Can't a princess ascend the throne?

Chapter 219 Death without evidence
"boom!"

Yu Daru's head nearly exploded in an instant, his ears ringing. Despite all his precautions, she still blurted it out in front of so many people. He should have been more ruthless and locked her in the courtyard, preventing her from leaving. This wouldn't have happened. Of all times, it had to happen at such an important discussion meeting, and in front of so many people. Was she trying to trample on his dignity?

At this moment, Yu Daru no longer cared about the reactions of the people below. He could only keep pulling at the Weishan family, who was indifferent to everything, trying to remind her of the affection between the two of them.

"Weishan, have you forgotten that we have been husband and wife for forty years? Over the years, haven't we shared a deep bond? Why are you doing this to me? You know how important today's discussion is to me, yet you still choose to ruin it. And in front of so many people, you say unfounded things. Are you trying to deliberately damage my reputation?"

Yu Dalang, who was standing nearby, had also recovered from his shock and started helping to pull his mother along.

"Yes, Mother, I know you have some mental issues. It's my fault for not taking care of you in time. I'll go and ask a famous doctor in the capital to treat you. You should go home first."

The father and son on the top were pulling on the Weishan family, but the onlookers below couldn't bear to watch. The Weishan family was old and extremely thin; how could they withstand being pulled like that by two adult men?

Especially those students who admired the great masters of Weishan couldn't help but shout loudly at this moment.

"You two shouldn't push and shove the Weishan family. If there's anything wrong, wouldn't it be better to just say it in front of so many people?"

They had heard what was said earlier and were naturally shocked by the emotions behind it. They hadn't believed it at first, but the Yu family father and son were so eager to take everyone from Weishan away. Could it be that what they said was true?

Yu Daru suddenly stopped pulling on his wife's hand, realizing that if he didn't clarify things in front of everyone, he would face even more questions in the future. His eyes flickered slightly, and he spoke with a wry smile.

"You may not know this, but ever since my youngest daughter died for her husband, my wife has been mentally unstable. Over the decades, her condition has not only failed to improve but has actually worsened. Adding to this, my granddaughter recently had an accident, thankfully rescued by her family in time. However, this incident has further traumatized my wife, leaving her somewhat delirious. My daughter and granddaughter are both my descendants; would I be so heartless as to harm them? Blood is thicker than water..."

"Yes, I can testify. We were all heartbroken when my sister died for her cause. Father didn't eat or drink for three days. If it weren't for the thought of caring for Mother, he might have followed her in death. Mother! I beg you, please spare our lives—"

Yu Dalang knelt down and kowtowed several times to the people of Weishan, then looked up at his mother with a pleading expression.

The matriarch of Weishan looked down at her only son, her eyes seemingly moved. Seeing this, Yu Dalang's face lit up with joy, and he quickly tried to pull his mother away. But the next moment, a sharp, burning pain shot through his face, bringing him back to his senses. The matriarch of Weishan had slapped him several times without hesitation!

"mother?"

Yu Dalang stared at his mother in disbelief. In the past, his mother would restrain herself from doing such things. What was wrong with her today? Was he not his mother's only son?
Looking at their son like this, everyone in Weishan felt only disappointment. "You've always been good at this trick. Using yourself and your family, using the reputation and lives of your descendants as threats, to force me to compromise again and again. I've already wronged my Wei'er enough! I can't wrong her children too! You've grown up long ago! You're not a child anymore! You have your own ability to discern, but you still choose to aid and abet evil, so don't blame me for tearing away this fig leaf!"

Over the years, the people of Weishan have cultivated their character and strengthened their bodies. Although they are thin, they are quite strong. At this moment, they kicked away the troublesome Yu Dalang and spoke to the whispering crowd below with a cold and stern expression.

"My daughter was young and widowed, and she was pregnant at the time. How could she bear to leave her child alone in the world? If any woman here is a mother, she will understand my daughter's feelings at that time. She went through countless hardships to give birth to the child. She clearly wanted to raise the child to adulthood, so as to leave a bloodline for her deceased husband. But my husband, now the world-renowned scholar Yu Huaishan! He was once known as the 'Southern Yu and Northern Guan' along with Guan Shanyue. Yu Huaishan was slightly inferior to Guan in talent and knowledge, so he came up with this vicious plan. Taking advantage of my Wei'er's weakness after childbirth, he poisoned her food. After her death, he forged her handwriting and wrote a suicide note, saying that he died for his principles!"

"This incident caused quite a stir at the time, and Yu Huaishan used it to rise to become one of the nation's leading Confucian scholars. He certainly achieved great success, but my poor Wei'er was killed by her own father! If it weren't for the fact that my Wei'er was dying, how heartbroken she must have felt, thinking that she was murdered by her own father..."

Many people below couldn't help but gasp. Even tigers don't eat their cubs, yet Yu Daru, a paragon of scholars, was willing to kill his own daughter for a little bit of fame. This was utterly outrageous!

Many people wore unfriendly expressions. The respect they once held for the great Confucian scholar had quietly transformed into disappointment and fear. Who in this world wouldn't be afraid of someone who would even harm their own daughter? Today he harmed his own daughter; tomorrow he might harm someone else.

"I never imagined that Yu Daru would be this kind of person."

"It doesn't seem like it. Could there be some misunderstanding?"

"What misunderstanding could there be?! Lady Weishan is the wife of Master Yu. They have been married for nearly forty years. Would Lady Weishan really have nothing better to do than frame her husband?"

"This, this is true..."

Husbands and wives are one. If things hadn't really reached an unbearable point, why would the women of Weishan expose their husbands?

At this moment, Yu Daru's expression was rather unpleasant. He first glanced at his son and found that the other was just stunned and didn't know how to explain himself. He couldn't help but frown. This son was as useless as ever.

"We're husband and wife. How could you frame me with something like this... Fine, fine. Since you've made it so clear, do you have any evidence?"

He was very careful back then, and at the time, only he and his deceased daughter were present, so there was truly no way to verify the facts!

(End of this chapter)