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

"Brother, aren't you going to do anything about it?" King Wu turned to ask King Rui.

Prince Rui smiled and said, "Fourth brother, you're a grown man, why bother arguing with a child?"

"Besides, what my Yu'er said isn't wrong either."

"This child is just young and inexperienced, so he's straightforward and likes to speak the truth."

Prince Xin was dumbfounded. His elder brother's shamelessness was even greater than before.

The King of Wu was so angry that his face turned red and his neck bulged: "Has Qi Zhiyu not experienced anything?"

"Haven't she gotten enough done?"

"Killing people, seizing cities—which of these is a trivial matter?"

Prince Rui looked at Prince Wu in surprise: "Fourth Prince, why are you so agitated?"

"My daughter wiped out the Siyun tribe and seized Yanyun City... Are you unhappy about that?"

"Why should you, a prince of the Great Rui, be unhappy about this?"

An invisible slap landed hard on the King of Wu's face, making him feel as if his neck had been grabbed. His mouth was slightly open, but he couldn't utter a single word.

Prince Xin blinked twice, feeling that his wife's words made a lot of sense.

His daughter, Yu'er, has married into the Prince Rui's household, so he can visit her from time to time.

He thought it was highly unlikely that he would snatch his daughter back.

Big Brother's fighting power... is on a completely different level than before.

The current destructive power is too strong!

If he were to confront his elder brother directly, he... wouldn't be able to withstand it!

Everyone: "..."

Those on King Wu's side were inwardly pounding the ground and weeping. Really, if they couldn't speak, King Wu could have just shut up!

Can't we just admit defeat?

As soon as the King of Wu admits defeat, they will all surrender immediately!

The King of Wu insisted on going against the King of Rui. If they withdrew now, the King of Wu could settle scores with them in the future.

The lives of their entire family... they dared not gamble with them!

"Hehe..." King Wu laughed, his laughter complex and hard to decipher. "Brother, with your protection and indulgence of those around you, turning right and wrong upside down, it's no wonder that you've emboldened some people."

Prince Rui asked, puzzled, "Fourth Prince, why do you say that?"

"I was merely giving my elder brother a heads-up," King Wu said with a cold laugh.

Prince Rui carefully examined King Wu, then smiled: "Fourth Prince, your confident demeanor makes me suspect that you know something."

"What will you know?"

"Does that mean you know the case of the false accusation against me has been investigated and the person who accepted the bribe is someone I admire and who was recently promoted?"

The King of Wu was taken aback.

Why did Prince Rui say it himself?

Is this order correct?

"It's really strange. This case hasn't been announced to the public yet. I only found out because my father asked me about it," Prince Rui asked curiously.

"Fourth brother, where did you find out?"

The King of Wu was taken aback by the question, and then retorted, "Brother, what are you talking about?"

"I don't understand what you mean. I was just trying to be helpful."

King Rui did not refute, but simply looked at King Wu with a smile.

The calmer King Rui remained, the angrier King Wu became.

What exactly does Prince Rui mean by this?

Grand Secretary Zhang sighed inwardly.

Does it matter what the King of Wu says?

What King Rui wanted was King Wu's immediate reaction after he said those words.

Anyone could see that the King of Wu already knew the details of the case.

Even more surprisingly, the details include the writings of the King of Wu.

Now, Grand Secretary Zhang no longer doubts, but is certain.

"Then I really have to thank Fourth Brother for his kind reminder," Prince Rui said with a smile.

"However, Fourth Brother, I must correct you on one point: I have always been fair and impartial in my actions, and I have a clear conscience."

"Father has already investigated and clarified the matter of the false accusations against me by several merchants some time ago."

"They did indeed offer bribes; they gave people money."

"That person lied to them, saying they were from Prince Rui's residence."

"However, by the time we went to find that person, he had already committed suicide."

The King of Wu frowned: "If this person dies, won't the trail go cold?"

"That's definitely not the case." Prince Rui smiled slightly. "You have to believe that whether it's the Jingzhao Prefecture, the Dali Temple, or the Ministry of Justice, they are all capable."

"Moreover, their promotions were all approved by the Emperor. How could the Emperor promote incompetent people?"

Prince Xin looked at Prince Rui in shock. His elder brother was now setting himself up for disaster with every single sentence.

While it appears to be a reply to the King of Wu, it is actually a rebuttal to the King of Wu, showing that their father is not as incompetent as the King of Wu believes.

To put it bluntly, the King of Wu felt that the clues had gone cold because he thought the officials in those government offices were incompetent and that his father had only hired mediocre and incompetent people.

However, the elder brother told the King of Wu that everything the King of Wu thought was wrong.

The officials in the Jingzhao Prefecture and other places are all very capable, which is why the Emperor promoted them.

Prince Xin swallowed hard. What exactly happened in his elder brother's family while he was away from the capital?

The King of Wu naturally understood as well, and he angrily said, "Brother, are you deliberately misinterpreting my meaning and causing Father to misunderstand me?"

Prince Rui asked in surprise, "That's not what you meant. Why do you think the trail might go cold?"

"I..." King Wu's chest ached with anger, "I was just saying it offhand!"

Prince Rui sighed and said earnestly, "Fourth Prince, it's fortunate you're no longer the Crown Prince. Otherwise, sitting in that position, do you know how much trouble your casual remark could cause?"

Prince Xin felt sorry for the fourth prince.

That stab in the heart, brother, was incredibly vicious.

The King of Wu turned pale and was so angry that he couldn't speak.

Prince Rui continued, "Fortunately, my father is wise, and all the officials investigated the case meticulously, uncovering the truth."

"The person who accepted the bribe was someone I promoted."

Upon hearing King Rui's words, King Wu did not immediately respond, but instead looked at King Rui with suspicion.

King Rui showed no sign of guilt or worry, a reaction that made King Wu very uneasy.

The atmosphere in the hall froze instantly; no one spoke, and everyone waited.

A soft laugh rang out, and everyone instinctively looked over.

Seeing Qi Zhiyu put down her chopsticks, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, unsurprisingly.

Princess Chen'an.

This is so normal.

Looking at the reactions of everyone in the hall, Prince Xin blinked. Why did it seem like his eldest niece had a higher prestige among the officials than his elder brother?

"Is it really necessary to make such a big deal out of this little thing?" Qi Zhiyu said, looking at King Wu.

"So you're just saying that the people who sided with my father took bribes, that my father took all the bribes, and that the other person is taking the blame!"

"Grandfather," Qi Zhiyu called out, and Emperor Kangwu immediately understood her meaning.

Emperor Kangwu immediately ordered that the person be brought to him.

King Wu frowned, wondering why Prince Rui and the others weren't worried at all.

This shouldn't be happening.

He and the people of the Marquis of Guangping had all been arranged, and there shouldn't be any mistakes.

But why did he feel uneasy?