After being forced into a marriage with a wealthy family, the virtuous wife caused a huge uproar.

Chapter 194 Princess Xiangyi can only marry a playboy

Liu Changhua knew he had made a grave mistake and immediately knelt before Prince Xuan: "Your Highness, I didn't do it on purpose. I was tricked into having intimate relations with the princess. I'm willing to take responsibility."

At times like this, one must maintain the right attitude, or he's doomed.

"Your Highness, it's all my son's fault. I'll take him home and give him a good scolding." Liu Chongqing also knelt before Prince Xuan.

He also understood what his son had done. Regardless of whether he had been tricked or not, the fact remained that his son had ruined the princess's reputation, and there was no denying it.

His foolish son ruined him, but he had to clean up the mess for his son.

Prince Xuan gently patted the daughter in his arms. This was his legitimate daughter, whom he had planned to use to win over a most useful ally, but it was ruined by a纨绔子弟 (a spoiled brat) from the Liu family.

But since things have come to this point, we need to think carefully about how to resolve this.

The Liu family is Consort De's maternal family, so we cannot directly attack them at the moment.

Consort De had two princesses, and her husband was the second son of the Zhu family. The Zhu family was the maternal family of the first wife of the Zhao family.

He was related to the Empress in some way.

The Empress had no children and showed no affection for the Crown Prince, merely relinquishing her position as Empress. It's just that Liu Changhua was utterly useless and incompetent.

Fortunately, she's only seventeen, so there's still time to properly discipline her. If all else fails, she can be killed, and then she can rightfully return home and marry someone else.

In the blink of an eye, Prince Xuan had already made up his mind, but how to negotiate the terms would be discussed in private.

"Father, I was tricked by Gu Ce and Rong Shi." Princess Xiangyi knew this in her heart.

"Yes, yes, I was also tricked by Gu Ce." Liu Changhua recalled that Gu Ce had passed by him from behind and accidentally tripped, bumping into him and causing the soup in his hand to spill. Only then did he leave to change his clothes.

How could someone skilled in martial arts be tripped up by a chair leg and lose their balance?

He was definitely knocked unconscious by Gu Ceqian.

"Gu Ce, both of them say it was you who did it. What do you have to say for yourself?" Xuan Wang's eyes were like knives.

This brat is incredibly audacious. Relying on his elder brother's favor, he actually dared to scheme against his daughter.

Even if he is the prime minister or the heir of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, he is still a subject and a servant of the royal family.

"Princess Xiangyi, Young Master Liu, please produce your evidence." Gu Ce was fearless.

"That's right. If you want to accuse us of scheming against you, you need to provide evidence, otherwise you're just slandering us." Rong Yingluo stood beside Gu Ce, brimming with confidence. "Father, it was this couple who did it. I was suddenly knocked unconscious. Gu Ce knew I wanted to marry him, so he deliberately ruined my reputation so he wouldn't have to marry me." Princess Xiangyi disregarded the presence of so many people and directly expressed her feelings for Gu Ce.

"Princess Xiangyi, as the saying goes, a person lives for their reputation, and a tree lives for its bark. You may not care about your reputation, but others do. The Prime Minister is already married, yet you still want to marry him. Do you want to kill me to make room for me?" Rong Yingluo's temper flared up.

Does being a princess give you the right to do whatever you want? To kill whomever you please?

"You're just a merchant's daughter, how could you possibly be worthy of Gu Ce? Giving you a whole corpse is already a favor." Princess Xiangyi was furious and spoke without restraint.

At this moment, she wanted to kill Rong Yingluo, ruin her reputation, and prevent her from marrying Gu Ce. She even wanted to devour Rong Yingluo alive.

"Xiang Yi!" King Xuan roared.

How could you say such a thing in front of so many people?

The Zhao family is the Empress's maternal family and also the Imperial Tutor's residence.

Gu Ce also has the Duke of Zhenguo behind him, so he cannot be easily offended before he succeeds.

