What's going on outside the mansion?
Ye Zhen asked Su Luoqing.
Su Luoqing's expression turned cold. "Two children from my second uncle's family."
On the day of her wedding, Uncle Su and his wife were imprisoned for helping Li Heng scheme against Ye Zhen.
Afterwards, Ye Zhen sent the Dali Temple evidence of the two men's past crimes, and they were sentenced to death and their homes were confiscated.
Upon learning of this, Imperial Physician Su summoned Su Luoqing back before the day of her return to her parents' home, and asked her to ask Ye Zhen to plead for Su's second uncle.
Su Luoqing refused, but the old imperial physician Su threatened that if he didn't help plead for leniency, there would be no need for a funeral after his death; he could simply be thrown into a mass grave in a straw mat.
He was betting on Su Luoqing's filial piety.
But it is a fact that Uncle Su and his wife committed crimes. Moreover, they used Su Luoqing's name to harm Ye Zhen. How could Su Luoqing have the face to plead with Ye Zhen for mercy?
She knew even better that pleading would be useless; the law wasn't up to Ye Zhen, and forcing her to speak would only put him in a difficult position.
It would also implicate the Wang family. Her father-in-law and husband are both from the Censorate. How could she lead the way in disrespecting the law?
But the seriously ill Imperial Physician Su was preoccupied with the thought that his only remaining son was about to die, and he wouldn't listen to her advice at all.
She angered herself to death, and before she died, she told Su Ershu's two children to come to Su Luoqing if they ever needed anything.
The two children from the second wife's family, though they hadn't committed any crimes, weren't exactly good people either, and they weren't kind to their cousin, Su Luoqing, on a daily basis.
After Su Luoqing took care of the funeral arrangements for the late Imperial Physician Su, the Su siblings had nowhere to go, so they decided to move into the Wang family home with Su Luoqing.
Even if they had a close relationship, Su Luoqing never brought her cousins from her maternal family to her husband's family.
She gave them a sum of money so they could buy a house and settle down, as a way of repaying the kindness of the old imperial physician Su for taking care of her for so many years.
Who knew that the brother and sister were both used to being lazy and indulging in pleasure, and they squandered the money in no time.
And so, following the dying wish of Imperial Physician Su, one should seek out Su Luoqing if needed.
Su Luoqing was unwilling to have any more contact with them, let alone provide them with unlimited assistance. The two of them, having given up all hope, shamelessly knelt down at the Wang family's door.
Madam Wang had never encountered anything so disgusting in her life. She said to Ye Zhen, "The eldest is already seventeen, and the youngest has reached marriageable age. They are perfectly healthy, so how dare they suck Luo Qing's blood?"
If I weren't afraid of being criticized by the world for disregarding the lives of her family, I would have loved to chase Luo Qing away with a broom.
Su Luoqing smiled bitterly, "We chased them away today, but they'll come back tomorrow. I'm afraid they just want to get close to the Wang family."
Even if the Su family hadn't met with misfortune, they still couldn't compare to the Wang family in terms of social standing. Her cousin is extremely opportunistic, so how could she give up so easily now?
The group of people were talking.
A servant came to report, "Something terrible has happened! Miss Su has fainted at the gate of the mansion."
Upon hearing this, Madam Wang stood up abruptly. Then, as if remembering something, she instructed the servants, "This matter must not be told to the old lady, lest we upset her."
After saying that, she rolled up her sleeves and said to Su Luoqing, "She must be faking fainting. You stay here with the princess, and I'll go deal with her."
They really thought she was someone to be trifled with.
Su Luoqing was worried about letting Madam Wang go alone.
Seeing her worry, Ye Zhen stood up and said, "Let's go, let's go take a look together."
When they arrived, a crowd had gathered around. Su's cousin was yelling, "Sister, sister, what's wrong? Don't scare me..."
Seeing Su Luoqing, she hurriedly pleaded, "Cousin, please save my sister. We haven't eaten for two days, and she must have fainted from hunger."
We know we shouldn't be bothering our cousin, but our grandfather, parents, and home are all gone. We have nowhere to go, so we can only ask our cousin to take us in temporarily.
Don't worry, cousin. I'll find something to do tomorrow, whether it's carrying heavy loads, doing manual labor, or working as a waiter in a shop. I'll do it and won't bother you at your house for too long.
Please, cousin, save my sister! She's all I have left, she can't be hurt! Please, cousin...
She cried very miserably.
But in her heart, she thought that once Su Luoqing entered the Wang family's door, she would never be able to shake them off.
At that time, she will have her younger sister try to win Wang Jingshuo's heart.
As long as my sister marries into the Wang family, with her abilities, she will definitely be able to replace Su Luoqing and become Wang Jingshuo's wife.
Once he becomes Wang Jingshuo's legitimate brother-in-law, he'll have no worries about his future.
The onlookers, confused, only felt sorry for the two and couldn't help but speak up for them, saying, "The young mistress of a wealthy family, living a life of luxury, how come her cousins from her own family won't even let her in?"
“I gave you some money, enough to live on if you are frugal.”
Su Luoqing explained, "It's because you've been so extravagant that I can't support you forever."
"Cousin, you've misunderstood. We didn't squander the money. We just lost it somehow. We're really desperate."
Su's cousin continued to cry, "Cousin, I know you've married into a high-class family and look down on your impoverished family, but you can't just watch your family line die out and abandon it to its fate."
My eldest uncle and aunt passed away early, and my parents treated you like their own daughter. That's why my grandfather asked you to take care of my siblings and me before he passed away..."
As she cried out, voices of condemnation against Su Luoqing gradually rose from the surrounding area.
Madam Wang was about to speak up for Su Luoqing with her hands on her hips when Ye Zhen tugged at her sleeve.
Ye Zhen roughly guessed what Madam Wang was going to say. It was nothing more than that Su's uncle and aunt treated Su Luoqing badly and, in order to gain benefits, they were willing to exhaust the old imperial physician Su to the point of death in order to marry Su Luoqing to the Li family.
Even if there were solid evidence, it would still involve Su Luoqing's marriage agreement with the Li family, needlessly attracting criticism.
Besides, it's true that Imperial Physician Su raised Su Luoqing, and it's also true that he left a will. If Su Luoqing doesn't follow it, then he's being unfilial.
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