With Bai Qi's help, Ye Cunsi sat in a wheelchair. He wiped the blood off his face haphazardly, then turned the wheelchair himself and followed Ye Qingxue out of the east wing.

Standing in the courtyard, Ye Cunjin looked them over and was somewhat surprised that Ye Qingxue had actually prepared a wheelchair for Ye Cunsi.

"Mother was right after all. Ye Qingxue really does want to pull Ye Cunsi into her camp and make him join her in rebelling against the Marquis's mansion!"

Ye Cunjin's eyes grew even colder: "Now that you're awake, Second Brother, come with me. Don't forget, you're still being punished and can't leave the stables."

"Even if you're about to die, you can't leave?" Ye Cunsi said, his voice filled with anger and sarcasm. "My brother knows very well what happened the day he went to the military camp before the New Year. You've already taken one of my legs, do you want to take my life too?"

Ye Cunjin was slightly taken aback, then frowned and stared at Ye Cunsi with a gaze that seemed to turn into an icy blade.

He said in a deep voice, "Second brother, Mother and I are doing this for your own good. Don't be ungrateful."

"For my own good?" Ye Cunsi was so angry he almost laughed, his voice filled with rage and sorrow: "For my own good, so you ruin my reputation? For my own good, so you break my legs?"

"For my own good, you've confined me to the stables, ensuring I'll never leave the Marquis's mansion again? Is this what you call 'for my own good'?"

Ye Cunjin glanced at Ye Qingxue, unwilling to let Ye Cunsi continue speaking and let Ye Qingxue know what happened back then.

Ye Qingxue is a madwoman, ruthless and vicious. Who knows what she will do after she finds out?

He strode forward and grabbed Ye Cunsi's arm. "You know how you were brought back to the Marquis's mansion and how you were punished. You disgraced the Marquis's mansion! If it weren't for me, you would have been beaten to death long ago! Stop acting crazy here and come with me!"

After saying that, he tried to forcibly pull Ye Cunsi out of the wheelchair, but to his utter surprise, Ye Cunsi, who was sitting in the wheelchair, actually raised his fist and punched him hard in the abdomen!

"Why! You say you're doing this for my own good, yet you kill me!" Ye Cunsi was so enraged that the wound on his forehead burst open, gushing out even more blood, making his pale face look even more frantic.

He started training in the military at the age of twelve, and even though he was confined to the stables for several months, his foundation remained intact.

Moreover, he used all his strength in this punch, filled with endless grief and indignation, and it actually made Ye Cunjin stagger back three or four steps before he could barely stand up.

Ye Cunjin felt as if his internal organs were shattered, and he looked incredulously at his younger brother, who had always been submissive to him.

"You dare hit me?" Ye Cunjin was the eldest son of the Marquis's family. He was born to be the center of attention and had high hopes placed on him. In his eyes, Ye Cunsi was nothing more than a plaything that could be trampled on at will.

This thing actually dares to lay a hand on him?

Anger and shame welled up in his eyes, and he roared, "Are you out of your mind? I'm your older brother! If you dare lay a hand on me, Mother will never let you get away with it!"

Ye Cunsi paused for a moment, then smiled sadly. Yes, from childhood to adulthood, no matter what happened, his mother always favored his eldest brother!

In other families, the older generation always gives the best things to the younger generation, but in their family, it's different. The best things always go to Ye Cunjin first!

When he was a child, he was resentful and made a fuss about it. As a result, he was slapped twice by Madam Min and forced to kneel in the courtyard as punishment.

In the dead of winter, he caught a cold from being forced to kneel as punishment. He was young and weak at the time and almost didn't make it through.

If he had any conflict with Ye Cunjin, then there was no need to think about it; Madam Min would come up and slap him without asking any questions.

"Eldest brother? Mother? Have you done what an eldest brother should do? Has Mother done what a mother should do?" Overwhelmed with grievance, Ye Cunsi's eyes reddened: "Now that things have come to this, do you think you can still intimidate or threaten me?"

Ye Cunxi looked up at Ye Qingxue, his voice hoarse but firm: "Elder sister, may I borrow your whip?"

Ye Qingxue untied the whip from her waist and handed it to him. Upon seeing this, Ye Cunjin was both angry and afraid. He knew how powerful Ye Qingxue's whip was!

"What do you want to do? Do you intend to whip me? You're just a cripple, do you think you can do that...?"

Ye Cunsi lashed out with his whip, wrapping it around Ye Cunjin's neck. With a slight pull, Ye Cunjin lunged forward, unable to resist. Ye Cunsi seized the opportunity to grab Ye Cunjin's collar.

"Brother, do you think I have the ability now? It seems that Mother's favoritism towards you since childhood is not necessarily a good thing. She favored you so much that you became a good-for-nothing. A dignified Vice Minister of War is no match for a cripple like me."

Ye Cunjin's face was extremely ugly. He roared, "Do you know what you're doing? Let me go!"

"I know, I'm seeking justice for myself! I'm showing you with my actions that Ye Cunjin, you won't always be high above me, and I won't always kneel on the ground, endlessly inferior to you!" Ye Cunsi forcefully threw him away.

Ye Cunjin fell to the ground.

Ye Cunsi lashed out with his whip, striking Ye Cunjin: "From now on, I will decide where I go. You can forget about controlling me! Get out!"

Ye Cunjin felt a burning pain all over his body. The guards behind him quickly but cautiously stepped forward to help him up. He wiped his mouth, his eyes bloodshot, filled with ruthless hatred.

"Ye Cunsi, do you think everything will be fine if you follow Ye Qingxue? She's already in dire straits herself. If you follow her, you'll only die a more miserable death! Today you've disrespected your elder brother and your mother. No one can protect you now!"

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