Chapter 54 Panic
Yun had persistent abdominal pain, so she invited a doctor into her house. The doctor took her pulse but could not find any problems. He just prescribed some tonic medicine and then left.
Yun pretended to be sick, and the old lady and the others were skeptical, but she was always right in deceiving Shen Ji. Shen Ji was very worried and thought that the doctor's medical skills were not good enough. He wanted to ask an imperial physician for her, but was stopped by Yun.
The next day, everyone went to pay their respects, but Yun was late. However, no one asked. Regardless of whether Yun was really sick or pretending to be sick, it was her business to go to the Weiguo Mansion to apologize. No one else would accept her. Yun could avoid it on the first day, but she couldn't avoid it on the fifteenth day.
When everyone was about to return to their respective courtyards, Yun came. The old lady saw that she looked well and asked, "Are you okay?"
Yun said, "I'm sorry to have worried the old lady. I'm fine now."
"I was thinking that if you were still not well and couldn't leave the house, I would let the Second Madam go to the Duke of Wei's Mansion. Now that you are fine, it's better for you to go."
Shen Wan rolled his eyes in his heart.
Why didn’t she hear the old lady say this before her mother came?
Her mother is fine, and there is no need for the Second Madam to go to the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion. She just said this to deliberately disgust people.
Yun Shi didn't care. "Cai Wei was brought into the mansion by the master and I. We should be responsible for her affairs."
Shen Wan said, “My mother and I will go to the Duke of Wei’s mansion together.”
Yun refused, "Mom is going to apologize, not to visit. What are you going with? Your father and I should go together."
Yun stood up and Shen Wan left with her.
Looking at their backs as they left, the old lady's eyelids suddenly twitched and she felt uneasy for no reason.
Shen Wan sent Yun out of the house. As soon as he walked out of the second gate, he saw Shen Ji coming out of the study. He changed out of his court clothes. When he saw his wife and daughter, the seriousness on Shen Ji's face faded a little, and a rare touch of elegance appeared on his face.
Shen Ji said, "Wan'er is going too?"
Shen Wan shook his head, "I'm not going, I'm here to see my parents off."
Shen Ji laughed, "I'm not going far away, so why would I need you to send me off?"
You can't say that you came to the front yard to watch the fun.
Shen Wan insisted on sending it, so Shen Ji agreed to it.
Just as I reached the gate, I heard the sound of horse hooves.
The man, about thirty-four or thirty-five years old, tightened the reins and stopped. He looked unfamiliar. Shen Wan had never seen him before, but Shen Ji recognized him.
yes--
Master Ye San!
Shen Ji was surprised that the Third Master Ye suddenly came to Beijing without sending any letter before coming. As General Ye's biological brother and Ye Caiwei's biological third uncle, Shen Ji naturally welcomed him.
Shen Ji strode out to welcome the guests, but when he saw Shen Ji, Master Ye San turned over and got off his horse, and with a "thump", he knelt down in front of Shen Ji.
This action shocked Shen Ji greatly, and even though Yun was mentally prepared, he was still shocked.
Shen Ji hurriedly said, "What's the matter? If you have something to say, get up and tell me."
Master Ye San choked up, "I am sorry for my elder brother and sister-in-law, and for Duke Dingguo..."
Inside the house, the old lady had been feeling uneasy since Chen Wan and Yun left. She drank tea to calm her mind.
Just as she picked up the teacup, the maidservant outside hurried in, "Old Madam, I don't know what happened to the Ye family in Junzhou. The third master Ye came to the mansion and knelt down in front of the Duke at the gate, saying sorry to the late General Ye and my aunt, and also sorry to the Duke..."
clang.
The old lady's hand trembled and the teacup in her hand fell to the ground.
The high-quality celadon teacup was shattered into pieces.
The house, which was noisy just now, suddenly became quiet.
The Third Madam and the Fourth Madam looked at each other, and Chen Yin and Chen Yao also looked at each other in confusion.
Something happened to the Ye family, but it didn't involve the Duke Dingguo's Mansion. Why did the old lady look so panicked?
The Second Madam was also a little restless on the stool, Chen Wu looked worried, not to mention Ye Caiwei, whose face turned slightly pale.
