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

Chapter 685

Xu Yan cried and clung to Zhou Yan's leg, "Cousin, please... I beg you, please don't kill me, I know I was wrong."

"It's because I love you so much. What's so great about Wan Jiaojiao? She's just an illegitimate child! She's not good enough for you at all."

"She should have died long ago!"

While the three were arguing, Wan Jiaojiao was outside and froze upon hearing the truth about the miscarriage.

"Xu Yan, you killed my child?" Wan Jiaojiao rushed in immediately, grabbed Xu Yan's hair and started beating her mercilessly. "You vile woman, you owe me my child!"

Xu Yan screamed and pushed her away forcefully.

"So what if it was me? But I didn't ask you to harm the Empress. You were the one who was stupid..."

"Shut up!" Zhou Yan snapped.

Wan Jiaojiao leaned against him and cried bitterly.

The maid beside him was carried back. "Young master, the young mistress is innocent. It was Xu Yan who deliberately provoked her... otherwise, the young mistress would not have lost her mind."

"Madam also knows about this... She knows perfectly well that the young mistress can't handle the shock, yet they deliberately told her that the Empress had killed her child. The Empress had given the young mistress a sachet..."

Therefore, he was taken advantage of by Xu Yan.

Xu Yan tampered with that sachet.

While Zhou Yan was away, Madam Zhou indulged Xu Yan in deliberately provoking Wan Jiaojiao, even claiming that Yun Xiyue was responsible.

They wanted to use Wan Jiaojiao to kill Yun Xiyue's child.

"What did you say?" Zhou Yan looked at his mother in disbelief. "Your Majesty, why did you do this?"

"You believe her nonsense? Anyway, it's not Yan Yan's fault. If anyone should be beaten to death, it's Wan Jiaojiao. If you dare to hurt Yan Yan, I'll... die right here." Madam Zhou snorted, completely disregarding Wan Jiaojiao's pain.

Wan Jiaojiao suddenly vomited blood and fainted.

"Jiaojiao!"

......

"Your Majesty, the Zhou family has had Xu Yan beaten to death! It was Madam Zhou who instigated this; the Zhou family pushed Xu Yan out to protect her."

Yun Xiyue's eyes narrowed slightly. "Why would Madam Zhou do this? It can't be because she wants revenge for her daughter, can it? But she knows perfectly well that her daughter was killed by Prince Rui!"

"Don't alert them!" Murong Yu entered at this moment, clearly already aware of the situation.

They originally intended to execute Madam Zhou.

But the Zhou family wanted to protect her, so Xu Yan confessed everything and was quickly beaten to death.

"I will find out who is really behind this."

"Ah Yue, you don't need to worry!"

Yun Xiyue smiled and said, "Okay!"

......

The fact that Xu Yan was beaten to death still lingers in people's minds.

In the following days, everyone was terrified and dared not approach Yun Xiyue easily; even Zeng Rou was much more obedient.

After arriving at the hunting grounds, he did not look for Yun Xiyue.

Because during the hunt, only she was strong enough to keep up with Murong Yu's speed. The other concubines had no way to ride horses and shoot arrows, and even if they could, they couldn't catch up with the emperor.

Therefore, she can openly and legitimately stay by his side.

However, Murong Yu ignored her completely.

"Brother Yu, look, I caught a whole litter of rabbits, they're so cute!"

"Should I give this to you, or present it to Her Majesty the Empress?"

“She will definitely like it.” Zeng Rou suddenly changed her previous sharp and sarcastic attitude and her eagerness to win favor, and began to try to please Yun Xiyue.

Looking at the litter of rabbits in her arms, Murong Yu also wanted to give Yun Xiyue a similar gift.

"I can catch it myself, I don't need you to."

Zeng Rou was secretly annoyed, but quickly chased after him, calling out, "Brother Yu..."

"Consort Rou, the Emperor forbids you to come near. Your shouting will scare the little rabbits away," Leng Yan stopped her.

She kept calling out to the emperor like that.

Brother Yu, Brother Yu's.

Murong Yu was already fed up with it.

Leng Yan was also annoyed by her.

At this moment, Pei Fang rode up to catch up, but Leng Yan did not stop her.

"Why can she pursue him, but I can't?" Zeng Rou was instantly furious.