Chapter 25: Result

After Xu Qing finished speaking, Feng Bai Su turned her head to look at Feng Kou, who was already kneeling on the ground.

Seeing her face full of disdain and her eyes looking over maliciously.

She frowned, unconsciously increasing the strength in her hand.

“Ah!”

Feng Kou’s face, already swollen like a pig’s head, instantly twisted in pain, unable to hold back a miserable cry.

Feng Bai Su looked at her with cold eyes, suddenly releasing her grip on her hand. Feng Kou immediately fell to the ground like a pile of mud.

The attendants of the Prince Xuan’s mansion, seeing this, immediately wanted to step forward to support their master, but were frozen in place by Feng Bai Su’s cold gaze, not daring to move.

Feng Bai Su had always known that Feng Kou was extremely stupid, but she didn’t expect her to be so arrogant. She even dared to flirt with the Imperial Princess’s fiancé!

Although she didn’t like to meddle in other people’s affairs, to be honest, what this woman did really made her a bit angry.

After Feng Kou regained her senses, she immediately started cursing at Feng Bai Su again: “Feng Bai Su, how dare you treat me like this! My mother won’t let you off! I’ll definitely have my mother tear you to pieces!”

“Oh?”

Hearing this, Feng Bai Su couldn’t help but sneer, raising her left foot and stomping hard on the hand that had just pointed at her, grinding it.

As she couldn’t help but cry out in pain, she slowly bent down and leaned close to her ear. As if whispering like a lover, she said in a low voice: “Then guess, if this princess reports this matter to the Emperor Mother, will she side with you to punish this princess, or will she punish you, and your mother who has failed to teach her daughter properly?”

Her peach blossom eyes narrowed dangerously, filled with coldness and sharpness.

After dropping these few words, Feng Bai Su no longer paid attention to her. Moving her foot away from her palm, she turned her head to look at the Minister of Justice and the Xu siblings. Her exquisite and beautiful face returned to its usual lazy state.

Her voice sounded somewhat scattered: “The Princess of Prince Xuan has acted presumptuously and disrespected the law and the royal family. Minister, you must report this to Her Majesty properly this time. And you two siblings, suffering such a grievance for no reason, you must tell the Prime Minister about it when you get home. You can’t just suffer this loss.”

She looked at the three with a smile, and added: “You can rest assured, this princess will definitely be a good witness and won’t let her easily gloss over it.”

As the words fell, the Xu siblings looked gratefully at Feng Bai Su and said a few words of thanks, then left with the attendants of the Prime Minister’s mansion.

The Minister of Justice’s face, however, became somewhat ugly.

The reason she invited Feng Bai Su over was naturally because she didn’t want to get involved in this matter.

But with Feng Bai Su saying this, her words full of deep meaning, the Minister of Justice had no way to refuse.

After all, this wasn’t the first or second offense on Princess Xuan’s record. If she didn’t report it this time, and if Feng Bai Su were to say something in front of the Emperor, her position as Minister of Justice might be difficult to maintain.

The Minister of Justice sighed bitterly in her heart, and finally looked at Feng Bai Su and compromised: “This official will remember Your Highness’s instructions.”

The damage inside Zhenyu Tower had been compensated to the shop owner when Xu Qing left.

The people gathered at the door to watch the excitement also dispersed as the matter ended. Feng Kou, perhaps angered by Feng Bai Su, directly fainted and was carried away by the people from Prince Xuan’s mansion.

After parting with the people from the Ministry of Justice, Feng Bai Su looked at the still bright sky and walked towards the Capital Prefecture.

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After returning, the Minister of Justice immediately wrote a memorial through the night. Because of what Feng Bai Su said today, fearing that the Emperor would discover those matters she had previously neglected her duties and suppressed, she directly reported all those previously suppressed cases to the Emperor along with this one. And she sent people to deliver the memorial early, fearing that Prince Xuan would seize the initiative!

After returning to the Prime Minister’s mansion, the Xu siblings immediately informed Prime Minister Xu of this matter. For the legitimate daughter and son to receive such insult was blatantly slapping the face of their Prime Minister’s mansion. Prime Minister Xu was naturally furious.

Not long after the Minister of Justice’s memorial was delivered, a memorial from the Prime Minister’s mansion followed closely.

Although Prime Minister Xu was somewhat confused about male beauty, she naturally had the ability to reach the position of Prime Minister. She directly listed all the crimes committed by Princess Xuan Feng Kou over the years that she had collected. She even reported against Prince Xuan.

With the Minister of Justice and Prime Minister Xu jointly reporting, even if the Emperor wanted to cover it up, it would be somewhat difficult. After all, this incident at Zhenyu Tower was not small, and it quickly spread throughout the entire Fengling City. Those commoners who had been oppressed by Feng Kou in the past also took this opportunity to report again, causing a commotion inside and outside Fengling City.

The Emperor actually wasn’t unaware of the crimes committed by Prince Xuan’s mansion over the years, but Prince Xuan was her only sister left in the world, who had risked her life for her during the struggle for the throne. As long as she wasn’t plotting to usurp the throne, the Emperor could turn a blind eye to it.

But this time, it was really too big!

It wasn’t just because of the reports from the Minister of Justice and Prime Minister Xu, another important reason was that Prince Xuan’s mansion had aroused public anger.

Even the Emperor couldn’t openly protect Prince Xuan’s mansion in defiance of public opinion!

Public opinion is the will of heaven, and all previous Emperors called themselves heaven, so naturally they couldn’t act against the wishes of the common people.

