"Mother..."
Inside the ancestral hall, Yunwei, hearing the commotion, quickly stood up. When she saw Aunt Zhu, her eyes were filled with tears.
"Mother, Father has kept me locked up for so long. Is he really angry with me?" Yunwei tried to rush out of the ancestral hall but was stopped by the guards with knives. "I was really out of my mind that day. Mother, please go and talk to Father for me."
Aunt Zhu stared at Yun Wei for a long time before speaking softly, "Wei'er, don't worry, I will plead with your father."
"only......"
Seeing the troubled look on Aunt Zhu's face, Yunwei asked without thinking, "Aunt, what's wrong?"
"Your older brother... he was also locked up by your father."
Aunt Zhu embellished Yun Qing's story and told it to Yun Wei. Yun Wei looked incredulous. "Even if my elder brother really had an affair with Dong Mei, he doesn't deserve this much."
"I think your elder brother might have been angered by your father."
"It's all my fault..." Hearing Aunt Zhu's words, Yunwei cried even harder, completely oblivious to the fleeting look of guilt in Aunt Zhu's eyes. "What should we do? What should we do?"
"I do have a way, but it will require you to make do with this."
Aunt Zhu's hands, hidden beneath her sleeves, were tightly clutching a handkerchief. Qing'er was her only support, so she could only let Wei'er suffer in silence.
"What method?"
“You write a letter to Yunming yourself to apologize, and I will take the letter to Minghua Pavilion.” Aunt Zhu sighed. “Your father said before that she is a very important person. If she is willing to speak up for you and your elder brother, your father might…”
"I wrote."
Yunwei answered without hesitation.
But as soon as he turned around, he stumbled and fell to the ground.
"Wei'er".
Yunwei winced in pain, her eyes reddening even more. "I don't know why I've been feeling so weak lately, Mother. Am I sick?"
"How could that be! Vera, don't think such things."
Aunt Zhu's smile began to look somewhat unnatural. She knew about Qing'er drugging Wei'er...
"Mother, please wait a moment, I'll go write it right away."
Yunwei had no idea that she had become a sacrifice in Aunt Zhu's eyes.
......
Tea Flower Pavilion.
Jiang Yu looked at Aunt Zhu in front of her with a half-smile. Even though she had already given birth to two children, her tearful appearance still made people feel sorry for her. No wonder the position of the matriarch of the Yun family had been vacant for more than ten years.
"Why is Aunt Zhu crying? Xia Zhi, quickly go to the front yard and call the master of the house over."
"Wait."
Aunt Zhu's expression froze. "Miss, I'm taking the liberty of begging for mercy today because I want you to plead for Qing'er."
“That day, Wei’er was ignorant and talked back to you. Wei’er now knows she was wrong and has even written an apology letter herself.” Aunt Zhu took out Yunwei’s letter. “I hope you will be magnanimous and not hold a grudge.”
"Is my eldest aunt a villain?"
Jiang Yu's smile turned cold; she hated mothers like Aunt Zhu the most.
Not to mention that Yunwei's targeting of her from the very beginning was all for Aunt Zhu's sake.
In the end, Aunt Zhu actually wanted to use Yunwei as a stepping stone to save Yunqing, and she didn't even ask her to plead for Yunwei in her words just now.
"Of course not..."
"Does Madam know why the head of the family has placed the eldest young master under house arrest?" Jiang Yu's words left Madam Zhu speechless. "It seems Madam knows. Then why does Madam still want me to plead for the eldest young master... isn't that putting me in a difficult position?"
"Miss Cousin!"
Aunt Zhu suddenly knelt down, pleading, "Please, Miss, have mercy on me because I love my son so much..."
"laugh--"
A sneer rang out from above Aunt Zhu's head. Jiang Yu, completely devoid of the weak demeanor that belonged to Yun Ming, instead reached out and lifted Aunt Zhu's chin.
The scrutinizing gaze fell on Aunt Zhu's face, and for a moment, Aunt Zhu didn't even dare to breathe.
"Did you know? Yunwei looks exactly like you."
Aunt Zhu was completely bewildered and didn't understand the meaning behind Jiang Yu's words at all.
"Given her personality, the reason she'd write this letter must be because she thought you'd plead for her, right?"
"You've come to the right person by begging me."
A person seeking death pleads with the King of Hell, and it's exactly what they need.
Jiang Yu's voice sent a chill down Aunt Zhu's spine. The next second, Jiang Yu's expression changed, and she covered her head with both hands, "Xia Zhi, my head hurts so much."
"Miss Cousin..."
Xia Zhi tried to help Jiang Yu up, but Jiang Yu pushed her away, saying, "A heart full of love for one's son, a heart full of love for one's son... I am not Yun Ming!"
Jiang Yu kept repeating this sentence as if she had gone mad.
......
"You bitch!"
When Yun Zhi arrived, the first thing he did upon seeing Aunt Zhu was kick her, yelling, "Who told you to come to Minghua Water Pavilion? Who told you to spout such nonsense?"
"Master...Master, I only want you to spare Qing'er..."
Aunt Zhu had no idea why Jiang Yu had suddenly gone mad, nor why the head of the family looked like he wanted to kill her. Tears and snot streamed down her face, and she was no longer the tearful woman she had been just moments before.
Yun Zhi glared at Aunt Zhu, then walked to Jiang Yu's side and said, "Ming'er, you are Yun Ming, the cousin of the Yun family."
"I'm not!"
Jiang Yu grabbed Yun Zhi's shoulders, "I've had children, I have children, I have the same deep love for my child as she does."
Jiang Yu's gaze made Yun Zhi almost unable to look her in the eye. "I am not Yun Ming!"
After saying this, Jiang Yu fell into a "coma".
"Master... I really didn't mean it..." Aunt Zhu pleaded, trembling, as she watched Yun Zhi walk straight toward her.
Yun Zhi slowly squatted down. "Do you know how big a mess you've made?"
“You have destroyed the greatest hope of our entire Yun family.”
Aunt Zhu shook her head desperately. The look in the eyes of the person in front of her was exactly the same as the look in her eyes when she killed Yun Peishi.
"Lock up the concubine and nail down all the doors and windows of the house."
Yun Zhi's words were like those of a devil, and Aunt Zhu even forgot to resist.
The doors and windows of the house were nailed shut; this was tantamount to killing her.
Who exactly is Yun Ming? How could the family head go to such lengths for her?
Suddenly, Aunt Zhu opened her arms wide, her long fingernails aimed at Jiang Yu's face, but Yun Zhi stopped her with lightning speed. The sound of bones breaking rang out, and Aunt Zhu's hands hung down in a strange posture.
"Incorrigible."
"Hahahaha!" Aunt Zhu's face was contorted with rage. "I've been your concubine for decades, and in the end, I'm so easily abandoned. Yun Zhi, you have no heart."
"Take him away!" Yun Zhi's face was full of impatience. He was so stupid that keeping him around would only be a hindrance.
Just then, the butler rushed over.
"Patriarch, the young master of the Pei family has arrived."
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