Teaming up with her mother to take revenge on the scumbags! The Crown Princess becomes the darling o

He Lingyi didn't want to tell her mother these things.

So as not to disturb her peace of mind, he made up an excuse to add to it.

“Granny Zong is a person from the Prince’s Mansion. Even Minister Chi has to believe her words to some extent, let alone the women in the inner quarters. So I guess Old Madam Chi understands this, which is why she spoke up for Eldest Sister. However, things are still uncertain and things may change. Eldest Sister should be more careful. Madam Guo and Chi Guiying will not let this go so easily!”

Chi Guiwan nodded. Just thinking about Lü Yi, whom she had met at the door earlier that day, filled her with a chilling disgust. It was strange, though. Even though it was the first time she had met him, she didn't know why, but she felt that he was extremely bad!

With this thought in mind, Chi Guiwan remained calm.

Watching He Lingyi carefully apply the medicine to her, for some reason, she felt a strange fondness and doting affection that she would only have for a family member.

Perhaps it was divine intervention that sent a kind person like He Lingyi to help her out of her predicament.

The more she thought about it this way, the more she favored He Lingyi.

The arrival of the Lü family had little impact on the people of Sijin Courtyard.

Those who needed to recuperate did so, and those who needed to attend the girls' school went to study. On the contrary, in Lesheng Courtyard, the second daughter, Chi Guiying, smashed things again and again, refusing to marry into the Lü family no matter what, causing chaos in the Vice Minister's mansion.

On this day, Chi Yunjing happened to be on leave at home, and the scene of him threatening suicide was staged again.

"I won't marry him! I won't marry him! If Father tries to force me, I'll die!"

As she spoke, Chi Guiying clutched a white silk ribbon in her hand, looked around at the roof beams, and pretended to hang herself for everyone to see. Chi Yunjing watched coldly, not believing it at all.

Madam Guo cried until her eyes were swollen, wishing she could take the blame for her second daughter. She tried to comfort her while crying and shouting.

"My lord, please help my second sister, considering that I haven't made any mistakes in the more than ten years since I married into this family. The marriage with the Lü family was originally intended for my eldest sister, so why should my second sister be used to fill the gap? Why should we?"

"That's right, if a father doesn't love his daughter, he might as well let her die!"

The mother and daughter put on quite a show at Lesheng Courtyard, and Chi Guizhao also came. He obeyed his mother and knelt by her side the whole time, occasionally adding a few words, saying that the second sister was innocent and should not be used to fill the hole for the family.

Amidst the chaos, this was the first time Chi Yunjing had seriously looked at the mother and her two children.

How come I never noticed before? They all have such good acting skills. If they really wanted to die, they could have just hanged themselves in their own yard. Why are they making a scene in front of him?

And this son is the same. He usually doesn't say much. I thought he was a quiet and steady person, but now it seems he's just a soft-hearted person. With his character, he really can't be expected to support the family.

So he quietly drank his tea, letting the mother and daughter do whatever they wanted.

For nearly an hour, Chi Yunjing remained silent. The mother and daughter grew increasingly panicked. If even threatening suicide couldn't deter them, they truly didn't know how to continue.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they stopped, Chi Yunjing calmly asked a question.

"Have you made enough of a scene?"

"Father, how cruel you are! You don't even care whether your daughter lives or dies!" Chi Guiying accused, tears streaming down her face, looking utterly pitiful.

In the past, Chi Yunjing might have let her have her way, but things are different now.

It concerns his own future and the future plans of the Vice Minister's office, so he won't budge!

A pair of eyes, as cold as ice, stared directly at the mother and daughter. After a moment, they looked at Chi Guizhao beside him. His knees ached from kneeling, but he couldn't get up without his parents' permission. At this moment, he was startled by his father's stern gaze and trembled. He immediately bowed down and dared not say another word.

"I really didn't expect there to be such a commotion in our own home. Second sister, didn't you ask why your father didn't care about your life or death? But wasn't this path chosen for you by your mother?"

One sentence made Madam Guo's face turn pale with shock.

How could this be? Could it be that my husband has discovered something?

Chi Guiying was also frightened and huddled in her mother's arms, sobbing softly, but she was completely different from her previous righteous and awe-inspiring demeanor.

“If your mother hadn’t brought the Lü family here, you could have waited until your coming-of-age ceremony to carefully choose your husband. With the current capabilities of the Vice Minister’s Mansion, although it may not be able to marry you into a high-ranking family, it would be easy to choose a commoner family. But your mother is fixated on your eldest daughter’s marriage, so she deliberately brought the Lü family here to annoy us. Since that’s the case, let her taste the pain of shooting herself in the foot.”

Upon hearing this, Madam Guo panicked.

"What nonsense have you heard, sir? I didn't! If I had such intentions, wouldn't it have been faster to strike directly at Eldest Sister? Why did I have to wait until now? I'm innocent, truly innocent!"

Chi Yunjing sneered, and then explained in detail when she had sent someone to contact the Lü family.

Madam Guo collapsed to the ground, her face deathly pale.

She never expected that her meticulously planned scheme would be discovered. Before she could even come up with a countermeasure, Chi Yunjing clapped his hands, and then Cai Ping, covered in injuries, was dragged in. It was obvious that she had been tortured into confessing.

Madam Guo looked dejected, and she didn't know how to defend herself.

"Just because I didn't speak up in the past doesn't mean I didn't know. It was all for the sake of family harmony. But now you're scheming against me, not only disregarding my eldest daughter's future, but also ruining my career with your selfish desires. Guo, you think too highly of the Chi family. Do you think we'd let a woman like you manipulate us at will?"

"Therefore, today, Second Sister has to get married whether she wants to or not. If she is happy to prepare for the wedding, considering that she has been implicated, I can agree to give her that estate in the suburbs as part of her dowry to the Lü family. But if she insists on making trouble, then let her die if she wants to. Even if she dies, I will send her memorial tablet to the Lü family to fulfill this decades-old agreement!"

Chi Yunjing glanced at Chi Guiying and had long seen through her fear of death, so he spoke particularly harshly, leaving Chi Guiying without even the strength to cry.

"As for you, you can tolerate even the most trivial matters, which shows how easily you are swayed by others. Starting tomorrow, you will move to the outer courtyard. Once I have arranged for you to attend an academy, you can start studying. Interacting with outsiders will help you realize what kind of narrow-minded person you are! Get out of here, and don't make me waste any more words!"

A few words were enough to make Chi Guizhao blush and get up quickly, then he ran away.

Seeing her son so useless, Madam Guo felt that all was lost and could only weep silently.

Chi Yunjing saw it, but he never cared about the tears of his family. When Hai died, he only felt that he had lost a great help, let alone Guo's tears.

He then spoke to Madam Guo.

"Ignorant woman, you've harmed my children. From now on, you'll stay in the inner quarters and prepare my second daughter's dowry. As for household matters, I have other arrangements. Oh, by the way, my superior sent two beautiful maids a couple of days ago. I didn't want to accept them, but it seems you've had too many good days and insist on causing trouble. Well then, I'll let you suffer a bit. I'll have them serve you tea later. I'll accept these two concubines!"