After the beating, Bai Yuyan seemed to regain some of her senses. Seeing Song Hong’s livid expression, she realized she had spoken out of turn, but things had reached such a point that she could never bring herself to admit she was wrong.
She felt aggrieved at being framed, at Bai Xiyue being struck, and at her own son siding with others. The resentment burned, and she found it impossible to swallow the bitterness.
Song Yunling had always been the pride of Bai Yuyan’s heart; she had pampered and loved him, pinning all her hopes upon him. In the past, she would never have done something like this. But having heard with her own ears from Bai Xiyue that Song Yunling harbored feelings for Song Yunqing, how could she endure her own son doting on an interloper of unknown origin—a schemer who had framed her?
Chapter 65