Chapter 16: Beautiful Daughter vs. Heirless Emperor 16
Ji Yonglian's right face immediately swelled up and blood came out at the corner of her mouth. She had never suffered such an injustice and immediately burst into tears.
"How dare you hit me? Are you crazy? I'm going to tell my father and have him beat you to death, you bitch!"
Ji Yunhuan rubbed his wrist and said calmly, "It's up to you!"
Nanny Yan had a stern face and spoke in a slow but convincing voice.
"There is an order of seniority, and there is a difference between legitimate and illegitimate daughters. The eldest daughter is the eldest sister and the only legitimate daughter in the mansion. It is her duty to educate her illegitimate daughters. Aunt, there is no need to thank me."
The words on Aunt Zhang's lips were forced back, and she almost choked to death.
Nanny Yan added, "Young Miss keeps calling me a bitch. I don't know who taught her this. If you don't discipline me well, I'll have to deal with more than just a slap in the face in the future."
"You old witch, why do you control me..." Ji Yonglian was furious and was about to settle the score with Nanny Yan.
Aunt Zhang pulled her hard and scolded her in a low voice: "Shut up first and don't mess around!"
Behind closed doors, they could deal with Ji Yunhuan however they wanted, but now with so many people watching, she couldn't afford to be caught.
Aunt Zhang protected Ji Yonglian behind her, her eyes filled with tears, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
"The eldest lady is so arrogant. She bullies my mother and me in the mansion on weekdays, but now she is still so arrogant in front of everyone!"
"I am also your elder, but you force me to kneel down before you. Do you still respect the elders and the young, and do you still have filial piety?"
Ji Yunhuan sneered, his tone full of sarcasm.
"Zhang Rou, you've been living a good life for too long. You must have forgotten your identity. If I give you face, I'll call you Aunt. If I don't, you're just a slave, a maid that my mother spent ten taels of silver to buy."
"Don't think that just because your father destroyed your indenture and gave you a concubine, you are now the mistress of the house. After all, you are just a thing from a brothel, not worthy of being on the stage. How can you be so daring as to be my elder?"
Ji Yunhuan's voice was not loud, but everyone around heard it.
Aunt Zhang was so angry that she was shaking all over. She tried her best to cover up her background and even found excuses to beat to death some servants who knew the inside story. But now Ji Yunhuan had uncovered her background in public!
That bitch Xu Junwan said nice things, saying that she would help her hide her background, but in fact, she told Ji Yunhuan. She also secretly left so many people for Ji Yunhuan. It was obvious that she had been planning to deal with her for a long time!
Fortunately, she took the initiative and killed Xu Junwan, otherwise she would have been the one to die.
Thinking of his mother who had lived a kind life but died tragically in the end, Ji Yunhuan's voice was filled with sadness.
"Zhang Rou, you must not forget your roots, otherwise you are no different from an animal!"
"Back then, you were being chased by the thugs from the brothel and were dying. It was my mother who saved you and redeemed you. What did you say back then? You said you would work like a slave to repay my mother."
"But you turned around and hooked up with my father. You even left the Ji Mansion under the pretext of looking for your relatives and became my father's mistress. Is this how you repay my mother?"
"Eight years ago, you brought a son and a daughter into my family. My mother was heartbroken, but she did not pursue the matter. She even took out your indenture."
"My mother has always been a woman of virtue, gentle and virtuous, and has never treated you badly. You are a concubine, but you did not serve the mistress well, and instead endangered her life. Tell me, do you deserve to die?"
Ji Yunhuan was so imposing and questioned her repeatedly that Aunt Zhang was so panicked that she couldn't refute a word. She could only cry and try to win the sympathy of the people around her.
Many of the onlookers were wives of officials. Although their masters did not hold high positions, they could not avoid having one or two concubines at home.
After hearing Ji Yunhuan's words and looking at Aunt Zhang's reaction, he was already 70% convinced.
"It's said outside that Ji Yunhuan is arrogant and domineering. I think this concubine is not an easy person to deal with. She killed the mistress, suppressed the legitimate daughter, and even drove the legitimate daughter out of the house. What a good trick!"
"Such a vicious woman would be a nuisance if she stayed in the mansion. She should be beaten to death with sticks."
"I don't know what Lord Ji is thinking. He actually indulges her to this extent. If the censor reports him for favoring his concubine over his wife, it will be the end of him!"
Aunt Zhang was very flexible. She fell to her knees with a plop and started crying and begging for pity.
"I know that the eldest lady looks down on me, but you can't slander me like this. I dare not admit to such a serious crime of killing the mistress of the house."
"I know that the eldest lady doesn't like the hard life in the nunnery and wants to enter the mansion to enjoy wealth and splendor, but the master has ordered that the eldest lady's reputation has been ruined and her good name has been lost. She can only stay in the nunnery for the rest of her life and is not allowed to return to the mansion."
"I dare not disobey the master's order. Miss, please leave quickly!"
"What if I insist on entering the mansion?" Ji Yunhuan said coldly.
Ji Yonglian pulled Aunt Zhang up and complained dissatisfiedly: "Mother, why are you kneeling to her? She doesn't deserve it! If she dares to force her way in, we will let the guards stop her."
"We have more people, she can't get in. When Daddy comes back from court, he will see how domineering she is and how she dared to hit me. He will definitely not let her go!"
Aunt Zhang stood up and said, "That's the only way."
The guards in the mansion rushed out, and there were quite a lot of them, which showed the wealth of the Ji family.
Ji Yunhuan sneered in his heart. If it weren't for his mother's generous dowry, how could Ji Gongming, with just his salary, be able to live in such a nice house and support so many servants to guard the house.
Strictly speaking, this house was also her mother's dowry. After her mother passed away, the dowry should belong to her. No decent family would covet the hostess's dowry. If they tell others about it, they will be criticized.
These people lived in her house and took away her mother's dowry, and they even had the nerve to stop her from entering!
Ji Yonglian was very proud, "Come on, everyone! Surround them and wait for the master to come back and deal with them."
The guards did not hurt anyone, they just protected Ji Yunhuan to prevent her from being bumped into. After all, this was the Empress's mother's home, and they did not dare to move without orders.
Seeing that a fight was about to break out, many people left the place to avoid being harmed.
Ji Yonglian had no scruples anymore. She put her hands on her hips and shouted, “Hold down Ji Yunhuan. This slap from me won’t be in vain. And that old thing, I will deal with her myself. You are just a servant. You dare to scold me? I will beat you to death!”
Ji Yunhuan waved his hand, "Thank you for your help, we are going to break in today, and anyone who stands in my way will be killed without mercy!"
"Yes!" The guards shouted loudly, drew their swords and rushed out with great momentum.
The Ji mansion's bodyguards were like little chicks in front of these guards. Soon they fell down and lay on the ground screaming.
Ji Yunhuan was escorted into the Ji Mansion. Wherever he went, a large number of people knelt down. Under the power of swords and knives, no one dared to come out to stop them.
She walked through the front yard, passed a corridor, and arrived at Xiuzhuyuan, where her mother had lived before.
Her mother passed away three years ago. She couldn't bear to touch her mother's belongings, so she has been living in the yard next door ever since.
But now Xiuzhu Garden has been occupied by someone, and even the Xiangfei bamboo that his mother loved most during her lifetime has been destroyed. The originally elegant courtyard has become vulgar. Ji Yunhuan felt great pain in his heart and leaned against the door with tears in his eyes.
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