Chapter 144 Disfigurement
Everyone was busy, fetching water and cooking. They were all novices and their cooking was chaotic. The whole family was busy, but there was no progress at all.
The second and third sons of the Xiao family were munching on cornbread, their eyes gleaming with envy as they watched others eat white flour steamed buns or sesame cakes, as if they couldn't wait to rush up and snatch them away.
Seeing that the eldest son's family was cooking, he took a big bite of the cornbread and almost broke his tooth, hissing in pain.
The Yun family used the money sent by Wang's maternal family to buy rice and flour again in Chenliu County.
The maids who accompanied the Third Prince were lent to cook for other families, and they all fell ill from exhaustion while cooking for their entire families. The families had to cook for themselves.
Several concubines were busy working, while Madam Wang stood by, bossing them around and ordering them to hurry up, or she wouldn't give them any food.
Aunt Chen also had to work. She had avoided work several times before because she was pregnant, but the Yun family couldn't afford to contribute a single copper coin and had to rely on the Wang family.
The Wang family now calls the shots in the Yun family.
Yun Xiuwen had to listen to her.
Madam Wang kept a close eye on Aunt Chen, and if she was a little slow, she would call on her and order her around. "Mrs. Chen, if I tell you to go gather firewood, then go. Are you dawdling and not wanting to eat?"
Aunt Chen lowered her voice, "Madam, all the firewood nearby has been gathered, and everyone is heading up the mountain. I'm pregnant, and what if I trip and fall on the mountain and hurt the baby? It's a very special occasion for the master to have a child in his old age."
She used the opportunity to imply that Yun Yanyang was not Yun Xiuwen's son.
This instantly ignited Yun Xiuwen's anger towards Wang Shi, and he directly said, "Rou'er is pregnant, let someone else go."
Wang said unhappily, "Master, Chen is your most favored concubine. She should work hard to set an example for others. If she doesn't slack off, the whole family can work together to make a good life."
Aunt Chen sneered inwardly, walked to Yun Xiuwen's side, and acted like a little bird clinging to him.
"You flatter me, Madam. How could I possibly be a role model? If anyone should be a role model, it should be Madam."
“Mrs. Chen, don’t forget whose money you paid for the rice and flour. If you don’t work, don’t even think about eating. If you want to eat, have your family send you money.”
“My family has long since disappeared. It would be fine if I didn’t eat, but I’m carrying your son.”
"Rou'er is pregnant, let her rest, and others can go and gather firewood."
Wang was so angry that she kicked over the grain, spilling rice and flour all over the ground.
Yun Xiuwen quickly ordered someone to pick it up, saying, "Quickly, quickly, pick it up."
He pointed at Lady Wang and cursed, "Lady Wang, do you want to rebel? If you dare to be insolent again, I will divorce you."
Wang put her hands on her hips and sneered, "Hmph! If you have the guts, then divorce me. I'll sever all ties with your Yun family and go back to the capital. I won't have to be exiled with you, living hand to mouth and eating cornbread."
"You, how dare you!" Yun Xiuwen dared not speak his anger, but only dared to say that she was being presumptuous.
Aunt Chen comforted him, saying, "My lord, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have been lazy. Please don't argue with Madam. I'll go and get to work right away."
Yun Xiuwen nodded, "Rou'er is still the best."
Once the Wang family was no longer of any use to him, he divorced Wang Shi and made Rou'er his official wife.
On the other hand, in order to let the Third Prince eat his meal as soon as possible...
On the other side, Yun Jiaoyue led two concubines to fetch water, carrying two water bags in her hands, and kept urging the two behind her to hurry up.
Yun Jiaoyue glanced back and saw the two men glaring at her. She turned back and slapped them both across the face. "You're all energetic when you're seducing His Highness, but you're too weak to carry water? Who would believe that?"
Liu Yiyi disagreed and argued with her, saying, "Your Highness, it's not like we don't work, so why are you hitting us?"
Su Wan'er covered her face and puffed out her chest. "That's right! What did we do wrong? Why did you hit us? I want His Highness to uphold justice."
Yun Jiaoyue said haughtily, "I am the princess, and you are concubines. Punishing you is the same as rewarding you."
Liu Yiyi and Su Wan'er each carried half a bucket of water, walking unsteadily behind her, taking a break every few steps.
Staring at Yun Jiaoyue's back, he wished he could poke a hole in it.
"Ugh! I'm so angry! What a hypocrite! She lent her maid to someone else, and now the maid is sick and we have to do all the work. She did it on purpose, just to show off how capable she is."
"That's right, look at how capable she is. Like mother, like daughter. Her mother enslaved the concubines in the Yun family, and she's learned to enslave us in the same way."
Su Wan'er's face was a little itchy, so she scratched it a couple of times, her nails digging into her skin: "Ouch~ My face is so itchy, is my face sunburned? Yiyi, can you take a look at me quickly?"
"Let me see, it's not broken skin, it's a rash, and you've scratched it raw. My face also feels a bit itchy."
"Oh! You have rashes on your face too."
Yun Zhaoxue overheard their conversation and glanced at them, immediately recognizing that they had an allergic reaction to some kind of skincare product.
I have a rash on my face that's itchy, and it could easily ruin my appearance.
She deliberately prompted, "Have you been using any face creams lately?"
“Yes, yes, we used the sunscreen blush she bought for us.” Su Wan’er pointed to Yun Jiaoyue in front of us.
She felt an itch on her face, scratched it a couple more times, leaving three bloody marks. "It's so itchy."
Liu Yiyi grabbed her hand and said, "Don't scratch, it will only make it itchier."
"It must have been her deliberate act of mixing something into the rouge to disfigure us, so she could monopolize His Highness."
The two glared at Yun Jiaoyue with hostility, kicked over the water bucket, spilling water all over the ground, and then picked up the bucket and rushed towards her.
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