Mrs. Chen was taken aback. Ashamed the Hou Mansion?
She looked down at her daughter in her arms, whose face showed a bit of panic. "Yun'er, tell Mother, has someone bullied you?"
She knew her daughter well. Her daughter had some petty thoughts but was not extremely vicious. What could a young unmarried girl do to shame the Hou Mansion?
She must have been bullied!
Chen Huanyun hesitated for a long time and couldn't say a word.
How dared she tell this matter?
When she had begged Bai Ruochu before, she could cry and shout without caring about her own face. But now in front of her mother, she suddenly felt ashamed.
Seeing her silent, Lady Bai sneered. "Since she won't say it, I'll say it for her."
"Your precious daughter secretly met with the second young master of the Fang family without anyone knowing. Not only did they meet secretly, but they also did everything that a husband and wife would do. She even got pregnant!" Ignoring Mrs. Chen's shocked expression, she continued coldly, "Now that the matter has come to light, the Fang family doesn't want her. That's why she is in a hurry to come to me and ask me to help her propose marriage to the Fang family."
"Your whole family. The elder one spends all day in brothels. His good reputation has spread throughout the capital. Now the younger one is about to follow in the elder's footsteps. It's really ridiculous!" Lady Bai sneered twice. Fu Zhen patted her on the back beside her.
Hearing this, Mrs. Chen felt as if struck by a thunderbolt. Looking at her silently crying daughter in her arms, she suddenly felt a sense of strangeness. "Yun'er... Is what she said true?"
Seeing Chen Huanyun covering her face and just crying, Mrs. Chen suddenly grabbed her shoulders. Her eyes were blood - red. "Tell me! Did you do this!"
Chen Huanyun was startled by her harsh questioning. Mrs. Chen had always doted on her. How could she have seen her mother looking so fierce?
She stared blankly and didn't dare to speak.
But Mrs. Chen understood from her silent attitude. With red - eyed and gasping for two deep breaths, she suddenly slapped her hard, knocking Chen Huanyun to the side and making her lie on the ground. It took her a long time to come to her senses. "Mother?"
She looked at Mrs. Chen in disbelief.
"How could you do such a thing!" Mrs. Chen said heart - brokenly, "Did your father teach you this? Is it?"
"If I had known you would become like this, I shouldn't have been so determined to send you to the Hou Mansion in the first place!"
The Hou Mansion was rich and prosperous, like the blooming flowers in summer. Some people would envy it but still abide by their nature, while others would be greedy and ambitious because of it. Without the corresponding means to support their ambition, they would ultimately end up in destruction.
Fu Zhen watched the farce in front of her coldly.
Wasn't Chen Huanyun just like herself in her previous life?
Both were equally ambitious and ended up with no good fate.
Chen Huanyun lay on the ground, completely dazed. She never thought that after her mother knew this, her first reaction would not be to comfort and help her, but to... slap her?
She suddenly turned back, looking at Mrs. Chen in disbelief. After a while, she suddenly let out a shrill scream. "Mother! Didn't I do this for you all?!"
"You and Father are always arguing. At every banquet, those noble ladies always laugh at me, laugh at our poor and useless family!" She said hatefully, "If I didn't do this, how could I marry into a noble family? How could I help you all rise to power? The Fang family is already the best family I can climb up to. The gap between different social classes is like a natural moat. If I didn't shamelessly cling to them, how would the Fang family even look at me?"
"Mother!" She cried and grabbed Mrs. Chen's collar. "What else should I do to make you all satisfied? I really have no other way. Please help me, help me!"
After this commotion, she was already a bit delirious, talking incoherently.
Mrs. Chen had never seen her daughter so collapsed. For a moment, her heart felt as if it had been pierced by countless needles. She could no longer maintain her anger. Heart - broken, she hugged her and cried. "Yun'er... My Yun'er..."
What a touching scene of mother - daughter affection.
But Fu Zhen felt as if her eyes had been stabbed. She suddenly turned her head away and couldn't help covering her eyes with a handkerchief.
