After entering the book, the cold prince begs for favor

Chapter 417 The Man Who Wants to Die

The scene of the mother and daughter meeting in Rongshou Hall was truly earth-shattering.

"Yuxiu—!"

As soon as Madam Lu saw her daughter step across the threshold, she burst into tears, her withered hands clutching Lu Yuxiu's sleeve tightly as if grasping at a lifeline.

Her wrinkled face was streaked with tears and snot, and even her carefully combed hair was disheveled, making her look like a crazy woman from the marketplace.

"My darling! You're finally back!" Old Madam Lu pounded her chest and stamped her feet, her voice hoarse as if it had been rubbed with sandpaper. "If you hadn't come back, I would have been driven to my death by these unfilial descendants!"

Lu Yuxiu was so shocked by her mother's appearance that she took a half step back, and then her anger flared up.

She helped the old lady sit down, took out her embroidered handkerchief to wipe her tears, but the handkerchief was quickly soaked with tears.

"Your older brother is so easily influenced; he only knows how to listen to Wang Min."

The old lady slammed her hand on the table, making the teacups clatter. "I told you, you can't marry a woman from such a humble family. She's turned a perfectly good man into this, and he doesn't even respect his mother anymore."

“I wrote a letter to your elder brother a while ago, saying that Wang was disobedient and unfilial, but he didn’t believe it at all.”

She gritted her teeth, her withered fingers digging into her daughter's flesh. "I've been sick for so long, and your sister-in-law hasn't come to my bedside to take care of me!"

Lu Yuxiu gasped, "How dare you do this, brother?"

"And Wang Min, she went too far."

"And Lu Bai too!"

The old lady suddenly pulled open her collar. "He's changed too. Your second brother used to be the most filial, but now he completely ignores me. My daughter, you don't know the bitterness in your mother's heart."

She didn't mention a word about her own misdeeds, but she vividly described her complaints.

The most compelling part was the indictment of Lu Jiangnian and his wife.

"That little beast became even more lawless after marrying Yuan!"

The old lady still convulsed when she recalled the rat that jumped onto her face that day. "You don't know how outrageous they were! They actually caught a whole nest of rats and put them in Rongshou Hall to scare me. I was sick for days."

"Yuxiu, if you don't come back soon, I don't know if I'll ever see you again."

Lu Yuxiu trembled with rage: "This is outrageous!"

She had thought that her mother was living a carefree life as an old nobleman in the capital, but she never expected that the whole family would be so outrageous.

"That Yuan family member is a monster!"

The old lady lowered her voice mysteriously, "Be careful, don't provoke her, or else..."

Lu Yuxiu stood up abruptly, her hairpins trembling: "Mother, you're afraid of her, but I'm not."

Just then, when Wang Min and Zhou Fang rushed over, they were met with a barrage of angry words.

"What two virtuous sisters-in-law!" Lu Yuxiu circled around them sarcastically, her fingernails almost poking Wang Min's nose. "How could you sleep soundly at night after treating my mother like this?"

Zhou Fang was about to defend herself when she was interrupted: "Second sister-in-law has changed too. My mother has treated you well, how can you be so heartless?"

Wang Min frowned. Without even thinking, she knew that Old Madam Lu had complained to her sister-in-law.

“Sister Yuxiu, there are some things that we can’t just listen to the old lady’s side of the story.”

Lu Yuxiu sneered: "If you don't listen to my mother, do you think you should?"

“Sister-in-law, ever since you entered the Lu family, you have been sowing discord between my mother and my elder brother. Even something as trivial as taking a concubine requires such fuss. You really are not presentable.”

Wang Min took a deep breath; she was no pushover.

“Yuxiu, I respect you as a guest and am trying to persuade you with kind words, but you need to understand that this is the Marquis of Zhongyong’s residence, and I am the mistress of the house. If you piss me off, I will have to send you away.”

Zhou Fang looked at her sister-in-law in surprise, not expecting her to be so assertive.

Wang Min sneered. No matter how good you are to a narrow-minded person like Madam Lu, you can't win her over. Why make yourself unhappy?

These are things she learned from her daughter-in-law over the past year.

Indeed, it felt very comfortable.

Lu Yuxiu never expected that Wang Min would dare to say such a thing.

She was so angry that she raised her hand to hit Wang Min, but how could Wang Min let her hit her? She grabbed her hand and shook her off.

"Madam, I advise you to try to persuade Yuxiu, otherwise it would be very embarrassing if she were kicked out."

"you……"

Old Madam Lu couldn't catch her breath, and her face turned ashen.

