The whole family is obsessed with love? The princess woke them up one after another.

Madam Zheng hurriedly explained, "No, no, no... Princess, you've misunderstood."

Qi Zhiyu chuckled: "Mrs. Zheng, look how scared you are."

Madam Zheng was taken aback.

"I know Miss Zheng doesn't look down on me," Qi Zhiyu said with a light laugh.

Her lighthearted tone, as if it were a joke between acquaintances, made Madam Zheng's stiff mind start working quickly.

Yes.

Her daughter is the object of Qi Jingchen's affections.

Qi Zhiyu, a village girl who returned from the countryside, will have to rely on her older brother for support in the future.

Later, her daughter will marry into the royal family and become the future matriarch.

How dare Qi Zhiyu offend her daughter?

Qi Zhiyu treated her daughter that way, so when she came back, she was probably scolded by Qi Jingchen, right?

Otherwise, how could Qi Zhiyu's attitude have changed so drastically?

After Madam Zheng figured all this out, she felt confident that she could handle it.

She puffed out her chest, about to speak, when she heard Qi Zhiyu say with a smile, "She looks down on His Majesty!"

"Cough cough cough..." Madam Zheng was so startled by her own saliva that she coughed violently.

"No, cough cough cough...no...cough cough, no...cough cough..."

Qi Zhiyu slapped her forehead in frustration: "Oops, I misspoke."

"We should use a more precise way of saying it!"

Qi Zhiyu's smile grew even brighter: "Zheng Mingxuan is defying imperial authority!"

"She... doesn't respect the royal family at all!"

Madam Zheng was so frightened that her legs went weak and she collapsed to the ground with a thud.

She stared blankly at Qi Zhiyu, who was all smiles and seemed innocent, yet the words she uttered were a call for the Zheng family to be wiped out and their property confiscated!

Princess Rui chuckled inwardly, recalling all the sad things that had happened in her life before she managed to suppress her laughter.

Yu'er is performing, she can't ruin it!

Princess Rui, her face cold, angrily snorted, "The Zheng family has truly audacious!"

"Zheng Mingxuan dared to treat my daughter like this today. It seems your Zheng family has been secretly looking down on the royal family quite a bit!"

Qi Zhiyu looked at her mother with admiration.

That was a great response!

Princess Rui felt a little smug.

Yu'er is so amazing, she can't be any less capable.

Madam Zheng was so frightened that she hurriedly knelt up and cried out her innocence: "Your Highness, please understand! I have been wronged!"

"My family is absolutely loyal to Your Majesty and the Royal Family, and has no disloyal intentions whatsoever!"

She hasn't lived enough yet.

I don't want to die yet!

Moreover, if this charge is proven true, it won't just be the Zheng family that suffers; her maternal family won't escape either!

"Absolutely no ulterior motives?" Qi Zhiyu scoffed.

"I was personally appointed Princess by His Majesty. How dare Zheng Mingxuan criticize me in front of so many people?"

Madam Zheng hurriedly explained, "About today's events..."

"Who told you today?" Qi Zhiyu said coldly.

"You know what she said about me in public at the jewelry shop the other day, don't you?"

Madam Zheng turned pale and felt flustered.

"I didn't hold it against her last time because of my elder brother. She'll be attending the Princess's banquet this time too," Qi Zhiyu said with a mocking sneer.

"What? Just because she's engaged to my older brother, does that mean she can do whatever she wants?"

"Princess," Qi Zhiyu's maidservant hurried in, "Zheng Mingxuan is requesting an audience outside the gate."

Qi Zhiyu raised an eyebrow, then her playful gaze fell on Madam Zheng's face: "Zheng Mingxuan can still come?"

"It seems the punishment wasn't severe enough."

Madam Zheng gritted her teeth in anger, but dared not refute, and could only suppress her anger in silence.

"Okay, let her in," Qi Zhiyu said.

The maidservant said angrily, "She said she has difficulty moving around and asks the princess to go to the door to see her."

