Seeing a prince fall to that level, Yan Yue felt she had a completely new understanding of the Thirteenth Prince, as if someone who was once high and mighty had suddenly fallen to the ground.
I am also pleased for Heyue.
If they didn't truly care, why would they do this?
"If you want a man to listen to you, you have to control his weaknesses. If you spoil him too much, he will only become more demanding," He Yue said smugly, offering advice to her sixth sister.
In her opinion, Yiduli dared to be so presumptuous because he knew that Sixth Sister liked him.
Sixth Sister has always been straightforward and never plays mind games with others; she suffers losses as soon as someone tries to provoke her.
In the end, it's Itori who's the worst!
Yan Yue rested her chin on her hand, seemingly lost in thought: "You're right, or perhaps I was just overthinking things."
She quickly regained some of her composure and expressed her thoughts: "I want to go back to my parents' house for a while. I don't want to see him until I've thought things through."
He Yue readily agreed: "You can stay here with me tonight, or you can stay here for a few more days before going home if you prefer."
Yan Yue nodded.
That evening, Thirteen was sent to the front yard, where the two sisters slept in the same bed, just like when they were very young.
Perhaps because He Yue was with her, Yan Yue quickly fell asleep peacefully.
The next day, Yan Yue did not stay any longer, saying that she did not want to disturb He Yue and the thirteenth child.
He Yue blushed with embarrassment, and was also deeply surprised. Since this incident, Sixth Sister had become much more considerate.
To encourage her sixth sister and worried that her father and mother would be unhappy, Heyue accompanied her sixth sister back to her parents' home.
Marhan went to court. When Irgen Gioro saw the two sisters return together and heard about Yan Yue and Yi Duli's affair, she was furious. Pointing at Yan Yue, she scolded her: "You're not a child anymore, how can you be so foolish? You keep going back to your parents' home. What kind of wife are you! What will outsiders think of our household! What will they think of Irgen Gioro?!"
Yan Yue lowered her head, feeling wronged after being scolded by her mother. She wanted to argue but couldn't bring herself to say anything, feeling that she had embarrassed her mother.
Heyue hurriedly explained, "Mother, this has nothing to do with Sixth Sister. Yiduli bullied Sixth Sister like that for the sake of a concubine. It's clearly bullying. Sixth Sister has never been treated like this before. You used to love us the most. You can't just stand by and watch Sixth Sister being bullied."
Irgen Gioro pointed at Heyue, her face ashen: "You still have the nerve to talk back! It's one thing if you don't try to dissuade her, but you actually join her in this nonsense. As the Thirteenth Prince's wife, what will people outside think of you?!"
“I’m already being lenient by not using my status as the Thirteenth Princess Consort to settle scores with them. Besides, what did Sixth Sister do wrong? Why should she be bullied like this and have to swallow her anger? It’s one thing for Yiduli to sleep with a maid, but Sixth Sister isn’t unreasonable. If he hadn’t gone too far and didn’t take Sixth Sister seriously at all, would Sixth Sister have acted like this? He clearly did something wrong, but in the end, he blamed Sixth Sister and even hit her. Mother doesn’t care about Sixth Sister, but I do.”
Listening to her eloquent speech, which was full of dissatisfaction and accusation, Lady Irgen Gioro laughed in anger: "You've become more and more temperamental since you became a prince's wife. Let me tell you, even if you become a prince's wife, you are still my daughter. Don't meddle in other people's business!"
He Yue puffed out her cheeks, looking unconvinced, wondering to herself, "Where did she meddle?"
Fearing that he would anger his mother, he didn't dare to say anything.
Even though Irgen Gioro was still angry, she couldn't deny that she had been swayed by He Yue's words. She rubbed her forehead and sighed, "Do you think your mother doesn't care about Xiao Liu? It's just that you all acted too impulsively. What can you gain besides making the relationship even more strained and causing gossip outside?"
Do you think everything will be fine once she goes back to her parents' home? Do you think Yi Duli will lower himself and beg Xiao Liu to go back? Do you think Xiao Liu's parents-in-law will agree? Even Yi Duli himself, being a man, wouldn't so easily bow down to a woman. Yi Duli may have made a mistake, but does that mean my daughter should be bullied by another woman and unable to go home?
Even if that concubine has given birth, so what? Xiao Liu is the legal wife. That child has no right to be raised by a concubine. Xiao Liu can go back now. After the child is born, there will still be a chance to punish that concubine. But if even the position of the mistress is not secure, what will you use to seek justice?! You will truly bring shame to your father and mother!
The biggest mistake Xiao Liu made was publicly humiliating Yiduli after learning about the affair, berating her husband and arguing with him so harshly. Wouldn't Yiduli's parents side with their son? People would just say she was a jealous woman, and that a mere maid's son wasn't worth such treatment. Another mistake she made was acting on impulse and harming that woman. No matter how despicable she was, she was carrying the child of the Irgen Gioro clan. Who gave her the right to take action against her?"
He Yue was speechless, unsure of what to say for a moment.
Yan Yue also looked embarrassed, twisting her sleeves with both hands and keeping her head down without saying a word.
Both of them thought of their mother's past actions.
She never deliberately targeted her two concubines, yet no one dared to disrespect her in front of her. All her illegitimate children were raised under her care. Although they were not her biological children, she treated them all equally. Her older sisters and younger brothers also treated her as their own mother.
Perhaps because she grew up under her mother's influence and her father always obeyed her, Yan Yue always took her mother as her role model, except for He Yue who had her own ideas. She never thought that she would suffer because of her aunt.
When another woman became pregnant, how could Yan Yue, who had always seen her father and mother loving each other and was spoiled and willful, bear it?
Thinking that because Yi Duli cared about him, he wouldn't do anything to him even if it came to that woman and the child in her womb, he dared to make a move.
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