Chapter 344: The New Emperor's Decisive Execution x The Poor Princess of the Former Dynasty 27

The servant knelt on the ground, enduring the pain in his body, and had already prepared himself to be executed by Wu Yuan. "I dare not deceive the Prime Minister. Many people saw that the young lady was rescued by a man outside. I dare not lie."

Wu Yuan's chest was heaving with anger, but he still suppressed his anger and said to the ministers behind him, "Excuse me first, I need to take care of some family affairs, please stay."

Looking at Wu Yuan's hurriedly leaving back, Li Shanchang said, "Alas, this happened at this critical moment. I'm afraid Prime Minister Wu's daughter will have no chance to enter the palace."

Wang Quan narrowed his eyes and said, "But this is good news. His daughter can't enter the palace, so our daughter has a better chance. Otherwise, are you willing to be trampled under his daughter's feet?"

Li Shanchang and Wang Quan looked at each other and smiled meaningfully.

When Wu Yuan arrived at the lake, he saw a strange man hugging Wu Xinru, and he looked reluctant to let go. Wu Xinru was covered with the man's coat, and he could easily imagine what was underneath.

The people around were pointing fingers at Wu Xinru, and their whispers were clearly heard by Wu Yuan.

"Someone, take the young lady back to the mansion."

At this moment, Wu Xinru opened her eyes weakly and said in a weak voice, "Father, I know I was wrong. I was so careless and failed to live up to your expectations."

Wu Yuan closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "Just pretend this never happened. Go back home now."

There is no way Wu Xinru would return home now. She has made so many plans just to avoid entering the palace.

"Father, my daughter has lost her innocence. In order to save your reputation, I am willing to marry this young man. Please approve of this."

At this point, how could Wu Yuan give up on letting Wu Xinru enter the palace because of this incident? He looked around and it seemed that the only way was to kill her to silence her.

Wu Yuan's idea was too simple. He never considered that this was Wu Xinru's own plan.

The people around were whispering louder.

"Oh, I heard that the Prime Minister wanted Miss Wu to enter the palace. Now that this has happened, he won't kill us to silence us, will he?"

"Oh, that's possible. Let's go quickly."

"It's all over, it's all over, but Prime Minister Wu, please don't deceive the emperor, that's a crime punishable by beheading."

"No way, even if he killed us, it's too late. The emperor can't be unaware of this."

Wu Yuan was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He clenched his hands into fists and said through gritted teeth, "Someone, send the young lady and this young man back to the Prime Minister's Mansion!"

After returning to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Wu Xinru and Wen Rusheng knelt in front of Wu Yuan. They both looked extremely ferocious, but they were too busy to tidy themselves up.

Wu Yuan sat in the upper seat, looking down at the two of them, and said in a gloomy voice, "I will arrange a marriage for you, as an imperial merchant. Ha, Ru'er, this situation is your own choice. Don't say that your father didn't plan for you. It's your own fault."

Wu Xinru kowtowed to Wu Yuan and said, "It's my fault. I have failed my father's expectations."

“Hahahaha” Qiao Jinjin laughed so hard that she fell backwards. “Is this true? This Miss Wu really wins my heart. It makes me so happy.”

Jun Molin caressed Qiao Jinjin's back lovingly and said with a smile, "Slow down, don't disturb the fetus."

"But Prime Minister Wu is getting anxious now. They thought I would agree to fill the harem, and they are all very enthusiastic."

Aunt Qiao wiped the tears from her eyes and said, "What is the emperor going to do next?"

Jun Molin tapped on Aunt Qiao's nose and said, "Since they want to send their daughters to the palace, I will of course fulfill their wish. It's nothing more than having a few more maidens in the palace."

"This Miss Wu is quite smart and escaped the disaster"

Aunt Qiao opened her mouth and gave Jun Molin a thumbs up. "They will be so angry then. They have trained several outstanding palace girls in vain."

Wu Yuan was furious after seeing such a serious incident with Wu Xinru. He came to the main courtyard and started to scold Ding Meilin who was embroidering. "Foolish woman, how do you discipline your daughter? I don't think you are worthy of being the mistress of the house."

Ding Meilin had long been disappointed with Wu Yuan, so she was naturally indifferent to his slander.

She calmly put down the embroidery in her hand, stood up and bowed to Wu Yuan. "I know that I am not worthy of being the mistress of the house. Now that the situation has become like this, I will ask to leave the house. I hope you will grant my permission."

Wu Yuan was already angry, but he never expected that Ding Meilin not only did not comfort him, but asked to leave the house. Wu Yuan's anger became even stronger. He swallowed the sweet taste in his throat, pointed at Ding Meilin with a trembling hand and said, "Okay, very good, you want to leave the house, right? This Prime Minister will grant you your wish and let Yuanyuan become the mistress of the house."

After saying this, Wu Yuan threw his sleeves and said, "I will not keep you here. You can go wherever you want."

Wu Yuan said this to make Ding Meilin give up. After all, Ding Meilin had been married to him for so many years, so where else could she go?

But knowing that he was leaving, Ding Meilin did not ask him to stay or regret it.

Ding Yuanyuan sat in the chair excitedly, her face flushed, obviously having received this good news.

"I didn't expect my sister to be as stupid as ever. She actually gave up her seat on her own initiative, saving me from having to do anything."

Ding Yuanyuan's personal maid also grinned and said, "Madam, you will be the mistress of the house from now on. I will serve you well. From now on, you will have the final say in the Prime Minister's Mansion."

"You are such a sweet talker. Go down and claim your reward." Ding Yuanyuan waved her hand generously. Now she no longer cared about the reward.

Ding Meilin moved out of the Prime Minister's Mansion the next day. She didn't want to see Wu Yuan even once. She felt sick. A dirty man was worthless. She had nothing to be nostalgic about. She would rather suffer physically than suffer in her heart.

Wen Rusheng really likes Wu Xinru. He has been thinking about her since he met her once three years ago. Now that Wu Xinru is willing to marry him, Wen Rusheng is of course very happy. He would rather offend the Prime Minister and cooperate with Wu Xinru.

Wen Rusheng helped Wu Xinru arrange Ding Meilin to live in a villa outside Beijing and left two maids to serve her.

"Ru'er, do you regret marrying me?"

Wu Xinru smiled and said, "Since I have decided to marry you, I will certainly not regret it. Besides, you said that you will not take concubines in the future."

"I just hope that Ah Sheng won't deceive my mother like my father did. If you find another woman you like, you must tell me and don't hide it from me."

Wen Rusheng embraced Wu Xinru with relief, "Don't worry, our Wen family doesn't have the habit of taking concubines. Having you is enough for me."