Matters of marriage, matters of confusion, utterly confusing matters!!!

  Ru Mei Zheng and Yang's family were discussing the marriage, and Mrs. Yang also came to exchange gifts, only two procedures left, sending betrothal gifts and choosing a date for the wedding.

  At this critical moment, the Fang family encountered such a situation, and the Yang family was also a wealthy family. The Fang family's decline in fortune, his father's loss of office and demotion, and the loss of nearly half of their property made it possible for the Yang family to reconsider this marriage at any time, which is also the reason why Li had been anxious and irritable recently.

  The consecutive blows had already numbed Fang Jinglan, and Li's crying made him even more annoyed. He suppressed his depression and said to Li: "As the saying goes, marriage is predestined by heaven, let's do our best for San Niangzi's marriage." Then she waited happily for Li Xian's good news, but unexpectedly, she received the news of Yu Guo Wangfei instead.

  The frosty-faced Princess of Yu Prefecture coldly told her, "The prince said that you should go take care of your parents. However, I'll say it clearly to your face, once you leave, don't think about coming back." With that, she turned and left.

  As she walked a few steps, suddenly a maid came to report that the third daughter of the Fang family wanted to see the Crown Prince's consort. The Princess of Yu County stopped in her tracks, turned around and looked at Ruxuan with a thick sarcasm on her lips, "I didn't expect the Fang family to move so quickly." Then she turned to the little maid and said: "You go tell Miss Fang that the Crown Prince's consort is ill and cannot receive guests for the time being. Ask her to come another day. I've also heard about the Fang family's affairs, and I'll send someone to the treasury to take out 500 taels of silver in the name of the Crown Prince's consort to give to her. It's a little token of goodwill from the Wang family to the Fang family."

  That's it, her family matters, she was willing to take care of them but didn't have enough energy. She really did her best, the account room withdrew 500 taels of silver in her name, and later she even used her dowry to make up for it, and then sent another 1,000 taels through someone else. She had already done her part, so why was Lin still being so stubborn?

  "I'm a married-out daughter, but after all, my aunt is still my brother's and my birth mother. Can my sister-in-law just watch as her being thrown into that dark place to suffer? Is there such a thing as treating one's mother-in-law like this in the world?"

  Her tone was also not very good, anyway, there's no one else here, and the kindly and gentle image of her sister-in-law didn't need to be maintained anymore. She coldly laughed: "The decision to deal with Zhang Yiniang was made by Old Lady and Father. Why doesn't Second Sister go ask them? Why come find me instead? Can it be that you think I'm easy to bully?" Her eyes stared sharply at this younger sister, her tone becoming even more piercing, "You're Yiniang's own daughter, and a filial daughter at that. If you pity Yiniang, then why don't you go accompany Yiniang in the nunnery? I'm a selfish person who only knows how to use my dowry to bribe her, to clean up the mess for her. As for other things, I really can't help with them. If Sister has the ability, she can use the title of Rongguo Duke's consort to force Old Lady and Father to release Yiniang from the nunnery and bring her back to Rongguo Duke's estate to care for her."

  "You..." Lin's words made her eyes widen in anger, but she couldn't find any words to refute. For Zhang Yiniang's sake, Lin had given away half of the dowry, and she had also heard rumors about it. She accused her, but couldn't stand on reason, let alone that she was the wife of the king's son, but above her was a harsh and cruel mother-in-law, how could she make this decision? It was clear that Lin was intentionally provoking her.

  Then, the two sisters-in-law parted ways again in discord, like a fierce bull leaving. She wanted to ask Ruzhen for help to mediate, but Ruzhen immediately refused her, "I am a married daughter, what can I do about my mother's family affairs? Moreover, Zhang Shi is just my mother's accompanying maid and a concubine who was brought in by a slave, now that she has committed a serious mistake, the Fang family can deal with her as they wish, why should I, a noble lady, bother to intervene for a mere servant?"

  Zhang Yiniang has always been in charge at Fang Fu, having given birth to a son and a daughter. Fang Jinglan has never mistreated her because of the two children, allowing Zhang Shi to think that she is a noble concubine, equivalent to a wife's status. Rú Shàn also thought that his mother was considered a wife of Fang Fu, but unexpectedly, Rú Zhēn demoted her to a mere slave, infuriating him so much that one Buddha appeared and another ascended to heaven.

  ……

  After returning from Ruzhen, it was already sunset. Suddenly heard the gatekeeper say that Mrs. Xiang and Master Xiang came to visit.

  The old lady's heart skipped a beat and she unconsciously looked at Ruxing.

  She quietly gazed at the old lady, sighing bitterly in her heart. It seemed that the more she worried, the more likely it was to happen, and no matter how hard she tried to avoid it, she couldn't escape.

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  Digression

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