Looking at the crowd gathered downstairs, the Duchess of Zhenguo asked in a deep voice, "What's going on?"
Ling Xiang said calmly, "We'll find out once we go up. Those ladies are together; as for the young ladies, they can disperse for now."
Wei Junyan snorted coldly, put his arm around the beautiful woman beside him, and started walking upstairs. The Duchess of Zhenguo glared fiercely at the woman.
This was a concubine Wei Junyan brought back from the north years ago. Over the years, she had gained Wei Junyan's favor and even bore him a son. She often disregarded him, but fortunately, Wei Junyan hadn't been blinded by greed and still made her son the heir apparent. As long as she didn't threaten her son's position, she turned a blind eye.
In the main hall on the second floor, seeing the man and woman being dragged out, their clothes and hair disheveled, their faces flushed, the Yu family head and his wife's expressions changed drastically. "Wei'er, what... what happened?"
Yu Aiwei, kneeling on the ground, was deathly pale, her head bowed low, too ashamed to speak. The second young master Wei, also kneeling, looked at the woman beside him, his face ashen. "Why is it you?"
The Duchess of Zhenguo slammed her hand on the table and snorted coldly, "What's going on with Wei Baifeng?"
The beautiful woman next to Wei Junyan froze, "Bai Feng..."
Wei Baifeng immediately cried out, "Father, Mother, this has nothing to do with Baifeng! Baifeng is innocent! Father, you must stand up for Baifeng!"
Wei Junyan's face was grim, and he said in a deep voice, "What exactly happened?"
Wei Baichuan gritted his teeth, "It was Princess Changning who sent my son here; it was all Princess Changning's scheme."
Zhang Miaoke raised an eyebrow, "Uncle, we did come because we heard that Princess Changning and Seventh Brother were here."
Wei Junyan asked casually, "Where is Princess Changning?"
"Does the Duke of Zhenguo have business with this princess?" Bai Chuxiao, dressed in flowing blue robes and exuding an ethereal beauty, and Chu Tianze, in black robes, entered, followed by Yu Fengyang and Wei Baichuan.
Ling Xiang smiled faintly, "Did the princess just visit Jingya Pavilion?"
Bai Chuxiao nodded. "That's right. It was indeed a maid from the Qi Prince's residence who said the Prince of Yan was here, and brought me to Jingya Pavilion. But there was no one there, so I left. Then I ran into the Prince of Yan at Tingyue Pavilion in front, and we stayed there to admire the flowers."
Wei Junyan snorted coldly, "Regardless of the circumstances, Princess Changning, you were indeed here. You cannot escape responsibility for today's events. Princess Changning, what are you trying to do by framing my son?"
Bai Chuxiao sized up the two people on the ground and said with a smile, "This princess has no prior acquaintance with Young Master Wei, so why would I want to harm him? Furthermore, this princess would like to ask why you, Fourth Miss Yu, are here."
Madam Yu quickly added sternly, "Princess Changning, you've always disliked Wei'er because of the eldest son, but I never expected you to be so vicious!"
"Oh? Could it be that I, the princess, forcibly kidnapped Young Master Wei and Miss Yu to do these filthy things here?" Bai Chuxiao said calmly.
Wei Baifeng gritted his teeth, "Bai Chuxiao, don't try to deny it! It was clearly you who seduced me here!"
Zhang Miaoke's lips curled into a smile, "When we came up just now, Young Master Wei did indeed call out Princess Changning's name, and the Princess Consort and the other ladies heard it too."
A murderous glint flashed in Chu Tianze's eyes as he stepped forward and stomped heavily on Wei Baifeng's head.
"Bai Feng..." Wei Junyan's concubine exclaimed.
Wei Junyan rushed forward to stop him, shouting angrily, "Prince Yan, what are you doing?"
Chu Tianze snorted coldly, kicked Wei Baifeng away, and pulled Bai Chuxiao to sit down beside him.
Wei Baifeng collapsed to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood. Wei Junyan's concubine rushed over to help him up, asking, "Baifeng, are you alright?"
Wei Junyan, his face ashen, questioned, "Prince Yan, what a display of power! Just because you're a prince, does that give you the right to beat your subjects at will?"
Chu Tianze glanced around and said calmly, "I can fight if I want to. What can you do, Duke Zhenguo? Disrespecting the princess is disrespecting me. Watch your mouth, or next time it won't just be a matter of spitting blood."
Some of the ladies quickly lowered their heads, not daring to utter a sound. As for what Princess Qi said about hearing the princess's name, was that true?
"Seventh Brother, what a big mouth you have! This is the Qi Prince's residence, not your Yan Prince's residence," Chu Tianling, with a deathly expression, and the Prince of Xiang stepped in.
The Prince of Xiang smiled and said, "We're all brothers, let's not hurt our feelings. Young Master Wei and Miss Yu, why don't you explain yourselves?"
Yu Aiwei also had an idea: "Princess Changning and Young Master Wei were having a secret rendezvous here when I accidentally saw them. Princess Changning then knocked me unconscious, using this to frame me and Young Master Wei."
Wei Baifeng wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his voice weak, "That's right, it was Princess Changning who invited me here, and then she got angry and embarrassed after being discovered..."
Bai Chuxiao said calmly, "Young Master Wei, don't you even look in the mirror? Where do you get the confidence that I, the Princess, would abandon the handsome Prince Yan to seduce you? You keep saying that I, the Princess, invited you here, so who was the messenger? Why don't you call them out and let us see?"
"There are so many people, I don't remember them all."
"Oh? You must know the Qi Prince's residence better than I do. I didn't bring a single maid with me today. Do you think I could order around the maids of the Qi Prince's residence? Besides, it was a maid from the Qi Prince's residence who lied to me today, saying that the Prince of Yan was here, and led me to Jingya Pavilion. I remember that maid's appearance very clearly. Today, it is the Qi Prince and the Qi Princess who should give me an explanation."
Chu Tianling snorted coldly and looked at Wei Junyan calmly, saying, "Uncle, today's events must have been a misunderstanding. Now that it has happened, why not let Bai Feng marry Miss Yu?"
Yu Aiwei screamed, "How can that be?"
Wei Baifeng was nothing but an uneducated illegitimate son; how could she, the legitimate daughter of the Yu family, marry such a lowly man?
Yu Fengyang flashed forward and slapped her across the face, coldly saying, "You've completely lost face, what more do you want?"
Hearing that she didn't want to marry him, Wei Baifeng became furious, "You shameless woman, is marrying me a disservice to you?"
Today's whole ordeal was orchestrated by Ivy. Now that things have fallen apart, this fallen woman still dares to look down on her.
Madam Yu also said angrily, "Wei Baifeng, you bullied Wei'er and are still so unreasonable. Today, your Zhenguo Duke's Mansion should give our Yu family an explanation."
The Duchess of Zhenguo sneered, "Miss Yu is shameless herself. Marrying her is already giving the Yu family face. In my opinion, Bai Feng should just take her in as a concubine."
She wasn't speaking up for Wei Baifeng; the Yu family was, after all, a prestigious family, and for an illegitimate son to marry a daughter of such a family was something they naturally wanted to suppress if possible.
Madam Yu pointed an angry finger at him, "You, how dare you humiliate the Yu family! Master, Wei'er absolutely cannot marry into this family!"
Chu Tianze had no time to watch their infighting. "Shut up, both of you! You two have ruined the princess's reputation, and you think you can just let it go like this? Guards, give these two fifty lashes each!"
Upon hearing the commotion, Mo Yan and Mo Wen immediately entered, took out soft whips, and began lashing at the two of them.
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