After a while, Sheng Jingyu couldn't help but want to give a few more words of advice.
“Consort Wan is different from the Empress Dowager. If she is dissatisfied, she dares to order the palace guards to beat you out.”
Sheng Jingyu didn't explicitly stop him, but his words conveyed the same meaning.
It's best not to go if you can avoid it.
Su Wenyuan said seriously, "If I don't go to this banquet, they will be spreading all sorts of nonsense. With Su Lin'er's deliberate manipulation, this banquet alone could ruin my reputation."
Sheng Jingyu frowned and asked, "Are you that hated?"
Su Wenyuan retorted, "Am I more hated than you?"
After saying this, the two remained silent for a long time.
The argument at the Prime Minister's residence went on until midnight. Wang insisted on going to the palace to file a complaint. Su Yuan remained silent and finally asked Su Lin'er for her opinion, letting her make the decision.
Su Lin'er cried her heart out, begging Wang Shi to stop making a scene.
"Mother! Consort Wan is currently selecting a consort for the Crown Prince. If we make a scene at the palace now, and Su Wenyuan talks nonsense, how can I possibly become the Crown Princess?"
"She slashed my face!" Wang said, covering the wound on her face, feeling very resentful.
Su Lin'er wiped away her tears and quickly said, "Mother! It's no use complaining. She has Prince Chen as her backer, so the Emperor won't do anything to her. Once I become the Crown Princess, I'll bring you back!"
Wang's eyes deepened with hatred as she angrily said, "That vixen had such a pretty face back then, and she almost made your father leave me! Her daughter is much more accomplished; she's even bewitched the Prince!"
Sending Su Wenyuan to Prince Chen's residence was a way of sending her to her death.
As a result, she transformed into Princess Consort Chen.
Su Lin'er quickly comforted her, saying, "It's alright. Prince Chen is blind, so he has no chance of ascending the throne. The only one who can ascend the throne is the Crown Prince. Mother, you can tell which is more important!"
Lady Wang finally gave up her idea of going to the palace to file a complaint.
Su Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. There had been too many things going on at the Prime Minister's residence recently, and the Emperor was quite dissatisfied with him.
If he were to file another complaint, he would be scolded by the emperor again.
Wang roused herself and said, "You must make your mother proud at this banquet hosted by Consort Wan. Whether I can avenge myself depends entirely on you!"
Su Lin'er repeatedly assured them, and chatted with Wang Shi until dawn. That whole night, they only scolded Su Wenyuan.
Early in the morning, Sheng Jingyu sat up in bed and asked, "What did you dream about last night?"
Su Wenyuan yawned and replied, "I dreamt that someone was cursing at me, and I couldn't talk back. I was so angry."
Sheng Jingyu was speechless. She didn't talk back, she just kept fighting. All night long, she was thrashing about with her hands and feet, and was always startled.
After getting up, Ye Shan told her some good news: her mother's memorial tablet had been placed in the ancestral hall, and asked if she wanted to go and offer incense.
Su Wenyuan exclaimed in surprise, "So fast! You went right after washing up!"
Ye Shan said, "Actually, it was finished last night, but I was afraid of disturbing the princess's rest, so I only came to talk about it this morning."
Su Wenyuan glanced back and saw that Sheng Jingyu had already left.
He then lowered his voice and asked, "Isn't it against the rules to place my mother's memorial tablet in the Prince Chen's residence?"
Ye Shan laughed and said, "Empress Yu's memorial tablet shouldn't be in the mansion either, but as long as the prince agrees, it's in accordance with the rules. However, Marquis Anle's memorial tablet is not acceptable, as they are still criminals."
Su Wenyuan nodded and said, "I know that, and I won't make things difficult for Your Highness because of this."
In the study, Sheng Jingyu was thinking, feeling that something was not quite right.
He looked up and saw Meng Qi carrying him on his back, gnawing on a chicken leg...
"Meng Qi? He just got up?" Sheng Jingyu exclaimed in amazement at his good appetite.
Meng Qi chuckled and said, "I got up early to investigate, and when I came back I caught the first pot. The kitchen specially saved it for me."
Sheng Jingyu rolled his eyes at him, then asked in confusion, "How could I have so carelessly set up a memorial tablet for her mother?"
Meng Qi mumbled, "I'm not confused. Didn't the princess say that if she dies, her dowry will be all yours to spend as you please? You'll already have the dowry, so setting up a memorial tablet won't hurt."
After he finished speaking, Sheng Jingyu was even more confused and said, "But she's not dead!"
These words scared Meng Qi so much that he dropped his chicken leg.
"No...don't kill her, this princess is quite nice," Meng Qi pleaded with a pained expression.
Sheng Jingyu looked at him as if he were an idiot; it was clear that he had been completely won over by Su Wenyuan.
"Who said they were going to kill her?" Sheng Jingyu couldn't understand him.
Sheng Jingyu asked again, "Why are you so biased towards her? Weren't those other women gentler and more sensible than her?"
"What's the use of being sensible? You still died, didn't you?" Meng Qi muttered as he picked up the chicken leg from the ground.
Sheng Jingyu was speechless.
Calm down, don't get angry. Getting angry first thing in the morning is bad for your health.
"Go and switch your sister with me." Sheng Jingyu sighed several times in a row.
As soon as Ye Shan saw Meng Qi pouting as he came to her, she knew he had gotten into trouble again.
"My younger brother is a bit slow-witted. If he makes a mistake, Your Highness, please be lenient with him." Ye Shan reassured him beforehand.
Su Wenyuan smiled nonchalantly and said, "It's okay, Meng! There are still chicken legs in the kitchen, go over there and eat more."
Meng Qi happily went to the small kitchen.
Sheng Jingyu was still confused; he felt like he had been tricked.
"The princess did nothing but utter a few empty words, and I agreed to set up a memorial tablet for her mother?"
Ye Shan suppressed a laugh and said, "It's not just empty talk. The princess is speaking from the bottom of her heart. With so much dowry, she can leave it all to you after she dies. In exchange for a memorial tablet, Your Highness will have made a profit."
Sheng Jingyu stared wide-eyed and asked, "But when will she die?"
Ye Shan thought for a moment and replied, "The princess has no intention of dying. She said yesterday that she wants to live well and may live to be seventy or eighty years old, which would be about right."
"...Trying to get something for nothing! I fell for it."
Breakfast that day was prepared in the small kitchen, as all the servants in the mansion, except those from the main kitchen, had moved there.
There were few people working in the small kitchen, so the servants from the mansion would voluntarily come over to help wash the vegetables.
Just for a good meal.
Seeing that the servants in the manor had been forced into such a state, Sheng Jingyu felt somewhat guilty.
He didn't care what he ate, but the people in the mansion suffered.
Granny Gao still had the nerve to put her boiled vegetables on the table, and Su Wenyuan didn't stop her.
This scene lasted for several days, and Zhuyue Pavilion became more and more lively. The kitchen staff gradually became more relaxed about the situation.
Since nobody eats what they make, they'll just stay put.
Every day, he would bring Sheng Jingyu some vegetable leaves, and spend the rest of his time thinking about what to eat.
"No one in the manor eats our food anymore, and we haven't cooked for several days. If this continues, won't we be kicked out?" Granny Dong was full of worries.
Granny Gao glared and said, "Eat it or don't, it's up to you. We've made it for the Prince. We came to Prince Chen's residence to take care of him. As long as the Prince is still here, who can drive us away?"
Another old woman laughed and said, "The princess set up a small kitchen because she compromised. She can't get us to do it, so she has to do it herself."
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