North City Courtyard

After a night of tossing and turning, Xu Wanqing finally woke up at noon.

However, when she saw the coldness around her, her face darkened.

"Where is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

Qingping stood by and whispered, "Miss, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince left at 1:00 AM."

Xu Wanqing's face turned pale. She looked at the direction where the brocade box was originally placed, but it was gone.

"Did he say anything?"

"He said he would let the young lady enter the palace on a chosen day."

Qingping looked at the bruises on her young lady's body, and jealousy almost burst out of her eyes. Fortunately, she lowered her head.

Why, why can someone who has had an affair with someone else get close to the prince?

Qingping became more and more angry as she thought about it. She lowered her head and said nothing.

Xu Wanqing didn't notice her expression, but when she heard that the prince would take her into the palace, her expression eased a little.

"Remember to stand guard at the door every day, waiting for the prince to come and pick me up."

"yes!"

Xu Wanqing was still unsure and wanted to enter the palace as soon as possible.

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"Madam, it's bad. Sun took Lu, Lu..."

Mother Gu didn't know how to address Lu Mingxuan for a moment.

Zhao Yaru was still immersed in the fantasy that Xu Wanqing would become the Crown Princess. When she heard Lu Mingxuan, she was stunned for a moment.

"You, what did you say? Lu, Lu Mingxuan is here?"

Mother Gu nodded, "Madam, not only him, but also his mother, Xichun and Xixue are here."

Thinking of Xixue, Mother Gu couldn't help smacking her lips. She looked so pitiful. It seemed that she had been tortured a lot by the Lu family.

Zhao Yaru's face darkened and she said coldly, "Drive them away. I don't want to see them."

Mother Gu was embarrassed. How could she leave so easily with that look on Sun's face?

"What's wrong?"

"Madam, it seems that the mother and son came prepared. I'm afraid they won't leave so easily."

"Let them leave. Wanqing will be entering the palace soon. Who are they, the Lu family? Are they worthy of having anything to do with Wanqing?"

Seeing this, Mother Gu sighed, turned around and walked out.

"Madam, our wife is not feeling well and cannot see guests today!"

"Madam, the relative-in-law? Are you talking about me?" Sun asked in a shrill voice.

Mother Gu knew that she had spoken out of turn, but on the surface, they were indeed relatives.

"Lu, Madam Lu, I said something wrong. Please forgive me. Madam is not feeling well and cannot see guests. I am sorry for causing you trouble."

Sun glared, "What is our relationship with your Xu family?"

Mother Gu felt like she was being roasted on a fire, "This, this..."

"It's hard to explain. Originally, my Mingxuan was engaged to Xu Wanqing. They were in love with each other, but who would have thought that on their wedding night, the bride would be replaced."

"Shouldn't you give our Lu family an explanation? Although our Lu family is small, we can't be bullied like this, don't you think?"

"Mrs. Lu, you're too kind. Young Master Lu is a good child, and our Xixue is also an excellent child. It's not a loss, it's not a loss!"

"What did you say? Not a loss?" Sun shouted again in a shrill voice.

Mother Gu frowned in disgust. Looking at the shrew Sun, she suddenly felt that her wife was really wise. If she married the young lady into the Lu family, it would be really terrible to have such a mother-in-law.

"Mrs. Lu, please keep your voice down. Our lady..."

"Madam? I don't want to see your Aunt Zhao, I want to see Madam Xu!"

This sentence made Zhao Yaru, who was eavesdropping behind the door, grit her teeth. This Sun was really...

Zhao Yaru was about to turn around and leave angrily, but unexpectedly, Xu Wanyan came towards her arm in arm with Huang Yueping.

Now, only the people in her room knew that Xixue had replaced Wanqing. If they went there, they would be exposed.

"What are you doing?"

Zhao Yaru's sudden appearance startled Xu Wanyan and Huang Yueping.

"Aunt Zhao, why are you sneaking around here and scaring people?"

"You..., kid, how can you talk like that? I am your mother!" Zhao Yaru glared at Xu Wanyan fiercely.

Xu Wanyan laughed and said, "Ah, Aunt Zhao must be old now. How come you forget things so easily? Didn't father demote you to Aunt a few days ago?"

"You, you damn girl!"

"By the way, today is my sister's return banquet. Why don't you go and entertain your in-laws?"

Xu Wanyan's surprised expression made Zhao Yaru panic. "This is none of your business. I can handle it myself."

"How can that be? My sister is the first one in the Xu family to get married. How can we not show up when her husband's family comes to visit? Not only should we attend, but even father should be there."

Speaking of Xu Maocai, Zhao Yaru became worried again. She hadn't informed Xu Maocai yet. If he saw what happened today, he would probably get angry again, and maybe even something bad would happen.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yaru squinted at Xu Wanyan and said sarcastically, "Wanyan, you are still an unmarried girl, why are you so interested in these things? Are you blaming me for not finding you a husband when I was your mother?"

Xu Wanyan smiled and said, "It's a pity that you don't have the chance to manipulate the marriage."

The corners of Zhao Yaru's mouth twitched, but when she thought of the prince, she perked up again. "Who can predict what will happen in the future?"

"Yeah, who can say that!"

Xu Wanyan took Huang Yueping's arm and walked past her, heading towards the front hall.

"What are you going to do? What does the Lu family have to do with you?"

"What does it matter? You should..."

"Oh, you must be Madam Xu, Madam Xu. I am Lu Mingxuan's mother. I finally meet you."

Before Xu Wanyan could finish her words, Sun suddenly rushed out of the house. Seeing Huang Yueping, she immediately grabbed her hand.

"you......"

"I've been looking for you so hard, Madam Xu, you have to make the decision for us mother and son!"

As she spoke, Sun began to cry with tears streaming down her face.

Zhao Yaru looked at Sun with disgust and scolded, "What are you doing? Is the Xu family a place for you to run wild?"

Sun seemed not to hear Zhao Yaru's scolding and just wiped her tears.

Seeing that no one paid any attention to her, she then tugged at Huang Yueping's sleeve, her face full of bitterness and hatred, "Madam Xu, the Xu family has hurt us so badly. Our Mingxuan has been bullied to death. If you, the Xu family, don't give us an explanation, I will go to Shuntian Prefecture and sue you all. I will put you all in jail."

Xu Wanyan wanted to laugh. She looked so pitiful just now, but now she suddenly became proud again.

Xu Wanqing is lucky. If she really went to the Lu family, her life would be more miserable than death.

"My dear relatives, let's talk it over nicely. What happened? I haven't heard it clearly yet. Please tell me in detail."

When Zhao Yaru heard this, her face changed drastically.