Yun Shu’s eyes flickered.
It seemed she could no longer hide it.
“I was indeed disfigured years ago, but I was later healed.”
Yun Changfeng’s eyes widened, filled with heartache. “You were truly disfigured? By whom?!”
“Father, I will avenge myself. You have many important matters to attend to. I can handle these small matters myself,” Yun Shu said gently.
Yun Changfeng felt a pang of sorrow, tears streaming down his face. “Father knew nothing. It was bad enough that you suffered cold stares every day and was poisoned into foolishness, but to not even know about your disfigurement! Father has failed you!”
He blamed himself!
He felt miserable!
Especially that Shu’er did not resent him.
She did not resent him, but he resented himself!
He hated himself for not being able to protect his and his wife’s daughter!
Seeing Yun Changfeng consumed by self-reproach, Yun Shu hugged his arm and said with a touch of playful coaxing, “Father, it’s all in the past! As the saying goes, ‘you can’t see the rainbow without the storm.’ Having weathered the storms, I can now face all kinds of harsh weather and those with ulterior motives, right? Moreover, I now have more important family to protect.”
These words made Yun Changfeng weep even more uncontrollably.
“Father, it’s truly all in the past. Look at my face, it’s smoother and fairer than it was years ago!” Yun Shu winked at Yun Changfeng and playfully pinched her cheek.
Yun Changfeng, through his tears, broke into a smile. “You’re still so childish! When you find a husband later, I’ll make sure to vet him carefully for you.”
“No one dares to marry me,” Yun Shu said.
“Nonsense!”
Yun Shu chuckled inwardly. If the person who wanted to marry her knew she had three children, they wouldn’t dare to take her so easily.
A moment later, Yun Changfeng left for his study to attend to his work.
Jing Heng then appeared before Yun Shu.
“Master.”
Yun Shu, eating grapes, looked up at Jing Heng. “What have you prepared to give them?”
When it came to using gifts to disgust people, no one was more skilled than Jing Heng.
Jing Heng had once scared people to death with his gifts.
Therefore, she was relieved to entrust this matter to Jing Heng.
Jing Heng replied, “Not human, but pig. Bought.”
Yun Shu’s lips twitched. She had expected him to send some small insects or the like to disgust the few of them, but this was beyond her imagination.
“Those assassins, you sent them to Ruan Xi?” Yun Shu asked.
“Yes, Master.” Jing Heng nodded.
Just then.
A figure rapidly appeared before Yun Shu and Jing Heng.
“It’s bad! Yun Xiao Jing has run off again!” Ruan Xi exclaimed in panic, gritting his teeth.
He was truly driven mad by Yun Xiao Jing!
That brat!
He would never have sons in the future!
“Run off again? How were you watching him?” Jing Heng looked at Ruan Xi with disdain.
Ruan Xi felt utterly wronged. “I had several dark guards watching him, but who knew he had the ability to evade them and escape? You know how capable Yun Xiao Jing is!”
Yun Shu put down the grapes in her hand. “There must be something in the capital that fascinates him, otherwise he wouldn’t have gone to such lengths to leave. Search the capital.”
Ruan Xi ran his hand through his hair, feeling that he was losing hair from being angered by Yun Xiao Jing lately. “This time, when I find him, I’ll watch him like a hawk!”
Yun Shu’s thoughts stirred. She considered the situation in the capital.
Yun Xiao Jing had grown up by her side, and she knew his personality very well.
Although he was mischievous, if he set his mind to do something, he would achieve it no matter how difficult it was.
Therefore, could it be…
Another idea surfaced.
A suspicion she had considered before but dismissed.
She narrowed her sharp eyes. “Ruan Xi, investigate the Prince Ye’s manor.”
She had been busy these past few days and hadn’t had time to visit Zhan Xiao Li at Prince Ye’s manor.
“Prince Ye’s manor? That’s rather difficult,” Ruan Xi said with a troubled frown. “In the capital, Prince Ye’s manor is the hardest to infiltrate. One wrong move and you could lose your life. Moreover, you’d be pursued by the people of Prince Ye’s manor.”
“I’ll go.” Jing Heng looked coldly at Ruan Xi, his eyes clearly conveying the words: timid.
Ruan Xi’s mouth twitched violently. “Fine, you go then! Let’s see if Prince Ye can catch you!”
Jing Heng raised an eyebrow. “Do you think I’m as useless as you are?”
While the two of them bickered, Yun Shu suddenly recalled a scene she had witnessed not long ago.
Even while seated in his wheelchair, Zhan Tian Ye had not been at a disadvantage against the fierce assassins. Instead, he had counterattacked with ruthless precision.
If she had fought him then, she would have had no hope of victory.
And on her two visits to Prince Ye’s manor, she had been discovered in a very short time.
She had even sparred with the same person twice.
That person was unfathomable.
If a mere dark guard of Prince Ye’s manor could be so inscrutable, let alone Zhan Tian Ye.
She suddenly felt that her chances of snatching the child from Zhan Tian Ye were slim!
She pursed her lips tightly, secretly resolving not to let Zhan Tian Ye know that, in addition to Zhan Xiao Li, he had another son!
“Prince Ye’s manor is indeed difficult to investigate. I’ll do it. I can also go to Prince Ye’s manor to see Zhan Xiao Li then.”
…
Yun Manor.
Yun Yue Yin’s expression became uncontrollable as she looked at Yun Ying, who was retching violently with a sallow complexion, and Yan Qi.
Before they returned, she had already sent someone to inquire about the situation.
The result was that the assassins she had hired had vanished without a trace, with no news whatsoever!
Seeing that it was getting late and the assassins had not sent back any news, she sensed that something was amiss.
Furthermore, the capital was calm, with no news of Yun Shu being disfigured.
As expected, when Yun Ying and Yan Qi returned and she heard their words, her face changed drastically.
Yun Shu had returned unharmed!
Those assassins had disappeared without a trace, as if they had never existed.
And yet, the carriage Yun Shu had arrived in was the very carriage she had ordered prepared!
How had Yun Shu managed to escape?
And where were those assassins now?
For a moment, her mind was filled with questions.
“Those things must have been sent over at a steady pace. It was too disgusting! Those viscera, whether human or something else, were bloody! Yun Shu was definitely warning us!” Yan Qi’s eyes were filled not only with hatred but also with fear.
Yun Ying, with a pale face, asked, “Eldest Sister, wasn’t it said that Yun Shu would be disgraced today?”
When she saw Yi Zi Xing appear at the General’s manor gate and observed the tranquil scene outside, she knew that Yi Zi Xing would no longer believe any rumors.
How hateful!
Yun Yue Yin narrowed her sinister eyes and gently pursed her lips. “I underestimated her.”
“She definitely knows it was us who tried to harm her. By sending that platter of things, she was definitely threatening us! Yue Yin, what should we do next?” Yan Qi quickly asked.
Yun Yue Yin lowered her eyes and took a sip of tea. “I will go to the General’s manor tomorrow.”