Lin Yu Ning's eyes immediately sharpened upon hearing this, and she stared intently at Ye Yun Shuang.
Ye Yun Shuang was startled by her gaze, then suddenly remembered she had nothing to fear from her now, and raised her voice to bolster her courage.
"Lin Yu Ning, what is with that look? Do you think you are still the Princess of Lian like before? Even the Prince of Lian's title has been stripped away. What do you think you are now?"
Without her pregnancy, Prince Lian paid her no mind. Furthermore, Lin Ze Qu was dead, and the Marquis's mansion had dispersed.
This woman was now detested by everyone. It would be good enough for her to get by in the palace. Did she still want to step all over her like before?
Lin Yu Ning remained silent.
The others also chimed in, following Ye Yun Shuang's lead, their words mostly demeaning Lin Yu Ning, specifically targeting her deepest pain.
Although they had been wary of Lin Yu Ning before, it was only out of deference to the Marquis's mansion and Ye Jing Cheng.
Now, with Lin Yu Ning's status, she could not compare to a noble princess. Even though His Majesty had previously ordered Ye Yun Shuang not to enter the palace,
when it came to occasions like ancestral worship or today's event, Ye Yun Shuang had to be present. A princess was still a princess.
This was different from Lin Yu Ning. There could be many Princesses of Lian.
"Shut up!" Lin Yu Ning, annoyed by their surrounding taunts, uttered two words, each syllable carrying a warning.
Seeing her fierce gaze, the others flinched back slightly.
Only Ye Yun Shuang stepped forward, raising her hand to slap Lin Yu Ning's face: "Presumptuous! Who do you think you are talking to!"
This bitch, she had long wanted to hit her. If it weren't for her last time, her own residence wouldn't have been smashed by that dead girl Su Yun Mo, making her a laughingstock in the capital!
*Slap!*
The slap did not land. It was caught mid-air by Lin Yu Ning.
Ye Yun Shuang looked at Lin Yu Ning in disbelief.
The onlookers also looked at her in surprise.
She stared fiercely at Ye Yun Shuang, then raised her hand and slapped Ye Yun Shuang back, sending her staggering two steps back before falling to the ground.
There was a protruding stone on the ground.
Ye Yun Shuang's forehead hit the stone, and she immediately started bleeding.
Everyone panicked, screaming in alarm.
Ye Yun Shuang herself clutched her forehead and screamed, "You dare to hit me, a princess, and injure me? Treason! This is utter treason! Guards, guards!"
Ye Yun Shuang wanted to call for punishment for Lin Yu Ning.
However, there were many places where palace attendants patrolled. Since the imperial gardens were mostly for princesses and young ladies, having too many palace attendants would be inconvenient. Thus, despite Ye Yun Shuang's calls, no attendants appeared.
Lin Yu Ning stared at her, her eyes bloodshot, and walked towards her step by step.
Her frenzied appearance startled everyone.
"What are you doing? Get away, get away!" Ye Yun Shuang's face finally showed a trace of fear, and she struggled to retreat.
But Lin Yu Ning, who was striding forward, grabbed her hair and then pressed her head down, repeatedly smashing it against the ground.
*Bang!* Blood splattered.
Everyone screamed in unison.
Ye Yun Shuang also screamed and begged for mercy.
But Lin Yu Ning said nothing, her hands not stopping until Ye Yun Shuang was knocked unconscious. Only then did she release her.
After stopping, her bloodshot eyes swept over the crowd. There was no extra expression in her eyes, only ferocity and extremism, along with a trace of deathly aura that the others could not comprehend.
Su Yun Mo watched from afar, her gaze deepening.
Although this was not the first time Lin Yu Ning had gone mad, last time it was influenced by her.
From last night until now, Lin Yu Ning seemed a little off.
"How is it? Isn't she a good helper?" Ye Ning Yuan mused, raising an eyebrow.
No one replied beside her.
Ye Ning Yuan turned to look at the little dumpling, poking its face with her finger: "Mo Mo, I'm asking you. What are you spacing out for?"
Su Yun Mo withdrew her gaze and poured herself a cup of tea: "What is it?"
"I asked, if I asked her to help get rid of Mei Yan, do you think she would help?" Ye Ning Yuan's tone rose slightly, but her voice was deliberately lowered.
Su Yun Mo: "Yes!"
Ye Ning Yuan was surprised, rarely seeing her answer something so firmly: "Oh, it seems Mo Mo has great confidence in me."
"Not really." Su Yun Mo glanced at her, picked up her teacup, and took a sip, a strange glint in her eyes: "A person on the verge of death has nothing to care about anymore."
Ye Ning Yuan was stunned: "On the verge of death? What do you mean?"
She looked up at Ye Ning Yuan, her gaze falling on her pale face and vacant eyes, and was startled: "What? She wants to die? Then I must act faster."
If it was too late, she wouldn't have such a useful tool.
Su Yun Mo watched Ye Ning Yuan scamper towards the pavilion, her eyes darkening.
After beating up the people, Lin Yu Ning walked aimlessly towards the exit of the imperial gardens, ignoring the screams of the crowd.
Su Yun Mo watched her retreating back, her brows furrowed in thought, finding it all rather amusing.
She must have never imagined that when Lin Yu Ning colluded with those two men to kill her, she would one day be designed by Ye Jing Cheng to have an abortion for bearing children for him, thus planting a root of illness in her body.
Judging by her appearance, she must have known by now that she wouldn't live long.
In the last few days before her death, she probably no longer cared about anything, except for one thing that was the pain in her heart.
Here, after leaving the imperial gardens, Lin Yu Ning took a small path outwards.
Ye Ning Yuan blocked her path: "Princess Lian's sister-in-law, we meet again? What a coincidence."
Lin Yu Ning looked at her coldly: "It's not a coincidence. The County Princess has been following me for a long time. Weren't you just watching the show at the pavilion earlier?"
Ye Ning Yuan raised her eyebrows in surprise, then clicked her tongue: "Princess Lian has quite good eyesight."
It seemed she had become much smarter than before. Did illness make people smarter?
She would try it next time.
"Just say what you want to say." Lin Yu Ning's expression was very cold, as if she truly looked down on life and death.
Ye Ning Yuan recalled Su Yun Mo's words, her eyes flickered slightly, then she shrugged with a smile, and delivered a sentence that struck directly at Lin Yu Ning's heart.
"I've come to bring Princess Lian good news. The concubine in your mansion is pregnant."
A crack appeared in Lin Yu Ning's calm expression. She frowned fiercely, veins bulging on her forehead: "What did you say?"
Mei Yan was pregnant? When did that happen? How did she not know?
"So you really didn't know. I knew it," Ye Ning Yuan pouted.
If this woman truly knew about this, would she have to travel so far to tell her?
She probably would have taken a knife and stabbed those two scumbags herself.
"Since Princess Lian is so eager to know, I'll tell you. Mei Yan was diagnosed with a pregnancy ten days ago."
Lin Yu Ning's face grew even paler.
Ten days ago... wasn't that...
"That's right, it was on the very day they got married, and also the day you lost your own child," Ye Ning Yuan said, each word a piercing stab.