Shen Ziyu was kicked for no reason and dared not move. If she didn't move, she would be beaten, and if she moved, they would prick her with needles.
Their reactions made everyone secretly laugh.
After the meal, Ruan Banxia suggested that Mu Zhiyue stay here for treatment so that he wouldn't have to go back and forth.
After consulting Mu Zhiyue, Mu Zhiyue agreed.
Ye Lingyu was curious about the uncle Mu Zhiyue mentioned today. Her mother had mentioned him before when she was alive, but she had never met any of her maternal relatives.
The sun was shining brightly, and Jiangjiang and Wangcai were playing in the courtyard under Meng Chuying's watchful eye.
Ruan Banxia was organizing her medicinal herbs, with Shen Ziyu keeping her company.
Ye Lingyu and Cheng Qingyan were beside Mu Zhiyue, and Hongyu was also there.
Mu Zhiyue glanced at Hongyu, who understood and turned to leave.
Cheng Qingyan didn't know if Mu Zhiyue would let her leave, but she couldn't just wait for someone to tell her to leave, could she?
So she was also preparing to leave with Hongyu, but Ye Lingyu pulled her back.
Mu Zhiyue smiled and nodded, indicating that it was alright: "Xiaoyu asked you to stay, so stay. You'll all find out sooner or later anyway, so there's no harm in listening together."
“Xiaoyu, the reason your mother only mentions your uncle and maternal grandfather to you, but you have never met them, is because your mother went against your maternal grandfather’s wishes and was willing to sever ties with the Bai family in order to marry Ye Zongzhi.”
"Back then, your mother fell in love with Ye Zongzhi at first sight, but Ye Zongzhi already had a wife at that time."
"He never mentioned his first wife to outsiders, simply because she was his wife who had shared his hardships."
"He lied to your mother, saying he was never married, until your mother secretly became pregnant with you."
Wow, Cheng Qingyan never expected that her mother-in-law would be such a brave person for love!
His father-in-law is a real scoundrel; he has the air of a heartless scoundrel!
In such a feudal era, if someone became pregnant out of wedlock and it was discovered, not only would the person be disgraced, but their parents' family would also be gossiped about.
In this situation, Ye Zongzhi had a wife, and he and his mother-in-law were not yet married, yet he still got her pregnant. What was he thinking?
Ye Lingyu never expected that things were like this; her mother had never told her any of this.
She occasionally heard rumors from her direct descendants, but she dismissed them as falsehoods or hearsay. Little did she know, they were all true.
Mu Zhiyue was so excited that he was panting heavily.
Ruan Banxia rushed over and gave him acupuncture, and helped him calm down before he recovered.
“After your maternal grandmother found out about this, she was unwilling to marry your mother to Ye Zongzhi.”
"They said if your mother is going to give birth, this child will belong to the Bai family, and the Bai family will raise it after it is born."
"Ye Zongzhi is no good person. Your maternal family had already found out that Ye Zongzhi already had a wife. They absolutely refused to let your mother marry him as a concubine, but your mother was determined!"
"In the end, they even threatened to kill themselves. Your maternal grandparents didn't want both of them to die, and they couldn't persuade your mother, so they had no choice but to compromise."
"I tried to persuade her to back down with the promise of family ties, but she hardened her heart and severed all ties with the Bai family."
“Your maternal grandfather was afraid that she would be mistreated after marrying into the family, so he gave her ten shops and ten thousand taels of silver as a dowry.”
"These dowries gave Ye Zongzhi the opportunity to rise to power. The capital he used to start his business all came from your mother's dowry!"
“I was also sent here by the old lady. When your mother passed away, my movements were restricted by Ye Zongzhi.”
"To this day, the Bai family has not received news of your mother's passing."
What a scumbag!
Ye Lingyu couldn't believe it. Didn't her mother always say that Ye Zongzhi loved her?
Why is this the case?
Could it be that Ye Zongzhi has been lying to her mother all these years, which is why he tied her up and married her off just three months after her mother's death?
“Uncle Mu, my mother said that Ye Zongzhi loves her very much, and he does often send her grapes, pastries, and jewelry that she likes.”
"Are all of these fake?"
Mu Zhiyue shook his head: "Xiaoyu, your mother was indeed happy and content when she was alive. But that doesn't negate the fact that Ye Zongzhi lied to her from the very beginning. As for how much sincerity Ye Zongzhi had, only your mother knows."
Ye Lingyu's mind was a bit confused. Could it be that all the kindness Ye Zongzhi showed her mother was just an act?
But she didn't notice anything wrong. How convincing does an actor's acting have to be to fool everyone?
Moreover, although her mother was only Ye Zongzhi's concubine, she had the same rights as the legitimate wife.
In her memory, she did not find any evidence that Ye Zongzhi treated her mother badly.
Her mother always looked happy with Ye Zongzhi.
She once naively believed that people in love didn't need to care about status or position.
Because she saw in her mother and Ye Zongzhi the happiness of mutual support and companionship.
Her mother has passed away, so there's no need to dwell on whether she's truly happy anymore.
Whether Ye Zongzhi truly loved her mother or was merely being hypocritical and perfunctory is no longer important.
From now on, she and Ye Zongzhi will only be enemies, and there will be no further connection between them.
She was just saddened by the fact that her mother had severed ties with her maternal grandparents' family.
The sharpest knife was used against the dearest person.
This knife not only injured her maternal grandfather, but also her mother.
The things Mu Zhiyue told her completely changed Ye Lingyu's previous understanding of her mother and Ye Zongzhi.
She couldn't comment on this matter.
Even though Ye Zongzhi had been lying to her mother, her mother was truly happy and content with Ye Zongzhi.
Is happiness when you're constantly being deceived really happiness?
There's no point in dwelling on it any further.
Different people choose different paths.
Ye Lingyu closed her eyes to catch her breath, and when she opened them again, her mind was clear.
“I never imagined that my mother and maternal grandfather had such a history. In the past, when I asked my mother about my maternal grandfather, she would always keep quiet. I knew that my mother would be unhappy every time I brought it up, so I stopped bringing it up.”
"Perhaps, when my mother mentioned my maternal grandfather, the look and expression in her eyes that I couldn't understand all those years ago was her longing for him."
Speaking of this, Ye Lingyu thought of something very important: "I remember my mother wrote many letters to my maternal grandfather, but she never received any letters from them."
Based on what Mu Zhiyue said, it didn't seem like his maternal grandparents had severed ties with his mother.
Surely so many letters couldn't have disappeared without a trace? Besides, by that calculation, her maternal grandmother must be in her sixties or seventies, and the Ye family has never received a single word from her maternal grandmother's side.
Isn't that strange?
Two people who miss each other, one of whom keeps sending letters to the other, why haven't they been able to contact each other for decades?
Even if the carriage and the letter travel slowly, and the road is long, they will eventually come to an end.
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