was the crown prince.
If you make him angry, he might even dethrone the prince.
Shen Zhixiu and Su Qingyu simply hid away and let Song Hongshen make a fuss.
When the prince heard what Song Hongshen said, he felt so angry that he had no place to vent.
"Lord Zhongyong, what exactly do you want? Why make such a fuss over such a small matter?"
Song Hongshen felt that the prince was not very smart and a bit forgetful. Wasn't he the one who started the fight? He summoned Shen Zhixiu, and invited Mrs. Shen San and Miss Su Wu.
Isn't the prince doing this just to sow discord between the Song and Su Chen families?
Why can the prince do this but he can't?
Song Hongshen was still furious and too lazy to argue with the prince.
He summoned Mu Shan and ordered, "Go to the Leng family in person and explain what happened today. Tell them that Miss Honglian is to be a court lady in the Eastern Palace, not a concubine. If the Leng family is sensible, they can cancel the engagement on their own."
"After you go to the Leng family, go to the Rong family and tell Prince Rong as well."
Then he turned around and instructed the Crown Prince, whose face was already gloomy, "Your Highness, is Miss Honglian getting married in the Eastern Palace? Your Highness must take good care of her. It would be unlucky if she died before the wedding."
The prince's chest heaved with anger. He had never suffered such humiliation before.
He stood up, pulled out the sword of Yan Da, the leader of the guards beside him, and put it on Song Hongshen's neck.
"Song Hongshen, you've gone too far. I'm going to clean up the Song family today."
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