The Return of the King: A Generation of Prodigies

Nanny Zhou's words instantly woke Mother Xue up.

This means that the old lady will definitely not care about today's matter anymore, and will not go back to her parents' home to plead for mercy or find a solution for this matter.

When Mother Xue woke up at this time, she felt a sense of fear as if the sky was falling on her.

If the old lady no longer cares about this matter this time, it means that the Yunyang Marquis Mansion is really finished. Not to mention the masters, even the servants will be in big trouble.

Exiled to Lingnan? That damn place is scary, not to mention going there. Just thinking about it is scary.

"No, no, the old lady can't just ignore this matter. She is the Marquis's biological mother. How can she abandon the Marquis when he is in trouble?"

"Only when the Marquis is safe and sound can the old lady keep her dignity, right?"

"If something happens to the Marquis this time, won't the old lady also be implicated and exiled to Lingnan to suffer?"

Mother Xue, who had just woken up, was frightened and lost her mind again, and started to vent without hesitation.

However, what Mother Xue said drew ridicule from Nanny Zhou.

"Humph! You also said that the old lady is only the Marquis's legal mother, not his biological mother. What does his life or death have to do with the old lady?"

"Let the old lady be exiled to Lingnan with you? You're overthinking it. Given the power of the old lady's family, they will not allow her to become a criminal and be exiled to Lingnan with people like you."

"Go back and tell your Madam to let her fend for herself. Everything that happened to the Yunyang Marquisate today is the result of her own evil deeds. She will have to bear the consequences of her own evil deeds."

"Someone from the palace will come to take the old lady into the palace soon. Although Yunli's laws are strict and cannot be flouted, there are still people who are compassionate outside the law."

"The Empress will definitely pardon the old lady's crime and allow her to completely sever ties with the Yunyang Marquisate. She will return to her parents' home safely and live out the rest of her life in peace."

After saying this, Nanny Zhou didn't wait for Mama Xue to say anything more, and directly ordered someone to send Mama Xue back to the lady's courtyard.

The old lady in the yard had been listening to the noise outside. She looked up at the albizzia tree she had planted with her own hands, tears streaming down her face, and she murmured to herself, "After waiting for so many years, I'm finally free."

"Madam, it's cold outside, you'd better go inside." Nanny Zhou, who had just returned from outside, couldn't help but feel sad when she saw the scene in front of her.

"You've waited for so many years, do you still care about these few hours?"

"Someone just came from the palace to say that the wife of Duke Jingguo has gone to the palace to ask to see the Empress, and Duke Jingguo has also sent people into the palace to protect you."

"It won't be long before we're out of here."

"Yes, I'm finally leaving this hellish place that has trapped me for decades."

As the old lady spoke, she could no longer hold back her tears.

No one knows the pain in her heart, and no one knows how much injustice she has suffered here over the years. Now she can finally be free.

Mother Xue returned to the Dowager with a face that was swollen beyond recognition, and told her everything that Nanny Zhou had just said.

At this moment, the old lady had completely changed from her usual arrogant and domineering appearance. After the blow she had just experienced, she was already extremely fragile and looked like she was about to die.

"Did she really say that?" The lady gave a wry smile and said, "So, this really is my karma. My karma has finally arrived."

"I shouldn't have been greedy back then. I set up a scheme to harm her and the child, forcing her to marry into the Yunyang Marquis's mansion."

"It's too late to say anything now. Zhang Ping is such a loser. This time, the Yunyang Marquisate is truly doomed."

"Go, have Liu go and ask her mother to save everyone in the mansion."

Although she knew everything, it did not mean that she would give up her greed and be willing to accept the verdict of fate.

Not long after, the yard, which had just been quiet for a short time, became noisy again because of the women's crying.

The old lady frowned. She really didn't want to hear such voices again. Even though she was about to leave, she couldn't stand these people anymore.

"I'll go and chase them away." Nanny Zhou is an absolute action-oriented person. When encountering problems, she never swallows her anger and escapes, but chooses to take the initiative.

