Chapter 127 Is Yun Zhaoxue a bastard child of unknown father?
After the false accusation was resolved, there was still the Xiao family's car.
Yun Zhaoxue led her people toward the Yun family's residence, her gaze sweeping over the grain in the cart, which remained untouched.
They should be thankful they haven't touched her things yet.
"You're saying we stole your food?"
Yun Xiuwen straightened his back and said confidently, "That's right! We left in a hurry and left the grain on the ground, which you picked up. And this bag of flour, I carried it back from Weishi County."
Yun Zhaoxue coldly exposed him, "There are still dozens of kilograms of rice in here. You only carried back a dozen kilograms of rice from Weishi County, and you ate most of it at lunch yesterday. You're telling me that this nearly one hundred kilograms is yours?"
He looked at Old Liao and said, "Uncle Liao, my wife and I risked our lives to deal with the bandits, but they took the opportunity to steal my grain. How should we handle this?"
Old Liao glared at Yun Xiuwen and asked, "Tell me honestly, is the grain yours, or did you steal it?"
Yun Xiuwen recalled that a group of people had carried grain back then, and everyone knew how much each family had bought.
Under his interrogation, she dared not lie and could only tell the truth: "No, officer, what I did was take, not rob. How can taking my own daughter's things be considered robbery?"
"She's my daughter. I thought something had happened to her. The grain she bought should belong to our Yun family. Why should it benefit the Xiao family?"
“I’ve severed ties with the Yun family. Even if it benefits a beggar on the street, it won’t benefit you, Master Liao. They’re blatantly robbing us. I remember you said we shouldn’t rob, because robbing will get us beaten up.”
"Yes! I did say that." Old Liao nodded, his cold, chilling gaze sweeping over the Yun family members. "Anyone who participated in the grain looting, step forward!"
The Yun family members looked at each other, none of them daring to step forward, and even took a step back.
This isolates Yun Xiuwen, who is standing in front.
Yun Xiuwen had no choice but to bite the bullet and say under pressure, "Xue'er, I am your biological father. Your aunt is pregnant with your younger brother. Without food, both mother and child will starve to death. As your older sister, please have pity on your brother and share half of the food with us, okay?"
Yun Zhaoxue said, "My mother only gave birth to me; she didn't give me a younger brother."
She doesn't even acknowledge her own father, so why would she acknowledge a half-brother?
Yun Xiuwen had no choice but to compromise, "Can I pay you back next time I make my purchases?"
"No! Mr. Liao, if you don't resolve this, we'll resolve it ourselves." Yun Zhaoxue cracked her knuckles, indicating that she was preparing to take matters into her own hands.
Xiao Xuance handed her a wooden stick, "Use this to hit her, but don't hurt your hand."
Yun Zhaoxue took it and waved it a couple of times; it was quite handy.
Old Liao said, "What are you talking about? Even the exiled troops have discipline."
If they have even the slightest friction, they will fight each other in private. Will half of them still be alive when they reach the place of exile?
"Similarly, three lashes, and if you don't learn your lesson, ten lashes. Listen to me clearly, anyone who dares to steal again will suffer this fate."
Old Liao cracked his whip as he walked toward Yun Xiuwen.
Yun Xiuwen was so frightened that his legs went weak. He retreated and dodged around the crowd, his expression panicked and his eyes darting around. When he saw Yun Zhaoxue, he pleaded with her, "Xue'er, I am your father. You can't just watch me get beaten. Your father is begging for mercy. Your Aunt Chen has just been diagnosed with pregnancy. She hasn't eaten anything since last night, leaving her wife and child to go hungry. I'm not worthy of being a man."
Yun Zhaoxue said, "How many times have you failed as a man? Your wife cheated on you, and you didn't dare to utter a single word."
"I'm pregnant too, and I haven't eaten all morning. You stole my food, trying to starve me, my child, and my whole family. You heartless, wasteful wretch, you deserve to be beaten to death!"
Upon hearing her second sentence, the onlookers' gazes all turned to Xiao Xuance.
It seems that even though Prince Xiao was being cuckolded, he didn't dare to utter a single word.
Princess Zhaoxue still has the Xiao family completely under her thumb. Isn't that a bit of a double standard?
The crowd whispered among themselves.
Xiao Xuance's long, narrow, and sinister phoenix eyes swept across the crowd, his dark eyes filled with coldness, a silent warning that silenced all whispers wherever they fell.
Everyone quickly looked away.
Old Liao had already caught up with Yun Xiuwen. "Hide! Let's see where you can hide!"
As he spoke, the whip lashed out sharply across his back, "Crack!"
Yun Xiuwen collapsed to the ground in pain.
Yun Zhaoxue, seeing that he was not afraid of making things worse, said, "Master Liao, hit me as hard as you want, but please don't hold back for my sake."
The Yun family members' hateful gazes fell on her face.
Wang cursed her, "Yun Zhaoxue, you vicious woman! He was your father, after all, and you actually stole his man and beat him to death! They say even tigers don't eat their cubs, but you are more vicious than a tiger. You will surely die a horrible death..."
Then two more lashes fell, "Crack! Crack!!"
Yun Xiuwen lay on the ground, wailing in agony, "Aaaaaah!!!"
"stop!"
An aged voice rang out, and Old Madam Yun, leaning on a wooden cane, pushed through the crowd, stumbling and falling onto Yun Xiuwen, shouting, "Who dares to touch my son?"
"Yun Zhaoxue, you say Wang Shi is no good, but do you think your mother was a chaste and virtuous woman? She had affairs with countless men, and you are no better..."
Yun Xiuwen, who was lying on the ground groaning in pain, suddenly interrupted her, "Mother, Mother, don't say anything, I'm fine."
Upon hearing this, Yun Jiaoyue's beautiful eyes widened, and she covered her mouth, feigning surprise as she asked, "Grandmother, do you mean that eldest sister is not Father's biological child, but an illegitimate child of unknown father?"
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