Chapter 264: Demanding the Truth

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“So, Mother and Yu Zhongcheng were working together from the very beginning? But why…”

‘But why did Yu Zhongzheng still abuse me and Mother when Mother did so many things for him?’

Yu Yunxi massaged her temples as she tried to recall what happened back then. Due to her eagerness to discover the truth, she did not notice that when she tried to recall the past, her head hurt terribly. It was as though her brain was resisting her, trying to stop her from recalling the memories of the past.

After a long time, she finally remembered something. She remembered that initially when Yu Zhongcheng had just become the Prime Minister, he was quite kind to her and her mother.

On her fifth birthday, he had visited her mother’s courtyard after drinking at a minister’s house. When he stumbled into her mother’s courtyard, he was still reeking of alcohol. At that time, when she saw him, she thought that he had come to celebrate her birthday so she ran to him happily. However, he only looked at her disdainfully and pushed her away forcefully. She had hit her head on the door, and she had bled a lot. Although she was young back then, she could sense that he did not like her so she silently endured everything. On the contrary, her mother did not take it lying down. She remembered her mother scolding Yu Zhongcheng angrily, saying, “You clearly said that you’d treat Yunxi as your own back then. How can you go back on your words?”

Back then, Yu Yunxi did not understand her mother, but now, she understood. Her mother was worried that she would feel sad and inferior because she lacked a father’s love.

At that time, Yu Zhongcheng not only did not feel guilty after listening to her mother’s words, but he even tried to hug her mother. Her mother grew even angrier. In the end, she slapped him and told him to get lost. It was from then on that her mother’s status in the residence plummeted. Yu Zhongcheng also often personally made things difficult for her mother.

“I understand now…” Yu Yunxi muttered to herself coldly as she gripped the piece of paper tightly.

The contract clearly stated that they would be a married couple in name only.

When the time came, Yu Yunxi’s mother would take Yu Yunxi away. However, Yu Zhongcheng overstepped the boundary and tried to take things further with her mother. When he failed, he flew into a rage out of humiliation and deliberately made things difficult for her mother.

Although her mother’s medical skills were brilliant, her mother did not know

martial arts. All those years ago, Yu Zhongcheng had sent people to keep an eye on them, and his spies were all around them. How could her mother have a chance to escape? Moreover, at that time, the Great Ancestor had already passed away. In the huge capital, her mother had no support. As such, her mother had no choice but to endure it.

Back then, Yu Zhongcheng and Madam Chen framed her mother for having an affair with one of the guards. They beat her to death and threw her corpse into the wilderness.

Yu Yunxi was even more sure that Yu Zhongcheng and Madam Chen were behind that matter now. This was because she remembered that two days before her mother’s accident, her mother had happily said to her, “Yunxi, we have a chance to leave this place! We’ll be able to live a new life soon…”

However, that day when they escaped the Yu Residence did not come.

“Beast!”

Tears welled up in Yu Yunxi’s eyes. She was so angry that her body was trembling.

“Mother, I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I implicated you…”

In fact, her mother had many opportunities to leave back then. However, Yu Zhongcheng would prevent her mother from taking her away. Her mother could have easily walked away, but every time, her mother chose to stay for her.

“I didn’t know these things back then. Mother, I’m sorry,” Yu Yunxi murmured. Tears streamed down her face as she held the book in her hand. Her heart was shaken as she thought about how helpless her mother must have felt back then when her mother had to face all those things alone.

After a while, Yu Yunxi wiped her tears away. Her eyes shone with killing intent as she said through gritted teeth, “Yu! Zhong! Cheng!”

She would not let Yu Zhongcheng get away with this.

After a moment, Yu Yunxi quickly hid the contract on her body and left the study. It was also at this moment that she heard a commotion outside. Coincidentally, it was Yu Zhongcheng.

“What? Wanrong failed to trick Yu Yunxi back here? How could I have given birth to such an incompetent daughter?”

“Master, what should we do now?”

