"What happened? Why are you calling us back in such a hurry?" Liu Zhengtang strode towards Liu Yueru and the others.

Liu Fufeng and Liu Zimo followed closely behind.

The three of them were still wearing court robes. Emperor Hexu had something to discuss with them in the morning, so they stayed in the palace for dinner and returned home late.

It was not until the servants of the Liu Mansion reported that Liu Yueru had returned home for important matters that the three of them hurriedly asked for leave from Emperor Hexu and hurried back.

"Yue'er..." The three men led by Liu Zhengtang came together to support Liu Yueru.

Her nose felt sore and tears welled up in her red eyes.

Liu Fufeng stretched out his hand and wanted to embrace Liu Yueru in his arms like they did when they were children, but his big, broad hand just placed on her shoulder and then he took it back.

My sister is now a wife, and we can no longer hug each other as intimately as we did when we were children.

His hands were a little helpless in the air, and finally he was so anxious that he could only spin in place.

"Tell our father what happened to Yue'er and we will help you." Liu Zhengtang was also anxious, but he didn't know how to coax people.

Liu Zimo placed his hands on her shoulders and squeezed them gently, accompanying her silently.

Seeing that everyone had left her behind, Zhao Wanyan knelt down in front of Liu Zhengtang, holding her handkerchief and crying, "Master, it's all my fault. I lost the remains of Yue'er's child who died young. But Master also knows that I really didn't have time to think about so many things at that time, which led to the child's body being eaten by wild wolves later..."

"What did you say?" Liu Zhengtang's face turned dark in an instant.

He stretched out his hand and pinched Zhao Wanyan's chin, and asked fiercely, "At the beginning, you promised that the child's body had been buried safely on the hilltop. Today, the rumor spread that Yue'er's body was missing. We thought it was a fabrication by someone else, but it turned out to be true!"

Liu Zimo's hand around Liu Yueru suddenly tightened. It was the first time that Yueru, who had always been strong, cried so sadly in front of them since she got married.

Liu Fufeng clenched his hands into fists. He had seen all kinds of deaths on the battlefield, including broken arms and legs, beheaded, and cut in half.

Can!

That is Yue'er's child.

A small one.

He couldn't bear to imagine the scene of the child being eaten and torn to pieces by wolves!

Liu Fu almost lost his mind and went forward to beat Zhao Wanyan.

But Liu Zhengtang stopped him.

"Father, the child's body is still in Qizi'ao. Can you send someone to go with me? I want to go there and take a look." Liu Yueru's voice became hoarse from crying.

Liu Zhengtang raised his leg and kicked Zhao Wanyan fiercely: "How dare you bury the child there?"

"It's a pity that the children still call you mother. That is a mass grave, and you buried Yue'er's child there. If Yue'er didn't want to move the child's grave, were you planning to hide it from us forever?" After Liu Zhengtang finished speaking, he kicked Zhao Wanyan hard again.

"Ah!" Zhao Wanyan wailed in pain, her tears of grievance unable to stop any longer!

Liu Yunni, who had been hiding in the dark, couldn't help it anymore.

She ran out and blocked Zhao Wanyan's way, saying, "Father, how can you beat and scold my mother at will? She is the wife of this mansion. If you treat her like this, how can she establish her authority in the Liu Mansion in the future?"

Liu Yunni relied on the fact that she was now the princess consort of the Prince of Jin's mansion. As she stepped forward and pulled Zhao Wanyan up, she continued to angrily blame: "Mother has worked hard over the years, even if she has no merits. Moreover, mother was only negligent in handing the child who died young to the servants for burial in order to accompany my eldest sister. He has been dead for so many years, so just consider him buried. Why did my eldest sister make such a fuss in the Liu Mansion for such a small matter?"

"Pa!" Liu Zhengtang raised his hand and slapped Liu Yunni hard on the face.

"Rebellious girl!" He raised his hand and pointed at Liu Yunni angrily.

"It's not your turn to speak here. Don't think that just because you are a princess you can act like a spoiled brat in the mansion. Don't forget how you got your position as a princess!"

Liu Zhengtang finished speaking.

Liu Yunni covered her face in pain and looked at Liu Zhengtang's angry face in disbelief.

Her face turned pale instantly.

If my father hadn't helped me back then, the Prince of Jin wouldn't even let me enter the palace, let alone marry me as his princess!

But now she has been promoted to princess, and her father shouldn't be so disrespectful to her and slap her in the face in public.

Liu Yunni staggered to her feet, with an unwilling smile on her face: "Father is partial. No matter how well I do, I am not as good as my elder sister. I just told the truth, and father hit me!"

"What about mother? She has always been doing her duty in the Liu Mansion and has never done anything out of line. It's just that she lost the body of a child who died young, and father ignored all her efforts over the years. Is the fault all hers?" Liu Yunni asked with red eyes.

"Do you know where Qizi'ao is?" Liu Zimo suddenly asked back.

Liu Yunni never cared about these things, so naturally she didn't know what the place was: "Isn't it just an ordinary hill?"

"Ha!" Liu Zimo sneered, "That's where the unclaimed bodies are buried. Those who died of illness and no one claimed them would be thrown there, or those who are desperate and want to die would go to Qizi'ao."

"Aunt Zhao had Yue'er's child abandoned there at random. Do you dare to say that it was the servant's own idea?" Liu Zimo's eyes fell on Zhao Wanyan.

He continued, "If we remember correctly, it was Aunt Zhao who asked to do this, saying that she would treat Yue'er as her own child and would bury the child properly. But now she has kept it from us for so many years. In the final analysis, Aunt Zhao didn't take Yue'er's child seriously. If that's the case, why did she use the fact that she would bury the child properly to curry favor with her reputation?"

Liu Yunni lowered her eyes and her eyelashes trembled slightly.

At this moment, she couldn't utter a word of rebuttal.

Zhao Wanyan raised her hand and pulled her sleeve, forcing a smile on her pale face: "Mother Yun'er is fine, you go back home first."

"I won't leave!" Liu Yunni felt it was not worth it for Zhao Wanyan to waste all her hard work in the Liu Mansion over the years in order to protect herself.

Liu Zhengtang sighed lightly and asked Zhao Wanyan to hand over the housekeeper's power in the Liu Mansion.

"Father!" Liu Yunni wanted to say something else, but Zhao Wanyan covered her mouth with her hand and shook her head gently.

He comforted Liu Yueru softly, "Recently, there have been remnants of bandits in Qizi'ao. Once the remnants are cleared, if you want to go, we will go with you."

Liu Yueru nodded heavily with red eyes. It would be much easier now that she knew where the child was.

It's just a pity for her child, she doesn't know where to find the body...

Liu Yunni followed Zhao Wanyan back to the side courtyard, and suddenly she threw herself into Zhao Wanyan's arms with red eyes.

Zhao Wanyan raised her hand and gently stroked her hair. A sinister look flashed across her eyes. She was no longer timid as before. She said in a cold voice, "Don't worry about your mother. I have my own way to take back the housekeeper's power..."

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