Chapter 25 Unintentional or Intentional
Ye Lanzhou's hand stopped in mid-air. After hearing these words, he had to withdraw it awkwardly, along with the handkerchief.
She hasn't used it yet, so it's not dirty.
She thought secretly but said nothing.
After walking along the mountain road for a while, they came to a mountain spring. The spring water gushed down from the mountain, and the cold sound added a bit of vitality to the mountain.
Ye Lanzhou squatted down, scooped up a handful of water, and rubbed it on her face, washing away the blood that had dried on her face due to the wind. There seemed to be a spot on the side of her face that seemed to be difficult to wipe clean, and she used some force to wipe it away, rubbing her cheeks red.
Xie Chengyan stood aside to rest, not caring about how Ye Lanzhou was cleaning. He stood alone under a tree, with the towering shadow covering him, making him look extremely eerie.
Seeing Ye Lanzhou shake his hands, indicating he had finished washing, he spoke up, "Noble Lady Ye, a native of the capital, can't stand the dry air here."
As he spoke, Ye Lanzhou turned around, with a few drops of spring water flowing down her cheeks, making her look translucent.
Her eyes, shrouded in a hazy mist, were not merely water or tears, but rather a layer of mist that made them appear even more vivid against the moonlight. She simply said, "I grew up in Nanyang, and my time in the capital is numbered."
Her life experience was no secret to Xie Chengyan, and now he seemed to be in a desperate mood. After all, if he was suspicious, he could find out the truth by investigating. It would be better for her to tell him everything so that Xie Chengyan would not think she was restless.
Xie Chengyan was slightly surprised by her frankness. How could such a thing of deceiving the emperor and deceiving the superiors come out of her mouth so openly? Could it be that she didn't care about the safety of the Ye family?
She was still skeptical at first, but when she talked about how she was abandoned by the people of the Ye Mansion in Nanyang, Xie Chengyan finally began to trust her words.
The two horses rode one in front of the other, not moving fast, but she could feel the cold wind hitting her face. She happened to look up at the bright full moon and said, "Actually, I still don't know whether they did it on purpose or not..."
Who can tell for sure what happens inside the house?
A person is an individual with his or her own thoughts and motives, let alone a family as big as the Ye Mansion?
After Ye Lanzhou finished telling her past, Xie Chengyan fell into a long silence. Her story undoubtedly reminded Xie Chengyan of his past self, the young man who was left in Jinling City by his so-called family, defending the city gate with only a sword.
When the sword was broken, the gates of Jinling were wide open, and defending the city was hopeless. What followed was the wailing of the people, the self-blame of the young man, and the resentment towards the withdrawal of the royal family's troops.
He wanted to find someone to talk to, but definitely not the person in front of him.
She is too naive, and all her calculations are written on her face. Children who grew up in the market have scheming minds that cannot be shown on the surface.
The silence between the two was broken by the sound of a horse's hoof treading on a dry branch. Xie Chengyan then spoke, "So Concubine Ye is ruthless towards the Ye family? Then I must find some other evidence against Concubine Ye."
Ye Lanzhou lowered his head and thought, "Not really, my mother is still in the Ye Mansion."
Qin Ruoyuan, the young lady from a poor medical family, lost her support after the war and had to marry into the Ye family to make a living.
After entering the mansion, he was met with jealousy, suppression from several concubines, and the indifference of the eldest lady. They thought that Qin Ruoyuan knew medicine and had more opportunities to talk to the master than they did.
The mother and daughter's meals were always leftovers from other courtyards, and their clothes were also leftovers from other concubines and maids.
The Ye family treated the mother and daughter badly, which made Ye Lanzhou suspect that they were forgotten unintentionally, or that the person who reported it deliberately "forgot" them.
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