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Huiyi's expression changed repeatedly.

Xin Yibei's protective intent in her dialect was incredibly obvious!

“Moreover, *** was not even involved,” Xin Yibei said coldly. “Without any evidence, merely making a few conjectures, how can that be used as evidence to punish the female relatives of court officials?”

"Your Highness, you're being far too protective of her!" Huiyi finally snapped, "Ayu is your cousin, you—"

Xin Yibei coldly replied, "Don't even mention my cousin, even if it's you, my aunt, if you make a mistake, I will never protect you. Do what you deserve."

To be spoken to like this in front of so many people was utterly humiliating for Huiyi. She could no longer contain herself: "It's Ayu who's been wronged! And you still act like this? I'm going to have a serious talk with your father! Ayu fell into the icy lake and almost lost her life! And you're still protecting that vile woman—"

Xin Yibei said sternly, "***Watch your words!"

Song Yanyan suddenly spoke up: "***, it's not that whoever falls into the icy lake is in the right."

Huiyi retorted angrily, "You have no right to speak here!"

Xin Yibei seemed not to hear Huiyi's words at all, and when she spoke to Song Yanyan, her tone became much gentler and softer: "Don't worry about others, just speak."

Xin Yibei glanced around and said, "Perfect timing. The head of the household, Marquis Changxin, and his wife are here too. They can also be witnesses."

Huiyi, the "bystander," was furious.

Marquis Changxin and his wife quickly rose and bowed: "Yes. Your Highness is right. Miss Song, please speak freely."

Song Yanyan slightly curtsied.

After straightening up, she recounted in detail what had happened on the lake.

"I was playing on the ice without skates. Miss Luo and several other ladies wearing skates kept skating towards me, saying they wanted to 'play' with me. But everyone knows that wearing skates is still a bit dangerous. I repeatedly told them to stop messing around, but they kept rushing towards me and teasing me. The last time, after I dodged them in a sorry state, they skated to a spot where the ice was probably a bit thin, and that's when they fell into the water."

After Song Yanyan finished speaking, Xin Yibei's face turned very ugly.

Huiyi shrieked, "She's lying!"

Song Yanyan said, "There weren't just a few of us on the ice at the time. If Your Highness really wants to investigate the truth, you can ask clearly."

Xie Youchang silently stepped forward: "Your humble servant can be this witness. At the time, your humble servant was about to stop them, but things happened very quickly, and Miss Luo and the others fell into the icy lake."

Lady Changxin's heart skipped a beat.

This foolish son, for Song Yanyan's sake, actually offended Huiyi so directly!

As the saying goes, it's better to offend a gentleman than a petty person.

Huiyi is so unreasonable and domineering. Today, her son testified for Song Yanyan, offending her like this. What good will come of this to her in the future?

Lady Changxin couldn't help but feel a little resentful towards Song Yanyan again.

Huiyi's face turned ashen, and she said stiffly, "I was just confused because I was concerned, and I didn't ask clearly!"

Song Yanyan, however, was not afraid at all, and said, "Your Highness is probably just prejudiced against me, isn't he? ... As soon as he came in, he smashed my cup without even asking what happened, and then wanted to drag me out and give me twenty lashes. If His Highness the Crown Prince hadn't appeared in time, I'm afraid I would have already been flogged."

Xin Yibei was furious, his eyes as cold as knives: "***, what a show of power! Several people wearing ice skates bullying a little girl who wasn't wearing ice skates on the frozen lake, claiming it was just playing around? What's wrong with their brains?! Just think about it and you'll know what really happened! It's clear they deserved to fall into the frozen lake! ...And ***, without even knowing the facts, decided to use torture on the daughter of a court official. Tomorrow at the grand court assembly, await my impeachment!"

Huiyi's face turned pale and then green, and she couldn't utter a single word.

This farce ended quickly thanks to the intervention of Crown Prince Xin Yibei.

However, due to Xin Yibei's involvement, the things those young ladies who fell into the water did quickly spread far and wide.

Almost everyone who attended the banquet knew that these people had deliberately bullied another young lady, but as a result, they had their own faults and fell into the icy lake, where they were pulled out in a sorry state by the servants.

It was truly embarrassing and painful.

The elders of those young ladies were so ashamed that they could hardly face anyone. Originally, their words had contained some blame for the Lady of Changxin Marquis's failure to have her subordinates manage the frozen lake properly, but now they were too embarrassed to say another word. They slunk away with their daughters who had fallen into the water and quickly got into the carriage to return to their mansion.

Lady Changxin finally felt a little more at ease.

In any case, Huiyi and those other young ladies have borne the brunt of this bad reputation.

Otherwise, if word got out, people would really think that there was a huge blunder at the banquet of the Marquis of Changxin's mansion!

Tian Denghua had only just learned that her daughter had suffered such injustice.

If the Crown Prince hadn't arrived so quickly, my daughter would have suffered terribly!

After this incident, Tian Denghua found Xin Yibei incredibly pleasing to the eye.

Looking to the left, he appears to be a man of great talent.

Looking to the right, one is powerful and influential.

Satisfied, extremely satisfied, I'm incredibly satisfied!

When Xin Yibei personally handed Song Yanyan over to Tian Denghua, Tian Denghua already treated the Crown Prince, her future son-in-law, with the same affection she would show her as her own son.

"Your Highness, please come visit us often when you have time," Tian Denghua said, her voice softening.

Song Yanyan was still a little unaccustomed to hearing it.

Xin Yibei blushed slightly and gave Tian Denghua a proper junior's greeting: "Okay."

As the ceremony was performed, Tian Denghua's heart pounded wildly, and she almost jumped up!

The crown prince of a country bowed to her as a junior!

To be honest, after the initial shock, thinking about it again, it was actually... kind of fun!

The news quickly reached the palace.

Even without the Grand Tutor's impeachment, Empress Wu went to Emperor Zhengxuan to whisper in his ear.

"Consort Hui has gone too far!" Empress Wu frowned. "I don't like the character of the daughter she found. Yet she treats her like a treasure!"

They even tried to bully her future daughter-in-law!

Twenty strokes of the cane—is this an attempt to kill or cripple her future daughter-in-law?

Emperor Zhengxuan was also very dissatisfied: "Huiyi has gone a bit too far."

The next day, when Emperor Zhengxuan received the numerous pieces of evidence of Huiyi's crimes compiled by Xin Yibei, he fell silent.

He thought he would receive a memorial impeaching Huiyi for being arrogant and domineering.

Unexpectedly, his son quietly presented the overwhelming evidence of Huiyi's numerous and incorrigible crimes!

These include numerous serious crimes such as disregarding human life, seizing fertile land, colluding with bandits, and trading salt permits!

Emperor Zhengxuan looked at the thick memorial with detailed evidence of the crimes, and his face grew darker and darker as he read it in the court!