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

Madam Zheng choked, secretly holding her breath: "I wouldn't dare."

"Don't dare? Then what did you mean by what you just said?" Qi Zhiyu wouldn't be polite just because the other party was older.

Respecting the elderly means respecting those who deserve it, not just those who have lived a long time.

If that were the case, wouldn't it be wonderful if everyone worshipped turtles whenever they saw them?

That one lived longer.

"Saying one thing and doing another, it seems the Zheng family has a long tradition of such behavior. Otherwise, Zheng Mingxuan wouldn't be so shameless as to curry favor with my Prince Rui's mansion while pretending to be high and mighty!"

Qi Zhiyu's words made Old Madam Zheng's vision go black, and her body swayed.

"What makes you say such a thing, Princess?" Old Madam Zheng asked angrily.

"The Zheng family would never do such a despicable thing!"

"Really?" Qi Zhiyu sneered. "Then tell me, does your daughter-in-law think that Zheng Mingxuan's engagement to my older brother is unfair to Zheng Mingxuan?"

"While we were out and about, Zheng Mingxuan stayed by my older brother's side, as if she were the most loyal and devoted person in the world."

"What's wrong?"

"Wasn't my brother injured while saving Zheng Mingxuan?"

"Madam Zheng, if your Zheng family has forgotten that there were quite a few people around when the incident happened, you can call them all here to confront you face to face."

"Let you all take a good look back and see who owes whom!"

Qi Zhiyu was furious when she spoke of it.

The Zheng family profited, yet they portrayed themselves as victims.

Pooh!

Shameless bastard!

Madam Zheng's face turned pale.

Qi Zhiyu blocked the doorway and started cursing, showing absolutely no respect for the Zheng family.

Why can't we talk about this in private?

Why did it have to be so embarrassing?

Old Madam Zheng was displeased, and her words naturally carried resentment: "Our Zheng family has never denied the young master's injury."

"Your daughter-in-law doesn't think that way," Qi Zhiyu sneered. "The people at the entrance of my Prince Rui's Mansion can all testify to that."

The onlookers immediately chimed in loudly, "We heard it!"

"Look, Madam, you heard that." Qi Zhiyu raised an eyebrow.

Madam Zheng naturally knew that her daughter-in-law had made a mistake, and she had no choice but to accept it.

However, she still wanted to try to save face for the Zheng family: "Princess, you should understand her feelings as a mother. She would feel heartache and resentment no matter who her daughter marries."

"You married so much higher up... and you still feel sorry for her?" Qi Zhiyu didn't understand.

"What's wrong? Have you felt wronged, princes and grandsons of the emperor?"

Old Madam Zheng's expression changed drastically. Before she could speak, Madam Zheng rushed out: "Princess, your elder brother is indeed unable to walk!"

"No matter how noble one's status, for a woman, if her husband is like this, it's still... ah!"

Before Madam Zheng could finish speaking, someone rushed up to her, raised their hand, and slapped her hard across the face.

The force was so great that it knocked Madam Zheng to the ground.

Madam Zheng's mouth was filled with the taste of blood. Enraged, she looked up and cursed, "You scoundrel...Master?"

Madam Zheng looked at her husband in disbelief.

Her husband beat her?

Lord Zheng was furious, his face turning ashen: "You vile woman, what nonsense are you spouting?"

He was called back and only then did he learn that such a big thing had happened at home.

He rushed over and heard his wife spouting nonsense.

Disdain for the heir of the Prince Rui's mansion?

How many heads do the Zheng family members have?

Lord Zheng turned around and knelt down before Qi Zhiyu with a thud: "Princess, it is all my fault for failing to manage the household properly."

Madam Zheng also knelt down: "It is my fault for not disciplining her properly. Please forgive me, Princess."

Even if Qi Jingchen is crippled, he is still a grandson of the emperor!

To show disdain for the imperial grandson in public?

Is that stupid woman trying to kill their whole family?

Madam Zheng then realized the seriousness of the matter and hurriedly got up and knelt down.

Qi Zhiyu asked, amused, "That's really strange."

"Madam Zheng's thoughts... are neither of you, as husband and mother-in-law, aware of them?"

"Madam Zheng, even if you're not the head of the Zheng family, aren't you going to vet the matriarch of your family?"

Madam Zheng broke out in a cold sweat: "Princess, it was my oversight."

"Even Lord Zheng doesn't know?" Qi Zhiyu asked with a smile.

She asked the question casually, without a trace of severity in her tone.

However, Lord Zheng trembled, and the color drained from his face instantly, turning him deathly pale.

Before he could figure out how to resolve the deadlock, Madam Zheng, who was kneeling, took the blame for him.

"That's right, my husband didn't know, it was all my own idea, it was my fault," Madam Zheng shouted.

"Let the princess blame me if she wants!"

Lord Zheng's vision went black; it was all over!

What an idiot!

"Oh? So that's how it is." Qi Zhiyu chuckled lightly and said unhurriedly, "Lord Zheng doesn't understand what you mean."

"Yes, that's right!" Madam Zheng admitted without hesitation.

Lord Zheng, unable to bear it any longer, snapped, "Shut up!"

Madam Zheng was stunned, looking at her husband in disbelief.

She took all the blame upon herself, so why scold her?

Qi Zhiyu laughed lightly: "Lord Zheng, you can't even manage a household, yet you hold a position in the court?"

"The position of Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue is a fifth-rank official. To have someone who can't even manage his own family affairs hold such a position... tsk tsk tsk, that's quite dangerous."

Madam Zheng then realized the foolish thing she had just done.

She stared blankly at her husband, who was drenched in sweat, looking as if he had been pulled out of the water.

The people around them were also whispering among themselves.

Can such a person really be a good official?

If his own wife looks down on even the princes and grandsons of the emperor, how can Lord Zheng possibly care about the common people?

Everyone's gaze changed.

Lord Zheng naturally heard the whispers and looked up anxiously, wanting to explain, "Princess..."

Qi Zhiyu sighed: "Zheng Mingxuan didn't feel wronged when she accepted the money."

"Or are you feeling wronged while packing?"

"Lord Zheng, is this a problem with your family's education, or is this simply your family's tradition?"

Lord Zheng looked as if someone had grabbed him by the neck; his face turned red and his neck thickened, and he couldn't squeeze out a single word.

"No, Princess." Zheng Mingxuan, who had been carried to the gate and listened for a long time, knew she couldn't remain silent.

If they don't speak up soon, their family is really doomed.

Qi Zhiyu looked at the stretcher covered with gauze curtains and couldn't help but smile.

Now they know how to cover up their flaws.

When you did those shameless things, how could you not feel ashamed?

"Those were all things the young master insisted on giving me," Zheng Mingxuan said helplessly.

"So, you were forced to accept it?" Qi Zhiyu asked.

"Yes," Zheng Mingxuan replied quickly.

"Alright, I'm here to collect debts," Qi Zhiyu said with a smile. "Now, return what my elder brother gave you."

"Since you don't want to accept it, it's probably useless anyway."

"Otherwise, if you say one thing and do another... people will think that this is your family's style, and that your father, as an official, behaved the same way."