When Minister Cui heard that he would have to wait another night, he felt a little reluctant.
But thinking about it, this marriage was supposed to start with the mother's illness. Right now, the servants from the Marquis's mansion that Cui Yihuan brought are still drugged in the mother's room. If the mother gets better tonight, it will indeed be difficult to cover up the lie tomorrow.
He nodded and said, "Hide Yi Shan well. There are too many people in the manor, so don't let anyone notice anything amiss."
Madam Cui smiled, "Don't worry, sir. Our Yi Shan is very quick-witted. I just went to check, and she closed the door tightly."
She even told me to go push the door again tomorrow when things happen, and then she could pretend to have been drugged and knocked unconscious by Cui Yihuan. That way, the blame wouldn't fall on us; it would all be Cui Yihuan's greed for the wealth of the Lin Prince's mansion.”
Most of the servants in Yi Shan's courtyard went to the Prince Lin's mansion as part of her dowry.
No one will notice anything amiss tonight. As for Prince Lin, he originally had his eye on Cui Yihuan.
Given his lecherous nature, even if he realized the bride had been replaced, he would still go along with it and get what he wanted first.
Little did she know that the one who was actually married off was Cui Yishan. When Prince Lin saw that she was unconscious, he assumed that she was unwilling to marry, so the Cui family drugged her and forced her to marry him.
Such a thing had happened before when he married, so he had no doubts about the marriage.
They skipped all the rituals like stepping over the fire basin and bowing to heaven and earth, and went straight to the bridal chamber.
Having been a groom many times, he was too lazy to host a banquet for guests anymore. After drinking a bowl of deer blood and lighting incense to celebrate, he began to rummage through Cui Yishan's clothes.
Cui Yishan woke up in pain and saw Prince Lin's lewd face. She was so shocked that she tried to kick him, but Prince Lin slapped her twice, leaving her defenseless.
Her resistance only strengthened Prince Lin's conviction that she was being forced into marriage by the Cui family. He decided to give her a hard time and tied her to the bed.
The guards outside the door were used to the commotion inside.
Yin Jiuniang took Old Madam Cui out of the dowry chest, delivered her to the bridal chamber, and added some ingredients to the bridal chamber.
Before long, Prince Lin completely lost his mind. Seeing that there was another person on the bed, he pulled him down without thinking.
Those outside who heard the old lady's voice assumed that Cui Yishan had been tortured so much that her voice had changed.
It wasn't until Prince Lin collapsed from exhaustion and the house fell silent that the servants, sensing something was wrong, went inside.
There were two women on the bed, one old and one young. The older one's eyes had rolled back, while the younger one was covered in blood and gore.
Meanwhile, Prince Lin, who enjoyed abusing women, collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
It was still dark when the door of the Cui family was knocked on.
Upon learning that it was someone from the Prince of Lin's residence, Minister Cui frowned. "Why are they here at this hour?"
If Prince Lin discovers that the bride has been changed and has any objections, he should come last night, or perhaps the day after the wedding night.
"Could something have happened?"
Cui Yihuan has a rather fiery temper; surely she wouldn't have taken advantage of the situation to hurt the old prince out of unwillingness to be manipulated.
As expected of a married couple, Madam Cui's first thought was that Cui Yihuan had hurt someone.
While helping her husband get dressed, she applied eye drops to Cui Yihuan's eyes.
“Master, Yi Huan is indeed behaving improperly, but she is now a member of the Lin Prince’s mansion. If she has made any mistakes, let the Lin Prince handle it.”
Although Prince Lin holds no real power, he is still His Majesty's elder and retains some influence in His Majesty's eyes; it is not easy to offend him.
Lady Cui had a close friend who had been taken into Prince Lin's household. She had seen the wounds on her friend's body and knew best how cruel Prince Lin was in torturing people.
She worried that if Minister Cui knew about Cui Yihuan's plight, he would soften and protect her.
But she overestimated Minister Cui's heart; he hadn't thought about his daughter at all, only worried that if Prince Lin got into trouble, he would cause trouble for the Cui family.
When he learned that Prince Lin had suffered a stroke, he couldn't even wait for the people from the Prince Lin's residence to finish speaking before saying, "How did this wretched girl take care of the prince?"
The steward of Prince Lin's mansion looked down on him, but also supported his statement.
“Your daughter is truly absurd. What kind of woman brings her grandmother as part of her dowry when she gets married? And she even gave my prince aphrodisiacs. I don’t know what she’s up to.”
"If it weren't for the doctor's timely treatment, your Cui family would have been accused of murdering a prince..."
He was ordered to demand compensation; the prince wanted both money and women.
The doctor said that the prince has recovered and will be able to have sex again in the future. We should take this opportunity to ask the Cui family for another concubine's daughter to accompany him in his dowry.
But Minister Cui interrupted him, "What is the meaning of bringing your grandmother?"
He felt inexplicably uneasy.
The steward sneered, "It was clearly the Cui family who took the initiative to arrange a marriage with the Lin family, but your daughter was unwilling to marry. In order to retaliate against the Cui family, they locked your esteemed lady in a chest as part of her dowry."
The prince was so disgusted by the woman he had been with.
But since the old woman was on her deathbed, to avoid the Cui family causing trouble for the Lin Prince's Mansion, they could only say that she was part of the dowry.
If the Cui family wants to pursue the matter, they should pursue their own daughter; it has nothing to do with the Lin Prince's Mansion.
This is why he didn't bring her here, but the prince said that the old woman cannot die in the Lin Prince's mansion, so they have to have the Cui family bring her back in time.
Minister Cui was unaware of the old lady's true condition, but he sensed that something was amiss.
They hurriedly sent someone to check on the old lady's courtyard, but she was nowhere to be found on the bed.
Only Cui Yihuan and the servants were slumped over, unconscious.
Upon hearing the servant's report, Minister Cui was so shocked that he stood up from his chair. "What? Yi Huan is in the Old Madam's room?"
Who was it that married into that family?
Madam Cui ran pale-faced into her daughter's room, but there was no one there.
But her daughter clearly spoke to her last night, only behind closed door; she didn't see her daughter's face...
"It's Cui Yihuan!"
Madam Cui's eyes were bloodshot.
It was Cui Yihuan who did this.
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