"Are you the only one who became a widow, raising a young child alone!
Is your household the only one of orphans and widows in the Prince of Dai's mansion, making you so pitiful?
Why don't Jia Yi and the others act like you, constantly causing trouble and making a scene!" Grand Consort Zheng scoffed at Xu Yu Jing's feigned misery, reprimanding her sternly.
Xu Yu Jing lowered her head, feeling increasingly wronged and resentful, her teeth clenched so hard they felt like they would shatter.
No! She couldn't go on like this!
Look at this old hag, so arrogant and menacing. She had already forced Xu Yu Jing to injure her own mouth, yet she showed no trace of pity or guilt.
If she didn't find a way to fight back, this woman would undoubtedly push her limits and subject her to even more bullying and abuse.
But how to fight back… perhaps she should resort to a woman's ultimate tactic.
The saying goes, crying, making a scene, and threatening to hang oneself. Crying was useless, so she would make a scene, threaten to die, and see if this old hag would be afraid!
Yesterday, her desperate act with her daughter at the inn, threatening to die, had managed to scare them and secure a victory!
Alas! She should have thought of this tactic sooner…
If she had used it before being forced to hit her own mouth, she wouldn't have ended up with it so injured…
It really hurt!
This detestable old hag, she would definitely get revenge. Just wait…
But for now, she needed to use her ultimate tactic to make the old hag afraid and stop her from bullying and abusing her any further.
Xu Yu Jing pouted, her expression one of extreme grievance, and tears streamed down her face again.
"Grandmother, how have I caused trouble or made a scene? Grandmother, you can't wrong me like this… sob…
Grandmother, if you wrong me like this, surely you can't stand to see me, can you?"
Grand Consort Zheng raised an eyebrow slightly, just about to speak, when Xu Yu Jing stood up and cried out loudly…
"Since Grandmother can't stand to see me, I might as well die, so as not to offend your sight… I'll go find a tree and smash my head against it."
Everyone frowned, especially Grand Consort Zheng, whose brows knitted together so tightly they formed the character "川" (chuan).
Here we go again! Can't this woman come up with anything new!
"Yu Jing, don't…"
Zhu Jia Yi, afraid that Xu Yu Jing would act out like yesterday and actually go find a tree to smash her head against, urgently reached out to pull her back, intending to persuade her. However, her words were cut off by Grand Consort Zheng.
"Don't stop her! If she wants to die, let her die!
Her death would be a good thing, and then no one would cause trouble or make a scene anymore, and we could have some peace." Grand Consort Zheng waved her hand with a look of amusement.
Xu Yu Jing was stunned, completely bewildered. She had never expected Grand Consort Zheng to say such a thing.
She had thought that Grand Consort Zheng would be afraid, would immediately stop her, try to persuade her, or even apologize to her.
"You…"
"What 'you'? Didn't you want to die? What are you waiting for, go and die!" Grand Consort Zheng interrupted Xu Yu Jing impatiently, scolding her.
Xu Yu Jing was shocked and flustered, unsure of what to do. Grand Consort Zheng's reaction was completely unexpected, throwing her mind into chaos.
With the old hag acting like this, could it be that she had seen through Xu Yu Jing's bluff?
Damn it! It seemed she had to act even more convincingly and escalate the scare tactics.
"Fine! As you wish, I will die now. I will go find Ying'er and take her with me to smash our heads against a tree…
If I die, Ying'er will be an orphan. To prevent her from being bullied and abused in the future, I can only take her with me to find her father… " Xu Yu Jing cried.
"My husband, do you see how they bully me after you're gone? They're forcing me to take our daughter to her death…"
Xu Yu Jing called out to her deceased husband and was about to leave her chair to go to the riverbank to find her daughter.
Grand Consort Zheng winked at her granddaughter. Huangfu Yue immediately understood, stood up, and grabbed Xu Yu Jing.
"Huangfu Yue, what are you doing? Let go of me!" Xu Yu Jing struggled fiercely.