This style of doing things is completely different from the old lady's, and they are two completely different attitudes towards doing things and being human.

"No, I'll go myself." This was the first time that the old lady, who had always chosen to endure everything, chose to take the initiative and attack.

"The Yunyang Marquisate is now nothing more than an empty house that is about to be abandoned. I no longer have to worry about them using the leverage my father left behind to control the Jingguo Duke's Mansion."

"I've been wronged and helpless here for decades. Now that I'm leaving, I have to be tough and pay back for the grievances I've suffered."

"Yes, ma'am, you should have done this a long time ago." Nanny Zhou naturally agreed with the old lady's change.

As a woman herself, what she couldn't stand the most was women like the old lady who compromised and suffered all kinds of injustices but didn't resist.

"Help me up." The old lady handed her hand to Nanny Zhou and asked Nanny Zhou to help her up.

The two of them walked to the courtyard gate together. Lady Liu, the wife of the Marquis of Yunyang, who was crying, immediately stopped crying when she saw the old lady coming out. She said, "Mother, you must save our family."

"Mother? Humph! Liu, you called me the wrong name. Your mother-in-law was poisoned to death by your vicious grandmother more than ten years ago. How can you call her your mother now?"

The old lady looked down at Liu, unable to suppress the disgust in her heart. She disliked this so-called daughter-in-law from the bottom of her heart.

This is not because she is a rich-snobbish person who looks down on her daughter-in-law who comes from a poor family. It is really because Liu's personality is really something she cannot praise.

Liu is greedy and cruel by nature, and she is also extremely mean. This really proves the old saying that people of the same family tend to be alike. She is a perfect match for the Yunyang Marquisate.

Liu, who had never been treated like this by the old lady before, was stunned and petrified when she heard what the old lady said.

After a long while, she raised her head and said timidly, "Mother, what do you mean? Are you really planning to abandon us?"

"Then tell me one thing, why should I take you, a bunch of burdens, with me?"

The old lady looked at Liu coldly and said, "Liu, this is the Yunyang Marquis's Mansion, not my Jingguo Mansion. My last name is Yao, not Zhang."

"What does the rise and fall of the Yunyang Marquisate have to do with me, Yao Xueying?"

"Looking around the Yunyang Marquis Mansion, is there anyone who is related to me, Yao Xueying?"

Yao Xueying looked up and looked around. The entire Yunyang Marquis Mansion in front of her was like a cage to her. She wished she could set it on fire and burn it to ashes immediately. How could she take the people and things here away?

"Mother, you can't be so heartless. After all, we are all family. If you don't save this family at this time, who else in this world can save us?"

Liu was a vicious person, but she was not a fool. She had understood one thing from Yao Xueying's words and eyes, that is, Yao Xueying was really going to abandon them this time.

"Shut up!" Yao Xueying looked at Liu with disgust and shouted angrily, "Who is your mother? If I remember correctly, Liu, you are a few years older than me. I can't bear to call you mother!"

"You guys have followed Zhang Ping through good times and bad times. Now that he's down and out, shouldn't you share his joys and sorrows?"

Yao Xueying had been feeling aggrieved for so many years, and finally she spoke out what had been buried deep in her heart. At this moment, she felt unprecedented relief and release.

She was originally a noble lady from the capital, with a bright future ahead of her. However, she never expected that because of her noble birth, she was plotted against by the Dowager Lady of Yunyang Marquis's Mansion, and was eventually separated from her own flesh and blood. She was trapped in this cage and suffered pain and torture.

Now that she was finally about to break free from the shackles that had trapped her, she was no longer afraid of anything.

Liu looked at Yao Xueying in horror, but before she could open her mouth to pray again, she heard footsteps running towards her.

The man ran to Yao Xueying, knelt down and said, "Auntie, I'm here to pick you up. The Empress wants you to come to the palace for an audience."

Yao Xueying quickly wiped the tears from her face, adjusted her attitude, and said, "Okay, let's go."

