Demoting my wife to a concubine? After being reborn, I turned around and married into the imperial f

The other party was Chen Lianxin, who had been flogged that day.

At this moment, she changed from her previous arrogant and domineering demeanor, and her face turned gloomy.

She was completely different from the bright, flamboyant, arrogant woman she had been before.

Two eunuchs rescued the person, and Chen Lianxin suddenly gave a sinister laugh and walked over.

"Xinghe, what happened to you? Tell your aunt, how did you end up in the water?"

Chen Lianxin picked up the tiny baby, asked a question, and glanced coldly at Chu Xunzhen out of the corner of her eye.

Chu Xunzhen raised an eyebrow and looked at the little baby.

He looks to be only about three years old, chubby, with round eyes, and is very cute.

"I don't know, someone pushed me. Someone pushed me, wow..."

The three-year-old toddler was still shaken and trembling. Chu Xunzhen frowned and immediately ordered someone to take off their cloak and drape it over the toddler.

Suddenly, the little boy raised his chubby hand, pointed at Chu Xunzhen, and said, "It was you! You were the one who pushed me just now."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone was shocked and began to whisper among themselves.

"How could Miss Chu be so cruel?"

"This little girl is only three years old, isn't she? She's so wicked, no wonder the crow carried away the imperial decree of marriage."

"Luckily, Chu Xunzhen didn't marry the Ninth Prince, otherwise this little baby would be in big trouble."

The crowd's voices rose and fell in unison.

Chen Lianxin's face turned ugly, and she said coldly, "Chu Xunzhen, how could you, a daughter of a marquis, do such a thing?"

Chu Xunzhen frowned, looked at the little baby, and suddenly laughed: "Good boy, did someone tell you to point at me and say that I did it?"

Chen Lianxin's face darkened, and she immediately said, "Chu Xunzhen, don't make things difficult for the child. Who would instruct a child to harm you?"

"Insolence! Chen Lianxin, I am the Princess of Huai Ren, personally bestowed by His Majesty. Do you now believe that His Majesty is wrong, that I am unworthy of the name Huai Ren? Or do you despise His Majesty's decree, believing that I am unworthy to be this princess?"

Chen Lianxin was terrified and said, "Why would Miss Chu frame me like this? I misspoke."

"If that's the case, then kneel down." Chu Xunzhen's voice was icy, his gaze cold as he stared intently at Chen Lianxin.

Chen Lianxin's face turned pale and then flushed.

"My cousin is the Ninth Prince. Are you sure you want me to kneel?" Chen Lianxin stared intently at Chu Xunzhen and said coldly.

Chu Xunzhen curled her lips, her voice tinged with mockery: "Chen Lianxin, your disrespect for the title of Princess Huai Ren bestowed by imperial decree indicates dissatisfaction with His Majesty's order?"

"Lianxin had no such intention." Chen Lianxin said, her face pale, and she bent over and knelt down with a thud.

"Miss Chen, I don't care who your relatives are, whether you are royalty or anyone else, you cannot surpass the Emperor. I hope you will be careful with your words and actions," Chu Xunzhen said calmly.

Chen Lianxin's expression was unpleasant as she stared coldly at Chu Xunzhen.

Who does she think she is, daring to lecture me?

"You bad person! You're a bad woman! Why are you bullying Aunt Lianxin?" The little girl suddenly rushed towards Chu Xunzhen and bumped into her stomach.

Chu Xunzhen grabbed the little guy, grinned slyly, and slapped him hard on his plump, round bottom.

"Lying? You're going to lie? I've never even seen you, and you're saying I pushed you into the water. If a child lies, a ghost will come looking for you tonight and pull out your teeth."

As soon as Chu Xunzhen finished speaking, Nangong Xinghe's mouth twitched, his eyes reddened, and he immediately screamed in fright.

"You're lying to me, there are no ghosts. You're lying!"

