Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 197

After a long while, Consort Pei finally asked, "Brother, why did you come with Xiyue?"

“It just so happens that we’re on the way. Isn’t your aunt looking for her?” Pei Shang’s expression remained unchanged, and he looked at her with a gentle, warm smile.

The Empress Dowager then remembered the important matter, "More than half a month has passed, and you still haven't been able to make the scarless ointment. Now the divine doctor, Ghost Hand, has come to the capital and I heard he's staying at your Yun residence. That's perfect, you can take the divine doctor to the Zhou family as soon as you leave the palace."

Yun Xiyue glanced at Pei Fang with some difficulty, as if she were asking her for help, "Reporting to the Empress Dowager, I did not see the Divine Physician this morning. You may not know that the Divine Physician has a rather eccentric temperament."

"Making house calls depends on his mood; otherwise, even if the King of Heaven himself invited him, it wouldn't make a difference."

The Empress Dowager's eyes darkened instantly, her expression turning sharp. "Hmm?"

“Aunt, I think Xiyue has a point. You saw it yesterday too, that divine doctor doesn’t even respect the Emperor! He’s really presumptuous,” Pei Fang quickly chimed in.

The Empress Dowager gave her a reproachful look, "It's normal for capable people to have eccentric personalities; that's called arrogance."

But even the most arrogant person has to bow down before imperial power.

"I saw yesterday that the divine doctor treated you very well and even protected you. I don't think he would refuse if you asked. It was your fault in this whole thing. You ruined that young girl's face. Your methods were too cruel."

Yun Xiyue sneered inwardly, "How did it become my fault? Zhou Zhilan was disfigured, and the Empress Dowager thinks I'm the one who caused it?"

The Empress Dowager was slightly taken aback, not expecting her to dare to talk back.

"Who else is it if it's not you?"

"Where is the evidence? If the Empress Dowager insists on believing only one side, I have nothing to say." Yun Xiyue straightened her back.

Everyone knows the truth of this matter, and the Zhou family also knows what happened, but they have no evidence, and even if they did, they wouldn't dare to present it.

Because if the truth comes to light, it will only ruin Zhou Zhilan and Shen Ling's reputation. She is a divorced woman who already has no good reputation. She is willing to risk everything, but Zhou Zhilan and the others would not dare to confront her and tear her apart.

They couldn't bear the consequences, so they asked the Empress Dowager to step in and resolve the issue.

The Empress Dowager believed the Zhou family's words and disliked Yun Xiyue, which is why she concluded that Yun Xiyue was ruthless.

"you!"

"presumptuous!"

The Empress Dowager was so angry that she almost couldn't catch her breath.

For so many years, she had lived a life of luxury and privilege, and no one except the Emperor dared to defy her or act so recklessly in front of her.

“I did not harm anyone. It was Zhou Zhilan who harmed her. She has only herself to blame. The Zhou family still wants me to repay evil with kindness, but I cannot do that.”

"If Your Majesty considers me presumptuous, audacious, and ruthless, then I would rather be punished than ask a divine physician to heal her face." Yun Xiyue knelt down, resigned to her fate.

The Empress Dowager's expression changed, and she stared at her blankly.

"Aunt, please calm down." Pei Fang was secretly delighted and hurried over to pat the Empress Dowager's back while advising her, "What Xi Yue said makes some sense. The incident happened at the Zhou family's residence that day. Xi Yue and the Princess were together the whole time, so they have alibis."

"Besides, it was Shen Ling who ruined Zhou Zhilan's appearance, not Xi Yue. Aunt, I think we really can't just listen to the Zhou family's side of the story."

"Brother, don't you think so?"

Pei Shang said, "Aunt, this matter does indeed require evidence. If there is evidence to prove that Miss Yun did it on purpose, then she bears an unshirkable responsibility."

“But if it wasn’t her, and she was the victim, then Zhou Zhilan truly deserved what she got. Aunt, you can’t show favoritism to such a morally corrupt woman!”

The Empress Dowager took a breath, glared at Yun Xiyue, and thought to herself that with such skill, she could get the Pei siblings to step forward and protect her with just a few words, so she disliked her even more.

She didn't believe that the person she had chosen would do something to harm others.

“I watched Zhilan grow up, and I know her character best. The Zhou family is a family of scholars and noble families, and they would never raise such a disgraceful daughter.”

"On the contrary, Yun Xiyue comes from a merchant family and was divorced after marriage. What good character could such a woman have?"