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

Chapter 438

"Moon, what's wrong?"

Yun Xiyue then told her the whole story.

Madam Yun's face was grim. "Even at a time like this, they're still thinking about how to deal with our Yun family and sabotage your relationship with the Emperor."

"Doesn't the Empress Dowager consider the Emperor's feelings when she does this?"

Yun Xiyue said, "There's no need to tell the Emperor about this, lest he be distracted on the battlefield."

Madam Yun said, "Well, then we should be careful. The Qi family has already set their sights on us."

"Ok!"

Qi Yumin was not truly defiled; before the beggar could act, the Qi family arrived to rescue her.

It was just a fright, but this kind of thing can't be publicized, otherwise people will criticize us.

"Minmin, don't be afraid. Your mother is here." Madam Qi hugged her daughter with heartache.

Qi Yuyan asked unhappily, "Why did you do this?"

"Is this the Empress Dowager's intention, or did you act on your own?"

Madam Qi hugged her daughter and glared at him, "Even now you're still protecting that bitch Yun Xiyue? Didn't you see your sister was almost ruined by her!"

"mother!"

Qi Yuyan felt helpless. "My relationship with her is just business. There was nothing wrong with the tea. It was the Empress Dowager and my cousin who wanted to scheme against Yun Xiyue first. She did this to protect herself."

"Can't we just do our own business and not get involved in the power struggles in the imperial court?"

Madam Qi sneered, "She almost plotted to wipe out our Qi family! How can we just let her get away with it?"

“She didn’t deliberately scheme against us. I gave her the things myself, and she explained it to me as well.”

"I originally thought we could supply goods to the palace, which would lay the foundation for competing for the title of Imperial Merchant in the future. Even if we were to compete for the title of Imperial Merchant, we should do so in a fair and square manner. It was the Consort and her ilk who first harbored malicious intentions."

Madam Qi was furious. She stood up and slapped him. "Fool! You're competing with someone fairly and squarely. Did that person talk to you about being fair and square? Let me tell you, I won't let Yun Xiyue get away with this."

"Now go and seize all of the Yun family's businesses to avenge your sister!"

Qi Yuyan licked his cheek with the tip of his tongue, a sinister smile on his face. "I won't follow your example. I don't want to be someone else's pawn. If you want to do that, then it's none of my business. At worst, you can kick me out of the family and let Minmin become the heir of the Qi family."

"You!" Madam Qi was furious. The son she had raised dared to threaten her.

"Do you think I don't dare?"

Qi Yuyan laughed and said, "You dare! I believe that with your decisive and efficient nature, you dare to do anything."

With that said, he turned and left.

"Madam, the eldest son has left the Qi family and moved into Fu Rui Lou."

Fu Rui Lou was opened by Qi Yuyan himself.

His business.

Madam Qi was so angry that she smashed her teacup. "This is outrageous!"

......

Border.

"Your Majesty, a letter has been sent from the capital."

Murong Yu had just returned from the battlefield and took the letter from Shadow's hand. "What is she doing? Has anyone been causing her trouble lately?"

The letters only reported good news and not bad.

There were also some military strategies that he found enlightening after reading them.

"The Empress Dowager intends for the Yun family to abandon their status as imperial merchants." Shadow came from the capital specifically to deliver this message between them.

She recounted how the Empress Dowager and the Pei family plotted against Yun Xiyue, only to be outsmarted by her instead.

Murong Yu's eyes darkened slightly. "You start bullying people when I'm not around."

"Take this secret order back and have General Xiao oversee the country together."

The shadow accepted the secret order, bowed, and left.

Murong Yu sat alone in his tent, repeatedly reading the letter Yun Xiyue had given him.

"Brother Yu, why don't you take a rest?" Zeng Rou brought in some food.

Murong Yu put away the family letter. "Where is Eunuch Fu?"

“Grandpa Fu went to town to buy some things,” Zeng Rou said as she came in. “He asked me to bring you some food.”

"Besides, I am your personal bodyguard. The Empress Dowager asked me to take good care of Brother Yu. Isn't it only right that I bring him food?"

Murong Yu said indifferently, "Yes, put it down!"