Although no one in her family knew that she had been reprimanded by the Crown Prince, Cheng Suyun knew that she had no chance at all.
"Why did the princess abandon His Highness the Crown Prince?" Xiange knew perfectly well why Cheng Suyun said that. She pretended not to know that Cheng Suyun had been driven out of the palace by the Crown Prince and was suspicious.
"Could it be that cape in the closet...?"
Cheng Suyun snapped back to her senses, staring fiercely at Xiange and warning, "Don't try to be clever in front of me. I won't beg you, and don't try to threaten me with anything."
Xian Ge denied it: "I didn't mean that. I just think that the princess's attitude towards His Highness the Crown Prince changed so drastically overnight, perhaps because she has found someone she can entrust with her life."
"If that's the case, it's much better than that sickly young master of the Wang family."
"The sickly heir of the Wang family, he also came to see me?" Cheng Suyun was shocked and loudly pressed, "Speak!"
Startled, Xiange hurriedly revealed everything she knew.
"I overheard what the Marquis and his wife were saying. They said the Wang family was in charge of the docks, and if you did some business on the side, you might be able to avoid a lot of taxes by associating with the Wang family."
"The Wang family's sickly son is currently facing difficulties finding a wife. I can't say more. Never mind, if the princess doesn't want to hear this, I'm leaving."
After Xiange left, Cheng Suyun continued back to her own courtyard.
She had heard of the Wang family's heir; he wasn't sickly and unable to find a wife, but rather he had a wife who had been divorced by her family.
The reason was that the Wang family's heir was physically weak and had difficulty conceiving. In order to protect the son's reputation, the family blamed the daughter-in-law they had married a few years later.
The divorced girl never remarried and, suffering from gossip, jumped into the river and died.
As marriage proposals were repeatedly put forward, Cheng Suyun's parents, seeing that she could not find a suitable match, sent her mother over early in the morning to persuade her.
It was meant as advice, but the words were clearly sarcastic, telling her to stop dreaming of becoming the Crown Princess and that if she delayed any longer, she would waste her youth.
Cheng Suyun never expected that her parents would even approve of the Wang family.
Her great-aunt had already helped her once. If she went to her great-aunt every time she needed help with marriage, she would definitely get annoyed and ignore her.
Besides, Xiange has already received the invitation from the Crown Prince's Palace, and her great-aunt cannot continue to be her support forever.
Back inside, Cheng Suyun skillfully took out the cloak she had hidden away for the New Year and put it on.
Over all this time, Jing Lu has been the person who has treated her the best ever since she left the palace.
With her status as a princess, it wouldn't be too difficult for Cheng Suyun to marry Jing Lu and become a prince's consort.
The difficulty lies in the fact that Empress Dowager Zheng wants Jinglu to marry Zhao Nianfu, and since Jinglu is Empress Dowager Cheng's grandniece, Empress Dowager Zheng will definitely disapprove of her.
Unless, of course, Jing Lu has the intention of marrying her.
There must be.
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