Madam Ye had always given the impression of being a somewhat old-fashioned yet kind old lady. Who could have imagined that behind her charity lay such ruthlessness?
Seeing that her true colors had been discovered by her children and grandchildren, she immediately tried to feign fainting.
But with Jiang Shumiao there, she couldn't faint, and couldn't help but feel angry and embarrassed. "Since you are a god, why do you leave the evil spirits alone and come to my Ye family to stir up trouble and meddle in other people's business? How can you be a goddess if you bully others like this?!"
She's also using moral blackmail.
Ye Wenzhou's face darkened first. "Mother, you mustn't talk nonsense."
Madam Ye looked at him in disbelief, "You are my son, yet you side with an outsider?"
Princess Duanmin approached Jiang Shumiao and bowed to her as an elder, saying, "I am grateful for your help today, Princess. However, Lan Ying is already dead and it is not appropriate for her to remain in the mortal world. I hope that you will send her away so as to avoid creating more karmic consequences."
Jiang Shumiao helped Lan Ying temporarily restore her appearance from before her death, and everyone who entered the room could see her.
The first person Lan Ying saw was her lover Ye Jiayao. She didn't hear what Princess Duanmin said at all. She was so excited that she wanted to fly over to him.
Ye Jiayao, who had been staring blankly at her, suddenly stepped back, looking terrified, and said, "Don't come any closer! It wasn't me who hurt you, don't look for me..."
He kicked down the threshold, fell backward to the ground, and his face contorted in pain.
Lan Ying froze in mid-air, looking at him blankly. "Ye Lang, what's wrong? It's me, Lan Ying."
"Of course he remembers."
Jiang Shumiao's gaze was cold. "It wasn't just Old Madam Ye who killed you, but also him."
Lan Ying found it hard to believe.
"W-what did you say?"
Princess Duanmin's expression also changed.
Ye Wenzhou had already helped Old Madam Ye up, but he didn't know how to end what had happened tonight.
There are bound to be some sordid secrets and shady dealings in large families, but the crimes committed by Old Madam Ye are far too great. She killed her first wife and son, harmed her concubines, and now she has even thrown her grandson's family into a well.
The first point alone is enough to make her the target of everyone's condemnation.
It was Jiang Shumiao who brought these things up; there was no way to cover them up.
As the saying goes, a son should not speak ill of his mother, and he could not possibly send his mother to the Ministry of Justice for questioning.
Princess Duanmin, disregarding her husband's predicament, had rushed forward to help her son up, but was taken aback by Jiang Shumiao's words.
“Princess, is there some misunderstanding? Lan Ying is my son’s wife. I promised her that I would make her my concubine after Jia Yao gets married. The two of them have been together since childhood and have a deep affection for each other. My son is kind and gentle and would never do anything to cover up or harm someone’s life, let alone someone who is his wife.”
Ye Jiayao nodded repeatedly, "It wasn't me, I didn't harm Lan Ying, Mother, I didn't harm her."
Lan Ying also refused to believe that her beloved would be so cruel as to kill her.
“Princess, it was that old woman who killed me. She ordered me to be thrown into the well. It has nothing to do with Ye Lang.”
Jiang Shumiao sighed softly, "You are his concubine, but you have no official status. It doesn't affect his ability to marry at all. Why can't the old lady tolerate you? Why does she have to kill you to silence you? Couldn't she just send you away?"
Lan Ying was stunned.
Yes, why?
She knew her status was lowly and had no extravagant hopes. She was content to be a concubine. So how did she offend the old lady?
Jiang Shumiao's eyes were filled with pity. "You said that the Ye family once asked a Taoist priest to perform a ritual, and you were able to escape by possessing a cat. This shows that the Taoist priest was a person with real skills. So why didn't he completely destroy you?"
Lan Ying was puzzled.
Madam Ye and Ye Jiayao's expressions changed.
Jiang Shumiao showed them no mercy, saying, "Because the fetus in your womb saved you from a disaster."
Lan Ying's eyes widened suddenly, and she subconsciously touched her abdomen.
"A... a child? I have a child?"
She herself had no idea that she was pregnant.
But if it's true, then everything makes sense.
Most noblemen would be given a concubine by their elders before marriage, but no concubine's son could be born before the principal wife entered the family.
This is the rule, and also the bottom line.
She remembered that before she died, Ye Jiayao had indeed had the royal physician examine her pulse.
A few days later, the old lady threw her into the well.
Yes, how could the physician not report to the old lady when she was diagnosed with pregnancy? And how could the old lady, who was determined to have her grandson marry into a high-class family, allow her to ruin Ye Jiayao's reputation?
Whether you send her away or secretly have an abortion, she will harbor resentment.
The old lady decided to go all the way and kill both mother and child, thus eliminating any future trouble.
Lan Ying suddenly burst into tears.
"Ye Lang, are you really so heartless?"
Ye Jiayao didn't dare to meet her gaze at all, turning his face away guiltily, and said weakly, "I... I didn't want to either. It was Grandmother who said the Ye family can't have any scandals. I'm also very sad that you're dead. Don't worry, I will burn a lot of paper money for you every year from now on. Go and be reincarnated in peace. In the next life, I will definitely not let you down."
He was more perceptive than his grandmother, knowing that sweet words couldn't fool Jiang Shumiao, so he coaxed her with gentle words and shifted all the blame to Old Madam Ye.
Anyway, he wasn't the one who did it.
Princess Duanmin looked at her son in disbelief, her voice trembling: "Jiayao, how could you say such a thing?"
The son is modest, polite, gentle, filial to his parents, and approachable.
When did you become so hypocritical and cowardly?
Ye Jiayao's eyes darted around, clearly showing his guilty conscience.
But what did he do wrong?
Lan Ying had served him since childhood, and the two were childhood sweethearts. After they grew up, he naturally took Lan Ying as his concubine. Because of their years of friendship, he couldn't bear to let Lan Ying drink contraceptive soup, but there were still contraceptive measures.
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