The aunt and stepmother wanted to morally blackmail Xu Shichu and continue to use her, but they were ridiculed by Xu Shichu and gained nothing.
Stepmother Li originally wanted to pretend to be pitiful and force Xu Shichu to agree to let his son help her manage Zui Xiang Pavilion, and then gradually take control of Zui Xiang Pavilion and line her own pockets.
But Xu Shichu would not respond to her request at all, and would never agree to let her stupid and vicious stepbrother enter Zui Xiang Pavilion and interfere in her business.
Li was so angry that she was gasping for breath, but she couldn't change Xu Shichu's mind. After all, it was they who needed help from Xu Shichu now, not Xu Shichu who needed help from them.
"Sister-in-law, are we just going to watch that bitch enjoy wealth and glory without helping us at all?" Li asked with a sinister look on her face.
The eldest aunt looked at Xu Shichu's back as he walked away, gritting her teeth and saying, "What else can we do? She's not afraid of us at all now, what can you do?"
Of course, Li had no choice but to endure it no matter how unwilling she was.
Suddenly she remembered something and asked hurriedly, "Sister-in-law, didn't we discuss letting Xue Rou live in the Prime Minister's Mansion? You haven't mentioned this to that bitch just now, have you?"
The eldest aunt said coldly: "Even if I mentioned this, Xu Shichu is so cold-hearted and has no feelings for her family. How could he be willing to let Xue Rou live in the prime minister's mansion to accompany her?"
"Then what should we do now? Doesn't our plan have to go ahead?" Li said anxiously when she heard this. She knew that her eldest sister-in-law wanted her granddaughter Xu Xueruo to marry Prime Minister Luo's only son. Only in this way could the relationship between the Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion become closer, unlike the unfilial daughter Xu Shichu who hated to recognize her own mother's home.
If Li herself had a granddaughter, she would have wanted her own granddaughter to be the firstborn, so that she could bypass her uncle's family and get more benefits from the prime minister's mansion.
It was a pity that she had no granddaughter, so she had to let this benefit go to her uncle. Thinking of this, Li sighed, and then wondered why it was not her own daughter who married Prime Minister Luo. Otherwise, she would be the prime minister's mother-in-law, how majestic it would be! She wouldn't have to worry about the future of her son and husband...
But it was that damned bitch who married Prime Minister Luo! Every time Li thought of this, she hated it so much that she wished Xu Shichu had died earlier, so that her own daughter would have the opportunity to continue to be Prime Minister Luo's successor.
She would never have thought that Luo Changqing was attracted by the fact that Xu Shichu had no support from anyone. Even if Xu Shichu was not there, he would not look down on her daughter.
The eldest aunt didn't know that her sister-in-law had thought so much in the blink of an eye. She sneered and said, "Of course not. Is there really nothing we can do if that bitch doesn't agree? Isn't there another trick - kill first and ask for permission later?"
Li's eyes widened: "Why did you do it first and then report it? Could Xue Rou move into the Prime Minister's Mansion without telling her?"
"Why not?" The eldest aunt glanced at Li with a cold look. "Before the wedding banquet is over tonight, we will leave and go back home, pretending that we have left Xuerou behind. Then Xuerou will have an excuse to say that she can't go back and ask aunt to take her in for one night. As long as she can stay for one night, won't she be able to find another excuse to stay and 'accompany' the lonely aunt?"
After hearing this, Li couldn't help but admire her sister-in-law for being able to find such a solution. "But will that little bitch be willing to keep Xue Rou?" She was a little worried.
"She dares not to keep her? Does she want to leave an impression of being cold and unapproachable in front of the Prime Minister? Even if she wants to leave a good impression of loving the younger generation in the Prime Minister's heart, she has to keep Xue Rou!" The eldest aunt said confidently, certain that Xu Shichu would not dare to reveal his true face in front of Luo Changqing.
She thought she could guess what Xu Shichu was thinking, but unfortunately she didn't know that Xu Shichu didn't care at all about what Luo Changqing thought of her.
Therefore, when the wedding banquet was over and the servants came to report that Miss Xu was accidentally left behind by her family and now could not return home, Xu Shichu immediately knew what the Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion was planning.
She sneered, "What a coincidence? Can't go home without a carriage? Don't we have several carriages in our mansion? Just lend her one!"
The servant took the order and left, but he came back in less than a quarter of an hour, followed by a delicate woman who was about to cry.
"Third aunt, it's too late today, and the Xiangfu is far away from Ningyuanbo's mansion... I don't dare to go back alone... What if, what if I meet a bad guy on the way... I won't be able to survive!"
As Xu Xueruo spoke, she wiped her tears with a handkerchief and pleaded with Xu Shichu weakly and helplessly.
Xu Shichu almost got goose bumps when she saw her pitiful appearance. This niece had such a strong White Lotus temperament. She hadn't met her for a long time. When she met her suddenly today, she felt uncomfortable and wanted to get rid of her immediately.
"This is the inner city of the capital, where all the dignitaries live. Which thief is so bold as to cause trouble in the inner city? Besides, I will send guards to escort you back, so you don't have to be afraid." Xu Shichu said, ignoring her tears.
Xu Xueruo was choked by her words. Seeing that the trick of showing weakness and self-torture was not working, she rolled her eyes under her handkerchief and immediately came up with an idea:
"But it's too late. It's not good to tire the guards in the mansion... Besides, I haven't seen my third aunt for a long time. I miss her very much... My niece also hopes to stay and accompany my aunt more..."
This is the beginning of playing the emotional card. Xu Xueruo's brain is quick, and she directly said that she wanted to stay and accompany her aunt. Unfortunately, her aunt can accompany her whenever she wants? She has never seen her niece be so filial before.
Xu Shichu saw through her thoughts like a mirror and sneered at her acting: "No need, I don't know you very well. When I was in the mansion before, I didn't see you thinking about me much, but now you miss me."
She didn't continue to talk nonsense with Xu Xueruo, and directly ordered the servants: "Find someone to send her back to Ningyuan Bo's Mansion. If she doesn't want to, then tie her up and send her away!"
Xu Xueruo immediately stopped caring about the emotional drama and shouted in astonishment: "Aunt! How did you change? Becoming so ruthless and cold? Your niece just wants to spend more time with you. It's because your niece missed a lot of time before, so I thought that now that I have the opportunity, I will stay and make it up to you..."
Xu Shichu couldn't help but look at Xu Xueruo with admiration. She was indeed a thoughtful person. She admitted that she had ignored him before, so she stayed to accompany him more this time as compensation
"Cover your mouth and take him away!" Xu Shichu didn't care how eloquent she was. It was impossible for Xu Xueruo to use her as a ladder to seduce Luo Rui.
So the weak and pitiful Xu Xueruo was ruthlessly driven away by Xu Shichu.
It happened that Luo Rui was seeing off a guest at the door and was about to go back when he saw a strange young lady being escorted to a carriage by a servant with her mouth covered.