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

"The Su family is finished now. They actually exposed such a disgraceful affair: the father-in-law made his daughter-in-law pregnant to act as a grandson, and the son beat his pregnant wife to death."

Upon hearing this, Rong Yingluo immediately stepped out of the private room and looked downstairs.

"The Su family? Which Su?" someone asked.

"Which Su family could it be? It's the Su family that the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo and the wife of the Marquis of Dingxi are from. They've managed to get into the elite circle by marrying off their daughters well."

"My goodness! Tell me in detail what happened."

Several tables of diners gathered together, ready to listen attentively to the man's explanation of the matter.

"The eldest son of the Su family died without an heir, and the Su family kept it a secret from him. Even he himself did not know."

To prevent his eldest son's family from having any more children in the clan, Lord Su arranged a marriage with his daughter-in-law, but he failed to hide it well and his son discovered it.

The father and son got into a fight, and the eldest son of the Su family beat his wife to death. In order to cover up the family scandal, the Su family buried her under the pretext of a difficult childbirth.

Madam Su's family, having been advised by someone, felt that their daughter's death was suspicious and secretly opened the coffin to examine the body.

As expected, they discovered that their daughter had been beaten to death and found the murder weapon, so they reported the case to the Jingzhao Prefecture.

The Prefectural Government and the Ministry of Justice cooperated swiftly and decisively, solving the case in just two days. This morning, upon receiving the case file, the Emperor was so enraged that he flew into a rage in the Golden Palace and ordered the arrest of Young Master Su and Lord Su.

All of the Su family's officials in the court were dismissed from their posts.

From then on, the Su family had no more officials in the court. What a tragedy!" the man said excitedly, his face beaming.

This kind of gossip is really unexpected.

Those who listened were thoroughly engrossed.

Rong Yingluo's eyes lit up as she listened.

Zhou Haitao frowned as he listened, finding it utterly disgraceful.

The shady dealings within wealthy and powerful families are truly disheartening.

Upon learning of the Su family's fate, Rong Yingluo felt a sense of schadenfreude.

She felt it was a bit unfair, so she forcibly suppressed her excitement and enjoyed the delicious meal.

Upon returning to the manor, she went directly to Gu Ce's study to find someone.

These past few days, Li Xuanye has been recuperating in his villa, while Gu Ce has been very busy.

If the lady wanted to see him, he would naturally be placed first. Zhong Sheng led him into the study without announcing his arrival.

Seeing the mountain of official documents piled up in front of him, waiting for his review and approval, Rong Yingluo felt exhausted just looking at Gu Ce.

Several other officials were waiting outside for him to summon them to discuss political matters.

Rong Yingluo came to see Gu Ce for the first time while he was handling political affairs.

Gu Ce was delighted by his wife's arrival and felt very comforted.

"Did things go smoothly?" Gu Ce asked first.

"Of course it went smoothly, we've already bought that family. I plan to keep only Miss Jin, and put her family on the estate to farm." Rong Yingluo had already figured out how to arrange things for that family.

"That's excellent." Gu Ce nodded.

"I overheard about the Su family's situation outside. You were a bit slow; it took you so long to break it off." Rong Yingluo was somewhat annoyed by Gu Ce's slow pace.

That lotus lamp stand was given to him long ago.

"Madam is right. The main problem is that Madam Su's family is afraid of trouble. Unless there is a great injustice, they generally won't do things like exhuming a coffin for an autopsy."

"I had people do some persuasion, and it took quite a while to convince them, so it's been dragging on until now," Gu Ce explained.

"That's true, respect for the dead is paramount." Rong Yingluo thought about it and agreed.

"There's something else that will make you happy to hear at the morning court session today," Gu Ce said, walking over from behind his desk and sitting down next to Rong Yingluo.

"What is it?" Rong Yingluo's eyes lit up.

"The Ministry of Justice has also investigated the matter of your assassination attempt on Princess Jinyang. It was Princess Xiangyi who hired someone to kill you. To protect himself, Prince Xuan pushed all the blame onto his daughter."

