Chapter 57: Exposing the Shortcomings
It's dog-eat-dog so soon.
Chen Wu knew that Ye Caiwei was not her real cousin, but she didn't know that Ye Caiwei was her half-sister. She used this as leverage to force Ye Caiwei to do a lot of things for her, especially to cheat her out of money.
Before, it was Chen Wu who had the leverage over Ye Caiwei, and Ye Caiwei had to listen to her. Now that her biggest secret has been exposed, it is she who has the leverage over Chen Wu.
She has no grudges against the fourth lady of the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion, and she will not target her without reason.
Chen Wu forced her to do it. Yun wanted to punish her, but Chen Wu did not help to intercede and even added insult to injury. How could Ye Caiwei agree to this?
Her life is extremely precious. She will marry well in the future and bless the prosperity of Duke Dingguo's Mansion for a hundred years. Even if she really offends Chen Wu, the old lady will not do anything to her.
Fortunately, Shen Wan found someone to rely on, otherwise, how could she have the confidence to fight Shen Wu with just an illegitimate daughter who was not presentable.
Shen Wu angrily complained to the old lady, "Grandma, it was clearly her own fault that she bumped into the Fourth Young Lady of the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion, but she falsely accused me of instigating her!"
Ye Caiwei said, "I'm not so bad as to not even be able to get down the stairs. It's you who forced me to help you vent your anger!"
"I swear to heaven that I'm not lying. Do you dare?"
Ye Caiwei was already speaking in a restrained tone, with a gleam in her eyes. If Chen Wu dared to say another word, she would tell her everything that Chen Wu had forced her to do, and that Chen Wu would have to accompany her for as long as she was punished to kneel in the Buddhist temple.
Shen Wu was so angry that she wanted to strangle Ye Caiwei to death.
The old lady knew all about these things, but she didn't expect that Ye Caiwei's life experience would be exposed, and it was exposed so suddenly, catching her off guard.
The old lady said, "Both of you go to the Buddhist temple and copy the family rules!"
Shen Wu didn't dare to cry out for injustice anymore.
Mother Sun was afraid that they would continue to expose each other's secrets in front of Yun, so she quickly sent them to the Buddhist temple.
The old lady said to the second lady, "Tomorrow you will go to the Duke of Wei's mansion to apologize."
Ye Caiwei is the daughter of the second wife, and it was Chen Wu who instructed her to knock over the fourth lady of the Weiguo Mansion. If the second wife does not go, the Yun family will investigate to the end.
Ye Caiwei was about to leave when Shen Wan said, “Move your things out of Qingyi Garden and then go to the Buddhist temple to receive your punishment.”
Ye Caiwei didn't want to go to the Buddhist temple to be punished, but she also didn't want to move out of Qingyi Garden.
She looked at the old lady with red eyes.
The old lady said, "Let her continue to live in Qingyi Garden."
This time, Chen Wan didn't even need to ask for it; Yun Shi refused. "Qingyi Garden is where Wan'er lived since she was a child. I put a lot of thought into decorating it. Giving it to the real Caiwei is fine, but how can we let the second concubine's daughter live there forever? Isn't the old lady afraid that people will laugh at her if it gets out?"
Not to mention that Chen Wan didn't agree, even Chen Yao and Shen Wu didn't agree.
An illegitimate daughter lives better than their legitimate daughters. Don’t they have any face?
No matter how partial the old lady was, she couldn't help Ye Caiwei keep Qingyi Garden.
Shen Wan went to Qingyi Garden and watched Ye Caiwei pack up her things.
Fearing that she would bully Ye Caiwei, the old lady sent Mother Sun to follow and watch over her.
Except for the things Ye Caiwei brought into the mansion herself, the rewards from the old lady, the things given by the Duke's Mansion, and some things that no one knew where they came from, Chen Wan allowed her to take away, and the rest were all left behind.
Ye Caiwei refused, "If you give it to me, it's mine."
How shameless.
Shen Wan didn't bother to argue with her, and looked directly at Mother Sun who came to support her, "Can't I take back the things my parents and the Yun family gave to my cousin?"
Shen Wan's voice was not loud, but it sent chills down Mother Sun's spine.
The second girl was not very old, but the look she gave her was more oppressive than the one the old lady gave her.
It was clearly not her fault, so Mother Sun didn't dare to defend Ye Caiwei too much. "Second Miss, you should take back the things you gave to your cousin, but some of them won't be used anymore. Just leave them with her. Although we're not cousins, we're still cousins. We'll all live in the same mansion in the future, so we'll see each other every day."
Chen Wan smiled and said, "She is only the second wife's concubine. I won't use those things anymore, but keeping them for her will make her look superior to my third sister. Since Mother Sun said so, then let's keep them for her."
Mother Sun, “…”
How could she forget about the third girl?
But the words have been spoken and cannot be taken back.
Shen Wan took away the usable jewelry, porcelain and other items, and the rest were considered a bargain for Ye Caiwei.
It took Ye Caiwei a whole morning to move all her things to the South Courtyard. Chen Wan asked all the maids and servants in Qingyi Garden to move with her. Chen Wan didn't dare to order the servants who had been ordered around by Ye Caiwei, so she was generous and gave them all to her.
After Ye Caiwei moved out, Chen Wan arranged for some maids and servants from Mingyue Garden to clean and look after Qingyi Garden.
Back at Mingyue Garden, Shen Wan took a small box to find Shen Yu and handed it to her.
Chen Yu asked, "What is this?"
Shen Wan said, "This is the jewelry our fake cousin stole from you."
Shen Yu took it, and there were more than a dozen items inside.
Shen Yu was surprised herself, "So many..."
Shen Wan said, "It's because you got married early that we didn't meet often. Otherwise, you might have been tricked a lot."
Chen Yu sighed, "I don't know if my cousin is still alive..."
My father's original intention was to bring my cousin back to Beijing and take good care of her, but something happened to her on the way to Beijing, and it ended up harming her instead.
My cousin is the only child of my aunt and uncle, and Chen Yu couldn't imagine how much regret and self-blame my father would feel.
Chen Wan also felt that the situation was not good. After all, it had been four years since the real Ye Caiwei fell into the water. She vaguely remembered that her father wanted her third uncle to go to Junzhou, and it was the second master who took the task himself. As a result, the third master Ye had an accident on the way to send Ye Caiwei to meet him, and the person who was finally brought into the mansion was the second master's illegitimate daughter. Chen Wan suspected that the second master had been planning this from the beginning. The real Ye Caiwei did not fall into the water accidentally, but was murdered.
But these are just her guesses, there is no evidence.
But there will always be people in the Ye family who become suspicious.
Yun came in from outside and said, "Mom, has Dad returned home?"
Yun nodded. "Your father just returned. He was deceived by the Second Master and committed the crime of deceiving the emperor. The Emperor did not blame him, and the title of County Master was not revoked. In two days, an imperial edict will be delivered to you, changing the title to your eldest sister."
Chen Yu was stunned. "Why is it a reward for me? It should be given to Wan'er."
Yun said, "Before your father entered the palace, Wan'er specifically told you this."
Chen Yu said, "The emperor originally wanted to confer the title on Wan'er. Besides, I don't need it."
Having the title of County Princess will make it easier to get married.
And she will never marry again in her life, so it would be a waste to reward her.
Shen Wan smiled and said, "If my eldest sister doesn't need it, then I don't need it even more. The emperor has already granted me a marriage."
The status of the Crown Princess of Prince Jingbei is not comparable to that of a county lady.
Shen Yu had nothing to say.
Yun laughed angrily, "Others are vying for something, but you two sisters are just so good at pushing it away from each other."
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