Imperial Capital Gift 16. Bumping into the eldest sister, you deserve a beating!
The impeachment seemed to have ended with the emperor's mild punishment, but the subsequent impact was far from over. Before Minister Ye returned home after the court session, the news of the morning court session had spread like wildfire among the noble families in the capital. It was also reported from somewhere that Minister Ye sold his daughter to seek honor. Seeing that Prince Li did not like his three unremarkable daughters, he instructed the fourth daughter Ye Ying, who was known as the most beautiful woman in the capital, to seduce His Royal Highness Prince Li. What one person said was a rumor, but what a hundred people said seemed to be the truth. Wherever he went, Minister Ye seemed to feel that people looked at him differently than usual. In the end, he could only endure his depression and hurriedly deal with government affairs and return home.
When Qingshuang told Ye Li about the rumors with a look of schadenfreude, Ye Li just smiled and ignored it. She was a little worried that this action would bring some trouble to her uncle. But her second uncle was not a reckless man who didn't know his limits. Since he did this, he naturally had his reasons and ideas. But Ye Li was a little surprised that her father didn't get angry with her because of this incident. After all, when Minister Ye returned home angrily yesterday, he also had a meal with Wang and Ye Ying. Maybe it wasn't that he didn't intend to get angry with her. After all, he had already rushed into Qingyixuan yesterday. I just don't know why he turned around and walked out without saying anything as soon as he entered the room.
Perhaps it was a rare sudden feeling of guilt? Ye Li thought carelessly, glancing at the simple furnishings in the room.
Sitting in front of the window, embroidering with her head down, a purple iris gradually takes shape under her hands. Embroidery is something that requires patience, and Ye Li, who was a sniper in her previous life, has patience the most. In this life, her mother taught her embroidery herself since she was six years old, and she has gradually fallen in love with this art over the years. Because of her past memories, Ye Li naturally has more experience and knowledge than people of this era, and the things she creates always have a unique charm and spirit that are more unique than others.
There was a faint commotion in the yard. Ye Li frowned and raised her head, "Qingxia, what's going on outside?"
"Miss, it's Young Master Rong who's back. He's clamoring to see you outside the courtyard." Qingxia replied respectfully.
Ye Li smiled faintly, pinned the embroidery needle on the silk cloth and stood up, "Let's go and take a look." Ye Rong, the only male in the entire Ye family, is thirteen years old this year and is studying in a famous academy in the capital. Influenced by Wang, Ye Rong has disliked his eldest sister Ye Li since he was a child. After Xu's death, as the only boy in the family and the eldest son, he looked down on Ye Li. It was good enough to see her a few times a year. He had never come to see Ye Li in person. Needless to say, it was because Wang and Ye Ying were scolded by their father yesterday. He just came back from the school yesterday, and today he couldn't wait to come to defend his mother and sister.
Before she went out, she heard the voices of Qingshuang and Ye Rong arguing, "How dare you! You are just a lowly girl, and you dare to stop me! Be careful or I will sell you to a brothel!" Ye Rong glared fiercely at the girl in green in front of him.
Others might be wary of the only young master in the mansion, but Qingshuang was not so polite. With her beautiful eyes wide open, she raised her head and sneered at Ye Rong, "No matter how lowly I am, I am still the young lady's maid. It is not your turn to beat or sell me. You dare to break into the courtyard of your eldest sister? Is this the etiquette that Young Master Rong learned in school? You really teach well and learn well!"
"Bitch! Beat her up!" Ye Rong angrily ordered the servant behind him to teach Qingshuang a lesson.
"Rong'er, what are you doing?" Ye Li walked out of the yard and looked at the tense young man in front of her. Her eyes fell on the hand of the servant holding Qingshuang. "Why don't you let go?" The two servants holding Qingshuang seemed to be burned by fire. They quickly retracted their hands and hid behind Ye Rong. Seeing that the people around him were so useless, Ye Rong felt ashamed. He snorted and said to Ye Li: "Third sister, you are so rude. I will teach you a lesson."
Ye Li looked at him coldly, "I will discipline the people around me. If you have time, you might as well learn the rules a few times." Seeing Ye Rong like this, Ye Li knew why his father loved and hated this son. The only child, but he was a brainless one. Wang actually had the wild idea that her son could compare with the second son of the Liu family. The second son of the Liu family was already a young talent famous in the capital at the age of sixteen. This year, he went to Lishan Academy alone to study. Both the Liu family and his teachers and classmates had high hopes for him, as if he was the future top scholar. And his half-brother was obviously just a playboy who was not ranked well in the capital. Ye Rong was raised in the palm of the hand of Madam Ye and Wang. Even the second sister and the fourth sister dared not talk to him like that. Ye Rong jumped up like a cat with its fur burnt, pointing at Ye Li angrily and saying, "How dare you say that to me? I'll tell my grandmother and you'll be in trouble!"
It was really disgraceful to argue with such a child. Ye Li had never understood why the Ye family, though not a century-old family, could have a certain weight in the capital, and raised someone as idiotic as Ye Rong. Not wanting to pay attention to the angry boy, Ye Li turned around and was about to go back to her room, "Please, Master Rong, leave."
"Ye Li, stop right there!" Ye Rong was furious. "You are so shameless. It's obvious that Prince Li's brother-in-law doesn't want you anymore, but you actually let your uncle say bad things about dad in front of the emperor, causing mom and third sister to be scolded by dad. You deserve to be abandoned by Prince Li, you sinister woman, you deserve it..."
"Evil beast! Why don't you shut up!" Ye Rong, who was cursing excitedly, didn't notice the coldness in Ye Li's eyes and the slight smile on her lips. It was not until a roar came from behind that he turned around stiffly and saw the people around him lying on the ground and trembling. His father, who was always kind and amiable, was staring at him with a sullen face, "Dad..."
"This Shangshu Mansion is really well-educated. A mere son of a concubine who was promoted to the position of legal wife actually dares to insult the daughter of the original wife in broad daylight. He really needs a lesson." A handsome young man among the people following Shangshu Ye sneered.
Upon hearing this, Minister Ye's face turned even uglier, "What are you still standing there for? Take this beast down for me! If it's serious, I'll punish him with twenty lashes of the cane!"
After hearing what Minister Ye said, Ye Rong screamed out in fear. He punched and kicked the two servants who came up to him, "Dad... Dad... I know I'm wrong..." Unfortunately, he was young and weak, so how could he defeat these servants who were in their prime? He was soon dragged to a nearby place to be caned.
Ye Li looked calm, but with a rare joy, she quickly stepped forward and said, "I've met father. Aunt, cousin, why are you here?"
Minister Ye looked at his daughter who greeted him respectfully but showed rare intimacy to outsiders, and felt a little uncomfortable. But when he thought of the simple furnishings in Ye Li's courtyard, he couldn't express it. He could only smile and say, "Qingfeng and your aunt came to see you, so I accompanied them."
Xu Qingfeng smiled coldly and said, "That's right. If we hadn't come today, we wouldn't have known that my younger sister was living like this in the Ye Mansion." The smile on Ye Shangshu's face froze. He felt a little embarrassed looking at the cold-faced Madam Xu and the unfriendly Xu Qingfeng. Ye Li smiled faintly, walked forward, took Madam Xu's hand and said with a smile, "Aunt, don't stand at the door. Let's go in and have a cup of tea."