Chapter 261 Yu Yin'er's Resentment
The people who were still helping to move things all turned their eyes in this direction.
Min Rong got up in a fit of rage, pointed at Amo through gritted teeth, and glared fiercely at the conspicuous "Qiao Mansion" plaque above her head before hurriedly climbing into the Marquis's carriage.
You won't see him, huh? You want to break ties, huh? Then he'll show Min Qiao what a real break ties are like!
Didn't the Wu family say they wanted to use the Crown Princess's death to demand one last favor from the Crown Prince?
He then used marriage to obtain this favor!
The Qiao family mansion, the Qiao family mansion...
Since Mother wants to revert to the surname Qiao, she probably won't care about her status as the Grand Madam of the Xuanping Marquis's Mansion, right?
Min Rong was humiliated at the gate of the Qiao residence and left with resentment and scheming.
Madam Min Qiao was naturally unaware of the resentment and scheming in Min Rong's heart. Of course, even if she did know, she wouldn't care.
She's currently waiting for news from the palace while also trying to comfort Zhen Huan.
She is really good, very loyal. With her by her side, Madam Min feels very at ease.
However, none of this was her reason for preventing Zhen Huan from returning to his ancestral home and forcibly keeping him by her side.
On the contrary, precisely because it was so wonderful, she hoped even more that she could return to the Yongning Marquis's mansion, regain her status as a young lady of the Marquis's mansion, and live a happy life that everyone envied.
While Lady Min Qiao was making efforts, Lady Yongning Hou's desire to reclaim her daughter was even more sincere.
Ever since the day Lady Yongning confirmed Zhen Huan's identity, she began sending things to the Qiao residence every day and visiting them every few days.
At first, she went alone, but later she started bringing her son and daughter-in-law with her.
Rumors gradually spread that Lady Yongning was going to recognize Lady Qiao as her mother.
Some people say that Madam Qiao is really capable. Even though she lost her biological son, Marquis Xuanping, she still has the protection of the Earl of Enping's Mansion and the Seventh Princess. This time, even the Lady of Marquis Yongning is eager to acknowledge her as a relative.
Upon learning this news, Min Rong smashed another tea set, becoming even more eager for the Wu family to give him a clear answer.
The Wu family had no idea what the Crown Prince was plotting, nor did they know whether he would seek revenge and punish them later.
When she approached Min Rong and forced him to marry her, she wanted to use the relationship with the Marquis of Xuanping's mansion, or rather, the power of the nobles behind Min Qiao's family, to protect herself.
Therefore, the threat Min Rong made earlier about the Crown Prince was really just a threat.
Even if Min Rong truly refused, they were powerless to stop him. After all, at this critical juncture, they dared not approach the Crown Prince.
To be precise, the Crown Prince is now refusing to see the Wu family at all.
As for the reason, it was naturally that the Crown Princess suffered a miscarriage and died from postpartum hemorrhage, and it was all the Wu family's fault!
The Wu family was feeling lost and confused when they learned that Min Rong had agreed to the marriage between the two families, and they were overjoyed.
However, although Min Rong agreed to the marriage, he made a request: that the Crown Prince find a way to persuade Emperor Xiaozhao to strip Min Qiaoshi of her first-rank imperial title.
The Wu family was stunned when they heard this request.
Is this really something a biological son would do?!
Although the Wu family utterly despised Min Rong's actions, they still verbally agreed.
They planned to finalize the marriage agreement between the two families as soon as the Crown Princess was buried.
They can find another excuse to refuse when that time comes.
Anyway, they're already grateful that the Crown Prince isn't causing them any trouble, so why would they dare to make demands of him?
Therefore, faced with Min Rong's repeated urging, the Wu family only had one word: delay.
The Crown Princess hasn't even been laid to rest yet, and the Crown Prince is already grieving. Isn't it going too far for the Wu family to come knocking on our door asking for help?
