Standing Tall and Being a Decent Person

“Help… I can’t swim… Save me… Help!”

Qiu Xiang flailed in the water, feeling extremely frightened.

Yun Nian calmly observed, realizing that she truly couldn’t swim.

This put her at ease.

“You stay here and try to catch your breath. I’ll go see the old lady. If I can’t retrieve the handkerchief, there’s no need for you to come up either.”

Today was just a small lesson for Qiu Xiang.

She didn’t know who had pushed the two children into the water, but Qiu Xiang was present at the scene.

Instead of immediately rescuing the children, she intentionally delayed and didn’t seek help

It was Chun Chan who saved the children and brought them back up.

“Don’t… save me… Help… I can’t swim…” Qiu Xiang gurgled in the water, bubbles escaping as the lake water submerged her head and filled her mouth, a sense of despair enveloping her

Fu An Hall.

The courtyard of the Old Madam Yun.

Before Yun Nian even entered, she could hear the old woman’s scolding from inside.

“Does the fourth daughter have no manners? Making an old woman wait for her so long. Shuang Xi, go and see if that wretched girl has arrived!”

Yun Nian smiled, lifting the curtain and entering.

“Here I am. Why is grandmother so angry? Anger harms the liver and shortens life. Who has upset you, grandmother?”

The Old Lady had a wrinkled face, adorned with gold and silver, sitting there with an imposing presence.

She held a dragon-headed cane in her hand and as soon as Yun Nian spoke, she reprimanded, “Kneel!”

Yun Nian raised an eyebrow.

“Grandmother, you are in good health. Why should I kneel? Isn’t that cursing yourself?”

After a moment, the Old Lady reacted and exclaimed, “How dare you!”

Her face twisted in a grimace, appearing even more wrinkled.

“It seems Yanyan was right. You have become audacious and arrogant, daring to snatch your sister’s marriage and causing trouble in Crown Prince’s Mansion. You have offended Prince Cheng’en because of your reckless actions. Do you understand the consequences?”

Yun Nian shrugged indifferently.

“Grandmother, don’t you know that it was Fifth Sister who asked me to marry in her place? Otherwise, how could I be interested in someone like Prince Cheng’en?

I care so much for Fifth Sister that I willingly entered this dangerous situation for her. Grandmother should be thanking me instead of blaming me.”

She anticipated that Yun Yan would come to complain.

The previous host had always tried to please and flatter the Old Lady and Yun Yan, thinking that this would prevent them from looking down on her.

Little did she know that Yun Nian and the Old Lady never regarded her as a family member.

No matter how humble and obsequious the previous host was, she was still considered a shameless woman in their eyes.

Since she had taken over this mess, the first thing she needed to do was stand tall and be a decent person.

Furious and frightened by Yun Nian’s nonchalant attitude, the Old Lady scrutinized her as if she had seen a ghost.

This wretched girl had never dared to speak to them like this before.

“Since you have replaced Yan Yan in the wedding procession, you are now Prince Cheng’en’s person! If the Prince wants to blame the Yun family, you will bear the consequences of your actions! Don’t bring trouble to the Yun family.”

Yun Nian sneered, “Did Prince Cheng’en say he wants to blame the Yun family?”

“I’m just warning you!”

“Ok, I see.”

Prince Cheng’en’s notorious reputation preceded him, and the Old Lady was already scared before he even did anything to the Yun family.

Seeing Yun Nian’s indifferent attitude, the Old Lady became even more furious.

This wretched girl had always been sunmissive in front of her.

She coldly glared at Yun Nian and said, “I ask you, why did you injure Fang Nanny, who I sent to take care of you? Do you still consider me your grandmother?”

After Yun Nian broke Fang Nanny’s hand, she was sent back to the Old Lady.

At this moment, Fang Nanny was crying on the side.

With angry eyes, she looked at Yun Nian and accused, “Old Lady, please do justice for this old servant. I wholeheartedly took care of the Fourth Lady and her children. It was the Fourth Lady who asked this old servant to teach the children some manners. But she ended up injuring me… my hand is broken…”

Yun Yan chimed in, “Fourth sister, Fang Nanny is someone by grandmother’s side. Even if she did something wrong, you shouldn’t have hurt her! You even broke her hand. This shows that you don’t respect grandmother and want to slap her face!”

Upon hearing these words, Fang Nanny burst into louder sobs, with tears and snot streaming down her face.

Yun Nian chuckled and said, “What about the people around Grandmother? Aren’t they also servants? If a servant makes a mistake, shouldn’t they be disciplined? Why don’t you ask me why I hit her?”

Yun Yan choked on her words.

“Younger sister claims that I hit a servant as if I hit Grandmother’s face. How can Grandmother’s face be equated to that of a servant in her mind?”

With these words, Yun Yan’s expression changed, and she said, “I did not say that, Fourth Sister. Do not distort my meaning and sow discord in front of Grandmother!”

Seeing Yun Yan losing ground, Yun Lao Furen’s face darkened, and she slammed her cane on the ground, making a loud thud.

“Shut your mouth!”

“Then tell me, why did you injure Fang Nanny?”

Yun Nian sneered coldly, casting a casual glance at Fang Nanny.

“She hit my son, and even if I hit her, it was too lenient. When a servant strikes her lady, not to mention severing a hand, I could even dismember her limbs without going too far.”

Hearing her cruelty, Fang Nanny raised her voice, “I disciplined those two wild brats because they were disobedient, lazy, and deceitful…”

Crack!

A crisp sound rang out as Yun Nian delivered a resounding slap to Fang Nanny’s face.

“Ah…!”

Fang Nanny whimpered, losing a front tooth as saliva mixed with blood flowed out, leaving onlookers trembling in fear.

Yun Nian nonchalantly shook her hand and her gaze turned icy.

“If you dare utter another insult, it won’t be just a lost tooth.”

“Outrageous! You’ve gone too far!”

Old Lady Yun, shocked and furious, glared at Yun Nian.

“You dare to strike someone in front of me! Guards, bring the family law! Today, I will teach you a lesson in manners!”

“Grandmother, Fang Nanny was insulting you. I was merely disciplining her on your behalf.” Family law?

Who are they trying to intimidate?

“Nonsense… You’re talking nonsense…”

Fang Nanny slurred in her retort.

Yun Nian chuckled softly, “You called my children wild brats. Then what does me? And what about the father who bore me? And the grandmother who bore my father? By your logic, even Grandmother herself is considered a wild brat in your words.”