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"Third Uncle, in your opinion, should we really spare this ignorant woman?" Yun Yang waved his hand impatiently and frowned, "This matter is not trivial. She actually dared to target First House and Second House. It's utterly foolish. Originally, Sister-in-law was going to write a 'Concubine Dismissal Letter' to expel Substitute Concubine from the Duke's residence. Since this concerns my Third House, it would be more appropriate for me to handle it. I didn't write the 'Concubine Dismissal Letter' out of consideration for her being brought into the residence by you, but the 'Family Law Punishment' is something I announced. If it is not enforced, wouldn't that be contradictory? How can I explain this to Sister-in-law?"
"Well then," Yun Jin Xiu stretched out his arm and opened his palm, making a gesture to stop Yun Yang from continuing, and said slowly, "Tonight, Chun Ni will accompany me to First House and Second House..."
"Third Uncle!" Yun Yang's tone was almost mournful, fully displaying his helplessness.
"That's settled!" Yun Jin Xiu ignored Yun Yang's anger and walked directly to Dai Chun Ni, stroking his graying beard and saying, "Substitute Concubine, did you take note of what I just said to Yang?"
"I noted it down, I noted it down. This lowly servant thanks Third Uncle for saving me," Dai Chun Ni knelt beside Yun Jin Xiu's legs, bowing her head repeatedly, "And thank you for sparing my life, thank you, sister..."
"Get up. Go back and reflect on your actions. Come find me in the North Courtyard tonight." Yun Jin Xiu sighed and left after dropping that remark.
"Dai Chun Ni, this time I let you off because of Third Uncle, but don't think there will be a next time. If you offend again," Yun Yang took a sip of tea handed to him by a servant, paused slightly, then suddenly raised his voice, "Even the King himself won't save you!"
He returned the teacup to the servant's hand, stepped forward to take Yun Yun Kexin's hand, and walked toward the hall.
"Yes, yes..." At this moment, Dai Chun Ni no longer had her usual arrogance; she was like a lost dog, trembling all over as if shaking off water, "This lowly servant dares not do so again..."
Yun Yun Kexin furrowed her brows, feeling somewhat annoyed walking beside Yun Yang: It was such a rare opportunity to teach Dai Chun Ni a lesson again, yet it was spoiled by Third Uncle. Just thinking about it made her feel discontented. Fortunately, since Yun Yang couldn't enforce 'Family Law' this time, he must be feeling frustrated as well; Dai Chun Ni's days would likely not be easy either.
As for this person, she wasn't in a hurry to remove her because in her previous life Fu Lian Yin had colluded with Dai Chun Ni, and there were too many secrets that needed to be uncovered using Dai Chun Ni. However, she definitely had to settle the score for nearly putting her Birth Mother in danger!
How could she give her a hard time while ensuring that the other party couldn't retaliate?
While pondering this, Yun Yun Kexin devised a plan...
After dinner, Dai Chun Ni went to the North Courtyard as instructed by Yun Jin Xiu and then followed him to First House and Second House to "apologize."
There was no moon tonight; the air was stuffy. The courtyard was particularly dark and quiet, with only the dim candlelight flickering in the hot wind, casting weak glimmers. Yun Yun Kexin and several cousins were playing on the side and behind the Rockery, occasionally glancing toward the corridor that connected the North Courtyard to the Western Courtyard.
After a while, footsteps suddenly approached the corridor of the dumpling shop. Yun Kexin and the others held their breath, but saw a figure slowly moving in the dim light of the corridor—not clearly human or ghost!
The figure only revealed shoulders and below, moving slowly in the dim light—its glaring white dress and bright red embroidered shoes formed a stark contrast with the empty space above its shoulders, causing Yun Kexin, Yun Ke, Yun Jie, Yun Yao, Yun Yan, and Yun Ran around the rockery to feel a chill: Could it be a headless ghost?! The group tightened their grip on their dog-beating sticks!
Before the "headless ghost" could step out of the dumpling shop and into the light, several children rushed towards the corridor, shouting loudly, "There’s a ghost! Quick, beat the ghost! Beat the ghost!"
Before the "headless ghost" could grasp the situation, it had already received several heavy blows from all directions. It instinctively shouted "Help!" but instead let out cries of pain: "Ouch! Ouch!" Attempting to dodge, it found itself trapped in a "circle," with sticks raining down from all sides, leaving no way to escape.
Reaching out to grab a stick as an escape route only resulted in another blow that made it retract its hand in pain. The children grew more excited with each hit, their innocent voices echoing throughout the dim dumpling shop: "Ghost! Quick, beat it! We can't let the ghost take anyone from the Duke's residence! Beat it!"
Several maids and servants carrying lanterns rushed over upon hearing the commotion. When they heard the children's explanations about "beating ghosts," they were puzzled. One of them shone her lantern into the corridor and was so frightened that she dropped it, her face turning pale: "Dai... Dai Chun Ni..."
The children were stunned, looking at each other in disbelief. They were equally shocked to see that the person half-crouched on the ground with dark skin was indeed Dai Chun Ni!
"Clang!" "Clang!" "Clang!" The sound of dog-beating sticks hitting the ground echoed one after another!
Dai Chun Ni, with disheveled hair and a crooked hairpin, struggled to get up from the ground. After stumbling a few steps, she finally stood still:
"You... you all," her voice filled with humiliation and anger, "this bunch of brats..."
"Ah—" The first to scream in terror was Yun Ran, her face filled with fear. "Dai Chun Ni, how is it you?"
She truly did not know and was the only one among these "bratty kids" who was unaware of what was happening—after dinner, she had overheard her cousin and cousin sister planning to go "beat ghosts," insisting on tagging along. This was a great opportunity to show off in front of Mother and Father; how could she miss it?
But now she was left speechless in shock. Just as she opened her mouth to explain, Dai Chun Ni glared at the surrounding maids and servants with hatred:
"Go! Take all these children back to the Third House! I want my master to give me justice!"
The servants did not dare to speak, after all, no matter how bad it was, they still had the title of "Concubine." Thus, they pushed a group of "troublesome children" to the Third House.
Coincidentally, in the brightly lit Western Courtyard hall, Yun Yang and Fu Lianyin were both present. They were chatting and laughing about something when a group of innocent-looking children with blank expressions were brought in by a group of maids and servants.
Upon closer inspection, among this group was a disheveled Substitute Concubine with a bruised face. The two heads of the household stared in shock, completely bewildered.
"Master, Madam, you must stand up for this lowly concubine!" Dai Chun Ni took the lead and pulled out a silk handkerchief from her sleeve to cover her face and weep, her fragrant shoulders trembling. "I truly do not know where I offended these ancestors; I was just beaten up so confusedly."
"Third Uncle, Third Aunt, this is a misunderstanding. We thought we encountered a ghost," Yun Jie said seriously.
"Worried that a ghost would cause trouble for our Duke's residence, we bravely went to confront it!" Yun Ke added earnestly.
Yun Yan and Yun Yao remained silent, merely nodding in agreement.
"Yes, Mother, Father, just now we were playing around the Rockery and saw a shadow without a head or face entering our courtyard from the corridor," Yun Ran hurriedly explained to avoid punishment. "That white long dress and big red embroidered shoes were so scary that we rushed over..."
Fu Lianyin was confused but cast a sharp gaze at the group of children before her: children from the First House, Second House, and Third House were all present—how complete! A cold chill flashed in her eyes: confronting ghosts? It should be revenge!
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