After being forced into a marriage with a wealthy family, the virtuous wife caused a huge uproar.

After Rong Yingluo finished speaking, Su Jingyi was completely stunned.

She knew it was all over.

It turns out that Madam Rong knew everything. From the moment she got into the bridal sedan chair, she began to take precautions, and she did so very quietly.

These days, he has been scheming against the Rong family like a clown jumping around.

As it turned out, the other party only moved a finger slightly, and she was tricked. Moreover, she had to beg Rong Shi to cure the poison in her body.

Su covered her head with both hands, but with this small movement, a large clump of her hair fell out.

Startled, Ms. Su immediately removed her hand.

"Mother, what's going on?" Gu Qingya hugged Su Shi and shook her a few times.

Su then came to her senses.

"Qingya, I'm finished. I can't protect you anymore." Madam Su suddenly hugged Gu Qingya and burst into tears.

Gu Qingya had never seen her mother so heartbroken.

"Mother, did Rong Liuli bully you? Let's go to Grandmother and let her judge. How could she, as a daughter-in-law, push her mother-in-law to this point?" Gu Qingya could only think of having a higher-ranking elder suppress Rong Yingluo.

She suffered several losses at Rong Yingluo's hands, so she didn't dare to confront Rong Yingluo directly.

However, Madam Su shook her head repeatedly, as Madam Rong had not mentioned the old lady's poisoning earlier.

Only then did she realize that Rong had started to detoxify the old lady as soon as she entered the mansion. No wonder the old lady was able to leave Shousong Courtyard in such a short time.

However, the old lady had been poisoned for many years, and it would be impossible for her to leave Shousong Courtyard without several months of recuperation to recover.

In addition, the old lady was already quite old, making her even more difficult to care for.

But I never expected that the Rong family's medical skills were so remarkable.

With someone like that in the Gu family, where would she find a place to stand?

At this moment, Madam Su deeply regretted marrying Gu Ce a merchant's daughter as his wife.

Unfortunately, there's no going back.

"Mother, we can ask His Highness the Crown Prince to return the things Second Brother stole to Rong Liuli, and that will be the end of it, right? Why let her take your dowry? That's the dowry you said you would leave for me." Gu Qingya thought of a solution.

The Crown Prince took away the dowries of several of the elder sisters-in-law, and now that something has happened, His Highness the Crown Prince cannot ignore his mother's situation.

"We can't get it back. Once it's in the Crown Prince's hands, we can't get it back."

Moreover, regarding the Mingyue Tower incident, since the Crown Prince was confined by the Emperor, the letter could not be delivered to the Eastern Palace at all.

"Mingyue Tower was a scheme orchestrated by your elder brother. It's already an extraordinary favor that His Highness the Crown Prince hasn't taken his anger out on me." Madam Su knew very well what kind of person the Crown Prince was.

If she had any other choice, she would not have sided with the Crown Prince; her goal was to make her son the heir apparent.

With the Duke protecting Gu Ce, it was impossible to bring him down; the only solution was to kill him. But after all these years, they still couldn't kill Gu Ce and instead pushed him to the opposite side of the Crown Prince.

Even after the Crown Prince is released from confinement, it's still unclear what he will do with her and the Second Prince.

"Are you just going to let the Rong family take away your dowry like this?" Gu Qingya was extremely unwilling.

"Qingya, your mother is no longer useful. I can no longer protect you. You are your father's biological daughter. I guess your second brother can't be relied on either. You can only rely on your eldest brother. Don't go against your eldest brother and sister-in-law anymore."

You need to find a way to get them to accept you and know that you've changed your temper before you can have a good life." Madam Su had already foreseen that in the future, only Madam Rong would be the true mistress of the household, and she might have to spend her days alone with the dim light of a lamp.

Su didn't know what Rong would do next, so she could only have her daughter sever ties with her and rely on Gu Ce and Rong until the Crown Prince was released from confinement.

"Mother, she's just a merchant's daughter. You want me to fawn over her? I won't do it." Gu Qingya has been high and mighty for so many years, how could she be willing to fawn over someone she doesn't like?

She knew that Rong was quite capable, and she truly admired Rong, but Rong's background was her biggest weakness.

