The daughter of the mansion is slapped in the face every day

Chapter 74 Scandal

Zhao Zheyong was not liked by Concubine Xian and the eldest prince.

The virtuous concubine Wei Yanyan knew that Zhao Changta was coming today, and she didn't want Zhao Changta to meet Zhao Zheyong, so she didn't invite Zhao Zheyong to the Hundred Days Banquet.

When Zhao Zheyong heard that the emperor wanted to see him, he was overjoyed, thinking that Zhao Changta was finally going to entrust him with an important task.

But when he entered the palace and found that he was heading towards the Cining Palace, he felt something was wrong.

"Eunuch, why do we want to go to the Cining Palace?" Zhao Zheyong stretched his neck and asked the eunuch beside him.

The eunuch lowered his head, his expression unable to tell whether he was happy or angry, "Your Majesty is currently in the Cining Palace."

Zhao Zheyong couldn't see through the eunuch in front of him, and still thought positively in his heart, thinking that Zhao Changta was going to arrange a marriage between him and Jiang Yunxi.

He couldn't hold back the corners of his mouth.

As a result, he found Jiang Wanwan kneeling in the Cining Palace, and his heart sank.

"This Jiang Wanwan is really capable of doing bad things! Can't that Jiang Siqi even keep an eye on a woman?" Zhao Zheyong was extremely angry.

He pretended not to see Jiang Wanwan and knelt down to greet Zhao Changta, "I wish to wish you the best of my father, grandmother, and uncle."

When Jiang Wanwan saw Zhao Zheyong coming, she quickly threw herself into his arms and said coquettishly, "Brother Yong, you're finally here."

Jiang Xueyi and Zhao Changta couldn't bear to look at Jiang Wanwan, who had no manners or upbringing at all, and their eyes were full of disgust.

Zhao Zheyong was very impatient and wanted to distance himself from Jiang Wanwan, so he pushed her aside. Just as he was about to stand up, Zhao Changta scolded him, "You rebellious son, who allowed you to get up?"

Hearing this, Zhao Zheyong knelt down again.

He thought, "This time it must be Jiang Wanwan who leaked the matter between me and her. I must deny it to the death. Otherwise, this dirty water will definitely be thrown on my head."

"Are you in love with Miss Jiang Er?" Jiang Xueyi asked him.

Zhao Zheyong immediately denied it, "Grandmother, Father, it's unfair. There's nothing wrong between me and Miss Jiang."

Jiang Wanwan's eyes widened as she stared at Zhao Zheyong, "Brother Yong, how could you say that? All the love and affection between us, were they all fake? All those promises of being together for life, your promise to marry me, were they all lies?"

When Jiang Xueyi heard this, she became furious and put the teacup heavily on the table.

The tea spilled.

"It doesn't matter if you did something wrong, but it's wrong to cover it up blindly." Zhao Changta's face was gloomy. "Are you trying to say that you have never met Miss Jiang in private? The child in Miss Jiang's belly is not yours?"

Zhao Zheyong suddenly realized that Jiang Wanwan was pregnant with his child, and the expression on his face was somewhat out of control, "No... No..."

There was obvious guilt and powerlessness in his words.

As soon as Zhao Changta saw it, he was sure that what Jiang Wanwan said was true.

"You rebellious son, how could you do such a stupid thing?" Zhao Changta cursed.

Jiang Wanwan grabbed Lan'er and said, "Lan'er, quickly tell His Majesty and the Queen Mother about the matter between me and the Third Prince. The baby in my belly is really the Third Prince's."

Under the gaze of everyone, Lan'er tremblingly recounted the process of Zhao Zheyong and Jiang Wanwan's secret meeting, "At the beginning of the year, it was in the villa of His Royal Highness the Third Prince, and he went there several times later. Also, at the Zhang family's banquet, His Royal Highness the Third Prince and the girl also found a room to meet secretly. And... and... when we were in Juzhou and Daizhou, the girl always followed His Royal Highness the Third Prince..."

When Jiang Wanwan heard the word "Juzhou", she was suddenly shocked.

The more Lan'er talked, the tighter Jiang Xueyi frowned. "Shut up now. It's such an ugly thing. Aren't you afraid of polluting your ears by listening to it?"

Zhao Changta knew that for the time being, whether or not to keep the child was still up to Jiang Xueyi.

