Chapter 122 The Empress Dowager's Decree, Which Even Gu Ruanci Didn't Know
Gu Ruanci did not wait two days before coming to the house, but took Gu Yuxuan directly to the Ye family the next day.
However, she did not go in, but asked the person in charge to come out outside the door.
"Gu Ruanci, are you here to cause trouble on purpose?" Ye Lingyue was still in a very bad mood when she came out.
Ye Chenglei was not here today, but Ye Chengyao, who rarely showed up, showed up instead.
"Is this my cousin? I haven't seen her for many years. She is indeed more beautiful."
He is also sixteen years old this year, but he has already had relationships with many maids in the mansion.
Qin Kerou kept it a secret and even thought it was no big deal.
The way he looked at Gu Ruanci made people feel sticky and uncomfortable.
"Ye Chengyao, if you look at me like that again, I promise you'll become blind."
Gu Ruanci's calm words, coupled with her resolute expression, made Ye Chengyao stunned for a moment.
Afterwards, he restrained his previous expression and said disdainfully: "Didn't you say that you didn't want to have anything to do with our Ye family anymore? What are you doing here today?"
"Didn't I tell your mother yesterday about returning my grandmother's original dowry list? I've already thought about it since I went back yesterday. After all, it was something my mother gave up on her own, so it's not realistic to ask you to give it up now. We must let people know how Lord Ye Chiye married the daughter of Princess Jincheng... In any case, my mother did contribute..."
When Gu Ruanci was speaking, many people had already gathered around.
The Ye family felt upset when they saw this scene.
When Ye Keguan and Pan came out, Gu Ruanci's smile became sarcastic.
She didn't have much impression of Pan. After all, she would leave those dirty things to others.
When Ye Keguan saw Gu Ruanci, his guilty conscience rose again.
"Why are you using such soft words... Haven't we already made it clear what happened back then?" Qin Kerou finally spoke for the sake of the Ye family's reputation.
"How do you explain it clearly?" Gu Ruanci asked directly.
Qin Kerou did not answer immediately, but hesitated there.
When Shang Hongmian arrived, she still hadn't explained clearly.
"Gu Ruanci, if you have anything to say, just come to me! Stop talking nonsense. These are all your elders. You are so young, and you have become so arrogant after rising to such a high position. "
Gu Ruanci looked at Shang Hongmian, who was indeed very capable.
Yesterday, she and Ye Chi hurried back to the merchant to discuss countermeasures. She had already received the news, so she was well prepared.
"I look down on everyone, so what are you in front of me right now?"
Shang Hongmian was in no mood to argue with her. Seeing more and more people gathered around, she was afraid that she would not be able to explain herself clearly, so she quickly said, "Back then, my husband did use your mother's private property as my betrothal gift. Didn't your mother give it back as a dowry when she got married? Do you really think you can use this incident to control our Ye family?"
Gu Ruanci sneered, "Who did the dowry go to in the end?"
The onlookers felt that Gu Ruanci's recent remarks seemed to be endless, with different gossips about the Zhou and Ye families every day.
Just by looking at Ye Keguan's expression, they all knew that this must be true.
"She was the one who didn't want to stay. She even pretended to be noble and left without any dowry. She took you away from the Zhou family alone and severed ties with the Ye family. All your suffering was caused by her. Now you are throwing a tantrum in front of the Ye family. This is simply unreasonable..."
Shang Hongmian is already furious, she must get to the bottom of this matter.
Seeing their shameless look, Gu Yuxuan felt angry.
"After all, the Ye family is a marquisate. Using the private property left by the first wife to marry the son of the second wife is simply unheard of. Now the second wife can still enjoy it with a clear conscience. It makes people have to question the upbringing of Princess Jincheng..."
Gu Yuxuan always spoke boldly, and he angered Ye Chengyun as soon as he opened his mouth.
"Gu family brat, what are you talking about?"
Gu Yuxuan knew that he had touched a sore spot, so he said, "Your mother was married with my aunt Ye's private property, so she should call my aunt Ye mother-in-law. According to this logic, my sister should be your aunt. You meet your elders and you don't kneel!"
Ye Chengyun was confused, and Shang Hongmian was even more furious.
"How dare you, you little brat, speak so arrogantly! Come, arrest him!"
The Ye family's guards came out in full force and were about to reach Gu Ruanci and the others.
Changsong suddenly appeared and rushed forward with a sword in hand.
Soon, all the guards of the Ye family were knocked to the ground. Gu Ruanci never moved, and Gu Yuxuan was so shocked by the scene that he didn't know what to say.
Is my sister’s driver so powerful?
Seeing that all their guards were wiped out, the Ye family was shocked. At this time, a eunuch arrived.
"The Empress Dowager has issued an order!"
Upon hearing this, everyone knelt down quickly.
Even the guards lying on the ground crawled up in a panic and knelt there.
"The Empress Dowager has issued an order. It is now known that the property of an old friend's daughter, Ye Hesheng, was diverted by the Ye family for nearly twenty years. Now that he is gone, only one daughter of Ye Hesheng is still alive. Since the Ye family is unable to welcome the Princess Chaoyang back home, they must return all of Ye Hesheng's property. The deadline is three days from the time the order arrives."
After the eunuch read it out, the Ye family members were very dissatisfied.
The eunuch didn't care about that and handed the imperial edict to Pan.
"Old Madam, the Empress Dowager has already said that this imperial edict is for you to accept."
After the eunuch finished speaking, he left without waiting for any reward from the Ye family.
Gu Runci, who was kneeling there, was also a little confused. She just asked Lu Enyan to go to the palace to ask the Empress Dowager to help her, but she didn't expect that the Empress Dowager would directly cut off the source of the problem.
After all, these properties were related to the affairs of the Duke of Shou and his wife, and also involved Princess Duan, so she couldn't ask for too much.
Now that she saw this result, she knew it was the Queen Mother's sincerity in releasing her.
"How is this possible? The Queen Mother must have been deceived by Gu Ruanci, otherwise she would never treat our Ye family like this..."
There is no way Ye Chengyun would admit the facts. Why?
Ye Chi also had a cold face. After they returned to the merchant yesterday, they had clearly discussed a countermeasure, so why was it the Queen Mother who took action first?
"Gu Ruanci, what did you do?" Shang Hongmian asked angrily.
"Nothing, just taking back what belongs to me."
Gu Ruanci didn't want to explain at this time. Since the Queen Mother returned the things to her in gratitude for her treatment of Lu Enyan, she could take the responsibility for offending the Ye family. After all, they had been enemies for a long time.
"You know very well that your mother used her dowry to help Ye Chi marry Hong Mian in order to prevent the Duke of Shou from marrying into the Shang family. This was so that the wife of the Duke of Shou could marry into the Gu family."
Pan couldn't hold back and finally spoke.
Gu Ruanci looked at her and asked sarcastically, "Old thing, are you finally stopping pretending?"
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