CHAPTER 61: CHAPTER 61: AN EVIL DEED DONE IS DONE

"Did you— stick your hand into a hornet’s nest?!"

As soon as Yelyu Lie stepped out of the kitchen, he saw the woman in the courtyard arguing with Qiao’er.

He originally intended to drive her away directly, but when the woman turned her face and looked at him, Yelyu Lie was completely dumbfounded.

Her face was swollen like a pig’s head, her eyes squeezed into slits, and her mouth looked like it had two sausages hanging from it...

She looked both absurd and ridiculous.

Yelyu Lie lightly coughed, trying hard to hold back his laughter, not allowing himself to laugh out loud.

Lian Qiao, however, noticed his suppressed laughter.

Bursting into tears, she cried sorrowfully, "You mustn’t look! Turn away! Don’t look! And that woman! That cunning Great Xia Princess! Come out! Quickly roll out here! Boohoo!"

Yelyu Lie’s smile instantly disappeared, and he was about to drive this madwoman away directly.

But behind him came a tender, soft sound, like the ringing of silver bells.

Yun Chunnuan swore she truly couldn’t hold back!

She originally thought the woman had poisoned her with something deadly, and felt a bit reluctant to let her die like this.

She contemplated using her own blood, to see if it could save her.

Then she planned to send the person away immediately, never to meet again.

Who would’ve thought...

She would witness such a ridiculous scene!

"You mustn’t laugh either! You sly woman! How dare you— how dare you—"

Yelyu Lie was completely bewildered, but Qiao’er promptly solved the mystery for him, "General, you may not know, but an hour ago, Second Aunt arrived with tea, claiming to apologize to the Princess. The Princess cleverly switched the positions of the two cups of tea, who would’ve thought... the Second Aunt would be so malicious! Self-harm and harm others! Serves her right!"

Perhaps because the General and Princess were present, Qiao’er didn’t know where the courage came from, but she fiercely vented her anger.

Lian Qiao felt extremely wronged, "I poisoned it, so what! You discovered it, why didn’t you refuse directly? But instead switched it for me to drink?"

Yelyu Lie understood the whole story, and his forehead’s veins had already bulged in anger!

He lifted his foot, almost about to kick Lian Qiao, but was timely stopped by the little princess beside him.

Perplexed, Yelyu Lie looked at his little wife, only to see her step forward with a speechless expression towards Lian Qiao, "So, you went to such lengths just to ruin my face?"

"It’s not about ruining the face!" Lian Qiao said angrily, "It’s only seven days! I can’t stand your arrogant, seductive demeanor! Why is it that when you arrive, all the sisters of the General Mansion have to be sent away! Why! I won’t accept it!"

"Tsk, to ruin a face but only for seven days. What ambition! Why not just poison me directly? If I’m poisoned dead, won’t the General be yours?"

Even from the pig’s head face, one could see Lian Qiao’s disdain, "I, an honest person, would never do such a wicked thing! I just wanted to teach you a lesson before leaving!"

The more she spoke, the sadder she became, "Do you know how long the sisters of the General Mansion have stayed? They’ve long regarded this place as their home! Mu Ge sister doesn’t even have her maternal family anymore, where will you let her live..."

"Enough!"

Before Lian Qiao could finish crying, she was interrupted by a stern shout from Yelyu Lie, "You’ve committed a grave mistake without any remorse, and you dare to complain here? Who gave you this courage? Someone! Drag this woman out for me! Twenty lashes! Then have her..."

Yelyu Lie had never been a cruel and unfeeling person, otherwise, he wouldn’t have racked his brains to find a survival path for all the women in this courtyard.

But he didn’t expect this woman to dare poison someone!

He had only been away for an afternoon, yet she dared to poison his little wife!

This was something Yelyu Lie would never tolerate!

The little wife was someone he had fought hard to win over, she had done nothing, hadn’t even met those women, why should she suffer such grievance?

Even though the poison was avoided by her, Yelyu Lie was still incredibly upset.

He wanted to severely punish this bold woman and then drive her away!

However, Yelyu Lie hadn’t finished speaking when cries erupted outside the main door.

"General! No—"

"General! Sister Lian Qiao stood up for us! Please, don’t! Don’t punish her!"

Soon after, Yun Chunnuan saw a motley group of women rushing in through the main door.

They knelt in the courtyard, each and every one of them pleading for Lian Qiao.

Yun Chunnuan saw some of them looked even younger than Ling’er.

There were elderly women too, with wrinkles creasing their faces...

Of course, there weren’t few who were still quite good-looking.

Everyone dressed humbly, with no makeup on their faces, coming here not to attract the Barbarian General’s attention, but sincerely to plea for Lian Qiao.

"General, please spare Lian Qiao! We’ll leave! We’ll leave tonight! We won’t trouble the General!"

"Sister Lian Qiao meant no evil! Boohoo, it was me—it was me speaking out of anger, wanting to teach the Princess a lesson before leaving. If the General must punish, punish me! I beg you to spar Sister Lian Qiao!"

Yelyu Lie had never been a cruel man, otherwise, he wouldn’t care about this courtyard full of old and weak women, and wouldn’t need to.

If Lian Qiao hadn’t crossed his bottom line, considering her contributions in keeping the household, he would have given her some silver, allowing her to leave the General Mansion without worry.

But she dared too much!

She tried to harm his little wife, and still refused to repent!

Among these women, there was one dressed in white, who never knelt.

She stood calmly to the side.

Seeing the General’s dilemma, she turned and looked at the beautiful girl standing nearby.

"Princess." She slightly bowed, her hands overlapping on her chest, "You might be very angry that Lian Qiao poisoned you, but she is not truly evil, otherwise the poison would’ve been deadly. Could you be generous with your forgiveness..."

"Shut up!"

Yelyu Lie extended his long arm to protect the little princess behind him, "Evil deeds are done once they’re done. Asking a victim to forgive their offender, is this a principle of your belief as a Holy Daughter?"

Seeing the woman become visibly stiff from being questioned, speechless, Yelyu Lie emitted a cold laugh.

Then, turning his head, he spoke to the little princess beside him, "Nuannuan, you should go back inside first."

These were debts he himself had accrued, troubles he himself had caused, why should she be made to face difficulty?

Yun Chunnuan, however, smiled, pulling his large hand, and amidst Yelyu Lie’s look of astonishment, her voice was gentle yet firm, "I know, you loathe me, hate me for taking your General away. But it doesn’t matter, since I’ve claimed this man, I won’t back down.

As year-end approaches, those with nowhere to go may temporarily stay, those with an option please prepare farewell gifts, we’re ready to see you off anytime.

However, within three months, find a place to settle quickly, I hope you all can find a satisfactory place to belong."