CHAPTER 114: CHAPTER 114: DON’T DARE ANYMORE (1)

She recalled the day when the Lu Ling Royal Mansion first encountered trouble and she quietly ran back to Duke An’s Mansion for help.

But what she saw was a tightly shut door.

The butler came out and conveyed her father’s words, saying, once married off, a daughter is like spilled water and should consider her husband’s home as her own.

If the Princess Consort of Lu Ling were to have the Princely Heir divorce her, where would she find shelter?

"Mother, I realize my mistake, and I won’t dare to do it again," Xue Family was so frightened that she knelt down with a thud.

The Princess Consort of Lu Ling held Guoguo, gave her a faint glance, and walked past her.

Guoguo turned to look at the Xue Family, opened her mouth, and leisurely blew a bubble.

Li Jing walked up to Xue Family, looking at her with a small frown.

The Xue Family’s eyes darted, grabbed her son’s hand, and whispered, "Jingjing, quickly go tell your father to beg grandpa, mom doesn’t want to kneel as punishment."

Jingjing blinked his eyes, turned, and ran off.

He pulled on the Princely Heir’s sleeve and loudly said, "Dad, mom says she doesn’t want to kneel, and she told you to beg grandpa."

This loud voice made everyone hear it.

Everyone turned to look at the Xue Family.

The Xue Family was so mortified she wanted to dig a hole and hide; how did she give birth to such a foolish son?

Guoguo looked at her brother and laughed "ah ah giggle" sounds.

The Great Princess sneered, "Oh, made a mistake and doesn’t want to be punished with kneeling? When I scared away the Emperor’s horse, wasn’t I also sent by mother to kneel in the ancestral hall? Why is it different for the elder sister-in-law?"

"Xue Family, you want to slack off?" Princess Consort Lu Ruan said angrily.

With this outburst, the Princely Heir couldn’t intercede anymore and shook his head straight at Xue Family, looking sullen.

Li Yuzhu laughed inside.

It’s been over three years since Xue Family married into the Prince Mansion; how could she not know that Lu Ling Prince’s reverse scale is his dignity?

This Prince would rather lose his life than lose face.

Lu Ling Prince still hopes to return to the Capital someday, how could he tolerate a daughter-in-law fighting with village people? If this spread to the Capital, his old face would be completely lost!

Therefore, Xue Family is definitely punished today!

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Xue Family was punished to kneel, and dinner was made by Li Yuzhu, Li Xing’an, and the Second Young Master.

After dinner, everyone went to wash and sleep.

Xue Family finally found herself alone, quietly climbed up from the ground.

Unexpectedly, a voice suddenly came from the cave, "Is Sister-in-law quietly trying to run away?"

Li Yuzhu, that fox!

Xue Family had no choice but to kneel again.

At night, the Princely Heir sat up silently, but Guoguo suddenly started mumbling "ah, ah!"

This woke the Princess Consort of Lu Ling.

She hugged Guoguo and soothed, "Sleep, sleep." She also noticed that the Princely Heir on the opposite berth seemed to have sat up before, and she said in a stern voice, "Elder, you have to get up early to work tomorrow, sleep tight, don’t overthink."

The Princely Heir didn’t dare to get up anymore.

Thus, Xue Family knelt for a whole night.

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The next morning, Li Yuzhu was the first one to wake up.

Xue Family had been kneeling all night, bubbling with anger, glaring at her fiercely, then turned her head away, saying nothing.

Li Yuzhu didn’t bother talking to her either and rolled up her sleeves to go wash.

One by one, everyone got up.

Similarly, no one spoke to the Xue Family.

Not until Li Yuzhu finished making breakfast did the Princess Consort of Lu Ling allow Xue Family to stand up.

"Do you know your mistake?" The Princess Consort of Lu Ling sat on a stone and coldly looked at her.

This severe punishment lasted all night, even though Xue Family had a blazing fury inside, she dared not utter a sound.

