Su Lin'er panicked. Wang Shi was still shouting. She didn't care about the consequences; she just wanted Su Wenyuan to pay the price.
"Mother, let me help you to the back first, then we'll find a doctor," Su Lin'er kindly advised.
Wang shoved her away and said, "I'm not going! I'm going to the palace right now! What are you all looking at? Make your move!"
She had never suffered such injustice in all these years, and her voice was already hoarse from shouting.
Su Yuan took a deep breath and calmed himself down before saying, "Su Wenyuan, if you bring out five boxes of dowry, I won't hold this against you. You probably don't want to cause trouble in front of the Emperor, do you? It wasn't easy for you to get to your current status!"
"Take out five boxes to help your sister. If you encounter any trouble in the Prince Chen's mansion in the future, she can help you. Otherwise, if your sister can't get married, you can forget about continuing to be the Princess Chen!"
Things have already come to this point, why does Su Yuan still want a dowry?
Su Wenyuan suddenly realized that she had underestimated the pile of boxes.
Even with Su Yuan's threats, she still wouldn't give in.
The dowry belonged to the original owner, to the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Anle. She couldn't give it away to an enemy who had a grudge against the original owner just to make her own life better.
Su Yuan is a heartless and treacherous liar, and Wang Shi and Su Lin'er are no better.
Even if she threw away her dowry, she would never let them use a single piece of it.
"What did you say?" Wang Shi retorted angrily.
Their infighting meant Su Wenyuan couldn't leave, leading to a stalemate.
Just then, Sheng Jingyu walked in from outside and asked, "I think I heard someone want to divorce Princess Chen?"
Most of the servants in the mansion were here, and some were hiding in the back peeking. There was no one watching at the door.
Sheng Jingyu swaggered in, and he happened to overhear some of what Su Yuan said.
Upon entering and seeing the chaos in the front hall, Sheng Jingyu couldn't help but frown.
I expected there would be a commotion, but this is going way too far!
Su Wenyuan looked at him in surprise, not expecting him to come. Had the problems with the Empress been resolved?
Su Yuan's face was extremely pale, and he asked in a state of fear and unease, "Why has Your Highness come?"
The person sitting in front of us hasn't even left yet, and now that madman Prince Chen has arrived. This is going to be troublesome.
Sheng Jingyu said, "It is only right that I accompany the Princess Consort on her homecoming, but my mother is unwell, so I had no choice but to enter the palace. Is it too late for me to come now?"
Su Yuan didn't reply. What he was thinking was that it was fortunate he couldn't see the chaotic scene.
"It's not too late, we just caught the excitement. My wife is about to go to the Emperor to complain so you'll divorce me." Su Wenyuan sighed.
She had been cursing all morning from the palace to the Prime Minister's residence, and she was tired and wanted to rest for a while.
Sheng Jingyu asked in confusion, "Why?"
He could clearly see the wound on Wang's face, but he still had to pretend he didn't. It was good that he couldn't see it now, otherwise he would be embarrassed to speak up for Su Wenyuan.
Wang pushed Su Yuan aside and rushed to Sheng Jingyu, saying, "Su Wenyuan scratched my face! Your Highness, you must divorce her!"
Su Yuan quickly covered her mouth. Sheng Jingyu's attitude was unclear, and Wang Shi still dared to say such things.
"Oh?" Sheng Jingyu suddenly became interested. "There must be a reason for scratching your face."
No one replied.
Su Wenyuan didn't want to say more; it was all the same old stuff.
The others didn't know what to say, since they were the ones who asked for the dowry first.
Now that the dowry has been delivered to Prince Chen's residence, if they tell the truth, would Prince Chen be willing?
Sheng Jingyu said unhappily, "No one answered. It seems they have done something wrong. Has the Princess been wronged?"
"Does being mistreated count?" Su Wenyuan retorted irritably.
I was so angry during this trip.
Su Yuan glared at him and asked, "You're still going to put up with this?"
At this moment, a maid behind Sheng Jingyu stepped forward and said with a smile, "Prime Minister Su, our Princess Consort is young and was bullied in the mansion before. Now that she is the Princess Consort of Chen, it is not appropriate for you to bully our Princess Consort anymore."
She is Meng Qi's older sister, named Meng Yeshan.
"Who bullied her?" Su Lin'er looked at her in disbelief.
How come the people in Prince Chen's mansion all distort the truth?
Ye Shan said, "When our princess came out of the manor, her clothes were perfectly smooth, but now her hair is messy, her hair bun is loose, and her face looks terrible. Surely she can't be happy?"
Before Su Yuan and the others could answer, Sheng Jingyu said, "It's almost time, Your Highness should return to the Prince Chen's residence."
Sheng Jingyu came over with only one purpose: to get Su Wenyuan away safely.
Wang looked at them resentfully, but Su Yuan didn't dare to say a word, while Su Lin'er couldn't wait for her to leave.
If this really escalates to the Emperor's ears, her life will be ruined. How will she ever be able to fight against Su Wenyuan again?
As Su Wenyuan stepped out of the lobby, she remembered something else and stopped in her tracks.
"Meng Qi, go to the ancestral hall in the backyard and set it on fire," Su Wenyuan instructed.
"Okay!" Meng Qi turned and left without asking a single question.
That's really obedient.
Ye Shan wanted to stop him, but after hesitating for a moment, Meng Qi had already disappeared.
Sheng Jingyu asked unhurriedly, "By burning down the ancestral hall, aren't you afraid they'll really make a scene in front of the Emperor?"
“Wang said that if I have the ability, I can set another fire. She’s not afraid, so why should I be?” Su Wenyuan supported Sheng Jingyu’s arm and led him outside.
Everything needs a source. If Su Yuan goes to the Emperor because of this fire, then Su Wenyuan can also take the opportunity to answer how the fire at Prince Chen's mansion came about.
If they don't cause trouble, Su Wenyuan also wants to live a good life.
Also, the original owner of that ancestral hall knelt down many times, each time for at least three days.
Yuexiu was crying uncontrollably. When she heard that Su Wenyuan wanted to burn down the ancestral hall, she was reminded of those days.
There was no memorial tablet for her mother in the ancestral hall, yet she knelt there day after day...
All the servants in the mansion were in the front hall, and when Meng Qi went to burn down the ancestral hall, not a single person saw it.
But once the fire started, everyone knew that it was Princess Consort Chen who set it on fire.
The princess has a penchant for arson; whether it's the Prince Chen's residence or the Prime Minister's residence, it has to be set on fire at least once.
Neither of them spoke in the carriage; it had been quite a lively morning.
Sheng Jingyu thought Su Wenyuan would ask what the Empress had said, but she didn't; she just leaned there without saying a word.
Finally, Sheng Jingyu couldn't hold back any longer and asked, "Don't you want to say anything?"
"Yes." Su Wenyuan grabbed his hand, her gaze sincere.
"If one day I ruin myself, my dowry will all be yours. Spend it however you like, and throw away anything you can't finish it, but under no circumstances should you give it to them. If possible, remember to set up a memorial tablet for my mother."
This was something Su Wenyuan said after careful consideration.
Since the Marquis of Anle betrayed his country, their memorial tablets are impossible.
But her mother's memorial tablet might work, since the emperor didn't implicate her mother back then.
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