The Husband I Snatched Is Not Right!

Chapter 499 - 496: Ungrateful—You Think Others Owe You?

Yao Ru arrived at this moment.

She caught sight of Yu Tingwan from a distance.

Both pretended not to recognize each other.

Yu Tingwan greeted her.

Yao Ru looked at the angry Gu Wu beside her, the smiling Shen Zhiyi, and the seven or eight noblewomen behind them: "What’s happening here?"

Yu Tingwan: "Nothing."

She finally spoke up.

She felt very wronged.

Her innocent face lifted up.

"Maybe I’m just not likeable."

"It certainly isn’t because I did too well, and the Fifth Princess Consort fears I stole the spotlight and feels dissatisfied."

She ordered the servants around her to step aside.

Yu Tingwan opened her mouth and spoke.

"She wants to..."

"Even wants to take me down."

Shen Zhiyi: ...

She wondered why Yu Tingwan had been so quiet earlier, it turned out she was holding it in here.

Gu Wu looked incredulously at Yu Tingwan.

Quickly,

she nodded to Yao Ru: "That’s right! It’s too bullying!"

Shen Zhiyi: "What kind of bullying is this?"

"Don’t you see what she’s done? It’s a thankless job. Charity is a good deed; the ladies are just here to handle the accounts, all we need to do is honestly donate money, but she insists on complicating things. Even wants to help record merits."

Yu Tingwan sighed: "But everyone did donate money."

Shen Zhiyi told her: "You’re too naive. You don’t understand the twists and turns. The banquet hosted by the Fifth Princess Consort, the money collected is used by the Fifth Prince’s Mansion to buy rice and grain to transport to the disaster area. The commoners only know that the Fifth Princess Consort is doing her best. How can anyone else get any credit? It’s all to the Fifth Princess Consort’s credit."

The women who were not part of the Fifth Prince Faction began to whisper.

"Why wasn’t it Duke Shun Mansion hosting the charity? The General’s Wife is fair."

"Natural disasters aren’t caused by us, we’re willing to do good, but we can’t let the Fifth Princess Consort take all the credit, can we?"

When you throw gold in water, you can still hear the splash.

Those close by and well-informed might know it was the Fifth Princess Consort who gathered the court women for donations.

But the Fifth Princess Consort specifically pointed out someone.

Their group was simply encompassed in the vague term ’court women’.

Originally, it didn’t seem like much.

But with the contrast to Yu Tingwan, who could feel comfortable?

Yao Ru: "Ladies, please stay."

Yao Ru glanced around, coldly stepping forward. Her aura was strong, nonchalantly overshadowing the Fifth Princess Consort.

The Fifth Princess Consort didn’t look fondly upon her.

Her husband wasn’t as capable as her own.

Nor was her family background as good as hers.

But recently, everyone outside was fixated on Ying Yin, saying he possessed Dragon Energy.

If she acted arrogantly and disregarded hierarchy, she might be criticized for not respecting the Second Prince Consort, implying she aimed to become Empress.

The Fifth Princess Consort had to modestly bow towards Yao Ru and called out: "Second Imperial Sister-in-law."

After understanding the whole story, Yao Ru handed the sleeping Dun to the maid behind her: "This is the fault of the sister-in-law."

She smiled faintly: "The General’s Wife, considerate of your overwhelming busyness, dutifully assisted you, fearing understaffing errors, especially called over the Young Madam of Marquis Zhongyong Mansion and Miss Gu."

"The Young Madam of Marquis Zhongyong Mansion learned accounting from the Imperial Concubine in the palace, and Miss Gu learned from Princess Jiasan. There’s no need for me to elaborate on their skills."

"It’s not like just anyone can easily invite these two; it’s due to the General’s Wife’s personal connections."

"Are you ungrateful, thinking they owe you?"

She spoke quite directly.

Not sparing any face for the Fifth Princess Consort.

The Fifth Princess Consort laughed in anger.

Crazy!

When did Yao Ru dare to speak to her like this!

Who gave you the nerve?

Is it Ying Zhi!

A cripple, dreaming of competing for the throne with him?

"You!"

"Imperial Sister-in-law, is it appropriate to criticize me right upon arrival?"

Everyone present was sharp, not daring to breathe.

"I wouldn’t dare to criticize sister-in-law."

Yao Ru had the authority of managing the household ingrained in her. Her skirt’s golden threads shimmered in the daylight, and wherever her gaze swept, those caught by it instinctively straightened their backs by three degrees.

"I’m merely reminding that this is a charity, not a stage for any particular person’s spotlight, collected gold and gems should be converted to grain for the disaster victims."

