At the gate of Duke Dingguo's Mansion, Xue Man was not there. The eldest son Su Xiuyuan, the eldest daughter-in-law Li Qingyuan, the second son Su Mingyi, and the second daughter-in-law Song Fenghe were standing at the gate of Duke Dingguo's Mansion. Maids and servants were standing on both sides, looking towards East Street together.

I saw a carriage approaching gradually, and behind the carriage, servants were carrying the return gifts, stretching for two streets.

The carriage stopped at the gate of Duke Dingguo's mansion. Caiyi lifted the curtain and Su Lingyue, wearing a bright red satin outer gown, a moon-white long skirt, and a hairpin with white jade beads on her head, walked down slowly. She was bright, dignified, and charming.

Su Xiuyuan walked up and asked coldly: "Why are you alone?"

Not only Su Xiuyuan, but also the people watching at the door were very curious.

Su Lingyue chuckled and said, "The prince is not in good health and should not go out."

Su Lingyue felt that she would probably become the subject of discussion among everyone in the near future, but since she had chosen this marriage, she should have been prepared long ago and just stayed out of the house less in the coming days.

Sister-in-law Li Qingyuan stepped forward and took Su Lingyue's hand and said, "Your Majesty's health is urgent. Now that Lingyue is back, please come in."

"Ah."

"When they talk at the banquet later, just let it go in one ear and out the other. Don't take it to heart."

Su Lingyue nodded, feeling warm in her heart, and followed her sister-in-law into the Duke's Mansion.

The place was full of guests, including some scholars and officials from the capital who had business dealings with the guests. Su Lingyue took a deep breath and walked in. Many people looked at Su Lingyue with confusion. Su Lingyue chuckled, without looking at anyone else, and walked calmly through the front yard and came to the hall.

At this time, Su Heng was sitting in the main seat, and the old lady was sitting on the side.

Xue Man is not here.

Those forty strokes of the board should be enough for her to lie down for a while.

Su Heng looked at Su Lingyue, frowned, and asked coldly: "Why are you alone?"

Su Lingyue said calmly: "The prince is not feeling well and should not go out. I hope father will forgive me."

Su Heng's face immediately fell. Prince Su had a high status among the military generals. He had wanted to use Prince Su's reputation to win over the generals, but he never expected that Prince Su would not even come. It seemed that he really did not take Duke Dingguo's Mansion and him, the prime minister, seriously.

The Duke Dingguo's Mansion will surely become a laughing stock in the capital today. It would be better not to get married.

Su Lingyue pretended not to see it, took the tea from the maid and served it to Su Heng, and then took another cup and served it to the old lady.

After the old lady finished her tea, she took Su Lingyue's hand and said earnestly, "Yue'er, your father's life in the court is not easy. You must serve the prince well and help your father more. Do you understand?"

Su Lingyue nodded obediently and said, "Don't worry, grandma. I understand."

The old lady then patted Su Lingyue's hand with satisfaction.

Su Lingyue looked around and didn't see the prince and Su Nanxing. They hadn't arrived yet, so she walked out of the hall and came to Jiang Fu.

"Uncle, Lord Zhang." Su Lingyue bowed to Jiang Fu and the Minister of Justice.

"Princess, you can't do that." Lord Zhang bowed in return.

"Master Zhang, there is no need to do this. Yue'er grew up under your care, and you should accept this gift."

"Uncle is right. Mr. Zhang is always the elder."

After a few more pleasantries, Su Lingyue took Jiang Fu aside and asked, "Uncle, cousin Yan'er didn't come today, right?"

"No, I'll lock her up at home today, don't worry. But who is the person you said wants to harm her?"

"I don't know who it is, but they did this to facilitate the marriage between Su Wenyuan and cousin Yan'er."

"Su Wenyuan!" Jiang Fu said angrily, "You are the son of a lowly concubine, who is so romantic, and you are worthy of thinking about my Yan'er. Where did you get the news?"

Su Lingyue certainly couldn't say that she had lived a new life, so she said to Jiang Fu: "A good maid in the mansion said so."

"With such evil ambitions, Yan'er must be kept away from the Su family in the future."

The two chatted for a while, and then Su Lingyue went to the backyard to look for her aunt. Her aunt was among a group of noble ladies, and she kept praising Su Lingyue and introducing her to everyone. Everyone also smiled and greeted her.

Su Lingyue cooperated very well and followed her aunt to meet the ladies of various families. She thought, she wondered how they would laugh at her when they knew that she came back alone.

-

At Prince Su's Mansion, Xiao Yu frowned as he looked at the letter handed over by Yun Ting.

"sure?"

"Sure, but to lure this person out, I'm afraid Yan Qing will need to write a letter."

Yan Qing was confused: "Write a letter, what to write?"

Yun Ting said: "Write a letter in Su Heng's handwriting."

Yan Qing: "But I have never seen Su Heng's handwriting, how do I write it?"

Xiao Yu said, "When a woman marries a man, her father and brother must prepare excerpts of letters and the like. Let's take a look at Su Lingyue's dowry."

After a while, Yun Ting came in and said, "The princess's dowry was all empty boxes. She took them away early this morning. Later, what was brought in from the prince's mansion were gold, silver, and treasures. There were some books, but they were only rare books. No letters or anything like that were found."

Xiao Yu frowned, the empty box was taken away by her!

Yan Qing said, "Isn't today the return banquet? Your Majesty, just go and you'll have it!"

Xiao Yu frowned, then held his forehead and said, "Yan Qing, change your clothes and go with me."

Yan Qing cried and said, "My Lord, can you please not wear the servant's clothes? They are so ugly and will overshadow my handsome looks."

