"I'm sorry, mother. My hand slipped."

Su Yinyue bowed her head in fear and apologized, just avoiding the slap from Concubine Zhao.

"The imperial physician said that Yu'er must take medicine on time. If you spilled a bowl, you would have missed the time and harmed Yu'er's health. Do you deserve this?"

"The medicine has been spilled, so let it be." Jiang Zaiyu didn't care and ordered, "Ye Qing, go to the pharmacy and ask Dean Zhang to make another bowl."

Ye Qing took the order and withdrew.

Concubine Zhao was furious and refused to give in. "If we let this bitch off easily, if she does it again, wouldn't that just encourage her arrogance?"

"Mother." Jiang Zaiyu said calmly, "It's getting late, you should go back to the palace."

Concubine Zhao raised her eyebrows and looked at him in disbelief, "Yu'er, you want to protect this bitch?"

"Husband and wife are one. My son just felt that it was a bit too much for mother to teach her a lesson in front of the servants."

Jiang Zaiyu did not back down. "Mother, you allow the servants to call her a bitch, and you call her a bitch all the time. I dare to ask, in Mother's heart, what is the son who married her?"

Concubine Zhao was afraid that her son would become alienated, so she quickly explained, "The Yongning Marquisate tried to use a concubine's daughter to be your princess. She is not worthy of you, and mother was also in a hurry..."

Jiang Zaiyu asked back: "If my mother sent someone to Yongning Marquis's Mansion today to help the princess dress up, how would Yongning Marquis's Mansion have the opportunity to take the place of the dead?"

He is a prince and his wedding is being prepared by the Ministry of Rites, but that doesn't mean Concubine Zhao can just sit back and do nothing.

Sending a few maids and palace maids to the Yongning Marquis's mansion to help out is a sign of respect for him.

When the third prince got married, Concubine Shu even sent her personal maid to the bride's home.

Jiang Zai Yu sighed softly, looking somewhat lonely.

He knew that during this period, Concubine Zhao was busy recuperating and having a second child, and was not very concerned about his marriage.

Having her thoughts seen through, Concubine Zhao felt guilty and opened her mouth, not knowing how to explain.

After a moment, he stood up and said, "The palace gates will soon be locked. Mother will find another opportunity to come and see you."

As soon as Concubine Zhao left, the people she brought with her followed her out.

For a moment, the large bedroom was silent and seemed a little empty.

-

Beijing Avenue.

Concubine Zhao got on the carriage in silence, and a team of hundreds of people slowly moved towards the palace.

The wheels rolled on the bluestone ground, making a gurgling sound, which served as a natural sound barrier.

Concubine Zhao felt uneasy and asked the senior palace maid sitting beside her, "Ruyi, do you think that Su Yinyue discovered something? Otherwise, why would she spill Yu'er's medicine?"

Ruyi stopped massaging and consoled him, "Your Highness is worrying too much. She married His Highness and shared the same fate with him. How could she deliberately overturn the medicine bowl that was used to treat His Highness' illness? She is looking forward to His Highness's recovery."

"In my opinion, she was born in the countryside and was short-sighted. She was exposed by the queen for marrying someone else, and she was so frightened that her whole body went limp. That's why she lost her manners."

Concubine Zhao felt better.

"Your Highness, why should you care about what that person is thinking? After all, she is already your daughter-in-law, how can she escape from your clutches?"

Concubine Zhao's expression completely relaxed, and she leaned back on the soft pillow. "But she is of low status and cannot provide any help to me. It is useless to keep her."

"She should go to the palace to express her gratitude tomorrow. This is a chance for her to leave Yu'er."

-

Royal Palace, Cangsong Courtyard.

"My Lord, the medicine is here."

Ye Qing came in for the second time carrying the medicine.

Su Yinyue's mind was working at a very fast speed, thinking about how to get Jiang Zaiyu not to drink the medicine.

The bowl of medicine that was knocked over just now was replaced by Ye Qing and Ye Bai. Now the new medicine has also passed through Ye Qing's hands. The probability of it being replaced is too high.

Before Su Yinyue could speak, Jiang Zaiyu spoke first, "I don't want to take the medicine today, pour it out."

"Yes."

Without saying a word, Ye Qing raised his hand and poured the medicine into the spittoon.

Su Yinyue was stunned.

