The Eldest Daughter Returns: Imperial Uncle, I'm Pregnant!

"What a sharp tongue! Truly, she won't act until she sees the rabbit." Yu Linglong gave a wink to the Yu family servants in the crowd, and Song Yue'e, with her disheveled hair and rumpled clothes, was pushed forward.

"My lord, please look. This woman is my concubine. She faked her death and escaped back then, thinking she had gotten away with it, but I have managed to find her."

"Your Honor, you've wronged me! I don't know this person at all. It's him... they've arrested the wrong person!" Song Yue'e refused to admit it to the death. Anyway, the concubine of the Yu family had already been laid to rest, so they couldn't very well dig up her grave. Besides, even if they did, so what? If she didn't want to admit it, no one could force her to.

Even if we take a step back and assume the worst, Song Yue'e would love for everyone to know that Consort Yu is her daughter and the Third Prince is her grandson.

In the past two years, she had endured a lot of hardship while working for someone else. Although she hadn't suffered much, she was tired of living such a secretive life. She longed to live the life of a wealthy lady, with her own large mansion and a large retinue of maids and servants.

Why are her husband, daughter, and grandson all high-ranking and privileged, while she is treated like an ant?

She knew that the little girl from the Yu family had ill intentions, but she still agreed with one of Yu Linglong's statements: if Consort Yu recognized her as her mother, then the Yu family might take her back and treat her with great respect.

But she still can't admit it now, because it involves too many things. This is her lifeline, and she can't just use it casually.

Before Zhao Youguang could even ask a question, someone in the crowd suddenly exclaimed.

"Bitch! It's this bitch! She seduced my man and swindled him out of his money. I've been looking for her for ages! I'm going to beat this bitch to death!"

The woman was burly and had a face full of menacing features, which frightened Song Yue'e so much that she turned pale. When she looked up, everyone could see her face even more clearly.

"Song Niang! Song Niang, what are you doing here?" a man dressed as a scholar asked incredulously.

"Song Niang? Yue Niang, didn't you tell me you went back to your hometown? What are you doing here? And what's your relationship with this man? Why is he calling you so affectionately!"

"You lecherous scoundrel! Song Niang is my fiancée. How dare you address her like that? This is outrageous!"

"Your fiancée? This is clearly my lover! Well, you adulterous couple, you're actually having an affair behind my back!"

The two started fighting over a single word. Song Yue'e was so scared that she didn't dare to move. If they weren't in the yamen, these people would probably have torn her apart.

"Good heavens, how could this woman have so many lovers?"

"Isn't this even more unrestrained than what prostitutes do? Bah!"

"How come I noticed she was with the heir of the Marquis of Yi'an as well?"

"real or fake?"

"Of course it's true! Hey, don't you believe me? It's in the alley over there in Daonanli. I saw it with my own eyes."

"How could such a handsome and talented young master like Lu Yan get involved with someone like that? This is such a morally reprehensible thing to do!"

"What kind of private morality does he have? Didn't he recently have... ah, you know, homosexual relationships..."

Everyone fell silent, their expressions towards Song Yue'e incredibly complex. This woman was so filthy, even worse than the women in brothels, who at least made a living that way.

Suddenly someone whispered, "Not long ago, I saw this woman get into the carriage of the Duke of Wen..."

Alright, everyone fell silent and dared not discuss it anymore. The reason they dared to talk about Lu Yan was because everyone was still talking about the incident where he was with the Second Prince. After all, the law doesn't punish the masses.

Now even the powerful Duke Wen and the Empress Dowager's family have been implicated. They are all poor commoners and dare not speak out, lest they be retaliated against by Duke Wen's people. So everyone has successfully kept quiet.

Song Yue'e was shocked. Everything she had done for herself was done in secret and should not have been seen by anyone. How did they all know?

Even stopping the Duke of Wen's carriage was out of necessity for Princess Anning. She clearly saw that there was no one around. What should she do?

Song Yue'e knew Duke Wen very well; if such a matter implicated him, she might not be able to protect him!

"Alright, alright, if you hit me again, I'll send you all to jail. If you have something to say, you can write a complaint, but you absolutely cannot disregard the law and act recklessly here!" The gavel struck, and the crowd quieted down, though the sparks in their eyes were enough to tear Song Yue'e apart.

Song Yue'e realized things were going badly; she absolutely couldn't let anything happen to her.

"My lord, young lady, to tell you the truth, I am indeed a concubine of the Yu family, but I didn't know I was alive back then. The mistress..." Song Yue'e said softly, her eyes filled with tears, "How could I possibly harm the mistress and the eldest daughter? I was already doing well to protect myself at that time, not to mention that I had just miscarried and had no ability to do so."

Yu Linglong narrowed her eyes. This Song Yue'e was quite clever. She had thought that her previous earnest persuasion would sway Song Yue'e's greed and make her acknowledge Yu Tingting as her biological daughter. But now, in order to save her own life, she dared not acknowledge her.

"My lord, I have witnesses as well. Please summon them one by one!"

Yu Linglong found the wet nurse, servants, and maids who had served Song Yue'e. Song Yue'e was in a panic; shouldn't they all be dead? How could they still be here...?

"Heaven has eyes! We were blinded by greed and greed back then, and we took that money and conspired to murder the young lady. What goes around comes around! Even with the money, we didn't have a good end. My whole family perished in the fire. I was holding my three-year-old son, and just a moment ago he was calling for his mother! Song Yue'e, why don't you die? We were servants of the Yu family. We helped you, and you had us burned to death. How cruel you are!"

The wet nurse cried uncontrollably. If it weren't for revenge, she would have deserved to have died with this family. It was all her greed that brought this disaster upon her.

In comparison, the maidservant beside Song Yue'e was more composed.

“My lord, my name is He Ye. I am guilty. At the same time, Concubine Song and Madam were pregnant. However, in order to kill Madam and her unborn child, Concubine Song ordered me to have tar spread on Madam’s usual route and falsely reported that Concubine Song was about to give birth prematurely. But Concubine Song did not give birth prematurely; she gave birth at full term.”