Chapter 64

Feng Xiaosai, following Yunkai's orders, came to fetch Yueming, who was just getting ready to wash up. Hearing Yunkai trying to cause trouble in the dead of night, Yueming said impatiently, "If he's drunk, he should just go to bed. Why should I go over there when there are so many servants? I'm not a maid." Yueming still remembered his outrageous behavior during their last argument, and there was no way she was going to be alone with him in the middle of the night.

Of course, he wants to do something unspeakable with you. Facing Yueming's incomprehension, Feng Xiaosai laughed dryly and said, "The young master is drunk and has a headache. He wants you to come over and take a look at him."

As soon as these words came out, Ye Hu and Ai Ye immediately glared at him. What nonsense are you talking about? Why did you ask our young lady, a lady from a wealthy family, to treat his headache so late at night?

Yueming couldn't help but yawn and said, "I didn't bring any medicine with me. Let him bear it himself. I'll go see him tomorrow morning."

Feng Xiaosai felt that although the young master's request was unreasonable, Miss Yueming was truly heartless. The young master was so kind to you, yet you refused to go see him even when he asked you to.

Yueming was determined not to go, and Feng Xiaosai couldn't do anything about her. Dejected, she prepared to return home to face Yunkai's scolding. Ai Ye escorted Feng Xiaosai out, and when they reached the door, she rested her eyes and said coldly, "Tell your young master to learn some manners and stop thinking about doing bad things to our young lady." With that, she slammed the door shut.

Feng Xiaosai stood outside the door in a daze for a long moment, curling his lips and snorting coldly at the closed door: "If our young master hadn't thought of doing something bad to your young lady that day, your young lady would have cried."

Not long after Feng Xiaosai left, Second Madam Tao's personal maid knocked on the door urgently: "Ye Hu, Ye Hu, open the door quickly. Second Madam wants me to talk to Yueming Xiao about something important."

Yueming had already changed into pajamas and was getting ready for bed. When she heard a knock on the door, she was surprised and said, "Why is it so lively tonight? Someone has to look for me in the middle of the night."

Ye Hu hesitated for a moment and asked Yue Ming: "How about telling her that you are asleep and asking her to come back tomorrow. Or tell me if she has anything to say."

Yueming lifted the curtain and stood up to sit on the Arhat couch in front of the hall. "Didn't she say that my aunt had something important to tell me? Let her in."

After entering, Second Madam Tao's personal maid knelt down to greet Yueming. Yueming waved her hand and said, "Stand up. We don't have such rules here. Tell me what's important for your aunt to tell me."

The maidservant bowed to Yueming as per etiquette before speaking. "Our grandmother was planning to rest tonight, but Young Master Li Yang from Prime Minister Yun's residence summoned everyone to the guest house. Our grandmother arrived late, and she only heard that the fourth young lady of the master's family somehow ended up in Young Master Yunkai's room tonight and was kicked pretty hard by him. She doesn't know what happened, but she feels something is fishy, ​​so she asked me to come and tell you."

Ye Hu and Ai Ye looked at each other in bewilderment. The Second Young Master had beaten up the Fourth Young Lady? These two had nothing to do with each other, so why would they fight?

Yueming asked, "Didn't Aunt tell me why the Second Young Master beat the Fourth Young Lady?"

The maid shook her head and continued, "The guest house is in chaos right now. Young Master Li Yang and Young Master Yun Kai are both very angry, especially Young Master Yun Kai, who is about to eat someone. But..." She bit her lip and hesitated for a moment before continuing, "When I was leaving, I heard a rumor from the servant who was guarding the door for the Second Young Master. He said that the Second Young Master was taking a bath, and the Fourth Young Lady came in with some sobering soup, and a while later the Second Young Master started beating people."

Yueming was amused. This girl said she knew nothing, but in her heart she knew exactly what had happened. She asked Yehu to give her two half-opened candies as a reward. When the money was handed to her, the maid didn't dare to take it: "I followed the instructions of the grandmother to report the news. I dare not accept the reward from the young lady for doing my job."

Yueming smiled and said, "Here! You're a useful person to my aunt, and I'm embarrassed to trouble you to come here in the middle of the night. Go back and tell my aunt that I know."

Ai Ye sent the maid out. Seeing Yue Ming looking fine, Ye Hu asked curiously, "Miss, why don't you go over and see what happened?"

Yueming stretched out his body as if he was going to sleep and said lazily, "Why go? The eldest young master called everyone from the Tao Mansion, but not us. That means he doesn't want me to know about this matter for the time being. Since he didn't ask me to go, I'd better be obedient."

