Su Qingyu pulled her two younger sisters behind her and looked at Wang Jinyao with a cold expression.

Seeing Su Qingyu coming, Song Wanwan and several other young ladies bowed and called her Madam Shen San.

Only Wang Jinyao and Su Qingyu stood face to face. The two looked at each other, and Su Qingyu had no expression on her face, even a little nonchalant.

After a moment, Wang Jinyao finally lowered her eyes, bowed, and said, "Hello, Madam Shen San."

Su Qingyu hummed, and then asked in a cold voice: "What's going on?"

When facing Su Shunci and Su Zhilan, Wang Jinyao can still act like the legitimate daughter of the Wang family.

But when Su Qingyu arrived, she unconsciously weakened her momentum. Facing the Shen family and Elder Shen, even her father had to give in.

However, Wang Jinyao also had her own plans. Today's events were already very clear. With just a little investigation, she would be able to prove that Su Zhilan was secretly meeting a man outside her family.

By then, not to mention Madam Shen San, even Shen Ge would not be able to protect Su Zhilan's reputation.

As for the two slaps Su Shunci gave her, she would naturally slap back once Su Zhilan's guilt was proven.

Wang Jinyao then said, "Mrs. Shen San is very observant. I heard with my own ears that Miss Su's fifth daughter said that she wanted to meet His Royal Highness Prince Cheng. And this is not the first time, it has happened several times."

"I questioned her, and the fourth young lady of the Su family beat and scolded me. Just because she hit me, the Wang family will not let it go."

Su Qingyu frowned subconsciously. His Royal Highness the King?

When she was helping Shen Zhixiu get up in the morning, she heard him say that he would go out of the city with His Royal Highness King Cheng today to check the waterways outside the city.

She casually asked when he could come back, and Shen Zhixiu said at least in the evening.

She didn't doubt Shen Zhixiu's words at all. He wouldn't be wrong about such a thing, and he wouldn't talk nonsense.

Su Qingyu turned around and pulled Su Zhilan to the window, and asked in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Who did you meet today? Is it really His Royal Highness Prince Cheng? Are you sure it was him?"

Su Zhilan thought for a moment and said, "It should be His Royal Highness Prince Cheng, but I have never asked about his identity. I met him at Prince Ning's mansion on the day my brother welcomed my aunt to the mansion. There were not many young princes that day, so I guessed it was him."

During the several times they met, she always called him Prince and never mentioned his title.

After hearing Su Zhilan say that it was just a guess, Su Qingyu made a judgment in her mind that this person was most likely not His Royal Highness Prince Cheng.

She suddenly remembered that when she came out of the private room on the third floor, she seemed to see the loyal and brave king Song Hongshen entering another private room on the third floor. Her waist was slightly loose, probably because she didn't wear a belt.

She thought for a moment, and realized that Song Hongshen was also there on the day her mother entered Prince Ning's Mansion.

Su Qingyu had some guesses in her mind and returned to Wang Jinyao again.

"Miss Wang said that my fifth sister was seeing a stranger. Do you have any evidence? Just based on this belt?"

"Miss Wang, don't forget that my brother is also a prince. A square jade belt is not a rare thing."

Wang Jinyao looked solemn, "This is easy to handle. The prince's belt is made by the Weaving Bureau. There are records of each one. Just check and you will know."

Su Qingyu smiled faintly, "What should I say if Miss Wang has wronged my fifth sister?"

"It is impossible that I wrongly accused her. If I really wronged the fifth lady of the Su family, I am willing to kowtow and apologize." Wang Jinyao said firmly.

Su Qingyu nodded, "This is what you said, don't deny it when the time comes."

Wang Jinyao pressed on, "What if I wasn't wronged? I was slapped twice for no reason, so what do you say?"

Su Shunci rolled her eyes at her and said in a cold voice, "If you prove my fifth sister's crime, I will make you fight back twice as hard."

When her elder sister came, she was even less afraid.

Wang Jinyao glared at Su Shunci angrily and asked Su Qingyu loudly, "Who will send this thing to the weaving bureau?"

