With no strange expression on her face, Ye Wanshu pretended to be uninterested as she walked past Gu Tingchen, then directly boarded the carriage of the Duke's Mansion.
Afraid that the bastard Gu Tingchen would get on the carriage, Ye Wanshu called Chunhong and Xingtao up, and the three masters and servants took their seats. Gu Tingchen watched silently, then had to mount his horse and enter the city with his father.
After returning to the Duke Rong's Mansion, Ye Wanshu went straight to her aunt's yard.
When I got outside the yard, I found that everyone around me was a stranger, and there were several strong-looking old ladies guarding the gate.
Ye Wanshu was about to go in, but was stopped by two maids.
"Miss Cousin, the Madam is recuperating from illness. You cannot go in without the Young Master's order."
"Asshole," Ye Wanshu said angrily, "Do you know who that person is in there? She's your mistress. How can you treat her so rudely?"
Several maids' faces turned dark, but they still stood in front of the courtyard gate indifferently.
Gu Tingchen came forward and saw the unhappy look on his cousin's face. He said hypocritically, "Are you blind? How can you stop my cousin from visiting her mother?"
After saying this, Bu Nai waved at the others, signaling them to leave. Then, while accompanying Ye Wanshu inside, he explained, "Ever since you left Lin'an, Mother has been terribly concerned about you. That's why she became ill. Those clumsy maids before couldn't take good care of Mother, so I've specially found some more skilled and capable women to take care of Mother. Wanwan, don't worry."
Ye Wanshu didn't bother to pay attention to him, she just felt that he was even more terrifying than in his previous life.
I walked straight in and when I got to the house, I smelled a strong and pungent smell of medicine. The room was dark and seemed like a different place compared to before.
Ye Wanshu's heart ached. Her aunt had been particular about decoration for half her life. Whether she lived in Tongyang or in Lin'an, the house was always decorated very elegantly. Even in the cold winter, she would add a lot of flower arrangements in various places in the house. As long as it was a courtyard she had lived in, it must have been full of vitality. How could it be so lifeless like it is now?
Listening to the intermittent coughing on the bed, Ye Wanshu suppressed the tears that welled up in her eyes and walked forward step by step. Seeing the haggard figure curled up on the mat, she called out with a trembling voice, "Auntie."
Hearing the voice, Ye Huaisu turned around with difficulty, and when he saw the person in front of the bed, his face was stunned.
"Wanwan, why are you back?" Ye Huaisu coughed lightly and shook his head repeatedly: "You are married to Prince Yongning, so you shouldn't come back."
Thinking that she hadn't seen her son and daughter for almost two months, she roughly guessed the reason and glared angrily at Gu Tingchen who came in.
"My son thinks mother is confused due to illness. Wanwan is the wife of our Gu family. How could she marry Prince Yongning?"
Gu Tingchen laughed coldly and said, "Qingmian and Tingji are still young and ignorant. I can forgive them, but as the head of the family, if their mother also makes mistakes, wouldn't it be ridiculed if the news got out?"
"Gu Tingchen, I have returned to Lin'an as you wished. Please release Qingmian and Tingji immediately." Ye Wanshu looked at him coldly.
Gu Tingchen sighed in grievance, "Wanwan, your misunderstanding of me is getting deeper and deeper. You feel sorry for Qingmian and Tingji, but they are also my brothers and sisters. Would I harm them?"
After saying this, he looked at Ye Huaisu with a smile and said, "Son, I will go and call Qingmian and Tingji over personally. Let's have a good family reunion dinner. Mother, please persuade Wanwan and stop her from misunderstanding me."
Watching Gu Tingchen leave, Ye Wanshu helped Ye Huaisu sit up and carefully helped her lean against the pillow.
Ye Huaisu, tears in his eyes, held Ye Wanshu's hand and choked out a sob, "Wanwan, tell your aunt, did that bastard threaten you with Qingmian and Tingji?"
Seeing her aunt's face was already sallow and without a trace of blood, Ye Wanshu felt a pang of pain in her heart.
Not wanting her to feel anxious again, Ye Wanshu smiled softly and shook her head, "Aunt, it's Wanwan who misses you and your cousins. She wants to come back to see you."
How could Ye Huaisu not see that this girl was trying to comfort him? He could only sigh silently that he had caused his niece so much trouble.
She nodded as if she didn't notice. "Have we redeemed all the land and property of our Ye family's ancestral home? Are Mother Yan and the others okay?"
"I've left it all to Madam Yan. She's taken care of everything Grandmother entrusted to her very well." Ye Wanshu answered truthfully, "Don't worry, Auntie. The people in Prince Yongning's mansion are all kind. They will certainly be lenient with all of my family's relatives and servants."
Ye Huaisu had heard of the Yongning Palace and the Zhang family of Suzhou. They were both famous families with a reputation of hundreds of years. No matter how poorly educated such families were, they would not embarrass a group of slaves.
"It seems your father has found a good marriage for you this time." Ye Huaisu said with emotion, "It was your aunt who misunderstood your father before."
"Well, Dad treats me very well now. Aunt, don't worry that he will do anything bad to me." Ye Wanshu responded.
Seeing the determination in his niece's eyes, Ye Huaisu felt relieved immediately, and only regretted that he could not find a way to let Wanwan stay in Yuezhou.
Gu An and her stepson's behavior these days made her increasingly disheartened. She was actually worried that Wanwan would encounter something unexpected when she returned to Lin'an.
"Wanwan, tell your aunt that you are willing to marry into the Yongning Palace?" Ye Huaisu looked at her and asked earnestly.
Seeing her aunt's eyes full of expectations, Ye Wanshu didn't know how to answer her for a moment.
"Aunt, Qingmian and Tingji are still young. I just hope you can take good care of yourself and don't worry about other things."
Thinking of her aunt's early death in her previous life, Ye Wanshu advised solemnly, "Qingmian and Tingji are hoping you'll get better soon. You must not stay sick like this and make them worry."
She deliberately didn't answer him, and Ye Huaisu became more certain of his guess. His niece must have been threatened when she came back this time, and she was afraid that she had a falling out with the Yongning Palace.
Otherwise, with the status of the Yongning Palace, since they have chosen this marriage, how could they let this girl come back so easily?
She was trapped in this cage and felt lost all day long. She couldn't let her eldest sister's only child repeat her mistakes.
"Wanwan, I used to be too paranoid, always thinking that everything I arranged for you was the best. But after going through so much, I know that it's hard to have everything perfect in this life. Only what you think is good is good."
Patting the back of her hand gently, Ye Huaisu forced a faint smile. "Your grandmother was a strong-willed woman all her life, living a carefree and unrestrained life, admired by countless girls. It's a pity that your aunt has lost her integrity. In recent years, she has only cared about flattering others and accepting everything that comes her way. She has hurt herself and almost hurt you too. Your aunt has no other wish in this life except that you three siblings can live for yourselves."
Not knowing why her aunt suddenly said this, Ye Wanshu felt a little uneasy. "Aunt, we still have a lot of time and the opportunity to make a new choice."
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Gu Tingchen leading Gu Qingmian and Gu Tingji, brother and sister, in.
Seeing that both the aunt and nephew looked a little sad, Gu Tingchen was very dissatisfied.
"On this joyous day when the family is reunited, why is Mother causing Wanwan grief for no reason?"
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