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

The eldest princess sobbed in grief, "So be it, it's all fate."

"I misplaced my sincerity."

"Forget it, Grandma, don't talk to them about these things," Qi Rongyao advised.

"Grandma, you're too straightforward and honest. It's perfectly normal that you can't see through them and get deceived."

"From now on, you will be going to the imperial mausoleum to live a hard life."

"Yao'er has nothing else, so she can only give some mundane items to her aunt."

"I just hope my great-aunt can feel a little better."

As soon as Qi Rongyao spoke, the maid next to her immediately handed over a bundle.

The princess was in high spirits. It seemed that a crack had been torn open in her gloomy future, allowing her to see a glimmer of hope.

The princess reached out to take it, but before the bundle even reached her hands, it was intercepted halfway!

Qi Rongyao and the eldest princess looked over and were immediately furious!

Qi Zhiyu!

What's wrong with her?

"Qi Zhiyu, what are you doing?" Qi Rongyao shouted.

"You...ah!"

Qi Rongyao covered her face, her eyes welling up with tears of grievance: "You hit me!"

"You ill-mannered brat," Qi Zhiyu sneered. "Didn't your father, the King of Wu, teach you about respect for elders and the proper order of things?"

"In terms of age, I am your elder sister. In terms of status, I am a princess."

"How dare you address me by my full name?"

Qi Rongyao glared at Qi Zhiyu defiantly, her eyes filled with a vicious rage, as if she wanted to tear Qi Zhiyu to pieces!

Snapped!

Qi Zhiyu slapped him again with her backhand!

"You..." Qi Rongyao wanted to speak.

However, Qi Zhiyu didn't give her that chance at all. She slapped her more than a dozen times, and with the last slap, Qi Rongyao was knocked to the ground.

Qi Rongyao collapsed to the ground in a disheveled state, seeing stars and feeling dizzy.

Qi Zhiyu coldly replied, "Still dare to be unconvinced?"

"It seems that the King of Wu is so careless that he doesn't even teach basic manners."

The way people looked at Qi Rongyao was a mixture of many complex emotions.

Qi Jingxi silently looked up at the sky; his sister was truly ruthless.

Qi Rongyao came here to salvage the reputation of the King of Wu.

His sister's every move was related to the King of Wu.

How can someone who lacks basic manners and etiquette inherit the throne?

Can the people feel at ease?

If an emperor like this raises princes and grandsons who will later exploit and oppress the people, where will they go to seek justice and redress their grievances?

His sister... her first move was a killing blow!

Qi Rongyao, having grown up in the palace, sniffed and, helped up by her maid, curtsied, saying, "Greetings, Princess Chen'an."

"See, it's not that you can't learn it, it's that you haven't learned it before," Qi Zhiyu said with a smile.

This once again confirmed with the people what the family traditions of the King of Wu were like.

Qi Jingxi forced herself not to laugh.

How did his sister manage to do that?

How can he criticize Qi Rongyao on one hand, and ruthlessly trample on the King of Wu on the other?

This skill... is pretty powerful.

Qi Rongyao felt that something was not quite right, but she couldn't figure it out.

She always remembered the task her father had given her.

We must salvage her father's reputation!

Qi Rongyao didn't want to get entangled with Qi Zhiyu about that issue: "Princess, that bundle was for my aunt."

"Please don't take it, that's all my life-saving money."

"Please give it back to me."

Qi Zhiyu said nothing, but simply untied a corner of the bundle and took out a gold ingot: "Gold, what a generous gesture."

"My aunt is going to the imperial mausoleum. It's a harsh place there. If she doesn't have some money to support herself, it will be too difficult," Qi Rongyao said sadly.

"Your great-aunt is really pitiful," Qi Zhiyu sneered.

Qi Rongyao was displeased and corrected Qi Zhiyu: "Princess, how can you say such a thing?"

"This is also your great-aunt."

"I don't have a grandma like that." Qi Zhiyu smiled, but it was chillingly cold.

"She was just poor; those who died didn't even have the chance to live a poor life!"

The eldest princess and Qi Rongyao's expressions changed.

"Grandfather sent her to guard the imperial tomb to repent and atone for her sins!" Qi Zhiyu stared intently at Qi Rongyao.

"What? Are you questioning your grandfather's decision, thinking your great-aunt shouldn't have gone to the imperial mausoleum?"

"I...I..." Qi Rongyao stammered, too frightened to explain.

Qi Zhiyu looked at the Eldest Princess: "Are you still going to take on this burden?"

Qi Zhiyu sneered, "It seems you don't feel guilty at all. You deserve punishment, you deserve to repent and atone for your sins!"

The eldest princess stammered, "No, it's not like that..."

The strange gazes around her felt like steel needles, piercing her entire body.

She just wanted some money to protect herself, what's wrong with that?

Why did Qi Zhiyu have to interfere and cause trouble for no reason?

The eldest princess cursed Qi Zhiyu in her heart, but she dared not utter a single word of her dissatisfaction.

Because she knew that if she spoke, the spittle of the surrounding people could drown her!

"It seems that the King of Wu feels that his aunt has been wronged," Qi Zhiyu remarked.

"No, no..." Qi Rongyao hurriedly explained.

We mustn't involve her father in this.

"Grandma was blinded by the prince consort because she was too deeply in love, otherwise..." Qi Rongyao's explanation trailed off under Qi Zhiyu's mocking smile.

What is Qi Zhiyu laughing at?

Even though Qi Rongyao didn't understand, her intuition told her that she might have said something wrong.

"So affectionate?" Qi Zhiyu looked at Qi Rongyao as if she were an idiot.

"Do you know that when the Emperor found the evidence of his crimes back then, your great-aunt immediately severed ties with her husband?"

"This shows that she has absolutely nothing to do with this!"

"She was deceived; it was her husband who did it behind her back."

"At that time, there was no trial, no conclusion was reached, and she made her own choice."

"Abandoning her beloved husband!"

The prince consort, who had been silent in the prison cart, suddenly looked up and stared at the princess in disbelief.

Qi Rongyao was also shocked by the news.

The princess's actions were exposed, causing her great embarrassment.

"See?" Qi Zhiyu shrugged. "It's not that her son wronged her, but that they are both selfish like this."

The surrounding people laughed, a mixture of mockery, schadenfreude, and a sense that the princess deserved it.

Qi Zhiyu looked at the eldest princess: "You really have the nerve to accept this burden?"

The princess's face flushed red, and she wished she could disappear into a crack in the ground.

She quickly shifted the blame: "It wasn't my idea to take it, it was hers to give it to me!"

Qi Rongyao was stunned. How could her great-aunt do this?

She gave the money because she wanted what was best for her great-aunt!

Qi Zhiyu tilted her head at Qi Rongyao: "Look, you see?"

"Whenever something happens, your great-aunt will immediately distance herself from it."

In short, Qi Rongyao and the Princess's faces immediately turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

Qi Jingxi tried his best to hold back, but his trembling shoulders betrayed how hard he was trying to suppress his laughter.

His sister is unbeatable!

With just a few words, the princess's true nature was exposed to the public.

This also proves that the eldest princess had no deep affection for her husband at all.

All of Qi Rongyao's statements are invalid.

"So, why would the King of Wu support someone like that so much?" Qi Zhiyu asked, puzzled.

"Was the King of Wu so foolish as to be deceived, or... was the King of Wu also involved in embezzling the funds intended for repairing the dikes?"