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

One of the scariest things in the world is sudden silence!

Anyway, as soon as Qi Zhiyu finished speaking, the huge crowd fell silent instantly.

All eyes were on Qi Rongyao.

Qi Rongyao stood there stiffly, her mind blank.

She always felt she should say something or do something.

But... she didn't know what to do or what to say.

She had a vague feeling that if she said even a single wrong word at this moment, she would be in serious trouble.

Her family will surely be doomed!

Qi Rongyao was so anxious that tears welled up in her eyes. She was at a loss and had no idea how to deal with it.

Qi Zhiyu reached out and took Qi Rongyao's cold hand.

Then, she placed the bundle in Qi Rongyao's hands.

A bundle of gold is quite heavy.

Disoriented, Qi Rongyao's hand sank and she couldn't hold on at all.

With a thud, the bundle fell to the ground.

All the gold inside rolled out.

A whole bundle full of gold ingots!

It was bright yellow and glittering, so bright that it stung the eyes of the surrounding people, as if they were being cut by a knife.

The King of Wu gave so much gold to a sinner who was going to the imperial tomb to repent and atone for his sins.

What about the people who died from the flood caused by the breached dikes?

Did the King of Wu ever think about their tragic deaths?

Everyone stared intently at Qi Rongyao. Was this the daughter of the King of Wu?

Adorned in gold and silver, exuding wealth and luxury!

As expected of the former crown prince's daughter, she's truly extraordinary!

They are people like them who can never compare!

Qi Rongyao was trembling.

She inexplicably felt like a lamb that had fallen into a pack of wolves.

She was surrounded by hungry wolves with sharp teeth and claws, ready to pounce at any moment, tear her to pieces, and devour her!

The fear of death was so palpable, like a tangible swamp, that it enveloped her completely.

She could barely breathe.

The eerie silence continued, as if this space had been severed from the surrounding world, becoming its own independent realm.

Qi Rongyao was like a moth unable to escape, and could only exhaust her last bit of strength to drown in it.

Qi Rongyao couldn't take it anymore!

"No!" Qi Rongyao finally managed to squeeze out a thought from her stiff mind and shouted it out loud.

She couldn't wait to break the suffocating silence.

"This was my idea," Qi Rongyao exclaimed. "My aunt was good to me before, and I just want to repay her."

"This is a token of my filial piety!"

After shouting those words, Qi Rongyao breathed a sigh of relief.

She even had a smug smile on her lips.

Yup!

That's such a brilliant idea!

She did it out of filial piety.

Now, how can Qi Zhiyu find fault with her?

"Filial piety!" Qi Zhiyu suddenly realized. "Then you are truly filial."

Qi Rongyao straightened her back; that's how filial she is!

Qi Zhiyu's face darkened: "Does filial piety supersede the law, even human life?"

Qi Rongyao's smug and arrogant expression instantly froze on her face: "I...I..."

"If you're truly filial and can't bear to part with your great-aunt, you can go to the imperial mausoleum to accompany and serve her!" Qi Zhiyu sneered.

"Just give her gold... Alright, we all know the King of Wu is rich."

Qi Zhiyu didn't use a single dirty word in her words, yet they hurt Qi Rongyao even more than if she had been verbally abused.

She always felt that things were rapidly falling into an abyss she couldn't control.

But she had no way to stop.

The surrounding people had already made their own judgment.

Look at the daughter of the Prince Rui family, she's so sensible!

Then look at the children of the King of Wu... they can't distinguish right from wrong!

How a child grows up is determined by the adults in the family.

"Second Brother, let's go." Qi Zhiyu turned and called to Qi Jingxi.

"Hey!" Qi Jingxi replied with a grin.

"Princess Qi...you can't leave!" Qi Rongyao was about to call Qi Zhiyu's name, but the pain on her face made her change her mind.

Qi Zhiyu looked at her in confusion: "Why?"

"You, you..." Qi Rongyao subconsciously felt that she couldn't let Qi Zhiyu leave.

If Qi Zhiyu leaves, it seems like something bad is going to happen.

However, with Qi Zhiyu staying, she didn't know what to do.

Qi Zhiyu chuckled lightly, "I see you have a lot to do, so I won't keep you any longer."

After Qi Zhiyu finished speaking, she left with Qi Jingxi.

Qi Rongyao stared blankly at Qi Zhiyu's retreating figure, her mouth agape.

It seemed she had a thousand words to say, but she didn't know where to begin.

"Alright, hurry up and go!" the soldiers escorting the princess urged impatiently.

The princess glanced reluctantly at the gold rolling on the ground, then quickly boarded the simple carriage.

She can't stay in the capital anymore; she'll go to the imperial mausoleum if she wants.

First, save her life. Maybe she can turn things around later.

Her elder brother dotes on her the most, and she might come back someday once his anger subsides.

With hope and expectation, the princess's pent-up frustration dissipated somewhat.

She seemed to be in better spirits, but Qi Rongyao was not.

Her legs went weak, and her maidservant quickly supported her, saying, "Miss."

"Go...go home..." Qi Rongyao stammered, gripping the maid's hand tightly.

She needed support to keep herself from fainting.

She messed things up!

She...she needs to hurry back and tell her father.

Qi Jingxi arrived home before Qi Rongyao, and he was excitedly describing the situation to Prince Rui.

After listening, Prince Rui looked at Qi Zhiyu with pride.

His daughter is amazing!

"Yu'er, your performance on the spot was quite good," Prince Rui praised.

"I never expected the King of Wu to make such a terrible move," Qi Zhiyu said, puzzled.

"He actually sent Qi Rongyao out to salvage his reputation, what was he thinking?"

How could she possibly surpass her father and become the crown prince?

There really is something wrong with the Heavenly Dao here.

The people of their original world were defying the will of Heaven, so it was normal for them to be suppressed by the Heavenly Dao.

On this side, it's become the way of Heaven itself that's defying normal laws... Is that absurd?

"What else could they be thinking?" Qi Jingxi scoffed. "It's because Qi Rongyao is so young."

"If she really said something wrong, you can say she was just being silly."

Qi Zhiyu was even more puzzled: "Twelve? Is that young?"

"In a few more years, she'll be old enough to get married and become a mother."

In this world, it's not small.

In her original world... let alone twelve years old, even a child a few years old wouldn't be so naive in order to survive.

"Anyway, I would never look down on someone just because they are young," Qi Zhiyu chuckled.

Therefore, even though she knew that Qi Rongyao was no match for her, she would not underestimate her opponent, nor would she show any mercy.

Being merciful to the enemy is being cruel to oneself.

She would never make such a basic mistake.

"As expected of my sister!" Qi Jingxi laughed triumphantly, hands on her hips.

"King Wu is going to be furious this time."

Unfortunately, he couldn't witness the King of Wu's furious reaction after he had shot himself in the foot.