This matter developed too quickly, fermenting overnight and causing a storm throughout the city.

Before Prince Xuan had time to go to court and cry to the Emperor, she was confined to Prince Xuan’s mansion by an imperial edict. And because of Feng Kou’s years of bullying men and women and committing all kinds of evil, which had long caused dissatisfaction among the people, in order to quell the anger of the people this time and to protect Prince Xuan, her dear sister, the Emperor could only choose to sacrifice Feng Kou.

Just as the imperial edict confining Prince Xuan to her mansion was issued, another imperial edict followed immediately.

Feng Kou was stripped of her title as princess and demoted to a commoner, and sentenced to face tattooing, inviting all citizens of the city to witness the punishment. After the punishment, she would be immediately sent to the frontier.

These two imperial edicts were issued so quickly that it caught everyone by surprise.

When they finally reacted, all that was left was sighs and lamentations!

After all, Prince Xuan’s mansion had always relied on the Emperor’s favor and indulgence to act tyrannically in Fengling City, doing whatever they pleased. And their actions became increasingly high-profile and bold. Just a few days ago, they were still in the limelight with imperial favor. But overnight, they lost the princess title, and Prince Xuan was confined to her mansion.

Although people felt that Prince Xuan’s mansion had brought this upon themselves and deserved their punishment, they still felt awe and fear towards the Emperor’s handling of the matter.

Indeed, the heart of a ruler is hard to fathom! There is no true warmth among the royal family!

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Northern Conquest King’s Mansion

Jinhua Pavilion

Thinking about how the highly favored Prince Xuan’s mansion ended up with such a fate, Shen Ke couldn’t help but show a trace of worry on his beautiful and gentle face.

Looking at Wei Jing Mo sitting quietly to the side, he sighed: “Although Prince Xuan’s mansion deserved their punishment, the Emperor’s merciless handling of the matter is truly terrifying! Since ancient times, royal family members have mostly been cold-blooded and heartless, all that warmth and kindness is just an illusion.”

“Father really can’t bear to see you marry into this royal family to be mistreated.”

Shen Ke looked at Wei Jing Mo with gentle eyes, full of pity for his son with his cold and outstanding appearance.

“Father…”

Wei Jing Mo raised his head and called out softly, but his ink-black eyes were calm and undisturbed, “I have long known that my marriage is not up to me, and I have prepared for it.”

“Don’t worry,” he smiled lightly, his thin lips curling up slightly, “Even after marriage, I will live well. Besides, don’t I still have you, mother, and sister behind me? Who would dare to treat me carelessly?”

After hearing this, Shen Ke also felt that he had been overreacting!

Unlike Prince Xuan’s mansion, whose false prosperity was entirely supported by imperial favor, their Northern Conquest King’s mansion relied on real strength to establish their position. They would never allow Wei Jing Mo to be bullied.

After realizing this, his previously worried mood instantly relaxed.

Seeing Wei Jing Mo’s calm and composed manner, he couldn’t help but feel proud and gratified.

“By the way,” Shen Ke’s eyebrows moved slightly, suddenly remembering something, “You still haven’t answered the question I asked you that night.”

He stared at Wei Jing Mo seriously, not missing any movement on his face.

Hearing this, Wei Jing Mo’s expression froze slightly, suddenly remembering one night before the autumn hunt when Shen Ke had hurriedly run to Wanyue Pavilion and vaguely asked about his views on several princesses.

He remembered that he had only vaguely said a few words to brush it off at the time. He thought it had passed, but who knew Shen Ke would suddenly ask about his opinion on the Seventh Princess before leaving, and even asked him to think it over carefully before answering.

At that time, Wei Jing Mo was completely confused about why Shen Ke would suddenly ask like that, but thinking about it now, could it be that he had discovered something?

Wei Jing Mo’s face remained cold and indifferent, making it impossible to see any emotions. Only his fair fingers hidden in his wide sleeves couldn’t help but clench.

He raised his head to meet Shen Ke’s gaze, his face as calm as water, his voice crisp like a cold spring: “Why did father ask like that that day? The Seventh Princess has delicate features like a man, rumor has it that she’s a frivolous playboy, I don’t know much about her.”

As he said the last sentence, his long, thick eyelashes couldn’t help but tremble slightly.

Shen Ke carefully looked at his expression, seeing his face full of composure and calmness, not seeming to be lying. He didn’t continue to pursue the matter, just casually said a few words: “Father doesn’t have any opinion on the Seventh Princess, it’s just that those rumors are really too outrageous! Father was afraid you would be sad and upset.”

“Thank you for your teachings, father. I understand.”

Wei Jing Mo slowly lowered his eyes, hiding the surging emotions within them.

He silently said in his heart: Sorry.

Although he knew that Feng Bai Su was not as simple as she appeared on the surface, there were really too many rumors about her being frivolous and unrestrained! Wei Jing Mo wanted to try not to care, after all, perhaps these might all be false.

But every time he thought about these things, he still couldn’t help but care, as if there was a large stone pressing on his heart, making him feel so stuffy he couldn’t breathe.

Wei Jing Mo really disliked this side of himself that was swayed by emotions.

Every time this happened, he would avoid Dong Qing and Dong Gua and take out that red brocade robe of a certain person to give it a good beating. When he was particularly angry, he would even mutter “vixen” while randomly pounding on the brocade robe!

This lively and temperamental side of him really didn’t match his image as a cold and otherworldly indifferent young master.

Therefore, Wei Jing Mo only dared to vent secretly in private.