Chapter 184 The Old Lady of the Ye Family
Zhang Jian could not see any hesitation in Gu Ruanci's eyes at this moment.
He already believed that Gu Ruanci must have this ability.
The second master thought his plan was brilliant, but the person in front of him had seen through it from the very beginning.
"I understand..."
"You can go now. Your strength will be restored in an incense stick of time..."
After Gu Ruanci finished speaking, he asked someone to take Zhang Jian away.
The remaining Yunxiang looked at Gu Runci helplessly. Zhang Jian had already told her everything. What use was there for her to be dead?
"Do you want to live?" Gu Ruanci asked.
Such a direct question made Yunxiang stunned again.
"County Lady..."
"If you want to, you want to think. If you don't want to, you don't want to think..." Nong Chun reminded.
Yunxiang finally replied, "I do, of course I do, but my mother..."
"Have you ever thought that from the very beginning, you were destined to be the one to be sacrificed?"
Gu Ruanci's words left Yunxiang stunned.
She raised her head and looked at Gu Ruanci with shock.
"What Zhang Jian just said was just what Ye Chi made him believe. In reality, from the very beginning, that person was already destined to be you... Ye Chengyao has been acting ridiculously these past few years, but your sister has been able to stay out of it and remain chaste until the day she got married. Have you ever thought about this? Outsiders don't know about Ye Chengyao's flaws, but do you, the children of a family, really not know?"
Yunxiang was even more confused. Was Princess Chaoyang trying to sow discord between her and her mother?
"If you want to live, take good care of your injuries. Don't ask anything else. Just stay here and behave yourself."
Gu Ruanci didn't explain any further, leaving her in suspense and letting her figure it out when she was free, and then he left with his men.
"County Lady, was Yunxiang really plotted against?" Nong Chun asked after coming out.
"I don't know, it's a little strange."
Gu Ruanci's answer left Nong Chun confused.
They had just come out and happened to meet people from the Ye family.
"County Lady, my old lady invites you to come over for a chat. We're in this teahouse. It won't take up too much of your time..."
The servants' tone was very respectful, and they knew that Gu Ruanci had no good impression of the Ye family now.
"We probably don't have anything in common, right?" Gu Ruanci really didn't expect that Pan would take the initiative to find her.
Before he left Dizhou, they had very little contact.
"I don't know about this little one..."
The servants were well-behaved and their tone was still humble.
Gu Ruanci thought about it and did not refuse this time, but followed them.
In the teahouse, Pan was only accompanied by a nanny and a personal maid, and was very low-key.
She has lived a life of luxury these years, with many children and grandchildren, so she has no worries and looks naturally young. However, a series of incidents have occurred at home recently, and she looks a lot more haggard.
When she saw Gu Ruanci, Pan almost couldn't hide the hatred in her eyes.
"Soft words, here you come..."
Gu Ruanci corrected her directly: "Old Madam, please call me County Princess. After all, we are not that familiar with each other. Back when I didn't have the title of County Princess, didn't you also call me by my name?"
Pan didn't expect that Gu Ruanci would not give her face from the very beginning, but when she thought about what she was here for, she didn't have the confidence.
"County Lady, please forgive me for my rash invitation."
"Madam, did you invite me here just to say a few polite words? My time is precious, Madam, why don't you get straight to the point?"
The two consecutive distant answers made Mrs. Pan feel a little embarrassed.
The nanny next to her looked worried, but didn't dare to say anything.
"I know that the county lady has been holding a grudge against the Ye family for years. After your grandmother passed away, I married into the family too quickly, which made your mother unhappy. But these things have nothing to do with me after all. I was also a noblewoman of the Imperial State at the time, so becoming your grandfather's second wife was not a high-class marriage. Moreover, the three children born after marriage did not affect your mother's status as a legitimate daughter."
Seeing that Gu Ruanci did not respond, Pan had no choice but to continue.
"I know that as a stepmother, I didn't treat your mother as my own child. Maybe you think I'm not generous enough, but I admit that these are my shortcomings, but they are not serious."
"It was only back then that we used your mother's private property to help Ye Chi get married. That was indeed wrong. Now that you've got the fortune back, and we've also lost a grandson, I think that should finally make you feel better."
Gu Ruanci was not angry when she heard her easily blame herself for the deaths of Zhou Yuqi and Ye Chengyun. After all, there was no need to argue with such a person.
"What happened between Lan Xin and your father afterwards was also due to my inadequate parenting as a mother. I will admit this no matter who comes to me. But now they have been punished. Your father lost his youngest son, and Lan Xin is now unable to move forward in the Imperial State."
"I'm meeting you today simply to ask you to show some mercy to the Ye family. Let the past be the past. If you can't get over this, just tell me directly what I need to do to offset the hatred in your heart."
Gu Ruanci still looked at her quietly without saying anything.
Seeing her disdain for her master, the nanny beside Pan finally spoke up: "County Lady, even though you are of noble status now, our old lady is still an elder after all. Why does the County Lady have such an attitude?"
Gu Runru didn't smile, then tapped the table lightly with her fingers.
Nongchun walked over and slapped the nanny in the face.
"Old fellow, do you have the right to speak here?"
The nanny was about to fight back, but was frightened by the viciousness in Nongchun's eyes.
Pan sighed and said, "County Lady, why do you have to do this?"
Gu Ruanci then spoke: "If I tell you that only the death of Ye Lanxin and her daughter can dispel the hatred in my heart, how will the old lady respond?"
The shock in Pan's eyes was not fake. She didn't expect Gu Ruanci to be so cruel.
"Now that you have reached a high position, this can be considered a blessing in disguise. Moreover, both our Ye family and their Zhou family have lost their lives. Doesn't the county lady think it's not enough?"
Gu Ruanci said, "Zhou Yuqi's death has nothing to do with me. Although he didn't respect his mother, he shouldn't have been born. That's the fact. As long as Ye Chengyun..."
She paused deliberately, and Pan's heart was lifted.
The nanny no longer cared about the pain on her face and squinted her eyes to listen attentively.
Gu Ruanci gently covered her mouth with her sleeve, then said, "Old Madam, you don't think that this happened in Longjiang City, right under the noses of the merchants, and that I was the one who planned it, right?"
Pan felt upset, thinking that this little thing must have been done on purpose.
"The deaths of these two people, one brought upon themselves, the other was a manifestation of justice. Why should they be used to offset the sins committed by that bastard daughter of yours?"
Pan closed her eyes and persisted a little longer: "Isn't it true that the man is more at fault in this matter?"
Gu Ruanci smiled and said, "If the old lady can kill Zhou Zhili, maybe I can really let Ye Lanxin go."
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