Just as Su Qingyu was about to speak, Song Hongshen walked in with his hands behind his back.

"No need to bother. This is my property."

After Song Hongshen came in, he first glanced at Su Zhilan and nodded slightly at her.

He also ordered the servant beside him to put the belt away.

Song Wanwan looked at Song Hongshen in surprise, "Third brother, why are you here?"

So it turned out that Sister Zhilan was meeting her third brother? Song Wanwan felt relieved.

Su Zhilan, who was standing behind Su Qingyu, froze in place, staring at Song Hongshen in a daze.

Third brother? Isn't Song Wanwan's third brother the loyal and brave king Song Hongshen? Her fiancé.

At this moment, Song Hongshen was giving Su Qingyu the salute of a junior, "Hello, Third Madam."

Song Hongshen performed the ceremony because the two families were close and he regarded Shen Zhixiu as his elder.

Su Qingyu quickly dodged to the side, "You are too polite, King Zhongyong."

Then he asked Song Hongshen, "So the one who met with my fifth sister privately was the prince?"

Song Hongshen nodded and said, "I invited Miss Fifth out. I thought we were already engaged, so we just had a meal to talk about some things. It was my fault for not thinking it through. I should have told the elders of the Su family."

The apologetic tone made Su Qingyu feel a lot better.

"Then please explain it to me, King Zhongyong. Otherwise, my fifth sister will be humiliated by Miss Wang."

Song Hongshen turned around and stood beside Su Zhilan, glancing at the several young ladies from aristocratic families who were surrounding them.

"There is no need to tell others about my private affairs. But if anyone dares to make up rumors and slander the fifth lady of the Su family because of what happened today, don't blame me for being rude."

When he said the last sentence, his cold gaze fell on Wang Jinyao.

It is both a warning and a rebuke.

Wang Jinyao felt like she was on edge. Song Hongshen's look just now made her extremely flustered.

She took two steps forward and tried to explain, "Cousin..."

But just as she said this, Song Hongshen lowered his head and asked Su Zhilan softly, "Are you scared? It's okay now. With me here, they won't dare to bully you anymore."

The soft light in Song Hongshen's eyes had never fallen on her.

In the past, Wang Jinyao just felt that Su Zhilan was not worthy of her cousin, and she was more dissatisfied.

But at this moment, looking at Song Hongshen's expression as if he was coaxing a child, jealousy rushed into her heart.

Wang Jinyao cursed Su Zhilan in her heart for being a seductress.

Song Hongshen suddenly turned around and looked at her coldly.

"How old is she? You say such vicious words to her? I will tell my uncle about this matter in person. The Wang family must not only give an explanation to the Su family, but also to this prince."

Su Shunci walked step by step to Wang Jinyao. Wang Jinyao thought she was going to attack again, so she subconsciously took two steps back.

"Ms. Wang, what did we agree on before? If you wrongly accuse my fifth sister, you must kneel down and apologize. Remember?"

Su Shunci stared at her and spoke word by word.

Wang Jinyao just said it casually. She couldn't do something like kneeling down and apologizing in public.

She subconsciously looked at Song Hongshen and Song Wanwan, one was her cousin and the other was her cousin.

But both of them had tense expressions and did not speak. Song Hongshen looked at Su Zhilan with concern from time to time.

It seemed as if whether she was dead or alive, humiliated or not, had nothing to do with him.

Wang Jinyao looked around again. The sisters who had made friends with her before now looked at her as if they were laughing at her.

As the legitimate daughter of the royal family, she had never suffered such humiliation.

The gazes of the crowd were like a lingchi knife, piercing her body to pieces.

Su Shunci was still staring at her, as if waiting for her to kneel down and admit her mistake.

Wang Jinyao wished she could find a hole in the ground to crawl into. She couldn't wait to leave here.

"She wants me to kneel down and apologize, is she worthy of that?"

After saying that, Wang Jinyao walked out of the private room, and the people gathered at the door unconsciously made way for her.

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