ebookland Chapter 336 Revealed in Public
Chapter 336 Revealed in Public
Han Yue's question was what everyone wanted, so everyone listened attentively.
Su Qingwan nodded neatly. The emperor's order was to save the face of King Rui and King Qi, otherwise they would be held accountable. Therefore, the reason why Su Yunrou became a concubine must not be revealed. However, the news of becoming a concubine would be known sooner or later. There was nothing wrong with Su Lihan saying it at this moment. Su Qingwan smiled calmly and said, "Yes, she will be the concubine of King Rui, not the wife of King Rui."
After the words were spoken, everyone was in disbelief, but all their eyes fell on Su Yunrou. There was shock and regret in their eyes, but more of it was anticipation.
You have to know that Prince Rui was a banished immortal with beautiful appearance. Many unmarried girls in the capital admired him and countless people wanted to marry him, but he was dismissive of others and only looked at Su Yunrou with a different eye.
Not only did he cancel his engagement with Su Qingwan for her, he also went to the lake to catch turtles for her. There was also a rumor that a certain prince liked to take a backseat, so he had been abolished by the emperor. This matter was widely circulated in Beijing, and even now, people in teahouses and bookstores are still telling this story!
Although it was later said that Prince Rui was ill, he was still a prince after all. A lean camel is bigger than a horse, and gossip is not necessarily true.
But the emperor granted marriage to Su Yunrou and Prince Rui, allowing them to finally become a couple due to their mutual affection. But how long has it been since then?
How come Su Yunrou's position as princess turned into that of an ordinary concubine?
The status of a concubine and a princess are as different as heaven and earth. The difference is not even a little bit.
Moreover, Su Yunrou is the legitimate daughter of the Marquis's family. She always acted high and mighty in the past. But now she has to be a concubine that is not wanted by the noble ladies. How ridiculous!
For a moment, many people looked at Su Yunrou with mocking eyes.
Su Yunrou was stunned on the spot. This was the thing she was most reluctant to mention, but now it was said in public by Su Lihan and Su Qingwan.
She now felt as if she had been stripped naked. Even though she didn't look around, she knew how contemptuously and disdainfully those people looked at her.
She couldn't help but bite her lip, the hatred in her heart grew wildly, and tears quickly condensed in her eyes. How could they do this?
She didn't think that she and they were all daughters of the Su family. If she became a concubine and had a bad reputation, wouldn't their reputations be damaged as well?
However, Su Yunrou didn't know that people outside had already regarded the affairs of the Marquis' Mansion's first wife as a joke until now.
What's more, most of the people present here are here for the third branch of the Su family. They don't have any good feelings towards the other two branches of the Su family, so how could it affect Su Qingwan's reputation?
"This is something I never expected. A noble lady from a marquis's mansion can marry an ordinary man and become his wife. There is no way she can become someone's concubine."
Even if there are, they rarely send their legitimate daughters there!
Moreover, Prince Rui is in poor health now, and the court affairs he was previously in charge of have been handed over to others. There is really no need for the Marquis Chengping's Mansion to involve Su Yunrou.
"I think Miss Su is deeply in love. She must have had some misfortune, but she is reluctant to leave Prince Rui. So she wants to stay with Prince Rui even if she becomes his concubine!"
"Hearing you put it that way, I understand."
The people around were talking in low voices, but the voices were not too low, so everyone could still hear them.
Su Yunrou was speechless. She thought of countless explanations, but none of them were as good as the reason the lady just gave for saying that she was deeply in love.
At least in this way, I still have a reputation of being infatuated, which is better than being fickle and restless as the emperor said.
But she still felt extremely depressed. Who wanted to be a concubine? She wanted to be the queen from beginning to end.
Who made Prince Rui useless?
If he was still favored by the emperor and had hope for that position, he would naturally not go to find Prince Qi. After all, it was Prince Rui who was useless.
And as for those two bitches Su Lihan and Su Qingwan, she will never let them go!
Su Yunrou tightly grasped the handkerchief, hating Su Lihan and Su Qingwan in her heart.
"Su Yunrou, you are just a concubine? Then why are you pretending in front of me? You are so disgusting!"
The woman sitting next to Su Yunrou stood up and took several steps back, as if she was avoiding the god of plague.
The other noble ladies who were sitting next to Su Yunrou also moved away. Although they didn't say anything, their actions clearly showed that they looked down on Su Yunrou.
Before Su Yunrou was the princess, they still wanted to have a good relationship with her, but now that she has become a concubine, how could they curry favor with her? And if they have a good relationship with her, what if it affects them? Or if the future Princess Rui gets jealous, they will have nowhere to cry.
The faces of the people in the Earl of Yongkang's mansion turned ugly. Their biggest wish for coming to the mansion today was to benefit from Princess Rui in the future, so that the younger generations in the family could find a better future.
But now Su Yunrou has become a concubine, and it may even affect the reputation of Liu family's daughter. It's really a sin!
"Mother, let's go home quickly. I was sitting with Su Yunrou just now. Will I be infected with bad luck?"
The person who was speaking was the granddaughter of Old Lady Liu. She was very favored in the Earl's Mansion. She had a very good relationship with Su Yunrou before. This time she came to the Marquis' Mansion because she knew that Su Yunrou had become a princess. She wanted to share in the good news. Who knows, maybe she could also become a princess.
But unexpectedly, instead of being blessed with good fortune, I was filled with bad luck.
"Sister Xue'er, how can you say that to me?" Su Yunrou felt even more aggrieved, with crystal clear tears streaming down her face.
But the people in the Earl's Mansion ignored her.
Madam Liu's eldest daughter-in-law pulled her daughter with heartache. She had the same idea as her daughter and was extremely disgusted with Su Yunrou at this time, and she disliked Liu even more.
"Liu, your daughter has become a concubine, why didn't you tell us at the Earl's Mansion? If you had told us earlier, we wouldn't have come to celebrate your birthday today! It's really unlucky."
Anyway, Liu Shi didn't win the favor of Old Madam Liu, so even if she scolded her in person, it wouldn't anger her mother-in-law.
After hearing this, Old Kang couldn't hold back any longer. She pushed away the old woman who was blocking her way and pointed at the eldest daughter-in-law of the Earl's Mansion and said angrily:
"Do you have the right to speak here? You have no manners!"
"Bah! People in our Earl's Mansion are the most polite. I only know that after Liu became your daughter-in-law, you taught her to be a bad person. Who knows, maybe Su Yunrou was willing to be a concubine because of you, an old whore."
Old Madam Liu would not allow anyone to speak ill of the Earl's Mansion, not even old Mrs. Kang, especially with so many ladies present, not to mention the old princess was also there, she had to protect the reputation of their Earl's Mansion.
Old Kang was so angry that she leaned back, trembling her fingers as she pointed at the Liu family, but she heard Old Madam Liu continue to say:
"You were a good person when you were young. You used despicable means to become the second wife of Marquis Chengping. Now that you are old, you have passed on all your despicable skills to your own granddaughter. Do you want her to become the first wife like you? Haha, you are so shameless!"