Chapter 145 Shen Yan ambushes Xiao Xuance from behind
A wooden bucket slammed into Yun Jiaoyue's back with a loud "bang!"
She was knocked to the ground, screaming, "Ah!"
Yun Jiaoyue turned her head and saw two twisted, angry faces. "How dare you hit me? Are you crazy?"
Liu Yiyi slammed the wooden bucket in her hand down on her back with a loud bang!
"ah!"
Just as Yun Jiaoyue was about to get up, she was knocked back to the ground.
Seeing this, Madam Wang shouted angrily, "Stop! Who dares to bully my Yue'er?"
She picked up a wooden stick and walked over, shielding Yun Jiaoyue behind her. "You two concubines are beating up the wife, are you trying to rebel? If the Third Prince finds out, he will definitely not let you off!"
Liu Yiyi said, "So what if we rebel against her? We may be concubines, but we are still human beings. Why does she treat us like this, mixing something into our rouge to ruin our faces?"
"Exactly! If my face is ruined, I don't want to live anymore. Whoever ruins my face, I'll drag them down with me!"
Su Wan'er was so excited that she wanted to step forward and beat up Yun Jiaoyue.
Wang brandished the stick in her hand, "Come on, anyone who dares to touch my Yue'er, I'll fight them to the death."
Liu Yiyi quickly pulled her back, "Wanwan, be careful."
"Yue'er, get up quickly." Madam Wang pulled her daughter up from the ground.
Yun Jiaoyue's back and waist were injured from being hit. With her strength, she struggled to get up from the ground, covered her shoulder and shook her head, saying, "I didn't. You guys didn't wash your faces and got rashes, so you blame it on me."
"Our faces got ruined after using the rouge you bought us. Who else could it be but you? We knew you weren't that kind-hearted!"
Yun Jiaoyue shook her head. "I didn't do it. What evidence do you have that I did it?"
"The rouge is the evidence."
Madam Wang shouted, "How dare you! You two lowly concubines dare to bully your mistress! Yue'er has the power to kill you with her scepter!"
“She bullied us, so what if we fought back? She’s jealous of our favor and she’s attacking our faces. She’s petty and doesn’t deserve to be the mistress of the house.”
Wang looked at them with disdain. "Yue'er is not worthy, but do you two deserve her? Yue'er is the legitimate daughter of the Marquis's mansion. Don't you know your place?"
Liu Yiyi said, "Even if our family is not the best, we are still a respectable family. My father is a fifth-rank official, and Wanwan's father is a wealthy gentleman in Jiangnan. A marquis's mansion? There are no marquis's mansions left. You are a commoner now."
Su Wan'er added, "Not only was she a commoner, but my mother also had an affair with the steward, gave birth to an illegitimate child, and shamelessly stayed in her husband's family, managing the household as the mistress and bullying the concubines."
"They say like mother, like daughter..."
"Shut up! You two damned little bitches! Today I'll teach you a lesson on behalf of Yue'er!" Madam Wang picked up a stick and waved it at the two of them.
"Aaaaaah!!!" Liu Yiyi and Su Wan'er screamed as they were hit and swept to the ground with a stick.
The two saw the wooden bucket on the ground and rushed over to pick it up.
Filled with rage due to his disfigurement, his fighting prowess exploded, and he started smashing things with a bucket of water.
Wang's stick was smashed in half, "Bang!"
Unarmed, Wang and Yun Jiaoyue were forced to retreat.
“Your mother has an affair, and your daughter is no better. We are the Third Prince’s women. When did it become your place to lecture us? Mind your own business.”
Wang tried to run away, dragging Yun Jiaoyue along with her.
He had only run a few steps when he was caught up. "Ah!"
Liu Yiyi and Su Wan'er rushed over and knocked them down.
Liu Yiyi pressed down on Wang Shi.
Su Wan'er straddled Yun Jiaoyue, pulling her hair and slapping her repeatedly, "Slap! Slap!!"
Yun Jiaoyue struggled, scratching wildly with her nails, "Get away!"
Su Wan'er then took out the rouge she had bought and poured it on Yun Jiaoyue's face, roughly grabbing a handful and smearing it into her eyes. "We can't afford your rouge, here you go."
Yun Jiaoyue turned her head to dodge, "Ah!"
Seeing this, Yun Xiuwen, who was not far away, shouted, "Stop!"
"Quickly go find the Third Prince, the Third Prince..."
Yun Yanzhe wanted to call someone, but found that the Third Prince was not there and he didn't know where he had gone.
The guards went to gather firewood, leaving only a few sickly maids resting under the tree, too weak to intervene.
They were also afraid of being accidentally injured, so it was better to continue pretending to be dead.
The Yun family couldn't just stand by and watch the Wang mother and daughter get beaten, so they rushed over to help.
Su Wan'er and Liu Yiyi stopped fighting, released the two people on the ground, and ran towards the escorts, shouting, "Officers, officers, the Yun family is beating people, killing people! Officers, help us..."
Old Liao and several escorts were drinking and eating snacks.
The escort shouted, "Time is of the essence! Instead of cooking and resting, do you all want to eat whips?"
Yun Jiaoyue got powder in her eyes and cried out in pain, "Ah! My eyes!"
The Yun family then helped her to find the imperial physician, "Imperial Physician Chen..."
It seems the Yun family and the Third Prince won't be able to get lunch this noon.
Yun Zhaoxue was in a great mood, humming a little tune as she walked along the river. The scenery along the river was beautiful, with clear blue water and sky. The stream was flowing and crystal clear, and you could see the stones and water plants floating at the bottom with the naked eye.
