Su Xuerong didn't say another word and turned to walk into her own courtyard.
Zhou and Wang, along with others, hurriedly followed them inside.
Ling Qingxue wanted to chase after them, but was stopped by the gatekeeper.
"Close the door!" Su Xuerong said without turning her head.
The gatekeeper immediately closed the gate.
As Ling Qingxue watched the slowly closing door and saw the woman walking further and further away, she realized that she had probably truly lost her...
Xiang strode forward and roughly pulled the distraught Ling Qingxue aside: "What are you doing? Is a woman like this worth all this?"
Ling Qingxue looked up at her mother and suddenly laughed: "Mother, did you give birth to me just to control me?"
Xiang stared wide-eyed, incredulous: "You...you dare speak to me like that?"
Ling Qingxue withdrew her gaze and said coldly, "Marrying Li Feiyi was my own idea, and it has nothing to do with her family background. Arong saved my life. Even if you are not willing to be grateful to her, you don't need to kick her when she's down."
"Also, after my wedding, you and your concubines should go back to Tongguan!"
Ling Qingxue left after uttering a single sentence, her face icy cold.
Xiang stood there, stunned, looking at Li beside her with a puzzled expression: "What did he just say?"
Li said with a troubled expression, "It seems that my husband is going to send us back to Tongguan..."
Xiang's eyes rolled back, and she fainted on the spot.
The group of people behind him panicked.
A young woman in a carriage not far away had witnessed the entire scene, a hint of mockery in her eyes.
"Princess, this man surnamed Ling is a complete scoundrel!" the maid, Shu Kui, couldn't help but say.
Li Feiyi sneered, "I didn't expect this Chief Secretary of the Prince of Fenyang to be so devoted? What a pity, I'm here on my father's orders for a marriage alliance, whether he's devoted or not has nothing to do with me."
Hollyhock said, "The prince originally intended for you to be the Princess Consort of Fenyang, so why would you lower yourself to marry him?"
Li Feiyi looked troubled: "But I've been in Hangzhou for several days and I still haven't seen what the Prince of Fenyang looks like. What if he's not as good as Ling Qingxue?"
It's fine to marry her off to someone she doesn't like, but at least she has to be good-looking enough to be pleasing to the eye.
“Besides, he has a princess who is still practicing Buddhism. If I marry him, I can only be a concubine, which is not worthwhile,” Li Feiyi said.
Hollyhock looked distressed: "But Ling Qingxue is such an unreliable person, I'm worried that you, Princess, will suffer if you marry into that family..."
They heard everything Ling Qingxue said.
I won't touch her after we get married.
What kind of couple are they?
Li Feiyi laughed and poked Shu Kui's forehead: "Are you stupid? When it comes to our wedding night, we'll have plenty of ways to make him give in."
Hollyhock sighed.
Li Feiyi withdrew her gaze and said, "Let's go back first. I'll come to visit this Lady Su, who fascinates Ling Qingxue so much, another day. What is it about her that makes her so charming?"
Although she had just seen Su Xuerong's captivating face, Li Feiyi felt that a wise man like Ling Qingxue was definitely not someone who could be so easily swayed by beauty.
The Su family must have something special about them to have chosen this man.
All night, Su Xuerong comforted Zhou Shi, afraid that she would fall ill from anger.
Zhou was so angry that she couldn't eat, and was furious: "I never thought that the kindness I showed you in the past would raise such an ungrateful child!"
The whole family's sincerity towards Ling Qingxue was truly wasted!
Su Jingxuan chimed in, "Forget it, it's not like Ah Rong is unwanted these days..."
Zhou suddenly threw a teacup at him and said sternly, "Do you want Arong to follow in the footsteps of your former aunt?"
Su Jingxuan immediately fell silent, and could only give his daughter a look before leaving.
Su Xuerong patted Zhou Shi's back: "Mother, as I said before, if I can't find a suitable husband, I don't have to get married..."
"Stop talking nonsense!" Madam Zhou glared at her fiercely. "Your parents will leave you sooner or later, and Yuan'er will get married in the future. You'll need someone by your side!"
Su Xuerong rested her head on Zhou's shoulder without saying a word.
She knew that Mrs. Zhou was feeling sorry for her.
After a long pause, Zhou said in a hoarse voice, "Arong, why don't we leave Hangzhou?"
"Staying in Hangzhou will not do any good for the whole family."
Zhou said wearily, "Your sister-in-law's situation is a cautionary tale. If you continue to get entangled with the prince, I'm afraid our family will suffer even greater hardships."
Su Xuerong fell silent.
Mother was right. Everything the Su family suffered after arriving in Hangzhou was related to Xiao Yuan.
Although he was innocent, the incident was ultimately caused by him.
Now that she has completely broken ties with Ling Qingxue, Xiao Yuan will be even more unscrupulous in coming after her.
Although she requested that their relationship not be exposed before things were done, who could be sure that he would sneak into her house every night without being discovered?
Once discovered by the public, not only will he face criticism, but it will also be difficult for him to achieve anything in the future.
“Besides, he is Xiao Shiyan’s uncle, and Xiao Shiyan will be the crown prince and the future emperor!” Madam Zhou said solemnly. “If Xiao Shiyan finds out that you and he are not on good terms, he will inevitably retaliate against you.”
"He's just a vassal king now, what power does he have to resist the emperor's suppression?"
“I’m worried that if he is suppressed by the emperor in the future, he might use you as a sacrifice again.”
After saying these words, Zhou's face turned ashen.
Su Xuerong remained silent.
She couldn't tell Zhou that Xiao Yuan's abilities far surpassed those of Xiao Shiyan and his son, and that he would one day become the emperor of Southern Zhou...
But Zhou's concerns were not unfounded; she could not predict what the future would hold.
“Once my elder brother returns from Quanzhou, we’ll find out about the situation there. If things really don’t work out, our whole family can move to Quanzhou,” Su Xuerong said after thinking for a moment.
"What will happen to your properties in Hangzhou?"
"I'll rent them out for now, and then sell them all when the property prices go up."
Zhou couldn't help but laugh: "You, you are still too naive. How could you possibly predict that housing prices would rise? Even if you did, would it be three years or five?"
Su Xuerong said, "Then what should we do? We've already bought the house. Even if we stay in Hangzhou, it's not easy to deal with it for the time being. We just bought it and then sold it again. I'm afraid it will be difficult to sell."
Zhou sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose: "Then let's wait for your older brother to come back before we talk about it."
The whole family has to work hard and run around, it's really tiring.
Su Xuerong felt really bad for her family, so she comforted them gently before returning to her own room.
As soon as she entered the house, she saw Xiuchun making a strange and stiff gesture towards her.
"What happened to your mouth?" Su Xuerong asked in surprise.
Xiuchun winked at her again: "Wife, I... I'll go to the kitchen and see if the bath water is hot enough for you?"
After saying that, he ran away as if fleeing, but he closed her door behind him.
"Why are you closing the door? It's so hot..."
Aren't you afraid your family will see?
Suddenly, a person walked out from the inner room behind them and chuckled softly.
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