Peach Blossom.

When Wang Jing walked home, it was already midnight. Before he even entered the backyard, he could already hear Princess Si Yao's angry voice.

The middle courtyard of the backyard belonged to Wang Jing, and now it should be considered to belong to Wang Jing and Si Yao. The courtyard was brightly lit, and the servants of the Wang family were either standing or kneeling, all trembling with fear, because the princess had interrogated for a long time, but no servant knew where Wang Jing had gone.

Wang Jing, leaning on a cane, slowly walked into the yard, and then he saw that even Xiao Rui and Zhou Yunniang were still awake and were there trying to persuade them.

The servants were overjoyed to see Wang Jing coming back, and they all shouted, "Second Master, you are finally back!"

Wang Jing didn't say a word. He just kept his head down and looked at the road, walking step by step with his crutches. He didn't pay attention to anyone, as if there was no one on the road.

Xiao Rui was relieved when he saw Wang Jing, and he tried to comfort Si Yao: "Princess... Jing'er is back, you see... or... "

Si Yao was furious. He walked up to Wang Jing and asked him sternly, "Tell me, where have you been?"

Wang Jing still kept his head down and walked his way with a crutch.

Si Yao looked at Wang Jing, who was walking very slowly, with a tone full of grievances. It was unclear whether he was complaining or angry. "You couldn't get married due to illness, and I accepted it! Mantangjiao made a scene at the wedding, but for your sake, I didn't pursue it! I waited for you in the bridal chamber until late at night, and the last news I heard was that you were missing?"

Although Wang Jing walked slowly, he still walked forward some distance because he did not stop.

Si Yao took two more steps and continued to complain: "In order to find you, I asked everyone in your family one by one, and my mouth was dry! My maids and stewards went out to look for you everywhere, but not only did they not find your whereabouts, but they heard rumors in the streets and alleys that our marriage was a joke!"

Wang Jing continued to move forward.

Si Yao took two more steps, opened his arms, and stood in front of Wang Jing: "Tell me! Where did you go?"

Wang Jing was forced to stop, but he still remained silent and kept his head down.

Si Yao asked again: "Did you go to find Mantang Jiao?"

Wang Jing still remained silent.

Si Yao was already impatient and couldn't help but roar: "Did you go to find her? Tell me!"

Seeing Si Yao so furious, while Wang Jing remained silent, Xiao Rui had no choice but to step forward and symbolically accuse Wang Jing: "Jing'er, it's no wonder your wife is angry. Mantang Jiao is already married to someone else, so how can you still go to find her?"

Wang Jing raised his head slightly and said in a trembling voice: "If mother doesn't want me to go find her, you can lock me up again."

After hearing these two sentences, Xiao Rui realized that his son was shivering and was wearing very thin clothes. Xiao Rui felt a little distressed, but because the princess was angry, Xiao Rui did not dare to show his distress.

After it was confirmed that Wang Jing went to find Mantang Jiao, Si Yao became even more angry: "You really went to find her!"

Wang Jing still ignored Si Yao. He leaned on his crutches and slowly walked towards his room.

How could Si Yao give up so easily? She chased after Wang Jing, and kept yelling in his ear, "Why do you keep ignoring me? You've already chosen to divorce her, and you've already married me, so what right do you have to ignore me? You're so sick that you can't even go to the wedding, but you can go to her! This is our wedding night! You...you've gone too far! You must give me an explanation today!"

Wang Jing ignored Si Yao's existence all the time. He had walked to the door of his study, leaning on a cane with one hand and pushing the door with the other. As soon as he entered, he slammed the door and locked Si Yao outside.

Si Yao gnashed his teeth in hatred, staring at the tightly closed door, and said bitterly: "Okay! In this case, I will go to the palace tomorrow to complain to my mother and order Man Tang Jiao to be executed! I wonder who else you can find!"

Wang Jing's voice finally came from inside the door, still very calm: "I swear to live and die with Gillian, you can do whatever you want."

Si Yao was so angry that she kicked the door several times, but Wang Jing made no sound.

Si Yao went back to the courtyard, pushed down the piled gift boxes and scattered them all over the floor. Not satisfied yet, he rushed into every room, from east to west, and smashed all the antiques and jades displayed everywhere - everything within his sight. He did not ask who lived in which room or which item belonged to whom. He just wanted to smash the entire Wang family to pieces!

The servants all stood there, listening to the sound of fragments falling one after another. I wonder how many of them felt heartbroken!

Xiao Rui and Zhou Yunniang watched from the side and did not dare to stop it. They just silently thanked their lucky stars that they had moved Yu'er to a new residence farther away from here in advance, otherwise she would have been frightened to tears by the noise.

After tossing and turning for almost the entire night, Si Yao finally felt tired as dawn approached, and went back to his room to rest with the help of his maids.

The courtyard finally quieted down, the ground was in a mess, Xiao Rui sighed helplessly, how could this be considered marrying a daughter-in-law? It was simply marrying an ancestor!

Zhou Yunniang first comforted her mother-in-law Xiao Rui for a while, and advised Xiao Rui to rest. She also took the servants with her to count the losses and clean up the debris.

Having a sensible and attentive eldest daughter-in-law is the only consolation that Xiao Rui has at home at present.

Si Yao was probably very tired. When she woke up, she found that the sun was already high in the sky. She quickly scolded the maids: "Why didn't you wake me up earlier? I slept until this time on my first day. How can I be so rude?"

The maids explained, "Because the princess slept late last night, we didn't dare to disturb her."

