CHAPTER 667: CHAPTER 549: FAINTING FROM ANGER

Xiao Rong’er frantically rushed out of the secret chamber.

Gongsun Yu wanted to catch up with her but was slapped heavily by her, stumbling awkwardly to the ground.

"Sister-in-law... hiss..."

Xiao Rong’er’s move was ruthless, causing Gongsun Yu to feel a sharp pain in his internal organs, clearly suffering a significant internal injury.

He endured the severe pain, got up, and started to tidy up the mess on the ground with one hand.

Spring rain pattered gently, accompanied by a cool night breeze, softly enveloping the entire estate.

Xiao Rong’er walked briskly.

Before long, her hair and clothes were draped in a thin layer of mist.

Her vision became blurry, not knowing whether the moisture in her eyes was tears or rain.

"Madam!"

Hong Xiu had just come from the kitchen.

Xiao Rong’er hadn’t eaten all day, so she had arranged for a bowl of porridge to be prepared in the kitchen.

But in just a short absence, Madam was crazily running in the rain.

Xiao Rong’er slipped and fell forward.

Hong Xiu quickly moved and caught her in time: "Madam."

Xiao Rong’er tightly grasped Hong Xiu’s hand: "Hong Xiu... Liuying is in trouble..."

Hong Xiu asked puzzledly: "What happened to Miss?"

Xiao Rong’er’s eyes flashed with endless panic: "Prince Jian knows about Liuying bribing Yan Xiaojiu... that little wretch told everything to the Commandery Prince... the Commandery Prince punished Liuying for betraying him..."

Hong Xiu knew about that incident.

She hesitated for only a moment before saying: "Madam, don’t worry yet. At dawn, I will immediately go to the Jin Prince Mansion to investigate."

Xiao Rong’er said angrily: "Wait until dawn?"

Hong Xiu replied: "Madam, it is late at night, and Miss and the young master should be resting. To disturb them now would risk displeasing the Jin Prince Mansion. If the Commandery Prince truly blames Miss, doing that would only make her situation more difficult."

Even going at dawn would not be quite appropriate. Who goes to the in-law’s house right after a wedding to check if the bride is doing well?

But since Xiao Rong’er insisted, Hong Xiu had no choice but to go.

"I can’t wait... By dawn, it will be too late... I need to go and bring Liuying back now..."

"Madam! It’s Miss’s wedding night, and you want to bring her back, this..."

This is simply not feasible!

Xiao Rong’er’s mind was filled with images of nails being brutally pulled from her daughter’s hand—how could she wait until tomorrow?

She wished nothing more than to grow wings and fly to the Jin Prince Mansion to bring her daughter back immediately.

"What happened?"

At this moment, Gongsun Yanming walked over with a serious expression.

Xiao Rong’er looked up, her face wet with tears and rain, feeling both wronged and anxious as she glanced at him: "Liuying is in trouble... hurry and bring Liuying back..."

This man whom she both loved and hated a thousand times had hurt her countless times, yet she still couldn’t let him go. In front of him, she felt wronged and longed for his comfort.

Gongsun Yanming turned his gaze to Hong Xiu.

Hong Xiu gave a respectful bow and replied: "Madam said Yan Xiaojiu told Young Master about Miss bribing her to leave the Imperial Grandson, angering the young master and resulting in Miss being punished."

Gongsun Yanming was unaware of this matter between Gongsun Liuying and Meng Qianqian.

His deep eyes did not change, returning his gaze to Xiao Rong’er’s face: "Where did you hear the news that the Commandery Prince punished Liuying?"

Xiao Rong’er spoke anxiously and painfully: "Nails... the Commandery Prince pulled off Liuying’s nails..."

Gongsun Yanming frowned slightly.

"You don’t believe what I’m saying?" Xiao Rong’er looked incredulously at her husband of many years; their daughter was suffering such persecution, and he was doubting her.