Yun Ting retorted: "He looks like an idiot."

"you you you……"

"Okay, stop arguing, Yanqing, go change your clothes."

-

"Your Highness, the Crown Princess is here!"

Following the eunuch's announcement, everyone was attracted by the voice.

Su Nanxing can walk now? Has she recovered so well?

Su Lingyue was really curious, so she followed her aunt and everyone else to the front yard to watch the fun.

"Isn't the Crown Princess Su Lingyue? How come she became Su Nanxing?"

Madam Jiang was about to speak when Su Lingyue held her hand and said, "Don't pay attention, Aunt. Let's go and watch the fun."

"I heard that it was the wife of Duke Dingguo who did something, and the Queen was so angry that she punished him with a stick. Look at the way she walks."

Following the gaze of the crowd, I saw Crown Prince Xiao Changshi, dressed in a bright yellow palace robe, walking towards the hall with Su Nanxing, who was dressed in a bright yellow phoenix robe. Su Nanxing walked with a limp, which was quite funny.

After Su Nanxing and the prince offered tea to Su Heng and the old lady, the four of them happily chatted for a while. Xiao Changshi was about to help Su Nanxing leave. Seeing that Su Nanxing was about to walk towards Su Lingyue to the backyard, Su Lingyue turned around and was about to pull her aunt away when she heard Su Nanxing's voice: "Sister, since you are here, why don't you come out and talk?"

Su Lingyue paused, and everyone followed Su Nanxing's gaze and saw Su Lingyue turning around and preparing to leave in the crowd.

I didn't want to get entangled with Su Nanxing in front of many people, but you asked for it yourself.

Su Lingyue turned around and chuckled, "You and I are all family, Crown Princess, please call me Imperial Aunt, don't mess up the generations."

Xiao Changshi and Su Nanxing paused, knowing that she came alone today, and wanted to ridicule her, but she ended up using her seniority to bully them.

Xiao Yu walked into the Duke Dingguo's Mansion. Just after he instructed Yan Qing to go to Su Heng's study, he heard the conversation between Su Lingyue and Su Nanxing. He immediately became interested and walked into the crowd to see how Su Lingyue would respond.

The people next to Xiao Yu saluted, and seeing that Xiao Yu had no intention of leaving the crowd, they looked at the two young ladies of the Su family, wanting to see what interesting things would happen next.

"Why, the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess didn't even bother to greet their elders in public?"

Xiao Changshi and Su Nanxing's faces turned dark. The scholars and noble ladies of the capital were staring at them.

After a long while, the two of them reluctantly bowed and said, "Auntie."

Xiao Yu couldn't help but curl his lips.

Su Lingyue smiled with satisfaction: "My nephew, your wife is very thoughtful. I wonder how your injury is. You are walking on the third day. Will it hurt your body?"

Su Nanxing gritted her teeth and said, "Thank you for your concern, Auntie Huang. The injury is no longer serious."

"That's good. If you have nothing to do, go to the backyard and rest. Standing for too long will hurt your body." Su Lingyue chuckled and prepared to leave.

"The Imperial Aunt is here. I wonder where the Imperial Uncle is so we can pay our respects to him." Su Nanxing's voice sounded again from behind.

Su Lingyue turned around and said calmly, "He is not feeling well and is recuperating in the mansion. If your niece-in-law wants to pay her respects, you can follow me to the mansion after the banquet."

Today is such a good opportunity to make Su Lingyue lose face and become a laughing stock in the capital. How can she give up?

Su Nanxing's eyes were full of hatred, and she smiled and said, "On such an important day as the wedding, the emperor's uncle didn't come. People who know might think that you are not in good health, but those who don't know might think that the emperor's uncle despised the emperor's aunt just after her wedding, and didn't want to come back with you on such an important day. I heard that on the wedding day, the mansion didn't even decorate the wedding hall, there was no wedding banquet, no worship ceremony, and the emperor's aunt and uncle went straight to consummating their marriage."

At this time, the scholars and officials nearby, as well as the noble ladies of the capital, began to whisper to each other.

When Xiao Yu heard this, his expression turned cold. He was about to walk out when he suddenly heard someone talking.

"As the Crown Princess, aren't you afraid of losing your status as the Crown Princess by saying this?"

Seeing how hateful Su Nanxing was, Mrs. Jiang couldn't help but scold him harshly.

"So it's the wife of the Minister of Revenue. It's not your turn to lecture me. I'm talking to the Empress's sister-in-law, and you have no right to interrupt!"

Su Lingyue originally wanted to spend the day at home peacefully, but she didn't expect Su Nanxing to be so aggressive, so she stopped being polite.

"My prince has always been frugal. Now that the war in the north continues, the prince is determined to save unnecessary expenses. The prince is so righteous, but I didn't expect the crown princess to have such an opinion. Could it be that in the hearts of the crown prince and the crown princess, the people's well-being is not as important as the wedding banquet?"

Su Lingyue's face was cold as she looked straight at Su Nanxing and Xiao Changshi.

The two were speechless for a moment.

"Compared with the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess, His Royal Highness Prince Su is truly righteous."

"Yes."

"Interesting. The Crown Princess wanted to humiliate the Princess of Su, but was instead interrogated about her character by the Princess of Su."

"Wonderful man."

Xiao Yu looked at Su Lingyue, who was dressed in red and had a sharp tongue in the crowd. She had made the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess speechless, and he couldn't help but chuckle.

"I was just a little late, but I didn't expect the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess to frame me and him in such an occasion. It seems that the forty strokes of the cane on the Crown Princess' wedding night were too light, and she hasn't learned her lesson yet."

It’s Xiao Yu’s voice!

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