Revenge of the Sixth Young Lady

Chapter 22 One Powerful Dose After Another
Wei Yan was so stunned. For a while, she was at a loss as to how to respond to the situation. Her face alternated between blue and white. She felt that whatever she was going to say was wrong. However, it only looked like she felt guilty if she didn’t say anything…

Seeing Wei Yan’s reaction, Wei Yuewu sneered in her heart!

She had assumed that Wei Yan and others would not allow things to go out of control. They had to comply with her request to break off the engagement. Actually, if she could break off her engagement without the consent from the elders, she would not have wasted her time here arguing with these people.

After she entered the mansion, she induced Wei Yan and Lady Li to mention the attempted murder and the carriage accident instead of bringing up the incidents by herself. This was because she wanted the Madam Dowager to know that if her request was rejected, she would ruin Wei Yan’s reputation.

Whatever the end of the drama was, going to the court would have Wei Yan’s reputation ruined beyond redemption for the rest of her life.

Wei Yuewu became increasingly emotional as she was making her points. Though her inner feelings were not reflected on her face, her fists were tightly clenched in her sleeves. She felt as if she had heard Qin Ruo’s desperate words when the maid pushed her off the carriage. Now that Wei Yan and Mo Huating, the damned vicious couple, wanted to get together, she would happily give them the chance.

Lady Li sensed Wei Yuewu’s strong determination. She became panicked and clenched her hands tightly out of nervousness.

With her face totally crimsoned, Wei Yan could only stutter at this point, “How… how could you talk like that. This… this is not something that should come out of the mouth of a lady!”

“Second Elder Sister, why am I not allowed to say it when some people have actually done it?”

Wei Yuewu snorted and turned to the Madam Dowager who was silent with a cold face. The Madam Dowager was the one who had a final say.

“Grandmother, I met the prince of Yan State when after the assassination. The prince saved me. If you don’t believe me, you can ask the prince for confirmation. And coincidentally, he said he was going to stay in the capital for quite a while. Besides, the carriage that was crashed into the river belonged to the mansion of the Duke of Yan State.”

Since the Madam Dowager couldn’t make a decision, Wei Yuewu might as well give another powerful dose to pressurize her!

“Fortunately, before entering the capital, the prince hinted that I should change my carriage. Otherwise, I would have been crashed into the river together with the carriage and drowned. Many people witnessed this accident. If you have any doubt, grandmother, you can send someone to investigate it.”

Yan Huaijing’s status was an endorsement that made her words absolutely unquestionable.

Wei Yuewu was actually borrowing power from the prince to play big.

By now, news must have been spread in the entire capital that her carriage was crashed into the river. Wei Yuewu glanced at Lady Li with a flash of coldness in her eyes. She was confident that words about Lady Li as a vicious woman must have also been spread along with the carriage incident.

“The prince of Yan State also knew about this?”

The Madam Dowager finally spoke. Her eyes flashed a few times. She glanced over Wei Yan, who was going to speak, then gave Wei Yan a fierce stare and snorted coldly.

Wei Yan opened her mouth but she had no guts to utter a single word. She lowered her head with resentment, almost tearing the handkerchief in her hands.

If Wei Yan had known that Wei Yuewu was so difficult to deal with, she would have told Marquis Jing Yuan to be more ruthless, asking him not to leave Wei Yuewu alive even if it meant having innocent person killed by mistake. That would ensure such a scourge of trouble as Wei Yuewu would not have escaped from death.

However, there was one thing she hadn’t thought of: it was not because Mo Huating had not been ruthless enough; rather, it was because Wei Yuewu was more ruthless than him.

In fact, it had taken more than good luck for Wei Yuewu to escape from death.

At this point, Lady Li calmed down. She patted Wei Yan to remind her not to take any action. Lady Li knew that what mattered most at present was the Madam Dowager’s stand. She still believed that the Madam Dowager would protect Wei Yan. After all, Wei Yan, rather than Wei Yuewu, was the real favorite of the Madam Dowager.

