Mrs. Zhou shook her head slowly, tears streaming down her face, as if she couldn't accept her current situation.

"Does the old lady not know that Min Yingying switched the two children? So, in order to get rid of the scourge of the Marquis's mansion and to revitalize the mansion, she set such a fire?"

"If she saves me, she will also release you all, and then all our plans today will be ruined, is that right?"

“Otherwise, I can’t understand why she would kill you and Cunsi…” Madam Zhou suddenly broke free from Ye Qingxue’s grip, like a furious lion, her eyes filled with intense anger.

"I'm going to find her and get to the bottom of this. I'm going to ask her if she knows the truth, and why she used me like this!"

She broke free from Ye Qingxue's grasp and stumbled toward the door, trying to rush outside.

Ye Qingxue's hand missed its mark, but she simply watched as Madam Zhou rushed out, without stopping her or saying a word.

Whoosh!

With a loud crash, a beam was burned off and fell down, landing right in front of Madam Zhou, sending countless sparks flying at her.

Not only did they block her escape route, but they also forced her to take a few steps back before she fell heavily to the ground.

She stared wide-eyed at the scene before her, realizing that all the exits were on fire and there was no way out.

...Everyone missed the best time to escape.

Hu Mama came to her side and looked at her, saying, "Madam, there is something I forgot to tell you. The eldest young lady's birth chart does not indicate any conflict with her sisters. The Taoist priest back then was simply bribed by Madam Min."

"The two children cried day and night, which was also due to the medicine that Madam Min had ordered us to administer. The children had abdominal pain day and night, so naturally they cried incessantly."

“Now that the eldest young lady has gone to the countryside, the second young lady can go out and socialize as the eldest daughter of the Marquis’s family. All eyes and glory will be focused on the second young lady.”

This news struck Madam Zhou like a heavy blow. She felt dizzy, could barely see what was in front of her, and found it extremely difficult to breathe.

So that's how it is! So that's how it is!

Her heart ached... no, her whole body ached, the pain seemed to emanate from the very bones, making her feel like she was dying.

She slumped to the ground, closed her eyes, and thought vaguely that if Ye Cunsi and Ye Yabing hadn't been switched fifteen years ago, and Ye Qingxue hadn't been burdened with the stigma of being a cursed sister, she wouldn't have been so ashamed to face the Marquis after his death.

No, it should be said that as long as Min Yingying didn't have any bad intentions, the Marquis wouldn't have died so young!

All of this was caused by Min Yingying!

And the old lady... is now actually going to burn the whole family of three to death here. How cruel!

She deserves to die, but she desperately wants to go out and seek justice—justice for all the years she has endured, for her two unfortunate children, and for the truth of everything!

But the fire was burning too fiercely, and it soon burned them. They couldn't get out, they couldn't get out at all!

She hated it so much, she hated it so much!

Heartbreaking pain, uncontrollable rage, and helplessness—is this what it feels like when these three extreme emotions overlap?

If she dies, she will become a vengeful ghost to seek revenge on Min Yingying and to get to the old lady for an explanation.

If she dies...

After a moment of stiffness, Madam Zhou suddenly turned around, threw herself at Ye Qingxue's feet, grabbed her skirt, and burst into tears.

"Qingxue, I was wrong, Mother was wrong... Mother was deceived so badly, Mother wished she could die, you and Cunsi... can you forgive me?"

Ye Qingxue bent down, grasped her arm, and pulled her up from the ground.

Madam Zhou looked at her with expectant eyes, tears still streaming down her face. If she could receive Ye Qingxue and Ye Cunsi's forgiveness before she died, she wouldn't have so many regrets.

The fire had reached the roof, and the flames were closing in. The temperature was becoming scorching, and the thick smoke was starting to sting.

Ye Qingxue's gaze was cold as she stared into her eyes and asked, "How can I forgive you? The firewood, straw, and tung oil were all prepared by you and your guards, and you gave the order to set the fire—"

Ye Qingxue pointed at everyone present.

The youngest are Xiaobao and Grandma Hu, who are his two grandsons.

The oldest are Granny Xing and Granny Hu.

There are also Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Liu Pan, and Hu Mama's son-in-law, all young people in the prime of their lives.

Finally, there was Ye Cunsi, the son born to Madam Zhou but whom she had not raised or cared for for many years.

Ye Qingxue said, "So many lives have been lost here, how can you expect me to forgive you?"

Madam Zhou's eyes gradually became bloodshot, and the anger and helplessness in her body were even greater than those of Hu Mama before her.

She finally realized that her sins were so great that even death could not atone for them.

Splash!

Splash!

Something was hitting the roof in a dense, overwhelming manner, but it was swallowed up by the sound of the fire. By the time it reached Ye Qingxue and the others, the sound was very faint.

But Ye Qingxue knew in her heart what it was.

"The house is going to collapse!" In the very end, Ye Qingxue's voice was drowned out by the collapsing roof, and everything fell silent.

"It's finally starting to collapse." Outside Guanju Courtyard, the old lady watched this scene and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. "It's a pity that only a small section has collapsed. It will be a long time before it's completely burned down."

If it hadn't suddenly rained or hailed, she wouldn't have been in a hurry. If the fire had continued burning at this rate, the entire Guanju Courtyard would have been reduced to ashes, and no one inside would have been left alive.

Unfortunately, it rained, and even hailed. The raindrops were large, and the hailstones were quite big. The roof, which was teetering on the brink of collapse due to the fire, was eventually crushed, not entirely by the fire.

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