CHAPTER 1498: CHAPTER 1505: CAI LIAN’S SITUATION (6)

If Cai Wei agrees to her request, she will become a great hero of the Duke of England’s Mansion. It’s not just the crown prince; even the Duke of England and Madam would hold her in higher esteem. From then on, no one in this mansion would dare to bully her again.

Hearing that Ji Wanfu went to Susu’s room, Cai Lian helplessly sighed and took off her cloak, ready to enter the inner room to rest. Suddenly, she heard a rustle of the door curtain and, turning around, saw that Ji Wanfu had already come in.

"Your Highness, you’ve come!"

Cai Lian quickly bowed deeply, respectfully greeting Ji Wanfu.

Ji Wanfu waved his hand impatiently and said, "Cut the nonsense. I’m asking you, did you plead for mercy with the Empress? What did she say?"

Cai Lian replied, "I haven’t..."

Before she could finish, Ji Wanfu glared, slapped her across the face, and Cai Lian fell to the ground. Pointing at Cai Lian’s face, he scolded, "You destitute broom star, selling assorted fruits; you tricked me into marrying you, acting like you had a sisterly bond with the Empress. Now you’re reluctant over such trivial matters. Are you hoping that the Duke of England’s Mansion falls into misfortune so you can leave this place and find your Empress sister to help you remarry?"

Lying on the ground, covering her face, Cai Lian said with a sense of injustice, "Your Highness, I didn’t, it’s just that the Empress wasn’t in a good mood today. My mother feared that if she spoke out and was rejected, it would be difficult to remedy later, so we wanted to wait until she was in a better mood before speaking..."

Upon hearing this, Ji Wanfu found it reasonable and snorted, "Get up, and remember to wait at Mu Mansion tomorrow. At the first opportunity, you must speak to her nicely. If it’s too late and the Duke of England’s Mansion suffers, watch out—I’ll flay you."

"Yes!"

Cai Lian got up from the ground, forcefully swallowing back her tears.

The crown prince didn’t like to see her cry; he said she looked uglier than a demon when she did. So, even when she was beaten so badly that she couldn’t get out of bed for half a month, she never dared cry in front of him.

After Ji Wanfu finished threatening Cai Lian, he went over to her dressing table and began rummaging through her jewelry box. Soon, from her modest collection of jewelry, he found a red gold plum blossom hairpin inlaid with precious stones, and a hollow pointed kingfisher ascending branch Bu Yao. Both items were made of exquisite materials and craftsmanship, and the gems embedded on them were of the highest quality; they were obviously from the Internal Affairs Department.

Seeing this, Cai Lian timidly said, "Your Highness, those were rewards from the Empress on my grand wedding day..."

Ji Wanfu sneered, "What does it matter if they were bestowed by the Empress? You’re mine now, not to mention your possessions." Having said this, he took those two items and swaggered off to Susu’s room.

Once outside, he happened to run into his nanny Lai, who was instructing several maids in the courtyard. Seeing Ji Wanfu coming out, she quickly followed his pace and whispered her grievance, "Your Highness, now that you need Lady Mu to help solve the crisis at the mansion, why not cajole her a bit? Let her wholeheartedly work for you. With your rough treatment, what if she gets annoyed and refuses to help us? Or, what if she directly complains about us to the Empress? Would that not bring disaster upon our heads?"

"Pfft!"

Ji Wanfu laughed contemptuously and said sarcastically, "That ugly woman is a cheap wretch, cheap to the bone. Even if I beat her to death, she wouldn’t dare to betray me."

Lai replied, "Since the prince is confident, I shall not nag any further. I will report back to the Duke of the Country and Madam." After that, she headed towards the Duke of England’s Courtyard.