really!

Wei Hanzhang lowered his eyes and bowed solemnly: "Thank you for your help twice."

"You're welcome." Chen Zishu nodded slightly, smiling, and said softly, "Take it. This ointment will be good for the wound on your face."

Wei Hanzhang: “…”

There were so many people around, and she really didn't want to talk to the same man for too long. She pursed her lips and declined again: "Really, there's no need."

After saying this, he didn't care about etiquette and without waiting for the other party's reaction, he pulled his cousin away quickly.

………………

On the carriage back home, Wei Hanshuang seemed to have not yet recovered from what had just happened. She looked at her cousin, wondering what she was thinking.

Wei Hanzhang was completely unaware. She drank two cups of tea before she finally let go of the anger that had been suppressed in her heart for a long time. She took a deep breath to calm herself down and apologized, "It's my fault that I have caused trouble for my sister today."

"What are you talking about? We are sisters, and we can't write two characters for Wei with one stroke. Can I still watch you being bullied without saying anything?"

Thinking of what happened before, Wei Hanshuang was also a little confused: "But why did Qi Yuxiao target you?"

"Today is the first time I meet her," Wei Hanzhang smiled bitterly, "I wish I knew where I offended her."

These days she didn't even leave the house, and went to the yard next door every day. Even if she wanted to offend someone, she had no place to offend.

Wei Hanzhang really didn't understand how he had offended this princess.

The first time I met this noble princess, I was warned to let go of things that did not belong to her...

From the sound of it, it seems like she has taken a fancy to something of mine?

Wei Hanshuang suddenly said, "Come to think of it, I heard Li Niang talk about something the day before yesterday. Is there really any connection?"

Wei Hanzhang turned his head to look at her: "What's the matter?"

"The Gu family's house in Beijing was granted by the imperial court. It happens to be next door to Li Niang's house." Wei Hanshuang's eyes were filled with worry, and she hesitated and said, "Li Niang said that she saw Qi Yuxiao entering the Gu Mansion more than once."

? ? Wei Hanzhang was stunned for a long while.

Princess Chengyi went to the Gu family? More than once? The Gu family was a prominent family in Xuzhou, Jiangnan, but they had no roots in the capital. Not to mention having any connections with the Duke of Qi, even ordinary noble families didn't know many of them.

Qi Yuxiao, such a spoiled lady, actually came to visit? Combined with the sentence: If something doesn't belong to her, let it go as soon as possible, what else is unclear?

Did Qi Yuxiao fall for Gu Yunran and come here to cause trouble out of jealousy after learning that he was discussing marriage with her lover?

So... today's disaster... was caused by Gu Yunran's romantic interest, so that she could suffer the consequences?

Wei Hanzhang reasoned things out and sorted out his thoughts. Then he looked up and met Wei Hanshuang's worried face.

She was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Don't worry, Sixth Sister. It's useless even if she likes it. Gu Yunran definitely doesn't have that intention. It doesn't matter if there are some twists and turns in the marriage. Good things take time."

Having grown up together as childhood sweethearts, Wei Hanzhang still has some confidence. She may become pessimistic about this marriage in a few years or even a dozen years, but for now, Gu Yunran has put all his heart on her and has absolutely no other thoughts.

"..." Wei Hanshuang saw her innocent face and was silent for a few breaths. Then he lifted the carriage curtain and looked to both sides. After making sure that no one was approaching, he whispered, "Why didn't Master Gu come to look for you these days?"

"That's because..."

"Ran Ran!" Wei Hanshuang interrupted her and said angrily, "Do you know how the marriage between Princess Changle and the Prince of Qi came about?"

Jiang said that the prince of the Duke of Qi's mansion, now the princess consort, had a wife before, and she was not from a humble family. She was the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Purple Robe, and was also a famous talented woman in the capital at that time.

The two were a perfect match, with talent and beauty, and came from similar backgrounds. They were also married couples, and less than two years after their marriage, their eldest son was born. Their relationship was as sweet as honey, and they treated each other as equals, a match praised by everyone as a perfect match.

Until one day, the Prince of Qi came to the palace to report on his work and was seen by Princess Changle. At that time, Princess Changle had just come of age, at the age of a young girl in love. When she saw the Prince, her heart was completely set on him.

After finding out his identity and knowing that he already had a wife, she refused to give up and begged the current emperor to arrange a marriage for her.

Princess Changle is His Majesty's eldest daughter. Since she was a child, there is nothing she cannot get, including men.

As soon as some news leaked out from the palace, Prince Qi divorced his wife a few days later. Less than three months later, Princess Changle married him in a grand ceremony.

At this point, it was just the royal princess being domineering and snatching a man, but the subsequent consequences were even more horrifying.

The good daughter was divorced and sent home, but the Purple Robe Marquisate did not dare to seek justice for her. They could only close their doors and swallow their anger, and from then on they were isolated from the circle of aristocratic families.

I had thought that after a few years, when no one was talking about it, the matter would be over, but I didn't expect that in less than a year, something would happen that would instantly overturn this century-old mansion.

The cause was that the Purple-Robed Marquis, who had always been cautious in his words and deeds, suddenly spoke wildly and rebelliously after getting drunk. Every word he said was full of dissatisfaction with the Emperor and the royal father and daughter.

On the second day, his political enemies accused him of "treason" in the court.

The emperor was furious and with a wave of his imperial pen, he sentenced all the male members of the Purple Robe Marquis's mansion to be beheaded and the female members of the family to be imprisoned in the Music Bureau.

From then on, the matter of the princess forcibly seizing my husband was finally over.

If we really talk about this matter, there is actually no reason for the father and daughter of the royal family. However, this happened to be in ancient times when the king could order his subjects to die and they had to die. The king who held the power of life and death was the reason himself.

Your Majesty's eldest daughter just wants a man. Even if she gets him by force, there would be nothing wrong with that.

And now Princess Changle's daughter has also set her sights on Gu Yunran, who is currently seeking a marriage...

Wei Hanzhang knew that his cousin was worried that her marriage would be disrupted by Qi Yuxiao, the daughter of a princess.

This princess, who grew up in great love, is just like Princess Changle's domineering personality when she was young. She might really do whatever it takes to get the man she loves.

If that's really the case, then... she can only say that she and Gu Yunran were not destined to be together.

…………

The fact that the two girls in the family were being bullied by the princess soon reached the ears of the elders in the Wei Mansion.

They were better informed, and Qi Yuxiao had originally not intended to conceal her whereabouts when she went to the Gu Mansion... But with a little investigation, they knew the whole story of this ordeal.

The adults would not take it seriously if the younger generations just had a few quarrels, but...but this concerns the daughter of the royal princess.

She is the daughter of a princess who has had a precedent of being kidnapped.

The lessons from the past are right in front of us...

That night, Wei Heng, who had not entered the main house for a long time, came to Jiang's courtyard.

It was already late at night, and Jiang had already taken off her makeup and hair. She was slightly startled when she saw him come in and said, "Why didn't you send someone to tell me in advance?"

(End of this chapter)