The old woman from the Prince Yu's mansion stepped forward and, together with Dongbai, forcibly removed the old lady's shoes and socks, causing the men to once again avert their gazes.

Granny Wang tried to step forward to protect the old lady, but she was controlled by Tan Shan and could not get close at all.

The old woman screamed, cursed, and struggled, but her left shoe and sock were eventually removed.

Dongbai held up a lantern and shone it on the soles of her feet: "Miss, Old Madam Bao doesn't have seven moles on the soles of her feet, not even one!"

In the silence, the old woman breathed heavily, making a "hoarse" sound, as if her throat had been cut.

Ye Qingxue's voice, like a thunderclap, crashed down on her head: "From this perspective, things are now quite clear."

"Old Madam Bao was born out of wedlock and lived in poverty in her childhood. When the real Miss Bao reached out to help her, she killed Miss Bao and took her place as the mistress of the Ye family!"

"After that, she had two sons with Master Ye, but she did not treat my father Ye Xiaobai as a human being. She sent my father to the battlefield, hoping that he would die on the battlefield. However, my father was brave and skilled in battle and eventually won a title for the Ye family!"

"Old Mrs. Bao was still not giving up. She indulged or even encouraged her second wife, Min Yingying, to murder my father who had just returned from a serious injury!"

"Furthermore, after my father's death, he allowed Ye Xiaowei to steal my father's belongings and take my father's concubine!"

"And conspired with Min Yingying to have Ye Cunjin adopted by my deceased father, so that Ye Cunjin could inherit the title that should have belonged to my younger brother Ye Cunsi!"

"Because I discovered the truth, she used the pretext of eliminating the evil elements in the Marquis's mansion to gain Madam Zhou's trust and wanted to burn me and Ye Cunsi to death in Guanju Courtyard!"

"Unfortunately, the net of heaven is vast and its meshes are wide, yet nothing escapes it! The fire did not kill us. Heaven stood on the side of the truth, and in the end, my brother and I were able to walk out of the fire. In the end, the evil deeds of Old Madam Bao were exposed to everyone!"

"Today I will avenge my father, so that he can rest in peace in the afterlife! I will also avenge my brother and myself, who have been kept in the dark all this time, and soothe the grief, humiliation, and hatred that have kept us trapped in the mire of darkness for so many years!"

Ye Qingxue suddenly drew the long sword from the waist of the guard beside her.

Lightning flashed across the dark sky, illuminating the falling drizzle, and the blade reflected a chilling light.

The old woman used all her strength to dodge the sword, but Ye Qingxue's thrust missed and struck her shoulder, causing blood to gush out instantly.

No one stopped Ye Qingxue, and no one shielded the old lady from the sword. Ignoring the blood on her shoulder, the old lady rushed to the side of Prince Yu and his wife in a panic.

Her voice cracked as she cried out, "Your Highness, save me! How can she resort to torture under the Emperor's very nose?"

The old woman actually grabbed Prince Yu's arm, her body trembling. For the first time in her life, she was so close to death that she rushed towards Prince Yu without regard for anything else.

—In the past, even if she had ten or a hundred times the courage, she wouldn't have been able to do this.

But what good would it do to catch her? All she could do was shout: Ye Qingxue can't use torture on her!

Ye Qingxue is neither a king nor an official, and is even a junior!

Prince Yu's guards stepped forward to pull the old lady away, while also preventing Ye Qingxue, who was holding a sword, from advancing.

The old woman was panicked, her heart pounding, completely ignoring the pain in her shoulder and the blood still gushing out.

Prince Yu patted the arm she had grabbed, seemingly disgusted by its dirt, and then looked at her: "You have committed many evil deeds. Ye Qingxue is only avenging her father, herself, and her brother. What's wrong with that?"

“If this matter were to reach Your Majesty’s ears, Ye Qingxue would only be acting first and reporting later, and Your Majesty would understand her.”

Prince Yu frowned, a cold glint flashing in his usually kind eyes: "But now, do you not feel the slightest remorse?"

The old woman's face was as pale as paper. After a moment of stunned silence, she knelt down with a thud.

"This sinful woman confesses her mistake! I had enough of the hardships of the past, and one day I was finally able to eat my fill. I didn't want to go back to the days of hunger, so I committed this grave error! I beg Your Highness and Your Highness's forgiveness!"

Prince Yu asked, "You replaced the real Miss Bao, which is an act of ingratitude! Not only did you not change, but you also committed many other evil deeds. How can you still have the face to live in this world?"

Faced with death, the old woman wept uncontrollably: "It was the sinful woman who was greedy... The sinful woman was wrong, the sinful woman now repents and apologizes, the sinful woman is sorry to Miss Bao, sorry to Ye Xiaobai, sorry to Ye Qingxue, sorry to Ye Cunsi... sorry to the ancestors of the Ye family!"

"This sinful woman is willing to spend the rest of her life observing vegetarianism and reciting Buddhist scriptures to atone for her sinful life. I beg Prince Yu and Her Highness the Princess to give this sinful woman a chance!"

She kowtowed repeatedly to the ground!

Prince Yu said, "Fine, it's good that you admit it. Everyone present heard it, and Ye Cunsi recorded all your misdeeds!"

What? The old lady suddenly looked up!

The person involved has already confessed, so it's clear the old lady has no grievances. Prince Yu continued, "Let everyone settle their grievances and avenge their grudges!"

The old lady trembled, tears and snot still on her face, when she saw Madam Zhou and Granny Hu walking towards her.

Madam Zhou said, "What's the use of your repentance? My husband is dead, and you still want me to kill my own children with my own hands. Although they are not dead, you have made me lose them forever and completely!"

Madam Zhou gripped the hairpin she had pulled from her hair bun, ignoring her own pain, and plunged it into the old lady's hair.

The old lady screamed in agony, unable to dodge at all, and then Hu Mama arrived.

"You plotted to trap the eldest daughter and the second son in the courtyard and burn them alive, and then you made me kill my own daughter... If I give you a chance to repent, then who will pay for my daughter's life? Who will!"

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