Xiao Xuance squatted by the river, rolled up his forearm, revealing a smooth, strong arm.
The cleaver in his hand repeatedly scraped the fish scales, and after scraping, he put the fish in the river to rinse. With the sound of the water, the fish scales fell off like silver flakes.
His movements were more skillful than a chef's.
Xiao Xuance sensed a gaze and turned his head to look. His dark eyes seemed to be coated with a layer of light. Was she here to see him?
Just like how he misses her terribly if he can't see her for even a moment.
Yun Zhaoxue smiled and pointed to the right, "You go ahead and do your thing, I'll go for a walk over there."
"Hmm!" Xiao Xuance nodded slightly, without saying anything.
Yun Zhaoxue pouted. This person is really boring. He only ever utters one or two words at a time. He's so stingy with words.
A pair of eyes were fixed on them from the shadows, their venomous gaze filled with murderous intent.
After Yun Zhaoxue left, he quietly crept up behind Xiao Xuance.
He raised his foot and kicked him hard in the back.
Go to hell!
He was determined to kill Xiao Xuance because his tongue had been cut out and he had been rendered a cripple.
To avenge himself, he remarried Yun Zhaoxue, abused his son, and made him die with his eyes wide open in the underworld.
The idea was wonderful, but the reality was harsh.
With a knife in one hand and a fish in the other, Xiao Xuance nimbly turned around to dodge the attack.
Shen Yan lost her footing and stood on one leg, swaying unsteadily, about to fall backward.
Xiao Xuance kicked him in the knee, "Bang!"
Shen Yan wanted to scream, but when she opened her mouth, she pulled at the wound on her tongue, and her mouth was full of blood.
"Bang!"
He fell into the river.
Chen Yan floated on the water, desperately trying to swim towards the shore, and just as her hand reached the bank.
Xiao Xuance stomped on the back of his hand, grinding it down hard, then kicked him down. He then kicked a rock and smashed it into his forehead. "Bang!"
A blood-red stain quickly spread across the water's surface.
A torrent rushed down from upstream, and Shen Yan, who was struggling in the water and trying to swim to the shore, was swept away.
In the water, he desperately reached out for help, but couldn't make a sound. There was no one around, no one saw him fall into the water, and no one would come to his rescue.
Soon, his figure disappeared into the torrent.
Xiao Xuance glanced down and saw the wet mud on the soles of his feet, then slowly wiped it off on the pebbles on the ground.
Beneath his thick eyelashes, his eyes remained completely calm, as if nothing had happened, as if he had crushed nothing more than an ant. He calmly picked up the fish and half a bucket of water and turned to leave.
After Xiao Xuance returned, he followed the method Yun Zhaoxue had taught him last time: first, he heated the pot and brushed it with oil, then he put the fish in.
Just then, Xiao Mingshu returned carrying a bundle of firewood and ran over, saying, "Third Brother, Third Brother, do you know how to make grilled fish? Teach me how to make grilled fish so that Third Sister-in-law can make it for her if she wants to eat it in the future."
Xiao Xuance paused, "No need, I'll do it, you take a rest."
Yun Zhaoxue is his wife. He will cook whatever she wants to eat, without having to rely on others.
Xiao Mingshu said in a low voice, "But you are a man, a man who does great things. A gentleman should stay away from the kitchen and not go in and out of the kitchen often. Once I learn how, I can cook for my third sister-in-law more often."
"I'll just watch from the side; I'll get it in a little while."
She insisted on learning and even took over Gu Xuanwu's task of gathering firewood, saying, "Xiao Wu, I'll switch with you; you go and collect firewood."
"Okay!"
The fish sizzles in the oil. Use a spatula to flip it over and heat it evenly until the skin is golden brown.
First, take the fish out and put it on a plate. Clean the wok with a spatula, heat the wok, add oil, and then add seasonings such as scallions, ginger, garlic, bean paste, and dried chili peppers. Pour in water and bring it to a boil. Then, put the fried fish into the wok and cook together.
Add more firewood, and wait for the fish to bubble in the thick soup. Then add wild vegetables, mushrooms, wood ear fungus, and other side dishes to cook together. Soon, the aroma will spread with the smoke.
The aroma made everyone around drool.
Yun Zhaoxue took a stroll and circled back from the other side of the woods.
"It smells so good! No wonder my third sister-in-law likes to eat it. I like to eat it too. I think I can learn how to make it. It doesn't look difficult, but I have to try it to know. And the taste may not be as good as my third brother's."
Seeing this from under a tree not far away, Xiao Xiuning secretly rolled her eyes. "Sycophant!"
With such a talent for flattery, it's no wonder Yun Zhaoxue sides with her, speaks up for her at every turn, and even takes away her own carriage seat.
Yun Zhaoxue walked around and returned from the other side of the woods, noticing that the car had been overturned.
The ingredients for cooking had already been taken out, and everyone else searching the car would ask her or Xiao Xuance for help.
Xiao Xuance was cooking fish.
His scrutinizing gaze swept around the room, finally settling on Xiao Xiuning.
Xiao Xiuning blinked, a hint of guilt flashing in her eyes. Her heart skipped a beat. She had arranged everything back in its original position. How could she have noticed?
Yun Zhaoxue asked, "After I left, did anyone touch anything in the car?"
Xiao Xiuning saw Yang Shi returning from digging for wild mushrooms.
Tears streamed down her face. "You doubt me, don't you? I know you don't like me. You're close to Shu'er and want to stand up for her. I'm sorry for what I did to you all before. If you say it was me, then it was me. I'm sorry."
As he spoke, he even tried to kneel down before her.
Her aggrieved expression only made Yun Zhaoxue seem even more aggressive.
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