Chapter 73 Even your own father will beat you; who do you think you are?
The farce here has just ended.
The guards came over to disperse the crowd, saying, "The show's over, what are you waiting for? Stop standing here like wooden blocks! Everyone's gone, hurry back and pack your things, get ready to leave!"
Yun Zhaoxue refused to ride in the carriage, leaving one empty, which both the Duan and Shen families wanted to take.
Madam Shen was the first to step forward and ask, "Your Highness, Qingyu is not feeling well. May we ride in this carriage?"
She is the aunt of the Third Prince, and it's only natural to keep the wealth within the family; this carriage should belong to their household.
The Duan family was not to be outdone. Duan Hongye brought his entire family over and said, "Your Highness, our Duan family has elderly people and young children to support. They are too tired to walk any further. We still have an hour's journey ahead this afternoon. If we don't take a carriage, we are afraid someone will die. Could you also let the Duan family members ride in the carriage?"
He has elderly parents and young children to support, and neither of them can carry him. They need to be carried the whole way. As a result, the elderly and children are full of energy, but he himself is exhausted and has backaches.
He was a military general, and he felt ashamed to say that he couldn't walk, so he could only use the elderly and children as a shield.
The Third Prince looked at the dozens of people from the Shen and Duan families, pursed his lips and remained silent. A carriage with four or five people was already crammed to death. Who would sit in the carriage with such a large group of people?
Yun Xiuwen saw that the Shen and Duan families were all surrounding the Third Prince.
He didn't have time to question Wang Shi about whose son was born. He was anxious but didn't dare to go forward to find Yun Jiaoyue.
“Moon, you must go and plead with the Third Prince to give the carriage to our Yun family and let us walk instead. We will all die on the road to exile. You can’t just think about riding in the carriage and ignore the lives of your grandmother and father.”
Yun Jiaoyue stared at him with wide eyes, "I don't care about Father's life or death? It's Father who doesn't care about mine. Saying those words in front of the Third Prince, where do you think you are? Did you think about your daughter at that moment? Did you want the Third Prince to divorce me?"
The Third Prince has been displeased with her lately, often giving her the cold shoulder, and treating his two concubines better than she does.
She had no one to confide in, while the Yun family thought she was living a good and glamorous life by the side of the Third Prince.
Yun Xiuwen was also annoyed. In order to get a carriage, he immediately softened his tone and said, "Yue'er, I was confused just now. I'm sure the Third Prince won't hold it against us. You should go and talk to him nicely and let us get on the carriage. I'll find a suitable time later to apologize to the Third Prince in private."
"Hurry up, or it'll be stolen!"
Yun Xiuwen pushed her forward.
Yun Jiaoyue knew that this was the only way, and was about to step forward.
A figure rushed up after she turned around, deliberately bumping into her with a "bang!"
She stumbled from the impact, and before she could regain her balance, another figure came crashing into her with its rear end sticking out.
"Ah!" She stumbled forward, her palms and forearms scraped and bleeding, bringing tears to her eyes. "Ouch, it hurts, it hurts so much..."
Who the hell dared to bump into her? When she looked up, she saw that it was Su Wan'er and Liu Yiyi, the concubines of the Third Prince.
The two women swayed forward and took the Third Prince's arms on either side, pleading, "Your Highness~ Our feet are covered in blisters, and every step is excruciatingly painful. It's killing us! Could we please ride in the carriage too?"
They were trying to get into another carriage.
Yun Jiaoyue said that only she and the Third Prince could sit, and told them to get off, and then she severely humiliated them.
They were indignant; why should the Yun family be allowed to do it?
They are also people from the Third Prince's residence, yet they cannot sit.
Seeing the Yun family members being thrown down made me incredibly happy.
The Third Prince hadn't originally planned to arrange carriages for them, but now that one was available, he said, "You two get in this carriage. The Shen family and the Duan family, each of you should also send two people."
Upon hearing this, Su Wan'er's face lit up with joy, and she quickly expressed her gratitude, "Ah! Thank you, Your Highness, you are so kind to us."
Liu Yiyi was also very excited, "Your Highness is so kind! The Princess Consort said that Wan'er and I are lowly concubines, only worthy of walking and not worthy of riding in a carriage. She wouldn't even let us sit on the outer carriage shafts. But we are all His Highness's people, how can we not be worthy? Waaah~~"
As she spoke, she secretly pinched her arm and tried to squeeze out two tears.
The Third Prince was annoyed by the jealousy and rivalry among the women in the inner quarters, and impatiently shook off the two of them.
"Hurry up and get on." With that, he walked toward the carriage behind.
When the Yun family heard that they wouldn't get a share of the carriage, they panicked, pulled Yun Jiaoyue up from the ground, and pushed her in front of the Third Prince.
She had no choice but to bite the bullet and plead for the Yun family, "Your Highness..."
The Third Prince ignored her and ordered a guard, "Go drive the carriage. If anyone dares to try to rob or add people on board, throw them all off!"
The guard replied, "Yes!"
He still had a use for the carriage; a group of people squeezed onto it, and it fell apart in a few days.
The third prince turned and got into the carriage.
Shen Qingyu and Shen Yichun boarded the carriage.
Duan Hong and Duan Qingyun boarded the carriage. They were so tired from carrying people that they couldn't straighten their backs and couldn't walk anymore. They would switch with them later.
As soon as the Third Prince boarded the carriage, Yun Jiaoyue followed suit.
"I want some peace and quiet, so I'm going to sit outside."
He had finally managed to persuade Yun Zhaoxue to bring the Xiao family to ride in the carriage, but she ruined his plans on her own and didn't deserve to ride in the carriage.
Yun Jiaoyue is very concerned about her image. If people see her riding in a carriage outside, they will know that she has fallen out of favor and will be looked down upon, especially by those two damned concubines who will be even more smug.
In a moment of quick thinking, she pretended to be deep in thought, lifted the curtain and glanced outside. Seeing that no one was around, she lowered her voice and said, "Your Highness, you don't need to go to great lengths to please the Xiao family. As long as you grasp their weakness, they will be at your service."
The third prince became interested. "Oh, what weakness? Tell me about it."
Yun Jiaoyue knew immediately that he wanted her to stay, and she was secretly delighted, while inwardly looking down on Su Wan'er and Liu Yiyi.
She carries the memories of rebirth, not only as a wife but also as a strategist and advisor to the Third Prince.
Those two bitches are only good for fighting over a man; how could they compare to her?!
The procession moved forward slowly.
As soon as Yun Zhaoxue and the others returned to the Xiao family, Madam Wu saw them and sarcastically remarked, "Oh, weren't you going to ride in a carriage? Why are you walking again?"
The eldest son's family packed their things and left the group to take a carriage, which made her extremely jealous.
They even encouraged Xiao Xiuning to grab one or two seats so that her family could take turns sitting there, but the eldest son's family didn't manage to get any and ended up making a fool of themselves.
Yun Zhaoxue had just talked too much and was parched. She opened a few water pouches and took a big gulp. "If you don't want to sit, just come back. I'm afraid you'll get a beating if you're itching for a beating, or a slap if you're being mean."
With her hands on her hips and chest puffed out, Wu said, "I'm your elder. You dare to hit me?"
Yun Zhaoxue rolled her eyes at her, curled her lips slightly, and sneered disdainfully, "I beat my own father without hesitation, so who do you think you are?"
At this moment, the escort came over carrying a whip and urged, "What are you two families dawdling about? Do you want a whipping?"
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