Chapter 478 Hatred
A rock in the artificial hill was moved aside, revealing a hidden space just large enough for one person to enter. The old woman from the Yu family and the head housekeeper disappeared quickly, one after the other.
"It seems we're going to uncover another secret."
The Prince of Luo's trip to the Yu residence was fruitless; he failed to accomplish anything of importance, including finding the missing pregnant woman, but he did uncover many secrets about the Yu family. He was quite exhausted.
But it's impossible to come for nothing. The old lady of the Yu family hid the person in the rockery. Who is it?
"Your Highness, shall we still follow them in?"
Lin Yuesha wiped her face with a handkerchief. She had just been so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat, and now her whole body felt sticky and uncomfortable.
I promised to come and help, so I can only follow the arrangements of King Luo.
"Go in."
After some thought, the Prince of Luo realized that the laws of the Great Qi Dynasty forbade the abuse of private punishment, and that the old lady of the Yu family had violated the law by imprisoning people in the artificial hill.
Prince Luo had seen many of the secrets of the inner quarters, but the Yu family only had three masters and seemed like a simple household. He never imagined they would have such a big secret.
After Luo Wang finished speaking, he led the way and turned to signal Lin Yuesha to be quiet and follow him inside. Perhaps the woman's crying yesterday came from inside the artificial hill.
At the entrance to the artificial hill, there is a low path that ends after just a few steps.
Inside the artificial hill, there was an open space where the old lady of the Yu family stood with the head maid. Opposite them was a woman chained up with iron chains. Her clothes were worn and faded, and there were bloody marks on her wrists from struggling. Her hair was messy and covered half of her face. From Lin Yuesha's angle, she could not see the woman's appearance.
It turns out that the high walls, barbed wire, and vicious dogs guarding the gate of the Yu family's residence were because Old Madam Yu had imprisoned women in the artificial hill, so she acted with extreme caution.
What are you doing here?
The imprisoned woman struggled twice, the iron chains making a crisp sound, and she tried to break free, struggling frantically.
"Madam, why are you doing this to yourself?"
The head maid looked at the struggling woman and said, "It's been more than ten years, can't you even apologize to the old lady?"
"Madam?" Lin Yuesha looked at Luo Wang. Judging from this, the only person in the Yu family who could be addressed with this title was Lord Yu's first wife. Rumor had it that she died shortly after giving birth to Young Master Yu due to a difficult childbirth.
It turns out that Madam Yu did not die, but was locked in the artificial hill by Old Madam Yu. If you calculate it that way, it really has been more than ten years.
Lin Yuesha shuddered. To keep someone chained up like livestock, never seeing the light of day, what kind of deep-seated hatred must there be?
It's not that Madam Yu was personally chosen by the old lady of the Yu family, and that Lord Yu even betrayed his beloved because of this.
"Admit your mistake? You abandoned me in that rockery for over a decade, and now you expect me to admit my mistake?"
The woman let out a cold laugh, then suddenly raised her head. Her eyes were bloodshot, like spider webs, as if she had bitten her tongue, and a streak of crimson blood trickled from the corner of her mouth.
"The reason I'm clinging to life is to wait for the day when I can see what kind of retribution my brother-in-law's harlot will receive!"
The woman, her hands bound by iron chains, kicked repeatedly with her feet. Upon seeing Old Madam Yu, she cursed repeatedly, "You old hag, you don't even know whose son that bastard Yu Heng is! You and your brother-in-law had an affair and caused the death of your own sister, you deserve to go to hell!"
The woman cursed and swore, but Madam Yu remained calm. She pulled up a chair, sat down, placed the basket beside her, and sneered, "The adulterer you speak of is your own father, and the bastard you speak of is your brother. Zicheng is the offspring of you and your sister, born out of wedlock. The whole family is a complete bastard."
"You heartless old hag, why did you trick me into marrying into the Yu family? You knew perfectly well that Yu Heng is my biological father's son, not the orphaned child of your short-lived husband..."
The woman screamed; over a decade of imprisonment had driven her mad. Every time the matter was brought up, she couldn't help but loudly question the vicious woman before her, "Is it because my father abandoned you and married my mother that you hold a grudge...?"
Lin Yuesha was completely confused. Luo Wang whispered in her ear, "Yu Heng is Lord Yu's real name, and Zi Cheng is Young Master Yu."
"I see."
After sorting out the relationships, Lin Yuesha discovered that the Yu family was in complete chaos. It turned out that Lord Yu Heng was the son of Old Madam Yu and her lover.
"What a wonderful show! It was even more spectacular than the Qiuyue Opera Troupe's performance."
Madam Yu clapped her hands and said with a forced smile, "I thought you had figured it out. It turns out that after being locked up here for more than ten years, you are still a fool. How pitiful."
"Old woman, what exactly do you mean?"
The woman raised her head, her demeanor no less imposing than that of the old lady. "You love my father so much, of course you don't want him to have children with other women, so you pretended to persuade him to marry me into the Yu family just to torment me and get revenge, isn't that right?"
"I'll torture you and take revenge on you; even I, an old woman, will admit it."
Madam Yu did not hide it, but after so many years, she was tired.
"But there's one thing you're wrong about."
Old Madam Yu stood up, looked at the oil lamp on the wall, and sighed, "Having an affair with your brother-in-law and causing the death of your own sister is a crime punishable by death, but not for me. If your father hadn't forced himself on me, I wouldn't be in this situation..."
When the old lady mentioned the past, tears streamed down her face.
Back then, she lost her husband and became a widow. Feeling down, she went back to her parents' home for a short stay. At that time, her younger sister was not yet married and was embroidering her dowry in preparation for becoming a bride.
One afternoon, she went to find her younger sister to study embroidery patterns, but her sister was not there. In her boudoir, her sister's fiancé was taking a nap.
The man seemed to have drunk too much. When he saw her enter the room, he dismissed the maids and insisted that he had something to say to her.
"Back then, my wife was naive and lived with her parents, so I figured her brother-in-law wouldn't dare to do anything reckless. But that man..."
Relying on his strength as a military officer, he actually forced himself on her.
Once there's a first time, there will be a second, and a third.
Back then, Madam Yu was a widow. She was filled with shame, but she didn't have the courage to commit suicide. She could only eke out a living and try to stay away from that man as much as possible.
Unexpectedly, on the day she left, he pinned her down again, and this time her own sister witnessed it.
My younger sister had a fiery temper. In a fit of rage, she coughed up blood. She wouldn't listen to any explanations, went back to her room in a huff, said she was going to take a nap, and then hanged herself with a rope.
From then on, she was burdened with the crime of having an affair with her brother-in-law and causing the death of her younger sister, and she could not return to her parents' home.
Why don't you ask me, even in this situation, what face do I have to live?
Madam Yu's smile was sinister; she had no sense of shame, and her only motivation for living was hatred.
Not long after, she discovered she was pregnant. She told others that the child was her husband's father's orphan, but only she knew that the child in her womb was an illegitimate child.
Even if it's an illegitimate child, it must be born and raised properly. Madam Yu's heart is filled with hatred, with nowhere to vent it. Her son, Yu Heng, is also the target of her revenge, constantly reminding her of how humiliating she once was.
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