"Father, it was Rong who harmed me. I was following behind her to see where she was going when I was knocked unconscious." Princess Xiangyi was determined to prove that Rong was the one who harmed her.

"Your Highness, who schemed against the Princess is none of our business, but I have something to show you." Gu Ce clapped his hands twice.

An Yi carried in a soaking wet man in black, threw him to the ground; he was clearly dead. Princess Xiangyi stared at the man in black in horror.

"Your Highness, please look." An Yi squatted down and lifted the shoulder of the man in black.

A flame brand appeared in everyone's eyes.

"Your Highness, don't tell me you don't recognize this mark. It belongs to your personal guards."

After my wife fell into the water, this man grabbed her, dragged her into the water, and even choked her, trying to kill her. He was trying to kill her. If I hadn't jumped into the water in time and rescued my wife, she would have died at his hands.

We urge Your Highness Prince Xuan to provide an explanation.

"Although my wife was born into a merchant family, she has now been granted the title of First-Rank Imperial Lady by the Emperor." Gu Ce spoke with neither servility nor arrogance, his eyes sharp.

He wanted to see what the Prince of Xuan had to say.

Xuan Wang also stared sharply at Gu Ce.

Princess Xiangyi dared not cry any longer after seeing the corpse of the man in black.

Although her father dotes on her, he will not allow her to act recklessly.

But today was a good opportunity, and she didn't want to miss it. She had planned everything perfectly.

Gu Qingya obediently led the person to the garden pavilion and then pushed them into the water.

How did Gu Ce manage to save the person so conveniently?

Did Gu Ce already know she was going to harm the Rong family? Or did Gu Qingya betray her?

Finally, Prince Xuan looked away, turned around and slapped Princess Xiangyi across the face: "Fool, get back to your palace now."

He did it, but he was caught red-handed, making him lose all face. How could he have raised such a stupid daughter?

She's so impatient; even if she married Gu Ce, she might not be able to win his heart.

Princess Xiangyi was slapped, but she didn't dare to cry out. She could only leave feeling wronged.

"Your Highness, what do you think of this matter..." Liu Chongqing asked cautiously.

"Go back and prepare the betrothal gifts. If it's less than 128 loads, I'll tear down your Liu mansion. Liu Changhua, throw him into the military camp. If he can't beat twenty soldiers, he'll die in the camp." Prince Xuan glared fiercely at the father and son.

"Yes, yes, your humble servant will certainly comply." Liu Chongqing immediately agreed, then pulled Liu Changhua away in a hurry.

Just as he stepped out the door, a loud slap rang out. This was followed by Liu Chongqing's cursing: "If you want to live or die, you'd better behave yourself and get some proper training."

When Rong Yingluo heard the noise and the cursing, she almost lost her composure.

Liu Changhua was absolutely wronged; it was purely because Gu Ce disliked him and chose him to cause trouble.

Of course, Gu Ce also arranged a good marriage for the Liu family.

"Your Highness Prince Xuan, you still haven't given an explanation for the matter of your people harming my wife." Gu Ce wouldn't let go.

"Gu Ce, don't go too far. Do you think I'm stupid?" Prince Xuan's anger surged at this moment.

Gu Ce was the son-in-law he had chosen, and he had never made things difficult for him in the court.

He remained an observer throughout the struggle between the Crown Prince and Gu Ce.

Today, Gu Ce actually dared to scheme against his daughter, finding a good-for-nothing to ruin Xiangyi.

If Gu Ce had chosen someone who wasn't so useless, he would feel better. This was a huge slap in the face to the Xuan Prince's Mansion.

"Your Highness does not know what you are talking about," Gu Ce bowed, refusing to admit it.

"Hmph, don't play dumb with me. We both know what's going on. If you keep pressing this issue, your wife must not leave the house. Don't blame me if she dies sometime during the night." Prince Xuan's words were full of threat. After saying this, Prince Xuan flicked his sleeves and strode away.