Chapter 31: Ten - year House Arrest

Pan Haiyun looked at Liu Yingwei with a very ugly expression. Pan Miaoqian stepped forward and hugged Pan Haiyun's leg, saying, "Father! This must be Pan Yueqing framing my mother! Father! Mother has been by your side for so many years. You grew up as childhood sweethearts. Don't you know what kind of person Mother is?!"

Pan Miaoqian was originally good - looking, with a pair of naturally furrowed eyebrows. With her sincere words, even the most heartless man would be moved. But today she encountered Pan Yueqing!

Pan Yueqing held her forehead and her steps faltered. Su Jing instinctively supported her petite body. Amid Su Jing's anxious calls, Pan Haiyun's eyes showed concern. He pushed Pan Miaoqian aside, took two steps forward and reached out to take Pan Yueqing, but froze his hand under Su Jing's fierce gaze and said softly in a low voice, "Yue'er?"

Seeing Pan Yueqing with tears in her eyelashes and her eyebrows furrowed in pain, Pan Haiyun hurriedly shouted towards the door, "Go and fetch the doctor quickly!" The servant boy outside heard the sound and ran off at once. Pan Haiyun reached out and held Pan Yueqing's hand. Pan Yueqing's eyelashes fluttered and she opened her eyes slightly, calling out like a kitten, "Father..."

This trick had always worked for Pan Miaoqian in the past. Every time Pan Yueqing had a dispute with Pan Miaoqian, Pan Miaoqian would pretend to be weak and reluctant to speak, making the biased Old Madam Pan punish Pan Yueqing who was not at fault. Now, Pan Yueqing wanted Pan Miaoqian to taste the same feeling of being unable to speak out! Pan Haiyun was full of worry. After the doctor he sent for, with a serious expression, finished taking Pan Yueqing's pulse and gave him a "nothing serious" reply, he felt a bit relieved. He said softly to Pan Yueqing, "Why don't you go to the side room first and let the doctor apply medicine to you?"

Pan Yueqing's face was pale. She turned back to look at Su Jing and said, "Uncle, I'm afraid of the pain. Can you come with me?"

She didn't know the doctor, but she knew that Liu Yingwei had been in control of the Pan Mansion for many years, and even the maids around her had been bought off by Liu Yingwei. There might be something wrong with the doctor, so she thought it was right to be cautious.

Su Jing nodded and helped Pan Yueqing walk out. When Pan Yueqing passed by Pan Miaoqian, she gave Pan Miaoqian a smile, like a victorious shout. This smile irritated Pan Miaoqian like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. Pan Miaoqian lowered her head, her face contorted, and gritted her teeth in hatred.

After a while, Pan Yueqing and Su Jing came back. The hair around the wound on the left side of Pan Yueqing's head had been cut off. After applying the medicine, it was tightly bandaged. She wore a felt hat to cover it up, leaned on the door frame gracefully, gave Liu Yingwei a cold glance, and then bowed slightly to Pan Haiyun. "Father, this matter concerns my reputation. I don't dare to ask you to deal with Concubine Liu as Butler Hong said, but at least you should give me an explanation. Then even if I leave home and become a nun, I can get rid of my inner demons." She knew that Pan Haiyun would never let her leave home. As the legitimate daughter, and with the Marquis Dingyuan's Mansion, which had close connections with the royal family, behind her, in this second life, she understood better than anyone what the Marquis Dingyuan's Mansion meant to the Pan Mansion. She was sure that for the sake of his future, her father would not offend the Marquis Dingyuan's Mansion at this time.

"You child, what nonsense are you talking about?" Pan Haiyun said gently. His gaze turned to the people from Qianjiazhuang who were kneeling on the ground. He bent down with a cold look in his eyes and asked, "Are you sure it was Liu who gave you the silver?" He deliberately emphasized the word "Liu", making Liu Yingwei nervous. Before Qian Yan'er and the others could speak, Liu Yingwei stepped forward and hugged Pan Haiyun's feet. "Cousin! I was temporarily out of my mind! I also heard from the Prince Su's Mansion that if the mountain bandits kidnapped someone, they would lose their chastity and even their lives... I swear to heaven that I definitely didn't mean to harm our Second Miss!"

