Chapter 98: Pitfall
Su Qingqing jumped up and flew down from the second floor, standing in front of the Su family's housekeeper.
"I want to see, who dares to move when I am here?"
The housekeeper of the Su family stared at Su Qingqing, "Does the Crown Princess want to go against our Su family? Our young lady and our young master, which one of them went to jail because of the Queen? Do you dare to say that you have a clear conscience?"
Su Qingqing raised her hand and slapped him in the face.
"How dare you! You are just a servant, how dare you question me?"
As soon as Su Qingqing finished speaking, someone else came in from outside.
Rong Que looked carefully and found it was the third lady of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion?
Why is she here?
The third young lady of the Rong'an Marquis's Mansion was originally playing the piano at home quietly when she suddenly heard her maid report that the Crown Princess and the Su family's steward had had a quarrel in the Second Prince's teahouse.
After hearing the news, she walked out without thinking.
She hated Su Qingqing to the core and would never miss any opportunity to deal with this person.
From the mansion to the teahouse, she understood the situation clearly along the way.
Someone in the teahouse used a storybook to mock the Second Prince Su Yunyun and the Southern Liang envoy. The Su family's housekeeper wanted to arrest the storyteller and the instigators, but was stopped by Su Qingqing.
As soon as the Third Miss of the Rong'an Marquis's Mansion came in, she bowed to Su Qingqing and said, "Why did your Majesty stop them? These people framed the Miss Su, the Second Prince, and the Southern Liang envoy. Aren't they guilty of heinous crimes? Your Majesty is so protective of them, it's impossible that you had someone write this storybook."
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire crowd fell silent.
Rong Que was on the second floor and saw Jixiang squeeze into the crowd from outside, and he stood behind Su Qingqing unnoticed.
After frowning slightly and thinking about it, Rong Que understood why the third young lady of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion came.
This was brought here by someone.
Jixiang stood beside Su Qingqing. Before the Third Miss of Rong'an Marquisate finished speaking, he took two steps forward and kicked her in the knee, "How dare you! Who do you think you are? How dare you talk to our queen like that?"
The Third Young Lady of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion was kicked unexpectedly by her. She fell to her knees with a thud, her knees hitting the floor. She gasped in pain and almost burst into tears.
She glared at Su Qingqing angrily. "Your Majesty, it's fine that you stopped the Su family from arresting the perpetrators who slandered the royal family and the envoys of neighboring countries, but how come even I am an eyesore to Your Majesty? I just made a reasonable guess.
If Your Majesty has nothing to do with these people, why didn't Your Majesty allow the Su family's housekeeper to take them away?"
Every word she spoke involved Su Qingqing with the storybook.
The Su family's housekeeper looked at Su Qingqing angrily.
"My Lady Crown Princess, even if our Su family has done something wrong to you and you are angry, you can't let your anger get you into trouble!
Even if the Queen and the Second Prince don't get along, there are still the Southern Liang envoys!"
The third young lady of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion said quickly: "Your Majesty is worthy of being the Princess of Zhao State. You are trying to sow discord between our Great Yan Dynasty and Southern Liang. Do you want Zhao State to benefit from it?"
The people who had been supporting Su Qingqing fell silent after the third lady of the Rong'an Marquis's Mansion finished speaking.
Every citizen has a responsibility to contribute to the country's interests.
Seeing that she was in control of the whole situation, the Third Miss of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion felt secretly delighted. She glared at Su Qingqing angrily, "Your Highness is the Princess of Zhao State, but you are also the Crown Princess. When you do this, have you ever thought about the Crown Prince and how he should deal with it?"
Rong Que sighed helplessly.
Su Qingqing asked him to support her, and it turned out that she wanted to support this.
Standing up slowly, Rong Que walked down from the second floor step by step.
His movement as he went downstairs was not big, but because the whole place was quiet at the moment, the movement attracted everyone's attention.
When the third young lady of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion saw him, she was so frightened that she almost fainted.
"Brother Prince?"
In a flash, her mind was in turmoil.
Why is Prince here?
Did he come with Su Qingqing?
Did he see what Su Qingqing did just now?
Did he see Su Qingqing's maid treating her rudely?
Did Prince hear what she said?
The Third Miss of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion called out "Crown Prince", shocking everyone present.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here too?
The steward of the Su family obviously recognized Rong Que. He quickly glanced at Su Qingqing, received the signal, his legs softened, and he staggered back a step. Then he straightened his back, showed his strength, and bowed.
Rong Que didn't look at the Third Miss of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion, nor did he look at the housekeeper of the Su family. He walked straight to Su Qingqing's side, raised his hand and held the slender waist of this person, "You are so evil, take them all away!"
The third young lady of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion immediately stood up from the ground, "Brother Crown Prince, she..."
Rong Que looked at the Third Young Lady of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion expressionlessly, "She is the Crown Princess. Logically, you should kneel down and pay respect to her when you see her. You were reckless today, but the Crown Princess is generous and will not hold it against you. You should remember her kindness."
The third young lady of the Rong'an Marquis's Mansion never expected that the prince would say these to her in public. With tears in her eyes, she was about to say something else, but was interrupted by the steward of the Su family next to her.
After the ceremony, the housekeeper of the Su family maintained a strong attitude and said to Rong Que: "Since Your Highness is here, you should have heard what the storyteller said just now. This is clearly humiliating and mocking our young lady, and also mocking the Second Prince and the Southern Liang envoy. I was ordered to take these people away, and I think I did nothing wrong."
The Third Miss of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion was originally distressed by the Crown Prince's attitude. After hearing this, she said, "Brother Crown Prince, are you trying to protect the Crown Princess? I don't believe it. With these people, they have the guts to ridicule the Second Prince and the Southern Liang envoy like this! They must be instructed by someone!"
Su Family Steward: ...
So smart!
Of course they were being instructed!
Even I was bribed and instructed by the Crown Princess!
Just to trick you!
With a sneer in his heart, the Su family's housekeeper immediately responded, "Your Highness, don't be blinded. These people are really problematic."
After a pause, he continued, "Since the Crown Princess came to our Great Yan Dynasty, our Su family has been in so much trouble. Now, it is not an exaggeration to say that our family is broken and our people are ruined.
It was not easy for the general of Southern Liang to fall in love with our young lady, but something like this happened. Wasn't this intentional?"
The Third Miss of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion originally disliked Su Qingqing, but after hearing this, she felt that it was right, "Brother Crown Prince, don't forget that she is the Princess of Zhao State!"
Rong Que's face darkened, and he turned around and ordered Ming Lu, "Go report to the authorities. Call the Jingzhao Yin and the Dali Temple Minister to come to me!"
After saying that, he pulled his body back, pulled out a chair behind him and sat down.
" Is there a problem? I'll judge you in public today!"
Over here, Minglu goes to call someone.
Over there, is the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion.
He Chao stood in front of the Duke of Zhenguo and the Second Prince, lowered his head and spoke his own opinion, "...This matter should not be delayed any longer. The longer it is delayed, the more likely it is that an accident will occur. Since you want General Mu to marry Miss Su, you should quickly ask His Majesty to grant the marriage.
Your Majesty's attitude at the palace banquet yesterday was probably just the residual anger from the Xishan Camp incident. He wanted to vent his anger and give Your Highness and the Duke a warning or lesson.
Your Majesty should also be happy to see this marriage come to fruition."
The Second Prince looked at He Chao and said with great trust, "So what should I do now?"