“Many people saw my appearance and my clothes when the prince of Yan State saved me. They doubted my identity because my bangs were hanging down at that time whereas they are combed up now. Grandmother, you can send someone to ask the prince if my forehead was covered by bangs when I was saved by him that day.”

Wei Yuewu uttered these words with full composure and perfect confidence as she stood there looking beautiful. Whether Yan Huaijing took notice of her bangs or not, she betted that the Madam Dowager dared not ask him for proof.

“But…are you really Yuewu?”

The Madam Dowager was a little bit convinced by Wei Yuewu, and her face grew gentler.

Although the Madam Dowager was still suspicious, her attitude was obviously much better than before. She repeated her question, but not in a harsh way, as if she was a kind grandmother reserving doubt about her granddaughter’s identity. This was an indication of the Madam Dowager’s concession!

This was what Wei Yuewu had expected, so she smiled a little meekly and her attitude also softened. “Grandmother, I have sent a letter to my granny’s house. I believe my granny will send someone here soon. My identity will be proved by then.”

The letter had already been sent out because she knew that some people might cause trouble for her over her identity. Therefore, how could she fail to prepare in advance for her aggressive return? Surely, she must not let her identity be doubted. On their way to the capital, Yan Huaijing had spent much time on sightseeing, so they had not travelled fast. If granny understood what she meant by her letter and sent someone on a swift horse, it should be about the time for her rescuer to arrive here.

While Wei Yuewu was speaking, an old maidservant ran in gasping and flustered. Sensing the strange atmosphere inside, she trembled a little before she went on to the Madam Dowager and reported, “Your Ladyship, there’s a person from the Sixth Young Lady’s maternal grandparents’ family. She said that she had come to see the Sixth Young Lady because she heard something awful happened to the Sixth Young Lady.”

The report was followed by eerie silence in the room, and interesting expressions crept onto everyone’s face!

Just a short while ago they were doubting Wei Yuewu’s identity and now someone from her maternal grandparents’ family arrived. Besides, it seemed that the visitor was not an ordinary servant. Otherwise, that old maidservant would not be in such a fluster.

“Who is coming?”

The Madam Dowager asked in a deep voice.

“She… she said she was…” While replying with hesitation, the old maidservant glanced at Wei Yuewu, “was the eldest aunt of the Sixth Young Lady.”

Wei Yuewu was surprised at the words as she had not expected that her eldest aunt, Lady Tu, would come. As a first daughter from the famous Tu family, Lady Tu was the most powerful among her three aunts. Although Lady Tu was born by a concubine, she was almost adopted as a first daughter because of her beauty.

First daughters of the Tu family had always been enjoying immense honor.

First daughters of almost every generation of the Tu family had the honor of becoming an empress or an imperial concubine in the Palace. Both the present queen and Zhaoyi, the highest ranking of the nine imperial concubines in the Palace, were from the Tu family.

It really surprised Wei Yuewu that her eldest aunt was sent here. She then realized that it must be her maternal granny’s idea, and she was greatly moved. Compared with this grandmother, who had shown indifference and examined her like a bystander, granny was truly dear to her.

“Invite her in at once!”

The Madam Dowager knew Lady Tu’s identity and dared not show slackness in receiving her, and she immediately ordered servants to show Lady Tu in.

Since a stranger of importance was to come in, the room was quickly tidied up and Wei Yan was ordered by the Madam Dowager to get up and stand behind Lady Li.

Lady Tu was invited in respectfully by an old maidservant. She first paid her respects to the Madam Dowager.

Then, she anxiously turned her eyes to Wei Yuewu, who was standing aside, and hurriedly took a few steps to Wei Yuewu. She took Wei Yuewu’s hands and looked at her up and down. Then she asked eagerly, “Yuewu, what happened to you? How come you almost died on your way to the capital? Your granny was so anxious that she fell sick. Otherwise, she would have come here in person.”

