After the marriage, my husband's family listened to my voice and turned the tide

……

"General."

Hearing the sound of chess pieces colliding, Shang Tingli smiled and said, "Sister He, you are surrounded. My soldiers have captured your general."

He Zhiqi followed suit with a smile: "I admit defeat."

Her elephant game is really not as good as Tingli's. If my father were here, he would be happy to play against Tingli. And it is very likely that my father may not be able to beat Tingli.

Thinking of this, He Zhiying said, "I used to be complacent, but now it seems that there are always people better than me. With Sister Tingli's chess skills, I'm afraid she can play against my grandfather."

"Grandmaster He?" Shang Tingli was genuinely surprised. "I don't deserve this. Sister He thinks too highly of me."

The most famous thing about He Taifu was his elephant game. It was said that he was hard to find an opponent in the capital. Old men of his age could not beat him. Only the late Yi Zhong Hou could play against him.

Her mother didn't like to talk about the past with her, so she rarely heard anything about her grandfather from her mother. The only thing she heard was the elephant play that could compete with Master He.

Now, He Zhiying said that she could play chess with Master He, which really overestimated her.

He Zhiqi sighed: "Tingli sister, there is no need to be modest."

She had played against her grandfather before, and he always thought she was a bad chess player.

Now that she has seen her sister Tingli’s elephant play, she feels that her grandfather will look upon her with higher regard.

"How can I be modest? I am speaking the truth."

Shang Tingli said, "I can't beat my father, and he always said that the old master's elephant game is very good, and he has never won a game from the old master." She shook her head as she recalled the past, "Sister He, you don't know that I have never beaten my father either. With my skills, I think I will be embarrassed in front of the old master."

"People are always moving forward. Six years have passed now. Maybe..."

"Snapped--"

The sound of the window closing attracted his attention. He Zhiqiang stopped talking and looked at Shang Tingli, then they looked towards the window together.

Ruhua was walking towards them steadily, brushing off the dust on her shoulders, and stood in front of the two of them. She bowed and said, "Miss, Crown Princess, the Second Prince and Princess Ruyu are discussing a secret matter in the private room opposite."

The two looked at each other in tacit understanding again.

"Secret matter?"

……

After staying in Fengting Tower for a full hour, Shang Tingli and He Zhiqiang parted ways and returned home.

When we returned to Xinyuan, it was already three quarters past the hour of You.

As soon as he entered the main room, he could smell the aroma of food. Shang Tingli suddenly felt that he was really hungry.

At a glance, one could see Ke Xin sitting at the dining table, while Du Heng and Chang Di were arranging the dishes on the side.

He heard footsteps and raised his eyelids: "You're back? At this time."

He guessed that it was this time, so he asked someone to set up the meal first, thinking that he could eat as soon as she came back without wasting time. He was already hungry.

Shang Tingli washed his hands and sat down next to him before replying, "I thought the prince was going to eat alone."

I don't know who gave her the courage, or maybe it was because she got several thousand taels of silver from him today and went out to have fun, but she felt a little proud for a moment, and she even dared to tease him openly.

Ke Xin sneered: "Do you think I'm a pig? There are so many dishes on the table, can I finish them all by myself?"

Shang Tingli lowered his head and said nothing.

But I retorted in my heart: "How should I know? When I came back, I saw you calling for dinner. Anyone would subconsciously think the same thing, right?"

Thinking of this, she felt a little unfair for herself for a moment.

[I always waited until you came back before calling for dinner. You are such a heartless person, you only care about eating and drinking, right? ]

When Ke Xin heard this, veins bulged on his forehead.

What kind of words are these? How can he be so heartless again?

To be honest, he didn't even touch a single chopstick!

He couldn't help but speak for himself, "I guessed you would be back at this time, so I asked people to serve the meal. Look, did I just ask people to set the table when you came back? Did you just wash your hands and eat?"

"……Yes."

Shang Tingli was stunned for a moment.

【Hey, have you changed your personality? 】

Ke Xin was stunned when he heard this.

[In the past, at this time, you should say "You can eat it if you want, or not", right? ]

Ke Xin sighed through his nose.

So he was wrong to be a little more restrained towards her? If it weren't for her feelings, he would really have put her in a side yard and turned a blind eye to her.

Forget it, it’s hard to be a good person, so I might as well not do it.

