“Princess, you are walking on the edge of a cliff. One wrong step and you will be doomed. Fangyun is not a good person. She will kill you.” Yun Yuan insisted, enduring the pain in her head.
"I told you to shut up. All you need to do now is insist that Doctor Zhou harassed you. You don't need to worry about anything else," Yan Yu said through gritted teeth as she shoved Yun Yuan away viciously. Her plan was flawless; she had finally reached this point, and she would not allow anyone to stand in her way.
"Princess, please stop now. Before anything happens, quickly send that baby away and pretend nothing ever happened. You're about to give birth, and regardless of whether the child is a boy or a girl, the master will remember your service." Yun Yuan refused to give up because she couldn't bear to watch her master, whom she had served for eight years, walk down a path of no return.
"Are you willing or not?" Yan Yu was trembling with anger. At this moment, she was completely deaf to any words that could stop her from carrying out that plan. It was as if the dawn had already broken for her, and any objections were just stumbling blocks to her pursuit of that smooth path.
“This servant will not do it. This servant cannot watch Princess continue to make this mistake. Switching babies is a serious matter that confuses the royal bloodline. Moreover, what about the child you yourself gave birth to? If it is a girl, how will you take care of her? She is a piece of your own flesh and blood. How can you bear to abandon her!” Yun Yuan said firmly.
"Who said I don't want it anymore? With that child, I, Yan Yu, will give birth to twins for Master. Do you know that? Twins. Fourth Master will promote me for these two children," Yan Yu said excitedly.
Yun Yuan stared at Yan Yu with her mouth agape in astonishment. She was still a little stunned by what Yan Yu had just said.
"Princess, Doctor Zhou has been taking your pulse every month. He must know whether it's a singleton or twins. How could you hide it from him?" Yun Yuan pointed out the biggest flaw in her statement. Although Yan Yu's belly was quite large, Doctor Zhou came to check her pulse every month. How could he not know whether she was carrying a singleton or twins?
"So, you must help me get rid of this Doctor Zhou, understand? Just insist that he harassed you, and go tell Fujian right now to deal with him." Yan Yu pulled Yun Yuan up and said, "If you help me this time, you'll definitely get your share when I'm promoted. Yun Yuan, you've been with me for eight years, you know my personality."
Seeing Yan Yu's desperate expression, he knew that nothing he said could change anything.
"Princess, my knees are a little sore. Could you please allow me to go back and apply some medicine?" Yun Yuan suddenly pleaded.
"You must come with me to the Fujin right now and tell her that Doctor Zhou harassed you. She must deal with him immediately, or it will be too late." Yan Yu showed no pity for the servants; she was only concerned with her own plans.
Yun Yuan stared blankly at Yan Yu, her last remaining feelings for her slowly fading away. The once spoiled and willful, yet kind-hearted, princess was gone forever. Now, all she saw was exploitation and power; the bonds of mistress and servant, and sisterhood, were gone.
"Princess, please stop. I won't go back. I'll just tell the Fujin (the eldest sister) and have her stop you from doing all this. She's your elder sister and won't make things difficult for you. As long as you send that baby boy away immediately, everything will be alright." After saying this, Yun Yuan ignored Yan Yu's objections and turned to leave.
"Stop right there! Not only are you not helping me, but you're going to tell the Fujin?" If Yun Yuan could turn around and look at Yan Yu at this moment, she would definitely find that her eyes were now full of cold indignation, and there was no trace of master-servant affection left.
"I'm doing this so that the princess won't make any bigger mistakes. I'll tell the princess's mother that it was Fangyun who was making assumptions about the princess; she's the princess's elder sister, she shouldn't..."
"Snap~~"
Yun Yuan felt a heavy object hit the back of her head. Before she could finish her sentence, she felt blood gushing from the top of her head. She saw her blood flowing out and onto the ground... and then she collapsed in a pool of blood.
She stared wide-eyed ahead, utterly bewildered that the princess she had longed to serve for life would pick up a vase and smash it against the back of her head.
Hearing a click from inside, Fangyun couldn't help but ask into the door, "Master, shall I go in?"
Hearing a response from inside, Fangyun reached out and pushed open the slightly ajar door, went inside, and then closed the door behind her.
When Fangyun reached the door of Yan Yu's main room, she saw Yun Yuan lying in a pool of blood, while Yan Yu stood there trembling, muttering, "She asked for it, she asked for it..."
Fangyun was ruthless, but she had never witnessed a murder before, and she was quite frightened. However, she had no choice but to muster her courage and walk to Yunyuan's side.
She crouched down and checked Yun Yuan's mouth. Seeing that she was still breathing faintly, she looked up at Yan Yu and said, "Princess, she is not dead yet."
"He's not dead! He's not dead!!"
"Princess, what should we do now? Save her? How do we tell Doctor Zhou? This matter can't be kept a secret any longer." Fangyun could only remind her, seeing that Yan Yu had lost her composure.
"We can't let her wake up, Fangyun, we can't let her wake up." Yan Yu's eyes darted around a few times before she said, "Just say that Yun Yuan was upset about being teased by Doctor Zhou, and that she couldn't stand it after returning home, so she committed suicide."
“But her injuries are clearly from being hit from behind, how can it be considered suicide?” Fangyun asked.
"What can we do? We have to make her commit suicide!" Yan Yu said urgently.
Fangyun thought for a moment and said, "We can only take her out at night and then throw her into the lake. That way, no one will notice. By then, the wound on her head will have already healed from being soaked in water."
Yan Yu was at a loss, but seeing Fang Yun say this, she quickly agreed and hurriedly said, "Quickly tie her up and hide her. Clean up all the blood in this room too. I'll have my mother help you. Absolutely no one can see this."
Fangyun nodded.
After hearing Yan Yu's words, Madam Liu was surprised, but Yun Yuan's safety was no match for her own daughter's. She only told her not to act rashly again, and then had no choice but to cooperate with Fang Yun to hide Yun Yuan's body.
In the dead of night, Liu ordered the wet nurse who accompanied her to carry Yun Yuan's body out with Fang Yun. The two secretly carried it into the garden, chose a place where it would not be easily discovered, and threw Yun Yuan's body down there.
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