Husband Volume 36 wants to save her, takes silver to exchange
"According to the rules of the Jin Yi Lu Dian, I should respect my wife as superior. Although Concubine Liu has a noble birth, in this Ning Wang Fu, she is just a concubine after all. Tell me, which concubine dares to brazenly barge into the main wife's chambers? Just this one point is enough to get Concubine Liu beheaded. Even if I were to drag her down and beat her to death with sticks, no one would dare say anything. And yet she still has the audacity to frame me with such vicious schemes."
"Prince, tell me, should she die?" Yun Chu's voice was clear and bright, with an air of nobility that seemed to gather from all directions. She raised her eyes to look at Mu Ru Feng: "Sir Mu, is this the principle you're talking about?"
"Ah, you're absolutely right." Murong Feng, who was initially just watching the commotion, couldn't help but nod her head slightly in agreement, acknowledging that what she said made sense. Her gentle voice was indeed pleasant to listen to.
"Shouldn't Liu Ce Fei die?" Yun Chu continued to ask.
"This... Mu Ruo Feng hesitated for a moment, clearing his throat in embarrassment: 'According to the law, Consort Ning's mistake should indeed be punished with flogging, but this matter is ultimately a family affair of the Ning Wang Fu, and as an outsider, I'd better not say more. Let's just see what Ning Wang thinks.'"
Yun Chu heard Chu, the corner of his mouth slightly curved into an arc. It seems that he is secretly giving Ming Yuan a slap in the back. Ming Yuan clearly expressed his own opinion, but intentionally said it's not convenient to say more. Hmph, looks like he's also a interesting person. Does this count as digging a hole for himself to jump into?
Mingyuan's heart sank, and he lowered his eyelids to cover up the thoughts at the bottom of his eyes. He thought that Muruofeng was speaking up for her sister, so he felt that his reaction had indeed gone too far. At this moment, the more he protected Liu Yan'er, the more Muruofeng would think that in the future, when she entered the manor, she would not have a good life.
"Smoke Girl's face suddenly turned somewhat ferocious: 'Smoke, what you did today was indeed too much, hurry up and apologize to the princess'"
"Your Highness, I..." Liu Yan'er had been waiting calmly for Mingyuan to punish Yun Chu, but she didn't expect this result, her face red and swollen with a look of grievance.
"Never mind, today's matter is indeed your fault first, you should apologize." Mingyuan didn't plan to listen to her nagging.
"I, I don't want to..." Liu Yan'er saw Ming Yuan's resolute gaze and suddenly burst into tears. Today's events were originally carried out on orders, although the matter was exposed, but she was the one who suffered, why didn't the prince show any compassion? Large teardrops fell down with a pattering sound.
"Whatever," Yun Chu waved her hand, casting a sarcastic glance at Liu Yan'er, and said to Ming Yuan: "I don't care about this empty apology. Besides, such a great sin can't be resolved with just an apology. I only want her life, can Your Highness spare it for me?"
Mingyuan was already extremely displeased in his heart, and upon hearing her make such a request, he instantly exploded: "You'd better not try to take advantage of me here, you woman, how can your mind be so cruel and vicious? What has Yan'er done to offend you that you want to put her in a desperate situation everywhere?"
Yun Chu rubbed her brow and said gloomily, "The prince's heart is indeed biased, never mind, let's just forget I ever said that."
"However, Your Highness wants to save Concubine Liu's life, you should offer something of equal value in exchange." A calculating glint flashed at the bottom of Yun Chu's eyes.
"What exactly do you want?" Mingyuan felt like he was about to go crazy, talking to this woman was really infuriating, and with Mufeng present, he couldn't vent his anger.
"Whatever," Yun Chu said with a cold smile, "You also know that I don't have any hobbies. My only hobby is silver, because in my eyes nothing is more reliable than money. So if you're not willing to give up Princess Liu's life, then use silver to exchange for it, how about that?"
"You think" Mingyuan was really angry, his teeth clenched tightly, thinking of the 300,000 taels of dowry, he had a belly full of fire with nowhere to vent it, this woman was indeed good at calculating.
Yun Chu sneered at Liu Yan'er: "It seems that in the heart of your beloved Wang Ye, you are not as important as silver. You say you devoted yourself to him, even willing to be a concubine, and were trampled by him until your chest bone was crushed, becoming the half-crippled person you are today. Now this man wants to abandon you, what's the point of all this?"
"Stop spouting nonsense here, how would I abandon Yan'er?" Mingyuan immediately retorted, showing his determination.
"Since you don't plan to abandon it, then bring out the silver. You should know that I've suffered a great deal of injustice and grievance today. I'm thinking maybe I should go tell the Emperor about it, let him be my judge. Conveniently, Mu Gongzi is also here, he can serve as my witness. Let the Emperor know what kind of useless son he has, who only knows how to bully women."
"I believe the Emperor will be more reasonable than you, Prince. He might even give me a substantial compensation, so I won't lose out. But as for your beloved concubine, she has broken the law and will surely face punishment. Even if the Prime Minister himself tries to protect her, it's unlikely he can save her from imprisonment."
Yun Chu's style was light and cloud-like, with a hint of a smile at the corner of her lips, looking at Ming Yuan with an unprovoked and unruffled expression.
Mingyuan was furious, but after listening to what she said, Liu Yan'er began to tremble with fear. At this time, if Prince Ye didn't protect her, the matter would really be reported to the Emperor, and even if the Emperor didn't care about Yun Chu's words, once an investigation was conducted, the consequences would definitely fall on Prince Ye and her head, and the outcome would be unbearable.
At the same time as being furious, Mingyuan thought of another scene. If this matter were to reach the Emperor, his image in the Emperor's heart would be greatly discounted. Not to mention that for now, but later on, Liu Yan'er will definitely have big trouble and will inevitably end up in prison. If Liu Yan'er can't bear the hardship and reveals the mastermind behind the plot, this matter will fall onto his own head. The Emperor will be enraged, and his position will be precarious.
Even if Liu Yan'er didn't say it out loud, with just one person, it would be very difficult to rescue her. In this case, Prime Minister Liu would definitely be extremely angry with him, and his great help might quietly disappear. Moreover, the false accusation against Yun Chu would cause a big stir, and General Yun would certainly have hostile intentions towards him. Although he didn't care about Yun Chu as his daughter, he did care about the reputation of the General's Manor. He had originally planned to find an opportunity to abolish Yun Chu's position as princess consort and demote her to a secondary consort, which General Yun could not argue with.
But now things are getting tricky, he never thought this plan would fail, and he couldn't figure out where Zhang Wu had gone.
"How is it, Prince Wang? Have you thought it through?" Yun Chu was leisurely sipping her tea, gazing at him intently.
"What a greedy woman, how much do you want?" Impatient, thinking of the consequences, Mingyuan had to agree first. Anyway, he didn't lack this amount of money. Now he only regretted that he hadn't succeeded in stealing the chicken and getting the rice for nothing. If he hadn't invited Mufeng, this woman wouldn't have been able to threaten him at all.
Digression
Cough, cough, it seems that I haven't fully figured it out yet. The male lead should come out and make an appearance in the next chapter! Are you guys looking forward to it?!
