AWB In Chapter 293, not a single person even thought to tell him!
In Chapter 293, not a single person even thought to tell him!
What's this for?
Could we have gone to the wrong place?
Yan Yue hesitated for a moment, then hurried over, dismounted, and immediately saw the Duke of Sheng, Lan Yin, and the brothers Sheng Junyi and Sheng Junye surrounded at the gate.
In addition, there was the heir of the Duke of Zheng and Lady Sheng, with a stretcher beside them on which lay Zheng Ziqian, whose face was ashen, and a group of servants.
What's going on? Yan Yue stood outside and looked inside in confusion, just in time to meet the gaze of Sheng Junye, who looked a little bewildered.
Yan Yue beckoned to Sheng Junye with his finger.
Sheng Junye hurriedly slipped out from the side and looked at Yan Yue in surprise.
"Brother Yan, when did you get back?"
Yan Yue glanced at Sheng Junye. In the two years since they last met, Sheng Junye had grown much taller and looked like a young boy. However, his expression was somewhat gloomy and not cheerful.
"I just got back. I came to find Yangyang, but where is she? What happened? Why are so many people gathered here?" Yan Yue asked, puzzled.
Sheng Junye frowned, looking like he had a deep grudge. "It's a bit complicated to explain."
Yan Yue raised an eyebrow: "Then pick the important points to say."
Sheng Junye glanced at the group still arguing, then at Yan Yue, and whispered, "You know that Sheng Yunzhu and Lu Yangyang were actually switched at birth, right? It was Sheng Yunzhu who instigated her family to deliberately switch her sister..."
Sheng Junye stammered for a moment. He wanted to admit that Lu Yangyang was her older sister, but unfortunately, he had never been qualified to call her that in the first place.
He lowered his head, concealing the unease in his eyes, and continued, "So all these years, our family has been mistaken about the child. Our household has always known this, but because Father and the others refused to send Sheng Yunzhu away, Lu Yangyang was unwilling to come back, and the situation remained deadlocked until recently when they came of age, when the truth came out. Mother broke with Father and left the Duke of Sheng's mansion to live with Lu Yangyang."
"Wait, wait," Yan Yue's eyes almost popped out of their sockets: "What did you say? What do you mean by 'swapped babies'? Yangyang is your sister? Sheng Yunzhu is fake? How could this happen? You knew all along? What were you doing all this time?"
Yan Yue was truly dumbfounded. During his two years in the southwestern military camp, correspondence wasn't very convenient. Although he wrote to everyone he knew in his spare time, he received very few letters. After the Lunar New Year this year, aside from the New Year's gifts, he hadn't received a single letter. Sheng Yunjiao, that gossipy woman, did send slightly longer letters, but the last letter he received was also from the Lunar New Year period.
He even learned about Li Duan's marriage to a foreign ruler from the official gazette. The fact that Lu Yangyang was conferred the title of princess was also due to the huge involvement of the smallpox case. As a result, the entire Da Zhao issued a gazette and notified all prefectures and counties to expand the scope of smallpox vaccination.
He didn't mention anything else! He only found out that Lu Yangyang lived here when he returned from the East Palace, when Eunuch Cao told him!
So, despite the magnitude of this event, no one even thought to tell him!
Seeing Yan Yue's expression, Sheng Junye felt even more embarrassed. He had no choice but to continue, "Father heard about Mother's trip to Jiangnan today and wanted to talk to her. But as soon as he arrived, the heir of the Duke of Zheng, along with my aunt and cousin... Zheng Ziqian, also came after him. They insisted that Lu Yangyang broke Zheng Ziqian's leg and demanded that she heal it, or they would immediately divorce my aunt and make him and his two children leave. The two sides started arguing at the door. Lu Yangyang... she went to the clinic and hasn't returned yet. Mother just sent someone to inform her."
Yan Yue felt overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information, but he quickly grasped the key point: "Why did Yangyang break his leg? What did he do?"
Mentioning this made Sheng Junye even more embarrassed. His face turned bright red, and he tried to lower his voice: "Zheng Ziqian, he, he is a congenital eunuch. My aunt originally wanted to arrange a marriage for him with Lu Yangyang. However, Lu Yangyang did not acknowledge her ancestry, so she set her sights on my fourth sister. A few days ago, at the old lady's birthday banquet, they conspired to drug my fourth sister, almost killing her. Fortunately, Lu Yangyang arrived in time, exposed their trick, and broke one of his arms and one of his legs in a fit of anger. My second uncle was so angry that he separated from the family and took his wife and children to take up a post in another place. He just left today."
Yan Yue's voice was distorted: "What...did you say?!"
Sheng Junye was startled by Yan Yue's expression.
Yan Yue reached out and pulled off the riding whip, then walked into the crowd and kicked Zheng Ziqian, who was lying on a stretcher, in the face. "I'll fucking kill you, you bastard! What kind of thing are you! You're not even human, you're an animal, even animals are more human than you! I'll fucking beat you to death, you bastard!"
Yan Yue was truly furious. He hadn't returned to the capital for two years, and now that he was back, most of his old friends had left. The matter of Li Duan's marriage was of great importance, and he couldn't make a judgment on it casually, but what about Sheng Yunjiao? This was a completely undeserved disaster!
Because of this disgusting bastard, she was living a perfectly good life, and this beast ruined it all! If she hadn't discovered his true colors in time, what would things be like now? Would her reputation be completely ruined, and she would have been tricked into marriage by this beast!
It's too much, it's too much!
Yan Yue kicked Zheng Ziqian in the face repeatedly in anger, still feeling unsatisfied. He then lashed out at Zheng Ziqian with his riding whip. People around him wanted to pull him away, but were worried about being accidentally injured, so for a moment no one dared to step forward.
Seeing that the situation was getting out of hand, Duke Sheng said to Sheng Junyi, who was standing to the side, "Go and pull him away."
Sheng Junyi smiled sneer, "He was just a piece of trash. He's dead, so be it. If Father thinks it's not proper for outsiders to do it, I can do it for him."
"Shut up!" Duke Sheng's face darkened instantly.
Sheng Junyi stood aside with his arms crossed, showing no intention of intervening.
If he were the father, he would have killed both the mother and son to save himself from embarrassment.
If it weren't for Cheng Ruoxue that day, the thought that he might also die from such a utterly pointless scheme made him feel nauseous.
When Lu Yangyang returned from outside after hearing the news, this was the scene she saw: Yan Yue was being desperately held back by several servants, who were kicking and whipping Zheng Ziqian. Zheng Ziqian's face, which had not yet fully recovered from the swelling, was swollen back into a pig's head. His clothes were torn to shreds and covered in bloodstains. Sheng Shi tried to intervene several times, but was hit by the whip each time. She was so frightened that she could only kneel to the side and cry. Anyone who didn't know better would think she was mourning a death.