"Wang Min, Yuxiu has gone back to her parents' home. Do you dare to send her away?"

Wang Min sneered, "This is my home. Why should I keep someone who makes me unhappy?"

Seeing that the situation was not right, Zhou Jianming immediately jumped out and humbled himself: "Auntie, Aunt, we have come from afar and were surprised to see Grandmother crying so hard. My mother was just worried and confused."

"We're all relatives, family members, why make such a fuss?"

Wang Min didn't necessarily want to kick people out; since someone had offered her a way out, she accepted it.

“Sister Yuxiu, sit down and talk it over.”

Lu Yuxiu was still in shock. Although Wang Min had never been completely obedient to her before, he had never dared to contradict her like this.

No wonder Mother said she couldn't stay in this mansion anymore; it turns out Wang Min is so arrogant now.

Just thinking,

"The Crown Prince's wife has arrived—"

With a maid's announcement, the beaded curtain swayed gently, and Yuan Wanru gracefully entered in a sky-blue silk dress.

She wore only a white magnolia hairpin in her hair, which made all the jewels and ornaments in the room pale in comparison.

Zhou Mingjian slammed the teacup in his hand onto the table with a loud bang.

He stared intently at Yuan Wanru, from her slender waist to the snow-white skin faintly visible at her neckline, his Adam's apple bobbing involuntarily.

I've ruined at least dozens, if not hundreds, of girls in my hometown, but I've never seen such a stunning beauty—especially her eyes, which are clear and cold as frost, yet the corners of her eyes are slightly upturned, making people's hearts itch with desire.

"Is this my cousin's wife?"

Zhou Mingjian swiftly unfolded his folding fan, then rose and curtsied with feigned elegance, saying, "I've long heard of my cousin-in-law's ethereal beauty, and seeing her today confirms it..."

"As expected?" Yuan Wanru's red lips curled slightly, but her eyes were icy. "Don't you want your cousin's eyes anymore?"

Yuan Wanru deliberately dressed up for the occasion; as expected, a leopard can never change its spots.

Lu Yuxiu slammed her hand on the table: "Yuan Shi! What kind of attitude is this?"

"Aunt, please calm down."

Yuan Wanru slowly smoothed her sleeves. "My niece-in-law is just curious, does my cousin also stare at unmarried girls like this back in his hometown?"

She suddenly covered her mouth and chuckled, "It's truly remarkable that he's still alive today."

"However, I advise you, cousin, that the capital is not like your countryside. If you see someone you shouldn't, you could lose your life."

The last sentence was rather cold.

"You!" Zhou Mingjian's face turned ashen, and the folding fan in his hand snapped in two with a "crack".

Yuan Wanru, however, turned to the old lady, deliberately looking her up and down with an extremely arrogant attitude: "It seems that Aunt's return is quite different; your complexion is as radiant as if you've taken an elixir."

Old Madam Lu said irritably, "Are you disappointed that you weren't scared to death by your rats?"

Yuan Wanru exaggeratedly covered her mouth: "What are you talking about? Didn't those rats go to Rongshou Hall because they liked the old lady?"

"I heard that your gold ring was stolen by rats. I think those rats probably have their eyes on your valuables. You should hide it better so as not to attract rats to come and steal things again."

Lu Yuxiu's face turned deathly pale with anger: "How arrogant is the young master's wife! Don't you have any respect for your elders?"

"Sister-in-law, is this how you raised her?"

Wang Min said calmly, "My daughter-in-law is the best in the world. She's good in every way and doesn't need any guidance at all."

Yuan Wanru laughed heartily: "Yes, Aunt doesn't know, I've always been loved by everyone. If someone doesn't like me, it must be their problem."

"Enough!" The old lady trembled with rage. "Yuan Shi, get out of here!"

"Please don't worry, Madam."

Yuan Wanru personally poured a cup of tea and handed it to her, saying, "You're getting on in years; how can you let yourself get sick from getting angry?"

The teacup swayed in front of the old lady. "I'm just saying something unpleasant, but I'm a person who holds grudges. If Aunt wants to live peacefully in this mansion, she'd better not provoke me."

After saying that, she turned around gracefully.

"Let's not disturb the old lady and aunt's reunion any longer. Mother, Second Aunt, let's go."

Wang Min and Zhou Fang didn't want to stay and make a fool of themselves, so in an instant, only Old Madam Lu and Lu Yuxiu and her son were left in the room.

Zhou Jianming squeezed the folding fan in his hand. This mansion was completely different from what he had imagined.

And then there's that arrogant cousin-in-law, she's really making me itch with desire.