At this point, even if the Right Chancellor's wife didn't press for details, Meixiang would take the initiative to tell the truth.
Meixiang knelt on the ground, sobbing as she recounted the entire story to the Right Prime Minister and his wife.
A few days ago, it rained for three or four days in a row. As soon as the sky cleared up, the people who had been confined to the mansion went out to play, and Miss Cheng was no exception.
Miss Cheng then took her maid to the Long Bridge in Liuzhuang to relax. However, after strolling around for a short while, Du Chengxu, the son of Princess Huyang, arrived. He pretended to bump into her by chance and offered to accompany Miss Cheng for a walk around.
The Right Chancellor politely declined the Empress Dowager's offer to marry Miss Cheng. Although the matter did not spread, Miss Cheng knew about it. She had already refused the Empress Dowager's marriage proposal, yet she still asked the son of Princess Huyang to accompany her on a trip. Wasn't this a slap in the face to her own father?
Without a second thought, Miss Cheng refused outright. She curtsied and prepared to leave with her maid.
Just as she was walking past Du Chengxu, he grabbed her arm.
Du Chengxu was the only son of Princess Huyang and her husband, the current emperor's nephew, and the empress dowager's most beloved grandson. He was a powerful figure in the capital. The empress dowager personally proposed marriage to him, asking him to marry the daughter of the Right Chancellor, as a gesture of respect to the Right Chancellor. However, the Right Chancellor refused. Even though the matter did not become public, Du Chengxu felt that he had suffered a great humiliation.
From the moment Princess Huyang and the Empress Dowager asked him if he was willing to marry the daughter of the Right Chancellor, he was overjoyed and waited to marry her. However, the Right Chancellor refused!
He has never failed to get what he wants!
The Right Chancellor refuses to marry his daughter to him, right?
Once he has made it a fait accompli, the Right Chancellor will have to beg him to give his daughter a proper status!
Du Chengxu attempted to force himself on Miss Cheng, but at the time, Miss Cheng was only accompanied by her maid, Meixiang, while Du Chengxu had several servants with him. Seeing that things were not going well, the two women turned and ran away.
Knowing that Princess Huyang's son was a man of his word, Cheng Da-guniang knew that he would rather die than be humiliated, so she ran towards the long bridge.
She was lucky to escape; if she couldn't, she would jump into the water and die to end it all. She would never bring shame to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion or allow her father to be coerced.
But for a pampered young lady like her, even running to the long bridge to commit suicide was a luxury. She had just reached the bridgehead when she tripped and fell because she was running too fast, and was caught up by the son of Princess Huyang.
Mei Xiang tried to protect her master, but was rudely pulled away by the servants and kept far away. Several servants guarded the vicinity to prevent anyone from disturbing their young master's business. At that time, Miss Cheng was already fish on the chopping block by the son of Princess Huyang, at his mercy. He approached step by step, dragged Miss Cheng, who was trying to get up, back down, pressed her to the ground, and tore at her waistband. Just as Miss Cheng was about to bite her tongue and commit suicide, the heir of Prince Yanping arrived.
When the Prince of Yanping saw that Meixiang had been captured and her mouth was gagged, he kicked the two servants who were tied to the tree unconscious, and tore the gag out of her mouth. Meixiang cried out anxiously, "Prince of Yanping, please save my young lady..."
Prince Yanping rushed in the direction Meixiang pointed. He saw Cheng Yao being bullied from afar, and he felt so angry that he almost vomited blood. He didn't know that the person bullying Cheng Yao was the son of Princess Huyang. At that moment, he felt like killing someone.
He walked over, grabbed the man's hand, and lifted him up. Just as he was about to kick him away, he saw that it was the son of Princess Huyang. Remembering Xie Jingyan's repeated instructions, the Prince of Yanping, though unable to bear it any longer, still managed to suppress his anger. He simply shook the man off and turned to help Cheng Yao up.
The good thing was interrupted, and when Du Chengxu saw Cheng Yao hiding behind the Prince of Yanping, he was even more furious. "So that's why the Right Chancellor refused the Empress Dowager's marriage proposal and didn't want to marry you to me. It turns out you already had a son-in-law. The two of you have been hooking up for a long time!"
His words were extremely harsh, and the veins on the back of Prince Yanping's hand bulged as he endured it. Meixiang rushed over, and Prince Yanping asked her to escort Chengyao away.
The maid helped Cheng Yao walk onto the long bridge. Their carriage was on the other side of the bridge. When they reached the middle of the bridge, Prince Yanping turned around and followed them.
Throughout the entire ordeal, the Crown Prince of Yanping held back, not uttering a single word to the son of Princess Huyang, for fear that he might accidentally kill the man in a fit of anger and have to pay for it with his own life.
Unfortunately, patience was useless. Princess Huyang's son saw that the Prince of Yanping was so angry that his veins were bulging, but he didn't dare to hit him. As soon as the Prince of Yanping turned around, he attacked him from behind, wanting the Prince of Yanping to pay the price for meddling in his business and ruining his plans.
The Crown Prince of Yanping was already trying his best to endure it. The girl he liked was being bullied like this, but he couldn't even stand up for her. He was simply not worthy of being a man!
Princess Huyang's son even launched a sneak attack on him, and the Prince of Yanping could no longer tolerate it, so he immediately started fighting with Princess Huyang's son.
Even when fighting, the Crown Prince of Yanping held back. The son of Princess Huyang was spoiled and pampered, and his meager skills were no match for the Crown Prince of Yanping. It wasn't worth killing such a disgraceful and despicable person and having to pay with his life. He could just give him a good beating, and even if the Empress Dowager and Princess Huyang found out, they couldn't do anything to him.
But man proposes, God disposes. The Prince of Yanping showed mercy, but the son of Princess Huyang was truly incompetent. The Prince of Yanping kicked the son of Princess Huyang with only a third of his strength, causing him to stagger backward. In the end, he lost his balance and fell off the bridge.
By the time the Crown Prince of Yanping reacted and tried to grab Princess Huyang's son, it was too late. He only managed to grab one of his sleeves and watched helplessly as Princess Huyang's son fell off the bridge and was swept away by the rushing river...
Meixiang sobbed, "After Princess Huyang's son fell into the river, the Prince of Yanping's heir instructed me to escort you back to your residence. He also told you that he hadn't been to the Long Bridge at Liuzhuang today, hadn't seen Princess Huyang's son, and hadn't seen him either. After giving those instructions, he went downstream to look for him..."
What happened next is something everyone knows without her saying it.
Princess Huyang's son has died.
The Right Chancellor's face turned ashen, and he trembled with rage.
The Right Chancellor's wife was so angry that her lips trembled. "As her mother, how could I have been completely unaware that my daughter had suffered such great injustice outside?!"
She angrily rebuked the maid, "How could you keep such a big thing from me and the Prime Minister!"
Meixiang said aggrievedly, "This concerns your reputation, Miss. The Prince of Yanping would rather die than say a word, so this servant would dare not..."
If she had known the girl was contemplating suicide, she certainly wouldn't have kept it from the Madam and the Prime Minister.
The Right Chancellor's wife looked at the Right Chancellor, her eyes red with anger, and said, "The death of Princess Huyang's son is not a pity, but what wrong has the Prince of Yanping done that he should be implicated and killed by such a shameless person?"
The Right Chancellor looked at Shen Wan, only to see that Shen Wan's gaze was fixed on the small table beside the bed.
There was a letter on the small table, with a peacock hairpin on top of it.
It was the very same lantern that the Prince of Yanping's heir held on the day of the lantern festival.
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