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

The Prefect of the Capital nodded: "Indeed, he led people to the designated location."

"Is the location really that precise?" Qi Zhiyu asked curiously.

"If someone really embezzled something, they wouldn't easily reveal it; they'd keep it a secret, right?"

The Prefect of the Capital said, "It is indeed not easy to find."

"The location can only be vaguely discerned from the accounts of local villagers."

King Wu sneered inwardly. Did Qi Zhiyu really think she could fool him?

This is simply a dream!

"Ask the villagers?" Qi Zhiyu didn't quite understand. "Then why not arrest Ma Qinghe's relatives and torture them severely?"

Before the Prefect of the Capital could speak, the King of Wu gave his answer: "Chen'an, you don't know this."

"The arrest will cause a big commotion, and the news will leak out."

"What if this person is arrested and then dies in jail due to an accident? How are we supposed to get a confession then?"

"Some people have extensive connections; it's quite easy for them to infiltrate the prison and kill a few prisoners."

The King of Wu spoke with a pointed remark.

Qi Zhiyu smiled and said, "Why don't you just say it was my father who wanted to kill me to silence me?"

"I didn't say that!" King Wu immediately denied.

"You didn't say that, so you believe my father is innocent?" Qi Zhiyu pressed on.

King Wu choked, pausing for a moment: "I was just saying it's a possibility; as for the specifics, that depends on the details of the case."

"So you're saying that all the bribes Ma Qinghe received were at my father's behest? At my father's behest?" Qi Zhiyu asked again.

The King of Wu's face darkened: "Why are you asking me?"

"It's not a case I'm investigating!"

Qi Zhiyu laughed: "Yeah, it's not like it's your case, so why are you rambling on and on?"

"So it makes you look like you have a mouth and can talk?"

"You...how dare you!" the King of Wu roared. "Don't you even know the difference between elders and juniors?"

"Seniority and hierarchy?" Qi Zhiyu scoffed. "When you were making baseless accusations against my father, didn't you know about seniority and hierarchy?"

"What? You're only powerful when things are to your advantage, but not when things are not?"

"You change your standards every now and then; your standards are based solely on what benefits you!"

"From then on, all the laws of Da Rui were written around you. Your will is the law of heaven and earth, and your joys and sorrows will affect the earth and rivers."

"You're so capable!"

"You, you..." King Wu was so angry that his face turned red and his whole body trembled like a leaf.

Prince Xin's mouth gaped slightly in surprise.

Is my niece always so sarcastic?

No wonder his father wrote a letter telling him to listen to his eldest niece.

That's incredible.

The King of Wu cannot express his opinion at all right now.

Whether you trust your older brother or not, in the end, you're wrong in both ways.

My niece's words really do block both sides, leaving no way out at all.

How come the fourth brother is still alive? Is there something he doesn't know about?

With his eldest niece's temper, the fourth son should have been dead long ago.

"What about me?" Qi Zhiyu sneered. "Now that you're speechless, you're starting to stammer?"

"Did someone with a speech impediment offend you? Do you need to imitate their way of speaking?"

"Where have all that studying of classic texts gone all these years?"

"They have absolutely no respect for people!"

The King of Wu swayed violently; had he not braced himself against the table, he would have fallen to the ground.

Qi Zhiyu rolled her eyes disdainfully: "King Wu, that thing around your neck isn't just for increasing your height. You can move it."

"Oh, I'm sorry, I was being narrow-minded." Qi Zhiyu said, then suddenly realized something and quickly apologized, "I forgot, not everyone has a brain."

"Qi, Zhi, Yu!" King Wu gritted his teeth in hatred, squeezing out each word heavily from between his teeth.

Qi Zhiyu frowned, pouted, and turned to Emperor Kangwu to complain, "Grandfather, your son is bullying me!"

Everyone: "..."

Who's bullying whom here?

"Qi Zhiyu, don't go too far!" Qi Jinghong couldn't stand it anymore. "How dare you say my father bullied you?"

Qi Jingxi naturally wouldn't let her sister suffer a loss: "What? Wasn't it your father who kept speaking out and slandering my father?"

"If it weren't for my sister's reasonable and well-founded arguments, our whole family would have been accused of accepting bribes by your father."

"My sister refuted the crimes your father was trying to pin on us. How did that become bullying you?"

"Second brother, stop talking." Qi Jingchen interrupted Qi Jingxi.

"You've forgotten, the Fourth Imperial Uncle's family has always been like this. We've suffered so much... what's one more time?"

Prince Xin glanced at Qi Jingchen and Qi Jingxi, who were singing in unison, and then suddenly turned to look at his son.

Qi Jingsheng silently turned his head and looked to the side.

Don't look at him; he's not as shameless as Qi Jingchen and the others.

"Grandfather!" Qi Jingxi rushed out and knelt down with a thud. "The Prince of Wu bullied our family, and now he's crying 'stop thief!'"

"That family is so bullying!"

When he yelled, tears instantly streamed down his face—it was so fitting for the moment.

Prince Xin was extremely agitated by what he saw.

When he left the capital, Qi Jingxi wasn't like this!

He looked around and found that no one in the hall seemed surprised at all.

So, what exactly happened in the capital during his absence?

Prince Xin was completely distraught.

Qi Jinghong looked at Qi Jingxi, who was lying on the ground crying bitterly, and was so angry that he trembled all over. He pushed his chair and was about to leave as well.

Who doesn't cry?

If Qi Jingxi can do it, so can he!

Just as he was about to leave, his arm was suddenly grabbed.

Qi Jinghong turned his head and looked on, extremely puzzled: "Father?"

Why did Father pull him?

They got the short end of the stick!

The King of Wu shook his head at him.

"Brother, listen to Father," Qi Jinglin advised.

Qi Jinghong narrowed his eyes. This guy only knows how to say nice things to please his father!

Now he's playing the good son.

Why didn't you stand up for your father just now?

"Father," the Prince of Wu released Qi Jinglin and cupped his hands, saying, "Your subject was completely led astray by Chen An's words."

"At first, I was just advising my elder brother not to protect or indulge those around him."

"What followed was all deliberately misleading by Chen An."

King Wu calmed down this time. He had suffered so many losses at Qi Zhiyu's hands, and he had carefully reviewed and analyzed them after returning home.

As long as he doesn't follow Qi Zhiyu's train of thought, he can avoid falling into the trap.

As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Zhiyu suddenly laughed.

Her laughter was particularly grating to the King of Wu: "Chen'an, what are you laughing at?"

"King Wu, just because you weren't led into the path I've laid out doesn't mean you can avoid jumping in," Qi Zhiyu bluntly stated.

"Many things don't need to be said; the answers are already there."

The King of Wu's initial reaction already explained everything.