In the Chen family's mansion, the dowry of ten thousand taels became the focus of everyone's attention, but Zhang's mother's firm opposition failed to stop the progress of this marriage.

At this point, she knew she was powerless to change the situation and could only accept it silently.

However, Zhang Chunru, who married into the marquis's mansion, did not have the happy life she had imagined.

Although the dowry was rich, it did not fall into her hands. The wife of Wu'an Marquis withheld all the gold and silver jewelry, precious cloth and silver for various reasons, claiming that they were kept for safekeeping, but in fact locked them up in her own private vault.

Zhang Chunru was dissatisfied but helpless, so she tried to argue with the wife of Marquis Wu'an, but was ruthlessly rejected and treated coldly.

Instead of paying attention to her protest, the wife of Marquis Wu'an ordered that she be found another place to live.

She was no longer Yi Han's concubine, so she could not stay in his residence. So she was arranged to live in Xiyang Garden next to Zhao Songyan's yard. Although the name of Xiyang Garden was beautiful, it was actually a barren land with weeds, dilapidated gates, and piles of sundries that no one cared about.

Zhang Chunru looked at the dilapidated scene with a burning rage in his heart, almost exploding with anger.

"How could she treat me like this? I will go back and tell my brother!" Zhang Chunru shouted angrily. However, Qiao'er held her tightly and advised with tears in her eyes: "Miss, please stop making trouble. You have already married into the Marquis's Mansion, and the adults can't control the affairs of the inner house. The Madam has even strictly ordered that you are not allowed to step out of the Marquis's Mansion, and you are not even allowed to go back to your parents' home."

Zhang Chunru was furious when she heard this. She didn't believe that the wife of Marquis Wu'an could cover up everything, and she didn't believe that she would be trapped in this small mansion.

So, she rushed to the gate desperately, but was stopped by two strong servants. They told her expressionlessly: "Madam has ordered that you are not allowed to leave the house."

Zhang Chunru laughed in anger, pointed at the servant's nose and cursed: "Who are you? How dare you block my way? Get out of here!" However, her threat did not have any effect.

The servant just replied coldly: "Please respect yourself, Auntie. Madam has ordered that if the young mistress insists on leaving the house, she will have to be tied up and taken back."

Zhang Chunru couldn't believe her ears. She raised her hand and hit the servant hard in the face.

However, her nails only left two shallow bloody marks on the servant's face, but failed to stop their actions.

As if they were prepared, they took out ropes from their waists and quickly wrapped them around her.

Zhang Chunru was so angry that she was shaking all over and yelled, "You two dogs! How dare you treat your master like this! If my brother knew about this, he would tear you into pieces!" However, her threat did not frighten the servants at all.

They just replied coldly: "Since you don't want to drink the wine for punishment, don't blame us for being rude."

At this moment, a cold and majestic voice suddenly rang out: "Stop!" Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Liu Prajna walking slowly towards them with her maid.

Her appearance made everyone present feel a little uneasy.

However, Liu Prajna ignored the gazes and ordered coldly, "Untie them quickly! I will tell Madam if there is anything wrong."

Upon hearing this, the servants looked at each other and finally chose to obey Liu Banruo's order and loosen the ropes.

Zhang Chunru looked at Liu Banruo with a hint of gratitude in her eyes, but she did not leave immediately. Instead, she stood there, looked at her in confusion and asked, "Why are you helping me?"

Liu Prajna glanced at her calmly and said, "I'm not trying to help you, I just don't want to see you act so impulsively. What if you really step out of this door to find your brother? What can he do for you?"

Zhang Chunru was stunned when he heard this and then retorted: "Why do you say that? My brother dotes on me and loves me, so he will never let me suffer this injustice!" However, Liu Prajna just shook her head slowly and said: "Although you swear, I know that this is not the case. Although your brother dotes on you, he knows how to judge the situation and protect himself. He will never make an enemy of the Marquis's Mansion for your private affairs, and he will not offend the wife of Marquis Wu'an because of this. So you'd better give up this idea."

Zhang Chunru stood there in a daze as if struck by lightning when she heard this.

She had never thought that her brother would be so useless and she had never thought that she would end up like this.

As she looked at Liu Banruo's cold and determined eyes, she couldn't help but feel an unprecedented despair and helplessness in her heart.

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