Tea Flower Pavilion.
"Let's go, let's present the patriarch with his birthday gift in advance."
Jiang Yu slowly stood up, and Xia Zhi, upon hearing this, quickly picked up the flowerpots from the ground and followed behind Jiang Yu.
Throughout the journey, Jiang Yu remained silent, her hands under her sleeves motionless.
In the front courtyard, the head of the Yun family was feeling rather annoyed, and was admiring the moon alone.
"Is the patriarch missing someone?" Jiang Yu asked with a smile. "Greetings, patriarch."
"Why is Ming'er out so late?" The Yun family head glared at Xia Zhi. "Although it's hot, there's still a cool breeze at night. Be careful not to catch a cold."
"Tomorrow is the patriarch's birthday, and I don't have anything worth giving as a gift." Jiang Yu said, feigning embarrassment. "I've been taking care of this flower for half a month, and it's in full bloom now. I'm offering it to the patriarch as a gift."
"Ming'er is so thoughtful."
The head of the Yun family also knew that Jiang Yu had neither money nor memory, so he did not make a fuss about it.
"The moon is so full tonight, is the patriarch thinking of his deceased wife?"
Upon hearing Jiang Yu mention the deceased Pei Shi, the Yun family patriarch's expression stiffened. "Yes, it's my birthday tomorrow. I really miss my late wife."
"In that case, I will not disturb the family head any longer."
As they spoke, the powder under her fingernails quietly spread into the air, completely unnoticed by the Yun family patriarch who was closest to Jiang Yu.
"If the patriarch truly misses his deceased wife, why not have the young master and the second young lady come and keep him company?" Jiang Yu's lips curled up. Judging from the patriarch's appearance, there must be something fishy about what happened back then.
"It's late, and I'm a little tired. There's no need to disturb Mo'er and Hui'er."
On the way back to Minghua Pavilion, Jiang Yu's breathing became slightly unsteady, as she had inhaled some of the medicinal powder earlier.
Gu Lin gave it to her, saying it was a hallucinogenic powder personally developed by Mei Chu. Inhaling it would cause nightmares and confusion. Although she had taken the antidote beforehand, she still felt some discomfort.
A glint of light flashed in Jiang Yu's eyes, and she thought about what the Yun family patriarch would experience tonight, and her breathing gradually calmed down.
The moonlight is beautiful, but some people don't deserve it.
......
In the front yard, the head of the Yun family was sleeping very restlessly, his forehead covered with sweat. The woman he had deliberately forgotten for more than ten years had appeared in his dream.
"Pei, as a daughter of the Pei family of Longyou, is it so difficult for you to get me a few prescriptions? Is it like taking your life?"
Pei's face was pale, but her expression remained stubborn. "That is my Pei family's ancestral medicine recipe. Only the patriarch and the young master have the right to know it. No one else should even dream of it!"
"you!"
That was the first argument between him and Madam Pei. After that, he stayed in Aunt Zhu's courtyard almost every day, letting everyone in the Yun family bully Madam Pei.
"Have you thought about the prescription?"
Years later, he stepped into the Pei family's courtyard again. This time, his brows were full of arrogance, and his eyes were full of disdain when he looked at the Pei family.
"Now that my father has broken ties with the head of the Pei family, Yun Zhi, do you think you can control me?"
The once beautiful Pei Shi has become emaciated. "I am a Pei Shi woman, and I would rather die than do anything to betray the Pei family."
"You bitch!"
He pounced on Pei Shi and, despite her resistance, made love to her. That one time, Pei Shi became pregnant again.
He then tried both soft and hard tactics, pleading with her several times, but Pei remained unmoved.
Ultimately, he caused Pei to die on the day she gave birth.
But the look in Pei's eyes when she died...
"call--"
The head of the Yun family suddenly woke up from his dream, panting heavily.
"Master, Master?" A servant's voice came from outside. The Yun family patriarch swallowed hard. "I'm fine."
How could he dream of Lady Pei?
Now that the person in charge of the Pei family has a grudge against Pei's father, they probably wouldn't suspect Pei's death.
Thinking of this, Yun Zhi breathed a sigh of relief.
A gust of cold wind blew by, and Yun Zhi shivered violently.
Every time I close my eyes, all I see is Pei Shi's image, and... Yun Mo...
This is a child he disliked from the very beginning.
“Pei, you have only yourself to blame. You have no one else to blame.”
A shadow crossed Yun Zhi’s eyes. If the Pei family hadn’t insisted on not helping him back then, how could the Yun family have fallen to the bottom of the five great families?
......
That night, Yun Zhi had a series of nightmares.
The lights in Yunmo's room never went out all night.
As dawn broke, the Yun residence came alive with activity, except for Yun Mo's courtyard, which remained deserted and deserted.
Yun Zhi had no intention of having Yun Mo appear at the birthday banquet today.
Inside the room, Yunmo rubbed his eyes, which were red and sore from the soreness.
"Unraveling the mechanisms of the Tea Flower Pavilion is not something that can be done in a day. Are you going to go without eating, drinking, or resting?"
This time, Yunmo didn't even raise his head.
"I must break this mechanism."
Gu Lin glanced at the time and, seeing that the banquet had not yet begun, casually sat down in a chair and looked at Yun Mo thoughtfully, "Is it just because he wants to strip you of your position as young master?"
"You want me to break... to decipher the mechanisms of the Tea Flower Pavilion so you can rescue that person, right?" Yunmo asked softly. "Are you from Dayu?"
"He does have a bit of cleverness."
"Aren't you afraid...aren't you afraid I'll expose your identity?"
Gu Lin chuckled upon hearing this, "Then can you?"
"Won't."
Yunmo's hands, which had been fiddling with the mechanism, slowly stopped. "Even if... even if you don't come, I... I will still rescue that person. I promise... I promise Yaoyao."
"Emperor Zhaoyuan".
Seeing that Yun Mo recognized him so directly, a murderous intent flashed in Gu Lin's eyes, but it quickly disappeared.
"Find out the truth about my mother's difficult childbirth back then... for me."
A tear slid down Yunmo's cheek.
On his way back from Dayu, he racked his brains trying to figure out how to avoid conflict with Dayu and how to get his father back to the right path.
But he doesn't think that way anymore.
If his mother's difficult childbirth was indeed caused by human intervention, then he only wanted everyone in the Yun family, except for himself and his second sister, to die.
"This was already our agreement."
Gu Lin slowly stood up. "I just don't want to see you exhaust yourself to death before the mechanism is even broken."
Gu Lin tossed a bag of pastries over to Yun Mo, who pursed her lips and said, "Thank you."
As Gu Lin turned to leave, Jiang Yu's words came to mind: "Although I have never met Yao Yao, I can feel that Yao Yao really likes her brother Yun Mo."
If that's the case, then Yunmo must live well.
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