Chapter 102 Kneeling down to apologize, but I won't forgive.
The crowd fell silent instantly, and a large question mark appeared above everyone's head.
What happened?
Why is His Majesty involved?
Moreover, what do you mean that Yu Jiaojiao caused the Yu family to only be able to save the lives of the whole family by using a get-out-of-jail-free card?
Yu Jiaojiao's smug expression froze.
She was kicked out of the palace yesterday before she could even enter the gates of the Duke of Yong's mansion.
At that time, Zhang Tianshun was not present, and Meng Shi had been banished to the "cold palace" by the Duke of Zhang because of the incident at the palace banquet. Now, the concubine Fan Shi was in charge of the inner quarters.
Madam Fan had people stop her, saying that the Third Young Master had already declared that he wanted to divorce his wife.
She dared not accept the letter of divorce. Based on the principle that not seeing the letter of divorce was equivalent to not receiving it, she ran straight back to the Yu family.
The once grand Yu family home was now in complete disarray. When the family members saw her, although they didn't say anything harsh, their expressions inevitably revealed impatience and resentment.
She was filled with shame and indignation, but she had no choice but to patiently coax her family.
After finally managing to appease the Yu family with all her might, she was still seething with anger and decided to go out for a walk to clear her head.
Sitting by the window, she saw Yu Zhiyi and her servant walking towards her from afar. She was immediately enraged and did something foolish without considering the consequences.
She wanted to repeat her old tricks and drown Yu Zhiyi in people's spittle.
But they forgot the saying: facts speak louder than words.
The reason for Minister Yu's dismissal is such a big deal that it will soon spread among the upper echelons of society and will eventually reach the general public.
Yu Zhiyi has nothing to fear, and she will no longer indulge this family.
As a result, Yu Jiaojiao ended up digging her own grave.
She was startled to see everyone looking at her with suspicion.
Even if the lie is exposed in the future, that's a matter for the future.
As long as she can't hear it, you can pretend it didn't happen!
She absolutely did not want to end up like Yu Zhiyi, standing on the street being pointed at and gossiped about.
"Stop changing the subject! We're talking about how the Yu family has been kind to you and even found you such a good marriage with the Prime Minister's family, yet you repay kindness with enmity!" In her desperation, Yu Jiaojiao started making things up.
Yu Zhiyi's eyes were full of sarcasm: "Sometimes I really wonder if you have something wrong with your head. You know my abilities, yet you still dare to talk nonsense in front of me."
"You don't actually think I don't know which family Madam Yu initially found for me, do you?"
Yu Jiaojiao's expression froze again, her eyes filled with disbelief, and she blurted out instinctively, "How could you possibly know?!"
Yu Zhiyi certainly knew.
Although she was reborn after her wedding, she continued living the life before the wedding.
Yu Jiaojiao was reborn a few months earlier than her. After her rebirth, she not only stole Zhang Tianshun, the future king of a different surname, but also wanted to push Yu Zhiyi into the abyss.
They then urged Minister Yu and his wife to marry Yu Zhiyi.
Her reason was that Yu Zhiyi was not the real daughter of the Yu family, and she was worried that if she were married off to someone of equal social standing or on equal footing, the future in-laws would feel that the Yu family looked down on them for marrying off an imposter to their excellent son.
But marrying down is different.
Regardless of whether the other party is actually willing or not, they certainly wouldn't dare to show it on their face, and might even have to be grateful.
The Minister and his wife were greatly moved.
If Yao hadn't gone to the temple to offer incense and drawn a marriage fortune slip for Du Ziheng that required him to marry a woman from the Yu family, Yu Zhiyi would have been married off to a merchant family within the Yu family.
Although Yu Zhiyi did not reveal any information about the man's family, everyone could tell what was going on just by looking at Yu Jiaojiao's reaction.
"Wow, wow, wow!"
"I used to think the Yu family treated this fake heiress quite well, but now it seems that's not the case at all!"
Some people spoke up for the Yu family, saying, "Even if the Yu family didn't treat the fake heiress well, so what? Isn't that to be expected? The fake heiress has been usurping the family's place for so many years, causing the Yu family to be separated from their children and siblings for so long. It would be strange if the Yu family treated her well, wouldn't it?"
"Pah! It's certainly reasonable for the Yu family to treat her badly, but while you treat her badly, you also spread rumors that she stole the real daughter's favor, framed the real daughter, and even boasted that they found a good husband for the fake daughter... Isn't that just using her to make a name for yourself?"
"This fake heiress's mother may not be a good person, but the Yu family is no good either."
As Yu Jiaojiao listened to the mocking and disdainful words of the crowd and looked at the gazes that seemed to see through her filthy thoughts, she wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
She didn't want to hear any more discussions about her and the Yu family's character, nor did she want to endure those strange looks. She roared angrily and prepared to turn around and go into the restaurant, wanting to get out of sight and out of mind.
As soon as she made a move, somehow her left foot tripped over her right, and she fell to her knees.
With the window blocking the view, people couldn't see what was below her waist, but they could guess what position she was in.
In fact, there was no need for everyone to guess, because Yu Jiaojiao was not the only one in the restaurant.
She wasn't in a private room, but in the lobby on the second floor.
Those in the second-floor lobby could see her kneeling strangely. Some busybodies shouted to Yu Zhiyi below, "Mrs. Du, your sister is kneeling down to apologize to you."
Yu Zhiyi smiled slightly: "It seems she knows she was too outrageous and vicious just now, which is why she knelt down to sincerely repent. But I don't want to forgive her."
Yu Jiaojiao was kneeling in the direction that Yu Zhiyi and Li Rou were standing in, so it wouldn't be wrong to say that she was kneeling in front of them.
Everyone burst into laughter.
Yu Jiaojiao was filled with shame and indignation, her eyes almost popping out of their sockets. She screamed in despair, "Yu Zhiyi! You ruined me!"
Yu Zhiyi shrugged: "You've always been like this, blaming me for things that have absolutely nothing to do with you. In the past, the people in the manor sided with you, choosing to turn a blind eye and believe you. But the people here aren't from your Yu family, and they're not fools. You don't actually think the same methods will work, do you?"
After she finished speaking, she ignored the noisy crowd and quickly took Li Rou back to the Du residence to change clothes.
The crowd erupted after hearing Yu Zhiyi's words.
Yu Zhiyi's words revealed that she had been getting too much rest.
"So, all those stories about the fake heiress bullying the real heiress were fake?"
"Is the story that the fake heiress stole the real heiress's affection also a lie?"
"The fact that the Yu family dotes on the fake heiress is so obviously fake that it can't be faked at home!?"
As the saying goes, "A single word can stir up a thousand waves."
Yu Zhiyi's words completely ignited a topic that had been raging for years.
The people in the capital originally believed without a doubt that the fake heiress had stolen the real heiress's affections.
After all, that's the kind of person her mother is, so it's perfectly reasonable for the fake heiress to be a bit ungrateful and vicious, right?
Yu Jiaojiao appeared today to give a firsthand account, personally demonstrating a classic case of the thief crying "stop thief" and framing someone from afar.
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