Chapter 315 Yun Jiaoyue almost killed her husband
Yun Jiaoyue lay in bed for a day and a night. The first thing she did when she was able to get out of bed was to take a whip to the woodshed and whip Su Wan'er.
"ah!"
"You wretch, you still dare to hide? You killed my son, and I will make you pay for my son's life."
"Clap clap clap..."
Su Wan'er hugged her arms to dodge, raising straw to cover herself in an attempt to block the whip from falling on her. The straw, exposed to the sun and rain, was already rotten and broke into several pieces with the slightest movement. The whip was snapped in two as soon as it fell.
The whip struck her, and she cried out in pain, "Ah!"
"No, stop hitting me... It wasn't me. I didn't kill your child. I didn't mean to. I thought back to that day. I slowed down when I reached the door threshold. You tripped and fell because you bumped into it. You also bear some responsibility. It's not entirely my fault. Don't blame me..."
"You wretch, how dare you argue! Guards! Hold her down!"
"Don't blame me. Your child already had problems. You couldn't protect the child and were worried about being blamed by the prince, so you deliberately bumped into me to make me your scapegoat... to take the opportunity to get rid of me."
Yes, that must be it, Your Highness. You can prove whether what I said is true by interrogating those two maids and the doctor.
Su Wan'er had been thinking about something all night but couldn't figure it out. After being beaten up, the pain brought her to her senses, and she finally understood the cause and effect.
It must be because the baby was stillborn; the doctor could tell just by taking its pulse.
Two maids forced Su Wan'er to kneel on the ground.
"Shut up! You're the stillborn one! You dare to curse my son even as you're about to die! I'll kill you today and send you to be buried with my son!"
Yun Jiaoyue raised her whip and lashed it at Su Wan'er's cheek. Su Wan'er was so frightened that she turned her head to dodge, and the whip left a bloody welt from her collarbone to her chest.
"Yun Jiaoyue, you are definitely carrying a stillborn child. A doctor can tell just by taking your pulse. You're going to any lengths to extort me. I'm not convinced. I want to see His Highness and have him find a doctor to take your pulse."
“You don’t deserve to be a mother. You deserve to lose your child. That child must have known you were wicked and knew you were born into the wrong family, so it was reborn.”
"You bitch! Shut up! Men, cut her tongue out!"
"Your Highness, this servant dares not."
"Useless! If you're too scared, I'll do it myself. Go get me some scissors." Yun Jiaoyue's eyes were bloodshot, and she looked at everyone as if they were her enemies. No one dared to disobey, so she quickly got up to get them.
"yes!"
"Moon, calm down. It's all in the past. We'll have more children. Calm down. Physician Li said that parents who have just experienced a miscarriage must not kill any living beings, as it would affect the cycle of life. We can only deal with her after forty-nine days."
"No! It's fake! He must be because... cowardly, or clinging to that doctor's benevolence. Anyway, I've never heard of it. Your Highness, kill her, kill her! I dreamt of our son last night. He was crying, crying his heart out, his little face flushed red."
He said he was so cold and in so much pain. He also said he died a terrible death and asked us to avenge him. I wanted to hug him, but he turned into a snowflake and drifted away. It's my fault, I couldn't keep him. I'm useless, I'm sorry, Your Highness..."
Zhao Xuan held the person in his arms to comfort him.
When Yun Jiaoyue saw the sword at the guard's waist, she rushed over, drew the sword, raised her arm high, and drew a circle in the air with the sword in her hand.
The guard thought she had gone mad and was going to kill Zhao Xuan, so he slashed at his arm holding the knife, took the knife away, and held it to her neck.
Zhao Xuan clutched his neck, still shaken. Luckily, he dodged quickly and wasn't hurt. Otherwise, if a woman had choked him, the dignified Prince Xuan, he would have become a laughingstock throughout the world.
He had been working tirelessly to contact various forces in the south these past few days and hadn't had a good rest. He wanted to come back and rest, but when he returned, he found that his child was gone and the backyard was in complete chaos.
Without giving them a chance to breathe, he couldn't help but feel a bit resentful towards Yun Jiaoyue and Su Wan'er, as neither of them gave him any peace of mind.
Why did Yun Jiaoyue, whom outsiders thought was a good match, marry him, only to make a mess of everything for him?
Yun Zhaoxue, who was least favored, married into the Xiao family, but she lived a very prosperous life.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He clenched his fist and slammed it against the earthen wall, sending plaster and dust flying off.
"Your Highness, are you alright?"
"She's gone mad, she knocked him unconscious."
The guard tapped Yun Jiaoyue on the back of the neck with the hilt of his sword. "Yes!"
Liu Yiyi, who was brewing medicine in the kitchen, brought the medicine over.
This woodshed was a small, separate woodshed at the back of the house, quite far from the kitchen. She was brewing medicine for Yun Jiaoyue in the kitchen when she didn't hear any noise. She carried the medicine into the master bedroom and found that no one was there, only then realizing that they were there.
"Your Highness, I have prepared medicine for the Princess."
Zhao Xuan glanced at him, then turned and left, with his guards quickly following.
Liu Yiyi scolded the maids, "What are you two standing there for? Hurry up and help the princess back to her room!"
"Yes!" The maid had been stunned for a moment, but she came to her senses when she heard her voice and helped the person on the ground up.
Su Wan'er crawled on her knees and grabbed Liu Yiyi's skirt, crying and begging him, "Yiyi, for the sake of our sisterhood, I beg you to save me, let me out, otherwise he will beat me to death, I will die, I'm in so much pain, my wounds hurt so much..."
“Wan’er, I’m sorry, I can’t let you go out. Even if you do, you can’t leave this village. It’s too dangerous outside. Don’t worry, I will definitely plead with His Highness to forgive you.”
"No, he won't forgive me, he'll kill me... By the way, could you go and find Physician Li for me? He must know something, that's why he saved me. Tell him secretly that when he comes next time, you should say I'm about to die and see how he reacts. If he seems guilty, it means he was bribed by Yun Jiaoyue to conspire with her to deceive the prince. Yiyi, you must help me this time, no one but you can save me."
"Don't worry, I will definitely help you. I will send the medicine to the princess first, and then I will send you medicine and food later. You must hold on."
"Okay! Yiyi, thank you, thank you so much." Su Wan'er cried even harder, tears wetting her cheeks and dripping onto the wound on her chest, causing her to gasp in pain, "Hiss~"
"No need to thank me, this is all I should do. Don't cry, sit down and save your energy." Liu Yiyi gently wiped away her tears with a handkerchief and comforted her for a while before leaving.
Su Wan'er watched as the light filtering through the crack in the door grew narrower and narrower until it was just a sliver, almost disappearing completely. Her eyes were filled with darkness and despair. Fearfully, she reached out her hand to him, "Don't... close it, I'm scared..."
The creaking of the wooden door drowned out her voice, followed by the merciless click of the lock clicking shut.
The moment the door closed, Liu Yiyi turned around and looked up again. Her eyes flashed, and the tenderness and heartache faded away, replaced by a cold calculation and a dark glint of determination.
The Empress's throne can only belong to her!
No one can compete with her.
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