The mistress has no feelings, why do you provoke her?

After Song Wenjun finished speaking, the room fell silent.

After a long while, Madam Su clutched her chest and found her voice: "Princess Consort of Chu, how could you be so unreasonable?"

"If I, the Princess Consort, were unreasonable, you would have been kneeling on the ground long ago." Song Wenjun smiled coldly, her face full of sarcasm: "If my husband hadn't gone out to call for help, Princess Consort Qi lying on the bed right now would be a corpse."

"You still have the nerve to ask us for an explanation? With skin as thick as yours, it's a waste of your talent not to be at the negotiating table."

Madam Su was so angry that her face turned pale and then red, and she almost fainted.

She grabbed her daughter-in-law Sun's sleeve and yelled, "Are you dead? Is your mouth just for breathing?"

Unable to win an argument with Song Wenjun, Madam Su even dragged her daughter-in-law into the fray.

Sun's face was pale. She glanced at Song Wenjun, who was as cold as ice, but swallowed her words before she could finish them.

With Song Wenjun's eyes that could kill, how could she dare?

Sun gave Song Wenjun an awkward smile, and also gave in.

Song Wenjun slightly raised her chin and looked at Xiao Yin: "Your Highness Prince Qi, do you also think that my Chu Prince's Mansion bears some responsibility?"

As the person involved, Xiao Yin had intended to drag the Chu Prince's Mansion into the mess, but after being scolded by Song Wenjun, he came to his senses.

Was he stupid? To drag the Chu King's mansion down with him, he ended up getting himself involved.

Is it because you think you're not green enough already?

People outside already knew that Princess Qi had once admired Xiao Ji, and now there's this gossip that she fell into the water and was rescued by Xiao Ji.

He was well aware of how outrageous the rumors were.

After thinking it through, Xiao Ji replied, "Princess Consort of Chu, please don't be angry. My mother-in-law was just worried and confused. Please don't take her wrong words to heart. I apologize to you."

As he spoke, he actually bowed to Song Wenjun.

Song Wenjun didn't move an inch and accepted his bow.

This is something the Prince Qi's mansion owes her, and she deserves it.

Seeing that Xiao Yin was no longer going to pursue the matter, Madam Su lost her temper.

She glared at Song Wenjun through gritted teeth, but when Song Wenjun turned around and gave her a cold look, she immediately wilted.

Song Wenjun led Qin Qing into the room, where Su Rongrong lay on the bed with her eyes closed.

I don't know if she's awake or pretending to be asleep.

"Qin Qing, go and take a look at Princess Qi," Song Wenjun said.

Qin Qing stepped forward with her medicine box, pulled out Su Rongrong's arm, and took her pulse.

A look of surprise flashed across his eyes.

Her pulse is as strong as an ox's; the Queen Consort of Qi is feigning illness.

She glanced at Song Wenjun, and the two exchanged a look. Song Wenjun understood and led Qin Qing out.

Song Wenjun said to Xiao Yin, "Since Princess Qi has not yet woken up, then I will return to the manor with my husband first."

"I will see you off," Xiao Yin said hastily.

"Your Highness, please wait." Song Wenjun ignored his feigned politeness and turned to leave.

Outside the courtyard, Xiao Ji saw Song Wenjun appear and hurriedly went to greet her: "How is she?"

Song Wenjun tugged at his sleeve and pulled him outside, whispering, "He's faking it."

"I knew it would be like this." Xiao Ji's voice was filled with undisguised annoyance. Su Rongrong was indeed so scheming.

As the two walked out of the mansion, Song Wenjun released Xiao Ji's sleeve.

He hurriedly stepped forward to grab Song Wenjun's hand, but she shook him off.

Xiao Ji's expression froze for a moment, then he immediately understood.

The princess has finished dealing with outsiders and is now settling scores with him.

He carefully followed behind Song Wenjun and got into the carriage.

As soon as he entered, he knelt down at Song Wenjun's feet: "I was wrong, I've caused you trouble again, you can hit me or scold me."

Song Wenjun pinched him hard twice, and Xiao Ji didn't dare to dodge.

"I told you to be careful, but you wouldn't listen. You're incredibly shrewd in other matters, but why do you become so stupid when it comes to personal issues? Where has all your intelligence gone?"

Xiao Ji was filled with remorse and replied in a low voice, "The dog ate it."

Song Wenjun replied irritably, "Even a dog wouldn't eat that."

"Madam, please calm down." Xiao Ji hurriedly massaged her legs, but Song Wenjun moved her legs away to prevent him from touching her. He then clung to her like a leech.

Xiao Ji relentlessly pursued Song Wenjun, cornering her until she had nowhere to hide and kicked him hard.

He then lifted Song Wenjun's leg and placed it on his knee, pounding it gently as he spoke to her: "When she called me over, I stood three meters away from her and didn't come any closer. She wants me to marry Xiao Ling? Isn't that just wishful thinking?"

Song Wenjun asked in confusion, "Why would she suddenly want you to marry Xiao Ling?"

"It seems that the Empress wants to make Xiao Ling a concubine of Prince Qi. Su Rongrong is afraid that her position will be threatened, so she thought of me as a sucker."

Song Wenjun frowned: "Is she out of her mind? How could she have the nerve to say something like this?"

"So, she and King Qi are a perfect match; both of them are not like normal people."

"You know what, it's true." Song Wenjun was furious when she mentioned Xiao Yin.

If she hadn't taken such a tough stance today, he really would have made the Chu Prince's Mansion apologize.

Saving someone has caused problems instead.

Song Wenjun suddenly looked at Xiao Ji: "You shouldn't have gone outside to call for help. I don't believe that the lotus pond is so shallow that she couldn't climb up."

Xiao Ji gently massaged her legs and explained, "To be precise, I was blocked at the door. Just as I was about to leave, several errand boys rushed in from outside, shouting for help, and blocked me back."

"It's obvious that she wants everyone to know that I have an inextricable relationship with her."

Song Wenjun snorted heavily: "It would be unnecessary for me to go and pull you back."

"Thank you, Madam. I am very grateful." Xiao Ji bowed to Song Wenjun and leaned closer to her with a flattering smile, "Madam's fiery manner just now has won my heart."

"How dare you say that? You're a grown man, yet you expect me, a woman, to go out and show my face in public, to be the villain?"

Xiao Ji shook his head and said, "Then how did you know that I hadn't made any preparations?"

What preparations have you made?

"Of course I'll clear my name. The waiters and servants from Zuixianlou have already arrived at Dali Temple. The trial will reveal who instigated it. The one who should be nervous now is not our Chu Prince's Mansion, but the Qi Prince's Mansion. This matter will not be over without my orders."

Xiao Ji's face hardened: "He wants me to apologize, then we'll wait and see who apologizes in the end."

"You've brought this to the Dali Temple, so... won't Father Emperor find out too?" Song Wenjun gasped. If Emperor Wen found out, he would surely scold both the palaces.

But the Qi Prince's Mansion probably suffered the greater loss.

After all, it was Su Rongrong who led Xiao Ji to the backyard; to put it mildly, the two of them were having a conversation in the backyard.

To put it bluntly, she was trying to seduce the King of Chu.