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

"Nothing can be hidden from Grandmother." Rong Yingluo showed no embarrassment at having her thoughts exposed.

"You little rascal! How dare you stand up for your grandmother!" Although the old lady was scolding her, her smile was kind.

Gu Qingyin then realized that her sister-in-law had gotten along so well with the old man all along.

No wonder he was so confident in bringing her to meet his grandmother.

She was deeply moved; her sister-in-law was so kind to her.

The two women stayed in the old lady's courtyard for more than an hour before leaving.

This news naturally reached the ears of the Su family very quickly.

"Granny Zhao, what do you think Rong Shi means?" Madam Su didn't quite understand Rong Yingluo's purpose in doing this.

"Madam, you may have been too hasty in asking the Crown Prince's wife's family to help buy flowers today."

That's why she asked for the power to manage the household.

In our Duke's mansion, you are the head mistress. If you don't relinquish the power of managing the household, she will never get it.

The only variable is the old lady.

She thought that trying to please the old lady would be helpful.

Little did she know that the old lady couldn't even leave the courtyard and couldn't help her at all. Her attempt to curry favor with the old lady was a complete waste of effort," Zhao Mama comforted her.

"Hmph, she's only been in the manor for a month and she's already got too big for her britches. Want to manage the household? Dream on." Madam Su's eyes were sinister. Thinking of the Crown Prince's orders, she had to calm down and carefully consider how to kill Madam Rong.

The Crown Prince gave her a death order: if he couldn't kill her, he should find a way to expel her from the Gu residence.

Once Rongshi loses her status as the Crown Prince's wife, killing her would be as easy as crushing an ant.

The master and servant began to discuss it.

Rong Yingluo returned to Yinliu Courtyard and received a letter delivered by Yuwen Zhang.

After reading it, Rong Yingluo gave him a thumbs up for his competence.

In a short period of time, he gathered nearly two hundred disabled soldiers who had retired from the battlefield.

After lunch, Rong Yingluo changed into a dark-colored outfit, took a cap, and instead of leaving through the main gate, she climbed over the wall from a corner of the garden and left without anyone noticing her departure.

It's such a hassle to have to report to Su Jingyi every time I leave the mansion openly.

She left the Gu residence and headed directly to the Fourth Prince's residence.

Gu Ce took a midday break, left the yamen, and rode in a carriage with his colleagues to have lunch.

When he inadvertently lifted the carriage curtain to look out onto the street, he happened to see a woman wearing a cap.

"Zhong Sheng, doesn't that woman's figure look familiar?" Gu Ce pointed to the woman not far away.

Zhong Sheng was driving attentively when his master called out to him. He paused for a moment, then said, "Master, the figure looks a lot like the young mistress, but she's wearing a cap so I can't see her face."

Gu Ce curled his lips, stuck his head out, and made a gesture to An Yi, who was secretly following him.

When Rong Yingluo arrived at the back gate of the Fourth Prince's residence, she flashed her token and was granted unimpeded passage.

Yuwen Zhang sat in his wheelchair, leisurely reading a book in the corridor.

"Greetings, Fourth Prince." Rong Yingluo cupped her hands in greeting, then removed her cap to reveal her true face.

"I told you to call me Brother Zhang, but you didn't listen." Yuwen Zhang closed the book in his hand unhappily.

"Greetings, Brother Zhang." Rong Yingluo smiled mischievously and immediately changed her address.

"You're not planning to come see me if I don't send you a letter? It's been ten days already." Yuwen Zhang was quite displeased.

For the first ten days after her leg was reattached, she came every three days, but she hasn't come for the last ten days. It seems she's forgotten about her brother now that she has a husband.

"Your leg just needs to rest for now; you don't need to go for a follow-up appointment." Rong Yinglu blinked her innocent eyes.

Enraged, Yuwen Zhang threw the book down: "You... I'm your sworn brother. Now that I've broken my leg, I can't go anywhere. I just look forward to you coming to talk to me every day. You have no idea how bored I am every day, I can only read these lousy books."

Yuwen Zhang threw a little tantrum.

Only in front of Rong Yingluo could he finally relax and live the life he wanted.

"Oh, is that so? Then how about I find you a wife?" Rong Yingluo bent down and winked at him.

