At this moment, Fu Wenzheng also received the news.
At first, she felt angry and ridiculous when she heard that instead of being stripped naked and thrown into the street, Shi Qingluo persuaded those ruffians to report the crime to the Yamen.
But she didn’t take it to heart. If it didn’t work, she would let the maid take the blame for it and sell her out after the storm had passed.
Then she heard that Shi Qingluo and Xi Rong had entered the palace, and she felt a little confused.
She doesn’t think that the Emperor would punish his daughter-in-law just for the sake of a mountain village woman. That would not be a disgrace to the imperial family.
However, she still called the maid who bribed the ruffians and used the other person’s family members and the person she liked to coerce and induce her.
If the Emperor asked, she would push forward the maid and let her take the blame.
She will say that she didn’t know about it, and she doubts the Emperor would dig into it.
When the people in the Fu Family found out about this, they didn’t take it seriously.
The Emperor was more honorable and would not punish his daughter-in-law for this matter.
Shi Qingluo just thought so highly of herself that she went to the palace to complain.
Although their daughter did a bit too much in this matter, Shi Qingluo made too much of a fuss about something that no harm was done.
But now that the grudge has been forged, they can’t just watch. They have to suppress Xiao Hanzheng later and not give the other party a chance to make a comeback.
The Third Prince also learned about this and felt a little disappointed in Fu Wenzheng.
Shi Qingluo didn’t mess with her, so why did she want to strip her naked and throw her into the street?
Was it because of his second brother?
In the Xi family.
Today happened to be a rest day, so Xi Xinheng and others accompanied the old man to play mahjong.
The old man recently played mahjong with other old men and lost a lot of money.
So he asked his sons to play with him to torture them today.
Soon someone came to report the situation.
Xi Rui was originally sitting next to the old man, watching the excitement and coming up with various ideas.
After hearing what the person who came to report said, his face was full of anger.
“Fu Wenzheng treats herself as a good dish and bullies Qingluo.”
He even dared to burn the hair of the Emperor’s favorite daughter, so naturally he would not be afraid of the Third Princess.
If he doesn’t want to give the Third Prince a face, he can ignore him.
Who gave him a doting aunt, Empress Dowager?
He stood up and said: “I want to go into the palace to see my aunt.”
As a man, it was natural for him not to go directly to trouble Fu Wenzheng.
But he can go to the palace to complain and ask his aunt to clean up Fu Wenzheng.
Xi Xinheng’s face darkened when he saw his son was about to rush out: “Stop.”
“Is that what you called Fu Wenzheng? That’s the Third Prince’s consort.”
Xi Rui was disdainful: “I just shouted, what about it?”
Xi Xinheng: “……”
My hands are itchy.
He said helplessly: “Stay at home, don’t be so disrespectful outside, and let others take advantage of you.”
He was also extremely disgusted with the behavior of the Third Princess.
“It seems that you also think she is going too far.”
Xi Rui said again: “Then why I’m not allowed to enter the palace?”
Xi Xinheng raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows: “It’s not that you are not allowed to enter the palace, but now is not the time.”
“Since Shi Qingluo chose to report to the Yamen, she should have some backup plans. Let’s wait and see.”
Xi Rui then sat back and said: “That’s right. Qingluo is so smart and not a big-hearted person. She definitely won’t just let it go.”
Xi Xinheng: “……”
Are you praising a friend or hurting a friend?
He raised an eyebrow: “She’s not a big-hearted person, but you still hang out with her?”
Xi Rui smiled proudly and said: “I’m not a big-hearted person either! I only care about my people, okay? Of course, I am big-hearted towards our friends.”
Then he thought about it and stood up again: “No, I still have to enter the palace.”
Xi Xinheng’s face darkened: “You can’t understand me, don’t you?”
Xi Rui stiffened his neck and said: “My friend is being bullied. Shouldn’t I help?”
Xi Xinheng had a headache: “I didn’t ask you not to help, but I asked you to check it out later.”
Xi Rui curled his lips and said, “Come on, you just want to see what Qingluo will do to determine how much she is worth for our family.”
“I don’t want to make any calculations. I only know that she is my friend. If she is bullied, they are also bullying me.”
He hummed: “So I’m going to stand up for her, it’s that simple.”
Xi Xinheng was stunned by what his son said, and he was also a little embarrassed that his son had broken his mind.
In fact, after years of intrigue and fighting in the court, he couldn’t help but think more about everything, and he unconsciously thought about the gains and losses at every turn.
At this moment, Old Master Xi said: “Go ahead, but don’t make your aunt angry.”
Xi Rui chuckled: “Grandpa is still the best. But how could I make my aunt angry? It’s too late for me to make her happy.”
“I’m going!” After saying that, he ran away.
Old Master Xi looked at his eldest son with a complicated face and said: “This kid has an innocent heart, let him keep it.”
“It’s good to stand up for your friends!”
He added quite meaningfully: “There is a difference between providing help in times of need and adding icing on the cake.”
Xiao Hanzheng and Shi Qingluo were his grandson’s friends, so there was no need to use the same tactics they used in the court.
Xi Xinheng thought about it and laughed: “Dad is right, I made a mistake.”
Thinking about it carefully, this was pretty good for his younger son.
In the Liang family.
Liang Youxiao was also playing mahjong with the old man.
The old man has been addicted to it recently. If he doesn’t go out to play, he will ask his son and grandson to accompany him.
Then someone came to report this incident.
Liang Youxiao finished playing the cards in his hand and said: “Grandpa, I still have something to do.”
Liang Mingcheng didn’t play, he didn’t like this game.
But he came here deliberately to accompany the old man, sit and drink tea, and watch.
He frowned and looked at his son: “What do you want to do?”
Liang Youxiao replied bluntly: “Of course, I’ll make her look beautiful.”
“The Third Princess thinks too highly of herself.” It can be said that he and Xi Rui can become buddies because they often have the same ideas.
Liang Mingcheng’s face turned dark instantly, “Can you say this? Where is your dignity?”
Although the behavior of the Third Princess was indeed disgusting, his son was also too bold.
Liang Youxiao curled his lips and said: “I’ll just talk about it at home. What are you afraid of?”
“Dad, you are becoming less and less courageous now.”
Liang Mingcheng: “……”
I want to beat someone.
He asked with a dark face: “What can you do? Do you still want to stupidly go to the Third Prince’s Mansion to make trouble?”
Liang Youxiao raised an eyebrow: “I’m not that stupid.”
“But since she has such a vicious plan to bully my friend, then I will also make her feel disgusted.”
“I will let all the shops under her name have problems, and then let her reputation in the capital be ruined too.”
Those things that Fu Wenzheng has done, each one of them has a clue.
In the past, she was just relying on the favor of the Fu Family, and the favor of the Third Prince, so no one deliberately looked for trouble.
But he was not afraid of the Fu family and the Third Prince. If that woman wanted to ruin Shi Qingluo’s reputation, then he would do the same.
Liang Mingcheng pointed at him and said: “You’re crazy, let’s see what you can do.”
“But no matter what you say, the Third Princess is still the daughter-in-law of the imperial family. If you go to ruin her reputation, isn’t that the same as ruining the reputation of the imperial family?”
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