The Crown Princess calculated with her fingers and the prince was terrified.

As she was speaking, Liu Yan was about to step forward, but Huo Rujing stopped her.

"How can Rou Rou and I not be considered married? The bridal sedan chair was delivered to the Huo residence that day, and Rou Rou is my wife, Huo Rujing."

What should have been a matter of a corpse was instead pursued relentlessly by Liu Yan and her mother.

"General Huo, my sister died tragically, and my father is grieving every day. Why are you keeping my sister's body and not allowing her to be properly buried?"

Su Ying also spoke, but her words seemed to show no affection for Huo Rujing.

"General Huo, I know you are saddened, but Rou Rou is, after all, a daughter of the Su family..."

“Prime Minister Su, Rou Rou has already married me. When Rou Rou was alive, your wife tried every means to stop her from marrying the Second Miss to me. Now that Rou Rou is dead and the cause of death has not been found, I will not allow anyone to take her away.”

"My sister was robbed by bandits and then lost her life. What else could be the cause of her death?"

Su Ying couldn't help but say something.

"Now that my sister's matter has caused a great uproar in the city, people outside are talking about it. Does the general really think that our Prime Minister's mansion is easy to bully, and that my sister has been wronged like this?"

This statement makes it sound as if Huo Rujing is wrong.

Something's off about Su Ying.

"Didn't Miss Su say that she was deeply in love with General Huo? How come Miss Su Rou's recent death has also cured Miss Su's lovesickness?"

Jiang Xianyue spoke calmly and slowly.

"Why are you here?"

Su Ying had met Jiang Xian Yue. Unlike Su Rou, Su Ying became even more eager for quick success and instant benefits after her mother became a lady. She attended all the banquets in the mansion.

Su Ying naturally knew about the commotion that was raging in the court.

"I barely know Miss Su Rou. Is there any problem with me coming to offer my condolences?"

Su Ying couldn't give a clear answer.

"I still love General Huo, but I know he doesn't like me. Wasting time is futile. Now that I've married into the Lu family, I should naturally behave myself."

Su Ying spoke with great unease, unsure whether she was afraid of Huo Rujing or the Lu family.

"Now that you're married, it's really meddling in the affairs of the Prime Minister's residence. Since you're married, you should just behave yourself. What's the point of coming to demand your elder sister's body? I think you're the one who's most anxious."

As soon as he finished speaking, Prime Minister Su looked at Su Ying with a strange expression.

"Since General Huo has acknowledged Rou Rou's situation and is willing to include her in the family genealogy, this is a commendable matter. Why make things difficult for you?"

After Zhao Xiuxiu finished speaking, Prime Minister Su's expression became even more unpleasant.

"So that's what General Huo meant. I thought that General Huo was keeping Rou Rou's body for some other purpose."

Judging from Prime Minister Su's tone, he seemed unaware of this matter, and his purpose in coming was different from that of the mother and daughter.

“My lord, you can know a person’s face but not their heart. We had such a big fight with General Huo over Rou Rou’s marriage. What if he takes advantage of Rou Rou’s death to smear the Prime Minister’s mansion everywhere?”

Rou Rou was kidnapped and murdered, which is disgraceful. If this matter really gets out of hand, wouldn't it damage the reputation of the Prime Minister's Mansion?

Huo Rujing wasn't very good at speaking, and upon hearing these remarks, he was initially stunned.

Jiang Xianyue whispered in Huo Rujing's ear, "Young General Huo, what Liu means is that Su Rou's death might not be honorable, and she's worried that because of past grievances, you'll ruin the Prime Minister's Mansion's reputation. What grievances did you have before?"

Huo Rujing suddenly realized.

"Madam Su, I have always been polite and respectful, and I have never had any grudges. The only thing that caused an ugly scene was that you insisted on marrying the second young lady to me, saying that she had been secretly in love with me for a long time, and Rou Rou also agreed."

This general and Rou Rou have been in love for many years, so naturally I do not want to believe it, and I am even less willing to marry someone else. I once boasted that I would only marry Rou Rou. If Madam Su insists on this, I will make a big fuss about it.

"This general loved Rou Rou; how could I tarnish her reputation after her death?"

Jiang Xian Yue looked at the bewildered Prime Minister Su and continued, "Prime Minister, did you hear that? You could have had General Huo bury Miss Su Rou with the honors due to a wife, and then see if he would keep his word."

Some things are better seen than heard.

"no!"

Liu Yan was so anxious that she almost shouted it out.

“Why is Miss Jiang so nosy? This is clearly a matter between the Prime Minister’s Mansion and General Huo. Even if you are betrothed to the Crown Prince and enter the Eastern Palace in the future, making you more noble than other women, you should not meddle so much.”

Feeling guilty, Liu Yan began to accuse Jiang Xianyue.

"No, Rou Rou has already suffered enough, why do you have to keep pushing her?"

Zhao Xiuxiu couldn't listen to it anymore either.

"The Prime Minister's family is a family of high moral character. You two young ladies from the maternal family are standing up for General Huo. What is your relationship with him?"

Liu Yan's mouth is like it's been blessed; it stinks terribly.

With just one sentence, Zhao Xiuxiu and Jiang Xianyue were left in an unclear position.

"Miss Jiang, Miss Zhao, please don't let my affairs ruin your reputation. I can handle this myself."

Huo Rujing quickly jumped out to protect the two girls.

However, Liu Yan still did not intend to let them go, believing that only by driving away the two people in front of her could she achieve victory.

“Miss Jiang, I know you. You are not the Crown Princess yet. It is because the Emperor treats you too well that a group of princes surround you, so you have become arrogant and forget yourself, haven’t you?”

Before even being married, she's already entangled with General Huo; I wonder what the Crown Prince will think?

Liu Yan also possessed some skill in palace intrigue, and with just a few words, she managed to leave Jiang Xianyue speechless.

Jiang Xianyue looked up, but before she could explain anything, she heard a familiar voice.

"Where did this shrew come from, daring to drag my Crown Princess into this mess?"

Although the voice was very soft and somewhat weak, the anger in the tone was all too obvious.

No one expected that Jiang Xianyue would come to offer condolences and even invite the Crown Prince, a powerful figure, to come.

The Crown Prince and Huo Rujing had never had any dealings, so it was unlikely that such a thing would happen to the Crown Prince.

so……

Everyone looked grim, and they all knelt down, respectfully kneeling on the ground.

Shen Shijing stepped down from the sedan chair and walked straight to Liu Yan.

Shen Shijing stood tall and elegant, and Liu Yan became nervous as soon as she saw the Crown Prince's toes.

"Your Highness, I did not mean that. I just saw Miss Jiang mourning alone and meddling in General Huo's private affairs, so I wondered when Miss Jiang and General Huo became so close."

Everyone in the capital knows that the Crown Prince is going to marry Miss Jiang. Isn't her behaving like this at this time a disgrace to the Crown Prince?

Liu Yan retreated in a strategic move, believing victory was assured.

"What a silver tongue! I hate talkative people the most."

"If you don't want this mouth... Liang Feng will cut off her tongue."