Chapter 73: Huaizhi, Your Wife Wants to Run Away

Su Mixue lost control of her expression for a moment, it twisted.

The reason she pretended in front of Su Wan was because she was always cautious by nature. Before Su Wan completely exited the stage, there might still be some use for her, so she was willing to make some concessions.

Su Mixue is now the crown prince’s consort, the future queen. Her status is vastly different from Su Wan’s, giving her a strong sense of superiority.

She even managed to snatch the crown prince from Su Wan’s hands, seeing her anger, unwillingness, and hysteria before her marriage, Su Mixue was particularly pleased.

Now, Su Wan is calm and indifferent, with a sentence “Consider the crown prince sold to you”, she doesn’t care at all.

The treasure that she had used all her means to snatch turned out to be something that Su Wan discarded like a worn-out shoe, and she suddenly felt it was not so attractive.

Su Mixue felt uncomfortable in her heart, unwilling to believe that Su Wan really gave up on the crown prince. She stared intently at Su Wan, trying to see some clues from her face.

“Sister-in-law!” Gu Baozhu called out cheerfully, carrying a fish basket, and ran towards Su Wan with a sweet dimple on her face, “My second brother and I caught some small fish, shall we fry them for dinner tonight?”

“We also have a big fish, we’re keeping it in the water tank, after it spits out the dirt, we’ll cook it in red-braised style.” Gu Jingyun showed two little tiger teeth, with his eyes sparkling, “Sister-in-law, I have an exam at the academy tomorrow.”

Su Wan saw the little guy’s thoughts and patted his head, “I’ll take you there tomorrow.”

She hooked the fish basket with her finger and saw a big carp and half a basket of small fish inside. She praised, “You guys are really amazing, so many fish. Since you all can eat spicy food, let’s make spicy small fish.”

Gu Baozhu and Gu Jingyun salivated, extremely hungry.

Su Wan couldn’t help but smile, pinched the cheeks of the two little ones, “Little gluttons.” She took their hands, “Let’s go, let’s go home.”

Throughout, she ignored Su Mixue.

Su Mixue watched the two children hopping around. Just their silhouettes were full of joy. This couldn’t be faked, Su Wan got along very well with the Gu family.

This realization made Su Mixue understand that Su Wan really didn’t want the crown prince, she wasn’t just saying it out of anger.

“Princess Consort.” Qing Huan’s mood was also somewhat complicated.

She didn’t know what the young lady had gone through, it was as if she had become a different person.

Su Mixue came back to her senses, her face darkened, and she now somewhat regretted not bringing the crown prince along.

When Su Wan saw the handsome and divine crown prince, she definitely wouldn’t say such words, right?

Su Mixue gritted her teeth, if she had known this, when the regent allowed her to come to Xihe Town to invite the divine doctor, she shouldn’t have chosen to visit in disguise for convenience, she should have come with the grandeur of a princess consort.

In this way, when Su Wan saw her, she would have to kneel down to greet her, calling her “Princess Consort”!

“Let’s go.” Su Mixue headed towards the Song family.

Qing Huan wanted to say something but hesitated, finally she couldn’t help but say, “Princess Consort, you shouldn’t have given the money, we only have a little over two thousand taels.”

As soon as the money was mentioned, Su Mixue was filled with anger, she had lost a thousand taels of silver for nothing!

Although she married the crown prince and had a generous dowry, she didn’t have much cash. If she pawned her dowry, she would be laughed at.

The six thousand taels that her mother had given her as a bottom line, after being used in the palace, only a little over two thousand taels were left. The monthly salary was not much, and the crown prince didn’t give her any money either.

“The jewellery that I brought, there’s a bunch that I don’t like, you can sell it.” Su Mixue specifically brought a lot of jewellery, which was used for pawning. The sky was high and the emperor was far away, this matter wouldn’t spread to the capital.

While they were talking, the two of them arrived at the Song family.

Along the way, many villagers curiously looked at Su Mixue, seeing that she had guards around her, they didn’t dare to approach.

Song Manfu happened to come out of the house, he saw Su Mixue and was stunned for a moment, and staring at her.

Qing Huan scolded with a stern face, “How dare you, this is the Princess Consort!”

