Chapter 269 Rootless Things
Princess Ping'an also realized that she had said the wrong thing.
He lowered his head and didn't say another word.
Xiao Yu glanced at Jiang Wan Ning with satisfaction, "In that case, we'll listen to the Princess Consort of Langya."
"Although Guo Bingwen is the brother-in-law of the Princess of Langya, Aunt, rest assured that if he makes a mistake, I will not be biased. Of course, if it is Ping An's mistake, I will also handle it impartially."
Xiao Yu spoke first, and then said to Guo Bingwen last, "Tell me, what brings you to the palace today?"
Guo Bingwen kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, I have made a marriage agreement with Princess Ping'an. I have come to the capital to ask Princess Ping'an to fulfill her promise."
"What nonsense are you spouting?" Princess Ping'an pointed at Guo Bingwen and shouted, "When did I ever have a marriage agreement with you?"
“Yes,” Xiao Yu said, “aren’t you the brother-in-law of the Princess of Langya? How could you possibly be engaged to the princess? Do you know what crime it is to frame a member of the royal family?”
After Xiao Yu said this, the Grand Princess naturally didn't say anything more. She just told Princess Ping'an to calm down and not to say anything detrimental to herself because of her anger.
Guo Bingwen remained calm and continued, “Your Majesty, I have already divorced Jiang Wanjun. This was because Princess Ping’an said that she was in love with me and that if I were willing to divorce her, she would surely marry me with a grand wedding procession.”
“Kwok Ping-man, my daughter is the pride of heaven, how could she possibly fall for a married man like you? I think you are just taking advantage of my daughter’s naivety and want to deceive her.”
"Or is this something you conspired with certain people all along?"
Xiao Yu looked at Jiang Wan Ning, "Did they really get divorced?"
"Your Majesty, it's not a divorce. My sister, Jiang Wanjun, divorced Guo Bingwen because she discovered his affair with Princess Ping'an and that Princess Ping'an was using Guo Bingwen to poison my sister."
"So I divorced him with a letter of divorce."
Xiao Yu almost choked after taking a sip of hot tea, and gave Pei Yanchuan, who remained calm and composed, a meaningful look.
The Jiang family is truly full of extraordinary people; in the entire Dongling Kingdom, only two women divorced their husbands, and both were from the Jiang family.
Although the story about Jiang Wanning and Pei Yanchuan was false, it had still spread. Surprisingly, Pei Yanchuan didn't feel embarrassed at all; instead, he readily admitted it.
"Guo Bingwen, is what the Princess of Langya said true?" Emperor Xiao Yu turned his head and asked.
After a moment's hesitation, Kwok Ping-man nodded and replied, "...Yes."
"Then continue. Do you have any evidence regarding your affair with Princess Ping'an?"
"Your Majesty, Princess Ping'an once gave me her handkerchief, saying it was a token of her love."
The Grand Princess frowned slightly and looked at Princess Ping'an. Seeing that the other party looked indifferent, she knew that Ping'an had already dealt with it. However, even if a handkerchief hadn't been dealt with, it didn't mean anything.
"Where's the handkerchief?"
“It was snatched away by Princess Ping’an.”
"Kwok Ping-man, your accusations are far too simplistic. If everyone were to file lawsuits like this, then there would be very few good people in the world, and they would all be locked up in jail."
“Your Majesty, Ping An is right. This is not to be believed. I think this person is deliberately trying to cause trouble.”
Xiao Yu looked at Guo Bingwen, his face darkening. "Do you know what you're saying?"
"Even if you had this handkerchief, it wouldn't mean anything. What's the big deal about losing one or two things when you're out and about?"
Xiao Yu was dissatisfied. He had thought that Guo Bingwen's appearance would at least allow him to suppress the Grand Princess, but he hadn't expected that Guo Bingwen, who could endure castration, would be so useless.
“Your Majesty is wise!” Guo Bingwen said. “Besides this, there is something else that I have not yet presented.”
As he spoke, Guo Bingwen took out several letters from his pocket, “These are the correspondence between Princess Ping’an and this humble subject.”
"Didn't I tell you to burn it?" Princess Ping'an couldn't help but ask, "How could you possibly still have it?"
Upon hearing this, the Grand Princess frowned deeply. All her lifelong ambition had been for naught, and she had never expected to give birth to such a foolish daughter.
"Does the princess admit it?" Guo Bingwen said. "I'm not stupid. If I didn't have one or two things to prove it, do you think I would have dared to come?"
"Although I burned most of them, I still managed to keep a few important ones."
Xiao Yu raised his arm, gesturing for the letter to be handed over, and Wu Panpan immediately stepped forward to take it.
Xiao Yu opened the letter, glanced at a few pages, and pointed it at the Grand Princess, asking, "Aunt, would you like to take a look?"
"The handwriting on this letter is indeed Ping An's."
"I don't need to look," the Grand Princess said indifferently. "If someone is determined, what difficulty is there in imitating handwriting?"
"Although Ping An is naive, her judgment shouldn't be that bad."
The eldest princess glanced at Guo Bingwen with disdain and sarcasm in her eyes.
“Aunt should take a look,” Xiao Yu said. “This letter not only has Ping An’s handwriting, but also her own personal seal.”
"This can't be faked."
The Grand Princess lost her composure, and Xiao Yu had Wu Panpan hand the letter to her.
The Grand Princess snatched the letter and quickly flipped through the pages, examining the seals at the end of each page.
“Mother…” Princess Ping’an clutched her dress tightly, “This is not my mother.”
“I don’t know either. He must have deliberately framed me.” Princess Ping’an pointed at Guo Bingwen.
“Princess, you just admitted it yourself,” Wu Panpan said in a low voice.
The Grand Princess said sternly, "You're a nobody, what right do you have to talk like that?"
Wu Panpan remained respectful and humble, saying, "This old servant is merely offering a reminder to avoid embarrassing the princess."
After saying that, he turned and walked toward the emperor.
“Aunt, since Ping’an has already made a private engagement with someone, in my opinion, we royals cannot break our word. It would be best to finalize the marriage as soon as possible.”
The Grand Princess's face turned ashen. "Your Majesty, why are you in such a hurry? Ping An is just a naive and young child. He must have been deceived by this villain."
"It's just a few letters, how could it have led to marriage? If he really liked her, why would he have come all the way here? Ping An would have told me long ago."
“Since the princess is not sincerely willing to marry me, then she wants to use me to deal with Jiang Wanjun.”
"You want me to harm your first wife because you resent the Princess of Langya, so you've set your sights on me."
“What nonsense are you talking about? When did I ever say such a thing?” Princess Ping’an said. “I was just fooled by you.”
"I no longer wish to be with you."
Princess Ping'an turned to Xiao Yu and said, "Cousin, I was really deceived. I don't want to marry her."
Xiao Yu said, "But you promised in your letter that you would marry Guo Bingwen as long as he divorces Jiang Wanjun."
“Your Majesty, Ping An said that he divorced Jiang Wanjun, not that Jiang Wanjun divorced him,” the Grand Princess said. “How can someone who has been divorced by his own wife have the face to be the son-in-law of my Grand Princess’s residence?”
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