Chapter 213: Showing Good Will and Telling Secrets
Wu Lian'er bowed deeply to Yu Shengsheng.
Yu Shengsheng looked at him coldly without saying anything.
"Thank you, my lord."
"What are you thanking me for?"
"If it wasn't for the princess's intention, Miss Ruan wouldn't have asked the general to rescue this servant."
Yu Shengsheng didn’t know whether Wu Lian’er really couldn’t think of it, or was pretending not to know and wanted to attribute the favor to her.
No matter which one it is, Yu Shengsheng directly revealed: "It was not my intention. Ruan Jing saved you, so you go thank Ruan Jing."
Wu Lian'er choked.
"My lord, did I do anything wrong? If I have made you unhappy..."
Yu Shengsheng looked at her with a half-smile on his hand, "Wu Lian'er, who is your mother?"
"It's Mrs. Wu. She's now..."
"So, you are the daughter of Mrs. Wu. What else do you need to do to make this princess unhappy? This princess will be unhappy when she sees you and your daughter."
Yu Shengsheng spoke every word clearly, without any concealment.
Having said that, I felt refreshed.
She suddenly felt that it was a pleasure to be able to speak her mind in a simple and direct way, to express her feelings, and to speak frankly.
It's much better than speaking in a roundabout way.
Then I thought of what Fu Qingyin said, that only by being arrogant can we be worthy of Zhenqiao Tower.
She couldn't help but smile.
Wu Lian'er was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that Yu Shengsheng, who always showed weakness and didn't explain himself, would suddenly be so direct and rude.
She didn't know how to respond.
When I looked up, I saw Yu Shengsheng's eyes and eyebrows were smiling, and the corners of her mouth were raised, which made me even more puzzled.
What are you laughing at?
Wu Lian'er stepped forward and said, "Princess, I know that my mother once did something that made you unhappy. She is now at the farm and will never come back. I know very well that it was my mother's fault and I don't want to follow her old path."
She said sincerely: "Princess, as a daughter, I must be filial, but I also know right from wrong, and I will never make the same mistake again."
As she spoke, she wanted to kneel. Yu Shengsheng came back to her senses and said nonchalantly, "If you want to kneel, then think about it. This princess will not change her opinion of you just because you kneel."
Wu Lianer: “…”
After thinking about it, she decided to give up. If she wasn't called back, she didn't know how long she would have to kneel.
She took another step forward, hiding her embarrassment, and said in a low and rapid voice: "Princess, I am not here to plead for my mother, but to remind you to be careful of your wife."
"Why do you say that?"
"Madam intends to marry the young lady to her nephew from her mother's family. Her nephew is a playboy. He has six concubines before he gets married. If it weren't for the pressure from the old lady, two of them would have been concubines long ago."
Even if a family is rich and powerful, once they have a concubine, few girls from good families will be willing to marry.
"Even so, my cousin kept a mistress without telling anyone. If the mistress hadn't been pregnant and someone hadn't seen her getting the medicine to preserve the pregnancy, it wouldn't have been exposed."
"Princess, this is a pit of fire."
Yu Shengsheng listened with a blank expression on her face. A huge wave surged in her heart, but then it returned to calm.
"My Lady, everything I said is true. If I told even one lie, I will be struck by lightning and die on the farm with my mother, with no one to collect my body."
Wu Lian'er raised her hand and swore, without any ambiguity.
Yu Shengsheng thought that this was probably true.
The mother-daughter relationship with Madam Su has long come to an end, and now she is beginning to take advantage of it to the utmost?
It's not just exploitation, there should also be hatred.
He hated her for living in the countryside and then returning to the capital with her shameful background, bringing shame to the lady and making her a laughing stock;
I hate that she either harmed her sisters, or disrespected her brother, talked back to her mother, and repeatedly went to the town's brothel, ruining her reputation;
She hated her for standing on Ruan Jing's side and not forming a united front with her mother, which was a heinous crime.
Yu Shengsheng tilted her head to look at the mirror, where half of her face was reflected.
When I first met Mrs. Su, I felt that they were somewhat similar. The Su family also said that they were indeed mother and daughter, and they could be recognized at first glance.
Looking at it now, I don’t think they look that similar.
"This princess understands, you can leave now."
Wu Lian'er pursed her lips and smiled, her tone tinged with sadness: "If Madam knew what I said, she would definitely scold and punish me, but I have a clear conscience, so please be careful, Princess."
"From today on, there will be a chicken soup with bamboo shoots in the kitchen. Princess, don't eat it, but you have to pretend to eat it."
Yu Shengsheng looked at her calmly. She paused and continued, "There was a little bit of something added to the soup. It won't be fatal, but it will make you weaker and weaker, and the cause of the disease cannot be found."
"And the madam's mother's family, the Rongguo Mansion, has a palace doctor who is very good at treating this disease."
Wu Lian'er didn't say much more, just stopped there, and then Fu Fu walked away.
Yu Shengsheng closed her eyes and went over everything she had just said in her mind.
This was not the first time that he had used her marriage to gain benefits. The last time was when he let her marry Kong Dezhao.
But this time, it is no longer in the Su family’s interest.
It was Madam Su who wanted to use her to help her family regain power.
Duke Rong was Madam Su's father, who has passed away several years ago. Madam Su's brother has never inherited the title, and at his age now, it is probably hopeless.
In fact, as early as when Duke Rong was still alive, he had not made any achievements and began to go downhill.
Otherwise, with her status as the legitimate daughter of Duke Rong, she would not have married into the Su family. At that time, Su Huaiyuan did not have the prominent status he has today.
Now Duke Rong has passed away, but the emperor has not thought about it and has not taken down the plaque of his family. If he were to think about it, the sign of "Duke Rong's Mansion" would be lost.
But if Yu Shengsheng were to marry him, things would be different.
It is equivalent to tying her mother's family to the Su family, and the merits and glory of the Su family's father and son must also be shared with her mother's family.
Yu Shengsheng guessed that it was probably because Su Huaiyuan brought Ruan Jing home, and the couple had been quarreling frequently in recent days, which made her feel insecure, so she came up with this plan.
And her nephew from her mother's side was a bastard, which made life miserable for her as an unfilial daughter.
Kill two birds with one stone.
Yu Shengsheng sighed softly, what a vicious and good plan.
As the lights came on, Jin Baobao came back from outside with a food box in his hand.
"Miss, it's done."
Yu Shengsheng glanced at the food box, and Jin Baobao put the food on the table one by one: "On the way back, I happened to meet those people in the kitchen. I knew that the young lady didn't want to see them, so I took them and let them go back."
As she was talking to herself, Yu Shengsheng walked to the dining table.
"The kitchen staff also said that this bamboo shoot and chicken soup is the freshest. Let me give it a try."
The chicken soup was really well cooked, with a rich aroma and golden color. The white and tender bamboo shoots were cut very thinly and soaked in the soup.
Yu Shengsheng remembers that when she was in the countryside, she was an expert at digging bamboo shoots. Every spring, it was her feast.
Grandma Wu can make delicious soup without adding meat.
She also remembered that she had mentioned it to Mrs. Su after arriving at the Su Mansion.
She chuckled. Now, Madam Su was actually using this to lure her into the fire pit.
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