Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 308 - 306

Chapter 308: 306

The prime minister’s wife looked incredulous after hearing this. "My dear, isn’t this too unfair to Ning’er? This Chen Jin framed Ning’er, and still wants her to marry him. Isn’t this too advantageous to him? Dear, you should arrest him and send him to the Ministry of Justice for beheading!"

"Shut up! You don’t know anything, so don’t spout nonsense! It’s not clear who framed whom yet! Yun Ning is already his woman. Would you like Yun Ning to die, or would you have her married to Chen Jin! Make your choice!" Stop talking if you are ignorant!

The Minister of the Left initially suspected her involvement in the matter. But after hearing her words, he knew she was also kept in the dark by her child.

She didn’t even know what her child had done. What kind of mother was she?!

The prime minister’s wife began to cry after hearing this. Her poor daughter, how did she end up in such a situation? Chen Jin is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Their home has let the wolf in!

Chen Jin felt he should say something at this point. Knowing that the Prime Minister trusted his innocence gave him some solace. "Miss Li, I know I’m not worthy of you, but I promise to devote all my heart to you. I beg the Prime Minister and his wife to consider it — please let me marry Miss Li."

Upon hearing Chen Jin speak, the Prime Minister’s wife was filled with rage. "Dream on! Is this a small compromise? This is unbearable. How can you expect us to compromise?"

Seeing his wife venting her emotions at seeing adversity, the Minister of the Left sighed, "Alright, we’ll talk about this after we return home."

Remembering the crowd of people outside, he felt that he had completely lost face today! The Prime Minister was extremely vexed.

However, the crisis was not over yet. The sound of an urgent voice echoed from outside.

"Master, someone just reported that young master Li Yunhua was found severely injured in the back alley!"

The person reporting had a loud and urgent voice, which caught the attention of everyone inside the room. The Minister of the Left didn’t hesitate and promptly headed outside, "Where is the person?"

Mr. Lai felt a headache coming on. How could there be such turmoil at his banquet? Now that both children of the Prime Minister were in trouble, he had truly offended the Prime Minister. Furious, he ordered the gatekeeper, "Lead the way now!"

Upon hearing the news, the Prime Minister’s wife hastily followed along.

Li Yun Ning was too upset to care about her elder brother at this point. She waited until everyone in the courtyard left before going out and heading straight to the Prime Minister’s Mansion.

Worried that she might do something rash, Chen Jin followed her closely.

In the alley behind Lai Mansion, Li Yunhua lay on the ground, pale as a ghost, his lower body soaked in blood!

"Yunhua!" The sight of his son in such a state almost caused the Minister of the Left to faint. He hobbled over, holding his son in his trembling hands. He felt a slight breath on his fingertips and breathed a sigh of relief. "Quickly call the imperial doctor! Get the young master home quickly!"

The crowd made way for them.

Li Yunhua was placed in a carriage belonging to the Prime Minister’s Mansion.

The sight was too horrifying for the faint-hearted women and girls, who squealed and covered their eyes!

Has he been so mortally injured?

He had lost so much blood. Could he still be saved?

The Minister of the Left was indeed having an unlucky day, with both his children getting into trouble.

...

Different speculations and exclamations flooded everyone’s minds.

When Li Yunhua was taken back to his home, the imperial doctor arrived just in time. Although his life was saved, he became a eunuch. If Mrs. Zhang’s child was also a daughter, then the Prime Minister would lose his male heir.

After regaining consciousness, Li Yunhua had forgotten everything. But when he was told he had become a eunuch, he went wild, throwing and smashing everything in sight!

The Minister of the Left hoped to get some information from his son, but he was unable to remember anything.

"Father! You must help me seek revenge! I want that man to suffer a thousand cuts. I want him to be denied burial after death, I want his lineage to end!" Li Yunhua growled viciously.

"Rest assured! Your father will not spare anyone who has harmed you!" Anyone who was responsible for the extinction of his lineage would not be let off the hook! Minister Li pledged to himself in his heart.

Li Yunhua couldn’t remember anything about that day. Helpless, Minister Li had to find out the truth by questioning Li Yun Ning and a few maids and domestic servants.

As it turned out, the reason Li Yun Ning went to scheme against Shangguan Xuanyi was because of Shen Bao’er’s words. Shen Bao’er didn’t directly tell Li Yun Ning to do so; instead, she fabricated a story that led Li Yun Ning to act accordingly.

The Minister of the Left didn’t believe that Shen Bao’er had no ill intentions. Her little tricks weren’t novel to him!

Chen Jin reported that after Li Yunhua gave him the two cups bestowed by the Sixth Prince, Li Yunhua left.

He questioned Li Yunhua’s servant, who hesitated for a long time before revealing that on that day Li Yunhua had also plotted something against Mrs. Marquis Shengping.

Minister Li was so furious that he wished to kill Li Yunhua with his own hands! Such a rebellious and lewd son!

Even though Mrs. Marquis Shengping was indeed beautiful that day, even causing him to momentarily lose himself, he knew very well the kind of person his son was!

But no matter how troubling his son was, he was still his son. He could scold and hit him, but others couldn’t condemn him — especially since this was now a major grudge endangering his lineage!

Minister Li did not think that this matter had anything to do with Shen Bao’er, because his son was her man. He believed no woman would want her man to go after other women!

They only wished for their men to belong to them alone.

Minister Li concluded that the incident involving Li Yunhua becoming a eunuch was very likely connected with the Marquis Shengping and the Sixth Prince!

The servant also mentioned a maid from Lai Mansion. However, the maid had been driven out of Lai Mansion on the day of the incident and had committed suicide by poisoning when she returned home.

No matter how they investigated, they couldn’t trace anything back to them! But precisely because of this, Minister Li was more certain that it was the doing of Shangguan Xuanyi.

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Marquis Shengping’s Mansion

When Mrs. Liu returned to the mansion, she was still in shock. She was close to getting completely disgraced — becoming the target of public criticism!

"Mother, don’t be afraid. I am to blame for all of this." If she had stopped Mrs. Liu from going out, this would not have happened.

"This isn’t your fault. It was my oversight! I fell into their trap. Thankfully, you and the Sixth Prince arrived in time. Otherwise, I dare not think what could’ve happened..." Remembering how her mouth was covered at that time, she shuddered - no matter how hard she struggled, she couldn’t break free.

"He’s nothing but a brute! A scoundrel! Even being neutered is too light a punishment for him!" Shen Chengyao was furious! Had he known about it at that time, he would definitely have stomped multiple times on his wound!

However, Xiao’er didn’t think it was merely because of lust. She didn’t believe that everything happened just as it seemed. Why hadn’t Li Yun Ning thought of seducing the Sixth Prince before, nor had Li Yunhua ever targeted a married woman?

Ever since Shen Bao’er entered the Prime Minister’s Mansion, why did the two of them do such things? It was too much of a coincidence!

Even though these were just her suspicions, she kept them to herself.

Now that Li Yunhua had become a eunuch, he would definitely be mentally unstable. Shen Bao’er wasn’t a saint either — so let them torture each other!

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