"Can't we just explain things clearly to the Regent?" Madam Yang furrowed her brows tightly and pushed away Wen Shu, who was blocking her way.
A mere short-sighted maid dared to lecture her!
How audacious!
"Madam, you mustn't!" Wen Shu hastily tried to stop her.
But she was held back by the elderly wet nurse beside Madam Yang.
The wet nurse said, "You are just a mere maid beside the young lady, relying on her constant trust. Now that the young lady has fainted and the Regent has broken off the engagement, if you can't offer advice, you're actually trying to stop Madam from turning the tide? Have you grown disloyal to the young lady? Get out of the way, and don't block Madam anymore, or Madam might have you sold off!"
Wen Shu was stunned and didn't react for a long time, looking at the wet nurse with disbelief.
Then she numbly watched the receding back of Madam Yang.
Her face pale, she looked at Yun Yueyin, who was lying unconscious on the bed, "Young lady, what should we do now!"
She couldn't stop Madam!
Soon, Madam Yang left the Yun Residence and rushed to the Regent's Mansion.
On the way, Madam Yang kept muttering to herself, the Regent must have been deceived by someone. He certainly wouldn't be so heartless towards Yueyin! Everyone in the capital knew how much the Regent doted on Yueyin!
With this unbelievable conviction, Madam Yang arrived at the Regent's Mansion.
The carriage stopped, and she lifted the curtain, about to alight.
Suddenly, she froze, staring in disbelief at Zhan Ming, who was about to enter the mansion.
He was embracing a seductive woman as he walked into the residence.
The woman clung to him like a boneless snake, almost pressing her entire body against him.
Their conversation made Madam Yang's eyes widen even further.
"Your Highness, did the eldest daughter of the Yun family truly betray Your Highness?"
"That woman dares to betray this prince, and I will never forgive her!"
"This humble one heard that the person Yun da jiejie had an illicit affair with was a beggar. I wonder if it's true? Your Highness, please tell this humble one, won't you?"
"Since you are so obedient and sensible, this prince will tell you. Whether the person she had an affair with was a beggar is not important, but the child in her belly is not mine."
Madam Yang's mind reeled, and she watched in terror as Zhan Ming and his concubine entered the mansion.
Hesitantly, she did not alight from the carriage.
Because the Regent's tone was too certain!
If there weren't irrefutable evidence, the Regent wouldn't be so heartless towards Yueyin!
"How could Yueyin be so foolish!" Madam Yang was in a state of utter confusion, like an ant on a hot pan, panicking and not knowing what to do.
On the way back, the streets and alleys were already buzzing with discussions about the day's events in the palace.
In the past, she would have gloated upon hearing such news, but now, Yueyin was so detested by everyone in the capital! They were all saying Yun Yueyin had broken her womanly virtue.
Meanwhile, Yun Shu, who had given birth to three sons for Prince Ye, was now hailed by many as someone who had risen in status through her children!
Madam Yang's teeth nearly shattered from clenching them so hard.
Upon returning to the Yun Residence, she ran into Yun Dezhi, who was staggering and equally distraught.
Yun Dezhi's face was filled with ferocity. "I'm going to beat Yueyin to death! She actually dared to betray the Regent! And made the Regent break off the engagement! She has utterly disgraced me in front of my colleagues! Do you know that I was just catching up with some colleagues, and after they heard about Yueyin, they actually threw me out! They threw me out alone!"
He held a long wooden stick and was heading aggressively towards Yun Yueyin's room.
Although Madam Yang was beside herself with worry, she still protected Yun Yueyin. "Master, you must not! Yueyin is still unconscious. We must wait for her to wake up and ask her about the situation! Heaven will surely help us and will not watch us walk to our doom!"
"What pipe dream are you having?! Look at the daughter you raised. The child in her belly is not the Regent's! The Regent wants to send us to our doom, do you think we have any other way out? I must beat her to death!" Yun Dezhi was furious, and using the stick, he first struck Madam Yang several times.
Madam Yang cried out in pain.
Yun Dezhi strode towards Yun Yueyin's room.
The once peaceful courtyard was suddenly filled with Madam Yang's screams and Yun Dezhi's curses.
The servants trembled in fear.
Old Madam Yun was bedridden and ill. Upon hearing the commotion outside and then hearing a servant recount the day's events in the palace,
Old Madam Yun's body trembled violently. She suddenly couldn't catch her breath and coughed uncontrollably.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
"Old Madam, please take care of yourself! This is all just gossip for now. We won't know the truth until the eldest young lady wakes up. The eldest young lady has been intelligent since childhood and wouldn't do such foolish things. Old Madam, please relax and don't worry." The old wet nurse persuaded her earnestly.
It took Old Madam Yun a while to catch her breath. She waved her hand repeatedly. "Don't try to persuade me anymore. Before, I could still fantasize, but now, cough, cough, cough... Yueyin must have done something to wrong the Regent!"
The old wet nurse was stunned, and worry flickered in her eyes.
What would happen to the Yun Residence now?
Would the Regent seek to exterminate the eldest young lady and the entire Yun family?
"Old Madam, shall we, shall we beg the General to help the Yun family?" the old wet nurse proposed worriedly.
Old Madam Yun, however, frowned and shook her head. "You saw Changfeng's attitude after our several attempts to stir trouble at the General's mansion. He will never forgive us, nor will he allow us back into the General's mansion. Cough, cough, cough... I never imagined this day would come!"
The old wet nurse sighed in agreement. "Old Madam, what should we do now?"
Old Madam Yun gritted her teeth. "What else can we do? No matter what, Changfeng is my son. If it truly comes to the point where we can't hold on any longer, I can only risk it and go find him again! But not now. It must be when we are truly at our last resort!"
The old wet nurse sighed helplessly.
Over there, when Yun Dezhi rushed into Yun Yueyin's room, Yun Yueyin was still unconscious.
Her disfigured face was clearly revealed to Yun Dezhi.
Drunk, Yun Dezhi's courage was greatly amplified, and his eyes were filled with hatred. The more he looked at Yun Yueyin, the more his hatred grew.
She had made him lose face in the capital!
"I'll beat you to death, you unfilial daughter! I'll beat you to death, you scoundrel!"
He raised the wooden stick and fiercely brought it down towards Yun Yueyin on the bed.
Bang, bang!
Wen Shu was so terrified that she didn't have time to intervene.
Madam Yang, who had rushed over, saw Yun Dezhi beating Yun Yueyin like a madman and cried out in despair, "Master! You are too foolish! How could you hurt Yueyin!"
The unconscious Yun Yueyin finally woke up. She let out a few pained cries. Seeing Yun Dezhi about to hit her again, she shouted angrily, "Father, are you insane?"
"Father, how dare you hit me!"
Yun Dezhi was furious and scolded, "If you hadn't betrayed the Regent and done something to wrong him, how could I have lost face?!"