IBTSOME Chapter 70 Part 2

I BECAME THE STEPMOTHER OF MY EX-HUSBAND

 

Chapter 70 Part 2: Red Apricot

 

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Gao Ran secretly looked at Lin Wei Xi, but still couldn't see Lin Wei Xi's attitude, Gao Ran was a little uncertain, what exactly did Lin Wei Xi mean? Yun Hui and Bu Mama were from the same group. Bu Mama gave Lin Wei Xi troubles some time ago. Lin Wei Xi should be happy to push the boat along and send this group of people. Gao Ran’s heart turned, looked at Bu Mama: "Bu Mama, you were there at the time. Has Yun Hui's drinks or food been touched by anyone?"

 

Bu Mama of course wanted to speak for Yun Hui, but she moved her mouth and found that she had nothing to say. Bu Mama and Yun Hui were sitting at a table to have a meal. When Yun Hui came, half the food had been eaten. Even the wine was poured out from the same pot. If there was a problem, everyone would suffer together. Why the bad thing only happened to Yun Hui? Bu Mama drank wine and ate the dish herself. Because of this, Bu Mama became more and more convinced that Yun Hui's statement was untenable, even Bu Mama did not believe her.

 

Bu Mama whispered: "Everyone touched the dishes, and the wine is poured out in front of everyone. This old slave also doesn't know what happened... But Yun Hui has been infatuated with Shizi since she was a child, so she unlikely to have an affair with other people..."

 

This words Bu Mama herself didn't sound very confidence. Gao Ran clearly showed an angry look. Lin Wei Xi was still calm. She interrupted Gao Ran, who looked very stir up, and said, "Isn't there another person? Bring him here."

 

To capture the adulterous need to catch the pair, the young manservant had been locked up in the wood shed the moment he was discovered, and now he was pushed out and knelt on the hard bluestone slab with a plop. This push was so violent that blood leaked from the young man’s knees, but when he saw Yun Hui with tear-stained on her beautiful face not far away, he ignored the pain in his knees, couldn’t help asking: "Sister Yun Hui, are you alright?"

 

When these words came out in the courtyard, many people gasped, Gao Ran's voice had the right amount of cold: "Still say you didn’t know him? I think you are very familiar with each other."

 

Yun Hui was so ashamed she covered her face since long ago, but she didn't expect that the young man would dare to ask her if she was alright. Yun Hui was angry and disgusted, and almost lost her anger. The young manservant also saw the disgust on Yun Hui's face. He sighed and banged his head three times at Gao Ran: "Shizi Consort, forgive me, this matter has nothing to do with sister Yun Hui... Yun yiniang. It's the fault of this slave. The slave has long admired Yun yiniang, at Shizi Consort’s birthday came to Qingsong Garden to deliver something, and wanted to take a look at Yun yiniang from a distance."

 

All the maids in the courtyard covered their mouths in surprise, it actually really an affair? This young manservant usually run errands to buy stuff, and often had access to new playthings outside. He was sweet-talking and good-tempered, so many maids in the inner house liked to ask him to buy some small things, but who knew that this young manservant actually liked Shizi’s side first-grade honorable person Yun Hui, and still made a big mistake today.

 

When the young manservant said this, he slapped his mouth fiercely: "This slave deserves to die, what kind of person are you, how dare you wish Yun yiniang? To give birth of such a dirty mind really deserves to be beaten to death."

 

This manservant specifically came to Qingsong Garden today just to take a look at the woman he liked for many years from a distance. He also knew that Yun Hui had become Shizi’s woman, and his thoughts could only be a curse to her. So after today, the young man intended to bury this feeling in his heart forever. But who knew, he came to Qingsong Garden to deliver something, then was called to drink two glasses, and then he didn't know anything. When he woke up, before he understood what had happened, he was taken to the woodshed.

 

The young man himself also became suspicious. Could it be that he was really drunk and bold enough to do this to Yun Hui?

 

By now, Yun Hui’s affair with an outside man was basically nailed down. Gao Ran inadvertently showed a somewhat satisfied look. She walked to Lin Wei Xi’s side and asked in a low voice, “Mother, this kind of ugly thing happened at home. This daughter-in-law is not well in disciplining. Look, how should we deal with this adulterous couple?"

 

But after Lin Wei Xi listened for a long time, she basically understood.

 

Yun Hui was undoubtedly being tricked, but the person who set the trap was meticulous and vicious enough. Of course without reason accused woman to have an illicit affair naturally would be spurned, but if one party was interested, then such a thing, it was not clear.

 

This young man really liked Yun Hui, and Yun Hui also strangely retired early. The two things combined, even if Yun Hui had no reason for the red apricot tree to leans over the garden wall¹, Gao Ran could still nail her to that shameful wall.

 

Even though Lin Wei Xi thought she knew Gao Ran well, what happened today really refreshed her impression of Gao Ran. She still underestimated the viciousness of Gao Ran's heart. Which primary wife would like the tongfang and concubine, but if Gao Ran didn’t like it, then say it clearly, why she agreed on the surface, but turned around and set up such a poisonous scheme. As a woman, didn’t Gao Ran understand what a disaster it is for a woman to be falsely accused of adultery?

 

In the previous life Yun Hui deliberately targeted Lin Wei Xi. Of course, Lin Wei Xi did not like Yun Hui, but one thing was different from another. To accused innocent people falsely and used stained reputation to force another woman to die. Lin Wei Xi didn’t think this kind of skill was superb, she just thought it was framing people unjustly for their own interest.

 

Gao Ran however tenaciously put adultery crime on Yun Hui, and the words were like nails: "Yun Hui have an illicit affair with an outside man is an embarrassment to Yan Wang Mansion and extremely shameless. However, the family ugliness cannot be publicized, not to mention Yun Hui has many contributions and working hard over the years. According to this consort this matter should not become too big."

 

For example, quietly let her "suddenly die".

 

Lin Wei Xi was about to say something when footsteps could be heard from the outside, and then another person's voice sounded: "What's wrong?"

 

"Shizi!" Yun Hui was held by the sturdy woman servant. Seeing the person coming, she suddenly exploded with great strength, broke free from the woman servant's bind, and threw herself at Gu Cheng Yao’s feet, "Shizi save me."

 

Gu Cheng Yao lowered his eyes to look at Yun Hui, who was messy and like a sorry figure at his feet, and then looked at the messy courtyard. When he saw Lin Wei Xi in the middle of the courtyard, his face unknowingly cooled down: "What's the matter? Why is mother also here?"

 

Gao Ran quickly walked down the steps, headed to Gu Cheng Yao, and whispered the ins and outs of the matter. After speaking, Gao Ran thought about comforting him, and reached out to cover Gu Cheng Yao's arm. But Gu Cheng Yao stepped back calmly, not only avoiding Gao Ran's hand, but also throwing away Yun Hui under his feet.

 

Gu Cheng Yao's voice was veiled with anger: "Because of these trivial things you made trouble in front of mother?"

 

It was Gu Cheng Yao's own decision to accept concubine, so when he heard Yun Hui was suspected of going out of the wall, apart from shock he was not much embarrassed. But for some reason, once he learned that Lin Wei Xi was also there and that she had heard everything right now, he felt unspeakably embarrassed.

 

Out of a mentality that he himself didn't understand, Gu Cheng Yao didn't want Lin Wei Xi to know about these things, and let Lin Wei Xi saw how a concubine put a green hat on him.

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1 The red apricot tree to leans over the garden wall, it’s a metaphor for a wife who was having an illicit lover.^↩

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