His expression unconsciously turned colder, and the air became heavier.

Shang Tingli just ate in silence. She had no idea why this man was so moody. She decided not to get into trouble with him.

[Oh, what if he wants me to pay back the money? I have already spent it, I can’t give it back.]

Ke Xin: “?”

What is this mess?

Is this "he" referring to him? He will ask for the money back if he gave it out? No, who created Haruka? What a joke.

Neither of them had a very happy dinner. Shang Tingli ate cautiously, while Ke Xin ate with deep resentment.

While I was digesting my food in the yard, Shehe handed me a note.

"Butler Xiao said that this is a letter from the Yi Zhong Hou Mansion."

Shang Tingli waved his hand, and Caihe retreated. She then flipped through the post, glanced at it twice, then closed it with boredom and threw it to Fangzhi.

This post was written by Yu Jing himself. It had no other meaning except to "threaten" her to go to the Yi Zhong Hou Mansion.

Now that they have fallen out, how could she possibly be controlled by others?

"Take it to the small kitchen and burn it as firewood." Shang Tingli smiled faintly and ordered.

Fang Zhi asked: "Can I take a look at this post?"

Shang Tingli said, "It's up to you. Just burn it after you finish reading it."

"Yes."

Fang Zhi responded and then looked at the content on the post. She was literate. When the Crown Prince's wife was learning to read, she and Gan Tang had to learn from her. She glanced at the content on the post and her brows gradually furrowed.

Finally, he couldn't help cursing: "Hey, so shameless——"

Fang Zhi went to the small kitchen angrily, and when she came out, she was refreshed: "Princess, I want to tell you that next time, don't let them bring such dirty things to pollute your eyes. Burning it will make your eyes cleaner."

"Your temper now is not much inferior to Gan Tang's." Shang Tingli said with a smile.

Fang Zhi blushed slightly: "The Marquis and his men are too shameless and too irritating."

What was written on that post? What did it mean that if the Crown Princess went back and apologized to him as her uncle, he would forgive her? He was also willing to be a good uncle, and the Yi Zhong Hou Mansion would always be the Crown Princess's natal family?

It's just like that when you eat and take.

"This is the first time in my life that I've seen someone so disliked." Gan Tang said indignantly.

Although she hadn't read what was written on the post, she knew everything as soon as she saw Fang Zhi's reaction.

What's more, after all these years, they saw clearly what kind of monsters that family was.

"What's so annoying?"

I heard a young man's voice behind me, and when I turned around, I saw Ke Xin walking out of the house.

"Sir."

Gan Tang and Fang Zhi hurriedly greeted him.

He walked to the round table and sat down. His ink-clear peach blossom eyes were as deep as a pool and appeared calm and peaceful.

Ke Xin knew that the maid was not talking about him, but at this moment he still remembered the voices he heard during dinner just now.

Disliked? No, he is very popular.

Shang Tingli had no idea what he was thinking, and with a faint smile on his face, he said, "Anyway, he's not talking about the prince."

Ke Xin said: "Then let me guess."

"..."

[Okay, okay, you are the prince, you have the final say, just do as you please.]

Ke Xin's gaze lingered on her for a moment, and he suddenly curled his lips: "Those people from Yi Zhong Hou Mansion?"

Shang Tingli smiled but said nothing.

Ke Xin looked at her and said, "If your uncle sends you a letter asking you to come over, you don't have to care. You should know that you are the Crown Prince's Consort of our Prince Ren's Mansion first, so you don't need to give him face."

Shang Tingli nodded: "Okay."

[I didn't want to save face for him. But, why is your attitude a bit strange now, my Lord?]

Ke Xin paused.

Then she continued as if nothing had happened: "I told you, you have to show your power as the Crown Prince's Consort, and don't let any random minion yell at you. Your uncle is not a good person, and your aunt is also a piece of shit. There is no good person in that family, and you don't have to deal with them now."

"Think more about the hardships you've gone through in there. Would you still care about saving face?"

He seemed to be scolding her.

It seemed more like an enlightenment to her.

Shang Tingli opened his eyes in confusion and looked at him in surprise: "Sir, aren't you afraid of the rumors outside?"

She had held back at first because she and the Yu family had not yet torn the surface skin, and the outside world did not know the reason. She was afraid that rumors would spread to her, causing displeasure to the prince and the princess. Later, she knew that the princess was a good person, so she was even more afraid that this situation would hurt the princess.

