Shocking! Five men are in love with the same woman!

She lives a happy and fulfilling life every day.

Actually, she's quite wealthy.

However, there's no need to tell him these things.

Making him feel sorry for himself and guilty isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Then she said with a weary expression, "It's alright, it's all in the past, everything is fine now."

Xiao Muyao felt even more distressed.

He held her tightly, wanting her to feel his warmth.

When Lingyan saw him like this, she thought he looked like a wolfhound, yet soft and cute, and easy to bully.

The key point is that his eyes were red and watery.

She really wanted to ravage him looking like that!

So she pushed him down onto the soft couch and covered him, fulfilling her desire to ravage him.

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The next day, the same thing was being discussed in every street and alley of the capital.

After all, the scene yesterday was so grand, and many people saw so many people being driven out of the Duke of Jing's mansion, crying and looking incredibly pitiful.

There were also many scenes of servants emerging covered in blood.

From high-ranking officials and imperial relatives to ordinary people and peddlers, everyone was talking about Princess Rui.

First and foremost, there was her stunningly beautiful face.

It truly is like: faint clouds veiling the moon, drifting like swirling snow in a flowing wind.

The next topic is her ruthlessness and heartlessness.

After all, the fact that she could drive all her uncles, aunts, brothers, and sisters out of her home and leave them penniless and homeless already shows how ruthless she was.

They also dismissed all the servants, and what's worse, so many of them were injured and covered in blood.

That's truly ruthless.

Everyone now calls her a femme fatale.

This is truly the most vicious woman's heart!

Who would have thought that she used to be a sickly and weak woman with no reputation, but now her image is completely different from before.

How could this not surprise and disbelieve them!

Of course, everyone's reactions were different.

Some praised her for her ruthless and decisive actions, saying that one must be so ruthless to achieve great things.

Some people feel there must be more to this than meets the eye, otherwise why would she act this way?

Of course, some people admire her, thinking that she is a remarkable woman for not being indecisive or sentimental.

The rest are mostly negative.

They believed that women should be chaste, gentle, and graceful, and should not be so audacious, unfilial, disrespectful, unkind, or unjust.

So they started writing articles to criticize it.

Others are just watching the show.

These are the families who previously thought the marriage was null and void but still had hope.

They used to go to great lengths to try and marry their daughters to Prince Rui.

Seeing Princess Rui act this way, they couldn't believe that Prince Rui wouldn't have any reservations. No matter how beautiful she was, he would probably feel disgusted by her.

Of course, given her appearance, they themselves knew that they could forget about becoming the princess.

But there are still positions for concubines and maids, right? They can always get those.

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In short, regardless of everyone's reaction, Lingyan has become the most popular person in the entire capital and even the entire Great Zhao.

Of course, the person involved is still unaware of this; the disturbance last night was too intense, and she is currently resting.

Prince Rui, however, had already gone to court early.

At the morning court session, after all the important state affairs of the day had been dealt with, Censor Yan stepped forward first to begin impeaching officials.

He said with a righteous and stern expression, "Your Majesty, I want to impeach Prince Rui for his lax management of his household and for allowing Princess Rui to act without restraint. But today, I am mainly impeaching Princess Rui."

After he finished speaking, the hall fell silent.

Emperor Jingzhao's eyes darkened slightly.

The other civil and military officials were also surprised and impressed.

Because no censor has ever impeached Prince Rui in all these years.

On the one hand, he is simply too outstanding, and there is no point in impeaching him.

On the other hand, everyone tacitly acknowledges that he is the next emperor, so naturally no one would stubbornly attempt to impeach him.

That's why they admire this guy so much!

He said with righteous indignation, "Your Majesty, Princess Rui's uncles and aunts have raised her with all their hearts for fifteen years, but now she has driven all her relatives out of the mansion, taken back all their property, and beaten the servants to the point of near death."

Such a ruthless and heartless woman, violating all the virtues of womanhood—appearance, speech, and work—is unfilial, disrespectful, and utterly unjust. How can she possibly be fit to be a princess? I beg Your Majesty to issue a decree ordering Princess Rui to voluntarily resign!

When these words were spoken, everyone in the hall was shocked!

The entire hall was deathly silent.

It's not that serious, is it? Who asks someone to resign voluntarily?

Emperor Jingzhao's face had darkened completely, his eyes turning cold and stern.

He was the one who arranged this marriage, and now he's asking him to issue an edict to divorce Princess Rui. Doesn't that mean he made a mistake in arranging this marriage?

How could the emperor be wrong?

That old scoundrel really has no regard for his imperial dignity whatsoever.

The other two also had cold expressions, their eyes filled with icy chill.

It was Xiao Muyao and He Jingchuan.

The two exuded a cold and oppressive aura, as if they could freeze the surrounding air into ice.

In this incredibly oppressive and quiet moment, Xiao Muyao's voice resounded calmly throughout the hall.

"The censors can report on a whim without being punished, which is why Lord Yan can distort the truth and confuse right and wrong for his own selfish interests. May I ask if Lord Yan is truly so selfless and stands up for those people, or is he just trying to satisfy his ridiculous selfish desires? Lord Yan knows the answer very well."

Although his tone was calm, the sarcasm and disdain in his words were genuine.

At this moment, some officials also suddenly realized the truth.

It turned out to be the case.

It's just that the two daughters of Imperial Censor Yan have been trying to attract Prince Rui's attention all along!

At various public banquets, she would always intentionally or unintentionally try to get closer to Prince Rui, but he always ignored her and remained indifferent.

In fact, it wasn't just the daughter of Imperial Censor Yan; the daughters of other ministers were also like this.

So their behavior wasn't actually that eye-catching.

But it was only when Prince Rui pointed it out that they remembered.

It turns out that he was eyeing the position of Princess Rui, which is why he was so stubborn in impeaching her, wanting to remove her from the position and replace her with his daughter.

But even if you succeed, how can you guarantee that the position of the next Princess Consort of Rui will definitely be your daughter?

Do you think all the other ministers in this hall are dead?

The importance of the position of Princess Consort Rui is self-evident. Nobody is a fool; she is the future Empress. Which family wouldn't want to compete for her position?

You old Deng are shameless and arrogant.

Emperor Jingzhao also figured these things out.

Although he didn't know much about Princess Rui's family, he knew it was definitely not her fault.

In addition, he was extremely disgusted with this Imperial Censor Yan, so he spoke in a low voice: "I know everything about the Princess Consort Rui. It was because her uncle and aunt mistreated her. This is just revenge. There is nothing wrong with it, and they were not killed. In the future, Minister Yan should investigate thoroughly before submitting a report."

Imperial Censor Yan's face turned pale and then flushed after Prince Rui had just revealed his true thoughts.

At this time, she was warned by Emperor Jingzhao again, but she acted as if nothing had happened, taking it lightly and completely ignoring the actions of Princess Rui.

He was filled with resentment and bitterness, yet he was helpless.

Even His Majesty is on her side, what can he do?

He had assumed that His Majesty disliked women who acted so outrageously, which was why he dared to impeach her.

Little did they know that His Majesty didn't care at all!

He made a mistake in this move.