Suddenly, her peripheral vision caught a letter in her hand, and she hurriedly handed it to him, "The letter... Yan Xiaojiu deliberately wrote to Liuying on her wedding day... was discovered by the Commandery Prince... she did it on purpose... it was all a setup to frame Liuying!"

Gongsun Yanming took the letter.

The light rain had slightly blurred the handwriting on the letter, but it was still legible.

He said to Xiao Rong’er: "The letter says nothing."

"How can it say nothing?" Xiao Rong’er snatched the letter, "Isn’t it clearly written..."

When she looked at the letter again, she was stunned.

The originally eloquent letter had left only a line—Wishing my sister and the Commandery Prince a hundred years of harmony and an everlasting bond.

She was speechless, turning the letter over and over, looking at it repeatedly: "How can it be like this?"

"Brother! Sister-in-law!"

Gongsun Yu ran over, holding a box in one hand and clutching his injured chest with the other, panting heavily.

Xiao Rong’er snatched the box and started rummaging through it wildly: "Where are the nails... Liuying’s nails..."

"What nails?"

Gongsun Yu asked in confusion.

Xiao Rong’er shouted loudly: "Liuying’s nails! Where did you put Liuying’s nails?"

Gongsun Yu was left stunned: "I didn’t see any nails... Sister-in-law, how could Liuying’s nails be here?"

He looked perplexedly at Gongsun Yanming, "Big brother?"

Gongsun Yanming stood still, looking at Xiao Rong’er.

Unable to find them in the box, Xiao Rong’er dumped everything onto the ground.

She knelt in the cold rain, frantically searching for her daughter’s nails.

Hong Xiu also knelt down to help her search.

Gongsun Yu’s expression showed a mixture of emotions: "Sister-in-law, get up, the ground is cold... did you see wrong? How could the Commandery Prince Manor send... Liuying’s nails here?"

Such an idea was impossible to even imagine.

Xiao Rong’er breathed rapidly: "Maybe they fell in the secret chamber..."

Gongsun Yu sighed: "Sister-in-law, I packed everything in the box. I really didn’t see... the nails you mentioned."

Xiao Rong’er shook her head desperately: "Impossible... I clearly saw them..."

Gongsun Yu said with deep sorrow: "Sister-in-law, Ziyu passed away. We all feel deeply sorrowful; you were hit too hard by the blow..."

Xiao Rong’er glared coldly at him: "Are you suggesting I’m crazy?"

Gongsun Yu opened his mouth: "I didn’t mean it that way..."

"What happened?"

Xiao Mubai walked up, hands clasped behind his back, exuding authority.

Gongsun Yanming greeted him: "Father-in-law."

Gongsun Yu quickly cupped his hands in salute: "Uncle Xiao."

Sitting in the mud covered in tears, Xiao Rong’er turned and choked in a trembling voice: "Father... something happened to Liuying..."

Xiao Mubai asked about the events.

Gongsun Yu helplessly said: "There really are no nails. Even if the nails could have been accidentally lost, the letter was held in Sister-in-law’s hand all along... it contained no incriminating words..."

Just a sentence of blessing, not a single word of betrayal.

Even if Lu Qi saw it, he would only think it was a gift from Yan Xiaojiu to her senior sister.

Xiao Rong’er still shook her head: "But it was sent from the Jin Prince Mansion..."

Gongsun Yu said: "She attended the banquet at the Jin Prince Mansion. Maybe Liuying didn’t want to see her, so she asked a guard from the Jin Prince Mansion to deliver it to the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion."

Xiao Rong’er coldly said: "Would she be so kind?"

Gongsun Yu thought for a moment and stated: "She probably wanted to irritate Liuying, and Liuying didn’t fall for it... Anyway, that the item never reached the Commandery Prince is a good thing."

Xiao Rong’er murmured blankly: "No, I clearly saw... the pulled nails... and the threats on the letter... Liuying is in trouble... I have to bring her back... I have already lost Ziyu... I cannot lose Liuying too..."

"Liuying... Liuying..."

She pushed Hong Xiu away and stumbled forward.

After just a few steps, her blood surged, her vision darkened, and she fainted.