So simple? No more persuasion?

Could it be that Ye Qing and Ye Bai replaced Jiang Zaiyu's medicine not to harm him?

"Miss Su Er."

Su Yinyue raised her eyes to look at Jiang Zaiyu, only to hear him say: "I am not feeling well, so there is no need for us to get married. You can go down and rest."

"Okay."

Su Yinyue simply agreed.

"Ye Bai, send Miss Su Er to Furong Courtyard."

Su Yinyue turned around and left. Just as she reached the door, she ran into the butler Fu Bo who hurried in.

"Your Majesty! The princess's mother is here!"

Her mother?

Su Yinyue stopped and asked in confusion, "Madam Hou?"

The housekeeper bowed and said, "It's Aunt Yan from the Yongning Marquis's Mansion."

Su Yinyue's eyes were filled with more doubts. "Why did she come to me?"

Didn't Aunt Yan say that her mother was only the Marquis's wife? Why did she come to Prince Yu's Mansion in her mother's name on her wedding day?

Talking is like farting, it really doesn't count.

"This……"

The butler looked at Jiang Zai Yu, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

Jiang Zaiyu, "You can say whatever you want."

The housekeeper looked strange for a moment, and said, "Aunt Yan said she was short of money, and asked the prince to lend her 10,000 taels of gold for the princess' sake."

"How many did you say?"

Su Yinyue was in disbelief at first, and then became angry.

Ten thousand taels of gold is equivalent to one hundred thousand taels of silver. The annual income of the Marquis' Mansion is not that much!

Yansi is just a concubine and her food and clothing are all provided in the marquis's mansion. What does she need so much money for?

She stayed in the Yongning Marquis' Mansion for a month. Her food, clothing, housing and transportation were certainly not comparable to those of the legitimate daughter Su Qinning, but she was not deprived of anything.

From this we can see that Marquis Yongning is fairly fair in running his household, and Su Changyuan himself is extremely concerned about his reputation, and would never let Aunt Yan borrow money from the prince's son-in-law on the day of her daughter's wedding!

Therefore, it was Aunt Yan's own decision to come and borrow money.

The butler also found it incredible, but when the princess asked, he repeated, "Ten thousand taels of gold."

Jiang Zai Yu thought to himself that ten thousand taels of gold was not a small amount and he could afford it.

He and Su Yinyue are already married. If he offends her in front of the servants, she will probably be looked down upon by the servants in the palace in the future.

Fortunately, this was the first time that Aunt Yan borrowed money. Afterwards, he talked to Su Yinyue and asked her to dissuade Aunt Yan from doing anything.

Thinking of this, Jiang Zaiyu waved his hand and agreed to lend the money, "Go to the accounting office——"

Su Yinyue suddenly interrupted, "I have only been married into the palace for less than half a day, how can I come up with five thousand taels of gold!"

The housekeeper was stunned. Wasn't it 10,000 taels? How did it become 5,000 taels?

"Princess, what I just said was..."

Su Yinyue slammed the table and said excitedly, "When people marry off their daughters, it's usually because the mother is worried that her daughter won't live well in her husband's family, so she gives her daughter some money. How can a mother ask her newly married daughter for two thousand taels?"

"Besides, didn't she deduct a lot from the betrothal gifts from the Prince's Mansion and the dowry from the Marquis' Mansion? Why did she ask me for a thousand taels? The Yongning Marquis' Mansion is a noble family with great honors and is in the emperor's favor. Could it be that they can't even come up with a mere five hundred taels of silver?"

The housekeeper was confused, "Uh..."

How did it turn into five hundred taels of silver again?

Having said that, Jiang Zai Yu finally understood what Su Yinyue was trying to do. A look of surprise flashed across his eyes, and in the end, he even smiled.

"But she is my biological mother after all. If I don't give her two hundred taels of silver, it would be against filial piety."

Su Yinyue changed the subject, "She gave birth to me, so I should give her one hundred taels of silver. But I'm already married to someone else, so I have to consider my husband's family. Three taels of silver can still support a family of three for a year, but fifty taels is not a small amount after all. It's difficult to handle."

She reached into her purse, actually taking out some silver from the space, "This ten taels of silver is my savings over the years, it's my way of honoring my mother, she doesn't have to pay it back."

The housekeeper was stunned, "This..."

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