Chapter 985 Dharma Fate (5)

Luo Tan seemed to be getting more and more relieved as he spoke, "It sounds like nothing, right? But she was also brought up in pampered conditions. She filled up the entire valley, something that even those peasant women alone couldn't accomplish. She didn't even sleep beforehand, and immediately started working, busy all night. You people who live in luxury probably haven't even touched a carrying pole in your entire lives. Since she can do this, why should she be inferior to that brother and sister?" Luo Tan looked at Xie Jingxing and said, "It's true that the Ye siblings saved you, and they did save your life, but my little cousin is no less capable!"

"They say she's not with you, but go ask the servants at the Prince's Mansion. How many days did she stay by your bedside before she left? Did she ever leave? Did she take care of you day and night? Could it be that she couldn't compare to the Ye siblings, whom you only met once?"

"Now that my little cousin has fallen into this state, I feel so sorry for her. What did Your Highness promise when he married her back to Daliang from Mingqi? Yet you can't even believe in her. She certainly has many faults, but there's one thing that's unquestionable: her sincerity!"

Luo Tan's face flushed red as he finished speaking, seemingly purging the pent-up anger within him. Then he looked at Xie Jingxing's expression. He showed no emotion, his face calm. But the calmer he was, the more unsettling it felt. It was as if beneath the stillness, a boundless storm was gathering.

"Are you done?" he asked slowly.

The tone was so cold that Luo Tan couldn't help but shrink his neck.

Gao Yang quickly stepped forward and said, "Now is not the time to dwell on these matters. The most urgent task is to figure out how to wake them both up."

Xie Jingxing sneered: "It's not that simple, just arrest the Ye siblings."

Ji Yushu was stunned: "Third brother, what do you want to do?"

"Since she's acting strangely because of the Ye siblings, there must be something wrong with them. Regardless of whether they're behind this, there's no reason to let them off." Xie Jingxing turned and was about to leave when Gao Yang grabbed him and said, "No! They're not the powerless Li family now, but the Ye family. What will happen if we disturb the Ye family?"

"Let go." Xie Jingxing said coldly.

"Calm down!" Gao Yang said, "If the princess really hated the Ye brothers, she must have been willing to compromise for so long because she didn't want to hurt herself. Aren't you holding her back?"

"That's right, Third Brother," Ji Yushu also chimed in, "The Ye family is no small family in Longye. If you act like this, I'm afraid it will bring trouble to the Prince's Palace as well."

"She can tolerate it, but I can't." Xie Jingxing said, "The Ye family has touched their bottom line."

"Third brother..." Ji Yushu was about to persuade him when suddenly Bajiao's voice came from outside the yard. The girl who had always been smiling seemed a little panicked and said, "Master, someone is coming!"

Tieyi frowned slightly, seemingly dissatisfied with Bajiao's loss of composure, and asked, "Who is it?"

"Yes...it was the Taoist priest that my wife and we met when we went to Fengtou Manor that day." Bajiao said hesitantly.

"What?" Luo Tan's eyes widened.

Ji Yushu, who was holding onto Xie Jingxing's sleeve, couldn't help but let go and looked at Bajiao: "Taoist?"

Bajiao nodded.

In the hall, the strange, ragged Taoist priest was touching this and that, looking at that, as if entering a mansion for the first time, his eyes full of curiosity. Huixiang and Congyang stood aside, somewhat awkwardly. They knew Taoist Chiyan, but the fact that he approached them with such familiarity upon entering made them feel a little uncomfortable.