The old madam suddenly couldn’t utter a complete sentence.
"When she wanted to divorce and leave with the child, it was you who said, ’The child is a legitimate master of the Yun Family; in the future, he will be high and mighty.’ Truly, a different face in front and behind!"
Yun Qi accused without any mercy.
Today, upon seeing Yun Jinnian, he began to miss that heartless woman.
Heartless to him, heartless to her own daughter.
Jinnian was the treasure she held in the palm of her hand. How could she simply ignore everything and leave for so many years without a shred of information, without giving him a single chance?
He had been waiting, waiting for her to slightly relent, even just a little. Then he would bring her back, or go live outside with Jinnian.
But she was just that heartless, not giving him any chance at all.
Not seeing him, not seeing her daughter, just staying in that villa, not even coming out.
The resentment and hate in his heart surged up all at once. Yun Qi only felt sad, disappointed, angry, desperate, and began to frantically smash everything in the small hall, smashing everything in sight. The old madam stood to the side, only able to cry in agony.
It wasn’t until there was nothing left to smash in the small hall that Yun Qi coldly left with long strides.
The old madam’s body went limp, and she collapsed to the ground.
Looking at the room in disarray, she was in utter pain.
Where had her warm and affectionate son gone?
As Yun Qi left the small hall, he saw Yun Chen, dressed in an official’s robe, standing in the courtyard with a good amount of snow settled on his head and shoulders.
The two brothers stood, one higher and one lower.
After looking at each other for a moment, Yun Qi stepped down from the platform and walked away.
Yun Chen reached out to grab Yun Qi’s arm, "This is your home!"
"It has not been for a long time, not since six years ago!" Yun Qi said, expressing his endless sorrow and boundless grievances.
"If you miss her, then go and bring her back!"
"Bring her back, so you all can torment her as you did Jinnian?"
Yun Chen was suddenly at a loss for words.
Yun Qi looked at Yun Chen, flung his sleeves, and quickly walked away.
Yun Chen stood in the courtyard for a while before he moved up the steps into the small hall, where he saw the chaos and the old madam sitting on the ground crying.
The maids and old women had quietly slipped away from Cixin Academy as soon as Yun Qi appeared, all fearing this Second Master.
Yun Chen looked around, not knowing what to say to the old madam’s actions.
He just walked over, helped the old madam up, then carried her into the bedroom where he placed her on the Chaise Longue. He laid the memorial before the old madam, "The emperor said today that such an incident should only happen this once and not set a precedent. Should it occur again, the fate of the former Ministry of War Residence will befall the Yun Family, only more severe!"
The old madam was stunned.
She thought Yun Chen would comfort her, but he didn’t offer a word of consolation.
After Yun Chen left, the old madam cried out loud, and after a long while, she picked up the memorial and started to read.
It recorded everything that had happened that day. Xu Xinmo, Yun Musi, and Yun Mulan brazenly and arrogantly mocked Yun Jinnian, later framing her, and without distinguishing right from wrong, she punished Jinnian. The memorial clearly recorded all their words.
The old madam heavily closed her eyes.
Her heart was filled with panic.
She also understood, she could no longer arbitrarily humiliate Jinnian.
The attitudes of her two sons were already clear, and so was the emperor’s.
For the sake of a granddaughter, she had lost the respect of her son and daughter-in-law, and her granddaughters all thought she was easy to fool, deceiving her one after another without any scruples.
And Jinnian probably resented her too!
She was deserted by all!
And the root of all this was Yun Jinnian...