"My marriage is none of your business." Yuwen Zhang was embarrassed by her words and turned his head away from her.

"You're already twenty years old. By all accounts, the Emperor should be arranging a marriage for you. Should I ask Gu Ce to mention it to the Emperor?"

"Mind your own business." Yuwen Zhang glared at her.

Rong Yingluo felt very gratified to see this lively side of him.

When I first met him, he was lifeless and had no energy at all, but now he has finally come to life.

This is a good thing.

The emperor disliked him, but he did not resent the emperor's injustice.

He knew his identity.

He just wanted to live a wonderful life, so he went to the battlefield. Even though he wasn't very skilled, he wanted to do as much as he could to do what he wanted to do.

He is a qualified prince.

"I'm not joking. I've brought you 50,000 taels of silver. Keep it and use it to settle the soldiers you've recruited and set up a security escort agency for them. Consider it a joint venture between us. We'll split the profits 50/50." Rong Yingluo took out a stack of silver notes from her bosom and stuffed them into Yuwen Zhang's arms.

Her father had just given her the money last night, and she spent it before she even had a chance to enjoy it, but she didn't seem to care at all.

With these people at his disposal, everything Yuwen Zhang does will be much easier.

The Rong family is going to use bodyguards anyway, so it doesn't matter who they use.

"Thank you very much then." Yuwen Zhang accepted the gift with a clear conscience, which made their relationship even closer.

Once his leg heals, he should step into the public eye and get his father's attention.

He left Beijing at the age of fifteen, returned for a year, and has been holed up in this small space ever since; he's practically rotting away.

If he hadn't had to leave the manor for a very necessary reason that day, he wouldn't have had the chance to meet the Little Fairy.

This is fate. His aimless and confused days should come to an end.

"Come on, come inside and lie down. I'll check your leg again." Now that she was here, Rong Yingluo couldn't let the opportunity slip by.

She took the initiative to push the wheelchair into the inner room, where the guards picked him up and placed him on the bed.

After examining her, Rong Yingluo withdrew her hand: "You've recovered well, but you absolutely cannot exert yourself now. Wait another month, and you can try to slowly practice walking. As for martial arts, you must wait until three months later. You can't do anything reckless, or my skills will be wasted."

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." He will take good care of his legs to help them recover.

"I heard you're quite familiar with the Crown Prince of Liao?" Wen Yuzhang sat up and asked casually.

"I'm not that familiar with you." Rong Yingluo was telling the truth.

"Really?" Wen Yuzhang was overjoyed.

"When I was seven years old, the King of Liao was seriously injured and sent someone to ask my master to treat him. I went with him. I happened to save the Prince of Liao who had fallen into the water. He couldn't swim at all." Rong Yingluo couldn't help but laugh when she thought of the boy's ugly appearance back then.

"Seven years old? Nine years have passed, how could he recognize you at a glance?" Yuwen Zhang was a little jealous.

He wanted to be the only friend in the little fairy's heart, and didn't want her to have eyes for anyone else.

Not being able to marry her is already his biggest regret, and now even his friends are trying to steal her away from him, how can that be allowed?

"I don't know how he recognized me. I had completely forgotten about him. Isn't it said that girls change a lot as they grow up? I'm only sixteen now, so I probably haven't changed much since I was seven," Rong Yingluo guessed.

In fact, she doesn't even remember what she looked like when she was seven years old.

In the afternoon, Gu Ce returned to the Gu residence after finishing his shift. An Yi followed him into the study and recounted in detail how he had followed Rong Yingluo.

With his abilities, the guards at the Fourth Prince's residence couldn't possibly spot him. He also overheard every word of their conversation.

"You mean Madam visited the Liao Prince's Mansion when she was seven years old? But I've inquired and she's never been to such a far place as the border town." Gu Ce frowned.

No wonder the Crown Prince of Liao invited the couple for tea yesterday. It turns out he was after his wife.

"Your Highness, I suspect that your wife may not be the woman you should truly marry," An Yi said.

"Are you saying she's not a daughter of the Rong family? But I've seen her interact with the Rong family members without any awkwardness. Moreover, my father-in-law warned me to treat my wife well, and the Rong family still gives her so much money to spend." Gu Ce was increasingly confused.

where is the problem?