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

"Why would we kidnap you to Qi Kingdom?" the Third Princess quickly retorted, using rage to mask her guilty conscience.

"You're being completely ridiculous!"

"Father, aren't you going to do anything about it?"

Everyone wanted to know what Emperor Kangwu's attitude was.

After all, this was a farewell banquet for the Third Princess, Qi Yanhe.

Emperor Kangwu smiled slightly and asked, "What do I care?"

The Third Princess's resentment immediately replaced her previous guilt, and she became even angrier. Her father was really too biased!

"Father, look at Chen'an! He keeps going on and on about this and that. He's even trying to extort money from us!"

"Now they're making wild guesses again."

"I really don't know what she's up to!"

Emperor Kangwu asked, amused, "Chen'an was eating peacefully over there, who provoked her first?"

Princess Wu's eyes flickered.

"And who else is chiming in?" Emperor Kangwu asked again.

The Third Princess felt uneasy under Emperor Kangwu's gaze: "Then, Chen'an can't be so greedy and try to extort money from us!"

Ten thousand taels.

It's not that she can't afford it.

However, she felt uncomfortable giving it to Qi Zhiyu!

Emperor Kangwu chuckled and asked, "It was your husband who said he didn't give Chen'an a gift."

"Chen An is not wrong either; how can an apology be confused with a gift?"

"The apology doesn't have to be three thousand taels!" The Third Princess simply didn't want to pay!

I don't want to give it to Qi Zhiyu!

Even if it's just to throw it into the water and make a splash, she doesn't want to give it to Qi Zhiyu!

"Princess, we should pay for this silver," Qi Yanhe said, acknowledging it.

Emperor Kangwu sided with Qi Zhiyu.

If we continue, Qi Zhiyu will steer the conversation back to how his Queen Consort of Qi publicly reprimanded and humiliated Princess Da Rui.

If things escalated like this, he had no doubt that Qi Zhiyu could definitely cut him in another way.

He can still accept the current price of ten thousand taels.

"Prince Qi, you acknowledge it, but the Third Princess doesn't," Qi Zhiyu sneered. "How about this, you can give me the lowest possible price for the treasures from your private treasury that you intend for me to choose."

Qi Yanhe: "..."

How shameless!

Is it okay to accept gifts like this?

Everyone in the hall stared at Qi Zhiyu in shock. How could she possibly say such a thing?

Is the Prince Rui's mansion really that short of money?

Some people looked at Prince Rui with suspicion, only to see that Prince Rui and his two sons had faces full of pride and smugness.

Everyone: "..."

Fine.

Since the Rui family had no objections, they dared not object either.

They were merely subjects and did not dare to question the royal princess.

Princess Wu couldn't help but speak up: "Princess, how can you accept gifts like this?"

"That's just how I am," Qi Zhiyu said with a smile, then asked, "Besides, is this just a simple gift from Prince Qi?"

"Isn't it because his princess made a reckless remark, embarrassing my royal grandfather in public, that he wanted to make amends and settle things peacefully?"

Qi Yanhe's hand, hidden in his sleeve, clenched tightly.

Since the Princess of Wu didn't speak, no one thought she was mute!

He kept avoiding the topic and didn't want to discuss it further.

Now look what's happened, they're determined to make Qi Zhiyu say it!

"Princess Wu, instead of standing on the side of Da Rui, you keep speaking up for Princess Qi. Which country are you from?" Qi Zhiyu asked, raising an eyebrow.

When it comes to a matter of stance, what choice does Princess Wu have?

"It's really fortunate that my grandfather transferred all the responsibilities of the Prince of Wu to my father. Otherwise..." Qi Zhiyu sighed and shook her head.

"With the King of Wu unable to distinguish between inside and outside, who knows what kind of trouble he will cause in the future."

The King of Wu, standing to the side, remained silent.

What did he do?

What did he do to deserve this?

He didn't start this!

Why did you bring him along?

"Chen'an, this matter was only because my mother was mindful of her kinship with the Imperial Aunt that she said a few words." Qi Jinghong couldn't stand it and spoke up for Princess Wu.

Qi Jingxi burst out laughing.

This Qi Jinghong, he can't see the situation clearly, yet he dares to speak recklessly. He has to admire Qi Jinghong's courage.

This brute force must have come from the King of Wu.

"A princess consort, can't she distinguish which is more important, national affairs or family affairs?" Qi Zhiyu asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Even if Princess Wu didn't know before, you're so grown up now. Over the years, hasn't your father taught your mother how to tell the difference?"

"Which is more important...is it that your mother doesn't understand, or that your father doesn't comprehend?"

Qi Zhiyu looked at the pale-faced King Wu's family and sighed, "Grandfather, you were so wise."

When Emperor Kangwu seized power from the Prince of Wu, there were those who privately discussed it, but today, on this occasion, Qi Zhiyu has vindicated Emperor Kangwu.

Emperor Kangwu did the right thing!

Otherwise, if the King of Wu is allowed to hold power, who knows what he might do that would damage the foundation of the country.

The King of Wu closed his eyes in anguish.

Qi Zhiyu... must be eliminated!

Princess Wu was completely bewildered. Was there something wrong with what she said?

Isn't that what everyone usually says?

How come everything tastes different in Qi Zhiyu's mouth?

Qi Zhiyu leaned back in her chair and sneered, "The more agreeable I am, the more you take advantage of me. Do you really think I'm easy to bully?"

Everyone: "..."

Even those who sided with Prince Rui could no longer agree with Princess Chen'an's statement.

Princess Chen'an...is she easy to bully?

Does the princess have some misunderstanding about herself?

As for being easy to talk to... haha, someone who'd open his mouth and want to wipe out your entire family, is that easy to talk to?

So easy to talk to!

Qi Yan smiled helplessly: "The lowest value of the treasures in my private treasury is only a little over three thousand taels."

"Wouldn't that put you at a disadvantage?"

"That's settled then, ten thousand taels. I'll have someone deliver it to Prince Rui's residence later."

Qi Zhiyu sized him up, clearly disbelieving: "Prince Qi, could your private treasury only contain a few thousand taels of silver?"

Qi Yanhe laughed and said, "That's just a little trinket."

"If the princess does not believe me, she can go to my private treasury to see for herself."

Qi Zhiyu raised an eyebrow: "You've invited me over again. Why do I feel like your motives aren't pure? You just want me to go and see the Qi Kingdom, don't you?"

The third princess was furious: "We were just saying it casually. If you don't believe us, you can go and see for yourself. We don't require you to come over!"

"Besides, what good would it do us to send you to Qi?"

"Oh, there are many benefits to that," Qi Zhiyu said, giving them an example directly. "What if you capture me and use me to threaten Grandfather?"

"My grandfather loves me so much, he'll definitely compromise."

"Even if it's for the sake of Da Rui, if we don't compromise, our grandfather will be heartbroken and fall ill. In that case, he will be unable to attend to state affairs, which will give your Qi Kingdom an opportunity to take advantage of him."

The third princess laughed in exasperation: "Are you that important?"

"certainly."

These two words instantly froze the smile on the Third Princess's face.

Because the person who uttered those two words was not Qi Zhiyu, but Emperor Kangwu.

"If anything happens to Chen'an, I will take my life!" Emperor Kangwu's subsequent words made the Third Princess realize that what she had just experienced was not a hallucination.