Jiang Fanghui rushed over and quickly supported Jiang Dayong, while her eyes rolled back and glared at Leng Zhuning fiercely.
"You heartless person! Do you really want your uncle to kneel down before you will be happy?
If it weren't for your cousin, do you think you and your sister would have become prime minister and queen respectively?!
Now is the time for you to repay your kindness!"
"Nephew, please save your cousin!"
Jiang Dayong's wife Jiang Lin also echoed this.
For a moment, the only sounds in the main room were the interweaving of Jiang Fanghui's scolding and the voices of Jiang Dayong and his wife who were playing the emotional card.
Leng Zhuning's handsome face was expressionless. He closed his eyes, his heart in turmoil.
"Ning'er, mother remembers that your daughter-in-law was once a close friend of Princess Kang! Let her go and tell Princess Kang about this too."
Jiang Fanghui cursed several times, but her son ignored her.
His eyes turned and fell on his daughter-in-law beside his son.
Jiang Fanghui's words made Lu Jianan stiffen.
"Mother! You said Jianan was Princess Kang's former friend, but that's all in the past. How could Princess Kang be willing to care about Jianan?
Besides, this time it was my cousin who sent people to assassinate Princess Kang and her children.
Even Princess Kang's four sons were injured.
Even if my cousin went to Princess Kang to plead for mercy in person, Princess Kang might not agree to let my cousin go, let alone let Jianan go!
Mom, aren't you making things difficult for Jianan?!"
Leng Zhuning, who had been silent and allowed his mother to scold him, finally spoke up when his mother mentioned his wife.
Jiang Fanghui immediately glared at Lu Jianan.
"You evil little bitch! No wonder you can't have children! You must have whispered so much nonsense to Ning'er that her heart has been tilted towards you and she doesn't care about her cousin at all!
I've been talking for a long time, and his uncle has been talking for a long time, but Ning'er hasn't said a word.
Now that I'm talking about you, little bitch, Ning'er is no longer mute and can speak!
I don’t care whether you have a good relationship with Princess Kang or not, you must go to Princess Kang to plead for your cousin!
Otherwise, my mother will make Ning'er divorce you no matter what!
You have been married to our Leng family for more than ten years. Even if you were a hen, you could lay hundreds of eggs. But you, a little bitch who is worse than a hen, can't even give birth to a child!
If Ning'er hadn't protected you all these years, I would have divorced you long ago!
If I were you, I would have made room for a woman who could give birth long ago!"
Every word Jiang Fanghui said was heartbreaking. Lu Jianan lowered his head, his face pale, and his thin body trembled slightly.
"Mom! That's enough!"
Leng Zhuning held his wife's cold little hand tightly and interrupted his mother's endless scolding in a harsh voice.
Jiang Fanghui's old face was full of disbelief.
"Ning'er, you actually mean to your mother for this little bitch?"
"Mom, Jianan is my wife! If a grown man like me can't even protect my wife, what kind of man am I?
I've also said that no matter whether Jianan can have children or not, I will never divorce her!"
Leng Zhuning said this sternly and took a deep breath.
His complicated gaze swept over Jiang Fanghui and Jiang Dayong one by one.
"Mother, uncle and aunt, I will plead with the emperor tomorrow morning, but I have no right and dare not influence his thoughts.
No matter how the emperor decides to deal with my cousin in the end, it is none of my business.
I just hope that when the emperor makes his decision, you guys will stop making trouble.
The more you make trouble, the more the Emperor and the Kang Wang family will dislike your cousin."
Joy flashed in Jiang Fanghui's eyes, and she nodded continuously, "Okay, okay, Ning'er, all you have to do is plead with the Emperor!
As for your wife, I still say the same thing. Let her go and plead with Princess Kang. If Princess Kang agrees, maybe she can ask Prince Kang to talk to the Emperor, and the Emperor will be able to give your cousin a lighter sentence!"
Jiang Fanghui still did not give up the idea of asking Lu Jianan to plead with Princess Kang.
Leng Zhuning frowned, "Mother..."
Before he could start to say anything, his sleeve was tugged by his wife beside him.
Lu Jianan still lowered her head, her voice as thin as a mosquito, "My husband, it's okay. I'll go find Princess Kang and try."
Jiang Fanghui raised her chin proudly, like an old hen that had won a fight.
"Okay, then you go tomorrow."
The chaos in the Prime Minister's Mansion finally ended with the compromise of Leng Zhuning and his wife.
Back in the house, Lu Jianan sat down on the couch tiredly.
Leng Zhuning sat down beside his wife distressedly, "My dear, I am sorry for wronging you."
"My dear husband, I know you are in a difficult situation. If only I could get pregnant, there wouldn't be so many conflicts in our family."
Lu Jianan pursed her lips, a look of sadness on her pale face that had not yet faded, "Husband, otherwise, we should just get a divorce. I have been married to you for more than ten years, but I have never given birth to a child.
I have already committed the seven grounds for divorce and should be divorced. My husband is the Prime Minister and can marry a younger and healthier girl. I... "
"No! I don't agree!"
Leng Zhuning said this with gritted teeth, stretched out his long arms, and hugged his wife tightly in his arms.
The force was so strong that he wished he could merge his wife into his bones and blood.
"Jianan, I don't allow you to say that! I told you, no child, no child, I don't care!
It’s you I care about, not the child!
Don't take my mother's words to heart. You know, in her heart, my sister the Queen and I are not as important as my uncle's family.
I will find a way to get my uncle and his family to move out, and we can just live a good life from now on."
Leng Zhuning comforted his wronged wife, but he also felt powerless in his heart.
He is obviously the prime minister, and he is obviously second only to the emperor.
But he still couldn't handle family conflicts and trivial matters, and still let his wife suffer.
When will days like this end?
The rumors about Concubine Shu in the capital were getting more and more intense, and even some people who had been bullied by Concubine Shu but were eventually suppressed by the Queen or the Prime Minister came forward.
These victims united and rushed to the palace gate before dawn the next day, clamoring for justice from the emperor.
The old emperor stood up and heard a faint noise outside. "What's going on outside?"
“Your Majesty, a crowd has gathered outside the palace gates. Please give them justice.
I heard that they were all people who had been bullied by Concubine Shu, and now the news that Concubine Shu sent people to assassinate Prince Kang's family has spread widely in the capital.
These people responded to the noise, perhaps hoping to take this opportunity to seek justice for themselves."
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