Forced to marry, I picked up a young powerful official

"as a result of?"

Princess Yongjia smiled indifferently, "I would like to ask, what kind of consequences are you talking about?"

Shen Nankui's face darkened, "Aren't you here to let us go?"

Princess Yongjia raised her eyebrows as if she had heard something funny. She said, "This princess only remembers the three-day appointment with Gu Lang. If he agrees, you can leave."

Gu Yichuan was also a little bit unbelievable, "Since the news has spread, didn't His Majesty issue an edict to reprimand Prince Jing's Mansion?"

Why is she still so confident?

Princess Yongjia blinked and said, "My father is fine, why would my uncle reprimand him?"

"you……"

Gu Yichuan gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "This is impossible. Your Majesty is a wise ruler. What the princess did is against the way of the world. How could Your Majesty ignore it?"

Princess Yongjia said, "Although it is true that I asked you to divorce your wife and marry another, I have discussed it with you all. If you all agree, what would I do wrong?"

"But you threatened the lives of the five members of the Gu family..."

Princess Yongjia interrupted, "Do you have any evidence? Marriage is a union of two families. How could I have ever said such a thing? Besides, although I didn't let you leave the courtyard, it was only to protect you, the number one scholar. Have I ever hurt you in any way?"

She sat leisurely in the main seat, with a smile on her face, and her demeanor was graceful and dignified.

"Since there is nothing wrong with it, what reason does the Emperor's uncle have to blame me?"

"You...you are simply confusing right and wrong!"

Gu Yichuan never expected that things would turn out like this. Could it be that right and wrong depended entirely on her words?

Shen Nankui listened to them quietly until they finished talking, and suddenly said, "Just now, the princess said that she has become a criminal in everyone's eyes. I guess now, the people must be talking about this matter. Even if Your Majesty has not dealt with it, how can the princess stop the endless criticism? Can the Jingwang Mansion bear this bad reputation in the world?"

There may be many concerns in the court, but among the people, what everyone likes to hear most is the story of resistance to power. The people have a natural sympathy for the weak. Although King Jing has always been sympathetic to the poor and the elderly, as long as he is stained, things will definitely turn into accusations against the powerful. This is human nature, and it is their subconscious substitution and escape.

Princess Yongjia also thought of this and frowned with some disgust. It was not that she was afraid of being scolded, but she felt that those words were really unpleasant to her ears.

"No matter how much trouble others cause, as long as they don't have any evidence against us, things will eventually pass."

Shen Nankui looked at Gu Yichuan.

The latter understood and said, "The princess is also afraid of being caught. If you ask me about my response to the three-day deadline, my answer is still no. Now the eyes of the whole capital are on us. There are more than a thousand pairs of eyes staring at the Jingwang Mansion and the princess. The princess will not risk the world's disapproval and really kill my husband and me and the Gu family, right?"

"How dare you try to trick me!"

Princess Yongjia stood up angrily and glared at the two of them.

The two men didn't avoid or evade, just looked back at her quietly.

After a while, Princess Yongjia slowly sat down again, sneered and said: "I underestimated you."

Gu Yichuan bowed and saluted, "Then, Princess, can you please show some mercy now?"

Princess Yongjia raised her eyebrows and smiled, "I was born with everything I wanted, and my life is really boring, so I like to do challenging things. At this critical moment, I really can't do anything to you, but I won't let go. Gu Lang, it's not bad for you and me to waste time like this."

Gu Yichuan's eyes darkened and he was about to speak.

She added, "I know what you are going to say. Isn't it just that the Emperor's uncle will summon the new Jinshi in two days, and you want to present your case to him? I might as well tell you that the Marquis of Jianning impeached my father in court, but the Emperor's uncle didn't issue a sentence. Do you think he will listen to you?"

"The princess is a noble lady, why do you have to force her? What good will this do for you?"

"The good thing is that I can find a husband that suits my heart!"

"Gu has already promised his love to my wife, I will never obey your order!"

"Then let's just waste time like this."

Gu Yichuan was so angry that he was speechless. He snorted coldly and said, "Your Majesty can tolerate the princess for a while, but can you always let the princess oppress the ministers?"

Princess Yongjia smiled and said, "I'm not being forced. If Uncle Huang asks again, I will say that I love you and I will not marry anyone else in this life. If I can get what I want, even if I share a husband with Sister Shen, I will have no regrets. Gu Lang, I am a princess, and I have already humbled myself so much. How can Uncle Huang not agree to me?"

Although she said that, looking at the expression on her face, it was obvious that she didn't think so.

However, if she really said this, people would probably think she was infatuated and blame Gu Yichuan and Shen Nankui for being inconsiderate...

Shen Nankui became more and more confused.

In her previous life, as a lady of noble birth, she had entered the palace to meet nobles and come into contact with many royal relatives and nobles, but she had never seen anyone like Princess Yongjia, who would do anything for a man. In her previous life, Princess Yongjia seemed to have married a royal family member from another place, and there were no rumors. Why did it become such a big obstacle for her in this life?

The more Shen Nankui thought about it, the more headache he had. He always felt like he had missed something.

She was still thinking when she heard Gu Yichuan suddenly speak, and his calm voice echoed in the room.

"The princess and I have only met a few times, how can I say that I am in love with her? Moreover, with your noble status, I do not believe that you would be attracted to someone who dislikes or even hates you. I originally thought that as long as the matter was made public, the princess would stop, but it seems that I was wrong. Thinking about what has happened in recent days, it seems that the princess has been pressing me step by step. Thinking carefully, your actions do not seem to be courting a man, but rather seem to have some purpose. What did the princess gain by doing all this? Destroy your reputation, bear the infamy, and even cause the most popular Jingwang Mansion to be despised? Or is it..."

The more he spoke, the more frightened Princess Yongjia became. She interrupted him and said, "Shut up, stop talking!"

She looked at Gu Yichuan with some surprise.

Only then did she remember that this man was the number one scholar in this year's imperial examination. Originally, because of his young age, she thought that although he was the top scholar, he was just a scholar who was ignorant of the world. However, she did not expect that this man was so cunning and almost revealed some unknown plans of Prince Jing's Mansion.

She smiled, with a hint of weakness and grievance in her eyes.

"Why is Gu Lang so suspicious of me?"

"That day when we first met outside Lanfangzhai, I was really impressed by your beauty, so I fell in love with you... If you want to know why I am so obsessed with you, then I will tell you. My father has long intended for me to choose a son-in-law from among the new Jinshi candidates, and you won the first place. For me, this is a fate sent by heaven. How can I not seize it firmly?"