Lu Ruoyun glared furiously at the Second Prince, "Are you going to slap my face for Su Qingyue?"
A flicker of hatred crossed the Second Prince's eyes. "Look at yourself now. Do you still have any semblance of a mistress of the household? Which prince's consort acts like you, like a madwoman, disgracing the entire prince's mansion! What are you all standing around for? Hurry and send her back! Without my command, the consort shall not step out of her courtyard."
"You're confining me?" Lu Ruoyun shrieked, tearing at the Second Prince like a maniac. Da Feng Novel Network
Startled, the wet nurses quickly restrained Lu Ruoyun, preventing her from moving.
"You intentionally harmed the imperial heir. Confining you is already showing leniency due to our past relationship," the Second Prince stated. "I don't wish to dwell on past transgressions. The sins do not extend to married daughters. If you behave yourself, you will certainly have a place in the prince's mansion. But if you court death, then you cannot blame me for being heartless."
"Behave myself? You tell me to behave myself? My father and mother are imprisoned, the Lu family is falling, and you tell me to behave myself? Zhao Chen, the Lu family is your maternal family! Can you bear to watch the Lu family collapse?" Lu Ruoyun wailed.
Maternal family? The Second Prince sneered.
Such a maternal family was better off without.
He had just entered the palace when his father brought his tutor to him.
The tutor said that he was originally very intelligent and, with proper guidance, would surely achieve great things. But as a result, under the instructions of his maternal grandfather, the tutor constantly belittled him, making him feel stupid. Over time, he lost the desire to learn anything.
What was the purpose of making him incompetent? It was to control him and usurp the Zhao clan's empire.
The Lu family harbored wolfish ambitions; their downfall was deserved.
Not to mention the numerous crimes of the Lu family he had heard from the Prefect of Jingzhao.
His father had trusted the Lu family implicitly. Instead of repaying that trust, the Lu family had used it to form factions, commit all sorts of wicked deeds, and attempt to overthrow the dynasty.
"If the Lu family were not my maternal family, and you were unrighteous, but I still remembered loyalty, do you think you would still be comfortably residing in the prince's mansion? His Majesty is merciful. Even with so many transgressions, the Lu family was merely detained. It did not implicate any other members of the Lu clan," the Second Prince said.
"What does it matter to me how those clansmen are? If not for the Lu family's support, would they be living so well? Why is it that the Lu family is imprisoned, but they are unharmed?" Lu Ruoyun was almost hysterical.
This woman had completely lost her mind, saying anything that came to her tongue.
The Second Prince sighed and waved his hand wearily. "Hurry and take her away! Keep a close eye on her. She is not to step out of her courtyard."
"Zhao Chen, may you die a horrible death," Lu Ruoyun shrieked hysterically.
Su Qingyue watched all of this unfold. So this was the Lu Ruoyun she knew, utterly incapable of withstanding a single blow.
With the Lu family as her backing, she was the glorious Lu Ruoyun.
Once the Lu family fell, she became this unhinged.
It was truly laughable.
At this moment, unless she wanted to go down with the Lu family, the obvious course of action would be to stay quietly in her courtyard and avoid public view. Relying on her childhood bond with the Second Prince, she could have lived a peaceful life.
But now? She was spewing the most offensive words. Da Feng Novel.
Even if the Lu family's actions had already disgusted the Second Prince, if the Lu family were still safe and sound, her insults would still create a rift in his heart.
After all, the Second Prince was never a magnanimous person.
Lu Ruoyun was gagged and dragged away. The Second Prince straightened his disheveled clothes before striding into the courtyard, personally helping Su Qingyue up. He asked gently, "A Yue, were you frightened?"