"Given her looks, even if she had been with the deposed crown prince for a few months, His Highness would have been interested in her. When she first entered the deposed crown prince's residence, His Highness might have been reluctant to keep her."
"Now that the deposed crown prince has been pardoned, he is a prince. What is your daughter? She is an ugly concubine. There is no matchmaker or betrothal between them. Your daughter is not even qualified to be his wife, let alone a concubine."
Princess Zhenyang began to belittle Xu one sentence at a time, but when she saw that Xu was still kneeling, she remained silent as before, not saying a word.
But for some reason, she couldn't suppress her anger anymore.
"So don't think you and your daughter can turn things around. You will have to kneel before me for the rest of your life."
Princess Zhenyang threw the scalding hot teacup in her hand directly at Xu.
She didn't hide or beg for mercy, she just knelt there without saying anything.
"Why aren't you talking? Are you mute or are you deliberately despising me and turning a deaf ear to my words?"
Princess Zhenyang has been favored since she was a child. Due to her noble status, she is used to being superior and looks down on ordinary people.
Now that the deposed crown prince has suddenly been reinstated, she can't help but feel uneasy, not because of Xu Lingyi, this little concubine's daughter.
She was just worried that Xu Baozhu was already engaged to Xiao Hengyuan and would be getting married soon.
You should know that Xu Baozhu was engaged to Xiao Chengyou at the beginning.
Your Majesty was generous and forgiving at the time and did not take it to heart.
But Xiao Chengyou might not hold a grudge and take revenge on her daughter.
Whenever she thought of these things, Princess Zhenyang found it difficult to calm down, and the panic in her heart needed to be vented.
And Xu was the object of her constant venting of anger.
She was old and out of favor, and she only had one daughter, so it was easy for Princess Zhenyang to control her.
"I dare not, my lady, please forgive me."
Princess Zhenyang sneered. Xu was always so taciturn, no wonder she was not popular with men.
Even if she wasn't there, how could she become the prime minister's wife with her unpresentable personality?
"Mother, why is she here?"
Xu Baozhu ran over in a hurry, originally wanting to say something to her mother, and then she saw Xu kneeling there.
She kicked her directly in the stomach, knocking her to the ground.
"Mother, please tell her to go away. I have something to say."
"Go kneel outside the palace." Princess Zhenyang glanced at Xu with cold eyes.
"Mother, why hasn't father returned yet? Did I hear that the deposed crown prince was released today? How is this possible? Didn't His Majesty depose him already? How can a cripple be pardoned?"
Xu Baozhu just felt unbelievable. When she heard the news, she hurried to find her father to verify it.
But her father had not returned yet, so she had no choice but to come to find her mother.
"It's true, Baozhu, don't panic. It's just a matter of restoring the prince's status. The crown prince is still Xiao Hengyuan, and you will still be the crown princess in the future."
Princess Zhenyang comforted her daughter, but she herself felt insecure when she said this.
In the past, His Majesty doted on the deposed Crown Prince, and this was obvious to everyone in the capital. Now that his status as a prince has been restored, it does not necessarily mean that in the future... Xiao Chengyou will be made the Crown Prince.
But Princess Zhenyang could not tell her daughter about these concerns.
"Just prepare for your marriage and become the Crown Princess. The deposed Crown Prince is infertile. Just based on this fact, he can no longer be the Crown Prince. If he becomes a prince, he will be defeated."
"Even if His Majesty favors him, all the civil and military officials in the court will not agree."
These words were meant to comfort Xu Baozhu as well as Princess Zhenyang herself.
After hearing these words, Xu Baozhu actually calmed down.
"Yes, my daughter forgot this in her anxiety." Xu Baozhu was immediately relieved.
She was the person who least wanted the deposed crown prince to be reinstated.
After all, she had been engaged to him, but turned around and married Xiao Hengyuan.
What's more, the Xu family and Xiao Hengyuan worked together to overthrow the deposed prince. Some of the evidence was accidentally seen by her and secretly told to Xu's father.
Xiao Chengyou probably didn't know, but she still felt extremely guilty.
"Mother, will His Majesty punish and liquidate the Xu family? If His Majesty punishes me, will my daughter... still be able to marry the Crown Prince smoothly?"
"No, your father has been in the court for many years and has countless disciples. Without solid evidence, not even His Majesty can arbitrarily punish your father."
"That's good, that's good." Xu Baozhu stopped pacing and sat down on the chair, her heart at ease.
Seeing Xu kneeling under the scorching sun outside the hall, she thought of Xu Lingyi again.
Thinking about the past few months when Xu Lingyi had been with the deposed crown prince day and night.
"Mother? Where's Xu Lingyi? She became the deposed crown prince's woman. Now that the deposed crown prince has been reinstated, doesn't she..."
Princess Zhenyang knew what she wanted to say, "It's impossible for the deposed crown prince to fall in love with her. Just think about her appearance."
"Sit down and drink some water to calm your nerves. You will be the Crown Princess soon, and you can't be so reckless like you are at home."
Princess Zhenyang handed her some tea and patted her back gently to comfort her.
"Mother, if Xu Lingyi is driven back to the Xu Mansion, please let her go with me to the Crown Prince's Mansion. I want her to be my dowry maid."
She had been bullying and beating Xu Lingyi for more than ten years and had long been accustomed to it.
Xu Lingyi was not in the Xu Mansion during this period. When she was angry, no matter how severely the other maids punished her, she always felt unhappy.
Princess Zhenyang doted on her daughter, so even though this was against the rules, she still nodded.
"As you wish."
The mother and daughter were talking when they heard a noise outside.
"Princess, the eldest lady has returned home."
"Miss?" Xu Baozhu sneered.
In name, Xu Lingyi is indeed the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but who in the Xu Mansion treats her as a lady?
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