Chapter 68 Do you still think you are an honest official?
The Ye Mansion was not at peace at this time. After the incident at Wanhe Tower, everyone had ulterior motives.
Ye Zhixing knew that he had let the Pei family down, so he personally prepared several doses of nourishing medicine and sent them over, using only the finest medicinal materials. He only hoped that the Pei family would show leniency in the future and not take this incident to heart.
As the mastermind of this incident, Ye Lingchuan first asked the nanny to take Ye Anyun out of the house, and then tricked Pei Song into going to Wanhe Tower for a drink. Fortunately, Ye Anyun escaped in time, otherwise if outsiders had caught the two of them, both the Ye family and the Pei family would have lost face.
In a rage, Ye Lingchuan was punished according to the family rules. The servants took Ye Lingchuan to the front of the ancestral temple and beat him with thirty boards. However, the servants acted according to their master's instructions. They had to punish, but some people were beaten leniently.
For example, Ye Lingchuan. There are only two sons in the Ye family now. One is the eldest son Ye Lingchuan, and the other is Ye Anheng, born to Deng. In the future, Ye Lingchuan will most likely have the final say in the Ye family. The servants know this, so they will be more lenient with their actions.
There was much thunder but little rain. Ye Zhixing saw the clues and saw that his servants were afraid to take action. He shouted, "Hit them hard! Beat them to death! Anyone who doesn't dare to use force, watch out for your head!"
After hearing these words, the executioner no longer dared to act in front of Ye Zhixing and whispered in Ye Lingchuan's ear, "My lord, I'm sorry."
After saying that, he started to beat her again, this time with much more force, causing Ye Lingchuan to groan in pain, with beads of cold sweat on his forehead. He still couldn't figure out what went wrong. How could something that was clearly planned suddenly go wrong?
Ye Anyun should be in the same room with Pei Song, so why is she next to her parents?
Could it be that someone in the mansion had tipped off the government? Everyone in the mansion was his, who would dare to interfere? Besides, who would protect a concubine's daughter?
He suddenly opened his eyes. Who said they were all his people? Wasn't that an outsider who had just come in a few days ago?
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Ye Qingshang's voice. She was sitting in a wheelchair, pushed over by a maid behind her. She begged Ye Zhixing, saying, "Father! My brother is doing this for Shang'er's own good. You can't bear to marry your daughter to a fool, right?"
"If you don't want to get married, you should have told me nicely instead of letting your brother do such a thing! You're so heartless to drug your own sister!"
Ye Zhixing scolded Ye Lingchuan again, but Madam Ye refused to listen and said, "Master, in your eyes, Chuan'er is no better than a concubine's daughter? Besides, the fifth child has a poor background. If she could really marry into the Pei Mansion, she would have a good home and bring honor to our Ye Mansion. It would be fine if you didn't help her, but you actually blame Chuan'er? Isn't he doing this for the Ye Mansion?"
"I, Ye Zhixing, have never relied on currying favor with others as an official in the court! I don't want to offend the Pei family, but I have never thought of currying favor with them either!"
Madam Ye sneered, as if she had heard some ridiculous joke, and said, "Master, do you really believe what you said? If you hadn't attached yourself to the Xu family when Concubine Xu was pregnant, how could our Ye Mansion be what it is today? And you still think you're some honest official?"
When Ye Zhixing heard Madam Ye mention the Xu family, he panicked immediately, but couldn't utter any rebuttal for a moment. He just said, "You're crazy! Lock her up in the room! Don't let her out without my permission!"
The servants received the order and dragged Madam Ye away forcefully, regardless of her struggles.
Ye Lanzhou was not far from the ancestral hall and heard what Madam Ye said.
Ye Zhixing is indeed Empress Dowager Xu's man. If Empress Dowager Xu wants to hide the late emperor's body, Ye Mansion is indeed the best place. But where is the body now?
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