Hoping for Xie Xiangxiang's help? Oh, all the pigs in the world are laughing!

Unable to dissuade her, Madam Xu agreed: "Alright, I'll listen to you and do everything I can to make them your allies."

Xie Tingting then smiled and said coquettishly, "Mother has been wronged. Mother Xie loves me."

Madam Xu first escorted her back to the Crown Prince's residence. Xie Tingting whispered, "Mother, let me take you back first. The Crown Prince is under house arrest, so I can't usually go out. I just wanted to enjoy myself a little longer this time."

"If you're not in a hurry to go back, how about we go see your sister together?"

Xie Tingting knew she was referring to Xie Xiangxiang.

My second sister is incredibly foolish; she's not only no help to me, she's a complete burden.

Xie Tingting gave her personal nanny a wink, and the nanny said sternly, "His Highness is still under house arrest. The Consort has been out for too long; it's time for her to go back."

"Mother, I'll head back to the manor now," Xie Tingting said with a helpless smile. "I'll ask for permission to visit you later."

As Madam Xu watched her leave without any mercy, she smiled with relief. Tingting would rather be confined to the mansion than see her homeless older sister.

It's good to be ruthless; it's much better than Xie Xiangxiang being eaten alive, leaving not even a bone fragment.

She didn't return to the Xie residence. Instead, she had the driver take her to Chiyu Lane in the East City. The things she was about to do were morally reprehensible, and her biggest worry was Xie Xiangxiang.

Xie Xiangxiang lived alone in a courtyard. The two maids who accompanied her were newly acquired by Madam Xu and were named Liuying and Yingzhu.

Originally, Xie Xiangxiang did not want a divorce and planned to kill Aunt Yue so that she could enjoy the status of the Duchess of the State alone. Unexpectedly, Aunt Yue died and Gu Chengyan was cremated.

Xie Xiangxiang was utterly despondent. Gu Chengyan was dead, so what was the point of everything?

Before Xu could even speak as she entered the room, she suddenly felt dizzy and fainted, hitting her head on the door frame.

The wound that the imperial physician had concealed reopened, and blood instantly streamed down his face.