Chapter 78

Volume 1_Chapter 78: Their Reputation Has Nothing to Do with Her

"It's true!"

Xu Shi squeezed these two words out from between her teeth.

She even felt that the moment she admitted it, the strange gazes of the onlookers fell upon her, and that feeling made her extremely uncomfortable.

But what could she do? It was too late to regret.

Not admit it? Wouldn't that be losing her wife and her army? Then Yun Qiyue would have an excuse to keep those things without treating her Rouer.

Originally, her plan had been arranged flawlessly, but now she could only swallow her pride.

If she had known this would happen...

Xu Shi gritted her teeth in hatred, her body unable to stop trembling slightly.

Seeing Xu Shi admit it, Yun Qiyue said, "Since that's the case, let's count them..."

"Do you really have to count them in public?" Yun Jiande asked in a deep voice, his tone even laced with a hint of threat.

Only then did Yun Qiyue look at Yun Jiande with confusion, "You could have clearly moved the things directly to my courtyard, but you insisted on bringing them to the gate. Wasn't it to have me count them in public and let everyone be a witness?"

Yun Jiande: "..."

For a moment, he was speechless.

After all, he really had no way to refute Yun Qiyue's words.

When Xu Shi heard that Yun Qiyue wanted to count them, she became anxious, "Qiyue, we are family after all. If things go too far, it won't look good for anyone later."

If those things were really read out and counted in public by Yun Qiyue, how would everyone view their First and Third branches in the future?

Bullying the children of the deceased and seizing the property of the deceased?

If these words spread, what reputation would they have left?

However, Yun Qiyue did not care one bit about the reputation of the First and Third branches.

What a joke, what did their reputation have to do with her?

Since they dared to do the first, why should they be afraid of her doing the fifteenth?

It was fine when they were ruining her reputation, but it's not okay when she ruins theirs? That makes no sense.

Therefore, Yun Qiyue spoke very bluntly, "I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare. I am but an orphan; how could I dare to be family with the Master and Mistress of the Yun family? As long as you don't constantly think about ruining my reputation, that will be enough."

As she spoke, she signaled for Sixue and Qingyan to start counting.

Xu Shi hurried to stop them, but a light sentence from Yun Qiyue forced her to stop her obstruction.

Yun Qiyue said, "Mistress, do you not want to treat Yun Yarou anymore?"

For the sake of Yun Yarou becoming the Crown Princess and the future Empress, she had to endure it.

Afterward, Sixue and Qingyan worked together with great tacit understanding, one reading out the items and the other counting them.

It took quite a bit of effort to finish counting the several large chests of items.

Then, the gazes of the onlookers made Yun Jiande and Xu Shi lose face. If it weren't for the fact that leaving now would be undignified, they would never have stayed there to let those gazes fall upon them.

"This Marquis Mansion is really..."

"Don't even mention the Marquis Mansion. If it weren't for the Marquis not being home, how could the General's daughter be bullied like this?"

"Sigh, Third Miss Yun has a hard life. All these good things were taken away. If it weren't for the protection of an immortal, I'm afraid she wouldn't have survived."

The crowd discussed among themselves, expressing deep sympathy for Yun Qiyue.

Everyone sympathized with the weak. At this time, who would still think about whether Yun Qiyue had returned to the mansion last night?

Through this incident, the onlookers even felt that the news of Yun Qiyue not returning to the mansion was actually spread by Xu Shi and the others.

These discussions reached the ears of Yun Jiande and Xu Shi. Yun Jiande glared at Xu Shi and could no longer stay, so he flicked his sleeves and left.

Xu Shi also regretted it to the extreme in her heart. Today was truly a case of trying to steal a chicken only to lose the rice; she had lost face completely.

However, it wasn't over yet.

After Sixue finished counting, she said to Yun Qiyue in a voice everyone could hear, "Miss, there is still one Jade Guanyin, one Phoenix Head Hairpin, and one Green Ruyi missing..."

"That Green Ruyi was broken by yourself," Xu Shi hurriedly argued.

Yun Qiyue looked at Xu Shi indifferently and said, "Do you have proof?"

Xu Shi: "..." "Everyone in the mansion saw it..."

"Those are your own people, too," Yun Qiyue replied, "Naturally, it's whatever you say it is."

Xu Shi still wanted to speak, but the unkind expressions on the faces of the onlookers made her realize that even if she defended herself, these people wouldn't believe her.

Therefore, taking a deep breath, Xu Shi said, "I will find a way to make up for these things, but you must treat Rouer and the others first."

Yun Qiyue, however, didn't buy it and said indifferently, "Once the items are complete, I will naturally treat them. I'll give you two days to prepare. In two days, when the items are all ready, I will go to treat them."

As she spoke, Yun Qiyue had people move the items into the General's Mansion, and without caring how ugly Xu Shi's expression was, she closed the mansion gate directly.

After entering the mansion, Yun Bo asked, "Miss, should these items be put into the warehouse?"

Yun Qiyue shook her head, "Move them to Mingyue Building."

Yun Bo didn't ask further and had people move the items into Mingyue Building.

Yun Qiyue said to Yun Bo again, "Yun Bo, please gather all the servants in the mansion; I have something to handle."

Hearing this, Yun Bo had a guess in his heart, so he went to give the orders with a somber face.

Soon, the servants were gathered together.

Yun Qiyue just sat in the seat of honor, drinking tea leisurely, letting those servants stand in front of her trembling, without lifting her eyes or speaking.

The servants, who had been quiet, couldn't help but whisper to each other upon seeing this scene.

As the scene became increasingly noisy, Yun Qiyue finally lifted her head faintly, curled her lips, and sneered, "Only today did I realize that the servants of the General's Mansion are so lacking in discipline. Those who don't know might think this is a marketplace."

Her light words caused the scene to fall into an instant silence.

Then, a bold servant couldn't help but ask, "Eldest Miss, may I ask why you have summoned us here?"

Yun Qiyue looked coldly at that servant, only to see the servant first look panicked, then immediately put on a righteous expression, "Although the Eldest Miss is the master, there must be a reason for summoning us, right?"

"Bold! When the Eldest Miss is speaking, how can you question her?" Yun Bo was furious.

If it weren't for the Mistress driving away all the capable people in the mansion, how could the mansion be in the state the Eldest Miss sees today?

As the steward, Yun Bo naturally commanded a bit of fear from the servants.

However, Yun Qiyue raised a hand to stop Yun Bo and looked at the crowd with a smile, "Is there anyone else who wants to know the reason?"

As soon as Yun Qiyue's words fell, several people indeed stood out.

The others looked at each other, but no one dared to move.

Yun Qiyue saw that seven people had stood out, while eleven had not.

In such a large General's Mansion, there were actually only eighteen servants left, excluding Yun Bo and his people.

Yun Qiyue's eyes were slightly cold as she looked at Yun Bo, "Yun Bo, please bring me the indentures of these people."

Although Yun Bo didn't know what Yun Qiyue was thinking, he still went to get the indentures.

As soon as Yun Qiyue said this, those servants who had stood out were even more confused.

What was the Eldest Miss doing with their indentures? Could it be that she was going to return their indentures to them?