It was three months later that Prince An found out that the concubine's daughter he had given to Zhao Yiran had left the Zhao family, set up her own household, and even recognized an old commoner couple as her grandparents. He was not too unhappy about this. After all, since Prime Minister Zhao retired and he failed in his bid for the throne, the "in-law relationship" between the two families, which was not solid to begin with, had become dispensable.
Even though Zhao Yiran and his brothers are still very promising and hold important positions in the court, Prince An now needs to keep a low profile in order to reduce the emperor's fear of him. Therefore, if he has too good a relationship with the Zhao family, the emperor will think that he has not given up on the throne, so it is better for him to break up with the Zhao family.
In other words, Wei Shichu was right to separate from Zhao Yiran, but she never told her parents' home about leaving the Zhao Mansion. Prince An felt that she was acting on her own and did not take him as her father seriously. What's more, she even recognized a commoner couple as her godparents. Wasn't this a slap in the face of him, her biological father
So he angrily sent someone to find Wei Shichu and told her to go back to the palace and explain everything to the prince.
Wei Shichu also said coldly to the unfriendly nanny in front of him, "Prince An has already sent me away for his own benefit. I have repaid him for his kindness in raising me. Now I have nothing to do with Prince An's Mansion anymore and I will never go back."
Upon hearing this, the nanny sneered, "Fourth Aunt, are you really going to sever your ties with the Prince's Mansion? You really don't know what's good for you. You left the Zhao Mansion without informing the Prince in advance, which was already very inappropriate. Now you want to sever your ties with the Prince. You really have no filial piety and you have brought shame to the Prince's Mansion..."
When Wei Shichu saw her extremely sarcastic and mean face, he sneered, raised his foot and kicked her out. Suddenly, her sharp voice stopped abruptly, and she let out an angry scream.
“Get out of here, and stop barking at my doorstep! I’m no longer Prince An’s daughter. Go back and tell Prince An and Princess An that you can expel me from the clan, but just don’t bother me. If the heat makes me impatient, I don’t mind dying together with you. I’m not afraid of wearing shoes even if I’m barefoot. I just don’t know if so many people in Prince An’s mansion are willing to perish with me…” Wei Shichu said, staring coldly at the nanny who fell to the ground.
As soon as she said this, everyone else was so scared that they dared not say a word. Wei Shichu smiled sarcastically and immediately closed the door after entering and leaving.
"Madam, if you treat the people sent by the prince's mansion like this, what will happen if they go back and complain?" Zhichun said with a sad face. She followed Wei Shichu and left the Zhao Mansion. After arriving at the Fifth Master's house, her life was much happier than at the Zhao Mansion. She didn't want to go back to Prince An's Mansion and continue to live that kind of repressed and torturous life.
"Just go ahead and complain. There are too many handles in Prince An's Mansion. My cheap father wants to play dead now. He hopes that the emperor will never remember him. If I spread those handles in his mansion casually, the emperor will take advantage of the situation and expose a layer of skin on him. He dare not confront me." Wei Shichu said indifferently.
The reason why she was so fearless was that she had the confidence. The sons of King An and the brothers of the original owner were not good people. They had done countless bad things. It was easy to catch them. Wei Shichu was not worried at all that King An would dare to turn against her.
Sure enough, after those people returned, they complained to Prince An and Princess An without any hesitation, saying how arrogant and domineering Wei Shichu was, and how he didn't take the prince and princess seriously...
Prince An and Princess An were naturally furious and wanted to teach Wei Shichu a lesson. However, Wei Shichu later wrote them a letter. After reading it, they immediately became quiet and never mentioned Wei Shichu again, as if they had lost their daughter.
As for expelling her from the clan? Don't be ridiculous. No matter how unpopular and insignificant the original owner was, she was still the daughter of the prince. In other words, she was actually from the same clan as the current emperor. If she was to be expelled from the clan, didn't he need to tell the emperor? If the emperor knew about it, wouldn't he have to investigate the reason for the expulsion? It's hard to say what this investigation would reveal...
This is why King An was so angry, and he did not mention the reason for expelling Wei Shichu from the clan. As a result, Wei Shichu's life returned to normal, and no other messy people came to point at her and scold her anymore.
After more than half a year of treatment by Wei Shichu, Fifth Grandma's illness has recovered very well. From being unable to get out of bed to being able to walk several steps with the help of the wall, this is already a huge improvement. Moreover, if she works hard to exercise, she may be able to walk slowly on her own for a quarter or twenty minutes.
For this reason, the Fifth Master was extremely grateful to Wei Shichu and treated her as his own granddaughter. Of course, he also paid more attention to Zhao Lue. When Zhao Lue was three years old, he specially found a knowledgeable old gentleman to enlighten him.
Wei Shichu and Zhao Lue's lives are gradually getting back on track, but she has not forgotten to take revenge. It was not Wei Shichu's original intention to let Zhao Yiran and his wives, concubines and children continue to live a wealthy and luxurious life. These were all the culprits that caused the tragic fate of the original owner and Zhao Lue in the original world. How could Wei Shichu let them live so happily
It would be too troublesome and a waste of time and energy to retaliate against them one by one, so Wei Shichu thought it would be more satisfying to cut off the source of their trouble. As long as their backbone Zhao Yiran and even the Zhao family fell, the wives, concubines and children who depended on Zhao Yiran for survival would naturally not have a good fate.
So Wei Shichu began to look for evidence that could bring down Zhao Yiran's family. After several months of investigation, Wei Shichu finally found it.
It turns out that when the princes were fighting for the throne a few years ago, Zhao Yiran was not as neutral as the Zhao family appeared to be. He actually secretly defected to the Fifth Prince, but he hid it very deeply. When the current emperor ascended the throne and settled the accounts, he was not found out. After that, he deliberately kept a low profile and escaped.
Zhao Yiran used to be an assistant minister in the Ministry of Revenue. When the Fifth Prince went to other places for disaster relief, Zhao Yiran secretly conspired with others to intercept most of the relief silver for the Fifth Prince's use. However, the silver actually sent to the disaster area was less than half of the allocated funds. This caused many people in the disaster-stricken areas to die in vain, even though they would not have died otherwise.
Because of his clever tactics, he was able to conceal the truth and no one in the court knew about it. After the fifth prince failed in his bid for the throne and committed suicide, the matter was buried even deeper.
Anyone who could embezzle all the disaster relief funds is truly despicable. Wei Shichu now hated Zhao Yiran even more.