The Ugly Concubine Strikes Back: The War God Prince Spoils Her Crazy

Everyone turned around and saw the prince in a bright yellow brocade robe stepping out of the sedan chair.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Everyone knelt in unison.

Pingyang Hou, who learned of the farce outside, just arrived at the door at this time. When he heard the shouting, he felt angry and anxious.

Why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince come at this time instead of earlier?

Marquis Pingyang quickly quickened his pace, holding up his clothes as he walked down the stone steps. Just as he was about to bow, he was supported by the prince.

"My Lord, there's no need to be so polite. You all can stand up too." Xiao Xuanying nodded slightly, without any condescending tone in his words.

Marquis Pingyang secretly wiped his sweat. Outsiders all thought that the prince was of a dignified and gentle character, but the one who could stand out from so many princes and become the prince was no simple person.

He hurriedly smiled and said, "Your Highness, please come in."

Chu Wanyu seized the opportunity and shouted loudly, "I, the humblest woman Chu Wanyu, come to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! I beg His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to make the decision for me!"

Xiao Xuanying stopped, looked above her head for a moment, and then looked at the bride who was standing beside Yao Shijie with her head down and silent, with confusion.

"You are Chu Wanyu, then who is she?"

Chu Wanyu replied calmly: "She is my sister, Chu Ruoran."

"You two raise your heads." Xiao Xuanying frowned.

Chu Wanyu and Chu Ruoran looked up at the same time when they heard this.

Although Xiao Xuanying had never seen the two daughters of Prime Minister Chu Qinglian, he had heard about the poisoning and disfigurement of Chu Qinglian's eldest daughter. Therefore, when the two raised their heads, he recognized their identities effortlessly.

The one with the black spots on his face was undoubtedly Chu Wanyu.

Even though Xiao Xuanying didn't know the inside story, he sensed something was amiss. He said seriously, "If I remember correctly, Chu Wanyu and Prince Yao should be getting married today. Why did the bride become Chu Ruoran? What's going on?"

Yao Shijie was worried that Chu Wanyu would turn the tables in front of His Royal Highness, so he quickly spoke up, "It was Chu Wanyu! She eloped despite her engagement. For the sake of the Yao and Chu families, I had no choice but to agree to a replacement marriage. But Chu Wanyu came to the Marquis' Mansion today and caused a scene, publicly injuring people. Your Royal Highness, please punish this vicious woman severely."

After saying that, Yao Shijie deliberately showed off his swollen face.

Xiao Xuanying looked at him sympathetically.

They say one shouldn't hit someone in the face, especially on such a solemn occasion. Chu Wanyu's actions were truly disregarding etiquette... But why did he feel that this unconventional nature was somewhat similar to that of his Ninth Uncle?

"Your Highness, I really don't want to pollute your ears with the ugly things happening in this mansion. Why don't you go into the main hall first? I will handle this matter properly." Marquis Pingyang wiped the sweat from his forehead, turned his head and gave a wink, asking the servants to take the person away quickly.

Xiao Xuanying raised his hand to stop the man. Now that the man had come to him, he couldn't pretend not to see it. He was also very curious about what was going on.

He then stared at the top of Chu Wanyu's head and asked, "Since there is an inside story, I can't just listen to one side of the story. What do you want to say?"

Chu Wanyu said solemnly, "The reason I'm in this state today is not because I eloped with someone as the rumors in the city say. Instead, someone abducted me and threw my body into the river outside the city to destroy it. Fortunately, I survived and escaped. The person behind this is none other than my sister, Chu Ruoran... I beg Your Highness to help me!"

She erased the facts about the Chinese medicine and the corpse dumping. This was not only to avoid rumors that would damage her reputation, but she was also worried that this would arouse Xiao Lijing's suspicion.

I heard that Xiao Lijing is a ruthless person who will never let go of any grudge. If he knew my identity, he would definitely not let it go.

So she thought of a more reasonable reason, and Chu Ruoran would not be stupid enough to expose her without confessing.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be tantamount to admitting that she hired someone to kill someone!

"You're talking nonsense! It was obviously you who eloped with someone because of your fickleness. If it was to maintain the reputation of both the Yao and Chu families, you had no choice but to marry in place of her!" Yao Shijie glared at Chu Wanyu angrily.

Chu Ruoran was originally panicked, but when she thought of the fool Yao Shijie being there, she was not so panicked anymore.

"Sister, I know that your lover must have abandoned you, so you came back to find Brother Crown Prince, but you shouldn't slander me like this!"

Xiao Xuanying twirled the jade ring on her thumb and said, "Since Chu Ruoran and the prince have had an affair for a long time, and there were so many opportunities before, why did they have to wait until the wedding to make a move on you? Are you really not going to regret it at the last minute?"

Throughout history, there have been countless blind marriages where women swore to never marry or regretted and ran away from the marriage when the time came.

Although what Chu Wanyu said made sense, he couldn't just believe one side of the story.

"Your Highness, you may not know that the engagement between me and Master Yao was made by my maternal grandfather and Old Master Yao when they were still alive. Old Master Yao once said that he would not cancel the engagement unless the Pingyang Marquisate ceased to exist. If something happened to me early on, the Pingyang Marquisate would probably just cancel the engagement and let Master Yao marry someone else. So, to be safe, Chu Ruoran attacked me on the eve of the wedding."

Marquis Pingyang's expression changed.