She never thought that Ye Laosan actually passed the high school entrance examination and even won the top spot.

She shouldn't have listened to her mother in the first place. Why didn't she wait any longer? Why did she just give up like that?

If I wait a few more months, even just a few months, and Ye Laosan passes the imperial examination, then I will be the wife of the top scholar. No one will dare to look down on me or give me a hard time in the future.

Thinking of how good Ye Lao San was to me in the past, he would always think of me whenever he had something good. When I felt unwell, he would immediately come to give me medicine and food. I just said that I wanted to eat Tao Ji's lotus cake, but it rained heavily that day, and Ye Lao San queued in the rain for two hours to buy it for me.

At that time, Xia Lan said he was stupid, but Ye Lao San said that as long as she liked it, he would find a way to help her realize it.

Ye Laosan, who once filled his heart and eyes with only himself, was abandoned and lost by himself.

At this moment, Xia Lan regretted her decision and tears fell down.

The maid knocked on the door and came in: "Madam, the master wants you to come over."

Xia Lan's face froze, thinking of how her husband would beat her up at every turn, always taking concubines, and favoring his concubine over his wife, never treating her well, and always torturing her in different ways.

Such a bastard cannot be compared with Ye Lao San who is devoted to him.

The most important thing is that every time I go back to my parents' home, my parents don't care about my situation at all. They think I am living a good life. All they do is ask me to please my husband so that he can give my brother a job or some money.

In their eyes, there was never Xia Lan, only her brother.

For the sake of her brother, Xia Lan endured Li Ming's beatings and humiliations time and again, but no one ever cared about her.

Xia Lan let out a bitter smile. This was the path she had chosen, and this was the path her mother had chosen for her. What could she do if she regretted it now?

"Xia Lan!" An angry roar came from outside the yard.

Xia Lan shuddered with fear and her face turned pale.

"Madam, something bad has happened. The young master is coming." The maid was frightened and panicked.

Before Xia Lan could say anything, her husband walked in with a very gloomy face and slapped her hard in the face.

“本公子找你，你居然这么磨蹭，本公子看你是诚心找揍。你怎么眼眶红了，是不是看今日放榜，叶老三高中，所以你后悔嫁给本公子了！”李铭怒吼道。

Xia Lan did regret it in her heart, but she dared not admit it.

"Husband, you are overthinking it. I am not. I just feel a little uncomfortable, so I am a little slow." Xia Lan explained.

"Hmph, stop making excuses for me. It's useless even if you regret it. Ye Laosan is now the top student in high school. How could he be interested in a woman like you who is only interested in profit, forgets his principles, and is stingy and calculating?" Li Ming humiliated her.

Ever since Xia Lan married into the Li family, she has been humiliated, beaten, and tortured by Li Ming, but Xia Lan endured it every time. This time, she finally couldn't bear it anymore.

Xia Lan took a deep breath and was no longer as timid as before. Instead, she looked up and met Li Ming's eyes: "That's right, I am greedy and profit-driven. If you were not an official and your Li family was not rich, I would not be attracted to you!"

Li Ming is the only son of the Li family. He has been spoiled by his family since he was a child and has a cruel and twisted personality. He beat five wives before him to death. Now that Xia Lan provoked him, Li Ming could not bear it.

"Bitch, I think you are looking for death. Who the hell do you think you are? How dare you disobey me and say you look down on me? It seems that I haven't taught you a lesson enough!" Li Ming cursed and started punching and kicking Xia Lan.

In the past, Xia Lan would have begged for mercy, but this time she didn't.

"You damn woman, you don't even beg for mercy. I'm going to beat you to death!" Li Ming hit her even harder.

When the maid saw that the lady was bleeding, she was terrified: "Master, spare my life. The lady is bleeding. If you continue to beat her, something bad will happen to her."

"Get out of here, you bitch. I'm going to beat her to death today!" Li Ming kicked the maid away and continued to beat Xia Lan.

After a while, until Xia Lan was covered in blood and collapsed on the ground, unable to move, Li Ming finally stopped.

"You damn woman, let's see if you dare to disobey me again. If you do it again, I will chop off your hands and feet and sell you to a brothel!" Li Ming said viciously and turned away.

"Madam, how are you, madam?" The maid came over immediately.

Xia Lan was dying, and smiled bitterly: "I'm fine, this is what I asked for."

"Madam, you know the young master is like this, so why bother to anger him?" the maid advised.

"I just don't want to endure it anymore."

"But what can we do if you can't bear it?" the maid said with concern.

Xia Lan smiled bitterly: "Yeah, what can I do."

Compared to the heavy atmosphere in the Li family, the Ye family was indeed overjoyed and happy.

After the banquet ended and the guests left, the Ye family closed the door and celebrated on their own.

Ye's father took several children to the ancestral temple and said, "May our ancestors bless us. This is great. Our third son has won the first place in the imperial examination. Now our Ye family has produced a talented person. Come on, burn some incense for our ancestors."

"Yes." Ye Lao San immediately burned incense, and several men of the Ye family burned incense together.

"Let's celebrate tonight. Our Ye family can finally be proud of ourselves." Father Ye said proudly.

"good."

That night, everyone in the Ye family let loose. For so many years, the Ye family had been ridiculed as a merchant family. Now that the third son of the Ye family has graduated from high school, let's see how they will look down on the Ye family in the future.

Ye Xingchen was naturally very happy, so he drank too much.

By the time everyone left, it was already midnight.

Tang Yu and Qing Luo helped Ye Xingchen back to the yard, helped Ye Xingchen to wash up briefly, and covered her with a quilt. Then the two of them left.

Not long after, a figure suddenly appeared in the room. It was Cang Boyi.

He knew that Ye Laosan had passed the imperial examination today and the Ye family was hosting a grand banquet to celebrate, so he had wanted to come and congratulate him. However, Ajiu said that the emperor had sent people to keep an eye on the Ye family, so Cang Boyi naturally could not come openly.

That's why he waited until late at night and rushed over.

Even though Ye Xingchen was a little drowsy, he noticed something unusual in the room. When he opened his eyes, he saw Cang Boyi suddenly appear.

Ye Xingchen's cheeks flushed, and he chuckled: "Regent King, why are you here? No, I must be dreaming. I'm actually hallucinating."

Cang Boyi came over and said, "It's not an illusion, it's me. I wanted to celebrate with you, but I was afraid that your Majesty's spies would find out, so I came so late."

Ye Xingchen was extremely moved. Looking at that handsome face that infuriated both humans and gods, Ye Xingchen could no longer hold back and reached out to touch Cang Boyi's handsome face.

"She's so pretty, and she's so nice to me. I feel like I want to kiss her."

Cang Boyi froze, and then his ears turned red instantly. This girl is really bold.

But who can blame him for liking it?

So Cang Boyi moved closer to Ye Xingchen. Although the Regent usually exuded an aura of dominance, at this moment when he was so close to Ye Xingchen and enduring her warm breath, Cang Boyi felt that the blood in his body was boiling.

"Xingchen, have you thought it over-----" Before Cang Boyi could finish his words, Ye Xingchen grabbed his collar, raised his chin and kissed his lips.