Chapter 689 The Fourth Princess is Angry

Hearing what she said, Zhang Yurou thought she was foolish, believing the man's coaxing: "You're talking to me like this for a man, Zhang Yumo, do you know what you're saying? We are your closest relatives, we all have the surname Zhang, we are daughters of the Zhang family."

"But now I'm married, and you're married too, cousin. We're both someone's wife now. Is it really for my own good that you're advising me to have a conflict with Jiang Jinyan?"

Zhang Yumo continued, "I kept my cousin here because I wanted to tell her not to speak ill of Jiang Jinyan in front of me anymore. Also, those things Shu Xue said were probably said at my cousin's instigation! My cousin didn't tell me that Bai Yuhan is Hanfei. She already knew her identity, but she only kept it from me and let me quarrel with Jiang Jinyan. What would happen if I really quarreled with Jiang Jinyan in public today?"

Zhang Yurou's eyes were filled with shock. "Yumo, how could you think of me like that? I didn't know Shuxue would say that, nor did I know her true identity. I was just trying to help you!"

"Yes, if it is confirmed that Jiang Jinyan is having an affair with the concubines in the harem, he might be imprisoned in the Dali Temple now. He will lose his reputation and his official position, and the Jiang family will be in ruins. Have you thought about me, cousin? I am still his wife, and he is still Xiao Chu's father. If he is stripped of his official position, will it affect me and Xiao Chu? Are you really helping me, cousin?"

"Who told you all this?" Zhang Yurou started to panic. "Did Jiang Jinyan tell you this? I have no grudge against him, how could I want to harm him? Besides, I did nothing. Zhang Yumo, how can you say that I instructed Shu Xue to do it? You can find Shu Xue to confront me."

"It's no use finding Shu Xue; she won't admit it. My cousin hasn't said anything, but I know it's her who wants to harm the Jiang family. It's because my cousin doesn't like the Empress. She doesn't like any woman who marries the Emperor. The person my cousin truly wants to marry is actually..."

"Zhang Yumo!" Zhang Yurou shouted sharply.

Their commotion was quite loud, instantly attracting Jiang Fenghua's attention. From a distance, she didn't know what they were talking about, but she knew it must have been very unpleasant.

Zhang Yurou lowered her voice and said, "After all these years, you still remember this? What do you mean by that?"

In Zhang Yumo's memory, not long had passed. She said, "I won't tell anyone, but please, Your Highness, don't harm the Jiang family again in order to deal with the Empress. Even if you harm the Empress and the Jiang family, you still can't marry the Emperor. He didn't like my cousin back then, and he won't like her now. My cousin and the Fourth Prince should live a good life together!"

Zhang Yumo gave her a slight bow, "I'll head back now."

Zhang Yurou stared at her departing figure, her teeth itching with anger. When did it become her turn to lecture this princess? If Xie Yang hadn't proposed to her first, she would have had the chance to marry Xie Shang.

Zhang Yumo has become bolder and smarter. Does she only dare to say these things to me because she has the Jiang family backing her up?

Zhang Yurou didn't go to pay her respects to Jiang Fenghua. She was so angry that her chest hurt and she walked straight towards the palace gate. Now that Zhang Yumo had married into the Jiang family, even she dared to flaunt her power in front of her. Would the Jiang family really last forever? Is there no one who can suppress the Jiang family now?

Zhang Yumo walked towards Jiang Fenghua and slowly bowed, "Greetings, Your Majesty the Empress. This humble woman will now return."

Jiang Fenghua had stayed behind specifically to wait for her. "Why did the Fourth Princess leave first?"

Zhang Yumo glanced at Zhang Yurou, who was leaving angrily, and said, "The Fourth Princess Consort is probably tired and wants to return to the manor early!"

“Sister-in-law and the Fourth Princess are cousins, so you must have a very good relationship.”

Zhang Yumo was taken aback by the title "sister-in-law" and quickly said, "We were quite close when we were young and grew up together, but after we got married, we rarely kept in touch."

That was all she could say, because Jiang Jinyan knew that today's events were a setup against him, and Empress Jiang must also know. She needed to keep her distance from the Fourth Princess Consort, otherwise they would really think that she was also trying to harm Jiang Jinyan.

She felt that Empress Jiang must have misunderstood, as this was only the second time she had seen Jiang Fenghua in so long.

In her memory, Jiang Fenghua was still the Princess Consort of Heng. The Princess Consort of Heng didn't have this kind of demeanor now. She never expected that someone who had been bullied like that would suddenly become the Empress and even gain the Emperor's favor. Wasn't the Emperor's favorite Consort Su? Even her cousin couldn't win his favor.

Jiang Fenghua in this life is like a completely different person from Jiang Fenghua in the previous life.

Seeing that she was staring at her, Jiang Fenghua said, "I heard from Mother that my sister-in-law has amnesia and has completely forgotten about her marriage to my brother. She remembers what happened before you got married, but she has forgotten the part of her life that happened after she married into the Jiang family."

Zhang Yumo said, "Yes, I don't know what happened either. I just don't remember. I don't even remember how Xiao Chu was born." The Jiang family really did suspect her.

"It was your sister-in-law who fell in love with your brother first, and you weren't married yet at the time. You've liked your brother since you were little, for many years. You remember all of this, right?"

Jiang Jinyan told her all this. She never expected Zhang Yumo to be so obsessed with Jiang Jinyan. If she couldn't marry him, she would choose to jump into the lake and commit suicide. It was too foolish of her to do this for a man. Fortunately, her older brother also fell in love with her later. Otherwise, she really felt that Zhang Yumo's actions were unnecessary and would only be unfair to herself.

Zhang Yumo clenched her fingers. Her grandmother had proposed marriage to the Jiang family many times, trying to get him to agree to marry her. Everyone in the Jiang family knew this.

She nodded. "I remember."

Jiang Fenghua asked in confusion, "So, in your memory, you liked Jiang Jinyan? Why would you want to leave the Jiang family, or even go your separate ways with Jiang Jinyan? You've already married the man you cherish. No matter what happens, you should trust him."

Zhang Yumo looked up at her, "I didn't expect Jiang Jinyan to even tell Her Majesty the Empress these things."

Jiang Fenghua also felt a little embarrassed and quickly said, "Sister-in-law, please don't misunderstand. I didn't mean to interfere in your family affairs. My brother and I have been close since childhood. He has no one to talk to when he has something on his mind. I just wanted to comfort him and also comfort you. Actually, apart from being a bit dull when it comes to relationships, my brother is a good person. You can give him another chance. I believe he will change his ways."

Zhang Yumo quickly made an excuse, "I may have misunderstood him at the time. I thought his relationship with Miss Bai was unusual. Now I know that he has explained it to me clearly. They are just ordinary friends. He said that Miss Bai is also a friend of the Empress."

"What else did your brother say to you?" Jiang Fenghua asked.