"But Ye Qingxue and Ye Cunsi must stay here. They are a brother and sister who have committed heinous crimes. Today's fire at the Marquis's mansion is just a way to clean house!"
Madam Zhou was filled with righteous indignation and spoke with righteous indignation.
After she finished speaking, she suddenly pulled out a dagger from her bosom and rushed towards Ye Qingxue.
—No matter what, she had to make sure Ye Qingxue was dead tonight.
As for Ye Cunsi...
Without Ye Qingxue leading the rebellion, Ye Cunsi might be able to settle down peacefully.
Moreover, Ye Cunsi is in a wheelchair, and without her help, he will not be able to escape from the sea of fire later.
The firelight shone on the sturdy iron dagger, reflecting a cold light that was so intense it burned the eyes, causing Xing Mama and the spring, summer, autumn and winter to feel excruciating pain.
The reason they wanted to kill Ye Qingxue was because the person who gave Ye Qingxue her life was Madam Zhou.
How could a biological mother be so cruel?
Even tigers don't eat their cubs.
Ye Qingxue's eyes were sharp as she watched the dagger approach her inch by inch. Her expression did not change, and she did not even move her body.
Just as the dagger was about to pierce her, Madam Zhou was suddenly shoved aside. The person who shoved her aside was none other than the burly Hu Mama.
Madam Zhou crashed heavily to the ground again, and the feeling of her internal organs shattering returned. She felt dizzy and lightheaded, and when she finally saw who had knocked her aside, she was filled with disbelief.
"Granny Hu, do you still remember whose people you are? Does your whole family still want to escape from this sea of fire?" Madam Zhou asked.
Everyone looked at her indifferently.
She fell to the ground and couldn't get up for a long time, with half of Hu Mama's body still pressing down on her.
Panting heavily, Hu Mama said, "Madam Zhou, don't you understand now? Even if the eldest young lady dies and we unrelated people escape the fire, we won't survive. The old lady will kill us. My daughter was killed by her!"
"Madam Zhou, you said that killing the eldest young lady and the second young master would be cleaning up the family, but we've seen how the Marquis's family cleans up its family. Do you think we can still live?"
Madam Zhou was stunned for a moment: "As long as you promise not to tell anyone, the old lady will definitely let you off the hook!"
He added, "How could your daughter have been killed by the old lady? I don't believe it! The old lady has been a devout Buddhist for many years; she couldn't possibly have done such a thing!"
Hu Mama laughed, a laugh filled with bitterness, anger, and sarcasm.
Her voice became extremely hoarse: "How is it impossible? As the biological mother of the eldest young lady and the second young master, if the old lady can still send you to kill them with your own hands, what other heinous things wouldn't she do?"
Before Madam Zhou could react, Ye Qingxue and Ye Cunsi both looked at Hu Mama at the same time.
Ye Qingxue wasn't too surprised, because she had already guessed this outcome.
But the feeling of guessing in your heart is completely different from the feeling of hearing a definite answer.
Ye Cunsi was indeed born to Madam Zhou; he was her younger brother.
The most shocked person was Ye Cunsi. He looked at Ye Qingxue, then at Madam Zhou, and then at Granny Hu, and for a moment thought he had misheard.
What did Granny Hu say?
She said that Madam Zhou was his and Ye Qingxue's biological mother.
Ye Cunsi's hands unconsciously gripped the armrests on both sides, his knuckles turning white, then whiter still, his mind buzzing.
It was as if everything around him had disappeared—no thick smoke, no raging fire, no rising temperature. Only Granny Hu's words echoed in his mind, endlessly swirling...
Well, before he went to the military camp for training at the age of twelve, although Madam Min was not particularly kind to him and openly favored Ye Cunjin, she was not actually harsh on him.
At most, we'll make him a couple less outfits each season, but that'll still be enough.
They wouldn't care whether he had eaten breakfast or whether he needed extra meals while he was growing... but that didn't matter, because the young ladies and gentlemen of the Marquis's mansion all had dedicated nannies and maids to take care of them.
He just received less maternal love; the care he received was not much different from that of other young ladies and gentlemen.
It was Madam Min who suggested sending him to the military camp for training. At that time, he even thought that it was his mother, Madam Min, who was planning his life.
That was the first time he felt his mother's emphasis on his life. He was very happy and secretly vowed in his heart that he would work hard, make contributions in the future, and make his mother proud.
He will not let his mother down after all the plans she made for him.
Looking back now, no, none of that is right.
Madam Min sent him to the military camp, most likely hoping he would die there or during a mission.
But he didn't; he distinguished himself while assisting General Lan in suppressing bandits.
Madam Min panicked, so she sent Ye Cunjin into the military camp to ruin him...
And that's how it happened after that.
As for why Madam Min didn't mistreat him before he was twelve, perhaps it was because Madam Min wanted to appear as a "benevolent" mother in public.
Just like how Madam Min didn't mistreat Ye Qingxue, who was far away on the estate, after taking over the household, people thought she was a kind person who was considerate in everything she did.
Because of her kindness, no one expected her to be so vicious.
Because of her charity work, no one expected that she was not actually Ye Cunsi's biological mother.
Even Ye Cunsi himself hadn't thought of it this way, but now, Hu Mama is saying that Madam Zhou is his biological mother?!
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