“What else can we do? Hurry up and think of a way! When the Imperial

Preceptor enters the capital tonight, he wants to see Yu Yunxi in the Yu Residence. If I can’t even complete such a small task, how am I going to gain the Imperial Preceptor’s trust after this?”

“Yes, yes, Master. I’ll think of a way!”

“How unlucky!” Yu Zhongcheng cursed as he pushed the door to the study open. The moment the door opened, he saw a pair of cold eyes. He was so frightened that he felt that his soul almost left his body. When he realized that it was Yu Yunxi, he wanted to call out to her.

Meanwhile, Yu Yunxi had already knocked out the servant next to Yu Zhongcheng, and she quickly tapped Yu Zhongcheng’s acupoint to mute him. Then, she quickly shut the door to the study.

Yu Yunxi kicked Yu Zhongcheng to the ground, and in one swift movement, she pierced him with a silver needle.

Yu Zhongcheng’s face twisted in pain immediately. He wanted to cry out, but he could not make a sound at all. Yu Yunxi sneered and asked, “Does it hurt?”

Yu Zhongcheng nodded frantically.

“So you know pain too. Didn’t you know what pain was when you let those people beat my mother to death back then?” Yu Yunxi asked angrily as her eyes shone with killing intent. Then, she unsealed his acupoint.

Now that Yu Zhongcheng could speak again, he said righteously, “That’s because your mother didn’t abide by the ways of a woman back then. She deserved to die!”

Yu Yunxi kicked Yu Zhongcheng’s chest as soon as he finished speaking. Then, she held out the contract and said, “Then explain to me what this is.”

Yu Zhongcheng’s face turned pale immediately when he saw what it was. He stammered, “I, I…”

Yu Yunxi said expressionlessly, “Yu Zhongcheng, you’re really a beast.”

Yu Zhongcheng was about to retort when Yu Yunxi broke his hand. Before he could cry out in pain, she held a dagger to his neck and said, “If you dare to scream, I’ll slit your throat. I’m not bluffing.”

Yu Zhongcheng, who cherished his life, was frightened half to death. He was in so much pain that he was sweating profusely and trembling all over. However, he did not dare to make a sound.

“How much do you know about my mother’s past?” Yu Yunxi asked slowly.

“I, I, I don’t know anything…”

“Really?” Yu Yunxi’s dagger moved a little closer.

“I really don’t know! If I knew who that adulterous man was, I would’ve killed him!” Yu Zhongcheng muttered.

“You really don’t know how to repent.”

Yu Yunxi’s expression turned cold again when she heard Yu Zhongcheng’s words. She stabbed his shoulder with the dagger, and blood gushed out immediately.

Yu Zhongcheng was in so much pain that he almost fainted, but he still did not dare to make a sound.

“Do you know your mistake now?”

“I don’t…”

“I, I know my mistake now. I shouldn’t have mistreated your mother back then. She was my benefactor. I shouldn’t have returned her kindness with ingratitude,” Yu Zhongcheng said, looking very miserable.

Yu Yunxi naturally knew it was impossible for Yu Zhongcheng to mean what he said. She did not persist on this matter and asked coldly, “The Imperial Preceptor asked you to trick me here. What’s his motive?”

Yu Zhongcheng avoided Yu Yunxi’s gaze and said nervously, “Y-you, you know about this too? I, I really don’t know the Imperial Preceptor’s motive.”

“Are you going to answer my question or not?” Yu Yunxi asked as she slashed Yu Zhongcheng’s thigh with the dagger.

Yu Zhongcheng’s face contorted in pain immediately. Then, he replied tremblingly, “The Imperial Preceptor did not reveal his intentions to me! Moreover, do you think I’m capable of guessing the Imperial Preceptor’s intentions?”

Seeing Yu Zhongcheng in such a state, Yu Yunxi also knew that he was telling the truth.. After a brief moment, she asked, “Then let me ask you, did my mother’s death have anything to do with the Imperial Preceptor?”