Chapter 340: Chapter 340: The Suffering Wife vs. The Mistress (Part Twenty-Six) Chapter 340: Chapter 340: The Suffering Wife vs. The Mistress (Part Twenty-Six) Her heart was struck with alarm, and of course, she was about to immediately ask for the reason.
Gu Shengyin clenched her teeth as she spoke of encountering Qin Yuanzheng a few days earlier.
From their first meeting, where the two conversed with great joy, to Qin Yuanzheng later confiding his feelings, claiming he loved no one in this life but his cousin.
“Mother, I can’t stand… stand such humiliation. I’d rather die than marry into their family!” Gu Shengyin’s eyes reddened once again.
At this moment, Lady Meng was already seething with rage, but upon hearing her daughter’s words, she still scolded her lightly, “What nonsense are you talking about?”
Her tone was cold and stern, “There’s no need for you to panic. The people of Grand Tutor’s Mansion are not pushovers, and the Prince of Zhenbei’s Mansion has gone too far!”
Lady Meng looked at Gu Shengyin with a pained heart, “Set your mind at ease, get some rest, I’ll discuss this with your grandmother. Don’t worry, your mother will never let you marry into such a household.”
Gu Shengyin obediently nodded her head, then, under Lady Meng’s gaze, covered herself with the blanket and closed her eyes.
Full of anger, Lady Meng went to see the Grand Princess’s courtyard, where Grand Tutor Liang was also present.
The Grand Princess was also very anxious, and upon seeing Lady Meng, she quickly asked, “How is my Yuer doing?”
Lady Meng forced a smile, “She was just hugging me and crying a while ago. She seemed so tired that I let her rest first before coming to pay my respects to you. Please forgive me for taking the liberty.”
Upon learning that her granddaughter had been crying, the Grand Princess was exceedingly anxious and glared at her, “What time is this to be indulging in formalities? Just tell me, what exactly happened to Yuer?”
Grand Tutor Liang, too, looked at his wife urgingly.
Lady Meng waved her hand, signalling for the maids to leave; she then relayed every bit of what Gu Shengyin had told her to the Grand Princess Ronghua.
Grand Princess Ronghua was so furious that she smashed the teacup at hand, “What a Qin Yuanzheng, what a Prince of Zhenbei’s Mansion! I thought they had dealt with that woman. Who would have imagined that, in the end, she’d be kept as a mistress? And they talk of exclusive love, thinking of having my granddaughter live as his widow?”
She cast another look at her son standing on the side, equally furious, and scolded, “I told you before, the Prince of Zhenbei’s Mansion is no good place, that Princess Consort is not presentable, and yet you said the imperial edict cannot be defied? Now look what has happened, pushing your own daughter into a pit of fire!”
Grand Tutor Liang gave a wry smile, knowing that if he had been aware of the Crown Prince of Zhenbei’s true character, he would have defied the decree and never agreed to this marriage. However, his mother was furious, so all he could do was offer apologies with a bitter smile.
As Grand Princess Ronghua continued her rant, tears began to fall, “My poor Yuer, a girl raised in such luxury and nobility, now has to suffer such indignity…”
As she cried, Lady Meng also began to shed tears.
It was Grand Tutor Liang who remained calm at this point. After consoling the two women, he said with a grave voice, “No matter what, this marriage with the Prince of Zhenbei’s Mansion cannot go on. I will go to the palace to see His Majesty immediately and ask him to revoke his decree.”
Grand Princess Ronghua nodded in agreement. Wiping away her tears, she said, “I will go with you to the palace. If His Majesty is unwilling, then I shall sacrifice my dignity, what of it? I do not believe His Majesty can stand by and watch me kneel to death in Qianlong Palace!”
The Liang Residence proceeded to the palace in full procession.
Emperor Xiande was already waiting. If he knew what the Liang family was thinking, he would probably hurry to explain, “I have no objections at all, no objections whatsoever, truly!”