Long Live the Empress

"Princess Jing'an, are you really going to allow your maid to defame my innocence? If you don't clear it for me today, I will kill myself!" Gu Ziwei stuffed the handkerchief in her hand into her sleeve and clenched her fists tightly, as if she was ready to die at any time.

"Yes! How dare this little bitch slander my sister's innocence? Even if I die, I will let the world know what kind of princess you are!"

"Everyone, come and have a look... This is our Princess Jing'an. She is trying to force my gentle and virtuous wife to death..."

"..."

For a moment, curses, cries, and accusations filled the entire Yuningxiang.

"Ha!" Yue Jinghao's sudden laughter made everyone even more angry. They were about to rush in and beat her up. Some even held poles and benches, eager to give it a try...

"I wonder if you have ever heard of the saying, 'Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you'... Miss Liu'er just spread a rumor that this princess eloped with a groom, didn't you all say it was just a joke? She didn't say anything, it was just a small matter? Why did this princess's maid say the same thing to you, and you all wanted to commit suicide? Hmm? Who can tell me why this is happening?"

"Humph, isn't it just like a drop of scalding oil falling on someone else? Don't you feel the pain?" The shopkeeper in the Yuningxiang replied.

He was so angry with these people that if he wasn't afraid of causing trouble for the princess, he would have chased them away with a stick!

Everyone blushed when they heard this. Thinking about the cause and effect, they felt even more ashamed. As women, their sisters, mothers, and wives could not tolerate being slandered. Could the princess tolerate it? Putting aside the princess's identity, her angelic appearance was more than enough to match a prince, so how could she be interested in a groom?

If a woman was slandered in front of her, if she met a person with a strong temper, she would have hanged herself out of shame and anger!

Yue Jinghao smiled faintly at the people who had just been scolded, and finally set her eyes on Gu Ziwei, "Since it was all a joke, I don't think Miss Gu would care about what this maid said, right? After all, Miss Gu is the most tolerant and generous person, she wouldn't be so petty about such a small matter!"

How would Gu Ziwei refute? If she said she cared, she would be so petty that she would punish even a little maid who made a joke! If she said she didn't care, she would allow others to destroy her innocence. How could she get married in the future?

These words also left everyone speechless!

Yue Jinghao was slandered for eloping with a groom. They all watched the show and asked her to be magnanimous. But now it is their turn. They realize that other people's words are an invisible killing knife.

"You...you..." Gu Ziwei pointed at Yue Jing and said "you" for a long time but couldn't say a word.

"Crack!"

Another sound of broken bones was heard!

Gu Ziwei covered her right hand and cried, "My fingers hurt so much... My fingers!"

Wang Shijiu seemed to have touched something dirty, and clapped his hands in disgust: "Not only did you not show courtesy to the princess, but you also dared to point your finger at her! This time I'll break one of your fingers to teach you a lesson, but if you do it again, I'll chop off your arm!"

"Yue Jinghao! Just wait, I will let my father report you! You allowed your servants to beat and humiliate the official's daughter, the emperor will deprive you of your position as princess!" Gu Ziwei was sweating coldly from the pain, but she still spoke stubbornly.

Yue Jinghao stood up and straightened her sleeves. "Okay, I'll wait! I want to see if Lord Gu dares to do that! After all, spreading rumors about the princess' innocence... is a capital crime punishable by death for all three clans!"

Gu Ziwei was in so much pain that she fainted after hearing these words.

Both young ladies fainted, but the servants looked at Wang Shijiu's sword, which was shining with a cold light, and no one dared to help them.

When Yue Jinghao went out, everyone made way for her and lowered their heads, not daring to look at her again, for fear that she would sentence their entire clan to death!

After Yue Jing was ready to leave, the servants hurriedly carried their young lady to the carriage...

Gu Mansion

When Mother Gu saw her precious daughter being carried back, she fainted from fright. The nanny pinched her Ren Zhong point and sprinkled cold water on her before she woke up.

When he ran to Gu Ziwei's yard and learned that Gu Ziwei's finger was broken, he fainted again.

Gu's father interrogated Gu Ziwei's personal maid. When he heard that Gu Ziwei dared to provoke Yue Jinghao, he was so angry that he smashed everything in the study.

"Mother, it was all Yue Jinghao's fault. She had someone destroy my daughter's hands. I will never be able to play the piano or paint again..." Gu Ziwei did not mention the rumor she had spread and just kept complaining.

"My poor daughter, that damn Yue Jinghao, how dare she bully my daughter like this! Master, you must go to the emperor to seek justice for Ziwei!" Mother Gu said gritting her teeth.

Father Gu sneered and pointed at Gu Ziwei and said, "Why don't you ask your good daughter what good things she has done? How dare you ask me to report it to the emperor? I'm afraid that the Nine Thousand Years Old Man will kill me on the spot before I even open my mouth!"

"What does this have to do with Nine Thousand Years Old?"

"The Emperor has granted the marriage to Jiu Qiansui and Yue Jinghao this morning! Who is Jiu Qiansui? How could he tolerate others destroying the innocence of his fiancée? Humph, you better pray to God that Yue Jinghao doesn't go to Jiu Qiansui to complain today, otherwise... we will all die!"

Mother Gu and Gu Ziwei were shocked. Their father never told them about the affairs of the court, and they only found out about this now...

"Then...what about Ziwei? How will she get married in the future..." Mother Gu looked at Gu Ziwei's pale face and said while wiping her tears.

"Humph, she still wants to get married? In the entire Wei Kingdom, who dares to cross the Ninth Thousand Years Old?"

"Mother... wuwu..." Gu Ziwei had been brought up according to the palace etiquette by her mother since she was a child, so that she could marry into a wealthy family one day. Now her life was ruined.