But in fact, she had been waiting, waiting for the Yi Zhong Hou Mansion to take the initiative so that she could fight back.

Now, it's time for her to fight back.

Ke Xin sneered: "Would I be afraid?"

Shang Tingli lowered his eyes and looked down at his feet.

[Well, you really don’t seem like someone who would be afraid of rumors. On the contrary, you look like “How dare you say bad things about me? You’ll die.”]

Ke Xin: “…”

This is generally what happens when people are speechless.

The sky gradually darkened, the crescent moon was hanging in the darkness, and the evening stars began to light up one by one.

The two were silent for a long time.

We looked up at the night sky together, wondering when the sky would change.

The evening breeze blew gently, bringing a cool breeze. Shang Tingli finally asked, "Prince, why do you think I suffered a lot in the past?"

In fact, this was not what she wanted to ask.

But according to the current situation, the question she wanted to ask was inappropriate. Because, what she originally wanted to ask was that he and Yu Jing were both the Fourth Prince's people, so shouldn't he let her endure everything and treat everything as if nothing had happened?

At least in her opinion, she felt that in his eyes, she and Yu Jing were uncle and nephew. Since they were a family, how could there be so much hatred?

But he didn't do that.

He just told her not to lose the dignity of the Crown Prince's Consort.

This is what she found strange. She felt that his attitude towards her was extremely strange. Was he really just afraid that she would lose her identity and his face?

Shang Tingli knew very well that there was no emotional foundation between the two of them, which was why his attitude was strange.

Ke Xin noticed her gaze sweeping over, but he just kept looking up at the starry sky and said calmly, "Don't you even look at where you used to live?"

He said with great disdain: "If it is used as a pigsty, even the pigs would dislike it."

【…】

[My dear prince, even if you are used to living in a good place, you don't have to belittle my little yard like that! How can it be as bad as a pigsty? ]

Shang Tingli drooped his eyelids.

She gritted her teeth secretly, calculating how likely it would be to succeed if she attacked him by surprise.

[I really want to punch you. ]

She was obviously very angry, but she managed to put on a smiling face and said to him, "It's not as bad as you said, it's still okay."

Ke Xin looked at her hesitantly, but looked away in a moment.

If he hadn't heard what she was thinking, he might have been deceived by her appearance.

"Don't be so stubborn."

"what?"

Shang Tingli looked at him suspiciously: "Your Highness, do you think I am just being stubborn? But I really am not. Although the yard is shabby, it is still habitable. It is really not a pigsty."

She spoke for no one.

Maybe she was used to it, having lived in worse houses before. Or maybe there were traces of her mother there, too, so she didn't mind it that much.

But Ke Xingchen was right. Just by looking at the courtyard where she lived, one could indeed tell the Yu family's attitude towards her. It should be an attitude of extreme indifference, yet a thorn in the eye.

Ke Xin was speechless at her words, and only expressed his feelings about what he had seen and heard: "If your uncle cared about you, he would not let your aunt place you wherever you wanted, and he would not ignore you and treat you like a stranger. No, he is worse than a stranger. If he hadn't let you do whatever you want, you wouldn't be living such a miserable life."

He sarcastically said, "He is a great actor."

When he said this, Shang Tingli could clearly feel the look in his eyes on him, which seemed to be smiling but not smiling, as if he could see through everything.

"I don't even want to talk about your aunt, you know it in your heart. And your cousins, each one of them has bad intentions."

Ke Xin smiled amusedly: "What's worse, he even wants to kill you."

A family of wolves, jackals, tigers and leopards.

She actually asked him why he felt that she had had a hard life in the past?

Shang Tingli just smiled.

She looked as if she didn't know what to say, with a flash of disappointment in her eyes.

【Oh, how disappointing. 】

[Why are you analyzing this so carefully? This is not what I want to know…]

[It’s so sad. When will this end? ]

Ke Xin looked away, looked up at the starry sky again, and said nothing more.

Of course he knew what she wanted to ask.

It's simply that he "is" Ke Ming's man, and Yu Jing is also Ke Ming's, so why would he let her be rude to Yu Jing instead of trying her best to maintain a friendly uncle-nephew relationship with Yu Jing.

She felt that what she couldn't say, he couldn't say either.