Reborn as a Maid in Ancient Times

Zhang You was also affected by their emotions and quickly joined them in criticizing the father and son.

"They're utterly despicable!"

He cheated people out of money and sex, using his wife's family's influence to achieve his own desires, but after gaining power, he betrayed them.

It was clearly his breach of trust that led to this, yet it was as if Teacher Xiao and the others had done something wrong from the beginning, trampling on his dignity.

There was another unfaithful and unfilial son who mistook a thief for his father. He was ungrateful for his mother's hardship during her ten months of pregnancy and did not appreciate the high hopes she had placed on him. He took Teacher Xiao's kindness for granted and eventually severed ties with her without hesitation.

These two are truly father and son, equally selfish and self-serving.

"Teacher Yu, don't worry. Yang Chi'an has caused trouble and has come before the princess. The princess will definitely punish him severely according to the law and will not let him escape easily," Chunhua comforted Yu Shengsheng.

It's not nice to say this, since he has Teacher Xiao Yu's blood in his veins, but who told him to do such a heartless and ungrateful thing?

A glint flashed in Chunhua's eyes, but few noticed, except for Qiuyue.

Qiuyue smiled at her with an ambiguous expression, and Chunhua awkwardly looked away, avoiding eye contact. Qiuyue just smiled as usual, as if nothing had happened.

Zhang You looked up and met Qiu Yue's smile. She blinked, puzzled. Qiu Yue just smiled, as if the strange feeling was just Zhang You's imagination.

Zhang You snapped out of her daze and echoed Chunhua's words.

"Yes, Teacher Xiao."

The seventy strokes of the cane that the princess supervised last night were all real! Even if his father is the prefect, he's only the prefect of Tuozhou. In Dingzhou, if he wants his son to escape, he still needs the princess's permission. It's impossible for him to rashly rescue Yang Chi'an from the prefectural office.”

Yu Shengsheng frowned, her face grave.

She wasn't afraid that Yang Chi'an would escape punishment.

What she feared was that they came with ill intentions.

What a coincidence!

She and Ah Sheng had just settled in Dingzhou for a little over a month when they arrived in Dingzhou.

Yang Chi'an didn't come alone.

Yang Li has always indulged him, so Yang Chi'an dared to come here, which must be because Yang Li is also here.

They came for her!

Yu Shengsheng was afraid of implicating the Prince's Mansion. Yang Li was the kind of person who would not give up until he achieved his goal. He could endure for so many years for the position of prefect. Now that he wanted to find her, who knew what he was really planning?

A man as cold-blooded and ruthless as him has no right to talk about marital affection.

He's been out of the public eye for the past two years, so his sudden appearance now must mean he has some unspeakable secret!

Despite her worries, Yu Shengsheng still brought up the matter. Although she couldn't predict the future, she wanted to tell them in advance so that the Prince's Mansion could take precautions early on, lest it be too late to make a difference.

“I’m not worried about him, it’s just that they came to Dingzhou for no reason, I’m afraid they’re here for us.”

Yu Shengsheng's words reminded everyone.

Dongmei, however, was unconvinced. "What's there to be afraid of! This is Dingzhou. With the princess, the prince, and the princess consort here, what can they do?"

Chunhua remained calm. "I'm not afraid of what he does openly, but I'm afraid he'll do something underhanded. The princess and the prince have just experienced Chen Shi's schemes. If they cause any more trouble, it might bring them more problems."

Given Yang Li's cunning and secretive nature, he is extremely adept at hiding his true intentions and disguising himself. Even his bedmate, who has shared his bed with him for so many years, has not come to know his true nature, which shows how deep his cunning is.

They punished his precious son again yesterday, and I'm afraid he'll retaliate.

After being enlightened by Chunhua, Zhang You and the others also realized that this matter was not simple.

Dongmei lowered her head and pondered for a moment. She had confidence in Qiao Si, but she was afraid that she would stumble with Yang Li.

After much thought, she still felt that she should inform Qiao Si about this matter as soon as possible so that she could be prepared for any eventuality.

She hurriedly bid farewell to everyone and stepped out of the courtyard gate to leave.

Her style of doing things is just as decisive and efficient as Qiao Si's.

The remaining few continued their discussion about the father and son.

"Teacher Xiao Yu, based on your understanding of Yang Li, what will he do after yesterday's events?"

Chunhua planned to listen to Teacher Xiaoyu's guesses first before making her evaluation.

Yu Shengsheng shook her head; she didn't know either.

Yang Li is a man we should not underestimate.

"If it is inconvenient, I can prepare my luggage and leave the palace with Ah Sheng."

Yu Shengsheng, fearing that she would implicate the Prince's Mansion, had already prepared for the worst.

Anyway, that was their original plan. If they hadn't met Qiao Si, they wouldn't have been delayed in Dingzhou for so long.

"Master, are we going to keep hiding forever?"

I've been listening to Yu Shengsheng tell her story, but I've overlooked Yu Sheng.

Why did she follow Yu Shengsheng around the world at such a young age? And why does she have such a similar name to Yu Shengsheng?

It seems I've never heard them mention it before.

Zhang You held down Yu Shengsheng's hand as he was about to leave, and asked a question following Yu Shengsheng's words.

"Teacher Xiaoyu, there's no rush. Mr. Yu, why do you say that?"

All eyes turned to her, but despite her young age, she remained completely calm.

She seemed very hostile towards them.

Yu Sheng remained composed, his gaze fixed and earnest as he looked at Yu Shengsheng.

“They have already reached out to us, and this time they must have come prepared. Instead of hiding everywhere, we should take the initiative and seize the opportunity.”

Her words left Zhang You and the others completely bewildered.

Could they have some connection?

But judging from Yu Shengsheng's words, she has been hiding for the past two years and has had no contact with the Yang family.

Yu Shengsheng sensed something unusual about it; her gaze turned serious and her expression became solemn.

"You mean, those previous groups of people? Were they sent by them?"

During the period when Yu Shengsheng had just escaped from Tuozhou with Yu Sheng, they encountered several waves of assassins.

Those people had a clear objective; they were after her. However, they were not well-trained assassins and were not experienced in assassination.

This allowed her, someone who had only a rudimentary understanding of martial arts, to repeatedly evade them.

As such incidents occurred more frequently, she became adept at handling them.

Later, she and Yu Sheng shook off the group's pursuit and enjoyed a long period of carefree life.

Later, such assassinations became much less frequent. At the time, she thought Yang Li had given up, but now, listening to Yu Sheng's words, she was afraid that he had dealt with it secretly.

She still didn't take good care of her, making her bear pressure that she shouldn't have to.

Yu Shengsheng looked at Yu Sheng with heartache in her eyes.

Yu Sheng was surprised that her master did not blame her for taking it upon herself to deal with the flies.

Instead, they were concerned about her situation.

She is truly different from those people; she genuinely cares about her.

Yu Sheng's composure crumbled at this moment, and she was still moved.

Yu Shengsheng truly treated her like family.

"Master, I'm sorry for keeping this from you for so long. I just didn't want them to get in your way."