Chapter 377: The Spoiled Daughter

"Madam, have you asked Miss Wu for her opinion?"

The wife of the Marquis of Loyalty was stunned. Zhiyou was still so young, what opinion could she have?

Everything she does now is for Zhiyou's own good.

Seeing the state of the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty, Chen Zhao needless to say did not ask Wu Zhiyou whether she was willing or not.

Chen Zhao looked at Wu Zhiyou and asked:

"Miss Wu, do you want to be my concubine?"

Chu Mulue said anxiously, "Your Highness, the overall situation is more important."

He knew that Ah Zhao was kind, but if she took Wu Zhiyou as her concubine, those forces would definitely be restless.

Wu Zhiyou first knelt down before the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness and said, "I'm sorry for making you worry about me."

Then he said to Shen Zhao: "Your servant doesn't want to."

As soon as Wu Zhiyou said this, the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty said anxiously:

"Zhiyou, you don't want to marry Prince Zhong as a concubine. Do you want to enter the deep palace?"

Wu Zhiyou slowly raised her head, "Even Mother Zhiyou doesn't want to."

"Zhiyou is a person with flesh and blood and thoughts. Why can't she live and walk according to her own ideas?"

"Neither the ancestors nor the mother can influence Zhiyou's future."

The wife of the Marquis of Loyalty gasped. Zhiyou was blaming her.

"Wu Zhiyou, do you know that your mother is doing this for your own good?"

"You must understand the principle of obeying your father at home and your husband after marriage. As a daughter of the Wu family, you will be at the mercy of the Wu family for as long as you live. Do you understand?"

"Your mother doesn't want you to step into the furnace of the palace, do you understand?"

Wu Zhiyou looked at the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty indifferently.

"Then Mother is willing to marry Zhiyou to someone she doesn't like. Then what's the difference between Mother and the ancestors?"

The wife of the Marquis of Loyalty felt her face getting even hotter, more painful than when she had just asked the Prince of Loyalty to take Zhiyou as his concubine and was caught by the Prince of Loyalty's wife.

Wu Zhiyou didn't know that for her, she, as a mother, had to sacrifice her dignity and beg the prince.

Now Wu Zhiyou actually compared her with that old thing.

He raised his hand and slapped Wu Zhiyou hard.

"Evil girl! You actually want me so much! I let you into Prince Zhong's mansion for your own good. You are completely different from that old woman. She wants you to be a pawn in the palace!"

Wu Zhiyou was beaten so hard that she staggered, and the pearl hairpins on her head rustled.

"Mother is finally relieved."

Wu Zhiyou's voice was indifferent and distant.

"You..." The wife of the Marquis of Loyalty had never expected that her daughter, who had not been with her since she was a child, would have this kind of temper.

So stubborn, just like her father.

"Wu Zhiyou, it seems your aunt and cousin are right. You are arrogant and overbearing, and it's all your fault that your mother asked your grandmother and aunt to take good care of you.

They were afraid that you would be wronged, so they spoiled you beyond belief."

Wu Zhiyou gave a bitter smile when she heard this.

Those relatives in Jiangnan really took good care of her.

Seeing the mocking expression on Wu Zhiyou's face, the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty said angrily:

"Wu Zhiyou, what's your attitude? You have to agree today, even if you don't agree, to marry into Prince Zhong's mansion as a concubine.

I am not your grandmother, nor your aunt or uncle who cherishes you like a treasure. I will not spoil you."

As she spoke, the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty apologized to Shen Zhao and Chu Mu:

"The prince and princess are laughing at this. This child has been spoiled by her grandmother and aunts."

"Your Highness and Princess, please do not harbor any grudges. What I have asked for is only an empty title. Once I take control of the Marquis of Loyalty's Mansion, Your Highness can announce to the public that he will no longer accept Zhiyou as a concubine."

Chen Zhao frowned and looked at the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty. "Madam, have you ever considered Miss Wu's reputation by doing this? How are you going to find a husband for a girl whose engagement was broken off in the future?"

The wife of the Marquis of Loyalty smiled and said, "I have already made an agreement with Zhiyou's aunt that when Zhiyou reaches the age of marriage, she will be married to her cousin to strengthen the relationship."

"She grew up in Jiangnan and was pampered by her family. I am most relieved that Zhiyou will marry her cousin."

Wu Zhiyou's face turned cold when she heard this. Her mother and those people had never told her this.

She was unwilling and would not marry that beast, that second-generation rich kid.

"I don't want to, mother! I won't marry my cousin."

Wu Zhiyou's renewed opposition completely angered the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty.

"Wu Zhiyou, you've really been spoiled, which makes you talk back to your mother like this."

"Do you know that with your personality, it would be a great honor for your cousin to marry you?"

"I have already made arrangements with your aunt and grandmother, and even compared your horoscopes with your cousin's. Once this matter is over, I will send you back to Jiangnan and let you marry your cousin."

Wu Zhiyou smiled miserably.

"You said you are different from your ancestor, but how are your actions different from hers?"

"Mother accused Zhiyou of being spoiled in every word she said. Mother knows what kind of life Zhiyou has been leading in Jiangnan.

How those people treated Zhiyou."

Shen Zhao saw the dead silence in Wu Zhiyou's eyes.

Can a cousin who lives under someone else's roof really be pampered?

"Wu Zhiyou! I never thought you were so bad to the core. Are you going to tell the prince and princess that your grandmother, aunt, and uncle mistreat you?"

The wife of the Marquis of Loyalty was so angry that she gasped for breath.

"Your aunt and cousin once wrote to me saying that you often lied and slandered others. I didn't believe them at first, but now it seems that what they said is true. You even want to fabricate stories about your grandmother and her family who raised you."

This daughter is completely ruined.

The words of the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty were too hurtful. Shen Zhao saw despair rising in Wu Zhiyou's eyes.

She couldn't help but say:

"Mrs. Wu, why don't you listen to what Miss Wu wants to say."

The wife of the Marquis of Loyalty said with great sorrow

"Your Highness, it's not that I don't want to hear what she has to say. It's simply because her character is too bad. She's simply like a pig or a dog..."

Before Mrs. Zhongyi could finish her hurtful words, Chen Zhao interrupted her.

"Madam Wu, please be careful with your words. They can hurt your heart!"

"You would rather believe what others say than what your own daughter says. In my opinion, Miss Wu is not as bad as my wife says."

The wife of the Marquis of Loyalty said harshly, "I will do as the prince says and see what ungrateful and distorted words she can come up with."

Wu Zhiyou looked at Chen Zhao gratefully. She didn't expect that the person who spoke for her would be an outsider.

Wu Zhiyou stood up and lifted the hem of her skirt with both hands.

Seeing this, the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty immediately spoke to stop him:

"Wu Zhiyou, what are you doing!"

Wu Zhiyou did not stop what she was doing and lifted the complicated hem of her skirt to her knees.

The wife of the Marquis of Loyalty was just about to accuse Wu Zhiyou of being shameless.

When he saw her calves covered with scars and wounds, the accusation was blocked in his mouth and could no longer be uttered.

"You...how did you do this? Tell me why your leg is injured like this!"

Wu Zhiyou's calves were covered with crisscrossing scars.

There were new wounds on top of old ones, and there was not a single piece of good skin.

The latest wound has already scabbed over, and the fresh scar shows that it is only a month old.

"I'm asking you, how did you get this scar? Tell me."

The wife of the Marquis of Loyalty stepped forward and grabbed Wu Zhiyou's arm, looking at her with bloodshot eyes.

She had a bad feeling in her heart.