That's what she said, but after listening to the maid's description just now, everyone knows what shameful things the Fourth Young Miss has done, but the young lady is not in a hurry at all.

Yueming saw her anxious face, sat cross-legged on the bed and said slowly: "Haven't you heard, the fourth lady was kicked hard by the second young master. Since our second young master didn't suffer any harm, why should I rush over there?" After she finished speaking, she covered her mouth and chuckled: "It's really karma, no one can escape it! He had no good deeds before and led Bao Guosheng to the river to peek at people bathing. Now he is peeped at while bathing. It's really retribution." The more she thought about it, the funnier it was, and she fell on the pillow and laughed like a goose.

Ye Hu thought the young lady was really generous, but seeing her smile so happily, he couldn't help but smile too. He helped her pull up the quilt and was about to close the tent when Yue Ming suddenly said, "You guys should go to bed quickly too. Get as much sleep as you can. This matter is not over tonight, and someone else will come to our house!"

Li Yang was hugging Yunan tonight, ready to make out, when he suddenly heard a scream from the next courtyard. It sounded like Yunkai's voice. The scream was terrifying, and he was startled. Could someone be trying to assassinate him? He pushed Yunan aside, drew the long knife from the bedside, and rushed out. His followers, hearing the noise, followed closely behind. Without even calling out, they kicked the door open with a few powerful kicks, sending the gatekeepers running out to see what was happening into a state of panic.

Several men entered the room, weapons drawn, leaving a scene of devastation. A screen had fallen to the ground, revealing a girl unconscious. Yun Kai was furiously getting dressed.

Li Yang looked at the chaotic scene before him, completely bewildered. He asked blankly, "What's going on?"

Yun Kai buttoned his collar, his face livid, his teeth clenched as he spoke word by word: "Is it possible that no one in the Tao Mansion wants to live anymore?"

After Yun Kai finished speaking while filing his back teeth, Li Yang asked his followers to call all the masters of each family in the Tao Mansion, from youngest to youngest.

When the fourth young lady slowly awoke, she was greeted by the sight of her entire family. Their expressions, filled with worry, anger, and contempt, sent a chill down her spine. Only then did she realize she was still slumped over the cold tile floor. Recalling Yun Kai's vicious kick, she felt terrified. She tried to stand up, but found her left shoulder was completely paralyzed; every movement was painful.

A cold voice came from the front: "Awake? Then please ask Chief Tao himself who sent her to assassinate you?"

The fourth lady raised her head and saw Yun Kai and Li Yang sitting on the Arhat couch in the hall. Yun Kai had one knee bent on the couch and one foot on the footrest, staring at her expressionlessly. At this moment, he no longer had the tenderness he had shown when facing Yue Ming.

When the fourth young lady heard about the assassination attempt, she was terrified. She ignored the pain in her shoulder and struggled to say, "It's not an assassination attempt. I just came to give you some hangover soup."

Yun Xiang's entourage stood on either side, their expressions indescribable, including Feng Xiaosai's. At first, everyone thought the Second Young Master had taken a liking to the Fourth Young Lady of the Tao family, looking for some fun. The Fourth Young Lady refused to comply, and the Second Young Master had gone berserk and attacked. Unexpectedly, it was the Fourth Young Lady of the Tao family who was trying to defile the Second Young Master, and the Second Young Master vowed to resist to the death.

How should I put it? This story is quite unexpected. Although Dai women are indeed quite unrestrained, this is the first time they have seen such unrestrained and strong men.

Look how scared the second young master was! His screams could be heard from two miles away.

Seeing his father sitting there motionless and silent, the Tao family's eldest master felt a surge of anxiety. He knew immediately what had happened tonight. It was simply his daughter's foolish act of falling for the second young master, a mere affair. But he hadn't expected the second young master to be so ruthless as to accuse the Tao family of assassinating the chieftain's son.

This was a serious crime that would result in the confiscation of property and enslavement. He absolutely dared not admit it. He pointed at Miss Tao Si and cursed, "Evil creature, what are you doing here?"

Miss Tao Si stammered, "I saw that the Second Young Master Han was drunk, so I came to give him a bowl of sobering soup."

Grandpa Tao slapped the coffee table next to the chair and said sternly, "Nonsense! We have so many servants at home, why would a young lady like you come here in person to deliver the hangover soup? Why don't you tell the truth?"

Fourth Miss Tao cried bitterly and swore that he really just came to deliver sobering soup, and the sharpest thing on his body was the hairpin on his head, so how could he assassinate the second young master?

