Yun Xi spoke with sarcasm. The old lady was so angry that she was rendered speechless. But Madam Jiang took the opportunity to scold her.
"Yun Xi, how could you talk to your grandmother like this? You're being so disrespectful!"
Yun Xi shot a cold glance and walked up to Madam Jiang step by step, looking cold and proud.
"Jiang Xu, is it me who's disrespectful, or is it you who's disrespectful and harboring evil intentions? Others may not know, but don't you have a clear idea in your heart?"
Yun Xi's dark eyes were deep, as if they could pierce through people's hearts. Madam Jiang couldn't help but feel a chill and angrily retorted.
"What do you mean? The one who did something disgraceful isn't me! Am I not even allowed to say anything?"
In the Prime Minister's Mansion, everyone knew how much Yun Sheng doted on his late wife. Even though Su Yun had passed away for many years, he still refused to give Madam Jiang a proper title.
Moreover, she had resorted to tricks to have her two children. Yun Sheng always slept in Su Yun's courtyard and never touched her.
This made her feel more aggrieved than a dead person!
Madam Jiang was immersed in her past grudges, her face showing jealousy. Yun Xi snorted and said word by word.
"It's you who has a conscience void of justice!"
"You snatched Father from Mother, making her die of depression. You've been squandering Mother's inheritance and have been plotting against me, trying to kill me!"
"Grandmother gave you a place to stay, but you've repeatedly used her as your accomplice to deal with Mother and me! You've been playing her around just to get what you want!"
"After Mother died, you no longer had any threats. But you're naturally greedy and never satisfied! Even though she's no longer alive, you deliberately used Xiao He to ruin Mother's reputation!"
"I think the one who really deserves to die is you!"
Yun Xi was imposing and pressing on. The coldness in her eyes made Madam Jiang step back again and again.
It was as if she saw Su Yun returning from the underworld to claim her life!
Yun Xi sneered. Then she took out a letter from her bosom, showed it in front of her father, glanced at the old lady, and slowly said.
"This letter was written by Mother to Xiao He a year ago. It said that Father was heartless, favoring his concubine and neglecting his wife, and asked Xiao He to help her out of the sea of bitterness!"
"Xiao He was traveling outside and only saw this letter a year later. That's why he came to the Prime Minister's Mansion without knowing the truth, just to help his disciple."
Yun Sheng looked at the letter, his eyebrows knitted tightly, and he was furious.
"This is sheer nonsense! This is definitely not Su Yun's handwriting!"
Su Yun and he had a deep and affectionate relationship. Even though she was sad because of Madam Jiang's affairs, she had never complained about him or even thought of leaving him.
Moreover, she had passed away ten years ago. How could she have written a letter to Xiao He a year ago?
It was obvious that someone was deliberately using Su Yun's name to damage her reputation!
"You said that Su Yun was Xiao He's disciple?"
Yun Sheng grasped the key point and looked at Yun Xi in disbelief.
When he saw Xiao He before, he only judged by his male intuition that Xiao He was in love with Su Yun. He also knew that Su Yun loved the guqin very much when she was alive and had been guided by the qin master Xiao He.
But he didn't know that the reason why Xiao He was so eager to see Su Yun was, on the one hand, because of the plea for help in this letter, and on the other hand, because Xiao He was Su Yun's teacher.
As the ancients said, once a teacher, always a father.
It seemed that he had misunderstood Xiao He's feelings for Su Yun!
Yun Xi nodded seriously.
"Dad, it's some people with dirty minds who have distorted the facts. Grandmother didn't know the truth, so she got so angry. But Mother is innocent!"
The situation suddenly took a turn. The old lady's face turned ashen, and she was stunned on the spot.
Thinking of how she had cried and made a fuss just now and even beaten her son with a cane, looking at the dried blood on her son's forehead, she suddenly felt extremely ashamed. She covered her face and cried out.
"God, what kind of sin have I committed! Who on earth is so evil? They actually deliberately want to see the Prime Minister's Mansion split and be laughed at by everyone!"
Yun Sheng's eyes were as sharp as blades. He glared at Madam Jiang fiercely. From what Yun Xi had said just now, he had already caught a glimpse of the truth. He gritted his teeth and said.
"No matter who it is, if they dare to slander Su Yun's reputation, as long as I catch them, I will surely grind them to ashes!"
Madam Jiang was greatly shocked. Her body trembled, and there was panic that she couldn't hide in her eyes. She quickly knelt at her husband's feet and defended herself.
"My lord, I didn't know the truth either, so I wronged Sister. I definitely have no intention of slandering Sister or playing tricks on the old madam!"
Then, Madam Jiang glanced at Yun Xi and said in a solemn tone.
"In today's situation, even others would misunderstand. Moreover, Xiao He's words were ambiguous. He only wanted to see Sister. It's inevitable that people would think too much..."
"I know that Yun Xi has always been dissatisfied with me and thinks I'm an eyesore. But since Sister died, I've really treated her as my own daughter. How could I harm her?"
Madam Jiang hugged Yun Sheng's leg tightly, looked up at him, and burst into tears.
"My lord! Speaking of the past, I'm the wife you were engaged to before I was born!"
"I could have been a proper wife, but I've been living a humble life in the Yun family and being laughed at for many years. Isn't it all because I couldn't forget you and wanted to keep the engagement back then?"
"If Yun Xi insists on not tolerating me and wants to drive me out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, what will happen to our son and daughter?"
Madam Jiang knew that although Yun Sheng was cruel to her and had no feelings for her, he would still hesitate when it came to the engagement back then and their son and daughter.
Looking at Madam Jiang, who failed to frame others but instead played the victim, Yun Xi looked cold.
She also knew that this was her father's weakness, and even she, the beloved daughter, couldn't change this reality!
However, even if Madam Jiang could talk her way out today, Yun Xi had no intention of letting her go!
"Auntie, we're still talking about Mother being slandered. Why do you have to act so pitiful and keep bringing up the past? Father is a man who values his promises. He married Mother back then because your life or death was unknown. He didn't break the engagement on purpose!"
"You indulged the Jiang family to make a big fuss, scold Mother, and denounce Father, but you never mentioned your own past. I want to ask you, is there something else you're ashamed to tell others?"
Hearing Yun Xi's words, Madam Jiang's face suddenly changed. She even forgot to cry and stared at Yun Xi with a vicious look in her eyes.
"Yun Xi, what do you mean by that? You can't just talk nonsense and make unfounded accusations because of your mother's matter!"
Since her family had fallen into decline, her childhood had been very hard. However, the most unbearable part was the few years after she came of age. It was like a nightmare that had been haunting her life.
When she learned that the Yun family had risen again and Yun Sheng had become prosperous, she tried every means to enter the Yun family. She used the engagement back then as a threat and desperately tried to please the old lady.
Finally, Su Yun died, and she took control of the power in the Yun family.
She thought that all her hardships were over and those nightmares would be sealed forever and would never be known by anyone until she was buried in the grave.
But Yun Xi had opened the Pandora's box again!