Chapter 1202: The Meal Replacement Lady is Not Likeable (17)

"Sister, why do people change? You have changed. You have become distant from me and no longer love me. Xin Bai has also changed. He spends less and less time with me and even wants to marry other women to hurt my heart..." Yuan Shiwan complained sadly when she saw that Yuan Shichu had no intention of making any plans for her.

When Yuan Shichu heard her words, he laughed out of anger and said, "Yuan Shiwan, have you noticed that when you complained about us changing, you were talking about how our attitude towards you had changed, not how we had changed in other things. This shows how arrogant and narcissistic you are. You insist on making everyone revolve around you, and once other people's focus is no longer on you, you think that they have become bad, tut tut..."

Yuan Shiwan's face flushed immediately, and she hurriedly argued: "I didn't! Sister, you misunderstood me..."

Yuan Shichu rolled his eyes and said, "Whether it's a misunderstanding or not, you know it in your heart, and I know it too. Why should everyone revolve around you? You are not the center of the world."

Yuan Shiwan's eyes were filled with tears again. She looked at Yuan Shichu pitifully, sobbing and making excuses. Yuan Shichu just thought she was annoying, so he said without giving her face: "Yuan Shiwan, have you noticed that you are becoming more and more like a resentful woman now? You have lost all the aura you had before you got married. How can you attract the Third Prince's love?"

When Yuan Shiwan heard her words, she stopped sobbing, then stared at Yuan Shichu in astonishment and said, "I, I am really becoming more and more like a resentful woman? No wonder the Third Prince rarely comes to see me. Is it because I am no longer as cute as I was before marriage?"

She almost collapsed, unable to accept the fact, and covered her face and burst into tears.

Yuan Shichu's ears hurt from her crying and he was about to chase her away when Zhan Shulin suddenly came back.

"It's time to get off work so soon?" Yuan Shichu asked in surprise. He looked at the sky and it was still quite early.

Zhan Shulin said, "We have finished the important things. Our superiors have allowed us to come back a little earlier." He looked at Yuan Shiwan, who was crying and could not be recognized for a while, and asked Yuan Shichu, "Who is this person?"

"She's my adopted sister, the Third Prince's wife." Yuan Shichu said to him.

Zhan Shulin recalled the time when he heard his colleagues in the Hanlin Academy discussing that the Third Prince would soon take a concubine. He immediately understood why his sister-in-law was crying in his wife's yard.

But didn't Yuan Shichu say that he would cut off contact with the Yuan family? Why is the Third Prince's wife here now? Yuan Shichu immediately understood his look and helplessly spread his hands to explain: "She insisted on coming to my house. I can't chase her away, right? I can chase her away, but isn't it because your future depends on her father-in-law?"

When Zhan Shulin heard the word "eunuch", he immediately thought of the eunuchs in the palace. However, when the word "she" was added before the word, the meaning changed instantly, and then his face changed drastically. He hurriedly stopped Yuan Shichu and said, "Don't talk nonsense! That's His Majesty."

"Yes, isn't Your Majesty her father-in-law?" Yuan Shichu had no fear of imperial power, so he naturally could not understand Zhan Shulin's caution.

"Although it is in fact, this title is not very good..." Zhan Shulin advised her tactfully, but finally gave up when he saw her clear and fearless eyes.

"Forget it. It's not convenient for me to be here. You just need to comfort the Third Prince's wife." Zhan Shulin said, and wanted to leave.

But at this time, Yuan Shiwan finally stopped crying. When she looked up, she saw Zhan Shulin and was immediately startled. After a while, she opened her red and swollen eyes and recognized that this was her brother-in-law, so she shouted, "Brother-in-law..."

"The Third Prince's Concubine." Zhan Shulin bowed to her.

Yuan Shiwan wiped her tears hastily and quickly straightened her dress, not wanting to appear in front of her brother-in-law in such an embarrassing manner.

"Princess Third Prince, please treat this place as your own home. If you need anything, just tell your sister and don't be polite. I still have some things to do, so I'll take my leave first." Zhan Shulin said to Yuan Shiwan.

“…Okay, okay, take care, brother-in-law…” Yuan Shiwan replied quickly.

She looked at Zhan Shulin's tall and graceful back and knew that her brother-in-law was also very handsome and had passed the imperial examination. He could be said to be both talented and handsome. So she suddenly asked Yuan Shichu: "A talent like my brother-in-law must be very popular with women, right? Does he have a concubine?"

Yuan Shichu glanced at her and said calmly, "No, if he takes a concubine, I will dare to divorce him."

Yuan Shiwan's eyes widened immediately: "Divorce your husband? But don't most men have three wives and four concubines? Why do you want to divorce your husband just because he took a concubine? How shocking is it to divorce your husband for such a thing?"

"Shocking as it may be, he is not the only man in the world. If he dares to look for other women, then I dare to look for other men too." Yuan Shichu said calmly these outrageous words that would make the guards faint.

"But...but as women, shouldn't we be virtuous and generous? How can we be like this...like this..." Yuan Shiwan said in surprise.

"Since you are so virtuous and generous, why do you come to me crying about the Third Prince taking a concubine?" Yuan Shichu hit the nail on the head, and Yuan Shiwan immediately deflated.

After a moment of silence, she said to Yuan Shichu with emotion: "It seems that marrying up is not a good thing. You married a man whose family background is similar to ours, so you have the confidence to not allow him to take a concubine, but I don't have this confidence. I dare not even mention it, let alone refuse..."

"Okay, you shrewd prince consort, you've been crying in front of me for most of the day, just get out of here. If you don't want the Third Prince to take a concubine, I can't do anything about it, but why don't you go to your mother's house and ask your father and stepmother who have always loved you for help?" Yuan Shichu pointed out a way for Yuan Shiwan. She wanted to see if the three of them, who used to have a loving father/mother and a filial daughter, could still get along as they did before. If they had a falling out over this matter, it would be fun to watch.

After hearing Yuan Shichu's proposal, Yuan Shiwan's eyes lit up. She no longer cared about Yuan Shichu's sarcastic remarks to her. After saying goodbye to the Zhan family, she went to the Yuan Mansion to ask her biological father and stepmother for help.

Yuan Shiwan was naturally warmly welcomed by the whole family when she returned to the Yuan Mansion. Yuan's father and stepmother Wang never stopped smiling and they asked Yuan Shiwan about her well-being affectionately. The warm atmosphere was completely different from the ridicule and treatment she received from Yuan Shichu at the Zhan's house, and Yuan Shiwan almost couldn't adapt to it for a while. However, because of their previous relationships, the familiarity between father and daughter, mother and daughter, and sister and brother soon returned to their previous state.

(End of this chapter)