Hongli had anticipated that Yushan would invite Yuchan to lunch, so he didn't come over at noon. It wasn't until evening, when Yuchan left Huanbi Island and returned to her residence, that Hongli went to find Yushan and had dinner with her.
When it was time to go to bed that night, Yu Shan looked solemn as she lay on her back gazing at the top of the tent. Xiao Shan's brows were furrowed, as if he was deep in thought, completely ignoring him.
Hongli asked curiously, "Shouldn't you be happy to be reunited with your sister today? Why do you look so gloomy?"
Yu Shan was thinking of waiting until Hongli finished reading the book before talking to him, but to her surprise, he put down the book and came to the tent, leaning against her side and gently stroking her furrowed brows with his finger.
Since he asked, Yu Shan didn't hide it from him. "I didn't know until I asked that Yu Chan's life was so agonizing."
In Hongli's memory, Zheng Lin should be a devoted lover.
He had been thinking about Yu Shan for so long back then, but after marrying Yu Chan, it was only after several years of marriage that he was moved by Yu Chan and gave her his heart. So Zheng Lin should have been very devoted to Yu Chan. What was the meaning of his so-called torment?
"What? Did Zheng Lin bully her again?"
"That's right!" Yu Shan then roughly recounted the conflict between the two of them. Hongli empathized with this, and his anger immediately flared up.
"Why do all mothers in the world like to meddle in their sons' affairs, insisting on taking concubines for them? It's one thing if they don't care about ordinary women! But Yu Chan is the younger sister of the current imperial concubine. They should respect her opinion and discuss it before making any plans. To act so recklessly shows no respect for her family! If I had known they were treating Yu Chan so badly, I would never have allowed the Zheng family's shop into the Summer Palace!"
Yu Chan was a bit soft-hearted, which made Yu Shan very worried about her situation.
“Now that Zheng’s mother favors Miss Xu, if Miss Xu were to resort to any underhanded tricks, Yu Chan would definitely be no match for her. If Zheng Lin were to fall for her tricks by accident, whether it was voluntary or forced, Yu Chan would be very heartbroken.”
Hongli couldn't help but recall that he had once fallen for Jin Minjing's tricks. Some things are truly impossible to guard against, and decisions must be made as soon as possible.
"What do you plan to do? How about I issue a decree?"
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