Grandpa Tao turned to Yun Kai and said with a flattering smile, "Second Young Master, this is a misunderstanding. I just saw you were drunk and wanted to show my hospitality by bringing you a bowl of hangover soup. I'm a woman raised in seclusion, delicate and frail. How could I possibly have the guts to fight you?"

Yun Kai didn't even look at Master Tao. He raised his palm to his face, scratched his middle fingernail with his thumb, blew on it, and sneered, "Li Shengmeng is really shaking! I'm the son of a Tusi mansion, and he doesn't even move his butt to answer me. It's really not surprising that something like this happened tonight." His tone was sharp and surly, a stark contrast to his polite and reasonable demeanor during the day.

Li Yang picked up the teacup and took a sip as if nothing had happened. This was the true face of the second young master of Yun Xiangfu. What was so strange about it?

Uncle Tao hadn't expected Yun Kai to be so completely ruthless, leaving no room for negotiation. Li Sheng Meng had been on such a roll in recent years, and everyone had to fawn over him. He hadn't been humiliated like this in ages.

He wanted to lash out, but the attendants from Yun Xiang's residence were watching him intently. He had a knife in his hand, a gun slung over his shoulder, and it was his daughter who had caused trouble tonight. He could only swallow his anger, kneel down, and clasp his hands together as he apologized to Yun Kai.

Yunkai didn't want to talk to this family and glanced at Feng Xiaosai. Feng Xiaosai was Yunkai's inner entanglement, his voice when Yunkai didn't want to speak.

He bowed respectfully to Master Tao and said, "Master Tao, you've already said that there are so many servants here that your daughter shouldn't be bothered. It's unacceptable for a lady from a wealthy family to go to a courtyard where a man from another family lives. Or is this just the way your family is brought up?"

Feng Xiaosai's sarcasm and taunting made Grandpa Tao's face flush red and white. He took a deep breath and said coldly to the fourth young lady who was still lying on the ground, "You evil creature, why don't you tell the truth? Do you want to kill our whole family?"

Miss Tao Si sobbed, "I just, I just have a crush on the Second Young Master..." Yun Kai's gaze cut her off. He had a sneer on his face, his eyes full of contempt.

He sighed, seemingly regretting his actions. "If I hadn't been involved, I'd have truly believed I was so charming that a young lady from a wealthy family would have run to my room to pour out her heart." As he finished speaking, he swung the teacup on the table. The sound of shattering porcelain startled everyone.

Yun Kaishen's cold and arrogant tone was overwhelming: "You want to use a romantic affair to wipe out the charge of assassination? How can it be so easy?"

Miss Tao Si had no way to defend herself and could only keep crying and saying that she was really just there to deliver sobering soup, and her maid could testify to that.

Feng Xiaosai sighed and said, "Your maidservant can't bear witness. When the young master came in, he saw her acting suspiciously and had her executed on the spot.

Seeing her daughter lying half-dead on the ground, Grandma Tao's heart was already in tatters. Now, seeing that the Second Young Master was trying to kill her daughter with every word, she could no longer bear it. She knelt down in front of Yun Kai with a plop.

"Second Young Master, please have mercy. We, the entire family, are loyal to the Tusi Master and have absolutely no ill intentions. My daughter is usually honest. She was confused tonight and disturbed you, but she is telling the truth and she will not lie."

Before she could finish her words, Feng Xiaosai burst into laughter. "Grandma is being overly protective. We questioned the doorman, and he said that the Fourth Young Miss told him in person that it was Madam Tao who ordered her to bring the hangover soup. You said the Fourth Young Miss wouldn't lie, so Madam Tao was also involved in what happened tonight?"

The wife, whose name was suddenly mentioned, raised her eyebrows and shouted at her daughter-in-law, "Shut up! The master and the others are here, so you have no right to speak. Get back here."

Yun Kai yawned and said impatiently, "Alright, I hear you guys are arguing back and forth but there's no conclusion to be reached. Let's all disperse! I'll take Miss Tao Si back to Prime Minister Yun and hand her over to the officials at the yamen for interrogation. We'll make a decision then."

Now, except for Tao Tou Ren and Mr. Tao Erye's family, everyone else could no longer sit still and all knelt at Yun Kai's feet begging him for mercy.

Li Yang slammed the table and said sternly, "What are you doing? You think this is a small matter, don't you? You didn't teach your daughter well on weekdays, and now you're scared. Get out of here."

The room was filled with sobs and wailing, and amidst this chaos, Tao Tou Ren slowly spoke, "Second Young Master, may I have a word with you for a moment?"