Madam Zeng could hear the sound of her own heart beating.
When she raised her head, what she saw were the cold, hardened faces of the Eldest Princess and Lu Mingan.
Since forming the marriage alliance, every time the couple had seen the Eldest Princess and Lu Mingan, they had appeared approachable; today was the first time they showed no mercy.
Both of them could not help but feel terrified.
The Eldest Princess looked at them with a cold tone and pulled out a mocking smile. “It seems you truly treated me as if I were dead, to dare to toy with us like this! I will certainly go before His Majesty to seek justice!”
They were even going to bring it before His Majesty!
Master Zeng’s face turned deathly pale, his heart pounding as though it were about to leap out of his throat.
Madam Zeng could no longer hold back and cried out in horror, “Your Highness, it has nothing to do with us, Your Highness! It was Zeng Wenxiu herself who was bold beyond measure…”
From the moment Qi Yuan had taken Zeng Wenxiu’s pulse, she already knew something was wrong. Now, seeing Madam Zeng reveal everything after being tricked by Lu Mingan, her expression grew even colder.
The Zeng family had actually known that something was wrong with Zeng Wenxiu.
Lu Mingan seized the opportunity and immediately pressed further: “And you still say it has nothing to do with you! Could it be that you didn’t know she had already lost her chastity before marriage?!”
Lu Jintang suddenly looked toward his father, all color draining from his face.
Although he had already had suspicions, hearing them spoken aloud so bluntly was still unbearable.
What exactly had the Zeng family taken him for?!
He grabbed Master Zeng by the collar and lifted him up. “Explain yourself clearly! If you can’t, I’ll kill you!”
Master Zeng was lifted into the air, and the moment he saw the murderous intent on Lu Jintang’s face, his hands and feet turned icy.
He knew very well that no man could remain rational when faced with such humiliation.
Especially since Zeng Wenxiu’s matter had already been exposed, continuing to deny it now would be meaningless and would only completely offend the Eldest Princess.
If the Eldest Princess truly pushed the matter, killing them would not be difficult.
Particularly since Zeng Wenxiu was already in the wrong, if Lu Jintang did something irrational now, no one would blame him.
Thinking this, Master Zeng felt chilled to the bone and cried out, “It’s not my fault, not my fault! Before we only knew she had someone she liked, we didn’t know she was already pregnant!”
As soon as the words fell, Lu Jintang punched Master Zeng in the face.
Several of Master Zeng’s teeth were knocked out; blood instantly covered his face as he screamed in terror.
Madam Zeng trembled beside him.
She knew very clearly that once Master Zeng said this, everything was over.
Qi Yuan narrowed her eyes.
The Eldest Princess was already furious to the point of madness.
Back then, Lu Jintang had visited the villa of Zhou Wangfei belonging to Zhou Wang and had fallen in love with Zeng Wenxiu at first sight.
All these years, the Eldest Princess had always felt she owed Lu Jintang and had wanted to make it up to this son.
At last her son took a liking to a girl. After learning of it, the Eldest Princess did not hesitate and asked Zhou Wangfei to sound out the Zeng family.
The Zeng family immediately agreed to the marriage.
The Eldest Princess was overjoyed and arranged the marriage with full ceremony.
Who would have thought, who would have thought that Zeng Wenxiu was already pregnant with another man’s child!
Absurd!
Utterly absurd!
The Eldest Princess’s face darkened, her voice trembling. “How dare you?! How dare you!?”
How dare they toy with them like this?!
Master Zeng was dizzy from the beating. Seeing Lu Mingan glaring nearby and the Eldest Princess furious, he hurriedly crawled forward on his knees and grabbed Lu Mingan’s robe hem. “Princess Consort! Princess Consort! It’s all our fault, we were confused for a moment!”
Lu Mingan kicked him over, anger surging in his chest.
Their Eldest Princess’s residence had sincerely sought the marriage. If she had already been promised elsewhere, they could have said so earlier and refused.
But the Zeng family had agreed immediately.
After Zeng Wenxiu married in, she had also appeared gentle and obedient.
Who could have expected they would be so bold?
He bent down and grabbed Master Zeng by the throat, finally understanding why Qi Yuan had killed so decisively before.
When hatred reached its peak, one truly would want to kill.
Master Zeng was frightened out of his wits and begged frantically, “Princess Consort, Your Highness, you should blame Ah Xiu! We didn’t know she was so bold, she had already been secretly involved with that brat…”
Lu Jintang could not listen any longer and roared in fury, “Shut up! Shut your mouth!”
With a loud bang, he slammed his fist onto the table beside him, shaking it.
Qi Yuan stood nearby watching calmly, then suddenly asked in a low voice, “Before Zeng Wenxiu got married, she already had someone she loved, did you mention this to the matchmaker?”
The matchmaker…
The Eldest Princess immediately reacted.
Wasn’t the matchmaker Zhou Wangfei?
This marriage had been arranged through her connections.
Because of this, the Eldest Princess had been very grateful to her and had recently grown close to Zhou Wang’s residence.
She thought of how Commandery Princess Luochuan had a very good relationship with Zeng Wenxiu and often played with her.
Even before the incident, Commandery Princess Luochuan had gone to see Zeng Wenxiu first.
Anger surged instantly in her heart.
Good, very good.
She had no grievances with Zhou Wang’s residence, yet they treated her son as a scapegoat?!
Master Zeng froze, secretly glanced at Qi Yuan, and shuddered before hurriedly denying, “No, no, no, we didn’t know! This matter wasn’t honorable, and besides, we really didn’t know…”
He kept explaining, “We only told her to break things off with that brat…”
Qi Yuan asked coldly, “Which brat? What is his surname and name? Where is he now?”
Master Zeng froze and stammered, “Th-this…”
Qi Yuan let out a faint, playful laugh. “Seems like this person isn’t easy to say, is he?”
Master Zeng began coughing violently.
Qi Yuan raised her brows and asked mockingly, “Don’t tell me it’s the shizi of Zhou Wang’s residence?”
Everyone suddenly looked at Qi Yuan.
Master Zeng’s eyes widened like copper bells, his soul nearly frightened out of his body. “No! No!”
Cold sweat poured down his face. “How could it be the shizi of Zhou Wang’s residence?”
“Then who is it?” Qi Yuan leaned down and looked at him meaningfully. “Master Zeng, if you don’t explain clearly today, I’m afraid your children will become children without parents. You’d better think carefully.”
Master Zeng was still hesitating, but Madam Zeng seemed stimulated by those words and blurted out at once, “It’s the Song family, the Song family! It’s the sixth young master of the Song family!”
The Song family, Qi Yuan smiled meaningfully.
The younger brother of Song Liangdi, the mother of Xiao Jingzhao.
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