"No! Your Highness, spare us! We servants will never dare to do it again!"
Upon hearing that the matter would be reported to the authorities, the servants who had been beaten in the courtyard scrambled to their feet and knelt before Su Liluo in a disheveled state.
They were nothing more than lowly servants; if they were handed over to the authorities, the Imperial Concubine would not protect them.
The old woman, Huang, who was beaten until she vomited blood, was both terrified and angry. She gasped for breath. She had been acting on the orders of Consort Liu to mistreat the Crown Prince, and it was all done in secret.
Although the Crown Prince has fallen out of favor, he is still a member of the royal family. If this matter is brought to the authorities, the ministers will certainly not let the Imperial Concubine off the hook.
I originally thought the new crown princess was the daughter of a sixth-rank official, but I didn't expect her to be so bold and decisive. It seems I can't touch her.
So she also begged for mercy.
But Su Liluo didn't give her a chance at all, pointing her finger directly at her and saying, "This lowly slave has committed insubordination. Guards, sell her off!"
Granny Huang stared wide-eyed in surprise, "I... I'm the Imperial Concubine's person, how dare you sell me out?"
Su Lilu sneered, "This is the Eastern Palace, yet you claim to be the Imperial Concubine's person. What do you think people will think if this gets out into the outside world?"
Even if the Emperor tacitly approves of a concubine interfering in the affairs of the Eastern Palace, it is still considered improper if it gets out.
Even Consort Liu could not use this as a reason to be angry with herself.
Soon, Granny Huang was dragged away.
Su Liluo has finally established her authority in the Crown Prince's residence, and now all the servants in the residence are respectful and obedient to her.
"Guards, bring the Crown Prince over here so he can officially begin the wedding ceremony!"
Although there were no guests attending the wedding banquet, Su Liluo felt that since she had married into the family, the proper etiquette was essential.
Crown Prince Xiao Ye was resting in his room when his bodyguards reported what had just happened, and he was shocked.
A slight smile played at the corners of his lips. "That's interesting!"
A short while later, the servants went to the courtyard and pushed Xiao Ye into the hall where the wedding ceremony was to be held.
A voice announcing "The Crown Prince has arrived" drew Su Liluo's gaze to the familiar figure in the wheelchair.
Even in the dead of winter, he wore only a thin coat, and despite his pale and thin face, his handsome features were still striking.
In her previous life, when she married into the family, she only had eyes for the King of Chu, so she never gave the Crown Prince a second glance.
However, he later accidentally saw that the people in the mansion were mistreating him, feeding him leftovers and making him sleep in dirty blankets. He couldn't stand it, so he reprimanded the servants and instructed them to treat the prince well in the future.
Although she was the King of Chu's inside man, there to betray the Crown Prince, she disdained to trample on the Crown Prince in such matters.
She thought that perhaps it was because of the little bit of kindness she had shown him in her past life that the Crown Prince was willing to risk his life for her before he died.
And what about the King of Chu?
She gave everything for him, only to meet a tragic end.
This shows that people are truly worlds apart.
Before she knew it, Su Liluo's eyes welled up with tears.
"Cough cough!"
Xiao Ye's cough interrupted Su Liluo's thoughts.
She immediately ran over with concern and ordered the servants, "Hurry up and bring the Crown Prince a thick cloak!"
Xiao Ye was taken aback when he heard this. This was the first time anyone in the manor had cared that he wasn't dressed warmly enough.
He looked up at Su Liluo and saw that one half of her profile was stunningly beautiful, while the other half was ugly and horrifying due to a birthmark caused by poison.
"You are not the eldest daughter of the Su family."
He immediately noticed the problem.
Su Wanshi and he had been betrothed since childhood. They often visited the palace when they were young. Even though he saw her less often later, he knew that Su Wanshi was not like the woman in front of him.
When Su Lilu heard his words, she thought he was disappointed.
So, without any hesitation, she stated directly, "Yes, I'm not!"
"Your fiancée dislikes you because you are paralyzed and is unwilling to marry you, so the Su family forces me to marry in your place. From now on, I am your Crown Princess. Do you dislike me?"
Xiao Ye was slightly surprised, seemingly not expecting her to admit it so directly.
After a moment of stunned silence, he said, "I am a cripple, not your destined match. Since you are being forced into marriage, then run away. I will not pursue the matter."
You're telling me to run away?
Su Liluo never expected Xiao Ye to treat her like this.
In her previous life, she didn't go through the wedding ceremony with him, and he only found out later that she was a substitute bride.
The die was cast, so this didn't happen.
Looking at Xiao Ye, she felt once again that the man in front of her was truly kind, and she was even more moved.
"No, I won't run away. I'm determined to be your Crown Princess for the rest of my life!"
Xiao Ye was puzzled and asked, "Why?"
Did this woman have some other purpose in approaching him?
He had to become wary and suspicious.
Su Liluo smiled brightly, "You despise yourself for being disabled, but I'm also an ugly woman. Ugly woman with a disabled person, there's no one in the world more perfect for each other than us!"
Xiao Ye:? ? ?
"You...don't talk about yourself like that."
Xiao Ye was surprised for a moment, but still whispered a word of comfort.
In the end, he was still forced by Su Liluo to perform the wedding ceremony.
Su Liluo pushed him back to the courtyard, and when she saw the mess in the courtyard, she scolded the servants in the mansion again.
Then, he immediately ordered people to tidy up the courtyard, change his bedding to new, soft blankets, and prepare a sumptuous dinner.
This was the first time Xiao Ye had received such good treatment in the manor since his downfall.
He became suspicious of Su Liluo's inexplicable kindness once again, but he didn't ask her about it. Instead, he planned to have his guards investigate secretly.
As night fell, after Xiao Ye had rested, Su Liluo went to rest in the room next to his bedroom.
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