Chapter 934: The Prince of the Duke's Mansion vs. the Black Lotus Concubine 76
Yun Ye could only turn around and go back to the office, asking the people to follow him. He was busy until nightfall, when Yun Ye was finally able to get away and return to the Duke's Mansion.
Ji Yunhuan was dressed in plain clothes with only a jade hairpin in her hair. She stood at the door with a smile on her face, welcoming the prince back.
"You said you would come back to have dinner with me, why are you here so late? You kept me waiting!"
"You've been busy all day, so you must not have eaten well. Everything is ready, and the soup base is fragrant and rich. I'll make hot pot for you."
Yun Ye watched Ji Yunhuan busying himself preparing the dipping sauce. The fragrant and thin mutton rolls were put into the pot with smoke rising up, and then quickly scooped out and put into his bowl.
Yun Ye was dumbfounded and didn't move. Ji Yunhuan picked up a chopstick and fed it to his mouth, saying with a smile: "You are becoming more and more pretentious. You are only happy if I feed you, right?"
Yun Ye enjoyed the food so much that his mouth was filled with the delicious taste. He seemed to be hesitant to speak, and it was obvious that he was hiding something from himself.
Ji Yunhuan put down his chopsticks and said seriously, "Usually you are as noisy as a sparrow when you see me, why are you so quiet today? Are you hiding something from me? Have you done something to let me down again? You came back so late, did you go to Chunfeng Tower to have fun?"
Yun Ye swallowed the meat in his mouth eagerly, and the sauce choked him and made him cough, "I didn't! I'm so busy, how can I have time to go to Chunfeng Tower!"
"You've become more sensitive and cry more since you got pregnant. You shed tears for no reason. I'm afraid I can't bear it. Oh my! What's going on? Your father is such a piece of shit! I don't know what to say!"
Ji Yunhuan patted his chest and said, "You scared me to death. Of course I believed you. You looked so solemn, I thought something big had happened. The last time I cried was because I saw you came back from the palace in one piece. I was so happy that I shed tears, and you kept talking about it!"
"My father is a worthless person to begin with. Please don't show mercy to him. Just deal with him as you wish. I won't blame you."
Yun Ye dragged a stool to Ji Yunhuan, took her hand, and said carefully: "Then I say, don't be angry, and don't be sad."
"Today, someone stopped my official sedan and filed a complaint, accusing Ji Changmao of colluding with local officials to blow up the dike and flood Yongxing Village! The local official has been transferred to the capital and is now a sixth-rank official. I arrested him immediately and interrogated him thoroughly."
"Ji Changmao was so mad and disregarded human life just to cover up the fact that he divorced his wife and remarried! He concealed the fact that he was already married, abandoned his wife and daughter, attached himself to the Xu family, married Xu, and had a successful career. He was appointed to the Ministry of Personnel and was in charge of the promotion assessment of one side."
"The local county magistrate of Yongxing Village noticed this, but instead of reporting it, he used it to show his loyalty to Ji Changmao in exchange for a promotion. It happened that there was a flood in the area, so the official blew up the dam and flooded Yongxing Village. Not only did the people who knew about it die, but the local data and archives were also destroyed, leaving no evidence!"
"Ji Changmao thought he had nothing to worry about and was content to be the son-in-law of the Xu family. He was soon promoted to the fifth-rank doctor."
Ji Yunhuan was shocked, Ji Yunhuan was angry, Ji Yunhuan was sad and crying!
She leaned against Yun Ye, her whole body trembling, "I... I thought he was just after money, he used sweet words to cheat the Bai family of their money, I didn't expect he was so heartless, how could he have the heart to do that? My mother believed in him so much, and my grandfather saved his life!"
"When he went to Beijing to take the imperial examination, he was almost killed by bandits and his travel expenses were robbed. It was my grandfather who kindly brought him home and treated his injuries. The Bai family respected his knowledge and treated him as an honored guest!"
"But he was attracted by the wealth of the Bai family and tried his best to please my mother. My mother was moved, so the marriage took place. Although the time was short, the wedding was held, the marriage certificate was written, the head of the village was a witness, and the government also kept a record of it."
