She suddenly turned to Chen Siyi and said, "Since Ling Qingxue intends to marry her, why did you humiliate her in public today? If she can't marry Ling Qingxue smoothly, what will the Prince think?"
Over the years, she and Xiao Yuan had been like mother and son, so how could she not know Xiao Yuan's temper?
If Ling Qingxue cannot marry Su Xuerong, Xiao Yuan will naturally find a way to bring her into the royal palace!
Chen Siyi said, "Madam, Ling Qingxue is now the Prince's right-hand man. How can someone as talented as him be defiled by a widow like Su?"
In her heart, Su Xuerong could only marry an old and ugly peddler; she was not worthy of marrying a young, handsome, and outstanding man!
Cui sneered, "Siyi, I can understand that you are hostile to her because of the prince, but what does it have to do with you that Ling Qingxue is marrying her?"
Chen Siyi seemed to understand the meaning behind her words.
To make Xiao Yuan give up, Ling Qingxue's marriage to Su Xuerong must go through!
Chen Siyi bit her lip: "I overstepped my bounds."
Madam Cui looked at her with a half-smile: "Siyi, your mother and I are old friends, and you were once someone the prince wanted to marry into. Speaking of which, you and the prince have quite a deep connection..."
"But you dared to interfere in the affairs of the prince's people before you even entered the manor. Do you think I would still let you in?"
Chen Siyi was shocked: "Madam, Siyi never thought that way. In Siyi's heart, Madam is the mistress of the Prince's Mansion. Even if I gain the Prince's favor in the future, I will never dare to disobey Madam!"
"Alright, stop pretending in front of me. When the Prince returns, I will have him arrange for you and your daughter to move out," Cui said coldly.
Chen Siyi was immediately terrified and knelt down to kowtow to Madam Cui: "Madam, you must not send us away! If that person from the North finds out, he wants me to go to the palace!"
Only then did Madam Cui realize, and then she gritted her teeth and said, "So that's how it is!"
"You dare to delay the prince from marrying someone else just so you can avoid entering the palace!"
No wonder Xiao Yuan mentioned marrying Chen Siyi that day, but when she pressed him for details, Xiao Yuan only said he was helping her out and that he had no romantic feelings for her.
Lady Cui was puzzled at the time: why didn't she want to marry him and then treat him like a servant?
Wouldn't that delay Xiao Yuan's progress?
He's already twenty-five this year, and he doesn't even have a child in his household!
In order to avoid entering the palace, Chen Siyi dared to use their past relationship to get Xiao Yuan to give her the position of a concubine.
This means there's a missed opportunity for a suitable position to be filled by another suitable woman.
This is outrageous!
Cui was so angry that she trembled all over.
Chen Siyi suddenly realized she had let something slip and panicked, saying, "Madam, it's not like that. The Prince, out of consideration for my father's kindness, has already promised to marry me as a concubine when he returns from Shaoxing, thus putting an end to that man's hopes in the north."
"Smash!" Madam Cui slammed the teacup in her hand down in front of her. "Don't talk about favors in front of me! Don't think I don't know, the Prince doesn't owe you anything, you owe the Prince!"
Chen Siyi's face was ashen.
"Get out!" Cui Shi shouted sternly, not wanting to look at her anymore.
Chen Siyi walked out of the house feeling lost and helpless, as if she had lost control of the situation.
It was Su Xuerong who was humiliated today, but I never expected that this matter would eventually drag me into it.
Feeling completely lost, she walked to the old princess's room and immediately heard her mother's weak, panting voice.
"Mother!"
Chen Siyi hurriedly stepped forward and helped the old princess up, patting her chest repeatedly.
The old princess was deathly pale as she looked at her silently: "Siyi, why are you doing this today?"
Chen Siyi's face was completely stiff.
“That Mr. Ling is someone the Prince values highly. If you do this, I’m afraid the Prince will be displeased…” the old princess said mournfully.
Chen Siyi bit her lip: "I... I just feel that the Su family is unworthy..."
Taking advantage of the fact that all those men are away from Hangzhou, we should use the Lotus Festival to completely ruin her reputation and make her get out of Hangzhou. We must not let Xiao Yuan leave the position of his principal wife to her!
The old princess shook her head and sighed, "You're still too young..."
In that case, how could Cui possibly have any goodwill towards her?
The prince might not like her much, and if Cui Shi blocks her, she can forget about marrying Xiao Yuan again for the rest of her life.
Chen Siyi looked at her grieving mother, but a hint of ruthlessness flashed in her eyes.
Since that's the case, she's even less likely to let that bitch Su Xuerong have her way!
No matter how much Cui Yun'er tried to persuade her to stay, Su Xuerong hurriedly took Xiuchun back with her.
Sitting in the carriage, Xiuchun couldn't help but say, "My lady, I never expected that princess to be such a vicious person. I really couldn't tell before."
She's so angry!
If she hadn't been stopped by the maids, she would have rushed in and slapped Chen Siyi a few times.
"You can know a person's face but not their heart. Don't assume that everyone with a smiling face is Guanyin," Su Xuerong said calmly.
She had expected Chen Siyi to do this.
She just couldn't understand why Chen Siyi, who was determined to become a princess, would deliberately ruin her reputation so that she couldn't marry Ling Qingxue.
Could it be...?
No way!
Does she also like Ling Qingxue?
But Su Xuerong quickly dismissed this guess.
Chen Siyi is completely different from Fang Ningzhu. She is ambitious and will never give up on Xiao Yuan and choose Ling Qingxue.
So her goal was to make herself unable to establish herself in Hangzhou, to be rejected by all the high-ranking officials and nobles in Hangzhou, and to never be able to marry a good man again.
Women always seem to make things difficult for other women.
Su Xuerong scoffed, "That's weird!"
Xiuchun was still fuming: "If she comes to me again asking me to make incense, I won't sell her anything!"
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