After saying that, she shakily raised three fingers to swear, and then hugged Pan Haiyun and cried pitifully, "If Second Miss's reputation is ruined, won't Third Miss's reputation also be affected? I'm Miao'er's mother. Even if I don't like Second Miss, I wouldn't harm my own daughter!"

"The least likely person is often the real culprit," Pan Yueqing said with her eyes slightly narrowed. Liu Yingwei, who was kneeling on the ground, met her cold and terrifying gaze. "Concubine Liu, you were so ruthless in the firewood room. I don't believe you didn't mean to kill me."

Pan Yueqing raised her eyes and looked at Qing Shan. "Third Sister was about to stab my face with a gold bracelet. I was clearly unconscious, and Concubine Liu didn't apply medicine to me. Qing Shan, you saw it. Why don't you tell everyone what state I was in when you came to fetch me?"

"Second Miss..." Qing Shan raised his eyes and met Pan Yueqing's cold gaze. Remembering how fierce Pan Yueqing had been when she grabbed his collar not long ago, he shivered and told everything. "Zhi Lan beside Concubine Liu and Shan Cha beside Third Miss were holding Second Miss. Third Miss was about to stab Second Miss's face with a gold bracelet. Gu Pan and Wan'er beside Second Miss fought back desperately... The situation was really terrifying. If Gu Pan had bitten Third Miss's arm a bit later... Second Miss might..."

Pan Haiyun took two or three steps forward and kicked Qing Shan in the chest, shouting angrily, "Why didn't you save her?"

"Master, please listen!" Qing Shan covered his chest in pain. "I was still some distance away at that time..."

Pan Haiyun trusted Qing Shan very much. Qing Shan's words were the last straw. Liu Yingwei, who had originally planned to pretend to be pitiful, suddenly turned pale. She saw Pan Yueqing standing behind Pan Haiyun, with a meaningful smile on her small face, as if giving a warning. She was shocked. Following Pan Yueqing's slightly raised gaze, she realized that the person being stared at was Pan Miaoqian! "Father..." Pan Miaoqian was about to speak when she saw Liu Yingwei subtly tug at her sleeve, signaling her to stop talking. Liu Yingwei crawled forward three steps on her knees and kowtowed to Pan Haiyun. "It's my fault! It's all my fault! Master, for the sake of my accompanying you for decades, please spare my life!"

"Yes, Father!" Pan Miaoqian's tears fell. She finally took the plunge. Since she didn't dare to approach Pan Haiyun with a gloomy face, she hugged Pan Yueqing's leg. "Second Sister, we were naive. Even if we had bad intentions, you're still here. You're magnanimous..."

Pan Yueqing subtly pushed Pan Miaoqian's hand away. "Just because I didn't die at your mother - daughter's hands, should I forgive your attempted murder?" She paused, then a faint smile played on her lips. "I just want justice."

Pan Haiyun's gaze towards Liu Yingwei was icy. He couldn't tolerate Liu Yingwei treating his children like this behind his back.

"Master! I'm willing to be punished! Please, for the sake of my raising our two daughters and managing the household all these years, spare my life!" Liu Yingwei cried sincerely. Pan Haiyun closed his eyes and couldn't bear to push her away.

"Send Liu to our hometown. Let her be confined with only a dim lamp and Buddha for company for ten years!" Pan Haiyun's hesitation was only momentary. When he opened his eyes again, he was resolute. Ignoring Pan Miaoqian's shocked plea, he pushed Pan Miaoqian aside. "If you really can't bear to part with your aunt, you can go and accompany her." Then he ordered someone to take Pan Miaoqian away.