Honglian's words sounded like nonsense to anyone.

But no one present raised any objection.

The prince knew that Honglian was useless. He just wanted to finish today's matter hastily and deal with her as soon as he left the manor.

Soon, Rong Yi was also brought in. Rong Yi was sober and regained consciousness. Thinking of what he had done to Hong Lian, he looked at the prince with a guilty conscience.

Shen Zhixiu asked Rong Yi, "Prince Rong, Miss Honglian has told you everything that happened just now. Does Prince Rong have anything to explain?"

Rong Yi stammered, "Sir Shen, I've drunk too much. I really... don't know what happened."

He was telling the truth. He didn't even know how Honglian got into the room and onto his bed. Moreover, Honglian was the prince's man, so he didn't dare to speculate.

"Prince Rong, have you remembered what happened just now? What are you planning to do?" Shen Zhixiu asked again.

Rong Yi glanced at the Crown Prince, "Of course, everything is entirely up to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to decide."

The prince glared at Rong Yi, thinking that he was more trouble than help. "I will take care of this matter myself, so there is no need to talk about it here."

Song Hongshen leaned lazily against the back of his chair, and suddenly spoke up when he heard this, "Now that Prince Rong has said this, this matter will be easy to handle."

Rong Yi was stunned and looked at Song Hongshen in confusion.

Song Hongshen continued, "Prince Rong should cancel the marriage first when he returns, and then marry Miss Honglian as the Crown Prince's Consort of Prince Rong's Mansion. This way, the reputation of the Crown Prince and the Eastern Palace will also be saved."

After saying this, he looked at the prince, "Your Highness, am I right?"

The prince's expression changed again and again, and he looked at Song Hongshen with dissatisfaction and warning. Song Hongshen seemed not to understand, and looked at the prince with a half-smile.

Before the Crown Prince could speak, Rong Yi spoke first, "What kind of joke are you making, King Zhongyong? Even if Miss Honglian is the Crown Prince's woman, she is not worthy of being the Crown Prince's Consort in the Rong Palace. This Crown Prince is already engaged, so please don't make such a joke, King Zhongyong."

Song Hongshen picked up the teacup beside him, lowered his head and took a sip. Then he threw the teacup in his hand directly, and it fell at Rong Yi's feet.

"Are you kidding? Prince Rong, do you think I'm kidding?"

"What is Miss Honglian's identity? She is the future female official of the East Palace. She is worthy of me, but not worthy of you, Rong Yi."

"It's just unfortunate today that you slept with this person, so you have no choice but to marry her."

When he said the last sentence, Song Hongshen's face was as gloomy as water and his eyes were sinister.

Don't think that he doesn't know what the prince is planning. If he wants to settle the matter privately, it depends on whether he agrees.

Rong Yi was completely confused. What was going on?

He did not dare to speak rashly, but looked at the prince, then at Song Hongshen, and then at Shen Zhixiu and Su Yuanzhou.

With some guesses in mind, she dared not speak out and could only say, "I will listen to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on matters concerning marriage."

Su Yuanzhou chuckled, "Prince Rong, marriage is a matter of parents' orders and matchmaker's words. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not your father, so how can he control who you marry?"

The prince was the heir apparent, and Su Yuanzhou's words were tantamount to contempt for the emperor's authority. The prince wanted to get angry, but thinking about the emperor's favor for Su Yuanzhou, he kept silent.

Seeing that the prince's face was green and he didn't say anything, Song Hongshen asked again: "What did your highness say? I remember that Prince Rong was engaged to Miss Leng. When you cancel the engagement, your highness should remember to explain to the Leng family."

The prince gnashed his teeth in anger, "King Chungyong, we have said enough, let's leave it at that."

"This matter still needs to be decided by the Rong family, and others should not interfere."

Song Hongshen gave the prince a mocking smile, "Your Highness, that's not what you just said. Don't you care about the face of the East Palace now?"

The prince snorted and said, "That's different. I thought you were the one who ruined Honglian, so I naturally want to seek justice for her."

"But now it is Honglian who has made the wrong choice. Not to mention serving Master Rong, even if she dies in Master Rong's bed, it is her own fault."

Whether it is Honglian or anyone else, they are all pawns to Prince Yu.

He would not affect his relationship with the Rong family for the sake of a pawn.

It would be a joke if the Rong and Leng families broke off the engagement because of Honglian.

Honglian looked at the prince in disbelief. She didn't expect that her life was nothing in the eyes of the prince.

Every woman around the prince thinks she is different, but they don't know that to the prince, there is no difference.

Song Hongshen shook his head and said, "Your Highness, this is wrong. I cannot bear to see the reputation of the Eastern Palace damaged."

"I think it's difficult for Your Highness to make a decision because the Leng family is your maternal family. So, leave this matter to me. I will definitely let Miss Honglian take the position of the Crown Prince's Consort in the Rong Palace."

Song Hongshen had made up his mind to let Rong Yi marry Hong Lian, severely slap the prince in the face, and then cut off the engagement between the Rong family and the Leng family.

Su Yuanzhou watched the excitement with a smile in his eyes, thinking that the prince was really idle, why did he provoke Song Hongshen?

In the battle for the throne, the Song family still wants to remain neutral and does not want to support any prince to take the throne. Even if the prince had plotted against Song Wanwan before, the Song family only drew a line between themselves and the prince and did not really do anything to him.

But if the prince plots against Song Hongshen, the situation will be difficult to predict.

Song Hongshen is a man who is said to be vicious and cruel, but he has his own bottom line and principles in doing things. He is said to be upright, but he does not act according to common sense.

He would not be loyal to the emperor and patriotic just because the prince is the heir to the throne.

If you make him angry, he might even depose the prince.

Shen Zhixiu and Su Qingyu simply hid away and let Song Hongshen make a fuss.

When the prince heard what Song Hongshen said, he felt so angry that he had no place to vent.

"Lord Zhongyong, what do you want? Why make such a fuss over such a small matter?"

Song Hongshen felt that the prince was not very smart and a little forgetful. Wasn't he the one who started the fight? He called Shen Zhixiu over, and invited Mrs. Shen San and Miss Su Wu.

Isn't the prince doing this just to sow discord between the Song family and the Su and Shen families?

Why can the prince do this but he can't?

Song Hongshen was still furious and was too lazy to argue with the prince.

He directly called Mu Shan in and ordered: "You go to the Leng family in person and tell them what happened today. Tell the Leng family that Miss Honglian is to be a female official in the Eastern Palace, not a concubine. If the Leng family is sensible, they can cancel the engagement themselves."

"After you go to the Leng family, go to the Rong family and tell Prince Rong as well."

Then he turned around and told the gloomy prince, "Your Highness, is Miss Honglian getting married in the East Palace? Your Highness must take good care of her. It would be unlucky if she died before the wedding."

The prince's chest heaved with anger. He had never been humiliated like this before.

He stood up, pulled out the sword from Yan Da, the leader of the guards beside him, and put it around Song Hongshen's neck.

"Song Hongshen, you have gone too far. I will clean up the mess for the Song family today."

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