Ye Zhen said, word by word, "The letter severing ties with relatives, and the estate in the south."
Without a second thought, Wang refused, "Don't even think about it."
She disliked Ye Zhen, but how could she let her sever ties with her family? Without the pressure of filial piety, how could she be controlled?
The village to the south is quite wealthy, so it's even less likely that it would be given to her.
Moreover, she was just about to investigate the estate when Ye Zhen asked for it, which shows that there is indeed something strange about it.
Her reaction was exactly what Ye Zhen had expected.
"My mother dislikes me and has harmed me many times, so why won't she sever ties with me?"
Why?
Wang's smile concealed a smugness. "Because you are the child I carried for ten months and gave birth to. Now that you've climbed the social ladder, do you think you can just abandon your parents?"
"Since I was born from your womb after ten months of pregnancy, why did you use the pretext of fortune-telling to abandon me, still an infant, to the south and leave me unattended?"
"You're talking nonsense..."
Wang's words came to an abrupt end.
She saw the guards of the Marquis's mansion escorting a man out. That man was none other than the Taoist priest who had given Ye Zhen his fortune years ago.
Today, however, he was not wearing a Taoist robe, but rather a silk brocade robe.
A hint of panic flickered in Wang's eyes.
How did Ye Zhen find him over the past twenty years?
It was Ye Wantang herself who told Ye Zhen in her previous life that all so-called fortune telling was fake, and the Taoist priests were fake too.
After being reborn, Ye Zhen followed the clues given by Ye Wantang and found this person.
Originally, he planned to settle the affairs of the Marquis's mansion, return to the Ye family, find evidence that he had been switched, then make this person appear, expose the lie of the prophecy from back then, and reclaim his identity.
But Wang's chance encounter with the children, and that dream, made Ye Zhen change his mind.
She could no longer allow Yin Yue and the others, as well as the people of the manor, to be implicated by her.
"It seems that Mother has recognized him. That's right, he is the Taoist priest Chongxu whom Mother invited to interpret my fate back then."
However, he was not a true Taoist practitioner, but a distant relative from his mother's family.
My mother went to great lengths to get rid of me, which shows how much she loathed me as her daughter.
A smile appeared on Ye Zhen's lips, but to everyone else, it was a smile full of sorrow and bitterness.
“Since you are so disgusted with me, why not give me a letter severing ties with you? That way, my mother will no longer have to worry about being harmed by me.”
Wang was furious, "You unfilial and disobedient brat, how dare you speak to me like that?"
Even Taoist fortune-telling is fake; to mention misfortune and conflict is utterly ironic.
She retorted, "Who knows where you found this person to impersonate Master Chongxu? I don't know this person at all."
After this person gave Ye Zhen his fortune reading, her people watched him leave the city gate. He never came to the capital again as a Taoist priest, and no one ever saw him again.
She doesn't admit it, so what can Ye Zhen do to her?
Ye Zhengqing, who had finished applying medicine in his study, heard that Wang had been taken to the front yard, so he secretly came over to take a look. He found that Ye Zhen had even brought the fake Taoist priest from back then.
Just as he was about to slip away, Ye Zhen called out to him, "Father, would you like to come and see if he is the Daoist Chongxu from back then?"
Following Ye Zhen's gaze, everyone saw Ye Zhengqing hiding behind the archway.
Ye Zhengqing could no longer hide, so he had to show himself. He mumbled, "The Taoist priest was found by your mother. Father didn't pay attention to his appearance at the time."
"It seems that Father doesn't care about me either. He can't even remember the Taoist priest who predicted my fate. Then, Father, could you give me a letter severing ties?"
Ye Zhengqing certainly couldn't give it!
He said earnestly, "Your mother was a bit confused this time, but it shouldn't have come to the point of severing ties with your family."
"Zhen'er, you're our only daughter. If you sever ties with us, what will become of us?"
Ye Zhen stopped smiling and looked at him coldly.
"When your father and mother plotted to kill their daughter, didn't they think about the consequences?"
Ye Zhengqing's heart skipped a beat.
What do you mean by this?
As soon as he finished speaking, Wanxing dragged an old woman in front of the crowd.
The old woman knelt before Marquis Zhongyong and said, "My lord, this old servant is guilty. During the years when Madam Liu was in charge, this old servant received a lot of benefits from the Ye family and kept an eye on the young mistress for them."
She was a servant in the Marquis's mansion, working in the Liu family's courtyard.
After Ye Zhen took over the household, he searched for the person who had contacted the Hou family and the Ye family. He found out that the old woman had locked up the person and told the outside world that she had returned to her hometown.
The old woman had long been subdued by Ye Zhen and continued, "This old servant once relayed a message from Madam Ye to Madam Liu."
Madam Ye said that the young mistress is very strong, and if you want to subdue her, you need to prepare some muscle-relaxing powder.
The day after the message was delivered, Madam Liu feigned illness and tricked the young mistress into going to the manor.
As to why Madam Liu specifically tricked the young mistress into going to the manor, this old servant does not know, as instructed by Granny Feng.
Wanxing continued, "Granny Feng did indeed drug the young mistress, but the young mistress was protected by the Bodhisattva and caught a chill while gathering dew in the mountains the night before."
My stomach felt terrible after the meal, and I vomited everything I had eaten. That's when I woke up early, and in a daze, I went into the mountains, narrowly escaping disaster.
Marquis Zhongyong had overheard this conversation at the manor and gestured for the old woman to continue.
"After the incident at the manor, the Ye family repeatedly inquired about the young mistress's condition from the old servant. Upon learning that the young mistress was unharmed, the Ye family was very disappointed."
Madam Liu believed that the person who died in the manor was indeed Young Master Yunzhou, and feeling ashamed, she wanted the young mistress to take the blame.
They then fabricated a charge against the young mistress: adultery and conspiring to murder her husband.
In an attempt to slander the young mistress, she even sent an old servant to the Ye residence.
When Madam Ye learned of Madam Liu's plan, she told Madam Liu that the young mistress had a scar on her shoulder and reminded her to steal a piece of the young mistress's undergarment.
Fortunately, the Marquis and his son arrived in time, preventing Lady Liu's plot from succeeding.
The news about the incident in the village had died down, and the people didn't delve into the details. Instead, they looked at Wang Shi in disbelief.
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