Chapter 319: Scandal
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Mingzhu’s face darkened, “You can eat recklessly, but you can’t talk recklessly. Just because I was frightened by the Empress Dowager in the palace and got sick, your family is doing everything possible to trouble me. You say I sent someone to impersonate a ghost to scare your mother. Well, if you can’t provide evidence, watch me slap your face until it’s swollen!”
Min Baoyun instinctively covered her face, “You dare!”
Mingzhu looked at her maliciously, “Do you want to try? Once you try, you’ll know!”
Min Baoyun was truly afraid of Mingzhu, but she couldn’t contain the resentment in her heart, so she had to vent it out, “Fu Xiang, how did he teach you? You’re so arrogant and unreasonable. Does the Great Empress Dowager know? Your Fu family is really too much! I’ll…”
Without hesitation, Mingzhu grabbed the half-drunk seafood soup from Hua Yang Wangfei and splashed it onto Min Baoyun’s face.
Several vegetable leaves hung from Min Baoyun’s hair, and the soup dripped down her face. She blinked, and drops even dripped from her eyelashes.
Mingzhu laughed heartily, “I told you not to bark recklessly, but you wouldn’t listen! So stupid! What kind of ghost? Who knows!”
Min Baoyun burst into tears. She was the designated Empress! How could this ignorant thing, Fu Mingzhu, dare to treat her like this! She must dismember Fu Mingzhu’s body! But as she thought about it, something didn’t feel right. Several noblewomen were whispering to each other, shaking their heads and sighing.
Min Baoyun realized something was wrong and hurriedly stopped crying. She pitifully approached a lady who had a good relationship with the Min family and asked, “What’s going on?”
That lady didn’t want to say much and shook her head awkwardly. Min Baoyun immediately saw the famous gossip, the Madam of the minister from the Dali Temple, and ran over to her. The Dali Temple Minister’s Madam was delighted because she was lacking someone to share gossip with. Seeing Min Baoyun taking the initiative to approach her, she was as happy as if it were a festival.
However, this incident was lively for the Dali Temple Minister’s Madam, but it wasn’t good news for Min Baoyun. After brewing her emotions for a while, the Dali Temple Minister’s Madam, with a pained expression, sympathetically held Min Baoyun’s hand and asked, “Is your mother better?”
Min Baoyun didn’t want to listen to her nonsense, and anxiously said, “The doctor has checked, there’s nothing serious.”
The Madam of the Dali Temple coughed softly, lowering her voice, “Well, I’ve only heard rumors, you know how these things go, it might not be entirely accurate. Don’t take it too seriously, and don’t be mad at me for saying it, I’m just passing on what I’ve heard.”
Min Baoyun was desperate for information, grabbing her sleeve eagerly, “I won’t blame you, just tell me.”
The Madam of the Dali Temple looked cautiously (actually quite excited) at Min Baoyun and said, “I heard it was the place where male guests are entertained. There was an assassin, a girl, she claimed to be, cough cough, Lord Min’s daughter…” Pausing intentionally, she waited to see Min Baoyun’s reaction.
Min Baoyun didn’t quite understand, what did that mean? It couldn’t be her second uncle because he was currently detained for a bribery case, so it must be her third uncle or fourth uncle? She furrowed her brows, “Is it my third uncle or fourth uncle?”
Why not consider if it’s her father! The Madam of the Dali Temple pursed her lips, finding it a bit difficult to talk to practical people because it’s not easy to express her thoughts accurately, and some things were better left unsaid or hinted at subtly, requiring the other person to have extraordinary insight.
Min Baoyun, seeing her refusal to answer, became agitated: “Who exactly is it? Please, madam, tell me clearly.”
The Dali Temple Minister’s Madam gritted her teeth and said, “It’s Lord Min, Lord Min Shangshu. There’s a stranger outside who wants to kill him. She claims to be his abandoned daughter, saying her biological mother was killed by him. She wants to sue Lord Min for abandoning his wife and remarrying during his previous official posting, causing chaos and harm.”
It was like a bolt from the blue for Min Baoyun. Even if the credibility of this matter was questionable, it was evident that someone was targeting their family. If this were to be confirmed, her father’s misconduct would be exposed. How could she continue as Empress? Clearly, she was just a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl with insufficient composure and cunning. She couldn’t help but scream, “Nonsense!”
Min Baoyun’s voice was too sharp, and without any warning, the Dali Temple Minister’s Madam was startled. Before she could recover, Min Baoyun, with tears all over her face, pointed at her and cursed, “You people, bullying the weak and fearing the strong, spreading rumors everywhere, not afraid of retribution.”
The Dali Temple Minister’s Madam didn’t like hearing such words, frowning with anger, she said, “I didn’t want to tell you earlier, but you insisted. Now that I’ve told you, you’re scolding me. Did I fabricate this? Can such a thing be fabricated? If you don’t believe me, go ask outside! Why ask me?”
Fuming, the Dali Temple Minister’s Madam turned her back on Min Baoyun, refusing to engage with her any further.
Min Baoyun stood there crying bitterly. She desperately hoped someone would come and tell her this was all false, but no one came to comfort her. Some of the ladies who were friendly with the Min family came forward, pulling her aside and consoling her in a low voice, “It’s all rumors from outside. Just because it’s mentioned doesn’t mean it’s true. Stop crying here and go inside to attend to your mother. These matters are for adults to handle, don’t worry, child.”
Min Baoyun cried bitterly. Of course, she had to worry because it concerned her future. How could she not worry? She looked at Mingzhu through teary eyes, filled with hatred towards her and the Fu family. It must be Fu’s doing, this was retaliation, Fu’s retaliation! Whether it was her second uncle’s corruption, her mother encountering a ghost, or the rumors of the illegitimate daughter, they were all orchestrated by Fu, nothing could be this coincidental!
Fu’s actions would surely be ruthless. If she didn’t bite off a piece of flesh now, she wouldn’t stop. Her position as Empress was truly in danger! From a young age, Min Baoyun knew she was destined to be Empress. Now, with this sudden bolt from the blue, she couldn’t bear it. She wanted to confront Mingzhu and ask why she was relentlessly harming their family, harming her, but she didn’t dare. She grabbed a greasy vegetable leaf from her hair and cried again in distress.
Mingzhu had eaten and watched enough of the show. Min Baoyun glared at her with hatred, and everyone else speculated if Fu was behind the mischief. Mingzhu knew all this, but so what? It was a matter of survival. If the Min family could move against Eunuch Rong and harm the reputation of the Great Empress Dowager, they should have known the consequences of failure. Whether it was a slap from you or a slap from me, it’s just that.
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