Chapter 128 Xiao Family vs. Yun Family: A Mass Brawl
Upon hearing the word "bastard child," Yun Zhaoxue's eyes turned cold. She quickly stepped forward, raised her hand, and slapped the child across the face. "Smack!"
Yun Jiaoyue gritted her teeth in anger, "You hit me again?"
She raised her hand to gently slap him back.
Yun Zhaoxue grabbed her wrist and slapped her again with her other hand, "Smack!"
“Bastard? Maybe you and your siblings are the bastards. As the daughter of a second wife, you have insulted the reputation of your stepmother. I slapped you to teach you a lesson on behalf of my mother.”
When Wang saw her daughter being beaten, she rushed over and helped her up. Staring intently at Yun Zhaoxue's face, she sneered, "Insult? Yue'er is just telling the truth. The old lady herself has admitted that you are a bastard with an unknown father. I'm afraid even your mother doesn't know which man is your father!"
Her youngest son at least knows whose father he is, but the eldest princess has played far dirtier games than she has.
Some of the older people present had also heard of the Princess's reputation for being a womanizer; the rumors from back then had spread throughout the capital, and everyone knew about them.
Yun Xiuwen didn't respond, and everyone thought it was just a rumor. A dignified marquis wouldn't raise someone else's child after the princess's death; if it weren't for Yun Zhaoxue, he would have been kicked out of the Yun family long ago.
'So it's true. Lord Yun is too 'great,' raising someone else's daughter and son at the same time.'
"Master, what time is it? Are you still covering up for that woman, watching our Yue'er get beaten, and being accused of disrespecting her stepmother?"
Yun Xiuwen clutched his chest and stood up awkwardly. A burning pain spread throughout his body, making him grimace. "I... what do you want me to say? What else is there to say?"
She's already dead, what's the point of saying all that?
His stepmother and the housekeeper were caught in bed together, making it public knowledge. Now he's being forced to admit that his deceased wife, the princess, had an affair and was pregnant. Has he been a cuckold for over a decade, raising someone else's child for them?
Seeing that he didn't speak, Wang rushed over and grabbed his shoulders, shaking him. "Master, back then, Zhao relied on being the late emperor's only princess and didn't put the Yun family or you in her eyes. She openly met with other men in secret, and not just one, but countless others."
What made her jealous was that those men were all prominent figures, while she could only find a butler to relieve her loneliness.
Yun Xiuwen gasped as she shook him, pulling at his wound. He pulled his arm away, "Ouch, oh, it hurts! Let go of me! Don't pull me! Say what you want to say, I have nothing to say."
He felt like crying, sob sob sob~~~
Being cheated on by his wife once is enough; to make him lose face a second time is unacceptable. How can he ever face anyone again?
I'd rather be dead.
Seeing Yun Xiuwen's reaction, everyone became even more certain that Yun Zhaoxue was not his biological daughter.
The younger generation, unaware of the gossip from back then, asked curiously, "If Princess Zhaoxue isn't Lord Yun's biological daughter, then who is her biological father?"
Some speculate, "In previous dynasties, princesses would keep male lovers. Could Princess Zhaoxue have been born from an affair with one of them?"
“Our Great Zhou is different from the previous dynasty; there is no precedent for princesses keeping male lovers.”
"I remember that back then, the Princess had a handsome and highly skilled bodyguard by her side. Sometimes their behavior was overly intimate. I even saw the Princess help him get off the carriage. Could it be that he was having an affair with the bodyguard?"
"A guard? You must be joking. Do you know who surrounded the princess back then? The prince of Nanzhao, the only son of the richest family in Jiangnan, Pei, the nephew of the martial arts alliance leader, and countless princes and noblemen from high-ranking families. Any one of them would be better than a guard."
"That guard is no ordinary guard either. He defeated several martial arts masters, is nine feet tall, and has been by my side day and night. It's as easy for him to have an affair and get pregnant as drinking water."
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Unable to dissuade Yun Xiuwen, Wang, hearing the crowd's discussion, suddenly regained her courage and stood up, saying loudly:
"If you won't tell me, I will. The princess back then had affairs with several men, and gave birth to this bastard child, Yun Zhaoxue..."
Yun Zhaoxue raised a stick and slammed it into her mouth. Bang!
"Shut up!"
"Ah!" Wang was knocked back two steps by the huge force, her lip hit her teeth, breaking and bleeding. Her facial muscles twitched in pain, her whole body trembled, and her hand covering her mouth was covered in blood.
"Yun Zhaoxue, you damned bastard, how dare you hit me! I'll fight you to the death!" Wang Shi spoke with her mouth full of blood. Her fierce eyes and wide-open bloody mouth seemed to want to devour people, which was extremely creepy. The women around her screamed in fright and quickly turned their heads away, not daring to look.
