As soon as she finished speaking, Ye Qingxue walked past Ye Cunsi and left.
The place where Ye Cunxi stood was once again shrouded in darkness. He stared in the direction Ye Qingxue had left for a long, long time before turning his gaze away and giving a self-deprecating smile.
He was disliked by his mother and had a limp, making him the laughingstock of the entire Marquis's mansion. How could he stand up for himself and make everyone regret provoking him?
In the darkness, he gazed in the direction of Ningcui Pavilion, where Ye Yabing's courtyard was located. It was the most spacious and elegant courtyard in the entire Marquis's mansion, apart from the main courtyard and his grandmother's courtyard.
His mother treated this niece much better than her own son. When he was brought back with a broken leg, his mother brought a doctor to see him once to confirm that his leg was lame. After that, regardless of the truth, she punished him directly. And then... there was no "after that"!
He was forced to move out of his original courtyard and into the servants' quarters, where he ate and lived with the servants and was mainly responsible for feeding and grooming the horses. He was no longer the second young master of the Marquis's mansion.
He once thought that although his mother was not close to him, she did not mistreat him. She even sent him to the military camp for training, probably hoping that he could achieve something and not be too weak.
But after the accident, he realized that his mother didn't expect him to succeed, which was why she wasn't close to him. She was just really... indifferent to him, and even took advantage of his misfortune.
Where is Mother now, and what is she doing?
But would you chat with Ye Yabing in her room to relieve your boredom?
Ye Cunsi had long since stopped caring about the affairs of the mansion, and naturally he was unaware of what had happened at Guanju Courtyard that morning. He only cared about whether the horses he fed were fat and strong enough.
However, he was right about one thing: Madam Min was indeed in Ye Yabing's room, but she wasn't chatting with Ye Yabing to relieve her boredom.
Ye Yabing's face was completely ruined. Doctor Qin spent a lot of effort to stop the bleeding and apply medicine. He then wrapped her entire face with white gauze. Now, Madam Min and Ye Yabing had no mind to chat.
Since waking up, Ye Yabing has been in a bad mood and breaks down easily. Madam Zhou has been here for most of the day, trying to comfort her and cursing Ye Qingxue, but to no avail.
While advising Madam Zhou to go back and rest, Madam Min also sent away all the other old women and maids. Ye Yabing immediately rushed into her arms.
"Second Aunt, you've always been the best to me since I was little. You must find a way to heal my face! I'm going to marry Prince Ding and become his concubine. If I'm really disfigured, His Highness Prince Ding will despise me! If I marry into Prince Ding's mansion with this face, the other concubines and mistresses will bully me!"
Madam Min held her, her mind still vividly imprinted with the deep, bone-revealing scars on Ye Yabing's face. How difficult it would be to heal such wounds.
But she wasn't one to give up easily. Ye Yabing was someone she had raised herself, and she didn't believe Ye Yabing couldn't defeat Ye Qingxue.
She patted Ye Yabing on the shoulder and said, "Doctor Qin's medical skills are mediocre, so he can only be a physician in the prefecture. It's normal that he can't cure your face. Don't worry, your second aunt will definitely search the world for famous doctors to restore your face to its original state, and then you can marry into the Prince Ding's mansion in a grand and spectacular fashion!"
"Second Aunt, I believe you!" Ye Yabing wanted to cry again, both from the pain and the fear, but remembering what Doctor Qin had told her—that tears would seep into the wound and affect healing—she held back.
"Second Aunt, Ye Qingxue was so assertive today. Will she be willing to annul her engagement with Prince Ding? If she isn't, what should I do?"
Mentioning Ye Qingxue, Madam Min's face turned cold, as if covered in frost. "I will make her agree. If one plan fails, we'll try another. What's so difficult about that? There are thirty-six stratagems in military strategy. We've only exchanged one move. What are you afraid of?"
Seeing her second aunt's expression, Ye Yabing knew that she didn't need to worry about her marriage to Prince Ding; Ye Qingxue was no match for her second aunt.
"By the way, Second Aunt, His Highness was in the manor when I had the accident today. Does he know about my disfigurement?"
Madam Min said, "I have suppressed the matter. No one knows that you are disfigured. They only know that you were seriously injured by Ye Qingxue."
Ye Yabing breathed a sigh of relief. As long as His Highness didn't know about this, she was at ease.
"Second Aunt, it's getting late! Quickly send someone to find me a miracle doctor!" Just thinking about the face she saw in the mirror Ye Qingxue gave her before she fainted made her skin crawl and she trembled uncontrollably.
"I've already sent someone to inform your elder brother, and he's asked to send people to search for them. We'll just wait!"
As she spoke, Madam Min narrowed her eyes: "Your face won't be ruined. Your eldest brother sent someone to say that there is a divine physician in the world named Xiangsi Zi, who has the ability to bring the dead back to life. Your second aunt will definitely find him for you!"
"That's good, that's good." Ye Yabing said. If there really was a miracle doctor who could bring the dead back to life, the injury on her face would be no problem. Then she wouldn't be afraid. In the future, she would make Ye Qingxue taste what it's like to be disfigured.
Granny Hu knocked on the door and came in from outside.
Madam Min smoothed Ye Yabing's hair, which was draped over her shoulder, before asking, "What happened? Why are you in such a hurry?"
Hu Mama said, "The eldest young lady took Dongbai and secretly left the mansion through the west gate. Our people were guarding outside Guanju Courtyard and heard Chunqian and Xialu's conversation."
"It is said that on her way back to the capital, the eldest daughter met a brother and sister. She had been wronged at home, so she went out of the house that night to find the brother and sister to complain and seek comfort."
"Is this true? Immediately send people to watch over Guanju Courtyard and forbid anyone from entering or leaving!" Madam Min said. If she had known earlier that Ye Qingxue had met a man outside the family, she wouldn't have needed to arrange for Xiang Zhou.
All you need to do is embarrass her in the mansion, and she won't be able to take it anymore. She'll go out and complain to that other man, and then you can have him caught red-handed... and Ye Qingxue will be completely ruined.
Otherwise, such a bloody thing wouldn't have happened!
However, just as Madam Min was worrying about not finding an opportunity to deal with Ye Qingxue, Ye Qingxue has now dug her own death.
It was probably the deadly poison of the Broken Moon Orchid that caused her unbearable pain, and she needed someone to comfort her, which is why she went to meet a man outside the house that night!
Ye Qingxue is going to die, but the engagement must be called off!
"If it is confirmed that the eldest daughter has left the manor, then have people guard all the entrances and exits of the manor and not allow her to return!" Madam Min said in a deep voice.
Hu Mama acknowledged and withdrew immediately.
Chunqian and Xialu stayed in the room, listening to the commotion outside. When they confirmed that more and more guards had quietly surrounded Guanju Courtyard, they felt relieved.
The mission given to them by Ye Qingxue was to spread the news that Ye Qingxue was going out at night to meet with a man.
Although the west door was locked, Dongbai was an expert at picking locks; a thin wire was all it took to make the lock come off.
After the two of them went out through the west gate, they disappeared into the darkness. After walking for a while, they saw a carriage waiting for them by the roadside. This was something that Dong Bai had secretly arranged during the day.
Once seated in the carriage, Dongbai finally had a chance to lower her voice and ask, "Why did you open your heart to the Second Young Master just now, Miss? He is Madam Min's own son!"
Ye Qingxue smiled coldly: "It is precisely because he is Madam Min's biological son that I have to be completely open with him. I will kill Madam Min sooner or later, but the pain of killing her by my own hands will not be as intense as the pain of Ye Cunsi killing her with his own hands."
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