Song Manfu quickly reacted, he bowed respectfully, “I, a humble commoner, didn’t know you were the Princess Consort, I was rude just now, please don’t take it to heart.”

“Family doesn’t need to be polite.” Su Mixue looked at the old and dilapidated courtyard. She frowned, and a trace of disgust flashed in her eyes, she asked, “Where is aunt?”

Song Manfu’s eyes were red, “Su Wan broke your cousin’s leg, your aunt went to Su Wan for justice, but was framed by Su Wan that your cousin had hired someone to harm her first.

The clan leader protected Su Wan, not only did he not punish her, but he also invoked the clan law to whip your aunt fifty times, she knelt in the ancestral hall for several days, and was just carried back.”

Su Mixue and Qing Huan looked at each other, Su Wan has become so powerful?

“Please come in.” Song Manfu wiped his eyes and invited Su Mixue in.

Madam Jiang was lying on the bed, her breath was weak. The wounds on her body were festering, and the doctor had been asked to treat her.

“Wake up, the princess consort is here.” Song Manfu nudged Madam Jiang.

Madam Jiang weakly opened her eyes, when she saw Su Mixue, her tears fell down, “Xue’er, you must avenge your aunt! Su Wan, this vile woman, she’s too capable, I can’t deal with her, I’m about to die in her hands.”

“Aunt, don’t worry, tell me exactly what happened.” Su Mixue paused, and added, “Start from when Su Wan married Gu Huaizhi.”

Madam Jiang told Su Mixue everything in detail, “She clearly wanted to sell the two siblings of the Gu family, but when she came back from the town, she suddenly became a different person, not making a fuss, and started to seriously live her life with Gu Huaizhi, her methods are crude and brutal, I’ve suffered a few losses in her hands.”

Su Mixue clenched her handkerchief, the Su Wan in Madam Jiang’s mouth was completely different from the Su Wan she knew. Especially when she heard that Su Wan had saved Zhao Wei, her unease intensified.

“Don’t worry about Su Wan’s affairs, you should focus on recovering. Leave it to me to handle.” Su Mixue collected her thoughts and asked, “The divine doctor you mentioned in the letter, which medical hall in the town is she in?”

“Xinglin Medical Hall, I’ve been there a few times, but I haven’t seen the divine doctor. I heard she’s a young girl who specializes in treating difficult and complicated diseases, she doesn’t take ordinary cases.”

Madam Jiang inquired from the patients at Xinglin Medical Hall, she didn’t know the name, but heard people call her Doctor Su, “You also have a connection with her, sharing the same surname, perhaps she’s even a relative.”

Su Mixue laughed, “So mysterious, seems like she’s quite capable, I’ll go meet her tomorrow.”

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Gu Huaizhi came out from the Xihe Academy and went to the Xinglin Medical Hall. Su Wan was supposed to finish making the wound medicine and return home today. But he missed her, Su Wan had returned home earlier.

He bought some vegetables and returned to the village, seeing an agarwood carriage parked at the entrance of the village, his eyebrows couldn’t help but twitch, he recognized this carriage as belonging to the An Yuan Marquis Mansion.

“Master Gu!” Aunt Wang stood by the vegetable garden under the osmanthus tree, waving at him, “Come here, I have something to tell you.”

Gu Huaizhi put away the thoughts in his eyes, walked towards Aunt Wang, and said gently, “Please speak.”

Aunt Wang glanced at the carriage, her expression particularly tense. She had been farming all her life and had never seen such an important person. Suddenly, a person who seemed to live in a divine world appeared, how could she not be in awe?

During this period, the Gu family’s life had been getting better and better. Aunt Wang pitied the family of orphans and widows and didn’t want to see the Gu family suffer any more misfortunes.

“I came from the fields today and saw a big shot in the village. I watched the excitement for a while before I realized that this big shot was the Princess Consort from the palace, and she is sisters with Young lady Gu.”

Aunt Wang observed Gu Huaizhi’s expression and saw that he looked gentle. She said softly, “Young lady Gu quarrelled with her, and the Princess Consort was crying on the side, apologizing to Young lady Gu, saying that she wanted to find a way to let her marry the crown prince.”