After saying this, she turned back to look at Madam Zhou and said, "Madam Zhou, I'll leave everything here to you."

"Madam, please go to the palace without worry. I will take care of everything here."

Nanny Zhou smiled and nodded to Yao Xueying. She had only been in the Yunyang Marquis Mansion for a few years, but she had already suffered greatly and found it unbearable.

But Yao Xueying has been living in such an environment for more than ten years, which is really difficult for her.

But now it's all over. Yao Xueying is finally going to break free from the shackles and be free.

Yao Xueying walked without a pause or hesitation. She walked out of the mansion that she had not left for more than ten years with a cheerful pace, step by step, and rushed towards her new life.

After watching Yao Xueying disappear, Nanny Zhou turned around and ordered, "Listen carefully, everyone! Take all of Madam's dowry, not a single piece missing, and take it away. Don't take anything that isn't ours."

"Yes." Most of the servants in Yao Xueying's yard were brought from her mother's home. After receiving the order from Madam Zhou, these people immediately took action.

The scene before her made Liu dumbfounded. Only then did she realize that the entire Yunyang Marquis Mansion was probably a trap set by someone, just like it was back then. However, it was too late to realize it now.

At the Yunyang Marquis's Mansion, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were fighting each other, and the situation was even more chaotic on Li Chaohui's side, with the situation becoming a mess.

Li Chaohui, who was originally waiting for good news at home, did not receive the good news she expected, but instead received a thunderclap that hit her head.

The once bright and intelligent Grand Princess had long since died during the years when she was imprisoned in Anguo Temple. Now, what is left alive is just a body without a soul.

Without the path paved for her by Ye Xingchen and the perfect image he created for her, without Wang Yunzhi, her best helper, and without those who gave her advice, Li Chaohui is now just a brainless person who acts according to her own thoughts.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have asked Zhang Ping to bring people to the palace to cause such a scene after she knew that Shen Tianjiao was not in the palace.

The fact that Shen Tianjiao did not leave the palace but stayed in the palace was something Li Chaohui had never expected and could never have imagined.

Now Lu Yan has brought people to surround the place where Li Chaohui lives, and also informed Li Chaohui the reason.

This made Li Chaohui's panic worse. He began to feel restless and worried, fearing that he would be imprisoned again.

The decades of imprisonment in Anguo Temple not only wore down her fighting spirit, but also haunted her like a nightmare that she could not escape.

So this time, no matter what the cost, she will rebel and break free from the nightmare that binds her.

Everything was originally planned well and smoothly, but now something unexpected happened. Li Chaohui was completely at a loss for a moment and had no idea what to do next.

"Go, send someone to find Prime Minister Wang and ask him to come see me immediately."

At this time, the only person Li Chaohui could think of who he could rely on was Wang Yunzhi.

Chunniang, who was standing by, stared at Li Zhaohui for a long time before saying, "Prime Minister Wang can't come today. He was assassinated a few days ago while accompanying his wife to the Huguo Temple to pray. I heard he was seriously injured and is now recuperating at home."

Chunniang's voice was not loud, but her words were like sharp swords, piercing directly into Li Zhaohui's heart.

However, before she received the news that Wang Yunzhi was assassinated and seriously injured, she first received the news that Wang Yunzhi actually accompanied his wife to the Huguo Temple to pray for blessings.

For Li Chaohui at this moment, the blow she suffered from this incident was greater than the blow she suffered when Shen Tianjiao sent people to surround her residence and waited for the verdict of her fate.

Li Chaohui's feelings towards Wang Yunzhi have always been very complicated. While she was using Wang Yunzhi, she was also attracted by his appearance and talent.

If Li Chaohui had not been suddenly imprisoned that year, her and Wang Yunzhi's story would probably be a different version now.

After Li Chaohui lost his lover, he did go through a very painful experience.

But after the pain, Li Chaohui became even more crazy and debauched.

Li Zhaohui has never lacked admirers, lovers, or men who deliberately approach her in order to achieve certain goals.