After the wedding ceremony, the couple was led to their bridal chamber.
Through the red veil, she could only sense the tall, imposing figure beside her, exuding an overwhelming aura of power. The man's cool fragrance enveloped her like winter snow.
When Xi Cheng lifted the bright red veil, Shen Xinglan, dressed in a bright red wedding robe, appeared before her. The man was tall and slender, with features as if carved by a knife and axe, exuding a chilling aura of slaughter that seemed to have emerged from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, making one want to submit.
Mu Wanting's clear eyes scrutinized her husband without flinching or avoiding his gaze, showing not a trace of a bride's shyness.
Shen Xinglan's eyes were filled with surprise and disgust.
"It's you?!"
Mu Wanting's lips curled up. It seemed that Liu Shi hadn't forgotten to trick her on her wedding night, and hadn't informed the Prince of Pingxi's mansion about the marriage exchange.
After being rescued by Shen Xinglan when she was fourteen, she became obsessed with love and chased after him. She was bold and passionate, and did many outrageous things that were known throughout the capital.
Shen Xinglan and her family despised her to the extreme, and in the end they chose Murong Rong as their future queen. She was heartbroken and married Zhao Zhiyuan.
But this time, she had long since let go of love and hate, and the past was like fleeting clouds.
Unwilling to take the blame for others, she said, "The marriage exchange was my younger sister's insistence, not my wish."
Shen Xinglan frowned. Judging from Mu Wanting's infatuation with him, it seemed more likely that she was the one who had switched places.
Back then, Mu Wanting pursued him relentlessly, doing all sorts of shameful things. What truly made him loathe her was that she had drugged his drink and climbed into his bed to seduce him.
His disgust for her stemmed from her despicable methods.
If it weren't for his amazing self-control, he probably would have given in to her wishes.
And now, she's even capable of doing something as simple as a forced marriage!
Feeling agitated, he turned away, refusing to even glance at her.
"No, the betrothal letter says I'm marrying Murong Rong, not you. Mu Wanting, no matter what method you use, I will not marry you."
Mu Wanting smiled politely.
“Alright, then please send someone to the Yongle Marquis’s residence to bring my younger sister back. I would much rather marry into the Yongle Marquis’s residence.”
Shen Xinglan immediately sent a gatekeeper to the Yongle Marquis's residence. Looking at Mu Wanting, he felt even more irritated and sat at the table, drinking tea in large gulps.
If there hadn't been a chance for things to turn around and it wasn't advisable to make a fuss about it, he would never have stayed in the same room as Mu Wanting.
The gatekeeper returned about half an hour later, looking furious.
"Your Highness, I went to see Miss Shen, but her dowry maid turned me away, saying that Miss Shen was willing to marry into the Yongle Marquis's family and asked us not to bother her anymore. She even hurriedly kicked me out, as if she was afraid that I would ruin her marriage."
Shen Xinglan looked at Mu Wanting, who was sitting with her eyes down, and felt that something was off about the whole thing, but Mu Wanting wouldn't say anything.
The thought that he would spend the rest of his life with Mu Wanting made him extremely irritable.
"Someone, bring me paper and pen. I want a divorce."
All of this was within Mu Wanting's expectations, and she smiled.
"Can."
Shen Xinglan glanced at Mu Wanting with suspicion.
Just as the servant went to get paper and pen, the eunuch Li Dafu took Shen Xinglan away.
Thinking of how Shen Xinglan was crippled on her wedding night in her previous life, and how she was her savior, she took out a protective gear.
“Your Highness, I promise you that if you wear this protective gear, I will agree to a divorce when you return.”
Shen Xinglan's suspicion deepened, but the eunuch delivering the decree was pressing him urgently, and he was really afraid that Mu Wanting would change her mind and cling to him, so he hurriedly put on his protective gear.
You'd better keep your word.
Mu Wanting smiled. Shen Xinglan's expression was truly heartbreaking.
Fortunately, she no longer had any feelings for him.
She didn't have time to worry, since she would be exiled in a few days and she needed to take her mother's dowry with her as soon as possible.
Upon arriving at the Minister's mansion's storeroom, she discovered that only one-tenth of her mother's dowry remained, while Liu's dowry and the Minister's mansion's wealth were still untouched.
The dowry was not only used to supplement the Minister's mansion, but Liu also took it upon herself to use it as a dowry for Murong Rong. Murong Rong had a total of 120 loads of dowry, all of which belonged to her mother!
Her dowry consisted of nothing more than cheap trinkets from Liu Shi; as a legitimate daughter, she only received a mere 40 loads of dowry.
Mu Wanting would not tolerate this. She took all of her mother's and Liu's dowry, and emptied the storeroom of gold, silver, jewelry, grain, rice, flour, medicinal herbs, and cloth.
Thinking of the concubines and illegitimate sons who had bullied her at Liu's behest, she immediately emptied their private coffers.
Doesn't Liu love to fight with her mother for control of the household? Then let her manage an empty house and see what happens.
The Minister's mansion is probably going to starve tonight.
Still not satisfied, she left a note before leaving to trick Liu.
Piao Piao, you betrayed me first, don't blame me for being ruthless.
Now, do these loving couple still have the leisure to trample on her mother for pleasure?
Let's fight!
Next up is Murong Rong, who stole her husband, stole her life, and then married in a grand wedding with her mother's dowry and a ten-mile-long red procession.
Wasn't it because the dowry was generous and the bride's family valued her?
Fine, then she'll change all her dowry into stones. She wants to see how much her in-laws still value her!
After finishing, she had used up her teleportation chances for the day, so she immediately returned to the bridal chamber, washed up, and fell asleep exhausted.
Shen Xinglan was carried back unconscious in the middle of the night.
Even though Shen Xinglan wore protective gear, there were still bloodstains on her red underwear.
As she gently removed the protective gear and went to pull down Shen Xinglan's underpants, Shen Xinglan grabbed her wrist.
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