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

Chapter 310

Yun Xiyue was startled and stepped back.

Fortunately, Bei Ye stopped it in time.

Ah!

Xiao Ling'er cried out in pain.

In a moment of desperation, Yun Xiaohan struck her with a palm, causing her to fall from mid-air and crash to the ground.

"Young lady."

The maids and nannies who had accompanied Xiao family all rushed over to help, blaming Yun Xiaohan in various ways.

"Young master, how could you hit the young mistress?"

Various grievances arose.

Yun Xiaohan's face was ashen, his fingers clenched tightly. "She shouldn't have hurt Yue'er."

"Brother, I'm fine."

"You take your sister-in-law back to her room first, and I'll send someone to fetch a doctor."

Xiao Ling'er laughed and said, "I don't need your pretense. Yun Xiyue, you're trying to kill our Yun family."

"Enough!" Yun Xiaohan came over and scolded her in a low voice, then picked her up. "It was my fault. Let's go back to the room and heal our wounds."

Xiao Ling'er laughed and said, "Are you afraid she'll find out? Are you afraid she'll find out you like her—not the kind of liking you have for your sister, but the liking a man has for a woman? Or are you afraid she'll find out we know her secret?"

"What do you want?" Yun Xiaohan's eyes were dark, and his voice was icy cold.

"I want you to kiss me."

......

The next day, Yunxi Yue came to check on things, still feeling uneasy.

But then he saw Xiao Ling'er sitting in a chair crying.

"sister in law......"

Xiao Ling'er wiped away her tears. "Why are you here? I'm fine. I was just angry yesterday, that's why I hit you. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."

"You can tell me what's wrong."

"I know you did it on purpose." Yun Xiyue directly exposed her lie.

Xiao Ling'er looked uncomfortable and forced a cold smile. "Are you pretending to be stupid, or are you deliberately trying to annoy me?"

"Don't you really understand at all why I did this on purpose?"

Yun Xiyue said, "I know you think that your elder brother likes me but not you, and that he was forced to marry you, so you feel wronged, sad, and resentful."

"They want to marry me off so they can balance out their resentment."

Xiao Ling'er felt embarrassed, ashamed, and humiliated once again.

"Since you know that, does that mean you can't just find a man to marry?"

"You were a married daughter to begin with, and now you're remarried and still staying at home. Don't you feel ashamed?"

Yun Xiyue laughed and said, "Why should I feel ashamed? This is my home, and I can stay here as long as I want."

"So you mean Yun Xiaohan is an adopted son, an outsider, and doesn't deserve to be a member of your Yun family at all?" Xiao Ling'er's eyes flashed with anger.

Seeing her so angry, Yun Xiyue acted as if she didn't recognize her at all, "Do you really like my older brother?"

These words startled Xiao Ling'er.

“If I don’t like him, I won’t willingly accept an arranged marriage to him.”

Yun Xiyue laughed and said, "I don't think you truly like my brother. You're only attracted to his looks, and more importantly, you like yourself. You don't understand my brother at all, you don't know what he cares about most, yet you say you like him. That's too superficial."

“I thought you were different from other young ladies from prominent families, but now it seems you are just like her.”

"If you feel resentful or wronged, then get a divorce."

Xiao Ling'er was immediately furious. "What right do you have to talk to me like that? If it weren't for you, the Emperor wouldn't have bestowed this marriage upon us. Do you think we didn't know about the shameful things you've done? Yun Xiaohan only accepted the marriage and married me to cover up your scandals."

"Why should I? You ruined our happiness."

Yun Xiyue's expression changed slightly, and she clenched her fists tightly.

Seeing her, she said nothing.

Xiao Ling'er smiled smugly, "What, did I hit the nail on the head? You really did seduce the Emperor in private, what the Empress Dowager said is true."

"I never would have guessed you would do something like this. I thought you were so high and mighty, but you're just a shameless woman."

Yun Xiyue's face turned ashen. "Since you feel wronged, I will ask the Emperor to withdraw the imperial decree of marriage. You can go back to being the eldest daughter of the Xiao family, and the two million taels given to you by the Yun family will be considered wiped clean."

Xiao Ling'er panicked a little; she didn't want a divorce.