"Qingya, listen to your mother. I'm currently under house arrest, and your second aunt is in charge of the household. We'll talk about it after I'm released from confinement."

Rong Yingluo did not expose her directly. She was still the Duchess of the State, and she hoped that she could find a way after the ban was lifted.

"But..." Gu Qingya wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Su.

"Listen to your mother. If you really can't please Rong Shi, at least don't provoke her." Madam Su knew that her daughter couldn't accept it right away.

Now she has very little hair left, and she can only wait until the ban is lifted to see if she can find a doctor who can cure the poison. If she really can't find one, she can only wait for the Crown Prince and the Imperial Concubine to lift the ban.

Consort Cao must have a solution.

The poison in her possession was given to her by Consort Cao; there must be a mastermind around the Consort.

The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried for a while before Gu Qingya left.

She went directly to the old lady's courtyard.

The four guards made several trips and finally moved all of Su's dowry to the Silver Willow Courtyard.

Granny Zhu and Yinghong, along with several maids from Yinliu Courtyard, registered and made records.

It was ready before lunchtime, and there wasn't much food to begin with.

When Su married into the Duke's mansion, the Su family was still a low-ranking family, and it was impossible for them to give her a large dowry.

The fact that they have six shops and two estates was all thanks to the Duke's mansion.

She was a woman confined to the inner quarters and not particularly skilled in business. She relied entirely on the abilities of the manager she hired.

"Miss, these things, including the shops and estates, are worth at most 30,000 taels of silver, which is far from 160,000 taels." Yinghong was a little unhappy.

The old lady's demand that the Duchess hand over her dowry meant that the young lady was at a disadvantage, and a significant one at that.

"It's alright, those paintings weren't bought with money. Just consider them worthless." Rong Yingluo was very open-minded; the Rong family didn't lack that kind of money.

The reason she wanted Su's dowry was purely to bully her; revenge is about causing pain.

"Miss, you only took these physical items, but she must still have a lot of silver in her hands." Yinghong wanted to get rid of Su Shi completely.

"Never mind, we have to leave her some breathing room, otherwise how can I watch her struggle?" Rong Yingluo raised an eyebrow. This little girl is even more ruthless than her.

"Oh." Yinghong had no choice but to shut up. She couldn't understand her mistress's perverse sense of humor. She could have easily forced the Duchess to hand over the management of the entire Duke's mansion today, but her mistress let her off the hook.

After three days of investigation and preparation, Gu Ce and Li Xuanye finally figured out the defenses of the Tiandi Gambling House.

That day, just as dusk fell, Rong Yingluo changed into men's clothing and quietly slipped out of the Gu residence to meet up with Gu Ce and Li Xuanye outside.

Li Xuanye could not resort to force, so he was accompanied by his steward, Pan Zhenming.

"Mrs. Gu, dressed like this, really is a handsome young man," Pan Zhenming praised.

"Thank you for the compliment. Uncle Pan, where are the men you brought?" Rong Yingluo noticed that he was the only one by her side. Wasn't he supposed to be leading the Li family's guards?

"We had the smaller ones sneak into the casino beforehand, so they didn't have to stay with us; that would be too conspicuous," Pan Zhenming explained.

He had already found out from the people around his young master that he liked this Mrs. Gu, but what should he do about it?

He hadn't come up with a solution yet, nor did he dare tell the prince, and he didn't know what the young master was thinking.

It's not easy to steal someone else's wife.

Now, when he sees Miss Rong, all he can do is be exceptionally polite.

Ling Feng and Ling Yun were no longer wearing their usual black clothes, but instead dressed in brocade robes, along with exquisite headdresses and belts, looking every bit the wealthy young masters.

This is blatantly telling others that they are rich young masters.

Their outfits were specially prepared by Rong Yingluo; if you're going to put on an act, you have to go all the way and not let anyone suspect anything.

The group rode in a carriage around the capital twice before finally entering a street.

Out of curiosity, Rong Yingluo lifted the carriage curtain to look outside.

As a result, we came across a very bustling main street.

"Oh my, isn't this Young Master Wu? Miss Xiangxiang has been waiting for you so long her eyes are practically worn out."

Upon hearing this, Rong Yingluo gasped in shock, her mouth agape: "This is...!"