After Xia Wan'er was released, she took Xia Quan directly to Madam Linglong's room.
Madam Linglong was crying. Seeing Xia Wan'er coming back, she was surprised and excited. She rushed over and said, "Wan'er, you were released? Does your father believe that you are his daughter? What did he say?"
Xia Wan'er stared at her and said coldly: "Of course my father believes that I am his daughter."
"He believes it?" Madam Linglong's face was filled with joy. "That's good, that's good. As long as he still believes it, you are still the Crown Princess. As long as you marry him, no one will dare to gossip about me anymore."
"Really?" Xia Wan'er continued to sneer.
Immersed in great joy, Madam Linglong didn't notice Xia Wan'er's abnormality at all, and said to herself: "That's right, as long as he still believes, we mother and daughter will have a good life. I will not let Yuan mother and daughter go. I must make them taste my power and kneel before me and beg for mercy."
Xia Wan'er snorted and suddenly changed her expression, "Come here, take Madam to the elegant room in the back garden."
Madam Linglong looked at Xia Wan'er in surprise, "What did you say? Send me to the back garden?"
Xia Wan'er stared at her with hatred in her eyes, and said viciously: "That's right, do you think you can still live in a courtyard with cold wind and cold water? Father is very kind to not drive you out of the house. Don't worry, as long as I am here, you will always have a meal in the Xiangfu. However, if you dare to cause trouble for me, don't blame me for not thinking about the relationship between mother and daughter."
Madam Linglong fell into a chair, her face horrified. She thought she had misheard. Her own daughter actually said such cruel words to her.
"No, you can't do this to me. Without me, you'd just..." She suddenly stopped talking and looked in horror at Prime Minister Xia who was slowly striding in.
Prime Minister Xia walked in step by step with his back to the light. The sunlight behind him was so blinding that his face was almost invisible.
Xia Wan'er turned around and asked in a flattering tone, "Father, why are you here too?"
"I'm worried about you. I'm afraid that she will feel resentful and say bad things about you." Prime Minister Xia's voice was as cold as ice.
"She dares? If she dares to do that, I will definitely not allow her to stay in the house." Xia Wan'er said sternly.
Madam Linglong felt cold all over, and she suddenly realized that Xia Huaijun actually knew that Wan'er was not his daughter, and he did this just to use Wan'er.
Her heart suddenly felt like a small boat floating on the sea. She was extremely terrified. If she lost even Wan'er as a way out, she would never be able to turn over in her life.
She couldn't do that. Her daughter was her own. If she could enjoy wealth and glory in the future, she, as her mother, must also enjoy it. She couldn't let Xia Huaijun take advantage of her for nothing.
She needs to plan slowly.
"I'll clean up myself, you are not allowed to touch my things!" Madam Linglong thought so, and turned around and angrily scolded the servant who was helping her pack up.
Seeing how obedient she was, Xia Wan'er said contentedly, "As long as you stay in the back garden and don't come out to cause trouble, I won't make things difficult for you."
Madam Linglong almost vomited blood. She gritted her teeth, hiding her anger and sadness, and packed up her precious jewelry and gorgeous clothes.
Prime Minister Xia said to Xia Wan'er, "Wan'er, please go out first. Your father has something to say to your mother."
Xia Wan'er glanced at Madam Linglong with some worry. She didn't mean that Prime Minister Xia would hurt her, but she was afraid that she would say something wrong.
"My daughter also wants to listen here." Xia Wan'er said.
Prime Minister Xia coaxed, "This is what a couple says. It's not good for you to listen to it. Go out first. Don't worry, your father promised you that he would not embarrass her. After all, she is your mother."
Xia Wan'er had no choice but to say, "Okay, then my daughter will go out and wait outside."
Before she left, she glared at Madam Linglong and warned her not to talk nonsense.
After dismissing the servants, Prime Minister Xia turned his face away and looked at the window frame. He said in a cold voice, "If you still want to stay in the Prime Minister's Mansion, be careful with your words."
Madam Linglong looked at him sadly, "We have been married for many years, and now you are unwilling to even look at me and talk to me?"
“I don’t want to disgust myself.”
"Disgusting?" Madam Linglong held her chest with a heartbroken look on her face, "But not long ago, you hugged me and said you loved me. What happened between Chen Er and me is all in the past. Do you really mind it so much
Or did I deceive you about the painting? But do you care about these things? Yuan Cuiyu is also full of talent, and everyone knows it. You ignored her and humiliated her, which shows that you don’t care about these things either. "
"Shut up!" Prime Minister Xia suddenly turned around and stared at her fiercely. "Every word you say now disgusts me. I was a good friend of your late husband. When you were a widow, I went to visit you and saw that you kept your door closed and didn't contact outsiders. I thought you were a clean person. You gave me a painting that was lifelike, better than the ones Yuan Cuiyu painted for me. I thought that God had humiliated you and wronged you. I didn't expect that your pity would become a bayonet to humiliate me today."
"Have you never loved me? If you didn't love me, why would you ignore Yuan Cuiyu for me?" Madam Linglong never believed that the beauty between the two of them would turn into such viciousness. "What happened between me and Chen Er is always in the past, before you."
"Really? In the past ten years or so, he has come here several times a month. Do you dare to say that you two have nothing to do with each other? You took my money and used it to pay for this despicable man. I want to kill you every time I think of you." Prime Minister Xia stared at her, anger burning in his eyes.
"No, really not!" Madam Linglong cried and defended herself, "I swear to God, really not. I wanted to cut off contact with him, but he threatened me with the past, saying that if I didn't give him a benefit, he would report me to you. I didn't dare to offend him because I was afraid of losing you."
"Are you afraid of losing me or losing your current wealth and glory? Come on, Chen Linglong, I don't want to talk to you about this. It will only make me hate you more. I am staying here to talk to you alone. I just want to warn you. If you still want to live a peaceful life, then behave yourself. Wan'er, be careful with your words."
"You just want to use her, right?" Madam Linglong sneered, her eyes full of heartbreak and despair.
"As father and daughter for many years, there must be some affection between us. I just don't want her to be sad. It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not." After saying that, he turned away coldly.
Madam Linglong sat on the chair in a daze. She smiled coldly, then cried again. "I don't believe you. Do you care about the father-daughter relationship? If you do, you won't treat Xia Zian like this. In your heart, your future and official career are the most important. I don't believe you."
She has been the wife of the Prime Minister for sixteen years. Although not in name only, everyone in the mansion treats her as the lady, including outsiders.
She couldn't just be sent to the back garden to live with poisonous snakes. She had to get out.
(End of this chapter)