After the arranged marriage, she farms and survives under the tutelage of the villainous boss.

"You organized the entire banquet, and you subsidized it with your family's money. Now, the young master has given you such a surprise."

"If the officials' wives in the house see this, wouldn't they all laugh at you?"

"..."

Xia Lan gave a bitter smile: "I never expected that he would not care about my feelings at all."

"That's true, my pride doesn't matter to me at all."

The maid was getting anxious: "What should we do now? Should we cause trouble? The Fourth Prince is here, and he's accompanied by many powerful people."

"It's probably not going to be easy for you, Madam. This is a banquet you organized, and the young master brought others to enjoy it. How can there be such a person as the young master? He doesn't care about you at all."

Xia Lan kept hearing her mother-in-law say that as long as she kept working hard and kept moving forward, and as long as she did a good job with the banquet, her husband would know how capable she was.

But so far, there has been no improvement.

Xia Lan was heartbroken, but didn't know what to do. She wondered if her relationship should end here.

Because there shouldn't be any expectations in the first place.

Finally, her husband came in, but he didn't even glance at Xia Lan as he passed by.

Xia Lan bowed as the Fourth Prince passed by. The Fourth Prince smiled and said, "This banquet smells delicious, and the taste is quite good. I happen to be hungry too."

The fourth prince was followed by a large group of people, all of whom were his retainers, and they followed him in an orderly manner.

Zhang craned her neck to take a look, and quickly said to Jiang Zhiyun, "Yunniang, look. That person is that peacock."

She pretended to vomit: "You have no idea. This fourth prince is no good at all. Now he has so many people behind him, openly hiring advisors and leading a group of swindlers. Why doesn't the emperor say that his own son has rebellious intentions?"

“His rebellious thoughts were written all over his face; I could tell at a glance.”

“He doesn’t even care about his own son. Your father-in-law worked diligently and cautiously back then, and what did he end up with? He was treated like a thief and guarded against.”

Yunniang quickly fed her some snacks: "Mother, eat more. Your eyes are practically spitting fire."

"What if the Fourth Prince comes in and catches you?"

Hearing this, Zhang Shi indeed dared not speak anymore; now she just wanted to shrink back. She asked very cautiously, "Yun Niang, can't you see me like this?"

“They hate our family to the core. If this gets out, they'll probably have another excuse to target you.”

Zhang clenched her fists.

"Therefore, I cannot act rashly now. A gentleman can bend and stretch, and a gentleman's revenge is never too late, a gentleman..."

Zhang mentioned several gentlemen in succession, it was unclear whether she was trying to comfort Jiang Zhiyun or herself.

Yunniang patted her head: "Mother, I'm here, don't be afraid."

"The Fourth Prince bullied our family before. How about I think of a way to bully him back later?"

Zhang knew when to back down: "No need, no need, I'll just vent. It's not appropriate for our family to be so high-profile right now."

"Yunniang, especially you. You are smart and hardworking, and I can't let you be implicated because of me. I love talking to you the most!"

“Our Yunniang is destined to be the best of all. In any case, the Fourth Prince’s future wife will definitely not be as good as you.”

"OK!"

After listening to Zhang's long string of bad things, Yunniang finally felt relieved.

Zhang was also pleased with her scolding.

Thinking they wouldn't have much interaction, the mother and daughter continued eating. Unexpectedly, the Fourth Prince came over to greet them. "Oh, I see an elder."

"Princess Zhang, and this lady is... Xie Shuheng's wife whom he married in exile?"

"She's a member of our royal family, how could she marry a peasant?"

The fourth prince said with some distress, "Princess Zhang, we used to be as close as brothers with Xie Shuheng, did you know that?"

Zhang felt nauseous: "Fourth Prince, please don't address me like that. I'm just an ordinary person. There's nothing meaningful about me that requires you to call me that."

“Our family has fallen on hard times, so don’t say it’s related to the royal family. The few times we’ve managed to make some money in business are all thanks to my daughter-in-law.”

“Our family is all supported by our daughter-in-law. So please don’t say things like that.”

"Haha, Xie Shuheng is so useless, does he need a woman to support him?" The Fourth Prince's expression was full of disgust, and even contempt for Xie Shuheng.

"Xie Shuheng was originally an exiled prince, so everyone thought that him marrying a village girl would be something to talk about. Who would have thought that Xie Shuheng would actually be manipulated by a village girl?"

By this point, the Fourth Prince was laughing uncontrollably.

Aren't all the people around him fawning over him?

Essentially, this gathering organized by the Marquis of Nan'an was almost entirely aimed at the Fourth Prince. If it weren't for his sake, how many people would have come?

"That Xie Shuheng is really a disgrace to the royal family. But oh well, wasn't he demoted? Those who are exiled are no longer part of the royal family."

"I was manipulated by a peasant girl..."

The people around were secretly laughing.

Zhang Shi naturally couldn't stand hearing others say such things about her son, and she couldn't stand hearing others say that Yunniang was just a peasant girl.

“We rural women and men, just ordinary people trying to make a living, are attacked no matter what.”

After saying this, Jiang Zhiyun stood up and gave a slight bow to the Fourth Prince Xie Chengze.

Then he asked directly and sharply:

"His Majesty has always said that he loves his people like his own children, and treats each of us as his own children. Why is the Fourth Prince so hostile to us farmers?"

"Could it be that in the eyes of the Fourth Prince, all farmers, all officials who rose through the ranks by farming, or even our ancestral emperors who rose through the ranks by farming, are not worthy of your respect?"

The fourth prince stood with his arms crossed and a cold expression.

The men who were following him were speechless at this moment, exchanging bewildered glances and even thinking that Jiang Zhiyun's words made sense.

Xie Chengze said with a smile, "Madam Jiang is indeed worthy of being Xie Shuheng's wife. Everything she says and does is the same. High and mighty, and quick-witted."

"The title of prince is just a title, yet Lady Jiang keeps bringing it up to lecture me. Lady Jiang has no respect for etiquette and law; instead, she uses rules and regulations to lecture me."

Xie Chengze said these words with a cold face.

He threw the cup in his hand to the ground: "This is the first time I've seen a peasant girl teaching me how to do things."

The cup shattered on the ground, startling everyone around, who all knelt down.

"Fourth Prince, please calm down!"

Terrified, they were afraid the Fourth Prince would blame them.

He moved the chair from the main seat to the doorway, took off his shoes and sat there, not caring about his appearance at all, and looked at everyone with contempt.