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

Chapter 198

These words were too much. Pei Shang frowned slightly, "Aunt..."

"Alright, you don't need to speak well of her. She's hopeless; she's not a diamond in the rough. Even if you praise her to the heavens, it won't help."

"I don't want to pursue who is right and who is wrong in this matter concerning the Zhou family. A woman's life is ruined once her face is disfigured. Such ruthlessness is simply vicious."

“She disfigured Shen Ling in front of me. She lost her mind and accidentally injured Zhi Lan because of the disfigurement. All of this was caused by Yun Xiyue, so she should be held responsible.”

Having said that she didn't want to hear the Pei siblings say any more, she waved them away. "I'll give you three days. If you can't get the divine physician to the Zhou family to cure Zhilan's face, then I will strip you of your status as imperial merchants of the Yun family and exile you to the Western Frontier for eternity."

Yun Xiyue's face turned pale.

Only then did I realize that I was just an ant in the face of power, and no matter how much I struggled, I could not escape being slaughtered.

Seeing her pale face, Pei Shang said, "Don't worry, Aunt is just angry for a moment. She'll understand once she calms down."

Pei Fang said, "Now we can only ask my cousin for help. Is Zhou Zhilan's disfigurement really her own fault? Tell us in detail what happened that day, otherwise we can't help you."

"Does Your Majesty truly wish to help me?" Yun Xiyue looked at her with a faint smile.

Pei Fang snorted, "Of course. I admit that I misunderstood you before, but since you were framed by Zhou Zhilan, I will not sit idly by."

"Fangfang, the most important thing in life is sincerity." Pei Shang said helplessly, "Don't get involved in this matter. It's good enough if you don't cause trouble for others."

"Big brother, I'm your own sister, why are you siding with her!" Pei Fang stomped her feet in anger.

"Now that you are a Noble Consort, you must be careful with your words and actions, and not act so willfully and recklessly." Pei Shang scolded in a low voice, "Also, don't learn those low-class methods, they will only harm others and yourself. Zhou Zhilan is the best example of what not to do."

Pei Fang's expression changed slightly, and she immediately understood what her brother meant. He was angry and had come to scold her.

Pei Shang was unhappy because of the bad idea she had given him a while ago, which made him take Yun Xiyue as a concubine. Her brother seemed to have a mild temper, but he was not without temper. He did not like his marriage being arranged and used by others, not even his own sister.

"I understand, big brother, don't be angry! I hate Zhou Zhilan and don't want her to enter the palace. If she enters the palace, she will be my biggest threat. You must help me."

"If my aunt insists on sending her to the palace, I'm doomed."

Pei Shang sighed, "Don't act rashly."

He hurried off to catch up with Yun Xiyue, but she wasn't in the mood to listen to the siblings arguing, so she left first.

“Big brother…” Pei Fang found it strange. “Big brother is usually indifferent to worldly desires. In order to avoid a family marriage and having children, he went abroad to study for three years before returning.”

"Now that you're so protective of Yun Xiyue, could it be that you've fallen for her, brother?"

Pei Shang strode through the stone archway and was about to call out to Yun Xiyue when a purple figure caught his eye, startling him.

"emperor......"

Murong Yu was talking to Yun Xiyue, his eyes brimming with tenderness, when he looked up and saw someone.

"Pei Shang, why are you hiding?"

Pei Shang didn't know why he was hiding.

When discovered, he could only emerge from the artificial hill. "Your humble servant greets Your Majesty."

"You've been back for so long and I haven't seen you go to the palace to pay your respects to the Empress Dowager. Why do you have time today?"

"It was my oversight," Pei Shang said without further explanation.

Murong Yu glanced at the dejected woman. "You went to see the Empress Dowager together. What's wrong with her? She looks like a wilted cabbage."

Yunxi Yue hasn't told him yet!

She dared not complain or speak ill of the Empress Dowager in the Imperial Garden.

Pei Shang said, "It's because of the Zhou family's eldest daughter's disfigurement. My aunt hopes to settle things peacefully so that both sides can coexist peacefully. She wants Miss Yun to ask the divine doctor to go to the Zhou family."

"But there was a misunderstanding. Miss Yun was wronged and her words offended her aunt a little, which made her aunt angry."

He briefly recounted what had happened.

Even without Pei Shang saying it, Murong Yu had already guessed that the little girl had been wronged in Funing Palace. That was just the Empress Dowager's personality; if she didn't like someone, she wouldn't like them even if they were a fairy descended from heaven.

If she likes someone, she'll think they're not wrong even if they do something utterly heinous.