Liu Baoxuan looked up and saw Gu Jiangli with disbelief, as if he had seen a ghost.
However, Gu Jiangli completely ignored his gaze and continued, "The prince consort did go too far today. As the princess's husband, although the two have not yet entered the bridal chamber, they have still bowed to heaven and earth. The prince consort's behavior is indeed not the demeanor a man should have."
Princess Jinghe stopped crying in the emperor's arms and looked at Gu Jiangli with some surprise.
She never expected that Gu Jiangli would stand by her side and speak up for her today.
This is simply unbelievable.
The surprise in Liu Baoxuan's eyes was no less than that in the princess's.
Faced with these accusations, the anger in his heart gave him a lot of courage.
Liu Baoxuan straightened his back and said to Gu Jiangli:
"How can you say that? How can you make it sound like it's all my fault? The princess spoke first, and she struck first! So many people here are witnesses. How can you call black white in front of His Majesty?"
Gu Jiangli smiled.
What comforted her most was not that Liu Baoxuan believed her, but that Liu Baoxuan was a fool.
He had no idea of his current situation.
The emperor ostensibly wanted to inquire about the matter impartially, but in reality, he only wanted to protect the princess.
She had already experienced this kind of tactic before.
Unfortunately, Liu Baoxuan was unaware of the gravity of the situation.
Liu kept tugging at his sleeve, anxiously reminding him, "Don't say anything more about Baoxuan!"
The emperor's expression was visibly gloomy.
"Liu Baoxuan, you think it's wrong of you to think the princess attacked first?"
When he asked that question, Liu Baoxuan was taken aback.
However, she immediately replied seriously, "It's not that the princess is entirely at fault, but she is definitely also at fault. If she hadn't hit me first and insulted my sister and my background, I wouldn't have fought back in anger."
Liu Baoxuan believes he is rebelling.
The emperor's molars were almost ground to a pulp.
His own precious daughter, he cherished her so much that he was afraid of dropping her or letting her melt in his mouth.
Today is my first day of marriage, and my husband has already slapped me in the face. How can this be allowed?
"So, all the guests also believe that Jinghe was wrong to strike first?"
He ignored Liu Baoxuan and instead focused his attention on the other onlookers.
The guests remained silent, and the main hall was especially quiet.
At that moment, someone in the crowd broke the silence.
"Your Majesty, I was standing far away, but I saw it very clearly. Today's events were the fault of the prince consort. He was the one who hit the princess."
Once the first person takes a side, a second will follow.
The second one was even more exaggerated: "Your Majesty, I didn't see the princess hit anyone. I only saw the prince consort attack the princess, and he hit her very hard."
"Yes, yes, that's definitely true."
"Princess Jinghe was extremely wronged."
Such comments came in waves, one after another.
In an instant, everyone became a witness for the princess.
Liu Baoxuan, on the other hand, became a petty and violent villain.
Of everyone present, only Liu Baoxuan was a fool.
No matter how bad a princess's reputation is or how fiery her temper is, she is still the emperor's daughter.
Speaking in her favor might even earn you a higher opinion from the emperor.
This will be of great help to their future career.
As for Liu Baoxuan, who will stand on his side?
They either remained silent or sided with the princess.
Liu Baoxuan trembled with anger as he listened to the accusations coming from all directions.
Although he had been a beggar for several years, he had never suffered any grievances since coming to the Xie family.
His older sister, Liu, treated him well, giving him almost anything he wanted.
General Xie, the brother-in-law, also repeatedly stood up for him because of his sister.
As a man who frequented brothels, he often used Xie's money to indulge in debauchery. The words he heard most often were the flattery and obsequious flattery from the girls.
Hearing so many people falsely accusing him of crimes today, he found it impossible to suppress his anger.
"You're all talking nonsense! You're all lying through your teeth! It was clearly the princess who attacked first! Are you all blind?"
The emperor scoffed, "Are you saying that all these people are framing you?"
Seeing that things had developed this way, Princess Jinghe immediately seized the opportunity and shouted frantically, "Father! I don't want to marry him! I'd rather die than marry him! If he dares to lay a hand on me today, he'll dare to use a weapon on me tomorrow!"
"My daughter will absolutely never marry a man like that!"
The emperor frowned, as if he was thinking about something.
Upon hearing this, Liu Baoxuan blurted out instinctively, "You won't marry me? Who else can you marry besides me?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Jiangli immediately lowered her head and almost burst out laughing.
Of all things to bring up, he had to bring this up.
Isn't this just walking into Princess Jinghe's clutches?
Sure enough, Princess Jinghe's face immediately turned very ugly.
"What do you mean? You think that if I don't marry you, no one else will dare to marry me?"
Liu Baoxuan's face was filled with anger, as if he was determined to make the princess bow down at all costs.
"Otherwise what? Princess, with your noble status, why didn't you marry someone else? Don't you have any idea why you married me?"
Princess Jinghe trembled.
She understood, of course, that Liu Baoxuan was referring to her loss of virginity before marriage.
Liu Baoxuan completely disregarded Emperor Jinghe's coal-colored face. He could refuse to marry the princess, but he couldn't bear this insult, so he said again:
"Princess Jinghe has a bad reputation, but everyone in the capital knows it. If you grab anyone off the street, who doesn't know what kind of person you are, Princess Jinghe? I'm marrying you because I have no choice but to."
"You married me because you had no choice but to marry me."
"Besides me, who else in the capital would dare to marry you?"
Liu Baoxuan pointed fiercely in Xie Shiyan's direction and retorted, "Him? He and Gu Jiangli are deeply in love. Even if you become his concubine, he won't agree."
Liu Baoxuan spouted nonsense without regard for his own safety, even surprising Gu Jiangli.
His performance was absolutely unexpected!
No one expected that when someone is pushed to the limit, they will become reckless in their speech and fearless of death.
"Liu Baoxuan! You...you have such audacity!" Princess Jinghe was so angry that she could barely utter a complete sentence.
Liu was so frightened that her face turned ashen. She really wanted to cover Liu Baoxuan's mouth with both hands and tell him to stop talking.
But fear prevented her from having this ability.
She gripped Liu Baoxuan's shoulders tightly, tears streaming down her face, and pleaded:
"Baoxuan, I beg you, please stop talking. Just apologize to the princess. It's all your fault. No matter what, she's the princess!"
If we continue, we'll really be doomed.
She understood this principle, but Liu Baoxuan, in his anger, did not.
"Sis! I'm just trying to stand up for you. She looked down on us siblings like that, shouldn't I teach her a lesson?"
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