The whole family is obsessed with love? The princess woke them up one after another.

Sun Tingxiang's heart clenched. She turned around, her back to Jiang Baihua, and began to cry.

"What can I do? Do you know how hard it was for us daughters to convince my family?"

"I thought that since the Duke of Wei's mansion relies on the King of Wu, it can't really be without any support. So I thought of using everything the Sun family has to increase the Duke of Wei's mansion's bargaining power."

"I specifically chose Jiang Lanqing, thinking he would be easy to control. I'll send the Sun family's assets over under the guise of dowry."

"But what kind of thing did you do?"

Jiang Baihua opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.

He had a bellyful of accusations, but no way to voice them.

Who told his father to sever ties with him!

Can he accuse his father of acting rashly?

"What should we do now?" Jiang Baihua felt an unbearable bitterness in his mouth, even worse than swallowing bitter herbs.

Sun Tingxiang's shoulders trembled even more violently: "How should I know?"

"Our Sun family gambled everything, and in the end, we lost everything!"

Sun Tingxiang whirled around, tears streaming down her face as she stared at Jiang Baihua: "Now we have no choice but to sell the house and go back to our hometown. From now on, the Sun family... the Sun family will be nothing but a ruined household!"

"What are we supposed to do?"

Jiang Baihua frowned: "I will discuss this matter with my father."

"You should leave the capital first."

He really wanted to get back the Sun family's property, but the problem was that it had entered Prince Rui's mansion and fallen into Prince Rui's hands. How could Prince Rui possibly take it out again?

Sun Tingxiang pressed further, "Is there really no way to get it back?"

Jiang Baihua angrily demanded, "Why do you want it back?"

"You know what kind of person Qi Zhiyu is. That aggressive and despicable woman, does she think she can get back what she's taken in?"

"Never mind, I'll think of another way."

After saying this, Jiang Baihua angrily turned and left.

As soon as he left, Sun Tingxiang collapsed to the ground, utterly exhausted.

Tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

After a while, she seemed to remember something, quickly washed up, changed her clothes, and went out.

Along the way, she carefully avoided passersby and sneaked into the back alley of Prince Rui's mansion, where she knocked on the small door.

After Sun Tingxiang entered, she knelt down upon seeing Qi Zhiyu and said, "Greetings, Princess."

Qi Zhiyu smiled slightly: "Get up."

Sun Tingxiang stood up, nervously clutching her skirt: "Princess, Jiang Baihua just came to see me."

"Hmm." Qi Zhiyu showed no surprise.

The Sun family's assets have become the property of the Prince Rui's mansion; it would be strange if the Duke of Wei's mansion didn't go crazy.

"I... I just followed the princess's instructions and told him that those things were actually for my daughter's dowry." Sun Tingxiang's throat tightened as she said this.

Qi Zhiyu chuckled softly, "What? Have you finally seen through Jiang Baihua's true colors?"

"No, I should say you already knew who the Jiang family was."

"However, you were all the beneficiaries before, but now, you and your Sun family are going to be sacrificed. Naturally, you won't be on his side anymore."

Sun Tingxiang pursed her lips and remained silent.

She disliked Qi Zhiyu very much.

Because Qi Zhiyu doesn't even care about basic decency, she says everything that everyone knows but avoids talking about.

It's really annoying.

Qi Zhiyu chuckled and said, "Alright, your Sun family is far from the capital, so from now on, what happens here has nothing to do with you."

"Don't even think about doing things you shouldn't do."

"You know, I've never thought killing is a troublesome thing."

Sun Tingxiang shivered and nodded repeatedly: "Princess, please rest assured, we will not do anything."

"When we go back to our hometown, we will live an honest and law-abiding life."

She was truly afraid of Qi Zhiyu.

Being in the Duke of Wei's mansion, she naturally knew that she had done a lot for the Jiang family.

Some of those matters were things that the Jiang family couldn't easily handle and needed the Sun family to act secretly; others involved the Sun family themselves.

In short, if those things get out, the Sun family will be in trouble, and the Duke of Wei's mansion will also be dragged down with them.

At that time, there will be no need for Qi Zhiyu to retaliate; neither the Duke of Wei's mansion nor the Prince of Wu will let the Sun family off the hook.

They didn't even have a chance to survive.

"Okay." Qi Zhiyu nodded in satisfaction. "Alright, you can go now."

Sun Tingxiang pursed her lips and mustered her courage to ask, "Princess, since you know that the Duke of Wei's mansion is using the Sun family to amass wealth, why don't you use this evidence to deal with the Duke of Wei's mansion?"

Qi Zhiyu chuckled lightly: "Does bringing down the Duke of Wei's mansion mean the King of Wu will fall?"

"The others who followed the King of Wu are still alive."

"Besides... the Duke of Wei's mansion is still useful."

"I'm not one to waste money."

Sun Tingxiang didn't understand Qi Zhiyu's last sentence at all.

Today, Qi Zhiyu wasn't the stingy person she was, and kindly explained to her, "How can it be acceptable if the value isn't fully extracted?"

Sun Tingxiang shuddered and stared at Qi Zhiyu in horror.

Is Qi Zhiyu even human?

Before completely destroying a person, they want to squeeze out all their value.

Qi Zhiyu couldn't understand Sun Tingxiang's reaction at all: "I think you've had too many good days and are used to spending money lavishly."

"Me? I'm the kind of person who's thrifty and good at managing a household."

Sun Tingxiang: "..."

Is this what you call being thrifty and managing a household well?

Which teacher taught it this way?

"Alright, you can go now." Qi Zhiyu waved her hand.

Sun Tingxiang quickly bowed and left in a hurry.

Qi Zhiyu is not human at all.

She knew perfectly well about the affair between the Sun family and the Duke of Wei's mansion, and she used this to threaten the Sun family, giving all their assets to Jiang Lanqing.

Then Jiang Lanqing went to the Duke of Wei's mansion under the pretext of adding to the dowry.

Qi Zhiyu had foreseen that the Duke of Wei's mansion would not accept Jiang Lanqing's dowry.

The Duke of Wei's vast estate was offered to them, but they refused it.

This is truly killing someone by breaking their spirit!

Moreover, Qi Zhiyu's explanation did indeed absolve the Sun family of responsibility, but... she felt things weren't that simple.

What exactly does Qi Zhiyu want with the Duke of Wei's mansion?

Sun Tingxiang didn't know, and couldn't figure it out.

She was only puzzled for a moment, but didn't think much of it.

The Sun family is currently preoccupied with their own problems, so it would be best for them to leave this dangerous place as soon as possible.

When Jiang Baihua returned and told the Duke of Wei what had happened, the Duke was so angry that he smashed a cup: "Qi Zhiyu, it was definitely Qi Zhiyu who played these tricks behind my back!"

"Jiang Lanqing and Qi Jingxi are birds of a feather, and Qi Zhiyu took advantage of this relationship to seize the Sun family's assets by exploiting Sun Tingxiang's love for her daughter."

"Father, what should we do now?" Jiang Baihua was truly unwilling to let the Sun family's business fall into the hands of others.

"I'll think of something else," the Duke of Wei said in a deep voice. "Tomorrow is Yi'er's homecoming day. Is everything ready?"

"If you make a fool of yourself at the wedding, you should make sure you return to your parents' home in a respectable manner."