Chapter 530 - 268: When Did You Become Like This

Yun Chuchu had no choice but to close her mouth, clutching the handkerchief as she wept in silence.

Tsk!

Lady Yun squinted her eyes, coldly sneering in her heart. She never realized before that Yun Chuchu was so fond of offering affection only to be met with cold indifference.

It’s simply asking for humiliation.

"Send her back to the Shang Family? Chuchu, there’s something I forgot to tell you, the Shang Family is gone."

"Now, everyone in the Shang Family, including Shang Yu, has been imprisoned awaiting trial. The Shang residence has been sealed, and their assets confiscated for the state."

"If it weren’t for your brother writing a letter of divorce for you, severing ties with the Shang Family, you wouldn’t have escaped this calamity."

"This wild girl can’t be sent back to the Shang Family; in my opinion, sending her to jail instead would be better for her to reunite with her parents."

"Hasn’t she always been clamoring to see her parents? How can we be so heartless as to separate her from her family?"

What?

The Shang Family is gone???

Yun Chuchu instantly turned her head, staring blankly and shocked at Lady Yun, her ears ringing as if struck by a thunderous blow.

"Sister-in-law, what are you saying?"

"Didn’t Chuchu hear clearly? I said, the Shang Family is gone!"

Lady Yun looked at her, her eyes clear as she repeated each word.

If it were in the past, she would certainly be concerned about Yun Chuchu’s health, fearing the shock would overwhelm her, and wouldn’t have told her this news.

Even if one day Yun Chuchu learned of this, it would never be from her lips.

But now, she suddenly realized some people merely bring troubles upon themselves.

She ought to let her bear some consequences.

What use is it for them to painstakingly protect her and think about her?

Yun Chuchu might not appreciate it and might even turn around to blame them for being ruthless and meddling.

A confused person won’t suddenly become clear-minded.

Sure enough, no sooner had Lady Yun continued her thoughts, she heard Yun Chuchu’s voice full of accusations.

Her eyes turned instantly red, appearing on the verge of collapse.

"How could this be? Sister-in-law, was it Brother who did this? The Shang Family has over two hundred people, and so many innocent ones, is Brother really so heartless?"

Ha...

She should be angry, but Lady Yun inexplicably wanted to laugh.

She indeed laughed, her voice as gentle as ever, seemingly without any lethality, yet strangely filled with coldness.

"Yun Chuchu, what do you mean by that? Are you saying your brother framed the Shang Family??"

Yun Chuchu was stunned and said dumbly, "No, that’s not what I meant, Sister-in-law misunderstood."

When she spoke, she moved her gaze away, not daring to look Lady Yun in the eye.

Apparently, she was feeling guilty.

Not admitting it verbally was merely a temporary reluctance to tear things apart and make them too contentious; it didn’t mean she wasn’t thinking that way in her heart.

Lady Yun couldn’t stop a chill from engulfing her whole body, her heart seemingly plunging into the Cold Pond.

Recently, her husband had worn himself out for this sister, rising early and returning late, but in the end, all it earned him was being called heartless.

In her heart, is her husband the sort to misuse power to hurt others?

If not for sticking up for her, why would her husband reach the two thousand miles away Nanzhou Prefecture?

Why would he, a Duke, bother to go against a mere merchant?

Yet she dares speak of innocence, what about Zhenzhen?

Isn’t Zhenzhen innocent?

"Whether it’s a misunderstanding on my part or your true thoughts, you know yourself, but Yun Chuchu, what I want to say is, even if the Shang Family is completely sentenced, they are getting what they deserve."

"Over the years, using her husband’s prestige, they bought off the Nanzhou Prefecture’s Prefect, colluding in wicked deeds there, doing nothing but evil."

"To seize business, they hired thugs to murder the entire Xu Family; to obtain a secret recipe, they framed the Sun Family, implicating over eighty people from the Sun Family."

"Besides that, they also forced several merchants dissatisfied with the Shang Family to leave Nanzhou Prefecture; normally, they even oppressed men and bullied women, treating lives with contempt."

"The Shang Family is burdened with numerous lives lost, you’ve been married into the Shang Family for eight years, are you really unaware of this?"

Lady Yun was very angry, these words almost shouted out, her radiant and graceful face flushed red.

These incidents she described were all discovered during the thorough investigation Yun Zheng sent people to conduct in Nanzhou Prefecture recently.

Haojing is too far from Nanzhou Prefecture; in past years, Yun Zheng was occupied with warfare, and coupled with sulking with Yun Chuchu, he didn’t pay much attention to them.

Only when Shang Yu wrote for help did he aid with some business difficulties.