Seeing Granny Gao looking extremely pained, Li Yue knelt on the ground, sobbing piteously, "Please stop talking! Stop talking!"
Yu Zixi paid no heed to the woman pleading on the ground. Wearing a ghost - face mask, she stepped closer to Granny Gao step by step and demanded loudly, "Over the years, Granny Gao, you've been living in luxury! But what about your daughter? You left her alone to suffer in the Li family! You have peerless martial arts skills, yet you couldn't even protect your own daughter! You let her be trampled on outside while you enjoyed the wealth and honor without a care in the world, carefully teaching other people's children! Are you worthy of being a mother?"
Wei Dongling held the soft baby in her arms, reluctant to let go. She secretly applauded Yu Zixi's tactic of attacking the opponent's psyche.
Granny Gao's psychological defense completely collapsed. Her body trembled like a sieve. She gritted her teeth tightly, glaring at her own daughter in front of her. With hot tears streaming down, she asked in a trembling voice, "Did he treat you badly?"
Li Yue's eyes were extremely red, and tears kept falling.
Unable to contain the myriad of thoughts in her mind, Granny Gao slumped dejectedly to the ground and said slowly, word by word, "I'm just a servant. Even if it means death, I can't betray my master."
Yu Zixi fell silent.
Suddenly, Wei Dongling picked up the baby and exclaimed, "Oh! Did it pee? Well, this dress of mine is very expensive!" Saying so, she got up with a look of great disgust and wanted to return the child.
Hearing this, Li Yue stood up embarrassedly, wanting to take the baby.
But Wei Dongling dodged her and directly threw the baby at Granny Gao.
Seeing the three - month - old, pink and tender grandson being thrown at her by Wei Dongling, Granny Gao was both shocked and angry. Afraid that the child might get hurt, she hurriedly reached out her hands and caught the baby firmly in her arms.
The baby wasn't afraid of strangers at all. Its big, wet eyes stared at Granny Gao non - stop and even reached out a hand to touch her face.
The little one was so cute and soft, with a milky fragrance on its body. Just holding the baby, Granny Gao felt her heart was about to melt.
Taking the opportunity, Wei Dongling said, "If you're willing to testify about the fire in Jingyang Palace, I, the princess, guarantee your safety. You can take your daughter and grandson and go far away."
Granny Gao looked at the baby in her arms reluctantly. Gritting her teeth, she said, "I can't."
Wei Dongling sneered, "That's okay. But your grandson will have to be a low - class and humble servant for the rest of his life!"
Granny Gao was full of inner struggles. She had peerless martial arts skills but had served the Zhao family obediently all her life. Now, was even her grandson going to experience the same life as hers?
Granny Gao's heart trembled again and again. Thinking of Queen Zhao and the tenth prince, she gritted her teeth and shook her head, "I can't. I can't do this..."
Wei Dongling said in a deep voice, "Granny Gao, I, the princess, don't know what right and wrong mean to you. Do you think it's right to help an evildoer? Do you think it's right for you to indulge Queen Zhao in burning so many people to death? If you think all these are right and justifiable, then all the bullying your daughter has suffered is retribution! It's what she deserves!"
Granny Gao's heart trembled again and again. With red - rimmed eyes, she looked at Wei Dongling standing upright and couldn't say a word.
Wei Dongling sneered, "Do you think that serving your master means being an accomplice to evil? Regardless of right or wrong! Regardless of whether your master is right or wrong! You just coldly indulge them and become their most powerful weapon! Then isn't all the suffering your daughter has endured what she deserves? In that fire in Jingyang Palace, so many lives were lost. Weren't they also someone's daughters? Weren't they the children that their parents doted on and held in the palm of their hands, not wanting them to be hurt at all? Why should they have their lives taken away by your fire? Just because they deserve it?"
Granny Gao was in a state of mental conflict. She was extremely uneasy. The baby in her hands seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and she could hardly hold it.
No one in the room spoke. It was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
After a long time, Wei Dongling sighed, "If I were you, I would never have indulged my master in doing such immoral things! If she was determined to go astray, I would rather cut off the master - servant relationship and find another way out, instead of colluding with her to persecute innocent people!"
Yu Zixi silently watched Wei Dongling, secretly sighing in her heart that the once - reckless and naive girl had grown up. She had been injured a lot and suffered a great deal. Along the way, she had fought through thorns and obstacles. Those past hardships had instead helped her grow, making her brave and resourceful, and so dazzling.
Granny Gao lowered her head and looked at the baby in her arms. Her eyes gradually turned red.
Wei Dongling frowned and waved her hand, "Alright, whether you're willing to lead your master onto the right path and let her descendants avoid retribution is your business! I, the princess, don't have the patience to wait for your answer here. Without you, I can still find other ways to make her pay for her past mistakes with blood!" Saying so, she got up and tidied her clothes. Nodding to Yu Zixi, she said, "I'm no good person. I'll avenge those wronged. Spare the son while killing the mother. Let the three of them, the grandparents and the grandson, pay the price for all the pain I've endured over the years!"
"Okay!" Yu Zixi nodded.
Wei Dongling turned around and walked out.
Seeing this, Li Yue hurriedly rushed to Granny Gao's side and called out, "Mother! Is what the princess said just now true? Did you really help an evildoer and harm other people's lives? Mother! Save me! My child is still so young! He can't be without me, mother!"
Granny Gao's heart was bleeding. On one hand was her flesh and blood, and on the other hand was the deep master - servant relationship she had with Queen Zhao over the years. How could she choose?
But the man with the ghost - face mask and unfathomable martial arts skills in front of her didn't seem to be willing to give her time to make a choice. He picked up a dagger with his right hand and stabbed fiercely at Li Yue's back!
"No—" In a panic, Granny Gao quickly protected Li Yue in her arms and narrowly avoided the fatal blow.
The baby in her arms was suddenly violently jolted and started crying loudly. Li Yue reached out her hands in a hurry with red - rimmed eyes to soothe the baby. Granny Gao firmly protected the mother and child in her arms. She glared angrily at the ghost - face man in front of her and roared, "Go and tell your princess! I agree! I agree, okay!"
Cui Huan shrugged: Well! Why didn't you do this earlier?
After leaving the Ministry of Justice, Wei Dongling was in a great mood.
Seeing that it was still early, Yu Zixi took Wei Dongling straight to Penglai Restaurant in the south of the city to eat roasted lamb legs.
On the carriage, Yu Zixi pulled the beauty into his arms. He lowered his head and gently smelled the fragrance of her hair, whispering softly, "My wife is so amazing!"
Wei Dongling beamed with joy. Hooking his chin, she whispered, "Isn't it because my husband taught me well?" The two looked at each other and smiled.
Cui Huan, who was driving the carriage, felt extremely aggrieved when she heard them complimenting each other: Can't you two stop showing your affection? I'm so full of your lovey - dovey stuff!