Faced with the Wu family's explanation, Min Rong couldn't find a way to refute it.
And so the matter was left unresolved.
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Meanwhile, just as rumors were swirling about the Lady of Yongning Marquis wanting to recognize Lady Min Qiao as her mother, the Yongning Marquis's mansion suddenly announced that their third eldest daughter, Yu Yingluo, who had been missing for eight years, had been found.
Lady Yongning herself told people that finding her daughter was all thanks to Lady Minqiao.
It is said that when Madam Min Qiao went to Jiangnan at the beginning of the year, she accidentally saved her own daughter on the way and brought her back to the capital.
Later, she accidentally saw a familiar-looking maidservant following Min Qiaoshi, and after careful investigation, she confirmed her daughter's identity.
The news quickly spread throughout the capital.
Some people sighed with relief that Lady Yongning had finally found her daughter after enduring so much hardship.
Some people marveled at Min Qiao's kind heart, saying that good deeds are rewarded.
Sure enough, he had just had a falling out with his own son when the Marquis of Yongning's household immediately offered him a great favor.
At this time, someone brought up the story of how Lady Enping was bullied by the Zhao family's纨绔 (spoiled brats) when she was all alone, but was fortunately rescued by Lady Min Qiao, who even invited the imperial physician to treat her eye disease.
Suddenly, Min Qiao's reputation, which had been ruined, was restored.
Of course, while some people are happy, others are not so happy.
In the small courtyard where the Dowager Lady of the Yongning Marquis's mansion lived, Yu Yin'er angrily smashed a lot of porcelain ornaments. After venting her anger, she lay on the Dowager Lady's lap and cried loudly in grievance.
"Grandmother, Yu Yingluo is back! What am I going to do? Waaaaah... She was only the third young lady of the Marquis's mansion for four years, but I was for eight! I am the third young lady of the Marquis's mansion!"
"Grandma! Please think of something and don't let her come back! Waaah... Grandma, I don't want her to come back! She'll take away what's mine! I don't want that!"
Yu Yin'er cried and screamed, feeling both hatred and panic.
What I hate is why Yu Yingluo didn't die outside!
She hated Min Qiaoshi even more for meddling in other people's business and bringing Yu Yingluo back to the capital from Jiangnan!
What panicked was that the Lady Hou never liked her and felt that she had taken her daughter's place.
If Yu Yingluo really comes back, wouldn't the Marquis's wife kick her out of the Marquis's mansion?
No way! She's been a noble lady for so many years, living a life of luxury and being pampered. She's used to being served and flattered. How can she go back to those miserable days of being disliked and tormented?
"Waaah...Grandma! Don't you love Yin'er anymore? Please help Yin'er!"
Madam Yu gently stroked Yu Yin'er's head and softly comforted her, "Don't be afraid, your grandmother is here. Even if Yingluo is found, you will still be a young lady of the Marquis's mansion. No one will dare to neglect you, and no one can drive you out!"
Madam Yu knew her granddaughter was scared, but she could do nothing but comfort her.
Although she dotes on Yin'er, her granddaughter who has been with her in her hometown for eight years.
But after all, Yu Yingluo was her own granddaughter. If it weren't for her momentary negligence, Yingluo wouldn't have gotten lost.
Now that Yingluo has been found, she is also somewhat happy.
However, because of Yingluo's disappearance, she has suffered a lot over the years, and it is impossible for her to like Yingluo, her granddaughter, without any reservations as before.
Therefore, she hoped that Yingluo could get along well with Yin'er after she returned.
Seeing that Madam Yu was not helping her, Yu Yin'er felt both hatred and jealousy.
She spent eight years in the countryside with her grandmother, but in the end, she couldn't outdo Yu Yingluo, who caused her grandmother to suffer.
It's one thing for the Lady of the Marquis not to side with her, but why doesn't her grandmother side with her either?
She was unwilling to accept it!
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