Chapter 81 The Grilled Fish Was Stolen

When the Third Prince returned to the exile group and saw Yun Jiaoyue lying on the ground, he originally wanted to reprimand her.

Seeing her back covered in blood, he couldn't utter a single word.

He still has feelings for Yun Jiaoyue.

Moreover, her innate destiny as a phoenix and her memories of her past life are still useful to him.

"Moon..."

Yun Zhaoxue cried her heart out, "Your Highness, it hurts so much! I need to find the imperial physician, a doctor, to treat my wounds..."

"Your Highness, avenge them! Kill them! Escorts, Xiao Xuance, Yun Zhaoxue..."

Xiao Xuance and Yun Zhaoxue looked indifferently at Yun Jiaoyue, who was crying on the ground.

The Third Prince instructed a maid to treat Yun Jiaoyue's wounds first, and then sent a guard to fetch Physician Chen.

Despite being whipped, Shen Yan ignored his own injury and stayed by Yun Jiaoyue's side, comforting her, "Yue'er, hold on, the imperial physician will be here soon..."

The Third Prince stood up and coldly glanced at Xiao Xuance, his tone angry, "Young Master Xiao, don't push your luck. I haven't even settled accounts with you for the carriage going out of control, and you're already bullying my people again."

Xiao Xuance retorted, "You're trying to extort a thousand taels of silver from my fifth brother by using a broken bracelet, and you're also trying to extort fish from him. Is it because Your Highness can't afford to support your own wife that you send her out to extort money from others?"

The Third Prince's face turned green with anger; he had no idea that Yun Jiaoyue had done such a thing.

Yun Zhaoxue said in agreement, "Husband, although your martial arts are ruined and your hands and feet are clumsy, at least you can find wild vegetables for us to eat. Compared to that, it seems... not so bad. At least you didn't make us go out and beg for money or food, which is shameful. Don't worry, I will never look down on you for being useless again."

The Third Prince was so enraged he wanted to kill someone. Was he even worse than a cripple?

With a gloomy face, he turned his head and glared at Yun Jiaoyue, who was clinging to the maid, and sneered, "Even if I hadn't made her do it, I wouldn't have let my wives and concubines eat wild vegetables. Go back and eat your wild vegetables."

A cripple can only dig for wild vegetables, but if he wants silver, his secret guards can deliver it to him anytime. How can a cripple compare to him?

This meal of vegetable porridge was merely a ploy to mislead the spies planted within the escort team.

Yun Zhaoxue corrected, "It's fish and wild vegetables."

"Xiao Wu, let's go back and eat fish."

She had just eaten, but after taking a walk outside, she wanted to eat again.

"Oh, okay."

Xiao Xuanwu caught up with them and quickly walked to Yun Zhaoxue's side. "Third Sister-in-law, I owe you a lot this time. If you hadn't been so clever as to see through her schemes, I would have been tricked by her. Thank you!"

As he spoke, he bowed deeply to her.

"No need to thank me. I only let her try to extort money from me because I asked you to deliver the fish. Come on, let's go back and eat fish."

Looking at the thirteen-year-old boy in front of her, who was already as tall as her, Yun Zhaoxue seemed to see the boy who had partnered with her on a mission in her previous life.

Later, during a mission, he died in an explosion while protecting his teammates.

She raised her hand and put it on his shoulder.

Xiao Xuance's gaze swept over her hand on his younger brother's shoulder, a dark glint flashing in his eyes.

He was about to take her hand off.

Yun Zhaoxue's wrist was suddenly gripped tightly. She instinctively resisted, twisting her wrist to try and pin his pulse point back.

My left hand wasn't working properly, and I was a step too slow, allowing him to dodge.

Xiao Xuance's fingertips gently rolled over her wrist bone, then with a forceful pull, he pressed her back to her side.

Yun Zhaoxue slightly raised her chin and glared at the man beside her. "What do you want? Are you bored and want to fight? You can't beat me now, and I don't want to bully a sickly person."

Xiao Xuance didn't understand why she, a woman, always wanted to fight, so he explained, "Men and women should not touch each other."

However, her fierce appearance also seemed quite beautiful, like a little fox with its fur standing on end.

Yun Zhaoxue said, "I just lightly put my arm around his shoulder. He's just a little kid, what could I possibly do to him?"

Xiao Xuanwu smelled the aroma of fish and meat, and I quickened my pace to get far ahead, unaware that my brother and sister-in-law were almost fighting behind me.

"It smells so good, Mother, I'm home..."

Before he even got close, he shouted excitedly and looked under the tree, but he didn't see his mother.

I quickly passed through the crowd and saw the two sisters-in-law, nephews, and nieces arguing about something on the second wife's side.

Hearing his nephew's fierce shout, "Fifth Uncle hasn't eaten yet, and we're not full either! Give us back our fish!"

Xian'er and Ming'er also shouted in their childish voices, "Give it back to us!"

Xiao Xiuning stood between the two sides, looking troubled, unsure which side to help.

Just now, Mrs. Wu asked her if she wanted to eat fish.

She certainly wanted to eat it, so she nodded, but she didn't want to eat Yun Zhaoxue's fish; she would catch her own next time she passed by the stream.

To everyone's surprise, Ms. Wu rushed over and took the fish pot over.

"Second Aunt, they caught the fish, they cooked it, you can't take it from them, give it back to them."

"Ning'er, you said you wanted to eat fish, so I brought it to you. I did it all for you. Go eat the fish and don't get in my way."

Wu grabbed her arm and pushed her behind her, saying, "Keep an eye on her."

Xiao Xiuning pulled the people from the second and third wives back, saying, "Don't worry about it, come and eat fish with us."

She was worried that Xiao Xuance and Yun Zhaoxue would come back to settle scores with them, so she used Xiao Xiuning as a shield.

His own sister wanted to eat it, and he didn't believe she would dare to confront them!

Yang argued with them, "Second brother, sister-in-law, the two families have severed ties. The fish belongs to our family, and neither of your families has a share. Quickly return the fish."

"Sister-in-law, our second and third wives were exiled because of you. You watch us starve and eat alone? You're dreaming!"

"The second and third wives went to enjoy the benefits the Prince's mansion had previously given you, but now you must share the hardships together..."

While talking to her, Yang tried to take advantage of her momentary lapse in attention to push her away and snatch the fish back.

When Wu saw her rushing towards her, a glint of excitement flashed in her eyes. This was her forte. With her broad, plump body, she rammed into her with force, "Bang!"

She crashed into three people by herself. Yang Shi and Xie Wanyun and Song Mingyan, who were standing behind her, were all thrown to the ground and cried out in pain.

"Ouch..."

"Grandmother, Mother..."

When Jun'er saw his relative being pushed to the ground, he rushed over and bit Wu's wrist.

Wu staggered a few steps from the force she had used, and before she knew it, she was bitten. "Ah!"

She frantically shook her wrist, the more she shook, the more it hurt. "Ouch! Ah!"

Grab his spiky hair and pull it back.

Jun'er felt the pain, and the itching intensified.

"Aaaaah!!! You little brat, how dare you bite me? You're asking for it! I'll beat you to death!"

After saying that, he swung his arm and slapped him on the head.

"Jun'er..." Xie Wanyun cried out in terror, her eyes wide, as she rushed over to protect her son in her arms.