"After the marriage, he went to Beijing to take the exam. He didn't pass the exam that year, so my mother asked him to go back and prepare well for the exam. The Bai family paid for all the expenses, but he wanted to stay in Beijing. At that time, he must have had his eyes on Xu. He always said that going to Beijing was expensive, and coaxed the Bai family into paying."
"The Bai family ran a medicinal plantation. My mother never worried about money, so she sent him money one by one, and even sold some of her property to help him settle down in the capital. Every time he wrote back, he was sincere and heartfelt. My mother believed it and only hoped that after three years, he would pass the imperial examination and the Bai family would move to the capital to live together."
"He boasted that he inherited his family's legacy of farming and studying, and that he had some assets! But those were actually my mother's assets! He sent love poems and small gifts to my mother, and even sent a longevity lock to me when I was just born, all of which he spent was the Bai family's money! God was so blind that he actually let him pass the high school entrance exam!"
"It just so happened that my great-grandmother was seriously ill and passed away after a long illness. After another year or two, the Bai family finally decided to move the whole family to Shangjing. The whole Yongxing Village knew that the Bai family's son-in-law had made it big and wanted to take his wife, daughter, father-in-law and mother-in-law to Shangjing to enjoy a good life. I thought the flood was just an accident. How could he have the heart to kill so many people?"
Ji Yunhuan lay in Yun Ye's arms and cried, her heart breaking.
Yun Ye was so flustered that he said, "Oh, we agreed not to cry. Let's not talk about it anymore. After committing such a wicked act, Ji Changmao will surely die!"
"Mi Xue, come over here and coax your young lady. She listens to you the most!"
It was also the first time that Mi Xue heard the news. She only knew that there was a flood in Ji Yunhuan's hometown and Ji Yunhuan lay in a wooden basin and floated very far away. Fortunately, he survived. Her grandmother adopted Ji Yunhuan, and the three of them, grandparents and grandchildren, depended on each other for survival.
Later, their grandmother died and they were targeted by human traffickers. Ji Yunhuan took her to escape, but luckily for them, they met Censor Shen who was returning to his hometown to worship his ancestors. She begged him to take her to Beijing to recognize her relatives.
Mi Xue half-knelt on the ground, using a handkerchief to wipe the tears from the young lady's face, but the tears on her own face kept flowing more and more.
"The day we entered the Ji family, you said that your mother admired Lord Ji's knowledge and character, and was willing to have sex with Lord Ji, which led to you. You also said that your mother knew she was not worthy of Lord Ji and did not dare to entangle with him, but now that you are the only one left, she had no choice but to come to him for help."
"Mrs. Xu even cursed your mother, saying that she was just a country woman who was willing to be lowly! Ji Changmao must be afraid that you would tell Censor Shen about divorcing your wife and remarrying, so he took us in with a pinch of his nose. They have bullied us in every way over the years, and Ji Changmao never helped you. He really wants to beat the young lady to death, so that he can feel at ease!"
The master and servant hugged each other and cried even harder.
Yun Ye asked the maid to take Mixue out. He held Ji Yunhuan in his arms, patted her back gently, and comforted her: "My ancestor, please stop crying, okay? Look, is the child moving? The child is also comforting you. Huan'er, be good. I'll take you out to buy candy figurines tomorrow, okay?"
Ji Yunhuan was tired of crying. She touched her belly and hiccuped. "Do you think I'm a three-year-old child? I don't want any sugar figurines. I want revenge for my mother, my grandparents, and the dead souls in the entire village! I want Ji Changmao dead!"
This was an extremely outrageous statement. Even if Ji Changmao was completely wrong, Ji Yunhuan should not have said such a thing as patricide.
Yun Ye didn't care about that. He gently rubbed Huan'er's belly and nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay! He deserves to die! How about cutting him into pieces?"
"We have to buy the sugar figurine too. Let's go to Chunfeng Street tomorrow and then I'll take you to Yumei Garden to relax. We can take a carriage all the way, so we won't be too tired. You are really made of water. If I don't care about you, who knows how much you will cry by yourself?"
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