Chapter 437: Double Rewards for One Family
Fang kept beating the old lady while questioning her. The old lady had no power to fight back at all. The Cheng brothers did not try to dissuade her. They just wanted to beat the old lady to death.
When they are divorced and sent back to their parents' home at an old age, how should they answer when others ask them about it?
Ye Zhenghai was worthy of being a commander in battle. He schemed against them one after another and they didn't dare to say a word.
They said that the matter would be resolved in the ancestral hall, but once the old lady was taken out and sent back to the Cheng family, could the matter still be kept secret?
The people of the city couldn't help laughing at the Cheng family after dinner. What's the difference between going to the ancestral hall and going to the Dali Temple?
The old uncle was afraid that the old lady would be beaten to death by Fang, which would bring shame to the reputation of the Ye family's old house, so he let her vent her anger and then asked someone to pull her away.
The matter came to an end here. The Cheng brothers bowed to Ye Zhenghai and dragged the old lady away.
Fang didn't know where to go, so she sat on the ground and cried.
She didn't want to go back to the Cheng family with the old lady, it was too embarrassing, so she finally got up, went back to her room, packed her things, and went to her parents' home.
No matter how humble she was or how much she had to please others, there was no way she could leave the Ye family's old house. The people here mostly looked at her with ridicule and contempt, and she really couldn't stand it.
Ye Zhenghai sat with his great uncle and other elders of the clan, then stood up and went back.
The old uncle saw them off to the gate, and only sighed when he saw them walk away. If they had paid more attention to the affairs of the Pingyang Marquis's Mansion, they wouldn't have made such a fool of themselves today.
As elders, they failed to fulfill their guardianship responsibilities, otherwise the old marquis would not have been killed by his partner.
As soon as Ye Zhenghai and his family left, the neighbors all knew what had happened and began to whisper in groups of three or four. Soon, everyone in the east of the city knew about it.
By the evening, people in the west of the city also began to treat it as a strange thing, but when they met the Ye family, they avoided them.
Several people also cast sympathetic glances at Du Wanwan, Yetingxiao and Yetingyu.
When I returned home from the clinic in the evening, I found my third uncle and aunt with their two children. My third uncle's eyes were red and his face was full of guilt.
"Brother! I'm sorry! I'm too stupid to notice these dirty things at home."
Ye Zhengqiu really felt guilty in his heart. Normally, his mother didn't let him take care of the chores at home, so he was used to being idle and never cared about the affairs at home.
"You're just a fool." Ye Zhenghai rarely scolded his brother, "You haven't found any clues in all these years? I think you've become stupid because of studying too much."
Liang sat beside him, not daring to speak. She was terrified in front of Ye Zhenghai, who was indeed a man who had walked out of a sea of blood and corpses, and had an aura of intimidation without even getting angry.
Even when he glanced at her lightly, he felt his heart beating faster, the blood in his body flowing backwards, and his sweat pores standing up.
"Yes! My brother is stupid."
Ye Zhengqiu nodded slightly and did not resist Ye Zhenghai's rebuke at all.
Chen Xiangxiu advised: "Master! My second brother is a man, he is not that careful. Besides, who would suspect his own mother of doing those things for no reason? You should say less. Now there are only two of you brothers left, you must support each other."
"Thank you, sister-in-law!"
Ye Zhengqiu looked at Chen Xiangxiu gratefully. He was afraid that his elder brother hated his mother and disliked him as well. Although Aunt Hua said that he was his father's child, what if his elder brother didn't believe it? What if he doubted him? What should he do?
Ye Zhenghai glanced at his brother and sighed slightly: "Alas! It's also my fault that I didn't go back to the capital for the sake of peace and quiet. If I came back more often, I would definitely find some clues.
Second brother! Be good in the future, treat your wife and children well. Run your private school well and be your headmaster. Even if you have achieved success in the future, you cannot take concubines. Military generals do not have concubines. "
"Yes! I'll remember it, brother."
After hearing this, Liang's eyes filled with tears. She stood up and saluted Ye Zhenghai: "Thank you, big brother, for supporting me."
Chen Xiangxiu pulled her to sit down: "Why are you being so polite? This is the family tradition of our family since our father-in-law. When your son marries a daughter-in-law in the future, he must make it clear to others. The backyard is clean, so there won't be so many disputes."
"Hey! That's what sister-in-law said."
Du Wanwan and Ye Tingxiao were not in a hurry to come in. They only came in when they saw Ye Zhenghai smiling. The elders' affairs were left to them to solve by themselves. They were the younger generation and it was inconvenient for them to interrupt.
The next day, Ye Zhenghai went to the imperial study to meet the emperor, and then the imperial edict arrived at the small courtyard in the west of the city.
Everyone knew that Ye Zhenghai was granted the title of Duke of Anguo, and was given a mansion, servants, gold, silver, silk, various treasures, a farm outside the city, fertile fields and so on.
Afterwards, another imperial edict came to the small courtyard in the west of the city, appointing Yetingxiao as the General of Zhenbei, a first-rank official, in charge of 300,000 troops. He was also granted 10,000 taels of gold, 1,000 acres of fertile land, and three imperial farms.
Within one day, the Ye family became one of the most popular families in Beijing.
The double reward for one family became a popular story in a short while.
The people in the west of the city were overjoyed and sent gifts to the Ye family.
They were not good things, just home-made food, handkerchiefs, silk and so on.
The Anguo Mansion has been renovated, but Ye Zhenghai doesn't want to live there. The whole family wants to stay in this warm little courtyard.
That place was a reward from the emperor, and all the servants went there. The housekeeper waited for several days but did not see Duke Anguo return home, so he brought his servant to the People's Clinic.
He didn't know where the Ye family lived, but he heard that the Ye family's princess opened a people's clinic in the west of the city.
Arriving at the west of the city, it really opened his eyes. He used to remember that the west of the city was synonymous with dilapidated and shabby, but now it seems to have completely changed.
Not only is it not tattered, many places are very new, and the people all have smiles on their faces.
The People's Medical Clinic is even more interesting. Everyone queues up to see the doctor consciously. No one shouts or makes a fuss.
Whether they were common people wearing fine cotton or nobles wearing silk and satin, they were all lined up together.
One person diagnoses and prescribes medicine, while the other person administers the medicine and instructs on how to take it.
Some patients simply swallow the pills with water placed on the table next to them.
The butler stood aside and watched with his eyes wide open. He was so surprised that he even forgot what he was here for.
It was Ye Tingyu who noticed his presence, walked over, and asked politely, "Are you here to see a doctor?"
The housekeeper was stunned: "Oh! No, I'm here to see our master, Duke Anguo."
"Looking for my father?" Ye Tingyu paused, "Then please follow me, I will take you to my home."
"Thank you, Miss." The butler bowed deeply to Ye Tingyu.
Ye Tingyu looked at him helplessly, said nothing, and led the butler away.
The butler was puzzled by her gaze. Why did he see impatience in the young lady's eyes? They just met for the first time, why was she impatient with him?
Is it because you dislike his background?
There is no way around it. They were born as official slaves, so it is inevitable that they are despised.
Who told them that they were confiscated from the previous owner's house? They would definitely despise them, because they were not the ones they had trained since childhood, and they would feel uncomfortable using them.
But he heard that the Anguo family was extremely kind, and that if he could follow such a master, he would have someone to rely on for the rest of his life.
(End of this chapter)
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