Not long after, another maid ran in. She glanced at Ye Caiwei first, then said, "Old Madam, Master Ye San said that this cousin is fake. The real cousin might have died four years ago..."
One stone can cause a thousand ripples.
Except for a few people who knew the truth, everyone in the room had a look of shock on their faces.
Chen Yao raised her voice even higher, "Fake?!"
Ye Caiwei looked ashen.
The maid made Master Ye San kneel on the ground and reported to the old lady everything he said to Shen Ji without missing a word.
Four years ago, General Ye died on the battlefield while shielding Shen Ji from an arrow. Shen Shi could not bear the blow and also passed away, leaving behind only one daughter, Ye Caiwei. Shen Ji was heartbroken and wanted to take his niece Ye Caiwei into his house to raise her in order to repay his brother-in-law for saving his life. However, he held military power and could not go to Junzhou, so he sent the second master to attend the funeral to pick her up.
The second master went to the Ye family first. After burying Shen, he had some personal matters to attend to, so he left the Ye family first and agreed with the Ye family to meet at a certain place.
Master Ye San escorted Ye Caiwei to the agreed point, but on the way there, Ye Caiwei became seasick and accidentally fell off the boat and was washed away by the rushing river.
Master Ye San took people to look for Ye Caiwei, but they couldn't find her after two days. She was neither alive nor dead. Afraid that Master Er would be waiting anxiously, he went to find him, but was severely beaten by him.
The third master Ye failed to escort Ye Caiwei properly, causing her to have an accident. He was afraid that the Ye family and Shen Ji would blame him. The second master was also afraid that Shen Ji asked him to pick someone up from the Ye family, but he went to do his own private business. If he had picked up Ye Caiwei in person, Ye Caiwei might not have had an accident.
Both of them were afraid of being blamed, so they came up with a plan. They found someone of similar age to pretend to be Ye Caiwei. Shen Ji had never seen what his niece looked like, and no one in the Duke Dingguo's Mansion recognized her. As long as he was smart, he could get away with it.
The second master brought his men back to the mansion, and the third master Ye continued to look for the real Ye Caiwei. If she was alive, he would send her to Beijing. When the time came, they would explain clearly and admit their mistakes sincerely. Shen Ji would not blame them.
Chen Yao didn't expect Ye Caiwei to be fake. She was immediately furious when she thought that a fake cousin dared to scold her, a legitimate daughter of the Duke's Mansion.
Chen Yao asked curiously, "Why did Master Ye San suddenly come to Beijing to admit his mistakes?"
The maid said, "It was the Second Young Lady who sent someone to the Ye family..."
The old lady's face darkened. "What's going on?"
The maid couldn't answer because Shen Wan didn't say anything.
Soon Shen Ji arrived, his face ashen and uglier than ever before. Anyone who saw him would know that the Second Master was in great trouble.
Shen Ji didn't say anything. He had already sent someone to find the second master to return to the mansion, and the third master Ye also followed in.
Seeing the old lady's eyes fall on Shen Wan, Shen Wu asked, "Why would Second Sister send someone to the Ye family?"
Chen Wan said, "That time when I startled a horse in Huguo Temple, I had a nightmare at night. I dreamed of my uncle and aunt. In the dream, my uncle and aunt asked my father why he didn't take good care of my cousin. I found it strange. My cousin lives a life of luxury in our Dingguo Mansion. Everything I have, my cousin also has. How could she not take good care of me?
I didn’t dare tell my parents, so I asked a Taoist priest from the Huguo Temple to do some divination for me. The Taoist priest told my parents to go to my uncle and aunt’s grave to burn some paper money…”
"My father is always so busy that I hardly see him. I asked a Taoist priest if someone could do the burning for me. The Taoist priest said we could give it a try, so I asked my cousin to help. If that doesn't work, I'll tell my parents."
"The people my cousin sent didn't know where my uncle and aunt's graves were, and they didn't dare to go there rashly to burn paper, so they told the Ye family the truth. Unexpectedly, Mr. Ye San felt guilty, and Mrs. Ye noticed something was wrong. When she asked him, Mr. Ye San confessed..."
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