Hearing these words, even the Madam Dowager showed a kind of embarrassed expression on her face. After all, it was her idea to bring Wei Yuewu to the capital in the first place. She also promised Wei Yuewu’s granny that she would take good care of Wei Yuewu. However, she had never expected that Wei Yuewu would encounter accidents one after another on her way to the capital.

Having heard Lady Tu’s words, she felt as if she was slapped in the face before the crowd. She instantly shot Lady Li a fierce stare.

Lady Li had never seen Lady Tu and she intended to question Lady Tu’s identity. She was merely a first daughter from a small family, and had a different social circle from that of Lady Tu. Although she married Wei Yuewu’s second uncle years ago by chance, her family was pretty inferior to the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang in terms of social status.

She took one step forward, and before uttering a single word, she noticed the fierce glare from the Madam Dowager and instantly shut her mouth up.

Seeing the Madam Dowager’s response, the servants in the room no longer doubted Wei Yuewu’s identity. They now naturally explained to themselves why the maids had doubts about Wei Yuewu’s identity, and why those servants sent to deliver things to Wei Yuewu had spoken ill of her so vigorously after they came back—Lady Li must have played a role in all these. After all, she was the one who was in charge of the back courtyard.

Those servants wouldn’t have the guts to spread rumors and slander Wei Yuewu if they had not been instructed by Lady Li to do so. Now it was circulated in the whole city that Wei Yuewu was talentless and plain-looking. No one would believe that the rumors were originated from places other than the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang.

The Madam Dowager felt depressed at this moment. She looked at the bright, charming and meek Wei Yuewu who was talking affectionately with Lady Tu;

then she looked at the sullen and overshadowed Wei Yan who stood behind Lady Li drooping her head, she could not help but shot another fierce stare at Lady Li.

What she hated most was not that Mo Huating had attempted to murder Wei Yuewu. She had educated and tutored Wei Yan with painstaking efforts. However, this granddaughter should fall in love with the unpromising Marquis Jing Yuan! The thought of this fact exasperated her so much that she even felt heartache. If she had known what would happen today, she would never have allowed her second son to marry Lady Li. Now she realized that Lady Li was an ignorant woman because of her inferior family background.

“Your Ladyship, Yuewu has always been a pretty girl. However, after I entered the capital, I heard many people say she was neither talented nor good-looking. I also heard that Marquis Jing Yuan was accompanied by a personal maid of the Second Young Lady of this mansion when he went to pick up Yuewu. I wonder if the Second Young Lady really cared about her sister Yuewu or about this Marquis Jing Yuan?”

After a few words with Wei Yuewu, Lady Tu was confirmed that she was fine. She resumed her seat, picked up the tea and had a sip. Then, she put the teacup down heavily, and with a cold snort, she spoke to the Madam Dowager.

Lady Tu’s words were very harsh, with every word indicating that Wei Yan and Mo Huating had an affair and that the Mansion of Marquis Hua Yang must give Wei Yuewu an explanation.

Pent-up anger soared in Lady Tu’s heart as she thought of her charming niece, who had been raised with great care in her own mansion, almost died on the way to the capital. In addition, she had discerned the hostility toward her niece upon entering the room. Therefore, she didn’t save any face for the Madam Dowager when she uttered those words. Lady Tu saw herself as a representative from the family of Wei Yuewu’s maternal grandparents. Thus it was only natural that she stood on the side of Wei Yuewu and spared no efforts to back her niece up.

They must give her and Wei Yuewu a reasonable explanation.

With Lady Tu speaking out for her, Wei Yuewu didn’t need to say any words. Standing behind Lady Tu with her head lowered, she showed imperceptible mockery in her beautiful eyes that were shaded by long eyelashes. She was going to see how the Madam Dowager would explain to her eldest aunt…