"Yue'er, do you have any poison?" Grand Consort Zheng's question was directed at her granddaughter, but her eyes were fixed on Xu Yu Jing, her intentions clear.
"Yes. I have all sorts of poisons here, and plenty of them. Grandmother, you can have as much as you want." Huangfu Yue had already guessed her grandmother's intentions, looking at Xu Yu Jing with a terrifying smile.
Xu Yu Jing was not foolish. She knew Grand Consort Zheng wanted poison for her. Just as she was about to speak, she heard Grand Consort Zheng say to Huangfu Yue, "Get me the most potent one."
"I want a poison that, after consumption, causes the intestines to rupture, the belly to burst, the seven orifices to bleed, and one to suffer the most horrific pain in the world before dying in agony!
Someone like Xu Yu Jing, letting her smash her head against a tree is too good for her," Grand Consort Zheng said, staring at Xu Yu Jing with murderous intent.
"Even a tiger wouldn't eat its cubs; even beasts wouldn't harm their own children, yet this wretched Xu Yu Jing wants to take her own daughter to her death, to kill my granddaughter. She's worse than a beast!
I want her intestines to rupture, her belly to burst, her seven orifices to bleed, and for her to suffer the most horrific pain in the world before dying in agony." Grand Consort Zheng's expression was more terrifying than that of King Yama.
"No…" Xu Yu Jing shook her head in terror, her body trembling uncontrollably.
She wanted to beg for mercy, but Huangfu Yue suddenly produced a pill. As Xu Yu Jing opened her mouth to speak, she popped the pill into her mouth, then closed her lips, forcing her to swallow it.
"What did you give me?" Xu Yu Jing cried out in fear.
"Poison! The kind Grandmother wanted, the kind that causes intestines to rupture, belly to burst, seven orifices to bleed, and one to suffer the most horrific pain in the world before dying in agony."
Huangfu Yue smiled sweetly at Xu Yu Jing, her smile exceptionally beautiful, but her words struck Xu Yu Jing with utter terror.
Xu Yu Jing quickly reached into her mouth to try and retrieve the pill, but Grand Consort Zheng, who had suddenly stood up, grabbed her hand and pulled it out of her mouth.
"You wanted to die, didn't you! Now we've granted your wish. You can die and get your desire, so why are you trying to spit out the medicine!"
"I was wrong! Grandmother, I know I was wrong. I truly know I was wrong. I will never dare to do it again. Please spare me and have Huangfu Yue give me the antidote quickly…
There must be an antidote, right? Poisons usually have antidotes." Xu Yu Jing shook her head violently, her face a mask of fear as she pleaded.
She didn't want to die! She was still so young…
"Is this how you beg? Shouldn't you kneel when begging!" Grand Consort Zheng released her hand and sat back in her chair.
Xu Yu Jing quickly knelt. After a moment's hesitation, she kowtowed three times to Grand Consort Zheng, "Grandmother, please be magnanimous and spare your granddaughter…
Your granddaughter was momentarily foolish… Your granddaughter will never dare to do so again! Please have Huangfu Yue give me the antidote quickly… sob…"
"Now you know you were wrong, what were you doing before!" Grand Consort Zheng sneered, her expression one of contempt and disdain.
"I'm sorry… Grandmother, please, for the sake of your second grandson, for the sake of your great-granddaughter Ying'er, spare me… sob…
Ying'er is already pitiful enough without a father, and if she loses her mother too, how can she live… She's still so young… sob…
Please, Grandmother, be merciful and spare me this time… I promise I will be obedient from now on, I will never cause trouble or make a scene again… sob sob sob…
I will do nothing that displeases you, only what makes you happy. Whatever you tell me to do, I will do… sob…
If you tell me to stand, I will never sit. If you tell me to go east, I will never go west… Please, Grandmother, be merciful, please give me the antidote…"
Xu Yu Jing pleaded desperately, continuously kowtowing to Grand Consort Zheng, hoping to stir her pity and spare her life.