Qi Liang felt warm in his heart. He followed Song Mingli to the Marquis' Mansion and met Qi Xu.

Qi Xu lives here, feeling quiet and comfortable.

With Nanxing taking care of him, he can still do what he likes.

Qi Xu's whole person became lively and bright.

Qi Liang was even happier when he saw his brother's rosy complexion.

He told his brother, "The boss has been good to us, we must not forget her kindness. She offended the Third Prince because of your matter, and now I don't know which noble she has asked for help... Only by working hard can we repay her kindness!"

"Yeah!" Qi Xu nodded heavily. He was not good at speaking, but determination was written on his face.

……

After the Third Prince received the fifty thousand taels of silver from Zhou Hui as compensation, he immediately went to the palace to file a complaint.

"That little Song is now in the Marquis' Mansion, she is the only one in power, no one is in charge, she is becoming more and more outrageous!"

After the third prince finished talking about other things, he changed the subject and began to criticize Song Mingli.

"Two days ago, she actually extorted a lot of money from me... I don't want to have a conflict with a young woman, but after thinking about it, if I let her do this, wouldn't that be condoning evil?"

"If she is not punished, she will sooner or later bring disgrace upon General Song's reputation!"

The emperor was stunned when he heard this. "Little Song is blackmailing you? What's going on?"

"Alas..." The Third Prince sighed, "My son's brother-in-law, Zhou Lang, is quite a playboy. A popular little actor in Kyoto fell in love with him and threw himself into his arms."

"Zhou Lang is also a married man. Although he has a female confidante, he is also polite. So, he politely rejected the little actor."

"The little actor was holding a grudge. I don't know what kind of relationship Xiao Song had with the little actor. The two of them actually set up a trap to trap my son, my wife and my brother."

"When I learned about this, I wanted to mediate and let Xiao Song reveal the matter. Unexpectedly, when Xiao Song saw me, she asked for an exorbitant amount of money!"

"She asked for twenty thousand taels... Your son, sigh..."

The third prince lowered his head in helplessness and shame.

The emperor frowned and looked at him, "You gave it?"

"Yes...I am confused. I beg for punishment, father." The third prince said sincerely.

The emperor snorted, "So, this little Song is really outrageous. She even dares to blackmail you!"

The third prince lowered his head and curled the corners of his mouth.

When he raised his eyes, his face was filled with sorrow, "If it weren't for General Song's reputation, I wouldn't have thought of leaving her with dignity."

"But after returning and thinking about it, I feel that this kind of tolerance and indulgence is not a solution."

The emperor nodded, looked at the third prince and said, "What do you think we should do?"

The Third Prince pondered for a moment, "A woman obeys her father at home, her husband after marriage, and her son after her husband's death. Gu Qingshan has been suppressed again and again, and the eldest son of the Gu family is too young, so the Song family is so unscrupulous."

“Why not give Gu Qingshan some respect and bring him back from the manor to teach the Song family a lesson.”

The emperor heard this and said nothing with a sullen face.

The third prince saw that his father, the emperor, seemed unhappy.

He hurriedly recalled what he had said wrong just now.

The Third Prince had no idea that Gu Qingshan was sent to the manor by his father, the Emperor, who had promised Jingyou in person.

Now, he wanted the emperor to issue an order to let Gu Qingshan come back... Wouldn't that be like asking the emperor to slap himself in the face?

"For a woman to behave like this is really too much." The emperor frowned and said, "But Gu Qingshan is not a good person either."

"I heard that he did even more outrageous and unjust things!"

The Third Prince had an idea, "Why not depose the title of Marquis of Changning and teach Song Mingli a lesson?"

When the Gu family becomes a civilian family, won't Song Mingli, a daughter-in-law of the Gu family, be able to bully them at will?

Dare to threaten me? Oh, she must pay the price.

The emperor was thinking about something else...

How is Chu Yanchen's investigation going?

Is Jingyou his son?

If so, it would be just right to abolish Jingyou's title now and replace him with another one by sending him to Prince Jing's Mansion.

If not, the child is quite clever and cute... It seems like a good idea to abolish his title and recognize him as Prince Jing's godson, right?

