Yun Xi and the others were almost amused to anger.
This mother - daughter pair were actually vying and arguing, without even considering whether Yun Qi and Yi Yuan would agree.
"Grandmother, Aunt..."
Yun Xi kindly reminded them:
"Brother and A Yuan..."
"Don't worry, Aunt,"
Suddenly, Yun Qi's voice came from outside the door, startling everyone inside.
"I only have sibling feelings for Cousin Manzhu, nothing more."
The door opened again. Along with Yun Qi, Yi Yuan, who had somehow come back, entered.
"Grandmother, Mother, Aunt..."
Yun Qi bowed one by one, looking extremely solemn:
"I already have someone I like. Mother and Father have already visited her family. Their horoscopes match. We were about to propose marriage, but it was delayed because my younger sister suddenly got into trouble."
"Fortunately, we've got the antidote now. As soon as my younger sister recovers, Mother will take me to propose marriage."
"Therefore, I will never marry Cousin Manzhu. Aunt, don't worry."
Wei Manzhu's face instantly turned deathly pale.
Her eyes were full of tears, on the verge of falling.
Yi Yuan was even more merciless. His teasing and cold gaze made Yun Yixiao's back shiver:
"I heard you want to offer your daughter to me as a concubine?"
Such a straightforward question was no different from slapping Yun Yixiao in the face.
Although there were many people with the same thought as her, she was neither from a small - family background, nor was she offering a concubine - born daughter under her control. It was really embarrassing that something that should have been understood tacitly was directly exposed by the person she wanted to curry favor with.
By this time, if she had any sense of shame, she couldn't possibly agree.
Flushing with anger, Yun Yixiao retorted harshly:
"It's not true, Your Highness. Don't believe hearsay and ruin Manzhu's reputation."
" Oh."
Yi Yuan didn't press on to expose her. He just said:
"That's good. I have no intention of taking concubines in my life. It's best if Aunt has no such thought. Otherwise, it might hurt our relationship."
Yi Yuan thought he had spoken sincerely, from the bottom of his heart.
Unfortunately, to Yun Yixiao and Wei Manzhu's ears, it became mockery and a warning.
Yun Xi couldn't help but rub her forehead. Even through the gauze curtain, she could see Yun Yixiao's increasingly dark face.
The old Lady Yun angrily slapped the table, but not at Yi Yuan, but at Yun Qi:
"Good, you're really good!"
"After all, I'm still your direct - line grandmother. You've already matched the horoscopes, but no one informed me. What, are you going to wait until you're married before I hear about it from the guests at the banquet?"
"Grandmother, it's not like that..."
Yun Qi quickly explained, but the old Lady Yun interrupted him angrily as soon as he opened his mouth:
"Where's my good son!? Call him out for me!"
"I'm going to ask him properly. Does he still recognize me as his mother!?"
"Mother, calm down,"
Liu Jingyue frowned and stepped forward to comfort her:
"We didn't tell you about this in time because..."
"Shut up!"
The old Lady Yun got angry as soon as she saw Liu Jingyue:
"If it weren't for you instigating Sheng'er to settle in the southwest away from the capital back then, how could our mother - son relationship have been separated for so many years!?"
"If it weren't for you..."
"Mother!"
Yun Weisheng rushed back from outside after hearing the news. He happened to hear the old Lady Yun scolding Liu Jingyue. He quickly shouted to stop her:
"I've said countless times that it was my insistence to go to the southwest back then. The husband is the head of the wife, and A Yue had no choice."
"Come on,"
Looking at her son who was out of breath but still busy protecting his wife, the old Lady Yun got even angrier:
"I would believe this if it were anyone else. But don't I know how you've listened to your wife over the years? Husband as the head of the wife? I think in your case, it's the wife as the head of the husband!"
"If she really listened to you, back then when you went to the border, such a hard - pressed place. I told you to leave the two children behind so they didn't have to suffer. Why didn't you succeed in making the decision? If it weren't for her stubborn insistence on taking them away, how could so many things have happened later?"
"Some outsider even took advantage of the situation. Not only did they raise an ungrateful person, but our own Yun family's blood was also raised to be so rude. How can I face your father after I die!"
So that's what she was angry about.
Yun Xi understood.
No wonder her mother was willing to endure this anger and never fell out with the old lady. It was different from before when she would immediately retort without mercy when other relatives said a single word to her. It turned out that the old Lady Yun didn't know the inside story back then and blamed all the mistakes on her mother, which was why there were so many misunderstandings.
In this case, the old Lady Yun wasn't really a bad person.
After all, just from the fact that Yun Yixiao was willing to offer Wei Manzhu as a concubine to the Prince of Yu'an's Mansion for her own status, the old Lady Yun would never agree.
It showed that she was reasonable and cared about the younger generation. She just paid too much attention to rules and was a bit rigid.
Yun Xi always offended her, so it was reasonable that she wasn't liked.
While Yun Xi was thinking to herself, the old Lady Yun had already decided that it was Liu Jingyue who had bewitched her youngest son. She didn't listen to Yun Weisheng's explanation at all. With a livid face, she was about to go back home.
She declared that since her own grandson didn't even tell her about his engagement, there was no need to tell her about anything else in the future, big or small. They could just live their own lives as if she wasn't their mother.
Yun Yixiao was glad that everyone's attention was no longer on her. She forcefully pulled the pale and dejected Wei Manzhu and followed the old lady out.
"Grandmother, walk slowly!"
Yun Xi shouted through the gauze curtain, more sincerely than before.
"Father and Mother had their own difficulties back then, but it's not convenient to talk about them yet."
"We originally planned to tell you about Brother's engagement at my engagement banquet, but something unexpected happened, which caused the delay. It's reasonable for you to be angry, Grandmother, but..."
Her voice suddenly sank. Yun Xi hinted meaningfully:
"Now, the honor and disgrace of our Yun family almost entirely depend on Father. There are already powerful enemies eyeing us from the outside. If we still fight among ourselves, it will be a joke to outsiders. If someone with ulterior motives takes the opportunity to sow discord, the glory that our grandfather earned with his blood and sweat for the Yun family may all be ruined."
The old Lady Yun trembled all over and suddenly stopped. She looked back at Yun Xi in surprise and doubt:
"The powerful enemy, is it..."
Suddenly, she stopped talking. The old Lady Yun was smart enough not to ask.
If it could be said, her children would have said it long ago. Since it wasn't clear, there must be a reason to keep it a secret.
She didn't ask anymore, but so many years of misunderstanding couldn't be resolved with just a vague speech. The old Lady Yun glanced at Yun Weisheng, who had chased out and was looking at her eagerly, and Liu Jingyue, who was standing silently beside him. Finally, her anger subsided a little.
She snorted and didn't force them not to see her off. She just turned around and left on her own.
At the same time, she didn't forget to warn her ambitious eldest daughter not to have any more unrealistic ideas.
On Yun Xi's side, Yi Yuan simply told Yun Xi about Shen Zhou's visit to him and asked:
"Now, should we still act?"