'Slap—' A hard slap landed on the Prime Minister's wife's face!
The prime minister was so angry that his hands trembled.
It could also be due to shaky hands...
"What a disgrace to my family! What a disgrace to my family! How could I have married such a foolish and stupid woman like you!"
The Prime Minister's wife raised her hand to cover her burning face, her eyes filled with tears of grievance, and choked back sobs, "I was utterly foolish, of course I was utterly foolish! If I wasn't foolish, would I have let Xue Shi into the family? Would I have let her bear you children one after another? I am the original wife you married with great ceremony. You wouldn't let me give you a legitimate son, but instead made me recognize Xue Shi's son as my legitimate son. I was incredibly stupid!"
"Back then, Xue Zi and I were deeply in love and about to get married. If it weren't for you..." The Prime Minister looked at her and suddenly realized, "I understand now. Back then, I acted just like Prince Zhou when I was drunk. It was all your conspiracy!"
The Prime Minister's wife lay prostrate on the ground, listening to the Prime Minister's words, her expression shifting several times before finally letting out a disdainful snort. Then she rose from the ground as if by magic, the grievance on her face vanishing in an instant. She no longer concealed her face, which was swollen like a bun with a five-finger mark on it. "My lord has finally come to his senses."
Seeing that she seemed like a completely different person, the Prime Minister frowned.
"Over the years, I have always tried to please everyone, but I have never been able to gain your sympathy or favor. So I've simply given up pretending. Tonight, Yingyu lost her virginity to Prince Zhou. What does Your Majesty intend to do?"
The prime minister looked at the woman he had married for twenty years, whom he suddenly didn't understand, and calmed down instead. "What exactly happened? And what do you want to do?"
The Prime Minister's wife dusted herself off, then sat down on the embroidered stool and began to speak in a gentle and detailed manner.
"Yingyu is infatuated with Yunrong and wants to marry him. At first, I looked down on him because of his humble background, but he is indeed talented and handsome, and he is also a newly appointed third-ranked scholar. Putting aside his background, there are few people in the capital who can compare with him."
Coincidentally, the master recommended him to be the principal of the Ministry of Personnel. Seeing that his future was promising, I agreed to Yingyu's request.
Last night, I had my maid put a lingering Gu poison in Yun Rong's wine. Only by having physical intimacy with Ying Yu, who is carrying the lingering Gu, can the poison be neutralized.
Who would have thought it was Prince Zhou who drank the wine? That damned maid, ruining my plans! Thinking of this, he wished he could tear that girl to pieces.
"You...sigh! You could have just told me first that I wouldn't object to Yingyu marrying Changsu." The Prime Minister sighed indignantly.
“What difference does it make whether you tell me or not? He has already refused. Besides, I heard that the Grand Tutor also intends to marry his granddaughter to him, and he hasn’t explicitly refused. Of course, I want to help my daughter win him over while he’s still at his residence.”
"You want your daughter to be like you?" The Prime Minister looked at her incredulously.
"So what if you're like me? You'll live a life of prestige in public. Even if Xue Shi is favored by you, she still has to kneel down obediently every time she comes to pay her respects to me!"
"This is utterly absurd!"
"Hmph, unreasonable? That's still better than my daughter dying. The Wu Kingdom's envoys have arrived to escort her to the capital, but they haven't found the substitute princess even after searching high and low. Yingyu will definitely have to go to Wu Kingdom with Xiaoyu. She's spoiled and willful, prone to causing trouble, and has no cunning. Going to Wu Kingdom is a dead end for her. How can I bear to do that? Yingyu is my only lifeline."
"Master, Madam, Miss has jumped into the lotus pond!" a servant shouted anxiously from outside the door.
The two of them, no longer bothering to argue or explain themselves, went out one after the other.
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