"Your Highness, sister-in-law, there is something we need to ask about when we visited your residence with the Prince."
"Oh? What is it?"
The Crown Prince, still lost in thought, reacted upon hearing Ye Qingcheng's words and asked.
"I don't know why the Crown Prince's concubine brought her brother's wife's maid to your Crown Prince's residence to question her."
"What? Is that so?"
"That's right."
"Your Majesty, I wonder where I have offended you? Why did you send people from the Crown Prince's residence to arrest a maid from my Prince Han's residence as a warning?"
"If that's the case, then Your Majesty can simply take action against me directly. I would have no complaints whatsoever. There's no need to use my people as a threat!"
"This...this...Seventh Brother, you've misunderstood. I knew nothing about this matter."
"You don't know? Your Majesty, you just said that we brothers should get along well."
Now your Crown Prince's concubine is using your name to try and harm my princess, and she's also making trouble for the people in my household.
I wonder if Your Majesty thinks that I am just a mere warrior, and that my queen is just a good-for-nothing that everyone laughs at.
My husband and I don't need servants to wait on us, and we don't need to be respected.
If that's the case, then I'll have to go to my father and ask him to judge the matter.
I went to the battlefield when I was twelve years old. Six years ago, the day after my wedding, I left my queen and went to the border.
Now that I've returned, I've been so humiliated by you, my elder brother. I was even assassinated on my way back to the capital. Was it also because of you, my elder brother…”
At this point, Qin Mohan deliberately stopped, not making it clear.
"This...this...Seventh Brother, be careful what you say! How could I do such a thing?"
Qin Mohan sighed: "Your Majesty, we are brothers, and you are the Crown Prince. I am focused on the battlefield and have no other thoughts."
"But your Crown Prince's residence has bullied my Prince's residence. Today's events have truly disheartened me!"
"Seventh Brother, you've misunderstood. I know you've been wronged." "How dare you! This Ye Qingyao is incredibly audacious! Seventh Brother, I'll give you an explanation right now. Come, follow me into the manor."
After the prince finished speaking, he turned around and stepped up the stairs into the mansion.
But just as he turned around...
His face darkened, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.
Qin Mohan, how dare you threaten me! After I finish confining you this time, I'll make you pay!
Meanwhile, on this side...
Qin Mohan nodded and then looked at Ye Qingcheng.
At this moment, Ye Qingcheng also looked at him with surprise in her beautiful eyes.
So cunning, so incredibly cunning! Qin Mohan truly knows how to kill without even using a knife—he can destroy a person's spirit!
A few words were enough to enrage the Crown Prince against Ye Qingyao.
Well done.
Ye Qingcheng gave Qin Mohan a thumbs up in her heart.
Then.
The two then followed the Crown Prince up the steps into the mansion.
"Someone come here!"
As soon as the group entered the mansion, the Crown Prince shouted and summoned a servant.
"Crown Prince."
"Where is the concubine now?"
"Your Highness, the Consort should be in her palace at this moment."
"Alright, Seventh Brother, Sister-in-law, come with me..."
After the Crown Prince finished speaking, he headed towards Ye Qingyao's palace.
Ye Qingcheng and Qin Mohan followed side by side behind her.
soon.
The three of them then arrived at Ye Qingyao's palace.
ah…
As soon as the three arrived, they heard a heart-wrenching scream coming from the courtyard of the palace.
The sound was coming from Xiao Tao.
Ye Qingcheng quickly walked past the Crown Prince and went straight into the courtyard.
Seeing this, Qin Mohan quickly followed.
The two had just arrived in the courtyard.
Then I saw Xiao Tao being pressed down on a bench by several servants.
Not only was he being hit by the board, but his hands were also being subjected to the torture of having their fingers pinched.
Ye Qingyao, meanwhile, sat leisurely in a rocking chair, watching Xiao Tao suffer with great ease.
"stop."
Upon seeing this, Ye Qingcheng quickly shouted.
The servants who were carrying out the torture stopped when they heard the shouts.
Then they all turned to look at them.
Ye Qingyao, who was sitting in the rocking chair, also looked over, but she didn't react at first.
However, upon seeing Qin Mohan and the Crown Prince, her expression froze slightly, and then she abruptly stood up.
She quickly approached and curtsied, saying, "This humble servant greets the Crown Prince and the Seventh Prince."
Snap... Ah...
However, no sooner had she finished speaking than the Crown Prince stepped forward and slapped her across the right cheek.
Ye Qingyao cried out in pain and was slapped to the ground.
Before she could ask why, the Crown Prince stepped forward and kicked her again.
Ye Qingyao cried out in pain again, then asked in confusion, "Your Highness... what did I do wrong? Did I make you angry?"
"Hmph, you shameless woman, how dare you question me."
"This...this...Your Highness, I really don't know where I went wrong or offended you."
"Hmph, you don't know? Then what are you doing?" The Crown Prince angrily pointed at Xiao Tao, who was beaten to the point of near death.
And at this moment.
Ye Qingcheng had reached Xiao Tao's side. Seeing Xiao Tao's body covered in wounds, her heart ached terribly.
"Xiao Tao..."
Upon hearing Ye Qingcheng's shout, Xiao Tao struggled to lift her eyelids.
"Miss..."
"Xiao Tao, how are you?"
"Miss...I...I'm alright..."
After hearing this, Ye Qingcheng wondered if it was the original owner's consciousness, or if it was because her relationship with Xiao Tao over the years had reached the level of sisters.
Two tears involuntarily slid down her cheeks.
"I'm sorry, Xiaotao, I failed to protect you."
Xiao Tao shook her head with difficulty: "Miss...I...I...I didn't...didn't..."
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