After swallowing my anger and taking the blame, I became the lucky little queen

Nian Susu immediately put away his smile and raised the corner of his mouth at him guiltily.

Qin Junyu raised his eyebrows in response.

The two of them tacitly looked away from each other.

Nian Chengyun slapped the tables and stood up. The hall became quiet instantly, with only the aftershocks left by the tables being slapped. He glared at Nian Qiaoyue and Qin Fengtian.

"Alright! What are you arguing about? How disgraceful!"

Nian Chengyun suddenly felt the pressure from serving as prime minister for decades.

Although Qin Fengtian wanted to seek justice for Nian Qiaoyue, he did not dare to offend Nian Chengyun.

Seeing him so angry, she suddenly became a coward, lowered her eyes and shrugged her shoulders, looking at the top of Nian Qiaoyue's head, feeling panicked.

Even Yang Yuerong was so frightened by her husband's sudden temper that she held her breath. But thinking that Qin Fengtian, an outsider, was meddling in the affairs of the Prime Minister's Mansion, it would be embarrassing for Nian Chengyun, so she had the right to get angry. As a woman, she shouldn't go beyond him.

So she suppressed her anger, glared at Nian Qiaoyue and sat down.

After shocking everyone, Nian Chengyun stroked his sleeves and sat down.

After a moment of silence, Nian Chengyun asked about what happened tonight.

He glanced at Nian Susu and said in a gentle tone, "Lingling followed the prince to the night market and came to ask for my permission." His eyes moved to Nian Qiaoyue, his gaze was cold, and even his words were much heavier, "What about you, Qiaoyue, why did you appear on the streets of the downtown area and get kidnapped by that villain?"

His words seemed to be blaming Nian Qiaoyue for leaving the house without permission, otherwise she would not have been targeted by the evil man.

An unmarried girl, after experiencing such a thing, not only did she not receive comfort from her parents when she returned home, but was also blamed. Anyone would be heartbroken, let alone the sensitive Nian Qiaoyue, whose face was instantly covered with tears.

Nian Susu was still wondering how she would come back, when she heard the system prompt sound:

[Host, please take the blame for Nian Qiaoyue who ran away from home within five minutes]

Her mind went blank for a moment, and she was so focused on watching the show that she almost forgot there was a scapegoat system.

Nian Qiaoyue was about to speak when Nian Susu rushed forward and knelt down in front of Nian Chengyun with a plop. Yang Yuerong tried to hold him back but failed.

Nian Susu lowered his eyes and said sincerely, "Please punish me, father. It was me who let my sister go out."

Nian Qiaoyue frowned slightly and stared at her thin back with a puzzled look. Her skinny body and back were straight.

"Lingling, Dad knows you love your sister, but if you do something wrong, you should be punished. You're only hurting her by protecting her! Fortunately nothing happened this time, but what about next time?"

It happened once, twice, and every time he had to start to doubt it.

Whenever Nian Qiaoyue got into trouble, Nian Susu would always stand up during the interrogation and take the blame on himself.

Nian Chengyun had been suspicious of this for a long time, and when he checked it today, it was indeed true.

Nian Susu really wanted to nod and agree with her father's words, and tell everyone that she was taking the blame for Nian Qiaoyue, but when the words came to her lips she couldn't say them, so she had to accept her fate.

"Father, I didn't protect my sister. It was indeed me who asked my sister to go out with the prince tonight. Otherwise, my sister wouldn't have been captured by the criminals. All the faults are mine. Please don't blame my sister Qiaoyue."

Since she insisted on saying so, Nian Chengyun couldn't put the blame on Nian Qiaoyue anymore, otherwise it would be too biased.

He asked again: "Why did you take Qiao Yue out? Aren't you and the prince parading in the streets tonight?"

Nian Susu glanced sideways at Nian Qiaoyue and Qin Fengtian, thinking they looked like a strange match.

She came up with a plan that could both help Nian Qiaoyue and teach her a lesson.

