Reborn as a doctor, he takes revenge and ruthlessly punishes the scum.

Amidst the children's cries, Wen Shuzhe, Yu Yujia, and Yu Xichen were dragged out by several soldiers.

Fu Yuqin, Wu Manting, and Yu Shuyan immediately rushed forward to take the child.

But the soldiers pushed him back.

The three children, being dragged along by several soldiers, were crying even more pitifully.

Even more shockingly, a bloodstain was wiped from Yu Yujia's fair and delicate cheek, from which blood beads seeped. The little girl was clearly terrified, crying uncontrollably as tears streamed down her face, mingling with the blood beads on her cheek, making her look extremely pitiful.

Wu Manting was so anxious that tears welled up in her eyes, but she held them back and supported Fu Yuqin, who was also swaying precariously from anxiety.

The coldness in Yu Shuyan's eyes had reached its peak.

The bloody scene from her past life in the snow flashed before her eyes. She almost couldn't resist the urge to kill Wen Lang with a single needle.

But reason told her that she couldn't.

Wen Lang and Gong Beige are now in a relationship. If we kill him now, the fate of the entire Yu family will be no better than in our previous life.

Yu Shuyan slowly withdrew the silver needle from her fingertips, staring coldly at Wen Lang:

"Even if it's a search, it should just be a search. Why hurt people? Besides, it's just a child. Doesn't the prince consort fear that the princess will be branded as someone who bullies women and children and is ruthless?"

Without realizing it, Wen Lang glanced back at the large crowd of onlookers who had gathered in front of the Yu family's house to watch the commotion.

Although there was resentment in his eyes, he nodded impatiently to the guard.

The guards understood and immediately dropped the children. Wu Manting and Fu Yuqin rushed forward and held the three children in their arms.

Wen Lang didn't even glance at Wen Shuzhe, who was crying his heart out; he just stared at Yu Shuyan with a half-smile.

"Yu Shuyan, how could I not know you were capable of such sophistry and baseless accusations? As expected of a merchant family, you are utterly unfit for respectability. It is all thanks to you that you committed such an immoral act and even falsely accused and framed your own husband. Otherwise, I would still be kept in the dark by you, and I would never have met Her Highness the Princess. You and the Princess are worlds apart, yet you remain incorrigible and still try to fabricate rumors about Her Highness the Princess."

"Yu Shuyan, if you've harmed the young ladies of the Zhou and Wang families, confess now! Don't wait until the evidence is gathered before you're dealt with!"

Looking at his smug, self-satisfied face, Yu Shuyan couldn't be bothered to listen to his pretentious rambling any longer and coldly interrupted him:

"What, now you admit it? Can you guarantee I'll be alright?"

Wen Lang's face stiffened, a flash of resentment crossing his eyes:

"Having committed evil deeds, one should naturally be punished; how can this be allowed to happen?"

Yu Shuyan directly scoffed and gave a disdainful snort:

"Then what are you babbling about!"

Wen Lang was speechless. He glanced around and saw that many of the onlookers were laughing and joking, their eyes filled with resentment, yet they managed an ugly smile:

"Very well, go ahead and show off your sharp tongue. I'd like to see if you can still be so quick-witted in a bit."

"Your Highness, we've found it!"

A soldier rushed out, holding a gold hairpin, and handed it to Wen Lang.

Wen Lang took the hairpin, a sinister smile curling at the corner of his lips:

"This is Miss Zhou's hairpin. Sure enough, Miss Zhou and Miss Wang have been kidnapped by you. Yu Shuyan, you have quite the nerve."

Wang Zinian pointed at Yu Shuyan, looking as if he wanted to devour her, and roared:

"Yu Shuyan, where is my sister? Tell me right now, or I'll kill your whole family!"

Zhou Guoye grabbed Wang Zinian's arm, signaling him to calm down, but frowned as she stared at Yu Shuyan:

“Miss Yu, I think you need to explain to me how my sister’s hairpin ended up in your possession.”

Seeing the scheming and smugness in their eyes, Yu Shuyan remained completely calm and even smiled.

