Yun Qingran's mind is in turmoil. Before she knew it, she had become a mother. She herself is still a child. How is she going to take care of a baby?
Oh, what a worry!
Forget it, let's pretend we don't know for now and wait until Grandma's matter is resolved.
Yun Qingran hurried back to the stage, but when she returned, Zhao Shi and Yun Song were no longer there.
"Where are Grandmother and Second Uncle?" Yun Qingran asked Yun Qingbi.
“Grandmother is leaving with Second Uncle; they’ve gone back to Second Uncle’s house,” Yun Qingbi said.
"Why didn't you stop her? Didn't His Highness the Prince of Beihan say that she wasn't allowed to leave the manor?" Yun Qingran was a little anxious. Her grandmother was acting so strangely today, there must be something going on. Now that she's gone, there's no way to find out what that thing is.
“His Highness the Prince of Beihan only said that we cannot leave the manor, but he didn’t say whose manor it is. There’s nothing we can do if Grandmother wants to go.” Yun Qingbi said helplessly.
"Let's go home and discuss it," Yunxiao said, looking exhausted.
"Okay." Yun Qingran and Yun Qingbi, brother and sister, agreed in unison.
On the way back to the manor, Yunxiao couldn't hold back any longer and asked in a low voice, "Ranran, tell your father the truth, what's the deal with the child your grandmother mentioned?"
"I did give birth in the countryside," Yun Qingran replied, bowing her head.
Damn original owner, damn original owner, damn original owner...
"Sigh, this silly child, how could he do such a thing?" Yunxiao sighed deeply.
Yun Qingran felt something was off; it seemed like these words weren't directed at her.
"Ranran, you really had a child? Where is the child?" Suddenly becoming an uncle, Yun Qingbi couldn't describe her feelings at this moment.
"It's lost." Yun Qingran shrank back. Damn original owner, damn original owner, damn original owner...
"What?! It's lost!" Yun Qingbi had an urge to slap her sister away.
She gave birth and then disappeared! You could have given the baby to someone else to raise, but she just vanished!
"Yeah, it got lost in the mountains." Yun Qingran almost shrank her neck in fear; she was genuinely afraid her older brother would slap her away.
"That's all in the past, don't blame your sister," Yunxiao said to Yun Qingbi.
"Father, why are you protecting her like this?" Yun Qingbi couldn't understand.
This is murder, and it happened to be his own child!
Yunxiao looked at Yun Qingran with sympathy, "Your sister is innocent, don't blame her. Now you should think carefully about what happened and why your grandmother would suddenly treat us like this."
Yun Qingbi glared fiercely at Yun Qingran, and all the love she had accumulated over this period of time vanished instantly.
"Father, have you not sent money to Grandmother these past few months, or have you been neglecting her?" Yun Qingran asked Yun Xiao.
“I send money to your grandmother every month. When I was short of money, I would borrow money to send to her. Now that we are better off, I’ve doubled the amount. As for neglecting your grandmother, that’s impossible. I used to write to her every ten days, but she found it annoying and told me not to write to her unless it bothered her, so I changed it to once every two weeks.” Yunxiao said, expressing her innocence.
Although he dared not call himself a filial son, he was certain that as a son, he had done an absolutely adequate job.
Yunxiao continued, "Besides, your grandmother wouldn't go crazy and talk nonsense just because I didn't send her money or neglected her."
"Then why is Grandmother like this?" Yun Qingran sighed softly.
Things are really strange.
"Could it be that Grandmother has been threatened?" Yun Qingbi guessed.
“Your grandmother is the type to rather die than bend; she won’t be threatened. And if she were threatened, she would give me a hint. We have a secret code, but she didn’t send me a single one in the past half day.” Yunxiao refuted Yun Qingbi’s guess.
"Marquis of Zhen'an, Princess Rongchang, Minister Yun, you have kept me searching for you." The father and his son were talking when Eunuch Wei arrived in a hurry with several eunuchs.
"Eunuch Wei, what happened?" Yunxiao asked quickly.
"The Emperor has summoned you to the palace," said Eunuch Wei.
"Why would the Emperor suddenly summon us to the palace?" Yun Qingran felt uneasy.
"I don't know, I only know it's related to Princess Zhaohua." Eunuch Wei didn't know exactly what happened either, he only knew that the Right Chancellor and Princess Zhaohua met with the Emperor, and the Emperor was furious and ordered him to summon the three of them, father and son, to the palace.
"Is it related to Shuangshuang?" Yun Qingran was very puzzled. What had Shuangshuang done to make the Emperor summon her, her father, and her elder brother so urgently?
"Marquis of Zhen'an, Princess Rongchang, Minister Yun, stop dawdling and hurry up," Eunuch Wei urged.
"Yes." Yunxiao nodded and quickly led her children into the palace.
Wolong Palace
"Princess Zhaohua, why did you expose this matter? After all, you are the beneficiary." The Emperor sat on the dragon throne, wearing a brown robe inlaid with gold thread and jade, embroidered with dragons, exuding an oppressive imperial aura.
“Zhaohua did indeed benefit from this matter. But Zhaohua did not want to be enemies with Beiyin, nor did Xiyan. That’s why she told the Emperor about it. She didn’t want it to be exposed by someone else one day, causing Beiyin and Xiyan to drift apart.” Yan Shuangshuang looked at the Emperor with an open and honest gaze.
These words were so reasonable and well-founded that one had no choice but to believe them, but the Emperor still did not believe that Yun Qingran would do such a thing, or that the Zhen'an Marquis's mansion would have such thoughts.
"Your Majesty!" Eunuch Wei entered carrying a whisk and announced, "The Marquis of Zhen'an, Princess Rongchang, and Minister Yun have arrived."
"Let them in." The Emperor picked up the teacup on the table, used the lid to remove the tea leaves, and took a sip of tea.
"Your Majesty, your subject and your daughter pay their respects." The father, son, and daughter knelt down and greeted the Emperor in unison.
The Emperor had just finished a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and instead of telling the three of them to get up, asked, "Do you know why I summoned you to the palace today?"
"I don't know," the father, son, and daughter replied.
"Yun Qingran, do you really not know?" Yan Shuangshuang asked from the side.
Yun Qingran looked up at her and saw that the intimate and friendly demeanor from the day before was gone, and Yan Shuangshuang's face was full of coldness that wanted to kill her.
"Shuangshuang, what should I know?" Yun Qingran asked her in return.
"How dare you call me Shuangshuang? Please, Princess Rongchang, call me Princess Zhaohua instead." Yan Shuangshuang was cold and ruthless, showing no respect to Yun Qingran whatsoever.
"Then please enlighten me, Princess Zhaohua, what should I know?" Yun Qingran looked at Yan Shuangshuang, her heart sinking. She was probably in trouble today.
“Princess Rongchang, you intend to collude with me and then rebel,” Yan Shuangshuang replied, her tone both slow and ruthless.
This is indeed a huge problem! At this moment, Yun Qingran's heart sank to the bottom.
Yunxiao and Yun Qingbi's expressions also changed drastically, especially Yun Qingbi, who did not expect Yan Shuangshuang to falsely accuse his sister like this.
"Princess Zhaohua, when did I conspire with you to rebel?" Yun Qingran asked Yan Shuangshuang.
"When we were strolling around the streets together the other day," Yan Shuangshuang replied.
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