Chapter 174
Xu Heming suddenly knelt down in front of them, startling both Yao and Li Zhiwei.
You should know that Xu Heming is a prince.
Madam Yao quickly waved the servants away.
They were afraid that if they turned around, some prince or something would hold them and their daughter responsible.
"Your Highness, what are you doing?" Li Zhiwei frowned and asked unhappily.
You should know that he was the one who did wrong, yet he still knelt in front of her and her mother.
Isn't this incredibly unfair to her and her mother?
Even someone as dignified as Prince An only needs to kneel before the Emperor, Empress, and Empress Dowager in the capital.
Even the other concubines, princes, and princesses would respectfully address him as Prince An.
Seeing him kneeling in front of her like that, Li Zhiwei was completely taken aback.
Yao was at a loss, because the Li family was originally a merchant family.
However, she had to kneel when she saw officials and their wives.
But no one has ever knelt before her!
"I'm sorry, I know I was wrong to buy fake alcohol for my father-in-law. This has caused him a lot of suffering. Fortunately, he's alright, otherwise I would be even more deserving of death. But I really didn't do it on purpose. Huo Yunxuan deceived me. I misjudged him. I was wrong! I beg my mother-in-law and the princess to punish me!"
Xu Heming said sincerely.
After saying that, he took out the whip he had prepared beforehand.
“In Li’an County, who doesn’t know that the young master of the Huo family and my husband are mortal enemies? How could Your Highness, a man of such courage and wisdom, believe his nonsense? Whether Your Highness did it intentionally or unintentionally, you know for sure!” Yao’s heart was filled with unease at the thought that her husband had almost lost his life because of drinking fake wine.
Even if the person in front of her were a prince, she would still speak a few words of justice for her master.
She said she was cheated, but in her opinion, that person was a wolf in sheep's clothing, coveting their family's property.
"Back then, my father-in-law recommended Huo Yunxuan to the Emperor. I assumed from the outset that my father-in-law and Huo Yunxuan were on good terms. Huo Yunxuan even let me taste that wine, and it was fine. Huo Yunxuan then coaxed me, saying that my father-in-law loved this wine the most, so I spent a high price to buy a pot from him, intending to please my father-in-law. I never expected that my good intentions would turn into a disaster!" Xu Heming was also very annoyed when he thought about this.
He never expected that Huo Yunxuan would dare to trick him.
I was also very annoyed.
However, upon hearing that Huo Yunxuan had returned to Li'an County, he was determined to avenge this grudge.
Madam Yao looked at her daughter in disbelief. Would Li Tianyou recommend Huo Yunxuan?
How could this be? Aren't the two mortal enemies?
Why did you do this, sir?
Li Zhiwei nodded to her mother. This matter should be true, since her father wanted to check the accounts, which is why she came back.
However, thinking of her father, who had almost lost his life, she felt unwilling to forgive Xu Heming so easily.
"This matter is entirely my fault, no matter how many mistakes I make. Mother-in-law and Princess, please vent your anger! I will never make such a mistake again." Xu Heming said humbly, picking up the whip and raising it above his head.
Yao quickly turned her face away.
She was angry.
She wouldn't dare hit someone, especially since this person was a prince who was even more powerful than the county magistrate.
Li Zhiwei looked at the whip and thought of the near-death experience her father had gone through.
Outside the door
"Will your trick work?" one of the guards asked Qingchuan with some concern.
"I don't know either, but if the prince can't get over this hurdle, do you think he can still marry the princess smoothly?"
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