"Zhenzhen?" Lady Bai was startled by her action and quickly asked, "What's wrong? Are you not feeling well?"
Fu Zhen opened her mouth but felt her throat extremely sour. She closed her mouth again and took a deep breath to calm herself down. Then she put down the handkerchief and forced a smile. "I'm fine, Aunt."
She was just thinking that if her mother in her previous life was still alive, on the day when the matter was exposed, would she hug her tightly like Mrs. Chen and tell her, "Don't be afraid. Mother is here. Mother will help you"? Would she tell her that no matter what she did, mother would back her up?
Would she not have ended up dying miserably in her previous life?
Seeing her face suddenly turn pale, Lady Bai quickly reached out and pulled her to sit beside her. While patting her on the back, she said urgently, "Quick! Go and call the doctor!"
The little maid beside her immediately panicked and ran out. She ran so fast that when she reached the door, she almost couldn't stop and bumped into someone!
"Y, Young Master! Greetings to the Young Master!" She knelt on the ground with a "thud", extremely scared.
Chen Tingfeng frowned. "What are you in such a hurry for?"
Then he looked up. What came into his sight was Fu Zhen, who was leaning in Lady Bai's arms. Her face was pale and the corners of her eyes were red. He stared at her for a few seconds and then shifted his gaze to the Chen Huanyun mother - daughter pair hugging on the ground.
He strode in. Everyone in the yard was immediately silenced by his appearance. Especially Chen Huanyun and her mother. For a moment, their crying softened.
Seeing him coming, Lady Bai said anxiously, "Zhenzhen was fine just now. Suddenly her face turned pale. I know you know a bit of pharmacology. Come and take a look quickly!"
But Fu Zhen pressed her hand and got up from her arms. She shook her head. "I'm fine, Aunt. I just had a sudden palpitation."
She turned to look at Chen Tingfeng, who had been looking at her. "Greetings to Cousin. I'm fine. There's no need for you to diagnose me."
Chen Tingfeng looked at her calmly for a while and said nothing. He just turned around, flicked his robe and sat down. He coldly watched the two people below. "Cousin is so talented that she can even get involved with the Fang family. I think you can handle this little matter by yourself without my mother's intervention."
For some reason, Chen Huanyun always felt that her cousin was more terrifying than her uncle. If Chen Xuan was here, she could still argue a bit. But now, just a casual look from Chen Tingfeng made her dare not say another word.
Mrs. Chen was obviously also a bit afraid of her nephew. But if this matter couldn't be resolved, her daughter would die!
She summoned up her courage and said, "After all, we are relatives. Huanyun did do something wrong. I really have no face to say anything more. I just beg the Hou Mansion to help Huanyun one last time. Don't let her lose her life at such a young age."
For the first time, she knelt in front of Lady Bai and bowed her head deeply, almost touching the ground. "Please, Sister - in - law. Help our family one last time!"
"Mother..." The tears that Chen Huanyun had just stopped welled up again. She crawled to Mrs. Chen's side sobbingly, grabbing her sleeve and crying like a tearful mess.
Fu Zhen took a deep breath and turned her head, not wanting to watch this scene anymore.
Lady Bai's eyes moved, but she didn't say a word. She just looked at Chen Tingfeng.
Chen Tingfeng's gaze was calm. "Why would she lose her life? Can't she still be a concubine?"
Chen Huanyun suddenly looked up at him and opened her mouth to say something. But seeing Chen Tingfeng glance at her, she opened her mouth but didn't dare to say another word.
Chen Tingfeng leaned back in the chair and tapped the armrest with his right hand. "Being a concubine in the Fang family is not a disgrace to your family. Although I have no friendship with the second young master of the Fang family, I think he will give you the position of a noble concubine for my sake."
"Nephew, this..." Mrs. Chen still wanted to say something. Chen Tingfeng raised his hand to stop her words. His face turned a bit colder. "If you want my mother to intervene to arrange this marriage, I'm afraid your whole family won't be able to repay this kindness even if you shorten your lifespan."
"Alright, it ends here." He said calmly, "Yuanbao, see the guests out."