Chapter 467: Chapter 468: Not at a Disadvantage
Mrs. Han looked at Ming Liu with a detached air, chilling Ming Liu to the bone, yet Ming Liu mustered her courage and said, "Second Lady, the Old Dowager summons you to speak with her!"
Mrs. Han laughed scornfully, "Very well!"
She went with Bai Que to Cixin Academy.
Mrs. Han seldom moved about in the Yun Residence; when maids and old women saw her, they were startled and hastily saluted her.
Arriving at Cixin Academy, Mrs. Han looked around the large courtyard and sneered coldly.
Just by having an Old Dowager title, she acts so arrogantly. Very good, exceedingly good!
She wanted to see just how long this pious old woman could continue her charade!
She stepped into the small hall, found a seat, and sat down without greeting or opening her mouth.
The Old Lady Yun rebuked angrily, "How dare you, Mrs. Han, see me and not kneel and salute!"
"Heh heh, heh heh!" Mrs. Han laughed coldly. "Old Dowager? Do you deserve it? A vile old hag like you, you don’t deserve to be the Old Dowager. If the Emperor knew all the dreadful deeds you’ve committed, if he knew you plotted against your own daughter-in-law, drugged her, and let another man into her bed, do you think the Emperor would confer upon you that title? Dream on!"
Mrs. Han glared at the Old Dowager with a fixed stare.
Seeing her face change drastically and fear flash in her eyes, Mrs. Han knew she had hit the mark.
Originally, that person wasn’t supposed to be Third Master Yun Bi, but how it ended up being Yun Bi, Mrs. Han had her suspicions and felt a painful complexity.
Their youthful meetings, the companionship during their younger years, Yun Bi had always believed they would end up together, yet her heart changed when she met Yun Qi halfway through.
"You’re talking nonsense!" The Old Lady Yun scolded furiously.
This matter...
Mrs. Han should have no evidence, right?
"Whether I’m speaking nonsense, you know best. What exactly happened with Aunt Su and Aunt Hua back then, you may not say, they may not say, Yun Qi may not know, but I have a clear idea. With your deeds, would the Emperor confer upon you if he knew?"
Mrs. Han was disdainful.
If the pious old woman truly wanted to pressure her, she was not afraid and would cause a scene. Whether Yun Qi believed it or not didn’t matter; her goal was to leave with Yun Jinnian.
Jinnian also wanted to leave the Yun Family, right?
"Don’t think of pressuring me. If you really provoke me, I’ll make a ruckus without any cares, and we’ll see who ends up more ashamed!" Mrs. Han finished speaking, turned around, and left, not caring at all whether the Old Lady Yun would die of anger.
On the eleventh day of the eighth month was Yun Zihan’s fifteenth birthday, as well as her hairpin ceremony. She had intended to ignore it since she was already married, but seeing Liao Shijie so insistent, she agreed with a smile. Yun Zihan’s hairpin ceremony was simple yet solemn.
Liao Shijie’s friends sketched and composed poems for Yun Zihan.
Mrs. Han brought Bai Que with her to give a generous gift. Dai Hanmi, Ruan Wanrong, and Chen Danyan personally delivered presents, and even Hu Shuiling from distant Su Hang had Countess Xuanping make a trip.
Lady Feng served as the commendator.
Mrs. He came with Yun Muyou, Yun Musi, and Yun Mulan, hating those present to death.
Yun Muyou felt the same, both envious and jealous.
Halfway through the ceremony, a white-haired old man appeared at the door.
"Excuse me, is this the Liao Residence, home to the Yun Family’s third young mistress?"
Liao Shijie quickly stepped forward with a bow, "Indeed, may I ask who you are?"
"As long as this is the place. I am here on the orders of my young mistress, to deliver a hairpin ceremony gift to Lady Liao!"
Liao Shijie was puzzled. "May I know who your young mistress is?"
The venerable laughed heartily, "My young mistress is none other than the Yun Family’s fourth young mistress, your fourth younger sister-in-law, Lady Liao!"