This matter was directly classified as a conflict between the youngest daughters.

In other words, Princess Xiangyi's loss of virginity led her to seek revenge on you, and Princess Jinyang happened to be traveling with you and was implicated because of you.

"I knew this would be the outcome. I don't believe Prince Xuan didn't support his daughter. Hiring twelve assassins is no small sum." Rong Yinglu pouted.

"Prince Xuan is a first-rank prince. Even if it is found that he directly hired the culprit, the emperor will only turn a blind eye, give him a light punishment, say some reprimands, and fine him a small amount of salary." Gu Ce said helplessly.

That was the emperor's own brother, born of the same mother, and also a brother who had rendered meritorious service in helping the emperor rise to power.

"However, the Emperor issued an imperial decree in court to bestow marriage upon Princess Xiangyi, so Xiangyi has no choice but to marry him, and she cannot divorce him. She will also have to remain a widow after Liu Changhua's death," Gu Ce added.

"Hmph, she's already lost her virginity, who else can she marry?" Rong Yingluo was quite satisfied with this outcome.

Princess Xiangyi is such a proud person, and now she's married to a playboy. I doubt she'll ever have a peaceful life.

Marrying the wrong person is a woman's greatest pain.

That was her own fault, and Rong Yingluo felt no sympathy for her.

Princess Xiangyi tried to kill her twice.

If it weren't for her noble status, killing her would have brought Rong Yingluo a lot of trouble, and she would have wanted to kill Princess Xiangyi as well.

Rong Yingluo was just looking for someone to share her happiness with, and after chatting for a while, she returned to the inner courtyard.

Gu Qingling ran over with red eyes as soon as she returned to Yinliu Courtyard, before she had even changed her clothes.

"Sister-in-law..." Gu Qingling only called out once before bursting into tears and laughter as she threw herself into Rong Yingluo's arms.

"What's wrong with Qingling?" Rong Yingluo was startled.

"The Su family is finished, I'm so happy," Gu Qingling said, her voice trembling with tears.

Rong Yingluo then remembered that the young master of the Su family had flirted with her, and that her third aunt and Su had a big fight over it.

"As the saying goes, good people are rewarded and bad people are punished." Rong Yingluo gently patted the back of the person in her arms, comforting them softly.

It's truly a tragedy that such a young girl was harassed by a man.

"Yes, sister-in-law is right, the Su family has suffered retribution." Gu Qingling felt that she had suddenly emerged from that shadow.

"Qingling, let's sit down and talk." Rong Yingluo led her to a chair.

"Sister-in-law, it's so good to have you." Gu Qingling is now closest to Rong Yingluo.

"If I told you that the Su family is where it is today entirely thanks to me and your older brother, wouldn't you be moved to tears?" Rong Yingluo had just shared her happiness, and now that she saw Gu Qingling, she wanted to share it again.

She was only sixteen years old, just over a year older than Gu Qingling, so she was actually a young girl too.

"Really? Sister-in-law, tell me quickly what happened?" Gu Qingling was even happier when she heard that it was her older brother and sister-in-law who made it.

This is her older brother and sister-in-law standing up for her.

A feeling of being loved by family welled up inside me.

Rong Yingluo then recounted the whole story.

"I see. Sister-in-law has excellent eyesight; she actually spotted the bloodstains on the murder weapon. The people from the Ministry of Justice are also very capable; they solved the case based on just this one clue." Gu Qingling even praised the people from the Ministry of Justice.

"The people in the Ministry of Justice are capable of handling cases every day, otherwise how could they ensure justice for the deceased?" Rong Yingluo did not comment on the competence of the officials in the court, but she had seen Gu Ce's efforts.

"By the way, Qingling, how did your mother's talk with Madam Qi go?"

After giving the invitation to her third aunt that day, she stopped caring and let them discuss it themselves. She didn't know if the two of them had settled on their children's marriage.