"As for the process, is it important if others are involved? Or does the Fifth Sister-in-law have other motives, trying to use power for gain?"

"The banquet preparations alone took days, quite a delay. You might be able to afford the delay, but can hungry disaster victims wait?"

"How am I to trust you can promptly convert everything to silver notes to buy rice and grain, and have it transported to the disaster area in time?"

She had no intention of competing with the Fifth Princess Consort, only raising her hand.

Instructing the servants carrying several loads of gold and silver behind her: "Deliver them to Duke Shun Mansion."

Yao Ru: "I actually feel, the General’s Wife is more reliable than you."

This was an outright slap in the face and sabotage.

The Fifth Princess Consort’s face turned completely dark: ???

"Yao Ru!"

She gritted her teeth, "Are you deliberately trying to cause me trouble!"

"You—"

The women supporting the Second Prince Faction, seeing the scene, all stood up and walked behind Yao Ru.

"I take my leave."

"I take my leave."

"I take my leave..."

"I..."

The Fifth Princess Consort: ???

Those people then walked over to Yu Tingwan to pay respects.

"I’m afraid to trouble the General’s wife."

Yu Tingwan hesitated, "Isn’t this bad, we’ll offend the Fifth Princess Consort a lot."

Yao Ru: "The capable should do more. It must be worth it for Young Madam Wei to offend the Fifth Princess Consort for the disaster victims, right?"

A big hat indeed.

Yu Tingwan put it on.

She looked at the Fifth Princess Consort, very innocently, in a soft voice, "I just have too noble a character, however, the disaster victims being taken care of should be the original intention of the Fifth Princess Consort."

This blocked all of the Fifth Princess Consort’s words.

Yu Tingwan caught a glimpse of quite a few still standing motionless.

She knew there were those from the Fifth Prince Faction, and those neutral, with families not involved in faction struggles.

The latter, each had a hesitant expression.

Apparently wanting to take leave but afraid of offending the Fifth Princess Consort.

Yu Tingwan understood, her offer was not tempting enough yet.

She smiled and said.

"Oh right. I just glanced earlier, the ladies offered quite a lot."

"My suggestion is, if this money is used to buy grain, buy coarse grain, you can buy more."

"In the disaster area, the rain doesn’t stop. The convoy carrying goods must set up a canopy, sealing it to prevent the grain from getting damp and moldy."

"Then use bright vermillion to write on the outside who made the donation."

Everyone’s thoughts were stirred, all looked at her.

Yu Tingwan: "It’s up to everyone, what to write on top."

She looked at Shen Zhiyi’s mother.

"Mrs. Shen, why not let the younger generation help decide, you can write, ’Shen Quan of the Ministry of the Imperial Household in Shangjing and his wife Mrs. Shen Wu jointly contribute to the charity event.’"

The crowd was stirred.

This isn’t just for the Empress Dowager to see.

This is for all the people in the world to see.

It’s not only beneficial for the husband’s career, but it also gives these women a chance to shine.

How dignified and glorious!

Is there even a choice!

More people stepped up.

"I take my leave."

"I..."

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Citizens passing by the Fifth Prince Mansion, looking at the carriages parked at the entrance, praised endlessly.

"The Fifth Princess Consort’s charity is truly commendable."

"She genuinely cares about the people. Otherwise, why would she host a fundraising banquet?"

No one knew when, but the word outside changed.

"What Fifth Princess Consort, those ladies handed their donations to the General’s wife."

"Why? Could the Fifth Princess Consort be embezzling?"

"Don’t be surprised, the Fifth Prince’s uncle is a major corrupt official, he embezzled the Court’s disaster relief silver, so what if his wife embezzles some of the ladies’ money?"

Someone agreed.

"That’s right, the Duke Shun Mansion is more reliable. If it were me, I’d choose the General’s wife too."

Some were puzzled.

"Is that true? If so, why haven’t those ladies come out? So much time has passed."

The Wei Family Army mixed among them.

"I know!"

He was very proud.

"It’s because the General’s wife is very courteous. She considered the hassle of coming and going, which would delay time. She wanted to quickly tally and purchase grain to fill the disaster victims’ stomachs. She also considered that the Fifth Princess Consort hosted the banquet with food prepared, and it’s really impolite to leave halfway."

"So they stayed."

The Wei Family Army: "Just don’t know what happened, maybe the Fifth Princess Consort was too moved and fainted."

The citizens: ...

Probably out of anger.

But...

Someone carefully worded it.

"So, the Fifth Princess Consort worked hard, set up such a big stage, afraid that no one in Shangjing wouldn’t know she’s hosting a fundraiser, but..."

After all the fuss.

"She just provided the venue?"