Chapter 711 Turning Against Each Other
As a woman herself, Bai Youran felt indignant for Li Ruoxue. Although she had always looked down on this sister-in-law and found her interactions with her to be insincere, compared to Wei Lan, Li Ruoxue was at least willing to spend money on her.
“Little sister, Wei Lan was not the mastermind behind Ruoxue’s miscarriage. Wei Lan is innocent.”
If Wei Lan truly intended to scheme against Li Ruoxue, she wouldn't have orchestrated such a scene, striking in front of all the young ladies.
Furthermore, given the Wei family's style, they are capable of handling everything discreetly and without leaving a trace. The fact that things have escalated to this point speaks volumes.
"Big brother, are you crazy?"
Bai Youran stared wide-eyed, unable to believe that the cold-blooded man in front of her was her own brother. "Wei Lan killed your child, and you don't mind at all, but instead speak up for her."
Power is a wonderful thing; it makes people lose their conscience and even their most basic sense of morality.
Bai Youran may have been scheming, but she never harmed her family. Unexpectedly, Bai Dingfeng would say such things in order to curry favor with the Wei family.
"How do you know that Li Ruoxue wasn't behind this?"
Bai Dingfeng put down his teacup and looked calmly at Bai Youran, saying, "Little sister, you and I are siblings, so naturally we are the closest of people. Don't think that I don't know about your little schemes."
Bai Youran's trip to Wenjun Tower, supposedly to befriend the Prince of Luo, was actually driven by her own selfish motives. She wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to get closer to him, but the Prince of Luo didn't even give her a second glance.
Bai Youran couldn't get any benefits from Wei Lan, so he turned to Li Ruoxue. If we're talking about shamelessness, the younger sister is far more shameless than him.
"you……"
With her secret revealed, Bai Youran felt as if she had been stripped naked, with not even a shred of clothing left to cover herself.
But what could she do? Her parents valued Bai Dingfeng the most, while she could only serve as a stepping stone for her elder brother's advancement, and who knew when she might be sold off again.
Left with no other choice, she made a deal with Li Ruoxue and successfully traveled from the north to the capital.
She thought life would be very different after arriving in the capital, but the Bai family had a low status and no one in the capital was willing to befriend her. If it weren't for Li Ruoxue bribing the cook, she would have had to squeeze in with her sisters in the Bai family mansion. The main kitchen was far from the backyard, and she couldn't even get a hot meal.
While Bai Youran was living under someone else's roof and suffering all kinds of grievances because her parents were not in the capital, what was Bai Dingfeng doing?
Bai Dingfeng, being a man, was the hope of the Bai family and was revered by them.
"You're a man, so of course you can't understand my difficulties. My calculations are just for my own better life."
However, it was she who came up with the idea of plotting against Wei Lan, but unexpectedly, Li Ruoxue actually lost her child because of it, which made her feel very guilty.
The brother and sister turned against each other, tearing each other apart and attacking one another.
"If you care so much about power, why don't you become a live-in son-in-law in the Wei family?"
Instantly, Bai Youran felt a chill in her heart. It turned out that her older brother was also a scumbag who lived off a woman.
"Bai Youran, can you please wake up? Where's your brain?"
In a fit of anger, Bai Dingfeng smashed the teacup. After the crisp sound of shattering porcelain, there was another silence.
Bai Dingfeng said angrily, "Think about it, if Wei Lan did it, why would she pull such a stunt?"
At the time, he could have easily made excuses, but Mo Dong's decision to stand up and commit suicide essentially confirmed that Wei Lan was the one who did it.
It seems too reasonable from beginning to end, which is precisely the most unreasonable part.
"But you can't deny that if Wei Lan knew Li Ruoxue was pregnant, she would have taken action, wouldn't she?"
Even now, Bai Dingfeng is still trying to defend Wei Lan and argue his way out of things. The two of them still want to get married while Li Ruoxue is having her period, and then go to the Northwest together. What kind of nonsense is this!
"Brother, why did you insist on going on the trip to the Northwest?"
Why not stay in the capital and live happily ever after with Wei Lan? Do you really need to stay away from Li Ruoxue to feel at ease?
Bai Youran was even more confused by Bai Dingfeng's perplexing behavior and subconsciously said, "Is it because the Wei family has their eye on the more than 200,000 taels of silver and wants to embezzle it?"
The young ladies came to donate, and among them, the eldest sister-in-law, Li Ruoxue, donated almost all of her jewelry, worth tens of thousands of taels of silver. Wei Lan, trying to save face, boasted that she would give double the amount, but instead used a piece of warm jade as a substitute.
"What use is warm jade? It's not real gold or silver, and it's not as good as jade or coral. Pawnshops won't accept it, and it can't even be sold."
Despite its apparent value, it has no market appeal; this thing is quite useless.
The Wei family raised funds, and then they wanted to control the jewelry. What gives them the right?
"I'm reminding you, don't speak carelessly. If you offend the Wei family, I won't be able to protect you then."
Bai Dingfeng squinted and warned Bai Youran.
She can go with him to the Northwest this time, but she must listen to him in everything and not give him any unsolicited advice.
Bai Youran stared blankly at the person in front of her, her own brother, who seemed so unfamiliar to her, as if he were a completely different person.
Power is a good thing, so men only want to climb the social ladder by relying on their in-laws, and they are willing to abandon their relatives and their integrity for this.
Bai Youran lowered her eyes, sniffed, and felt sorry for Li Ruoxue.
"Bai Youran, I think you're the one who's out of your mind. Do I need to remind you what Li Ruoxue did? Isn't her current predicament a consequence of her own actions?"
The daughter of a prefect was perfectly fine, yet she caused her younger sister to die in her place out of jealousy. Bai Dingfeng did this simply to avenge the death of Li Ruoshuang.
Cause and effect are cyclical, and retribution is inevitable.
"Anyone could say that, but you can't."
Bai Youran retorted that Li Ruoxue had never done anything bad to Bai Dingfeng.
He bribed the examiners with silver to obtain the scope of the imperial examination questions, and gave them generous gifts to pave the way for him. Otherwise, given the Bai family's status, Bai Dingfeng would never have been able to enter the Imperial Academy.
Having taken full advantage of the situation, and now standing up sanctimoniously to criticize Li Ruoxue, Bai Youran felt increasingly uncomfortable.
She had long since lost her conscience after arriving in Beijing, but she deeply sympathized with Li Ruoxue's plight. Who knows if she might be the next Li Ruoxue?
The brother and sister parted on bad terms. After leaving Bai Dingfeng's room, Bai Youran was distraught and couldn't find her way around.
Her parents were like this, her brothers were like this, and the Bai family was even more so. What other relatives did she have?
No, never.
They were not as fortunate as ordinary people's families, who, though poor, lived happily together and did not have so much scheming.
Bai Youran returned to the courtyard and began packing her belongings; she was too ashamed to face Li Ruoxue.
The two discussed their plan, and she repeatedly assured Li Ruoxue that she only intended to scheme against Wei Lan and would never harm the baby in her womb.
Now, whoever did it, she has broken her promise.
Bai Dingfeng and Wei Lan were going on the trip to the Northwest, so she had to go along. She also wanted to see what kind of tricks the two of them were up to.
Li Ruoxue had already received the news, and a faint smile appeared on her lips.
Yes, it was all part of her plan, but there were also unexpected twists.
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