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Shen Qingyun looked at Yun Jin and choked up as she said, "Sister, it's fortunate that you were here today, otherwise, I might... I might..." She broke down in tears at the end.

Yun Jin held her in her arms and gently comforted her, "Sister, don't be sad. I believe His Highness will definitely get justice for you."

The eldest prince felt a headache coming on when he heard the two of them singing in unison, but Zheng Yu had indeed gone too far today.

He glanced at Shen Qingyun on the couch, and I looked at Yi'er crying in the wet nurse's arms. Gritting my teeth, I said to Zheng Yu, "Zheng Yu, from this day forward, you are no longer my concubine, but merely a lowly maid!"

"Your Highness, you can't..." Zheng Yu cried as she looked at the eldest prince, "I don't care about titles, but Yi'er's mother is a maidservant. How will he ever be able to hold his head high in the future?"

Yun Jin muttered from the side, "His Highness is so soft-hearted. She wanted Sister Shen dead, but His Highness only demoted her to a maid. Sister Shen has to live under the same roof with her every day. How can this pregnancy be safe?"

The eldest prince abruptly turned to glare at her, gritting his teeth as he said, "Ninghai, I owe you for saving Qingyun today. But this is my family matter. You, an outsider, have already detained and interrogated my servants, and now you dare to tell me how to deal with them?"

Shen Qingyun sat up abruptly, looking at the eldest prince in disbelief, and questioned him sharply:

"Xiao Yibei, what did Jin-mei say wrong? Zheng Yu is trying to kill me! The child in my womb is also your flesh and blood. You only demoted Zheng Yu to a maidservant, how am I supposed to sleep peacefully afterward? Do you really want to wait until she bribes the people around me again to poison my food, watching me and my unborn child die before you're satisfied?"

When the eldest prince heard her angrily call him by his name, he knew she was truly enraged.

Her expression stiffened. She looked down at Qingyun's pale face, then at Yi'er who was crying incessantly beside her, and finally just sighed deeply: "Qingyun, a child can't be without a mother. Yi'er is only three years old... Just think of it as doing this for the child's sake..."

Yun Jin interrupted him with a cold laugh: "Your Highness, aren't you afraid that a mother like this will corrupt Yi'er? She would give the child cold baths and feed him spoiled food just to get you to go to her courtyard. What will she teach the child for greater benefits in the future? Your Highness, do you really want Yi'er to become a second her?"

The eldest prince was suddenly taken aback.

Just then, the door was pushed open again, and Xiao Jingyan strode in, saying in a deep voice, "Eldest brother, Jin'er is right!"

The eldest prince looked at Xiao Jingyan and frowned. When did his princely residence become a marketplace where anyone could come and go as they pleased?

After Xiao Jingyan finished speaking, he didn't look at him, but glanced at Yun Jin first. Seeing that she was as usual, he turned to the eldest prince again and said in a heavy tone, "Eldest brother, your concubine has done more than just try to kill the eldest sister-in-law. If something happens to the eldest sister-in-law today, and Jin'er happens to be in your residence and witnesses it, I guess that the eldest brother will take his anger out on Jin'er."

He paused, walked to Yun Jin's side, gestured with his chin towards Zheng Yu on the ground, and continued, "Elder Brother, her scheming is far deeper than you and I imagine. If this scheme succeeds, Elder Brother, do you think my Prince Yu's Mansion and your First Prince's Mansion can still maintain the harmony we have today?"

The eldest prince shuddered, suddenly understanding the crux of the matter, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.

"Your Highness, you're overthinking it. I don't have the deep scheming you think I do," Zheng Yu denied vehemently, then pleaded with the eldest prince, "Your Highness, I really didn't think that much. I was just worried that after my sister's child is born, you won't like Yi'er anymore. I was just worried..."

Xiao Jingyan snorted coldly, not even glancing at him, and continued, "Elder brother, I know you care about Yi'er and feel reluctant to let her go. But think about it, if Yi'er stays with her and is influenced by what she sees and hears, what will she become in the future? A mother with a wicked heart is more terrifying than having no mother at all. You want to protect Yi'er, but keeping her in the manor is what truly harms Yi'er."

The eldest prince lowered his head and remained silent for a long time.

Zheng Yu collapsed to the ground, trembling violently, pleading intermittently, "Your Highness... I really dare not... Yi'er cannot be without his mother... I cannot leave Yi'er..."

Just then, the person interrogating Mingxia came in and reported: "Your Highness, Mingxia has confessed. She said that the abortion medicine given to Consort Shen last time was also administered by the concubine."

Upon hearing this, the eldest prince stared at Zheng Yu in shock, his words seemingly squeezed out from between his teeth:

"You, Zheng Yu, didn't you say you were innocent? Didn't you always say it wasn't you? Mingxia has been with you since she was a child, she wouldn't lie, would she? Fine, I can't keep a poisonous woman like you in this mansion. Today I'll give you a letter of divorce, go back to your Zheng family."

Zheng Yu was struck dumb, screaming and lunging forward, her voice hoarse as she cried out, "No! Your Highness! I don't want a letter of divorce! You can't do this to me! Yi'er... Yi'er is still so young, you can't let him be without a mother, Your Highness! I beg you..."

The eldest prince stopped looking at her and instead shouted towards the door, "Bring me pen and ink!"

The servants hurriedly prepared writing materials, and Xiao Zeyi burst into tears in fright.

The eldest prince coldly said to the wet nurse, "Take Yi'er away!"

The wet nurse quickly carried Xiao Zeyi out.

No matter how much Zheng Yu pleaded and cried, she couldn't stop the eldest prince from issuing a letter of divorce.

After writing the letter of divorce, the eldest prince slapped it across Zheng Yu's face: "From this day forward, we have no more affection for each other. I will never see you again, not even in life or death."

Zheng Yu stared at the letter of divorce, raising her head in disbelief. Her lips trembled, and she could barely speak: "No...you can't do this to me...Xiao Yibei, you can't! I gave birth to Yi'er for you, you can't just divorce me like that..."

The eldest prince, however, refused to even glance at her again.

He turned his back and said coldly, "You know in your heart what your motives are. From today onwards, you have nothing to do with my Crown Prince's residence. Men, take Zheng Yu back to the Zheng family. When he sees Minister Zheng, tell him that I have returned my daughter to him and that I have returned his dowry in full. From now on, we will have no further dealings with each other regarding weddings and funerals."

Two burly women came in at the sound of their voices, grabbed Zheng Yu from both sides, and dragged her out.

Zheng Yu struggled desperately, but was eventually taken away.

Only when the cries could no longer be heard did the eldest prince slowly turn around, cup his hands in greeting to Xiao Jingyan and Yun Jin, and say indifferently, "Thank you for today's matter. I still have some household affairs to attend to, so I will not keep you two any longer."