She straightened her posture and said in a clear voice, "Sister Qiao Yue has a crush on the prince and asked me to help her to make the connection. So tonight, I was supposed to go to the night market with the prince, but in the end, it was Sister Qiao Yue who fell in love with me."

This was not false. Nian Qiaoyue did intend to get close to Qin Fengtian, and she even interrupted her on purpose tonight. She just told Nian Chengyun in a different way.

Seeing how Qin Fengtian glared at her along the way, Nian Qiaoyue probably said many bad things about her in front of Qin Fengtian.

Besides, leaving the house without permission late at night is a serious crime, and it almost caused the death of Nian Qiaoyue. If she doesn't find a way out for herself, she might be beaten again.

Nian Susu's eyes became more and more determined, and he was determined to insist that Nian Qiaoyue liked Qin Fengtian.

It depends on her choice, whether to use this to express her feelings or to preserve her reputation.

"What?!" Nian Chengyun picked up the teacup and slammed it heavily on the table. The porcelain made a crisp and harsh sound, and this sound also hit Nian Qiaoyue's heart hard.

Nian Qiaoyue's already pale face looked even worse. She turned back to look at Qin Fengtian in fear, but he deliberately avoided her gaze.

Qin Fengtian bowed and spoke very quickly, "Prime Minister, I am not aware of the plans of Miss Nian and Miss Nian Er! It was Miss Nian who left the house, and I am also deeply puzzled by Miss Nian Er's sudden appearance later!"

He didn't dare to tell the details, for on the one hand he was afraid that Nian Susu would dislike Nian Qiaoyue and make her life even more precarious in the prime minister's mansion.

On the other hand, he couldn't say anything slandering Nian Susu. If his mother knew, he would be dead!

But he also couldn't admit that he had any private dealings with Nian Qiaoyue that would cause the prime minister to misunderstand him, otherwise if his mother knew about it, he would be dead!

Nian Qiaoyue was pushed around like a ball, and in the end she was given a bad reputation for unrequited love and being unrestrained.

With tears in her eyes, she stood up and knelt in front of Nian Chengyun to admit her mistake, admitting that she liked Qin Fengtian, so she asked Nian Susu to take her out.

Nian Chengyun has only two daughters, both of whom give him a lot of worry.

He wanted to reward them with twenty strokes of the cane each, but because Qin Junyu and Qin Fengtian were there, and thinking that his two daughters would get married in the future, perhaps into the royal family, he gave up.

Yang Yuerong stepped forward to give him a back massage at the right time, and said a few good words on behalf of Nian Susu.

Nian Chengyun closed his eyes, waved his hand, and let them go.

Nian Susu and Qin Junyu went east, while Qin Fengtian and Nian Qiaoyue went west.

Nian Qiaoyue was still wearing Qin Fengtian's outer robe. She wanted to take it off and return it, but was held down.

"Miss Nian Er, I'm sorry for what happened just now." Qin Fengtian felt sorry for her.

He was responsible for the fact that Nian Qiao Yue was kidnapped right under his nose.

When he was shopping at the night market with Nian Qiaoyue, he cleared himself of all charges when he was held accountable, but he felt guilty.

Nian Qiaoyue tightened her outer robe as he spoke, and she laughed at herself, "It doesn't matter, the prince doesn't know about it anyway, why would you offend your father for a concubine's daughter who is not favored by me."

Qin Junyu repeatedly considered the words "unfavored concubine's daughter" and heard her say, "The prince and my sister are well matched and should not be implicated by me, so I should apologize to the prince."

She turned her face and arched her eyebrows at him, her eyes sparkling, pitiful and soft.

Qin Fengtian blushed, not knowing whether it was because of the "equal status" or because she smiled at him. In any case, his face turned red and he couldn't think of how to answer her for a moment.

In order to avoid this embarrassing topic, he changed the subject and asked, "Isn't Miss Nian the daughter of Madam Nian?"

Nian Chengyun has only one wife, Yang Yuerong. How could Nian Qiaoyue be a concubine’s daughter?