Zhao Changta looked at Jiang Xueyi and said, "Mother, how do you think we should deal with this matter?"

"Hmph." Jiang Xueyi knew that Zhao Changta wanted to push the matter to her to solve.

She glanced at Jiang Wanwan with disdain on her face and didn't continue speaking.

Zhao Changta didn't dare to speak.

Jiang Yunxi lowered his head and spoke after a while to break the strange silence. He stood up and saluted to Zhao Changta.

"Grandmother, Your Majesty, I am a junior and should not say much. But since this matter involves me, I have to say a few words to let Grandmother and Your Majesty know my thoughts."

Zhao Changta nodded, "You go ahead."

"Grandmother and His Majesty have always been concerned about Yunxi's marriage. There were some rumors a few days ago. Yunxi wanted to stay with Grandmother for a few more years, so she didn't agree immediately."

"But Yunxi has always been happy in her heart. She also remembers the kindness of His Majesty and Grandmother to Yunxi."

"Now that this has happened, it's really embarrassing. Yun Xi thought that it was probably just that she and the Third Prince weren't meant to be together. Since he and Wan Wan are in love with each other and can't help themselves, Yun Xi won't be the one to break them up and get stuck between them."

Jiang Yunxi looked at Jiang Xueyi, "The little grandson of the emperor is of noble status, and we cannot afford to let him get away with anything. Grandmother, calm down. You don't have to stand up for me. After all, the marriage hasn't been decided yet. Yunxi doesn't care about this."

Zhao Changta reached forward and helped Jiang Yunxi up, "Good boy, you've been wronged."

Jiang Yunxi shook her head. "It was your Majesty and grandmother who took the trouble."

What happened at the Hundred Days Banquet naturally spread to Kunning Palace, and Queen Meng Jingshu brought Princess Zhao Ya to Cining Palace.

Jiang Yunxi stood up and saluted Meng Jingshu and Zhao Ya.

Zhao Ya pulled Jiang Yunxi and sat next to her.

"Your Majesty, since it is a matter concerning the female family members, I am here to listen. I hope Your Majesty and the Queen Mother will not feel that I am disturbing you." Queen Meng Jingshu knelt slightly and saluted towards Jiang Xueyi and Zhao Changta.

"Please sit down." Zhao Changta said casually.

"I heard that this is a happy event, but also a happy event that cannot be publicized?"

Jiang Xueyi and Zhao Changta both had very solemn expressions.

Queen Meng Jingshu roughly knew that the rumors were true.

Jiang Wanwan really has Zhao Zheyong’s child!

"Your Majesty, Father, Grandmother, would you allow me to argue for you?" It was rare for Zhao Ya to come out of Kunning Palace. She came here today specifically for Jiang Wanwan.

After learning about Jiang Wanwan's scandal, Zhao Ya recalled Jiang Wanwan's scheme and frame-up against her, and decided to show no mercy to Jiang Wanwan.

"I feel that the Zhao family is the royal family, and their every move is a model for the people of the world. If an ordinary family were to have such a scandalous affair without a matchmaker or betrothal, they would be thrown into a pig cage."

"If the world knew that a woman had secretly made peace with the man without a matchmaker or betrothal, and threatened her parents-in-law with her child, and forced the man to marry her, she would even become the prince's principal wife."

"Any prostitute in a brothel would dare to climb over the head of the patron. This would encourage the bad habit of private transactions between men and women among the people."

Zhao Ya compared Jiang Wanwan to a prostitute in a brothel and Zhao Zheyong to a patron of the brothel.

They were not given any face at all.

Zhao Ya looked down on Zhao Zheyong, who was born to a maid, and also looked down on Jiang Wanwan, whose head was full of conspiracies and intrigues.

"Besides, Miss Jiang Er, as a younger sister, actually coveted her brother-in-law and secretly met with him. This is really unethical."

Jiang Xueyi narrowed her eyes. "My Yunxi has nothing to do with them. From the beginning to the end, there has never been an engagement. There is no need to compare her with those individuals."

Zhao Ya knew she had said the wrong thing, and quickly corrected herself, "It is the period of mourning for the Second Miss Jiang, but she has disregarded filial piety. This is really awful."

"In my opinion, the emperor's grandson can stay. A person with such bad behavior is not worthy of being the emperor's mother. Please let the mother go and keep the son."

Zhao Ya naturally didn't want to leave Jiang Wanwan any chance of survival.