Glancing at Ji Ningxi's red and swollen eyes, which looked as if she wanted to eat herself, Ye Wanshu just smiled faintly.
Stroking Gu Tingji's head, she said lightly, "Of course it's powerful. So powerful that the whole Lin'an City thought it was hers."
"Ye Wanshu, stop being so sarcastic."
Ji Ningxi roared, "You vicious woman with a heart of a snake and scorpion, why did you kill my little mother?"
"Why?" Ye Wanshu walked slowly towards her. Thinking about how Ning Yue, such a young child, was gone, the anger in her heart was still hard to calm down.
Looking at her, Ye Wanshu said fiercely, "Because she deserves to die."
"You..." Ji Ningxi gritted her teeth and glared at Ye Wanshu angrily, "My little mother has been with father for so many years. Even if she hasn't made any contributions, she has worked hard. How could you be so cruel as to take her life?"
"Her life is life, but Ning Yue's life is not life? Qin Yi Niang and the life of her unborn child are not life?"
Ye Wanshu glanced at her coldly, "Ji Ningxi, it wasn't me who killed your mother, it was you. From the moment you decided to enter Prince Qi's mansion, you should have known that there was no place for your mother in that house. You know our father's character better than I do."
Thinking of his father's cruelty and determination, Ji Ningxi's expression froze.
Caiju and Qiuli witnessed the entire process of Concubine Zhou being beaten to death by the Prime Minister that day, and both glared at Ji Ningxi in indignation.
"Mrs. Ji, your mother did those evil things that are beyond the reach of human nature. She deserved to be beaten to death by the Prime Minister. Why are you blaming our cousin?"
"Shut up, all of you!" Ji Ningxi pointed at Ye Wanshu in a rage. "Even if my mother committed a terrible sin, you, a bitch, can't instigate my father to harm her. You just can't stand the thought of me marrying someone better than you, so you're deliberately interfering."
Ye Wanshu shook her head disdainfully: "You are quite confident."
Gu Qingmian had already reached the limit of her patience. Her clear, watery eyes bulged out, "You are truly so audacious! How dare you act so wildly in the Rongguo Mansion?"
No matter how much Anping and Qingning hated Ye Wanshu, they didn't want to openly come to the Duke's Mansion and cause a scene.
Seeing that the Third Lady and the Young Master were already dissatisfied, Qing Ning tactfully apologized with a smile: "Third Lady, Young Master, we have no intention of offending you. It's just that Concubine Zhou is our Concubine Ji's biological mother after all. She was murdered, and we must help her get an explanation."
"Now that we've figured it out, what else do you have to say?" Gu Qingmian bit her lip in anger, "Shouldn't you just get out of here?"
"Don't be angry, Third Miss. It is true that we misunderstood your cousin."
Anping and Qingning had never expected that Zhou Ru would do such a cruel and evil thing. Feeling guilty, they apologized humbly and then forcibly dragged Ji Ningxi away.
"Anping, Qingning, what are you sisters afraid of them doing?"
Ji Ningxi shook off the two sisters and glared arrogantly at Ye Wanshu and the Gu siblings. "You are the daughters of Prince Qi, and I am now your father's child. Even if I kill this little bitch today, do you still dare to pick a fight with me?"
Anping and Qingning's expressions darkened when they heard this, and their brows were furrowed tightly. Ye Wanshu even laughed out of anger.
It seems that this silly sister has been keeping her eyes on Prince Qi for so many years. She really thinks that Prince Qi is the true ruler of the Daye Dynasty and cannot see the situation of the court at all.
With Empress Dowager Gu around, no one in Lin'an City, at least for now, dares to challenge the Gu family.
Anping and Qingning brought Ji Ningxi, a concubine, into the Duke's Mansion openly. They must have had no good intentions. Now that they were here, they had to take something away and not let them leave with regrets.
Knowing that An Ping was easily angered, Ye Wanshu looked at her and deliberately asked, "Today is my aunt's birthday. Two princesses and a concubine have trespassed into the Duke's mansion's backyard. I wonder if this was authorized by Prince Qi?"
With a gentle smile, she said meaningfully, "After all, Prince Qi has such a refined hobby, he likes to spy on other people's harems. It's only natural for his daughter to surpass him."
"you......"
Anping was so angry that he was about to scold, but was stopped by Qingning's look and had to change the subject.
"What's wrong with Auntie? Princess Tongyang, even if Auntie Ji is just a concubine, she is still more noble than a lowly thing like you who has been broken off from engagement but still clings to someone else's house."
"that is."
Ji Ningxi was counting on the two princesses to support him today. Thinking of Ye Wanshu going to Yuezhou, he sneered disdainfully.
"You two princesses may not know this yet, but my elder sister traveled thousands of miles to Yuezhou, not to visit relatives, but simply to seduce Prince Yongning."
"I see." Qingning, who was usually calm, also began to show a look of contempt.
He had respected Ye Wanshu before, but it was only because he hoped that she would marry into Prince Qi's mansion. Now that there was no hope, and thinking about how she had been pestering the Gu brothers over the years, keeping them away from Lin'an and leaving him no chance to get close to them, Qingning was filled with anger.
"As a person, you should have self-awareness. The eldest son would rather marry that brothel girl than you. If I were you, I would have killed myself long ago. Why would I still be living like this?"
Qing Ning sneered and shook his head: "Now that you have failed to seduce the two young masters, you are now thinking of seducing Prince Yongning. You are so despicable as to humiliate yourself like this."
"Whoever you call a slut, get out of here right now."
Gu Tingji gritted his teeth and was about to step forward to chase them away, but Ye Wanshu slowly and calmly held him back.
"I am just a merchant's daughter, naturally I cannot compare to the nobility of the two princesses."
Ye Wanshu gazed coldly at Anping and Qingning, then began to smile wickedly. "People who aren't noble never behave respectably. You two princesses have certainly never seen this before. Today, I'll give you a taste of it."
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