After Yun Zishu ordered people to keep an eye on the An family's movements, she ignored the rest and stayed in the house for two days to enjoy her leisure time. However, she knew that An Rong had left Pan Lingling in the An family and she was not allowed to leave.
No matter how much Mrs. An and An Xiner excused Pan Lingling, and how firmly they believed that Pan Lingling could not take action against An Huaishan, Shangshu An did not completely believe it and insisted on keeping Pan Lingling in the An family until the matter was investigated clearly before letting her leave.
When the Marquis of Xiping learned that his daughter had been detained in the Shangshu Mansion, he was naturally unhappy. The couple went to the Shangshu Mansion that night to learn about the situation.
The two families were currently in a heated dispute. After asking the victim, An Huaishan still insisted that it was Pan Lingling.
Yun Zijiao was caught in the middle and suffered from both sides. After questioning her here and there, Mrs. An and Mrs. Pan interrogated her as if she were a prisoner. However, neither Shangshu An nor the Marquis of Xiping were willing to ask Dali Temple to come forward.
The attitude of taking care of one's own affairs.
So now things are just like this, with occasional quarrels and inquiries. All the servants in the house who could ask questions have been asked, and the situation has not made any progress.
After hearing this, Yun Zishu felt very good.
She just likes to sit and watch the dog-eat-dog show.
When Concubine Wu wanted to marry her to Pan Xuzhi and instructed An Huaishan to do something inappropriate to her, she didn't know if she thought that the two families would be in the current situation.
"Add two more dishes for lunch." She ordered, "I would like to celebrate a little."
Leng Yue happily agreed: "Yes, I will go down and give instructions to the kitchen."
Seeing that Yun Zishu was happy, Si Cang couldn't help but relax a little. His eyes fell on her beautiful and beautiful side face, and a soft color filled his eyes.
It's just that this good mood didn't last long.
During lunch, Yun Zishu and Sicang had just sat down when they heard Leng Yue reporting Xiao Yunheng's request to see him.
Compared to two days ago, Xiao Yunheng looked better. He stayed in Qingchen Residence to rest these two days, and asked the people in the kitchen for enough hot water in advance - of course, there were some benefits.
Under Li Xue's attentive service, Xiao Yunheng washed himself from head to toe, inside and out, not sparing any part of his hair or the soles of his feet.
It’s been too long since I took a shower. During those days when I was lying on the bed recovering from my injuries, I could only wipe my body, but I couldn’t wipe it clean at all. There was a layer of dirt accumulated on my body and head these days. After washing, I felt refreshed and my hair was well taken care of.
Clean and smooth.
In order to see Yun Zishu in his best image, Xiao Yunheng specially asked Li Xue to find him a white brocade robe to wear. After combing his hair, he tied it with a white jade crown. After some careful grooming and dressing up, he looked like a jade tree.
Facing the wind, an extraordinary and handsome young man from aristocratic family appeared before his eyes, completely different from the wounded man who had been lying on the bed and being shackled for the past few days.
Xiao Yunheng saw his own charm from Li Xue's stunning and admiring eyes, and his confidence doubled.
So after Leng Yue's announcement, as soon as Xiao Yunheng, who had received Yun Zishu's permission, stepped into the palace, he saluted Yun Zishu with the standard etiquette for a young master from an aristocratic family: "Yun Heng has met His Royal Highness the Princess. May your Highness be blessed."
Yun Zishu raised her eyes slightly, looked at the handsome man in front of her, and raised her eyebrows slightly: "Is the injury healed?"
"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness." Xiao Yunheng bowed, his attitude was humble and polite, which was completely different from the arrogance and arrogance before. "Although he has not recovered yet, it is not serious."
Yun Zishu hummed: "I just asked casually, you don't need to thank me specifically."
Xiao Yunheng suffocated and looked up at Si Cang, who was sitting silently on the side of the dining table. His eyes were dim, and he was clearly angry that Yun Zishu and Si Cang were so close, but he still had to do a good job on the surface and didn't want to talk to Yun Zi.
Shu broke her face.
"Yun Heng hasn't had time to have lunch yet." Xiao Yunheng's eyes fell on the table, with a somewhat expectant tone, "I wonder if I can have lunch with Her Royal Highness?"
Si Cang slowly picked up a piece of meat and placed it in front of Yun Zishu, never raising his head to look at him.
"It's not very convenient." Yun Zishu refused calmly, "I already have someone with me. You should go back to accompany your good cousin."
Xiao Yunheng's expression froze slightly, and a surge of anger surged in his heart involuntarily, but he forced himself to endure it, and reminded him with a low eyebrow: "Yun Heng is your highness's husband. Even if your highness is angry with me, you should not be with other men."
Being so close and behaving like this is not only against the rules, but also not the behavior a royal princess who knows etiquette and education should have."
After a pause, his tone became more sincere and forbearing: "I know the princess is angry with me. During this period, Yun Heng has been reflecting on it every day and deeply realized that he did do a lot of wrong things in the past. I will change it in the future. Princess
Can you give me a chance?"
Yun Zishu looked at him without saying a word, with obvious mockery in her eyes.
In order to win her back, he was really willing to put down his posture and look at this affectionate and humiliating look. If she didn't agree, wouldn't it be too unreasonable?
Putting down her chopsticks, Yun Zishu raised her eyebrows: "Give you a chance?"
Seeing her relaxed attitude, Xiao Yunheng felt slightly happy and said, "Yes."
"It's not that I'm unwilling, it's just..."
"Just what?" Xiao Yunheng said quickly, "If your highness the princess has any conditions, just ask, and Yun Heng will do his best to fulfill it for the princess."
"My conditions are quite simple." Yun Zishu raised her lips and smiled, "I am comfortable living in this princess mansion, and I don't want to go back to the Xiao family to live under someone else's roof. If you are willing, you can officially become my consort, but
You need to bring your own betrothal gift and dowry.”
The joy in Xiao Yunheng's heart disappeared in an instant before he could digest it.
He raised his head in astonishment and looked at Yun Zishu's calm and refined face. Did she bring her own betrothal gift and dowry?
Yun Zishu turned a blind eye to his reaction and continued: "Secondly, since he is the consort of this palace, he cannot take concubines. You must send Li Xue back to the Li family and inform all the subjects in the imperial city that from now on you will follow him.
Li Xue will no longer have any relations with her, and will never take concubines, take in a married woman, or have an affair with any woman for the rest of her life."
Xiao Yunheng's expression was frozen, and he looked at Yun Zishu without saying a word, and the temperature in his eyes cooled down little by little.
"The third and most important point." Yun Zishu sighed, "A few days ago, I divorced my husband and made a big fuss. People who didn't know about it thought that I was narrow-minded and intolerant of others. What I said and did
It has disgraced the royal family and caused great harm to this palace, so..."
So what?
Xiao Yunheng looked at her expressionlessly, wanting to hear what other unreasonable demands she could make.
"I want you to personally write a "Letter of Sin" and post it in conspicuous places in the imperial city, and sincerely admit your mistakes. The Xiao family should not offend me by committing the following offenses, pampering concubines and destroying wives. No
I should have allowed my concubine to get on top of me and act wildly, so now I write a "Letter of Sin" to show my sincerity. From now on, I will only follow my orders and I will never repeat the same mistakes as before."
As she finished each word, the calmness that Xiao Yunheng had worked so hard to maintain completely disappeared. His face turned from stiff to green and white, and then from green and white to green and angry.
The demeanor that he had managed to maintain disappeared in an instant.
He looked at Yun Zishu with shocked and angry eyes, and couldn't believe that she actually dared to make such ridiculous and rude requests.