Chapter 17 I'm here, don't be afraid
When Ye Shuang heard Ye Yunchu's words, she immediately defended herself: "How could I dare to sell you out? What are you talking about, brother? How could I be so bold? Mother, I didn't mean to do that. How could I dare?"
Ye Shuang lay in the arms of the Marquis' wife, and began to cry weakly again. She looked pitiful, but actually there was not a single tear.
Ye Yunchu sneered and said aggressively: "What else are you afraid of?"
He was really scary when he was angry. Ye Shuang trembled with fear and held the Marquis's hand tightly, but she was still angry: "She is just a maid, and she comes from such a lowly family. Brother protects her like this. I really don't know what kind of magic potion she has fed him. Mother, please take care of it."
"You keep calling me a slut. Are you going to insult me too?"
Ye Shuang felt very aggrieved: "I didn't mean that."
Turning back, he saw Ye Yunchu hugging that lowly concubine tightly, and gritted his teeth: "Brother, why don't you just abandon her? You can find any concubine you want, even a concubine with a decent status. Why find such a vulgar one? Aren't you ashamed?"
Ye Qiaoqiao's face looked a little ugly. Ye Shuang was belittling the status of a concubine's daughter, and she was a concubine's daughter.
"You're an unmarried girl, yet you know so much. Is this how we teach you etiquette? If this gets out, people will say our mansion has no rules!"
Before Ye Shuang could say anything more, Madam Hou covered her mouth: "Okay, Shuang'er, it was you who passed!"
The Marquis looked at his son and then at his daughter, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief as he sat down on the chair. "I thought it was nothing serious. It turned out to be... Yun'er, your bedroom matter. Just handle it yourself. You made such a big noise, I thought..."
He was scared to death.
Then the Marquis looked at Ye Shuang, frowned, and scolded her: "Shuang'er has indeed gone too far. You keep calling her vulgar and lowly. But your brother sleeps with her every night. Doesn't that mean your brother is also lowly and vulgar... Ouch..."
The Marquis had a carefree personality and was a playboy when he was young. He had no scheming. He believed that his becoming a Marquis was all thanks to his father, and he himself was a useless piece of wood. Before he could finish his words, the Marquis's wife pinched his arm hard, and his words were cut off.
The Marquis's wife gave him a look.
The Marquis coughed lightly, picked up the teacup beside him, lowered his head and took a sip before scolding: "You are the daughter of the Marquis's family, and you speak so vulgarly and lowly all the time. How can you behave like that? It's time to ask the nanny to teach you some manners! For the next month, you will be confined to the mansion to learn the rules. You are not allowed to go anywhere!"
This punishment was like the sky falling for Ye Shuang, who relied on her noble status as the daughter of a marquis and the love of her parents and flaunted herself all day long.
Ye Shuang was filled with rage. Why was the punishment so severe just for a maidservant who came from such a lowly background?
She was not convinced and wanted to argue, but the marquis's wife grabbed her hand, gave her a warning look, and told her not to speak again.
This is still a very light punishment. After all, let's be flexible. Ye Yunchu doesn't keep an eye on Ye Shuang every day. Even if he says it's one month, it's only a few days of good behavior, so the punishment doesn't count.
If the Marquis did not speak up and let Ye Yunchu come, the punishment would be very severe, and there would be no room for compromise.
The Marquis’ wife squeezed Ye Shuang’s hand and said, “Silly girl, do you understand that your father is protecting you?”
Ye Shuang also saw some indulgence in her mother's eyes, and her mind became active for a moment, and then she calmed down.
The old lady laughed and walked to Ye Yunchu's side. She looked at her grandson who looked like a banished immortal, and then looked at Li Ruanruan, who was shivering and looking miserable beside her grandson.
The old lady smiled, gave Ye Yunchu a look, and then deliberately said: "Oh, after all this trouble, why did I hear about theft? Who stole something?"
The couple were heartbroken. Their grandson had finally gotten angry for his beloved, so how could they let it go so easily?
She refused to agree.
The Marquis's wife tried to pull Ye Shuang away but failed. Ye Shuang held up the half-torn Suzhou embroidery handkerchief and handed it to the old lady: "Grandma, look, this is the handkerchief that the concubine stole from me. The evidence is all here."
The old lady took it, but walked around Ye Shuang and looked carefully at the part of the yard where the sun still shone. She touched the peony embroidery on it, her eyes full of admiration: "Oh, this embroidery is so exquisite. Even though I have seen many treasures in my life, I fell in love with it at first sight.
Ye Shuang glanced at Li Ruanruan with an arrogant look, then approached the old lady and praised her, "That's right! This is the latest emerging Suzhou embroidery. It's said that it has been appreciated by the imperial concubine in the palace. I bought it for one gold coin while it was still cheap. Now, it's hard to find even for a thousand gold coins."
Ye Shuang deliberately exaggerated a bit, but she was not wrong. The fact that Su embroidery was appreciated by the imperial concubine in the palace was enough to double its value, and it was not available for purchase outside.
You can’t buy it even if you have money. She said it’s priceless, and Ye Shuang thinks that’s right.
"Yeah?"
The old lady held the handkerchief and looked at Li Ruanruan: "Did you steal this?"
Li Runrun really didn't expect that her embroidery would cause such a big trouble. This was no longer something she could control. She was timid and scared.
Right now I'm just trembling and don't know what to say.
Ye Yunchu held her hand, put his arm around her waist, and let her lean against him. This was a gesture that showed his strong protectiveness towards her: "Tell the truth."
He added, "I'm here, no one needs to be afraid."
The implication is that he will cover her back.
Li Ruanruan timidly glanced at Ye Yunchu, then glanced at the kind-looking old lady, and then met Ye Shuang's overbearing gaze that seemed to want to eat her. She shrank back in fear: "Slave..."
After Ye Yunchu pinched the soft flesh on his palm, he changed his words: "I..."
Ye Yunchu found it funny and said that she was smart and stupid at the same time.
Ye Qiaoqiao bowed and saluted: "Greetings, Grandma, Big Brother, Father, and Mother."
After the ceremony, she said, "This Suzhou embroidery is..."
Before she could finish, Li Ruanruan spoke up first: "The Second Miss taught me how to embroider. This Su embroidery was embroidered by us, and we also sold it. No, we didn't steal it."
Li Runrun explained clearly, but her body still couldn't stop shaking and tears fell uncontrollably.
If you can't avoid it, then face it.
She knew what Ye Qiaoqiao wanted to say, but she couldn't say it like that.
Li Runrun didn't dare to say that Su embroidery was hers. She didn't expect that Su embroidery would cause such an uproar, and she was even more frightened, fearing that it would bring disaster.
Put the blame on Ye Qiaoqiao, but Ye Qiaoqiao's mother was originally a very famous embroiderer, so the secret could be concealed. The most important thing is that Ye Qiaoqiao is the second daughter of the Marquis's Mansion.
She said that Su embroidery was hers. Firstly, she had something to make a living and her situation would be better in the future. Secondly, she had someone to support her, after all, she had the support of the Marquis' Mansion.
She said it in public, and with the old lady and the prince around, she didn't have to worry about Ye Shuang stealing her credit.
After Li Runrun finished speaking, she couldn't stop crying, but she clenched her fingers. She had arranged everything.
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