She snatched the wooden stick from Old Madam Yun's hand and swung it at Yun Zhaoxue.
Before he even touched anyone, Yun Zhaoxue kicked him in the abdomen, sending him flying several meters away.
Simple and straightforward!
“I won’t believe a single word you say. You were promoted from a concubine to the principal wife. People often compare you to my mother. No matter your family background, appearance, character, or ability, you are inferior to her in every way. You are jealous of her. You slander her because you had an affair with the steward and you slander my mother because you gave birth to an illegitimate child. If you dare to smear and defame her again, I will smash your mouth.”
When Madam Yun saw that she still dared to be arrogant and hit people, she was so angry that she trembled all over. Just as she was about to say something, "You, you wicked child, you have no respect for your elders, you are not a member of the Yun family, you are just..." a bastard.
Yun Zhaoxue interrupted her, saying, "Madam Yun! I have no connection with the Yun family whatsoever now. I don't care who my father is. I only know that I was born to my mother. Considering that you are old, frail, smelly, and can't withstand a kick from me, I advise you to keep your mouth shut and not force me to take action against you."
"You dare!"
Yun Zhaoxue's eyes were icy cold, devoid of any warmth. "If you have the guts, then say it, and see if I dare!"
Madam Yun's face was full of anger, and her old voice roared, "Guards! Seize this bastard!"
More than twenty members of the Yun family surrounded Yun Zhaoxue.
Xiao Xuance and all the members of the Xiao family surrounded Yun Zhaoxue, each holding a wooden stick.
Jun'er said, "Third Aunt, don't be afraid, Jun'er will protect you."
"Yes, Third Sister-in-law, with us here, they won't be able to touch you."
"Yes, thank you."
Even though she was covered in injuries, Xiao Mingshu refused to sit down and rest, insisting on coming over to help, clutching a wooden stick in her hand.
The third prince wanted to mediate, but no matter how he tried, he was disliked by both sides. He leaned close to Old Liao and said, "Lord Liao, won't you do something about this?"
"Manage? How can you manage? I'm injured. If I rush in now, what if they get bloodthirsty and your father joins in beating me up? Who can I complain to then? Let whoever wants to manage, manage."
Old Liao waved his hand and turned his back, out of sight, out of mind.
Seeing that the other side each carried a wooden stick and had a fierce expression, the Yun family was momentarily frightened and dared not approach. Just as they were about to send someone to retrieve the sticks, the Xiao family rushed in front of them, vigorously swinging their sticks and striking them repeatedly, "Bang! Bang! Bang!!!"
"Aaaaaah!!!"
Yang aimed the stick at Wang, yelling, "I'll teach you to spread rumors, to spout nonsense and slander people! I'll beat you..."
"Yang, how dare you hit me! I'll fight you to the death!" Despite the pain from being hit several times, Wang rushed forward, grabbed Yang's wrist, and tried to take the stick away.
The two men wrestled and pushed each other, trying to grab the stick.
Wang's fingernails dug into Yang's wrist, forcing her to release the stick. She then snatched the stick and was about to hit Yang with it.
Xiao Mingshu was beating up two illegitimate daughters of the Yun family when she saw that her mother was in trouble, and cried out in distress, "Mother!"
He rushed towards them at lightning speed, knocking Wang Shi away with his body before falling to the ground himself.
"Bang!"
Despite the minor scrapes on her arm, she scrambled up, straddled Wang, grabbed her hair, and slapped her repeatedly, "Slap slap slap!!!"
"No one can touch my mother."
"You little bitch, you dare hit me? You're asking for death!" Wang raised her hand to grab her hair, but Yang slapped her arm with a stick. "Don't touch my daughter."
"Mother, let go of my mother!" Seeing Wang Shi being beaten, Yun Jiaoyue rushed over, grabbed Xiao Mingshu's hair, and pulled her back. "Ah!"
Xiao Mingshu was pulled backward by her.
"Bang!" Yang hit her arm with a stick, pulled her daughter's hair back, and then pushed her down. "No one is allowed to touch my daughter."
Jun'er, along with Ming'er and Xian'er, pinned the Yun family's children, led by Yun Yanyang, to the ground and beat them. They vigorously swung their little fists, pounding their faces and bodies, shouting, "I'll beat you to death! You stole our family's grain and bullied my third aunt! I'll beat you to death..."
Xiao Xuance, Yun Zhaoxue, and the others were responsible for dealing with the adult men of the Yun family. They took care of one of them in a few moves, and soon all the members of the Yun family were beaten to the ground.
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