Chapter 3 The Ugly Daughter of the Yun Family

Yun Jianshu always doted on her, and he asked his elder sister, the Empress Dowager, to arrange their marriage. However, Chu Hanlin secretly switched the bride on their wedding day and married her half-sister, Yun Qingping. When Yun Zilu rushed to the Fourth Prince's mansion, Chu Hanlin and her sister had already completed their wedding ceremony. Yun Zilu didn't even get to see Chu Hanlin before being verbally abused by the mansion's steward and locked out of the mansion.

In this day and age, being chased away before marriage is almost tantamount to driving someone to their death; even if the engagement is called off, they will never be able to get married again! On her wedding day, Chu Hanlin inflicted the deepest and most painful humiliation on her, causing Yun Zilu to die in grief and despair after crashing her head against a stone lion outside the Fourth Prince's mansion.

"Father—" Yun Zilu said awkwardly, her voice coming out of her throat. "Luo'er, don't speak, rest well, and don't do anything foolish. The Fourth Prince has gone too far. He shouldn't have played with my two daughters like this! Father is going to the palace now to seek justice from the Empress Dowager. Don't worry, I will never let my Luo'er suffer the slightest injustice!" Yun Jianshu stroked her hair, which was hanging on the couch, with a face full of affection. As Yun Zilu listened to his words, she was suddenly enveloped by a strange warmth in her heart. Even though she transmigrated into the body of an ugly woman, she gained the familial love she never dared to dream of in her previous life! It was worth it!

After Yun Jianshu left, Tao'er quickly clung to her, her eyes brimming with tears, "Miss, you scared me to death! Waaah, how could you leave Tao'er all alone, Miss…" Seeing that she was about to launch into a long speech, Yun Zilu quickly grasped her hand and said softly, "Don't worry, it won't happen again. I swear, I will never leave Tao'er alone again."

Tao'er then wiped away her tears with satisfaction. Yun Zilu looked around at the room's furnishings, sighing repeatedly in her heart. Suddenly, a commotion arose outside the courtyard. Tao'er's face tightened, and she stood up. She saw five or six elegantly dressed women enter the Pear Garden and gather around the main room door. They looked at Yun Zilu lying on the bed and started talking as if no one else was around. "Oh, she's not dead. I heard there was blood everywhere. I thought she was going to die. She's really lucky to be alive."

"Is being alive a good thing? I think she'd be better off dead! If I were her, I wouldn't have the face to live either!"

"That's true. It's so embarrassing to have your fiancé stolen by your sister! But there's one good thing about her being alive: at least I feel much more confident when I see her!"

"Haha, Yunshang, you really know how to talk."

The constant laughter reached Yun Zilu's ears, and several women were watching her like she was a monkey. She was furious!Sure enough, even though Yun Zilu was favored by her father, the general, she had no status whatsoever in the mansion! Because Yun Jianshu, as the general who protects the nation, was often away from the mansion for months at a time, instead stationed in the military camp, and Yun Zilu was timid and afraid of trouble, and did not want to cause any trouble, she never complained.

Therefore, Yun Jianshu was completely unaware that his precious daughter was being bullied in the mansion, while others intensified their teasing of her. Hearing these words, Tao'er felt both ashamed and guilty. Because they were all daughters of collateral branches of the Yun family, she could only stand in front of the sandalwood bed, pleading, "Please leave! Please don't say any more! I beg you…"