The Duke of Zhenguo asked in a deep voice, "What happened?"

She closed her eyes and choked out to Zhu Yu, "Xiao Yun, your mother told you that Li Feng is just a servant. How can you listen to her in everything?"

“A servant who bewitches his master like this should be beaten to death. How come you still have so many misunderstandings with Mother?”

Zhu Yu blinked his big, watery eyes, looking blankly at Fang Shi, who was kneeling on the ground trembling: "So, when I married His Highness Prince An, you didn't let Li Feng accompany me as part of the dowry, but instead sent the fat woman with me to Prince An's residence. Is that what you mean?"

At this point, Zhu Yu seemed terrified, his whole body trembling uncontrollably, and he kept shrinking behind Lu Yucheng.

"But, Father, Brother, I'm scared. Since Fatty was the stepmother's dowry maid, why does she curse me every day, wishing me a terrible death, and even poison me? I almost died at Fatty's hands. Is this also the stepmother's intention?"

Zhu Yu burst into tears, crying, "The poison hurts so much! Daddy, brother, waah... Xiao Yun is scared, scared that she will never see you again, waah, it hurts so much..."

Lu Yucheng was heartbroken, and his eyes reddened as well. He didn't even bother to take out a handkerchief to wipe Zhu Yu's tears. Instead, he grabbed his other clean sleeve and used it to wipe Zhu Yu's tears. He couldn't help but pull Zhu Yu into his arms and say, "Where is that fat woman now? Brother will take care of her for you!"

Zhu Yu said timidly, "The prince beat her to death. I saw it. The fat woman's back was all beaten to a pulp, and there was so much blood."

He looked up and said, "Brother, His Highness Prince An is still very protective of me."

Upon hearing this, Fang turned pale with fright. Prince An knew that she was the one who brought the fat woman into the Prince An's mansion. If he found out that she was the one who had the fat woman carry the poison, would she still be alive?

Fang was so frightened that she almost fainted.

"Oh, right, there's also Fatty's granddaughter, Yan'er. The Prince sent her to the Xishan Military Camp. Brother, aren't the military camps all men? Why did the Prince send a woman there?"

Come on, let's give each other a performance!

Lu Jinmi stared wide-eyed in horror. Lu Xiaoyun was faking it, absolutely faking it. No matter how stupid she was, she couldn't possibly not know.

Therefore, every word she uttered after entering the mansion challenged the bottom line of her father and Lu Yucheng!

They led her step by step into the dug pit and buried her.

What else can a woman do besides become a military prostitute after being sent to a military camp?

The Western Camp of the Western Mountain Army has 150,000 soldiers...

Lu Yucheng gently patted Zhu Yu's back and said softly, "Yan'er, go and cook for them."

Zhu Yu nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

The Duke of Zhenguo's face turned ashen: "Madam Fang, in my opinion, you don't need to worry about the household affairs of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion anymore. Just hand over the keys to Uncle Qing."

He took a deep breath and looked at the courtyard that his wife had once personally tended for their unborn daughter while she was pregnant, but now there was not a trace of her presence left.

"Considering your contributions to the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion over the past ten years, I will be lenient with you. From today onwards, you will stay in your own courtyard and not come out unless necessary. If I find out that you have caused trouble again, the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion will no longer tolerate you."

Fang collapsed to the ground. Was the Duke going to imprison her until she died?!

How could he do this? How could he do this? For over a decade, she has devoted herself wholeheartedly to the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion, and he doesn't even remember a single good thing about her?!

Zhu Yu raised his eyes and gave the Duke of Zhenguo a deep look. No wonder the original owner had lived like that in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion all these years. The Duke of Zhenguo had been far too lenient with this Fang Shi.

Lu Jinmi cried, "Father, how can you punish Mother without even knowing the facts? It was clearly Lu Xiaoyun who sowed discord. The fat woman was a maid who came to the Prince An's mansion as part of his dowry. How could Mother know what she and her granddaughter did? This matter cannot be blamed on Mother at all."

She jumped to her feet and scratched Zhu Yu's face, cursing viciously, "Lu Xiaoyun, you bitch, how come you're still alive? How dare you come back! Were you divorced by Prince An? Did you do something shameless?!"

The Duke of Zhenguo was furious and slapped her across the face: "She's your elder sister! I think you've forgotten all your manners."

Lu Jinmi was slapped to the ground, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth, and stared at her father in disbelief.

"You hit me, Father! You actually hit me for this jinx who caused the death of your own mother! I'm sixteen years old now, and you've never disciplined me even once. Today you hit me for her sake and even want to punish my mother!"

Zhu Yu's eyes suddenly darkened. He looked at Fang Shi, who was kneeling on the ground, as if he had thought of something.

But the thoughts flashed through my mind too quickly to grasp.

The Duke of Zhenguo closed his eyes tightly and said coldly, "Since you are so ignorant of etiquette, kneel in the ancestral hall and reflect on your mistakes! It's not too late to come out when you've figured things out and know where you went wrong."

Fang said anxiously, "Your Excellency, tomorrow is the palace banquet on the seventh day of the month. How can you lock Mi'er in the ancestral hall at this time? I will accept whatever punishment you want to give me, but you can't lock her up. She and the grandson of the Duke of Yingguo are already discussing marriage."

The Duke of Zhenguo said coldly, "I do not agree to this marriage!"

Tears welled up in Lu Jinmi's eyes as she covered her swollen face and said, "Father, you are too biased. My elder sister did something wrong, yet she was able to marry Prince An, and you didn't say a word of reproach. What did I do wrong that you would object to this marriage?"

The Duke of Zhenguo coldly looked at his second daughter kneeling on the ground, then glanced at his eldest daughter, whose face was now pale and who was terribly thin. He felt a headache coming on. Apart from Lu Yucheng, who was by his side, he had not taught any of his children well.

"This matter is not open to discussion. I advise you to abandon this idea of ​​marrying into the British Duke's family as soon as possible!"

Lu Jinmi shouted, "In these sixteen years, have you ever cared about the three of us siblings? In your eyes, only Lu Yucheng is your son, and we are nothing! Mother, she has managed the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion for more than ten years, and you haven't even said a word of comfort. Once we returned to Shengjing, Lu Xiaoyun stirred things up a few times, and you want to punish Mother and me so severely. I don't accept it, I don't accept it!"

The Duke of Zhenguo took a deep breath, looked at the mother and daughter kneeling on the ground, crying their eyes out, and left without looking back.

Seeing that the Duke of Zhenguo was about to leave, Zhu Yu said to Lu Yucheng, "Brother, let's go to Cuizhu Residence too. I've lived there for more than ten years, so we can tidy it up and move in."

Lu Yucheng felt sorry for her: "That place is not suitable for living. You can stay in my yard for today, and I will ask Uncle Qing to prepare a yard for you tomorrow."

The Duke of Zhenguo turned around and said to the mother and daughter who were kneeling on the ground crying hysterically, "Pack your things and take them away. Since this place belongs to Xiaoyun, no matter whether she is married or not, my Duke of Zhenguo's mansion will always have a courtyard that belongs to her."