But wouldn't that hurt the child's feelings?

When the child looked up and called him "Grandpa", his eyes were clear and bright, and he really couldn't bear to see him sad.

"Father..."

Seeing that the emperor was interested and hesitant at times, the third prince could not help but urge him.

The emperor frowned and was about to make up his mind...

"Your Majesty!" the eunuch said at the door, "Princess Huihe requests an audience."

"Sister is here?" The emperor immediately showed a gentle expression, "Please invite sister in."

When Princess Huihe entered the palace, she saw the third prince at first sight.

The Third Prince quickly bowed and saluted, "Aunt!"

"I don't deserve it." Princess Huihe avoided his gift.

The third prince's face suddenly changed.

what happened?

It is obvious that she is his biological aunt, so what does "I don't deserve it" mean?

He didn't offend his aunt, did he?

The emperor's expression also changed slightly, and he looked at the third prince with a frown.

The third prince looked uneasy. He looked at his father helplessly, then at the eldest princess.

"Aunt, what do you mean? But what did I do wrong?"

"You are not wrong, I am wrong, Mingli is wrong, it is everyone else's fault. How could you, the third prince, be wrong?" Princess Huihe said coldly.

The third prince took a breath of cold air.

Ming Li? Song Ming Li?

When did Song Mingli marry Princess Huihe?

What does the princess mean by this? Is she trying to excuse Song Mingli?

The emperor's expression swept over the eldest sister and her son's faces, "Quickly give sister a seat, sister, don't be angry, the child is disobedient and needs to be taught a lesson."

"But the third child has always been well-behaved. Is there any misunderstanding here?"

Princess Huihe snorted and laughed, "Yeah, it's actually none of the Third Brother's business. Mingli is an impulsive and loyal child, which is the temperament of the Song family."

"Look, the third brother's eldest brother-in-law, in the silver shop I bought, forcibly abducted a woman from the people. Although the woman was an opera singer, she did not sell herself into slavery, and she sang opera to make a living."

"Mingli couldn't bear to see this, so he protected the opera singer and became enemies with Zhou."

Princess Huihe said this.

The third prince suddenly broke out in a cold sweat...robbing a commoner's girl!

Listen to the word my aunt used!

This is a slap in the face in front of the emperor!

He said that the actor threw himself into his arms!

The third prince wanted to interrupt his aunt, but seeing her cold gaze, he swallowed his words silently and secretly wiped the cold sweat off his forehead.

"The man surnamed Zhou went to the theater again and tried to rob the girl. As luck would have it, Song Mingli saw them. Mingli had a bad temper and had a fight with the man surnamed Zhou."

"So, San'er heard about it and rushed over to protect his eldest brother-in-law, fearing that his eldest brother-in-law would bring trouble to his reputation."

"Song Mingli accepted 20,000 taels from him. After careful consideration, she decided to go to that silver shop because she was afraid of causing trouble for the silver shop and being retaliated by Zhou."

"Mingli didn't expect that the silver shop had been bought by me. How ridiculous is she! She actually wanted to bid against me to buy the silver shop!"

In just a short period of time, the emperor heard two completely different versions of the same story.

An expression of great interest appeared on his face, and he looked at the Third Prince with a half-smile.

"Oh? That's ridiculous. She has no self-awareness at all. She actually competes with my sister!"

"Who said it wasn't true?" Princess Huihe laughed, "Under my questioning, she finally told the truth. It turned out that she was afraid that if I bought the silver shop, it would bring trouble to me, so she was bidding against me!"

"This girl is such a fool! She is a woman, yet she dares to fight with the Zhou man, accept money from the Third Prince, and even bid against me. She really doesn't know her own limitations!"

Princess Huihe was described as "silly" and "ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth" in every sentence.

It seems to be belittling Song Mingli.

But the appreciation and approval in her eyes were about to overflow!

This apparent criticism but actual praise will surely leave a very good and deep impression on my father.

The third prince was heartbroken... he was just one step behind!

"Third brother!" The emperor restrained his smile and suddenly shouted in a low voice.

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