My mom in another world is a bit too controlling!?

"Ugh...!"

The other person suddenly pushed her shoulder with the force intended to make her fall. Lily couldn't react in time to dodge, but she still tried her best to keep her body steady.

However, as he stumbled, he stepped on the spilled red wine on the floor, his foot slipped, and he and the person in his arms fell backward violently.

The fall was inevitable, but in the moments before the real danger arrived, Lily still tried her best to save the day, holding the baby tightly in her arms and protecting him as much as possible.

Choosing to protect the person in her arms meant that her body would have no cushioning when she fell, and her petite back and shoulders, combined with the inertia of the two of them, would slam heavily onto the hard floor.

A wail followed the loud, muffled impact, drawing the attention of everyone present.

A piercing pain shot through his back, his mouth was open but he couldn't make a sound, he couldn't even breathe, and he lay on the ground for a long time, unable to recover.

Even in her current state, she held the baby tightly in her arms, which is why the little one was well protected when he fell and was not injured at all.

"Waaah, sister...!"

I wanted to check on Lily, but danger struck again before I could finish speaking.

Because the fall was backwards, and there was a dining table with various foods behind them, it was unavoidable that they would bump into something.

Although it didn't overturn the entire table, more than two porcelain plates filled with food were flung away, heading straight for the two people on the ground.

"Come here, sister...!"

Just as the bear cub, who had just raised its head to check its injuries, was about to be hit hard, Lily, despite the excruciating pain in her body, once again shielded it.

The plate slammed heavily onto her slender forearm, then a second, then a third, until her arm was completely numb from the pain…

Even with her best efforts to protect him, the little guy still ended up getting hit on his delicate shoulder.

"Ugh...!"

Despite being covered in wounds, her first concern wasn't for herself, but for the little one who had been hit because she couldn't protect him.

Her voice was weak and pained, yet she still forced herself to speak—

"Little Wei Bao... does it hurt a lot...? I'm sorry... I couldn't..."

"Ooh, sister, sister, it hurts, ooh..." At this moment, the little guy finally understood what "pain" really meant.

The little head, blank with helplessness, swayed left and right, searching, but the figure it longed for never appeared in its sight...

"What's going on? Whose child is this?"

"You fell so hard, what happened?"

"Why is young master Winter there too? Could this be related to him?"

What happened between them?

People drawn by the commotion surrounded the three, but seeing the horrific scene, no one stepped forward to help; they simply chatted amongst themselves.

-

"No, baby! Lily!"

When she saw that it was her baby who was in trouble, Wei'er was extremely anxious and wanted to rush over as fast as possible.

However, before she could take a step, a steady hand suddenly pulled her back to the spot—it was the Empress…

"Let me go!"

"I order you not to go over there!"

"My baby is in trouble!!"

"So what if something happens? Your mission tonight is to successfully complete the engagement banquet. Even if that bastard is dead, you are not allowed to go and acknowledge him in front of everyone!"

The Empress's tone was unusually firm, allowing no room for rebuttal, and every word she spoke was filled with intimidation.

In response, Vera simply turned her head and looked at her coldly, her eyes filled with unprecedented anger—an extreme anger that Bella, as her mother for nearly twenty years, had never seen in her.

"I told you, let me go!"

Her hand was violently flung away with extraordinary force; this was not the hand of a 19-year-old "girl," but the power of the world's strongest mother.

As Queen and mother, Bella was completely powerless to stop her daughter at this moment...

-

At first, the crowd was just curious about what had happened, but gradually, as they saw Lily and the little one lying on the ground, they became more aware of the situation.

They discovered that they were not from any noble family, nor had they ever seen them in the palace; they were simply children from who-knows-where.

The unknown child and the eldest son of the Holmes family—right and wrong are obvious, and public opinion begins to shift, unanimously leaning towards Winter…

"They must have run into it themselves, right? Poor Mr. Winter, the perfect atmosphere of the banquet has been ruined like this..."

"I saw it all. That woman was carrying a child and didn't even look where she was going. She fell down on her own and it definitely has nothing to do with young master Winter."

"He deserved to fall; who told him to bump into young Master Winter?"

"Fortunately, the young master is alright. Otherwise, the Holmes family would have been worse off than if they had two lives."

Such one-sided comments rang out in the crowd, and no one doubted them.

The little one looked helplessly and aggrievedly at everything happening around her. Lily was still in pain, and there was nothing she could do.

A tear slid down the corner of her eye...

"I'm sorry... Little Wei Bao, it's all because of your older sister..."

"Waaah... Mommy, I, my sister, I want Mommy... Waaah."

Despite her physical pain, Lily struggled to sit up from the ground and gently hugged and comforted the crying little one.

On the other hand, having completely become a victim and received comfort from those around him, Winter was quite satisfied, and at the same time, he had a plan in mind—

He planned to take this opportunity to show his "compassion," to have an innocent victim forgive a reckless murderer.

However, looking at the two filthy people in front of him, their bodies covered in food spilled from the table, disgust appeared in his eyes.

Just as he finally overcame his nausea and was about to reach out, the princess's anxious voice suddenly rang out from afar.

"Are you alright!?"

Vera rushed toward the three of them at an extremely fast speed, her steps so hurried that she was completely unlike her elegant demeanor from before.

Winter was confident that the princess, like everyone else, saw him as a victim and cared about him; otherwise, why would she be in such a hurry?

He deliberately feigned innocence and spoke insincerely to the approaching princess—

"Princess, I'm fine, you don't need to worry."

Standing there, hoping to receive comfort from the princess, but the next second...

"You're so despicable!"

The crisp sound of a slap echoed throughout the banquet hall, leaving everyone present stunned, including Winter, who was equally dumbfounded.

The princess's beautiful face was filled with anger, while his own face burned with pain.

Not understanding what had happened, before he could even speak, the princess had already quickly walked around him and moved behind him.

"No...no...my baby, Lily!"

Looking at the two pitiful, wronged people on the ground, tears welled up in Wei'er's eyes...