"That's really strange. When you brought the hairpin over, Young Master Zhou didn't examine it carefully. How could you be so sure that the hairpin belonged to your sister? It's as if you already knew that your sister's hairpin was in our Yu family."

Zhou Guoye's expression stiffened slightly, and her brows furrowed, clearly as she pondered what to say.

Wen Lang was the first to speak:

“Brother Zhou has always insisted that you kidnapped his sister. Besides, how could a brother not recognize his own sister’s hairpin? Stop changing the subject. Quickly tell us where you hid her.”

Yu Shuyan sneered:

“I am just a merchant’s daughter, yet I have a whole box of hairpins. How much more so for the Zhou family, a high-ranking official’s family, where Miss Zhou must have countless hairpins? Young Master Zhou is a gentleman, and should be focused on his studies. How come he knows so much about women’s hairpins? Could it be that Young Master Zhou has a peculiar hobby and enjoys paying attention to women’s ornaments?”

Zhou Guoye's face was not good. He didn't know how to deal with Yu Shuyan's words for a moment.

To say that he recognized the hairpin as belonging to Zhou Ruifen would indeed make him seem like a narrow-minded person who only cares about women's ornaments. For a scholar who aspires to an official career and whose reputation is of utmost importance, this would be absolutely unacceptable.

If you say you didn't notice, then his excitement just now makes it seem like his motives weren't pure.

Looking out the door, he saw a crowd pointing and whispering at him.

He was extremely anxious, when suddenly a brilliant idea struck him, and he coldly snorted:

"Don't talk nonsense. It was the Prince Consort who just said that the hairpin belongs to my sister. The Prince Consort is of noble status, so I naturally believe him."

Wen Lang's face instantly turned ugly, and he cursed inwardly:

This person is more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything. They seem quite clever usually, but how come their brains are so bad?

Yu Shuyan saw his annoyance, but her smile was sarcastic:

"That's even stranger. How could the Prince Consort be so familiar with Miss Zhou's hairpin? He knows it's hers at a glance. Could it be... Oh dear... If Her Highness the Princess finds out, how will we explain it, Prince Consort!"

The onlookers instantly turned their attention to Wen Lang with expressions of amused curiosity.

Wen Lang cursed Yu Shuyan's cunning in his heart, but as his eyes darted around, he shouted at the soldiers who had just left:

How do you know this hairpin is strange?

The officers and soldiers said:

How would I know? Didn't you tell me in advance where to find this hairpin so I could search for it and hand it over to you?

Seeing that he remained silent and unresponsive, Wen Lang cursed him inwardly for being useless, but continued:

“Even if you found this hairpin in a strange place, you should have given it to Young Master Zhou to confirm and see if there is anything special about it, and whether it is Miss Zhou’s hairpin. I forgot to check it because of your clamor.”

The officers and soldiers secretly thought they were innocent, but they still knelt down and admitted their mistake:

“Your Highness, this gold hairpin was found under the big tree in the courtyard. If there wasn’t something fishy going on, how could such a large gold hairpin have fallen in such a hidden place? It was my oversight, please forgive me, Your Highness.”

Zhou Guoye also stepped forward, took the hairpin from Wen Lang's hand, examined it carefully, and then said:

“I was worried about my sister, so I got anxious just now. But when I looked at this hairpin carefully, I remembered that this hairpin was the one I gave my sister when she came of age. There’s no mistake, it’s my sister’s hairpin.”

Wen Lang sighed in comfort:

"Brother Zhou is worried about his sister, which is understandable."

Turning to look at Yu Shuyan, he frowned and said coldly:

“Yu Shuyan, stop trying to divert everyone’s attention. Since Miss Zhou’s hairpin has appeared in your Yu family, if you don’t confess, we will have no choice but to imprison the entire Yu family. I believe that Her Highness the Princess’s shadow guards can make you explain everything clearly.”

Without waiting for Yu Shuyan to speak, he directly gave orders to the officers and soldiers:

"Take everyone from the Yu family back with you, leaving no one alive. Including all the children and servants."

His voice was full of undisguised threat, and his eyes were fixed on Yu Shuyan, wanting to see her panic and utter disarray.

He was confident that Yu Shuyan would definitely confess her guilt for the sake of her family.

He would make her pay for harming him!