My husband, who abandoned his father and kept his son, actually wants me to be his concubine.

Chapter 107 His Majesty will handle this impartially
Outside Princess Yongjia's residence.

The crying continued.

A thin, dark-skinned middle-aged man, wearing a white cloth over his head, cried out in a deafening voice, "My daughter! My poor stepmother! I thought you were going to enjoy a life of luxury by becoming a servant to Prince Consort Yuan, but instead, it cost you your life!"

The old woman next to her stepfather was being supported by her two daughters-in-law, crying with snot and tears streaming down her face.

"Don't worry, Mother. Even if it were the daughter of the Heavenly King himself, we would avenge you and seek justice for you!"

The guards of the princess's residence sternly urged the people to leave.

"You audacious commoner, how dare you cause trouble in front of the Royal Princess's residence! Get out of here at once!"

"If you don't leave now, you'll be going to jail!"

"stop."

Princess Qingyun stepped down from a carriage and said, "My parents just lost their daughter tonight. They didn't come here to cause trouble, but only to seek justice for their daughter's death."

“Even if Sister Yongjia is the daughter of the emperor, she cannot disregard human life, abuse her power to oppress others, and ruin the reputation of the royal family.”

Princess Qingyun stepped forward and helped Wan Niang's mother up, saying, "Aunt, you don't need to be afraid. His Majesty is a benevolent ruler. If Princess Yongjia really did harm your daughter, His Majesty will deal with it fairly and will definitely not protect his own daughter."

"Young lady, you are truly a beautiful and kind-hearted girl. My poor stepmother, even though she became the prince consort's mistress and made a mistake, she is still a human being!"

"My daughter, my poor stepmother!"

The sound of weeping continued outside the princess's residence.

Inside the mansion, Princess Yongjia frowned as she listened to Jishan's report on the events outside.

Lu Xiao, standing beside Princess Yongjia, said, "My parents really doted on their daughter tonight. Even though I'm still alive, they insisted that I'm dead and demanded that you pay with your life."

Jixiang followed Jishan in and reported, "Your Highness, the guards were about to drive these troublemakers away, but Princess Qingyun has arrived and is helping them seek justice!"

Princess Yongjia raised her eyes and glanced at Lu Xiao.

Lu Xiao frowned and asked, "Princess Qingyun? Why would she help those troublemakers?"

Princess Yongjia said in a low voice, "Qingyun... has always been in love with you."

Lu Xiao gripped Princess Yongjia's hand tightly and said, "Then she shouldn't have treated you so indiscriminately. You are cousins, after all."

Princess Yongjia said, "This is truly an undeserved disaster for me. Who is so cruel and ruthless as to kill someone and then frame me? And Yuan Jie... he has caused me endless trouble."

At the entrance of the Princess's residence.

When Lu Jinshi and Rong Yi arrived, they heard a chorus of crying outside.

Liu, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, and the Prefect of Chang'an had already arrived with their subordinates.

The stepmother's parents, brothers, and other relatives knelt in a row.

“We always thought that my sister was enjoying a life of luxury in Chang’an with Prince Consort Yuan. Little did we know that this would be our last farewell. My poor sister was only nineteen or twenty years old.”

“My sister has never offended anyone except Her Highness the Princess. Only Her Highness the Princess would commit murder right under the Emperor’s nose.”

Lu Jinshi and Rong Yi got off the carriage.

Rong Yi frowned as he looked at the crowd dressed in mourning clothes in front of him. "Who told you that your stepmother was murdered?"

"Greetings, Your Highness the Seventh Prince and Your Highness the Seventh Princess." Upon hearing that it was the Seventh Prince, Wan Niang's family members hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Seventh Prince, we beg you to help us and give Wan Niang justice!"

"After Wan Niang was murdered yesterday, she asked her maid to send a message to her family home. It's a pity that the maid was also killed in the end."

Lu Jinshi recalled the words Wan Niang had spoken to her in her arms yesterday. A dying person's words are kind, and Lu Jinshi believed that what Wan Niang said about her family's plight was not a fabrication.

Seeing this today, I realize that my mother's life at home is even worse than she described.

Her family members, without even visiting her mother's body, rushed over to the princess demanding justice.

Lu Jinshi looked at the kneeling crowd and said, "You keep saying that Wan Niang was killed, but where is Wan Niang's body?"

"Wan Niang's body is in the Yuan family's estate on the outskirts of the city!"

Lu Jinshi scoffed, "Have you all gone to see Wan Niang's body?"

"They've gone, they've gone..."

The man in the lead, who looked to be in his thirties and had a goatee, said, “My sister died a terrible death. We didn’t even dare to look at her a second time. My poor sister, if I had known that my brother would starve to death in the famine, I would never have let you go with Prince Consort Yuan.”

"My stepmother, my poor stepmother!"

In an instant, there was another burst of weeping.

Princess Qingyun said from the side, "Seventh cousin, they have suffered the pain of losing their daughter and are truly pitiful. I hope that you can give them justice. Her Highness the princess has killed someone and should also be punished."

Lu Jinshi glanced at Princess Qingyun and said, "You say it was Her Highness the Princess who killed her, so it was Her Highness the Princess who killed her? Where's the evidence? I could say it was you who killed Wan Niang."

Princess Qingyun said, "Besides Her Highness the Princess, who would harm Wan Niang? Wan Niang usually doesn't go out and doesn't make enemies with anyone. Only Princess Yongjia hates her."

Lu Jinshi said, "Princess Yongjia will be married to the Prince of An's son at the end of this month. Why should she worry about Henwan Niang and add such bad luck when she is about to have a happy occasion?"

The elder brother of the maid said, "It was Her Highness the Princess who did it. When the maid came to report the news, she said that Her Highness the Princess sent people to kill my sister."

Princess Qingyun said to Lu Jinshi, "Although the princess is to marry the heir of Prince An, she may not be able to let go of the humiliation she suffered before. Perhaps the princess is jealous that my stepmother can have a child..."

"Ah……"

Lu Jinshi sneered, "Could it be that you, Princess Qingyun, harbored resentment towards Her Highness the Princess, so you deliberately killed Wan Niang and came here to frame Her Highness the Princess?"

Princess Qingyun, her face flushed with anger, said, "Lu Jinshi! How dare you slander me like this?"

“Aren’t you also slandering Her Highness the Princess?” Lu Jinshi said, “Without any evidence, how can you conclude that the Princess is guilty based solely on what you say about the maid’s report? Minister Liu, take them all back to the Dali Temple. After we find out the real culprit who killed Wan Niang, we can then determine whether they are guilty of slandering the Princess.”

As the stepmother's family members were taken away, they kept shouting "Long live the Emperor!"

"His Majesty is wise and would not protect his own daughter."

"We believe His Majesty will handle this matter impartially."

The sound didn't fade away for a long time before Lu Jinshi and Rong Yi entered the princess's residence.

"Sister Royal."

"Seventh Brother, Seventh Sister-in-law," Princess Yongjia said with a smile, "Thank you for your trouble in coming all this way."

Lu Jinshi said, "Perhaps today's matter is still directed at me and the Seventh Prince. It's not a hardship. How are you feeling?"

Princess Yongjia gently touched her lower abdomen and smiled, "I'm fine, and the baby in my womb is fine too. I know that my stepmother is still alive. This is someone deliberately framing me, so I'm not worried."