"I was wrong," she said with her head lowered.

"Alright, go do what you should be doing." The Princess Consort of Lu Ling waved her hand at her.

Only then did the Xue Family dare to let out a sigh of relief, rubbing her knees.

The Princely Heir came over to support her, but she disdainfully brushed off his hand.

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The day passed peacefully.

In the evening, the Great Princess proudly displayed her craftsmanship, her newly made clothes.

The Princess Consort of Lu Ling helped her tie the belt, examining the workmanship, "Not bad, not bad, this skill hasn’t deteriorated at all."

Receiving her mother’s praise, the Great Princess became even more proud.

She raised her eyebrows at others, "What about your clothes? Are they done?"

The clothes for the men in the house were all made by the Princess Consort of Lu Ling, and they didn’t worry about it.

The Princess Consort of Lu Ling had to take care of two children, she didn’t have extra time to sew, only a set of fabric was cut but hadn’t been sewn yet.

The Second Princess took out hers, sighed and said, "I’ve only made one sleeve."

"You’re so slow! You should put in the effort from eating," the Great Princess pursed her lips.

Xue Family’s was also done, though not as finely crafted as the Great Princess’s, it was much better than the old clothes she wore.

She shook the clothes, "Isn’t this something?"

The Great Princess glanced lightly, said nothing.

"Hey, where’s the third sister’s? Xue Family didn’t let go of Li Yuzhu, "Aren’t you going to the Chai Family tomorrow? Didn’t they say you have to wear new clothes? Have you finished your new clothes?"

"I soaked it in water, need to wash it before wearing," Li Yuzhu came in from outside the cave, found a piece of soap mud, then went out again.

She had left the clothes on the tree branches for days, she couldn’t wear them like that, it would cause rash.

"Really? Let me see your clothes," Xue Family went out to look.

Could it be Li Yuzhu was too embarrassed to show them, so she soaked them first and planned to buy a new set at the market tomorrow?

Xue Family went to check, the Great Princess followed along.

The Second Princess also clamored to see.

Li Yuzhu kneaded the soap mud, rubbed it on a blue-green garment in the basin, rubbed a few times, then kneaded it again.

Xue Family went over and lifted the garment to look.

Though the garment was wrinkled from being soaked, just looking at the stitching, it was neater than what the Great Princess made.

"It’s alright, at least it’s a piece of clothing." The Great Princess felt a pang of jealousy; how could this garment be better made than hers? She glanced at the jealous-faced Xue Family, deliberately saying, "Sister-in-law, the little sister’s is better than yours, you know."

Xue Family felt a sour taste inside.

"Didn’t the third sister always have poor skills? How did it suddenly improve, did she perhaps have someone else make it, trying to fool us?"

"Oh? No way? Third sister? Did you have someone else do it?" The Great Princess widened her eyes.

"No, I made it myself during spare time. If you don’t believe me, you can ask around the village!" Li Yuzhu said with a calm face and heart steady.

With Mu Yuanxiu’s temper, he wouldn’t possibly give her away.

Seeing her so confident, Xue Family didn’t dare to ask around.

If something happened, the Princess Consort would punish her again.

She snorted lightly and walked away.

After washing the clothes, Li Yuzhu shook them dry, and hung them by the fire to dry.

The Princess Consort of Lu Ling looked at the clothes, continually praising, "Really well made."

The Great Princess looked back at her own clothes and crumpled them into a ball in frustration, unwilling to look at them anymore.

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The next day was the sixth day of March, Chai Family’s festive day.

As agreed, Li Yuzhu and Li Xing’an got up early, didn’t eat breakfast, and went down the mountain after washing up.

Since they were going to the market, they would buy steamed buns to eat there, or so Li Xing’an said.

Li Yuzhu sat in a small cart, with Li Xing’an pushing.

At the intersection of South Mountain Slope and North Hillside, they encountered Mu Yuanxiu again.