Mother Lu looked aggrieved: "Then she is not a member of our family anymore. Isn't it normal to return the betrothal gifts? What do you think Xinran did? She is doing this for this family."

Marquis: "Don't say you did it for the sake of this family. Didn't you also say it was for the sake of this family? Look at what has happened now. If you hadn't interfered, that huge dowry would have belonged to our mansion now."

"So what if the General's Mansion is in decline? With so much money, she's still qualified to be the Crown Prince's wife. It was all your good idea."

The Marquis's wife: "You blame me? Didn't you also want to get in touch with the Prime Minister? Who knew that damn girl would suddenly become so smart and so decisively propose a divorce?"

The Marquis roared, "Do you think someone who grew up in that part of the capital could be so stupid that you can control him?"

Lu Haoran stood up with a gloomy expression, clearly still reeling from the shock of being abandoned. "That's enough. What's the point of arguing now?"

"While Xu Jinyi hasn't returned to the capital yet, we should find a way to coax her back."

Lu Haoran looked very hurt. After all, he had always thought that Xu Jinyi, who was deeply in love with him, suddenly treated him with disdain.

Even after he came forward to plead for peace, she remained unmoved, which made him fall into deep suspicion.

I doubt whether she really loved him and married him just to keep the money.

"Coax? Why? She's the daughter of a criminal, how can she be worthy? She should be grateful if we want her."

Lu Haoran no longer wanted to argue with his mother, as it would make him feel tired.

"Dad, I'm going out for a while."

"Go ahead."

Xu Jinyi was not surprised at Lu Haoran's arrival. She glanced at him and saw excitement in her eyes.

"Liu Su, go and invite Master Lu in."

"Yes, miss."

Liusu's steps were as fast as the wind, and there was no sign of knee injury at all.

Seeing how anxious she was, someone who didn't know her would think she was going to meet her lover.

Liuli was also confused: "Didn't she say her knees were swollen and painful? Why is she walking so fast?"

Xu Jinyi curled her lips and smiled: "Liuli, follow her quietly, don't let her find out, and don't make a sound if you see anything."

Xu Jinyi had already made arrangements. As soon as Lu Haoran arrived, the gatekeeper would automatically go away. After all, she had to give Liusu a chance.

Liuli followed in confusion, but saw a scene that shocked her greatly.

Liusu felt wronged. She was punished to kneel three times. Her knees were red, swollen, and bleeding, and it hurt so much.

Xu Jinyi didn't even call a doctor for her. She was sweating in the summer and her wounds felt like they were sprinkled with salt.

In just two days, Liusu had been tortured to the point of unbearable pain. She had never felt life was so torturous.

After all, if someone dislikes you, then everything you do is wrong.

Liusu has really had enough these past two days.

Now, after finally seeing her lover, she couldn't hold back her tears and they flowed down.

When he saw Lu Haoran, his whole body fell down.

"Prince, you are finally here. If you hadn't come, Liusu would have been bullied to death."

"Prince, please save Liusu. Please ask the young lady for my indenture contract. Liusu doesn't want to serve the young lady anymore. She wants to stay with you, Prince."

Lu Haoran hurriedly pushed her away, looked around, and breathed a sigh of relief when he found that there was no one.

"I have called away all the gatekeepers. Don't worry, my lord. The young lady won't know."

Upon hearing this, Lu Haoran pulled her behind a big tree next to the manor.

"What are you doing? Didn't I tell you to pretend you don't know me when you're out there? Are you trying to ruin my plans?"

Liusu cried, "Prince, Liusu misses you. I don't know what's wrong with the young lady. She has been targeting me these past two days. Look at my knees. If Liusu stays with her any longer, she won't be able to survive."

Liusu pulled up the trouser legs on both sides, revealing her horribly swollen and red knees.

Lu Haoran took a breath. He just thought Liusu was making a fuss, but he didn't expect it to be true.

"Is this a punishment from her? Why did she punish you? Did she accidentally find out something?" The first thing Lu Haoran thought of was not concern and worry for her, but fear that Xu Jinyi's abnormal behavior was because she knew about their relationship.

"Absolutely not. If she found out, there's no way she would have spared my life. She's so vicious."

Liusu couldn't help but say a lot of bad things about Xu Jinyi, and as she spoke, she couldn't help but lean towards Lu Haoran.

Lu Haoran frowned. "Why did she become so vicious? Was her previous weakness just an act?"

"Prince, please take me away. I don't want to serve her anymore. Sooner or later, I will be tortured to death by her."

Lu Haoran rubbed her waist with his big hand and coaxed her, "Liu Su, be good. It's not possible now. You still need to help me find out some things by her side. After we get her dowry, our future life will be better."

Liuli covered her mouth, her eyes wide as big as copper bells, staring at the shameless couple.

She was so angry that her face turned red, and she wanted to expose them and beat them up.

Watching the two of them kissing passionately under the tree, in broad daylight, the prince's big hand even reached into her tasseled collar.

Liuli's eyes turned red, not because she was angry, but because she felt sorry for Xu Jinyi, and she hated Liusu for daring to betray Xu Jinyi.

Liuli did not disturb them, but walked towards Xu Jinyi's yard with red eyes.

Seeing Xu Jinyi sitting there calmly as if nothing had happened, Liuli burst into tears.

He knelt in front of Xu Jinyi, hugged her waist and cried.

Tong's mother had just brought up a bowl of iced mung bean soup when she saw this scene and her head started throbbing with pain.

Pointing at Liuli angrily, he said, "Girl, I praised you this morning for being better than that girl Liusu and for being sensible. What are you doing now? Do you think you can hug a young lady?"

Xu Jinyi also guessed what kind of scene Liuli would probably see, so she waved to Tong's mother.

"Okay, stop crying. I didn't cry, but you started crying. What's so sad about that?"

"Wow... I just feel sorry for you, young lady. You're so kind, treating us like sisters and sharing everything with us. How could Liusu do this?"

"It can be anyone, but it can't be Liusu. The young lady is so good to her. How could she betray the young lady and steal her away?"

"Miss, you must be so sad. No wonder you would rather divorce than go back. Miss, you are so pitiful."

“Woo…”

Xu Jinyi looked at her angrily: "Who is pitiful? I was lucky to be able to leave that hell of the Marquis' Mansion cleanly. I was lucky to discover the truth before the wedding night."

"Fortunately, I was able to see their true colors and not be fooled by them. Otherwise, that would be pitiful."

Liuli was still crying: "But Liusu made you become an abandoned woman at the age of sixteen. Liuli feels sorry for you!"

"With your qualifications, young lady, you can find any good man you want. There are so many people in the capital who want to marry you. You are so good to the prince, how could he let you down?"