She hadn't heard a word of what Yun Yueyin was mumbling about.
Minister Liu was a man of good appearance, with a respectable face.
Acha bore a strong resemblance to him.
Yet, he was the one who had destroyed Acha with his own hands.
A beast in sheep's clothing.
"Yun Shu, are you even listening to me?" Yun Yueyin noticed that Yun Shu wasn't even looking at her, as if she hadn't heard her words at all. She was so angry that she wanted to discipline Yun Shu as she used to.
Yun Shu withdrew her gaze and looked at the impatient Yun Yueyin, snorting coldly, "Yun Yueyin, kneel down and beg me, kowtow five thousand times, then shout loudly that Yun Yueyin is a slut, Yun Yueyin likes to eat dog shit, Yun Yueyin is a bastard, shout those five thousand times too, and I might forgive you. Then your face, if I'm in a good mood, I might help you fix it."
What tempting conditions!
That face, apart from her, no one in this world could save.
Yun Yueyin's apricot eyes widened, filled with disbelief, "You! You! I've already humbled myself and apologized, don't push it too far! Yun Shu, you used to beg me to treat you better. Now I've come to make peace, and you want to humiliate me?! And my face, my face is fine, just not sleeping well! Who do you think you are? You can help me fix my face? Yun Shu, I'll ask you one last time, do you insist on opposing me? You know, opposing me will lead to no good end for you!"
"You refuse the opportunity, don't come begging me on your knees later!"
Damn it!
The next moment.
Yun Yueyin's eyes widened again.
*Slap!*
A slap that allowed no resistance, no chance to dodge!
She immediately covered her face, "You dare hit me in the palace!"
"Yun Yueyin, don't come here looking for death! Get out!" Yun Shu coldly roared.
Yun Yueyin trembled all over in shock.
The Yun Shu before her had no trace of her former self.
Yun Shu's peripheral vision caught sight of Zhan Ming approaching.
Her eyes flickered. Since an opportunity had presented itself, it would be a disservice to Yun Yueyin's good intentions if she didn't seize it! Besides, Yun Yueyin and Zhan Ming were using her son together, wasn't that right? Did Xiao Feng not need a mother?
"Yun Yueyin, whose child are you carrying? It's not just a rumor that the Regent King cannot have children. You're letting the Regent King become a father to someone else's child, how nice!"
Yun Yueyin's face changed drastically, "Yun Shu! Don't talk nonsense! Don't say I'm not pregnant, but even if I were, it would be the Regent King's child, absolutely not someone else's!"
Impossible, only a few people in the Yun manor knew about her pregnancy, and the divine physician knew.
She believed the divine physician wouldn't tell anyone, but how did Yun Shu know she was pregnant?
"You've been pregnant for almost three months, haven't you? Tsk tsk," Yun Shu retorted with a half-smile.
Yun Yueyin's face immediately turned deathly pale.
It felt as if all her secrets were known to Yun Shu, a terrifying sensation.
Impossible, Yun Shu absolutely couldn't know!
Yun Shu saw Zhan Ming approaching and stopped. Her gaze towards Yun Yueyin flashed with a fierce killing intent.
But soon, Zhan Ming returned to his usual self, his seductive demeanor unchanged, and walked towards them.
Yun Yueyin hadn't seen Zhan Ming at first, but suddenly, she did.
She was immediately terrified.
"Your Highness..."
How much had he heard?
Had he heard it all?
Damn it! Yun Shu must have done it on purpose! She hadn't even fully investigated whether he could have children, and now her secret was exposed by Yun Shu!
"This King has long known of Yueyin's pregnancy, and the child in her womb is this King's, it can never be anyone else's! Second Miss Yun, tell this King, who slandered this King in front of you?" Zhan Ming questioned with a sinister expression.
Yun Yueyin breathed a sigh of relief. She had worried too much!
Hmph!
She had almost believed Yun Shu, truly thought he was infertile!
She sneered and asked Yun Shu, "Yes, who slandered you? It's simply too detestable! Do you not know the consequences of slandering His Highness the Regent King?!"
"Whether it's slander or not, the Regent King knows best. However, if the Regent King says the news is false, then it is false. It's a pity, I know someone who is particularly skilled at treating infertility; almost everyone who is infertile seeks her out and she can cure them. It seems she won't be needed." Yun Shu stood with her hands behind her back, her beautiful eyes smiling as she looked at them.
A willing victim and a willing perpetrator. Yun Yueyin's belly held another man's seed, and the Regent King became a father to it, well, a perfect match!
With that, she turned and headed in another direction.
"Stop!"
A command.
Yun Shu turned back to Zhan Ming, "Does His Highness the Regent King have anything else?"
"Who slandered this King in front of you? Speak!" Zhan Ming pressed.
Yun Shu chuckled, "The Regent King is so enraged, and takes this matter so seriously. I would think the Regent King truly has a problem in that area, or perhaps that the child in Yun Yueyin's womb is not yours."
Zhan Ming's face immediately turned as black as charcoal, his eyes sinister.
Meanwhile, Yun Yueyin's heart, which had just settled, was once again in her throat.
"Utter nonsense! Yun Shu, you are shameless! Not only do you slander me, but you dare to slander the Regent King!"
Yun Shu was almost amused to death by Yun Yueyin's self-deception, "Is it really slander?"
This rhetorical question made Yun Yueyin's face turn even paler, and she was momentarily speechless.
She could only watch as Yun Shu walked away.
Her body stiffened, and as she regained her senses, she said, "Your Highness, Yun Shu has gone too far. She actually slandered Your Highness like this! And slandered me too. Alas! She truly hates me to the bone!"
"Whose child is in your womb?" Zhan Ming suddenly lowered his voice, his tone extremely grim, exuding a strong sense of oppression.
Yun Yueyin's face turned ashen with shock, "Your Highness, it's yours!"
Could it be...
Could it be that everything Yun Shu said was true?!
The more she thought about it, the more uneasy she became.
Zhan Ming narrowed his dark, sinister eyes.
After an unknown period of time, Yun Yueyin felt as if she were about to faint.
Her fear had reached its peak.
Zhan Ming suddenly smiled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes and held a hint of something that made Yun Yueyin's heart tremble.
"It is indeed this King's."
...
After Yun Shu walked away, she arrived at a certain place.
She stood in a dark corner.
A place not easily discovered.
Most of the palace staff were at the Feast of a Thousand Autumns, too busy to attend to anything else.
She saw Minister Liu and his wife, Madam Wang, with a girl of twelve or thirteen, surrounding Acha.
The girl was arrogant and cursed incessantly.
She pointed at Acha.
From a distance, others would naturally not be able to hear.
Yun Shu could hear some of it.
"Whose servant are you to dare bump into me? Kneel down and apologize quickly, or I'll report you to your master and have them punish you!" the girl scolded furiously.
Madam Wang, who always disregarded human lives and paid no heed to the lives of servants, threatened coldly, "Slap yourself fifty times to appease Xiao'er, or this wife will absolutely not let you off!"