Springtime Affairs in a Noble Family

"Madam Lou had some money thrown away by Prince Rong, so she has to go back first," Bai Shuang explained. "She asked me to come and check on you first. If you left with Prince Rong, she won't bother with you anymore. If you didn't leave, she'll find a way to rescue you."

That makes sense.

Zhao Susu didn't suspect anything. "My father's status limits his ability to break ties with the Cui family. I understand now that relying on the Prince's Mansion might not guarantee my escape, but I don't want to live in Jing'an Hall for even a single day longer!"

"Then... then are you willing to acknowledge Madam Lou again?" Bai Shuang asked cautiously. "Madam Lou said that she doesn't ask you to be affectionate towards her in this life, she only wants to hear you call her 'Mother,' and then she will help you plan your departure."

"Mother? Sure."

As long as she could leave this awful place, Jing'an Hall, Zhao Susu was willing to call her "Mother." "Tell her to leave as soon as possible, otherwise I might die any day now in this hellhole!"

"Alright, alright, I'll go back and tell Madam Lou to take you away as soon as possible," Bai Shuang said, letting out a sigh of relief.

Then a furious roar came from next door: "Susu!"

Zhao Susu was stunned for a moment, "Father... Father?"

Prince Rong rushed over from next door, his eyes bloodshot. "Susu, you...you've deceived us so badly!"

"No, Father, it's not like that." Zhao Susu turned to look at Bai Shuang, then rushed over like a madwoman, "You bitch, you actually harmed me! I have no grudge against you, why did you hurt me?"

The white frost was knocked to the ground.

Aunt Qiu and a few others came over and pulled Zhao Susu away.

Xie Yunting chuckled from the side, "Prince Rong, now you understand, right? What humiliation? They came to rescue their own daughter. You're truly foolish! You raised someone else's daughter for over thirty years, only to have her become a laughingstock. What do you say now? Do you still want to acknowledge this daughter?"

"Xie Yunting, shut the hell up!" After the Prince of Rong roared, he felt his blood rushing to his head and couldn't spit it out. After a while, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Father!" Zhao Zhongren helped his father up and hurriedly asked Steward Lin to call the doctor.

Prince Rong fainted. Zhao Susu wanted to explain, but was held down by Mama Qiu. "Brother, I am your most beloved sister! I really am your sister! Don't listen to that vile woman's nonsense. All the love you've shown me over the years, was it all fake?"

Zhao Zhongren's gaze toward Zhao Susu was very complicated.

Over the years, his love for Zhao Susu was genuine. The Rongjun Prince's Mansion had devoted countless efforts to this younger sister.

But now she's being told she's not her biological sister?

Zhao Zhongren couldn't accept this reality.

He followed Manager Lin and led his father to the guest room.

As for Zhao Susu, she glared at Xie Yunting and the others, her hatred reaching its peak. "Xie Yunting, Cui Lingrong, you two adulterers! Don't think I don't know, you two have been having an affair for a long time. You two were having a good time last night!"

When the topic of last night came up, Cui Lingrong realized that Zhao Susu was also involved.

"Zhao Susu, you brought this upon yourself." Cui Lingrong now looked at Zhao Susu as if she were a dead person. "Before, you were the daughter of Prince Rong, which is why he always protected you. And now?"

"Cui Lingrong, you poisonous woman!"

"Me, a wicked woman? If I were truly a wicked woman, I should have sold you to a brothel." Cui Lingrong chuckled twice. "You'd better save your energy. Even if you curse me, I'm living a life of luxury and wealth in Bianjing, while you're suffering torture to death in Jing'an Hall. There's a world of difference between us now."

Zhao Susu tried her best to rush towards Cui Lingrong, but was held down firmly by the two old women. "I won't let you go! I'll drag you down with me even as a ghost!"

"Then I'll wait and see if you have the ability!" Cui Lingrong turned and left.

At this moment, Prince Rong also won.

Cui Lingrong walked into the room and looked at Prince Rong on the bed. "I told you long ago, it's not worth it for someone like him."

"You...you knew all along?" Prince Rong asked weakly.

"I don't know, I just found it strange why Madam Bai treated Madam Zeng so badly, and even after Madam Zeng's life improved a bit, she would still speak ill of her. Now I understand, because Madam Zeng is not Madam Bai's daughter, but someone from your Rongjun Prince's Mansion." Cui Lingrong saw that Rongjun Prince's face was pale.

Although many things happened because of Zhao Susu.

However, the Rong Prince's Mansion failed to distinguish right from wrong and indulged Zhao Susu. If the Rong Prince's Mansion had disciplined Zhao Susu more strictly earlier, none of these things would have happened.

Therefore, Zhao Susu is despicable, but the Rongjun Prince's Mansion is not innocent either.

"Haha, I'm so stupid!" Prince Rong laughed suddenly, thinking of his dead son and wife. "I was so stupid to be fooled for so long. Cui, you've won, you've won completely. I won't come to rescue her anymore."

"Win?" Cui Lingrong chuckled. "Who really won? Because of Zhao Susu, I've been embroiled in trouble for the past few years. Prince Rong, just you wait, you'll get your retribution."

After saying that, Cui Lingrong walked out of the house.

At that moment, Cui Zeyu arrived with his men.

Xie Yunting led his men to surround Jing'an Hall inside and out, declaring, "Don't let a single one escape!"

"General, what are you doing?" Steward Lin rushed over. "Our Jing'an Hall is sponsored by the Grand Princess. Do you know that you're surrounding Jing'an Hall?"

The eldest princess mentioned by Steward Lin is the emperor's elder sister, but she is quite old and has not appeared in public for many years.

"So what if she's the Grand Princess? Do you think I, Xie Yunting, am afraid?" Xie Yunting immediately ordered his men to detain Steward Lin, and then personally led his men to arrest all the stewards of Jing'an Hall.

For a time, Jing'an Hall was in complete chaos.

Xie Yunting then sent someone to escort Cui Lingrong back to Bianjing.

As for Jing'an Hall, Xie Yunting searched for a whole day and night, and went directly to the official to apologize the next morning.

No one expected that Jing'an Hall, a seemingly proper and solemn place, would be used for pleasure.

This property belonged to the Grand Princess. Considering her advanced age, the Emperor did not punish her. However, her sons did not fare so well and were all exiled to Ningguta.

In just a few days, another powerful family in Bianjing City disappeared, and that family was the Grand Princess.

Everyone then realized that the authorities would show absolutely no mercy to anyone who committed a crime.

For a time, all the major families warned their children not to go out and cause trouble, and even more so, not to provoke Xie Yunting.

After all, Xie Yunting is fearless and arrogant. Anyone who provokes Xie Yunting will surely get a bite taken out of them.

Even if the women in Jing'an Hall were innocent, their families refused to accept them. Some married unmarried soldiers, while others went to Xie Yunting's textile workshop.

However, Zhao Susu disappeared.

Xie Yunting brought the news, but wasn't in a hurry. "Sister, guess who took Zhao Susu away?"