Chu Xunzhen curled her lips into a sinister smile and said, "Look, isn't that her behind you? She said she's going to go home with you tonight, kidnap you, and never let you see the person you love again."

"I won't lie anymore. I won't lie anymore. I don't know you; my aunt made me do this."

Upon hearing this, the crowd erupted in uproar.

Chu Xunzhen's gaze turned cold, and he abruptly walked up to Chen Lianxin, asking in bewilderment, "Miss Chen, you were just punished and haven't recovered yet, yet you've come to frame me. What grudge do I hold against you?"

Chen Lianxin's face turned pale, and she said coldly, "It wasn't me."

Her gaze fell on Nangong Xinghe, and she said, "I am your cousin, how could you deliberately harm me? How can you be so vicious at such a young age? I will tell your father."

"No. It wasn't my cousin, it wasn't my cousin, it was me. I framed the county princess myself."

The little child turned pale with fright and screamed in terror.

Upon hearing this, Chu Xunzhen hugged him, her voice gentle: "Your name is Nangong Xinghe?"

"Yes."

"Guards, take Young Master Nangong away to change into clean clothes, and then contact his father and mother."

Nangong Xinghe was taken away.

Li Yi suddenly rushed over and said to Chen Lianxin, "So it's Miss Chen. Chu Xunzhen, Miss Chen came to attend the banquet, not to be forced to kneel. How could you act like this?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Xunzhen smiled and asked directly, "Madam, in what capacity do you speak like this?"

"Naturally, they are the hosts who entertain guests."

"Madam, you treat a lowly commoner with no rank more with respect than I, a county princess. Is this your intention, or the Marquis of Ping'an's?"

"How dare you! How dare you speak to me like that?"

Li Yi roared angrily.

Chu Xunzhen looked puzzled.

She immediately pulled out the letter severing ties from her bosom and said to Li Yi, "Madam, you haven't forgotten that we have no relation whatsoever. Please prepare a seat for me. Or is it that I, the dignified Princess of Huai Ren, am not even entitled to a seat at a Marquis's banquet?"

Upon hearing this, Li Yi's expression was quite interesting, as he felt that all the eyes of everyone around him were on him.

"It was I who failed to consider this thoroughly."

Li Yi chuckled self-deprecatingly and gestured for Chu Xunzhen to follow. Chu Xunzhen did not hesitate or refuse, and followed behind Li Yi.

"Princess, please take a seat here."

Li Yi's expression was cold and his eyes were filled with extreme coldness.

At the same time, exclamations suddenly rang out from the crowd.

Chu Xunzhen looked in the direction the sound came from, and was about to get up when Chu Mingli pressed her down on the stool from behind.

"Chu Mingli, what are you doing?"

Chu Xunzhen's voice was angry.

The next moment, they saw where Chu Wanrou was, and the fragrance of flowers lingered for a long time.

"Auspicious omen!"

"This is a scene of a hundred flowers vying for beauty, with dew dripping from them—a truly auspicious sign."

"After Miss Wanrou arrived here, sweet dew naturally condensed on the flower petals."

"She is a true blessing from heaven."

Suddenly, a terrified scream rang out.

Chu Xunzhen frowned, because the scream came from Chu Mingli.

"Chu Xunzhen, look at all these flowers around you?"

Chu Xunzhen looked down and saw that the flowers beside her were beginning to lose their color and wither.

In no time, all the flowers within a ten-meter radius of her withered and died.

"All the flowers have withered, and the roots have died. This is a complete jinx!" an old woman suddenly exclaimed.

She glanced at Chu Xunzhen in alarm and abruptly stepped back.

"According to the ancient records left by Da Ning ten thousand years ago, if a calamity star is discovered, it must be captured immediately and sent to the Department of Punishments to await punishment."

Li Yi spoke coldly, and at the same time waved his hand, the guards in the mansion suddenly drew their swords and rushed towards Chu Xunzhen.