Marrying a royal playboy and becoming a glamorous matriarch

"Mother, there's no time to worry about that now. Just rest assured. If there are any rumors later, I'll take responsibility for them."

The princess continued to shake her head, holding Wei Qingrou's wrist tightly, her voice becoming stern.

"Qingrou, I order you not to go!"

"Alright, I'll go."

Qin Ping'an smacked his lips, looking lazy yet serious.

"However, I can't guarantee that people outside will believe me."

After he finished speaking, he walked outside.

Wei Qingrou and the princess exchanged a glance and breathed a sigh of relief.

She won her gamble after all. Qin Ping'an may seem like he doesn't care about anything, but he's actually quite easy to manipulate.

He cares about his family, he cares about what people will say about her when she goes out, and he also cares about someone standing up for him.

He's willing to move forward as long as he's given even a sliver of trust.

Qin Ping'an stepped out of the palace with an arrogant and nonchalant demeanor, surrounded by countless fierce-looking servants.

He said to the Luo family in a nonchalant tone, "What are you shouting about at my door so early in the morning?"

"You! Qin Ping'an, you are really arrogant. You almost beat my fifth son to death, and now you dare to come out?"

This person's voice was as loud as a bell, striking the eardrums and making people's heads buzz.

Qin Ping'an squinted, picked at his ear, and said casually, "Didn't you call me out, Second Master? What do you want with me? Spit it out."

"Qin Ping'an, you are too arrogant!"

"Tsk," Qin Ping'an glanced at him sideways, "Are all the Luo family members so uncultured? They only use this one word all the time? You may not be tired of saying it, but I am."

"you!"

The burly man was so angry he couldn't speak.

"Okay, back off."

At that moment, the voice of the Luo family head rang out from the side.

After the Luo family members left, the Luo family head looked at Qin Ping'an, his eyes filled with anger, yet also with apprehension.

“The Prince Dun’s Mansion must give the Luo family an explanation for what happened today.”

Qin Ping'an scoffed, "My opinion is that Luo Laowu deserved to be beaten; he deserved to die."

"He spoke arrogantly to me first, so what's wrong with me teaching him a lesson?"

The head of the Luo family was so angry that his face turned ashen, and his fists clenched so tightly they cracked.

“Patriarch Luo, you know perfectly well what wrong your Luo family has done. If you don’t want things to escalate, I advise you to leave now.”

"Otherwise, if I were to pursue this further and accuse you of slandering a member of the royal family, would your entire clan be able to survive?"

"Qin Ping'an, you're abusing your power! You almost caused my fifth son's tragic death, and now you're threatening the head of the family. Are you trying to force the Luo family to its death? Should I also crash into the stone lions of Prince Dun's mansion and die?"

The Luo family head's face was filled with a palpable sorrow, yet his words were full of moral blackmail.

Seeing this, the people around immediately started talking, and they were quite dissatisfied with Qin Ping'an's arrogant words.

Even if it's the Prince Dun's mansion, they can't bully people like this. They almost beat someone to death, and then they make sarcastic remarks?

Inside the gatehouse of the Prince's Mansion, the Princess and Wei Qingrou were waiting.

As the criticisms grew louder, the princess became anxious.

"What are we going to do? Is the Luo family going to rebel? Why are they deliberately threatening us!"

"Ping An is really something. We asked him to quell the matter, but he got into an argument with someone. He's a real handful."

"It's all because of his bad reputation. Even if he tries to reason with us now, no one will believe him."

The princess was so panicked that she held Wei Qingrou's hand tightly, wishing she could run out and take Qin Ping'an's place to argue with those unruly people on his behalf.

Wei Qingrou quickly comforted her, "Mother, don't worry, things will definitely take a turn for the better."

The princess, however, held no hope. She turned and instructed the head steward of the palace, "You'd better go and prepare the silver. I think we're bound to be swindled by the Luo family today."

At this moment, the crowd outside suddenly fell silent.

Upon seeing this, the princess quickly peeked through the crack in the door and saw several officials in uniform holding tokens appear in the crowd.

The princess's heart clenched immediately. "Oh no, oh no, it seems this matter has alarmed the Emperor. Could it be that he's going to arrest Ping An?"

Wei Qingrou smiled, relaxing completely. Finally, it's here.

"Mother, don't worry."

Outside the gate, the crowd's spirits rose as they saw the officials arrive.

One by one, they scrambled to identify the murderer, pointing at Qin Ping'an and saying, "Sir, you've finally arrived! It was him who almost beat someone to death."

When the head of the Luo family saw the imposing officials, he also showed his distress and cried to them in a pitiful manner.

"My lord, please look! My fifth son was almost beaten to death! How can someone in the capital treat human life so lightly? You must do justice for this old man!"

Upon hearing this, the officials did not arrest Ping An, but instead turned their attention to the head of the Luo family.

"You are the head of the Luo family?"

The head of the Luo family was taken aback, and then said truthfully, "Yes, yes, I am the head of the Luo family. My son was seriously injured by the second young master of the Prince Dun's mansion. Today I have come to the Prince Dun's mansion to seek justice."

The officer smiled faintly, "You're the one I'm looking for! Men, handcuff him."

The head of the Luo family panicked and shouted, "What's going on? What happened? Why did you arrest me? You've arrested the wrong person! It was Qin Ping'an who committed the assault!"

The officer, with a cold face, forcefully pressed down on his struggling arms.

“Patriarch Luo, ten years ago, your Luo family and the Fang family had an agreement to jointly operate Luoxianlou and split the profits 50/50. However, for the past ten years, you have been falsifying accounts every year and only giving the Fang family 10,000 taels of silver.”

"Now, the Fang family has taken your Luo family to court, accusing you of embezzling property and enriching yourselves. Come with me."

The head of the Luo family was stunned and hurriedly asked, "Then you won't take my fifth son's case? I want to sue the second young master of Prince Dun's mansion for intentional injury, which almost caused my son's tragic death!"

Seeing that he was still stubborn, the officer said coldly, "Master Luo, let's not beat around the bush. Do you understand the whole story of why your fifth son was taken away by Young Master Qin?"

Master Luo was taken aback.

He really didn't understand. Yesterday, when he saw that the fifth prince was seriously injured, spitting blood and almost dying, he immediately prepared to come to Prince Dun's mansion to settle accounts, without knowing the reason behind it.

But Qin Er Ye has always been a rogue and a playboy who loves to cause trouble, so accusing him of intentional injury is definitely the right thing to do.

"I disagree! These are clearly two different things, don't try to conflate them!"

The officer smiled faintly and said loudly, "Since that's the case, I'll tell you the truth. The fact that Luo Laowu was beaten and the fact that you cheated people are not two separate things."

"It seems that this is not the first time your Luo family has cheated your partners. With you, the fifth brother Luo, as your corrupt father, you are used to using underhanded accounting methods to cheat others."