Fang Taifei was greatly alarmed. This passage was exactly the same as what she had heard at Da Xiangguo Temple!
What was going on?
She subconsciously looked at Yun Zhu, only to find Yun Zhu with her head bowed, her fists clenched tightly.
"Mother," Wang Qingyao said, "you know what's going on now, don't you?"
Fang Taifei looked at her blankly, understanding a little, but also not.
She managed to utter, "The voice I heard that day at Da Xiangguo Temple..."
"Yes, it was this person who imitated it," Wang Qingyao said crisply.
Yun Zhu's body trembled violently.
Wang Qingyao glanced at her with a half-smile.
Fang Taifei looked at the kneeling man on the ground in shock, both angry and confused. "Why did you do this?"
The man's gaze drifted, and he mumbled, afraid to speak.
Wang Qingyao picked up a dried fruit and tossed it at him. "Speak!"
The man shivered and immediately said, "It was... it was someone who instructed me to do it."
Fang Taifei: "Who instructed you?"
The man hesitated for a moment, then saw Wang Qingyao pick up another dried fruit and immediately said, "It was the second young lady of the Wei family."
Fang Taifei was taken aback. "Wei Yu?"
She frowned in confusion. Why would Wei Yu do this? Did she have a grudge against Feng Jiangduo or Xiao Yun and Xiao Mo?
According to what she had heard before, wasn't Wang Qingyao the one who had a grudge against Wei Yu?
As Fang Taifei thought, she subconsciously glanced at Wang Qingyao. Wang Qingyao grinned at her and asked the man, "How did you know that Taifei Niangniang would happen to be at that spot in Da Xiangguo Temple to hear you speak?"
The man honestly replied, "Second Young Lady Wei said that Taifei Niangniang had her people by her side."
Fang Taifei immediately recalled that day at Da Xiangguo Temple, it was Yun Zhu who suggested she take a walk around, and Yun Zhu had led the way...
Hearing the man's words, Yun Zhu could no longer control herself and looked up, shouting, "You're talking nonsense, you're slandering me."
The man had never seen Yun Zhu and didn't know she was Wei Yu's "own person." He was stunned for a moment, then heard Wang Qingyao say, "You may go now."
"Yes," the man replied. He scrambled up, packed his belongings, and left.
Someone was waiting for him outside. As promised, as long as he told the truth, Prince Ding'an's men would escort him out of Duanjing – if Wei Yu knew he had betrayed her, she would never let him go.
The waters of Duanjing were too deep for a commoner like him.
Leaving was the best course of action.
"If you ever use your 'skills' to harm others again, His Highness will never forgive you," the escort conveyed Xiao Yun's message.
The man bowed and scraped, "Certainly, certainly."
Meanwhile, in the old Taifei's courtyard, Fang Taifei, who was a step behind, finally understood everything.
Yun Zhu had colluded with Wei Yu to ruin Feng Jiangduo's reputation!
She looked at Yun Zhu with disappointment and said heartbrokenly, "Why did you do this?"
Yun Zhu couldn't understand how Wang Qingyao had discovered the truth of the matter, let alone captured someone from Wei Yu's side.
She had no defense, so she could only kneel and cry, admitting her mistake.
"Niangniang, I was wrong, I was wrong, please forgive me. I was just... I was just jealous of Princess Nange. I... I have always admired the second young master..."
To save her life, Yun Zhu endured the shame and revealed her secret.
Fang Taifei was disappointed in her lack of progress. "Even if you like A'mo, you shouldn't have done something like this, making me misunderstand Princess Nange and say such things to her!"
Fang Taifei regretted it deeply.
"Yes, yes, it was my fault. I will never dare to do it again. Please forgive me, Niangniang!"
Fang Taifei was soft-hearted. Yun Zhu hadn't committed any heinous crime, she had saved her life, and had been with her for so long...
"Since you already know you were wrong," Fang Taifei said, "I..."
"Cough, cough," Wang Qingyao suddenly coughed and smiled, "Mother, this isn't the first time Yun Zhu has done something like this."
Yun Zhu's eyes widened with fury.
"During the banquet at Prince Qi's mansion in the first month, I had already heard Princess Nange and His Highness speaking. It was different from what you heard at Da Xiangguo Temple. I heard that they were deeply in love, like dry wood and fierce fire..."
Old Taifei: "Cough, cough."
Wang Qingyao stopped in time, paused for a moment, and then continued, "At that time, I had just become pregnant, and it wasn't even three months. If I had taken it seriously, wouldn't the child have been scared out of me!"
She lightly clapped her hands. "That's right, Yun Zhu and Wei Yu had this idea back then! Yun Zhu was the one who told Wei Yu about my pregnancy."
Yun Zhu broke out in a cold sweat, her body trembling like a sieve.
Fang Taifei looked at her in disbelief, her voice trembling with anger, "Yun Zhu, is this true?"
Yun Zhu lowered her head, not speaking.
Why? Why did Wang Qingyao know everything? She had been so secretive, so why did she still find out?
Yun Zhu gnashed her teeth in hatred.
"Why did you do this? You..."
Fang Taifei suddenly remembered that Yun Zhu had framed Wang Qingyao more than once.
From the beef noodle incident to the cinnabar incident, and then this 'skill' incident, one after another, she had not repented but had only become worse!
Fang Taifei was extremely disappointed.