Si Yao suddenly thought of what happened last night and couldn't help feeling that she was too impulsive. She sincerely wanted to come to the Wang family to be a good daughter-in-law, but she didn't expect to be bullied one after another on the wedding day. She couldn't control her temper, so more and more jokes happened.

There was no point in thinking too much, so Si Yao hurriedly packed his clothes and went to the front yard to meet his mother-in-law.

Xiao Rui and Zhou Yunniang were calculating this month's income and expenditure when they suddenly heard that the princess was coming to pay a visit. They stood up hurriedly and were about to go out to greet her when they saw the princess had already walked in.

"Si Yao has come here specially to apologize to my mother and sister-in-law. I was impulsive last night and disturbed my mother-in-law and sister-in-law from sleeping. Please forgive me!" Si Yao knelt slightly as an apology.

However, his innate nobility had already become a habit, which made Si Yao appear superior even when he was apologizing.

Even so, as a subject, how dare I accept the princess's gift?

Zhou Yunniang smiled and returned the greeting.

Xiao Rui also quickly helped Si Yao up and said with a smile: "Princess, your words are too harsh. I was rude and made you feel wronged. Please forgive me."

"As a wife, how can I blame my husband?" Although Si Yao said this, she couldn't help getting angry whenever she thought of Wang Jing's indifferent look.

But she liked Wang Jing, so she could only blame Mantangjiao for all her hatred, so she asked about what happened yesterday: "But there is one thing that my daughter-in-law doesn't understand. Mantangjiao left a long time ago, so why did she get married out of our family yesterday?"

This matter has become a hot topic, and Xiao Rui can't hide it. He has to tell the truth, but he dare not mention the dead maid Shuangshuang: "She...she came here because she missed her daughter, and then she begged me to adopt her as my adopted daughter and act as a matchmaker for her to the Chen family. I felt sorry for her parents' death, so I agreed to her request. I didn't expect her to be so ungrateful... Fortunately... Fortunately, the princess is magnanimous and didn't argue with her. I hope she can remember the princess's kindness and change her ways from now on!"

After hearing these words, Si Yao was puzzled. When did she say that she would not bother with Mantangjiao about this matter? However, since her mother-in-law had praised her in person, it would be unreasonable for her not to let Mantangjiao go.

After returning from her mother-in-law, Si Yao became even more hesitant. Thinking of how arrogant Chen Ji and Mantang were yesterday, she was furious. The charge of "insubordination" would make them pay for it, and adding "slandering the princess" was enough to sentence them to death!

But Wang Jing said that she wanted to live and die with Mantangjiao, and Xiao Rui gave her a high hat. As the new bride of the Wang family, she could not ignore her husband and mother-in-law.

The maid Ruchun saw Si Yao's dilemma and advised: "Princess, in my opinion, you should not come to the palace to file a complaint, right?"

Si Yao was stunned for a moment.

Ruchun reminded softly: "The Queen Mother naturally loves the princess the most, but the Emperor... maybe he is angry with the princess because of Zhang Cairen's matter right now!"

Zhang Cairen is Xiaowan.

After Si Yao received the imperial decree granting her marriage and before she married into the Wang family, Emperor Si Yu sent people to the princess's mansion twice to inquire about the matter of presenting maids.

Si Yao was afraid that her act of replacing someone else would anger the emperor and ruin her marriage, so she kept making excuses to delay. First, she said that she had to wait for a good day to send someone into the palace, and then she said that sending someone into the palace without any status would cause gossip.

Si Yu was very patient. He first asked someone to ask Si Yao for the maid's name, then issued an imperial decree to grant her a status, and finally waited for a good day to select her into the palace.

Si Yao thought that since they had only met once, Si Yu might not remember the maid's name, so when the palace servant asked for her name, she wrote down the three words "Zhang Xiaowan" on a piece of paper. Sure enough, the next day, the princess's mansion received an imperial edict "to confer the title of talented person on Zhang Xiaowan."

The closest auspicious day is, of course, Si Yao’s wedding day.

Therefore, when Si Yao married Xiaowan out of the princess's mansion, he also arranged for someone to send Xiaowan into the palace, and asked the sisters Cailing and Caiwei to enter the palace with Xiaowan as attendants. He hoped that Cailing would be good at adapting to changing circumstances, and if she offended the majesty of heaven, Cailing might be able to protect Xiaowan.

At that moment, Si Yao listened to Ruchun's reminder and asked hurriedly: "Is there any bad news in the palace?"

Ruchun said, "Miss Cailing sent a message saying that the emperor was furious when he saw Zhang Cairen, but he didn't depose her. She was just frozen there. Her chance of being favored is definitely gone, but her life is safe."

Si Yao nodded, thinking that this was a blessing. She did not dare to go to the palace to cause trouble. It would be best not to appear in front of the emperor during this period of time to avoid getting into trouble.

However, after Mantangjiao left the Wang family, she returned to the Wang family and instigated her mother-in-law to go to the Chen family as a matchmaker. It was obvious that she was deliberately trying to embarrass Si Yao! How could Si Yao swallow this anger?

Moreover, if Wang Jing frequently went to Mantangjiao in the future, how would he live in the future? The more Si Yao thought about it, the more distressed he became!

After thinking hard for a long time, Si Yao finally came up with an idea.

She calmed herself down, clenched her fists, and ordered her maid Ruchun: "Go to Chen's house and give Chen Ji and Mantangjiao two glasses of wine. Consider it my wedding gift to them! And, Chen Xi must watch them drink it with her own eyes!"