After Marrying the Disabled, I Became the Prime Minister's Wife

Chapter 37

"Is that so?"Chu Ruoyan lowered her hand from her left cheek, raising an eyebrow. "Grandma Yan, have you forgotten that only my husband has the right to write a letter of divorce? And right now, he’s detained in the Ministry of Justice. Tell me, do you have a way to get him out?"

Her words dripped with sarcasm, practically pointing a finger at the old woman’s face—accusing her of having time to meddle in divorce but not to save her own grandson.

Grandma Yan, flushed with anger, grabbed a jade cup from the table, ready to hurl it.

Chu Ruoyan added coolly, "Grandma, think carefully. That jade cup costs twenty taels of silver. If you break it, you’ll have to pay to replace it."

Grandma Yan’s raised hand froze mid-air. "You—you—!"

She was so furious she could barely speak. Lady Xue quickly interjected, "Niece-in-law, that’s not how you should speak. You were the one who disgraced the Yan family by consorting with another man. If Third Brother knew, he would surely divorce you."

Chu Ruoyan let out a soft "Oh." "Aunt Xue, you sound so certain. Then you must have seen it with your own eyes. Perfect—I’d also like to know who this ‘other man’ is."

"Well…"

They had only followed her to the fourth floor of Baixiao Pavilion before being stopped. How could they know who was inside?

Li Yu chimed in, "But you did meet with an outsider—"

"Third Aunt, have you never met an outsider? Are the guards, gatekeepers, and coachmen in your household all women?"

Li Yu fell silent. Chu Ruoyan narrowed her willow-leaf brows and said sternly, "The Marquis is currently imprisoned, and we are doing everything we can to save him. If you can help, wonderful. If not, at least don’t get in the way!"

"We—"

Lady Xue tried to speak but was cut off by Chu Ruoyan’s icy glare.

"Let me make this clear one last time," she said, her voice frosty. "If anyone dares stir up trouble again, don’t blame me for enforcing the family rules on the Marquis’s behalf! Uncle Liu—escort Aunt Xue and Third Aunt out!"

Uncle Liu, who had been waiting outside, stormed in with four maidservants. Without hesitation, they seized the two women by the arms and dragged them out of the mansion.o have witnessed everything.

"Your Highness, I—I was wrong! Please forgive me!"

Zou Yue was so frightened that her legs went weak: "Please forgive me, Your Highness! Please forgive me!"

Princess Ansheng replied coolly, "It was not I whom you wronged, so why beg for my mercy?"

The two women trembled and hastily turned to Chu Ruoyan to plead.

"It was my fault—I shouldn’t have falsely accused you!"

"Madam of the Marquis of Chengen, please be magnanimous and overlook our mistake this time!"

One was the daughter of the Gu family, and the other was from Princess Yongyang’s maternal clan—how could they truly be punished?

After letting them squirm for a while, Chu Ruoyan spoke up at the right moment: "Your Highness, Miss Gu and Miss Zou were merely flustered for a moment. Surely, they meant no harm."

Princess Ansheng nodded in approval. "Very well, then let it pass. Madam of the Marquis of Chengen, come with me. I have a few words to share with you."