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

Chapter 266

Yun Xiyue still had things to do. The Shen family wasn't doomed, so she couldn't just leave like this.

"Mother, after I've fulfilled some of my wishes, I'll go back to Yunzhou with you. But not now."

Madam Yun asked, "What is your wish?"

"I can't tell you for now, but please believe me. Only after we finish this can we leave the capital unscathed."

Whether it's revenge or not, she still owes Murong Yu ten million taels of silver, and Liu Muyuan won't let her go now.

If we leave the capital, assassins will surely come after us, and that will endanger my parents.

In the capital, Murong Yu could still offer some protection, but after yesterday's events, the Liu family dared not act rashly.

Madam Yun sighed deeply, unable to persuade her.

My daughter is growing up and has her own ideas.

"mother......"

Yun Xiyue hugged her and said coquettishly, "I definitely won't do anything reckless. I have people protecting me, so you don't need to worry."

"My master taught me some self-defense techniques, so it's not easy for others to hurt me."

"It is my fault for causing you worry."

Madam Yun couldn't stand her anymore. "Alright, alright. You need to be more careful in the future."

......

Bei Ye returned from outside.

"Miss, the Second Young Mistress of Pei has miscarried. It was a miscarriage-inducing medicine bestowed by the Empress. The Pei family, the Liu family, and the Eldest Princess all know about the affair between the Prince Consort Liu and Xu Lan."

"However, it seems there are no plans to publicly punish the Xu and Liu families."

Yun Xiyue picked up the abacus and fiddled with it a few times, saying, "For the sake of the royal family's reputation, we can only handle this in secret. The Emperor's bestowal of abortifacients is already the beginning of the punishment."

But Pei Heng discovered the truth himself.

Xu Lan and Liu Muyuan have been together for a long time; some people have already seen them together.

Murong Yu had the evidence delivered to the Dali Temple.

When Pei Heng found out, he rushed back to question Xu Lan. Before she could defend herself, Eunuch Fu brought over abortion medicine and a white silk ribbon as a reward from the Empress Dowager.

Even the Empress Dowager knew, so the matter could no longer be hidden, and Xu Lan cried and begged Pei Heng for forgiveness.

"My husband, I was wrong. I... I will never do it again."

Pei Heng closed his eyes in pain and gently pushed her away.

“Pei Heng! If it weren’t for the Princess insisting that my cousin become the prince consort, he would have married me, and we would have been a very happy couple.”

"Yes, I love my cousin, he's the only one in my heart. But this child is yours... Please believe me? After I married you, I only saw my cousin once... that was at the peach orchard in the horse farm."

"You said you had official business to attend to and told me to go by myself. If you had come with me, this wouldn't have happened..."

Xu Lan cried her heart out, rushing forward to hug his leg. "Husband, I promise I'll never see my cousin again. I'll forget him. Please forgive me this once. From now on, I'll only love you..."

The Empress Dowager also bestowed upon Bai Ling.

This is killing her!

Pei Heng pushed her away without saying a word and took Bai Ling into the palace.

But the abortifacient was not taken away.

“Pei Heng…the child is yours, believe me…” Xu Lan cried out in fear.

But the man did not turn around.

The eunuch Fu gestured for someone to put the abortifacient into her vagina. Soon after, Xu Lan started bleeding and screamed in pain.

She lost her child and her body was damaged, making it difficult for her to conceive again, but thankfully she survived.

Out of consideration for their past as husband and wife, Pei Heng went to the palace to plead for Bai Ling's return to the Empress Dowager.

Yun Xiyue said, "The men in the Pei family are all quite good. Others wouldn't tolerate Xu Lan living."

Where is Liu Muyuan?

Bei Ye continued, "The eldest princess went to the palace to see the Empress Dowager and knelt in the Funing Palace all night. The Empress Dowager handed over the matter of punishing the consort to the Emperor and did not see the princess."

"The Emperor ordered the princess to divorce her husband, but the princess refused."

"At present, Prince Consort Liu is safe and sound. The Liu family, however, was so frightened that they made him apologize with thorns on his back, beat him up, and threw him into the ancestral hall to reflect on his actions."

After this incident, the uninformed public all thought that the emperor had been assassinated at the princess's residence.