The gatekeeper remained motionless.
He watched Yun Shu, awaiting her command.
The General had decreed that regardless of his presence, all household affairs were to be handled by the young lady.
"The Yun family has long since expelled my father from the clan registry. The General's mansion has no connection to the Yun family. Speak whatever you have to say here," Yun Shu said coldly.
Yun Yueyin's eyes were chilling, like a venomous snake. She had underestimated Yun Shu!
In just a few days, the people of the General's mansion had become so obedient to Yun Shu.
The closer she looked, the more Yun Shu's face seemed not to be a disguise.
Just as she was about to speak, a sudden, intense pain struck her head.
She pressed her head.
Turning to Old Madam Yun and Madam Yang, she said, "Grandmother, Mother, let's return to the mansion."
"Yueyin, what's wrong..." Madam Yang was stunned. Why were they leaving so suddenly?
Yun Yueyin's face was pale, and her headache intensified. "I'm tired."
"Ah, alright, alright, we'll leave now." Old Madam Yun doted on Yun Yueyin like her own treasure and couldn't bear to see her suffer.
She had no time to reprimand Yun Shu now.
Seeing Yun Yueyin's terrifyingly pale face, Madam Yang felt a tremor of fear. "Let's go, let's go quickly."
After hastily boarding the carriage,
Yun Yueyin, enduring her dizziness and nausea, stared sharply at Yun Shu. "You'll be begging me to return soon. Yun Shu, don't forget what happened a few years ago. Your secret is in my hands."
Her voice, neither too loud nor too soft, was heard by many.
A secret?
Huh? xxs
What secret does the second daughter of the Yun family have?
"I thought you had forgotten what happened a few years ago. It's good that you haven't."
Yun Shu's lips curved upwards, the smile in her beautiful eyes resembling a blooming datura flower, so radiant and vibrant, yet also chilling and piercing.
Then,
As Yun Yueyin's eyes widened, Yun Shu added, "Yun Yueyin, I'm back."
With a single "I'm back."
Her expression instantly turned cold and stern.
This startled Yun Yueyin, and her heart trembled fiercely.
The carriage moved.
Yun Yueyin wanted to confirm something else. She lifted the carriage curtain, intending to look again, but instead saw Yun Shu's retreating back as she entered the mansion.
Such a decisive and resolute back.
Yun Yueyin narrowed her eyes, her expression growing even more sinister.
The next moment,
"Ugh!"
"Pfft!"
The carriage instantly filled with a foul stench.
Madam Yang's face turned ashen with shock. "Yueyin, what's wrong with you?"
"I... pfft..."
After vomiting again,
Yun Yueyin could finally catch her breath and replied to Madam Yang, "Ever since Yun Shu hit me, I've been dizzy and nauseous. Mother, order someone to find a doctor, quickly!"
"What?! That damnable little slut! I won't let her get away with this!" Madam Yang was almost exploding with anger.
Her precious daughter, who was soon to be the most envied side consort of the Regent in the entire capital, had been beaten by Yun Shu!
Yun Yueyin's head spun violently, and she was too weak to say anything else. She frowned and closed her eyes tightly.
She would make Yun Shu regret confronting her head-on today!
How dare she hit her in front of everyone and talk back to her!
Even making her lose face in public.
Seeing that Yun Yueyin had no strength left, Madam Yang quickly instructed someone outside, "One person go down and fetch a doctor from the medical hall! Quickly!"
In another carriage, Old Madam Yun's face was ashen with rage.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became.
"That damnable wretch, she wouldn't even call me Grandmother and even shut me out! Just wait until I see Chang Feng, I'll have him kick her out!"
Aunt Xiao and Yun Ying, sitting beside her, quickly tried to pacify Old Madam Yun.
A moment later,
Suddenly!
From behind them, a violent sound erupted from Yun Yueyin's carriage.
The carriage wheel flew off!
Yun Yueyin and Madam Yang tumbled out of the carriage together.
Yun Yueyin, who was already feeling unwell, as she fell from the carriage,
With a loud bang, she collided with the flying carriage wheel.
Instantly, blood gushed from her forehead!
"Ah!"
"What happened?!"
"The carriage wheel broke off!"
"Ah! Yueyin!"
Seeing this, Old Madam Yun's eyes widened in shock. She couldn't catch her breath, and coupled with her previous anger, she fainted on the spot!
Aunt Xiao and Yun Ying were stunned.
No one noticed that not far away, on the second floor of a tea house,
Yun Shu was fiddling with a small stone in her hand.
"Master's inner strength has increased again!" Jing Heng, though his expression was impassive, was inwardly extremely shocked.
At this distance, with just a small stone, she could make the wheel of a speeding carriage fall off.
He himself couldn't do it.
Yun Shu smiled faintly, watching Madam Yang and the others frantically carry the unconscious Yun Yueyin, who had hit her head, back into the carriage. She instructed Jing Heng, "Go and see which doctor they've found. Find a way to switch the medicine. I want Yun Yueyin to taste what it's like to be disfigured."
"Yes, Master!" Jing Heng obeyed and immediately vanished like a ghost from the tea house.
...
Inside the small Yun mansion, chaos ensued.
No one expected that a mere visit to the General's mansion would result in such pandemonium upon their return.
The doctor they found was the most famous physician in the capital.
Upon seeing the wound on Yun Yueyin's forehead and taking her pulse, his face changed in shock. "This, this, the injury is not minor! Moreover, moreover, young lady Yun is pregnant!"
"What?!" Madam Yang shrieked incredulously.
This!
Pregnancy?
The Regent's offspring!
Madam Yang's heart, which had been in her throat, pounded at the doctor's words. "Are you sure?"
"I've been practicing medicine for many years. How could I mistake a simple happy pulse?" the old doctor said, puffing out his beard indignantly.
Madam Yang quickly said, "I hope this matter remains confidential and is not revealed to anyone."
"Rest assured," the old doctor nodded. He was always tight-lipped. "However, the most important thing now is young lady Yun's forehead injury. And judging by her weak pulse, she seems to have suffered some blow and needs recuperation. But now, with young lady Yun pregnant, this..."
"The child must be protected! As for the injury on her forehead, it must not leave a scar. You must have heard the news outside; she is soon to marry the Regent," Madam Yang said anxiously.
Yun Yueyin suddenly opened her eyes weakly. Her first words were, "My forehead cannot be scarred."
"Yueyin, it's wonderful that you've woken up. Yueyin, you are carrying the Regent's child!" Madam Yang said eagerly.
This was indeed wonderful news!
Yun Yueyin was first stunned, then, as if waking from a dream, she said joyfully, "That's great!"
She grabbed the old doctor's arm. "My forehead absolutely cannot be scarred!"
"I will do my best."
...
Night King's Mansion.
Zhan Xiao Li voluntarily went to find Yun Xiao Jing.
Yun Xiao Jing was napping.
Upon waking, he saw Zhan Xiao Li by his bed.
He was startled.
"Brother, do you miss me?"
Coming to his bedside to guard him, did Zhan Xiao Li watch him the entire time he was asleep?
Zhan Xiao Li's small face was cold. "I don't miss you. I need to talk to you about something."
"What is it? You are my brother. As long as you say it, I will definitely help you!" Yun Xiao Jing was absolutely accommodating to Zhan Xiao Li now.
"Tonight, help me dig a hole. I have something very important to do outside," Zhan Xiao Li said in a low voice, afraid of being discovered.