My Aloof Lord Ex-Husband Begs for Remarriage
Chapter 377 - 378: Suddenly Taking Action

Chapter 377: Chapter 378: Suddenly Taking Action

She now found Lin Fuying and her servant particularly displeasing to the eye.

Xiaoyun, on any given day, must have also helped Lin Fuying commit numerous misdeeds.

If she could take this opportunity to get rid of Xiaoyun, wouldn’t that be akin to removing a major support of Lin Fuying?

Yang Xuan made up her mind that today, no matter what means she used, she had to drive Xiaoyun away!

"Cousin, think about it, if someone like this meddlesome servant appears in the residence, and if word spreads, who knows how others might laugh at you behind your back!"

"If you ask me, it’s better not to arbitrarily give someone the power of a steward."

Yang Xuan’s words were just shy of directly targeting Lin Fuying.

Unfortunately, at this time, Lin Fuying, in order to protect her own image, couldn’t even argue with her.

She could only speak in a soft and weak voice, "Cousin, it’s one thing for you to target me on a daily basis, but how can you now collude with outsiders to frame me?"

After all, it wasn’t long ago that Yang Xuan had done such a thing.

Now the credibility of her words, in Ye Yunting’s eyes, was not very high.

"Prince, even if you don’t believe this servant, you should at least believe the Concubine! I truly don’t know why she suddenly appeared today, and even started pulling on me at the door."

Xiaoyun, having received a telling glance from Lin Fuying, quickly clutched onto Granny Wan’s hand tightly.

She glared at her forcefully, "Tell me, did you take someone’s bribe, thinking of slandering the Concubine!"

"You used to be petty enough to steal, but now, how can you make such a foolish mistake for some silver?"

Granny Wan’s reputation in the village was not good.

She had initially fled to the Xingshan Temple to become a nun because she had caused trouble.

People with intentions could find out all these things with a little investigation.

"You girl, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Yang Xuan could clearly discern the implication in Xiaoyun’s words.

She was not the type to be meek.

She stepped forward and slapped Xiaoyun across the face.

"I just happened to be at the door today and saw you scuffling with this nun. How dare you slander me?"

If she had wanted to scheme against Lin Fuying, would she resort to using someone like this?

Besides, Princess Consort Yang Shu had already promised her that she would have her father intervene directly, begging the emperor to grant her marriage.

With the emperor stepping in, no one would even think of taking her position as the War King’s consort!

"Wretch, was it you who taught her?"

After slapping Xiaoyun, Yang Xuan, still not appeased, glared fiercely at Lin Fuying.

"Just a servant, how dare she concoct such lies about her master?"

She was never a mild-tempered person.

Her recent display of harmony in front of Lin Fuying was only because of Princess Consort Yang Shu’s teachings.

But to be so humbly submissive was something she had been resenting internally for a long time.

Now, seeing the master and servant duo, each adding a line, seemingly about to pin the blame on her, she couldn’t help but become infuriated.

Faced with Yang Xuan’s aggressive approach, Lin Fuying naturally put on a fearful demeanor.

"Cousin, how could you say such things about me?"

Yang Xuan’s outburst was exactly what Lin Fuying had wanted.

She feigned innocence and said, "Today, it was clearly you, cousin, who clamored to bring people before Yunting brother. How can you blame me?"

"Exactly, Miss, normally in the residence, when you meet us servants, you don’t even look us straight in the eyes, how come today..."

Xiaoyun also chimed in from the side, which enraged Yang Xuan immediately.

"You’re spouting nonsense!"

She raised her hand, apparently set on hitting Lin Fuying directly!

Everyone present had not anticipated that she would do such a thing.

Except for Lin Fuying.

She pretended to be scared, and as she stepped back, she tripped over the hem of her skirt, falling directly to the ground!

"It hurts so much!"

Lin Fuying clutched her abdomen, her face full of pain.

"How audacious you are!"

Ye Yunting grabbed Yang Xuan’s hand and flung her aside, then quickly walked over to Lin Fuying.

Being treated so roughly, Yang Xuan was both anxious and angry, standing there bewildered, unsure of what to do.

With such an incident occurring, Ye Yunting naturally lost the mood to listen to anything more from Old Lady Wan.

He ordered that Old Lady Wan be locked up, planning to make a decision after the people who were sent to investigate at Xingshan Temple returned.

Lin Fuying had provoked Yang Xuan like that, just to make her lose her senses and strike Lin Fuying in front of Ye Yunting.

As for the abdominal pain, it was naturally feigned by her.

If it weren’t for using the "child" in her belly, how could she have temporarily extricated herself from trouble?

After being sent back to the courtyard, Lin Fuying immediately dismissed everyone, leaving only Xiaoyun with her.

"What exactly is going on?"

Her sinister gaze fell on Xiaoyun, causing her to shiver involuntarily.

"You and your aunt, you couldn’t have taken Yang Xuan’s silver to deliberately set me up, could you?"

"Concubine, how could I possibly do such a thing?"

Fearing Lin Fuying’s suspicion, Xiaoyun hurriedly demonstrated her loyalty.

"I don’t know why she came to the Prince Residence, she said a lot of incomprehensible things when she found me..."

Xiaoyun suddenly stopped speaking midway.

Old Lady Wan had told her that Lin Fuying had almost killed her personally.

Lin Fuying noticed her hesitation and her tone turned even more chilling, "Oh, what did she tell you?"

"Nothing, nothing at all."

Xiaoyun was a selfish and clear-headed person, otherwise, she would not have lied in front of Ye Yunting earlier, decisively shifting all the blame onto Old Lady Wan.

"Did she tell you that I almost killed her?"

Lin Fuying’s face still bore a smile, but the words she spoke were chilling to the bone.

"The fact is not at all as she described. That day, she came to ask me for silver and even threatened me, saying if I didn’t give it to her, she would go and expose me in front of the Prince. During the argument, she fell down by herself. How could that be blamed on me?"

She casually distorted the facts of that day.

In her narration, Old Lady Wan turned out to be the villain.

Xiaoyun suppressed the astonishment in her heart, no matter what Lin Fuying said, she could only nod and agree.

She dared not harbor any other thoughts.

Lin Fuying had intended to press her further, but voices were already coming from the entrance, forcing her to bite back her words.

Bai Wuheng, having heard that something had happened to Lin Fuying’s health, immediately set aside all his affairs and rushed to the War King Residence.

"How exactly does Ye Yunting take care of you? Your pregnancy was never stable, and now accidents are happening every other day."

"He can’t even take care of a woman properly, in my view, he shouldn’t be the War King anymore!"

He had already accumulated a bellyful of resentment towards Ye Yunting.

He hadn’t seen Ye Yunting when he came over earlier, which made him even more dissatisfied.

Fortunately, after taking Lin Fuying’s pulse, he found that the child in her belly hadn’t been affected.

This allowed him to feel slightly relieved.