Qi Zhiyu raised an eyebrow and looked at Madam Zheng: "Madam Zheng, your daughter has quite the airs."

Madam Zheng, suppressing her anger, explained reluctantly, "Your Highness, my daughter and I are injured."

These injuries were all inflicted by Qi Zhiyu's men!

What is Qi Zhiyu pretending for with her here?

"Oh, I see." Qi Zhiyu seemed to be just realizing it. "Alright then..."

Madam Zheng lowered her eyes, a cold hatred flashing in them.

They're going to make a big fuss about this.

This incident caused the Prince Rui's Mansion to lose face.

Her daughter was a victim and received sympathy from many.

The Prince Rui's mansion is in the wrong. When her daughter marries in, with the Prince of Wu backing her up, wouldn't she have the Prince Rui's mansion firmly in her grasp?

"Someone come here!" Qi Zhiyu called out.

Immediately, servants and maids came in.

Qi Zhiyu ordered, "Go, bring the person in."

"Yes!" the servant girl from Prince Rui's mansion replied immediately.

Madam Zheng exclaimed anxiously, "No!"

"No?" Qi Zhiyu asked, puzzled. "Why not?"

"Princess, my daughter is injured. How can we let her be carried in in such a disheveled state?" Madam Zheng cried out in anguish.

"How...how is she supposed to face people after this?"

Qi Zhiyu chuckled: "Mrs. Zheng, you're so funny!"

"You only consider your daughter, but haven't you considered whether it's reasonable for a princess of the court to go to the gate to meet the daughter of a mere official?"

"Tsk tsk tsk... Is that all? You were just now swearing that your Zheng family had never disrespected imperial authority?"

"You have indeed not disrespected imperial authority, because your Zheng family places yourself above imperial authority!"

Madam Zheng was so frightened that she slammed her head heavily to the ground. She didn't stop, but kept slamming her head to the ground one after another.

"Princess, I have absolutely no such intention! The Zheng family has absolutely no such intention!"

What happened?

What exactly happened?

How did she end up like this after coming here?

Shouldn't she be holding the tokens of the marriage agreement from both families, arrogantly breaking off the engagement with the Prince Rui's mansion?

Then Qi Jingchen came out to stop him.

Princess Rui was furious and reprimanded Qi Zhiyu for her recklessness and ignorance in punishing her.

Shouldn't it be like this?

Everything changed the moment Qi Zhiyu appeared.

Things didn't go as she planned at all; everything was in complete chaos!

How come, as they were talking, the heads of the Zheng family members were all on their necks and couldn't stay still?

Qi Zhiyu chuckled coldly: "Is there a problem with having Zheng Mingxuan carried in?"

Madam Zheng gritted her teeth, a faint taste of blood filling her mouth.

She could only suppress the excruciating pain and reply, "No, no problem."

The moment those words left her lips, she was almost overwhelmed by the extreme humiliation!

She remembered this humiliation and this grudge!

Once her daughter marries into the Prince Rui's mansion, she will definitely teach Qi Zhiyu a lesson!

To make Qi Zhiyu... wish she were dead!

The inner quarters of the house are full of ways to make people suffer in silence!

"Go ahead." Qi Zhiyu glanced at the servant.

The servants and maids immediately went out to carry the person away.

Outside the Prince Rui's mansion, a large crowd had gathered, all pointing and whispering about the Zheng family's carriage.

Zheng Mingxuan lay in the carriage, and even with thick blankets, she was still in great pain throughout the journey.

However, when she thought about how she could soon repay Qi Zhiyu for all the humiliation she had suffered, she endured the pain...

"Miss, the people from the Prince's mansion have come out," a maidservant whispered outside the carriage.

A smug, cold smile instantly bloomed on Zheng Mingxuan's lips.

She is engaged to the heir of the Prince Rui's mansion.

Qi Zhiyu, what is she, a mere princess?