If Xiao'er had not fought back today, she would have been killed.
But he never expected his father to be so angry that he would send his mother back to the Li mansion. This had never happened before.
"Father," Yun Zhen stood up, walked to his mother's side, and supported her.
Li Jinglan, like grass that had survived a desperate situation, grabbed Yun Zhen's hand.
"Yun Zhen, your father likes you the most. Help your mother plead. I know I was wrong. I won't make the same mistake again. I will treat Xiao'er well from now on. Help your mother plead for me."
Yun Zhen looked at his pitiful and hateful mother with a pang of heartache. He raised his head and looked upwards. "Father."
Unfortunately, Yun Mo gave him no chance to speak. He turned his back and looked at a valuable painting on the front of the hall, waving his hand resolutely: "Send the Princess and the others back to the Li mansion. A letter of divorce will be sent tomorrow."
"Father," Yun Zhen cried out in alarm, while Li Jinglan directly fainted.
The guards of the princely mansion walked over and asked respectfully, "Young master."
"Take my mother down first," Yun Zhen let go of his hand powerlessly, stood up with sorrow, and wondered what all this was for. The bright pupils in his gentle face were filled with misty confusion.
The maids of the princely mansion carefully helped the Princess down, while the others took Li Ruochen and his subordinates away.
The hall was silent. The father and son stood there for a long time without saying a word.
Yun Mo suddenly turned, his eyes filled with endless sorrow, as if he had aged several years in an instant. He looked at Yun Zhen with heartache.
"Zhen'er, Father cannot love your mother, but this is all he can do for her."
He didn't say the rest, but Yun Zhen understood. The pain in his heart was no less than his father's.
It turned out that Father did have some feelings for Mother. After so many years of marriage, and having a beloved son like him, how could he have no feelings at all?
The reason Father did this was to protect Mother's life. Perhaps disaster would soon befall the Yun family, and everyone would be doomed. But Father only wanted Mother to escape unscathed.
"Yun Zhen. Father is sorry to you and Xiao'er, but we have the blood of the Yun family flowing in us. Even if we die, we cannot avoid it, but your mother is not. She is from the Li family. She can escape unscathed, can't she?"
"Father," Yun Zhen said nothing more. Suffocating air spread through the hall, and the night sank in silence.
The next day, Yun Xiao learned that what happened last night had even implicated the Yun Princess, and she had reportedly been sent back to the Li family.
A letter of divorce would be sent over in the next two days. She was quite surprised by this. Why would Father do this?
It was impossible that it was purely because of what happened last night. Was it to protect the Yun Princess? Yun Xiao paced back and forth in her chambers...
While Yun Xiao was struggling with what to do to ease the stalemate in the Yun princely mansion, she was currently pretending to be foolish. If she spoke now, her secret would be revealed, which was truly a dilemma.
Xiu Xiu walked in from outside and reported cautiously, "My lady, Wanwan is here."
She did not expect Wanwan to be a woman of her word. Anyone else would probably not have come for this matter, having received five hundred taels of silver.
Her future days would be better, much better than following others as a servant. But she had come. It seemed her lady really had a plan.
"Let her in."
As soon as Yun Xiao heard that Wanwan had arrived, she put aside the matter of the Yun Princess.
Xiu Xiu turned and went out, leading Wanwan in. Today, Wanwan was wearing a slightly worn women's dress, her hair styled in a bun, making her a pretty and delicate young girl. She was slightly thin, with large eyes on her face. She was now respectfully bowing to Yun Xiao.
"Wanwan greets the master."
"Get up," Yun Xiao motioned for her to rise.
Wanwan complied, offering the purchased medicinal herbs. "Master, this is done."
"Mm." Yun Xiao nodded, once again satisfied with Wanwan's ability to handle matters. This was because many of these herbs contained poisonous plants, which the pharmacy did not sell easily. Without official documentation, it was very difficult to buy them.
But Wanwan had a way to do it, which satisfied her greatly.
"Were there any problems?"
Yun Xiao motioned for Xiu Xiu to put the items away. There was another matter to attend to.
"No, money makes the world go round. Those people won't be unreasonable with money."
Wanwan smiled and looked around the bedroom, her eyes filled with admiration. As expected of the Yun princely mansion, it was truly luxurious and grand.
"Mm, now I want you to do another thing. Go and retrieve that silver knife that was made. Here is a thousand taels of bank notes."
"Ah?"
Xiu Xiu exclaimed. Was her lady trusting this girl too much? Five hundred taels last night, and a thousand taels today! She couldn't help but say, "My lady, let me go with Wanwan."
Although Wanwan was touched by her lady's trust, she did not want others to misunderstand. She nodded, "Mm, let her go with me to get it."
"She has other things to do." Yun Xiao turned to look at Xiu Xiu. This girl was really too petty! The reason she asked Wanwan to do this was because she trusted her. If she trusted her, she wouldn't send anyone to follow her.
"Xiu Xiu, now you go and report to the prince that yesterday, I saved a girl, and she has entered the mansion to serve me as a way of repaying my kindness."
"Yes," both of them responded at the same time and went to do their tasks.
Upon receiving the news, Yun Mo and Yun Zhen both disagreed with keeping Wanwan. This was a critical time. If this girl was an spy for someone else, they would be in trouble, and it would further harm Xiao'er. Therefore, Yun Mo's face immediately darkened.
"No, send this girl away immediately."
"Your Highness, the servant originally wanted to dismiss the girl, but she is very favored by the lady. If she leaves, the lady will make endless trouble."
"Mm," Yun Mo raised an eyebrow. He didn't expect Xiao'er to accept such a strange person. Was it a person she saved unintentionally, or someone who approached the Yun princely mansion with ulterior motives?
"Father, why don't we keep her? We'll keep an eye on her. If she makes any rash moves, we'll kill her without mercy."
Yun Zhen's pupils flashed with a cunning light.
Xiu Xiu's scalp tingled. She had previously thought that this Young Master Yun had a gentle and refined disposition, but she did not expect him to be a scheming person. It seemed that there was no ordinary person in the Yun princely mansion; each one was more ruthless than the last.
Yun Mo thought of his foolish daughter. She insisted on keeping a maid, so he would indulge her. However, he did not forget to instruct Xiu Xiu.
"Keep her for now. If she makes any rash moves, report to me immediately."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Xiu Xiu retreated, breaking out in a cold sweat. The wind blew, feeling chilly. Fortunately, she had completed the task her master had assigned her.