The ladies who came to attend the Qianqiu Banquet today all witnessed with their own eyes how unreasonable and even rebellious she was.
No one expected that apart from Xiao Yunheng, Yun Zishu would suddenly become so difficult to deal with. As an unpopular princess, she was so arrogant. Not only did she not send the concubine's congratulatory gift, she even ignored the eldest princess.
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If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, who would have dared to believe that she had such courage?
But whether it is courageous or foolish, I am afraid it will take time to verify.
Yun Zishu was not interested in staying any longer. Under the thoughtful gazes of many ladies, she walked down the stairs without looking back.
Mrs. Xiao turned her head and looked at her back. She didn't know what she thought of, but she suddenly raised her foot and followed her.
All the noble ladies looked at each other and looked at the eldest princess Jinning in unison, only to see the eldest princess looking gloomy and staring in the direction Yun Zishu left without saying a word, her beautiful face covered with frost.
"Ninth Princess." Madam Xiao caught up with Yun Zishu and asked urgently, "How is Yun Heng's injury? When can he go home?"
Yun Zishu turned her head and glanced at her: "Do you want Mrs. Xiao to come out of the palace with me?"
Madam Xiao naturally understood what she meant by leaving the palace together, and frowned: "The palace banquet is not over yet, is it appropriate for the princess to leave at this time?"
"The Queen Mother and the Emperor Father have taken the first step, what's wrong with me leaving the palace at this time?" Yun Zishu didn't want to stay and face the one on the left who was looking for trouble, and the one on the right who was mocking and provoking her, "Mrs. Xiao cooperates with me today.
Please return the dowry, and you can see Li Xuan return home tomorrow."
Mrs. Xiao gritted her teeth: "Are you threatening me?"
"I just give you a chance to choose." Yun Zishu said calmly, "After getting the dowry back, I can consider improving the food for Xiao Yunheng and Li Xue. Xiao Yunheng's injury has improved in the past two days, and he should be able to eat some chicken, duck and fish.
It’s time to replenish the body.”
Mrs. Xiao said solemnly: "I want to go to the Princess Mansion to see Yun Heng."
Yun Zishu said: "You go to visit Xiao Yunheng, or Li Xuan goes home safely, Mrs. Xiao can only choose one."
"Li Xuan has been locked up in the Shadow Pavilion for so many years. He has suffered enough. Should I go see what happened to his son?" Mrs. Xiao simply hated Yun Zishu's calm and indifferent reaction. "I agreed to these two requests at the same time.
It’s not too much, right?”
"Mrs. Xiao is not qualified to negotiate terms with me." Yun Zishu is indeed indifferent. She has no reason not to be indifferent to her enemies in her previous life. "You go to visit Xiao Yunheng, and Li Xuan will continue to stay in the Shadow Pavilion. Will you suffer?"
, it is not Mrs. Xiao’s control whether she will suffer or not."
Mrs. Xiao was in a dilemma, "Is the princess true to her word this time?"
"The truth is."
"Let Li Xuan go home intact?"
Yun Zishu thought for a while: "I don't know if he was injured before, and I haven't asked much about it, but at least he is still alive, and I can guarantee that no one will do anything to him after today."
Mrs. Xiao was silent for a moment, and after weighing the pros and cons in her mind, she decided to let Li Xuan go home first.
Shadow Pavilion is not a place for people. If Li Xuan is allowed to stay there, he will die sooner or later. As for Yun Heng, at least Li Xue will take care of him when he stays in the Princess Mansion. His injuries are getting better, and he can visit him anytime he wants in the future.
Have the opportunity.
So Mrs. Xiao nodded slowly: "After the princess gets back her dowry, she must let Li Xuan return home safely and promise not to cause trouble to the Li family again in the future."
She had to compromise.
Although Yun Zishu brought a lot of dowry, it would be painful to return it all at once, but the dowry is a dowry after all, and the Xiao family has no reason to steal her dowry - Yun Zishu has been rebellious during this period, if she really takes it for herself
Without her dowry, she might ruin the reputation of the Xiao family.
Besides, Li Xuan's life is much more important than Yun Zishu's dowry.
She had to consider the situation of Li Xuan and Yun Heng.
Mrs. Xiao was able to become the wife of a first-class general. Most of the time, she had enough brains to distinguish what was important and what was important. Although she was reluctant in her heart, she still left the palace with Yun Zishu.
Yun Zishu ordered Leng Shuang to prepare the carriage in advance, "Just park the carriage outside the Xiao family gate."
"yes."
Mrs. Xiao's expression was serious, but she couldn't say anything else. The group of people walked out of the palace, walked outside the palace gate, and quickly took a carriage to Xiao's house.
General Xiao went to the military camp. Mrs. Xiao had full authority over the dowry. After giving the key to the steward and opening the warehouse, boxes of things were carried out from the Xiao family. The mahogany boxes were all locked, and most of the keys were in the clouds.
In the room where Zishu lived before, Leng Shuang had received instructions and had already taken the keys.
Although Mrs. Xiao agreed with Yun Zishu to take back the dowry, looking at the boxes of dowry, her mood was still gloomy and uncomfortable, and she wished she could send all the boxes to the warehouse and lock them up.
"Yun Zishu, what are you doing?" A carriage was driving in the distance. Xiao Yunwu opened the curtain and saw the scene outside the Xiao family gate. He couldn't help but angrily yelled, "Put down all your things!"
Yun Zishu ignored her and signaled the princess palace guards to continue moving.
The carriage came to a stop and Xiao Yunwu got off the carriage and walked quickly to Yun Zishu: "What are you doing? Ask them to put down their things! Why do you move these things away?"
Why?
These are the dowry she brought into the Xiao family. These are things that belong to her. Why can't she take them away?
Yun Zishu turned around and walked onto her carriage, opened the curtain and sat down, not wanting to pay attention to Xiao Yunwu's shouting.
"Mother." Xiao Yunwu turned to look at Mrs. Xiao unhappily, "Yun Zishu divorced her eldest brother with a divorce letter, which caused a storm in the city. Everyone was watching the Xiao family's jokes. The storm was finally calmed down in the past two days.
, she came again today to carry all the dowry back, and she doesn’t have to wait until tomorrow. There will be a lot of gossip outside tonight, saying that Yun Zishu has broken with the Xiao family, why is mother so confused? "
Mrs. Xiao's expression changed slightly. Didn't she know how people outside would view the Xiao family if such a big battle broke out?
But what can she do?
"Li Xuan is still in the Shadow Pavilion." She said in a tight voice, "Yun Zishu promised to let Li Xuan go home as long as she gets her dowry back."
"Li Xuan?" Xiao Yunwu couldn't believe it. "In order to save Li Xuan, my mother even ignored the Xiao family's face? The emperor and the prince are trying their best to save the marriage between their eldest brother and Yun Zishu. Does the mother know that she has made such a decision?
Will all previous efforts be wasted?"
Mrs. Xiao heard this and said angrily: "You mean, for the sake of the Xiao family's face, you have to let Li Xuan fend for himself?"
"Li Xuan was taken to the Shadow Pavilion. Didn't he ask for it?" Xiao Yunwu retorted, "If he wasn't so stupid, how could he take the initiative to send it to Yun Zishu?"
Mrs. Xiao looked at her daughter in shock, as if she suddenly didn't recognize her: "Li Xuan is your cousin and my nephew."
Xiao Yunwu pursed her lips: "Does mother think I'm unkind?"