Chapter 8: What’s wrong with this royal aunt beating my niece-in-law?
Su Yurou gritted her teeth in anger as she looked at the scroll of silk book. Red background with gold edges, what else could it be but a marriage certificate!
The Emperor actually intends to give me a lighter sentence. No, what happened today has made me lose face in front of my whole family. I must make Yun Qingqing pay double!
Her eyes immediately turned red and she said:
"Yun Qingqing, half a year ago you set fire to the Crown Prince's residence and suffered disfigurement. His Royal Highness, out of kindness and pity for you, simply called off the engagement and didn't hold you accountable. Yet, not only are you ungrateful, you're constantly pestering me!"
"The Crown Prince clearly doesn't like you, yet you're relying on your status as a descendant of a meritorious official to disregard the Emperor's order to break off the engagement and cling to His Royal Highness. How can you disrespect the royal family?"
"The whole city saw it today. You threw yourself into the river and threatened to die, then stole the Crown Prince's betrothal gifts. Do you still want to deny it now?"
"If the Marquis of Zhenyuan is still alive, would he know that you did such a shameless thing?"
Yun Qingqing's face suddenly darkened, and she stepped forward and slapped him hard.
Su Yurou covered her burning face, her eyes widening in disbelief.
"You, you dare..."
Yun Qingqing grabbed her collar and slapped her left and right. "Pa pa pa," she slapped her face several times, until it was red and swollen. Then she let go and said coldly, looking down at her:
"Who the hell do you think you are? How dare you bark in front of me!"
Su Yurou fell to the ground with stars in her eyes, crying bitterly on the spot:
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please help me, wuwuwu..."
While she was crying pitifully, she sneered in her heart. This stupid woman actually dared to attack in front of the emperor. Now no one can save her!
"Yun Qingqing, you are so bold!"
Prime Minister Su and his wife came back to their senses from their shock and said angrily:
"Your Majesty! How dare this woman act like this in front of you? It's simply lawless! You must stand up for me and severely punish Yun Qingqing!"
"Your Majesty, please help my daughter!"
The queen also said angrily:
"Your Majesty, please order Yun Qingqing to be dragged down and slapped in the face immediately, otherwise where will the royal family's reputation be!"
Yun Qingqing sneered:
"The Queen is wrong. She is just a daughter of the Prime Minister's family, yet she has no respect for her elders and insults me. I am just giving a little punishment to a junior. What's wrong with that?"
"What do you mean by senior and junior? You're totally incomprehensible!" The Queen seemed to have heard something funny. "Stop playing dumb. Do you think you can get away with this?"
Even though the emperor remembered that she was the daughter of a meritorious official, he could not help but frown when he saw her.
"Yun Qingqing, if you don't have a reasonable explanation for this matter, I will not let you off easily!"
"Your Majesty, you don't know," Yun Qingqing calmly unfolded the silk scroll in her hand and presented it, "Today, I have already made an engagement with the Regent. Since Su Yurou is marrying the Crown Prince, she is naturally my niece-in-law!"
"This youngster is so rude. Is it okay for me, the royal aunt, to teach her a lesson?"
Everyone present gasped.
What did this woman say? She's engaged to the Prince Regent? How could this be possible?
Yun Qingqing ignored everyone's suspicious gazes and said calmly:
"Today, I have drawn a clear line between myself and the Crown Prince in front of the entire city. A little investigation will reveal the truth."
"But Su Yurou kept saying all she could, accusing me of forcing the prince into marriage and stealing her betrothal gifts. Isn't that slander? I only slapped her a few times, which was already light!"
As she spoke, she looked at the Queen with a smile: "Aren't you right, sister-in-law?"
The queen had already seen the contents of the marriage certificate clearly. She was surprised and looked at Yun Qingqing with a deeper meaning in her eyes.
The emperor looked at Xiao Changheng in shock:
"This...Royal brother, what's going on? Are you really going to marry Yun Qingqing?"
The faces of the Su family members changed. Hearing the emperor's tone, was the marriage certificate really not going through?
I saw a certain prince take a sip of tea slowly and said with a curled lip:
"Exactly."
The emperor was stunned.
Wasn't this royal brother under some kind of spell? Even if he could only look at Yun Qingqing's face... Oh, he couldn't see it, so it was fine.
The Su family members looked at each other in confusion, showing some panic.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince requests an audience!"
Just when everyone in the room had different expressions, the voice of the eunuch rang out.
"Summon!" The emperor quickly asked someone to come in, wanting to find out what had happened today.
A moment later, Xiao Zirui hurried over and his expression changed slightly when he saw the scene inside the house.
"Your son pays homage to the Emperor, the Queen Mother, and the Emperor's uncle." He composed himself, bowed respectfully, and was about to speak.
Su Yurou, however, burst into tears and cried first:
"Your Majesty! I am not slandering you! If you don't believe me, ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. If she hadn't forced the marriage today, why would the betrothal gifts have been sent to the Yun Mansion?"
"Yun Qingqing is clearly already engaged to the Prince Regent, yet she's still forcing and deceiving the Crown Prince into proposing marriage to the Yun family. She's clearly setting a trap to harm our Su family! Your Majesty, please investigate!"
"Your Highness, you know best what Yun Qingqing did. You must be willing to testify for Rou'er, right?"
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