“Young lady, please let your second uncle and your eldest brother go! After your father passed away, your eldest brother inherited the title and took care of the entire Marquis’s mansion. It’s not easy for him. If you make him lose face, how will he manage the Marquis’s mansion in the future?”
This is speaking well of Ye Cunjin, and it is absolutely true.
Madam Wan continued, "Your second uncle has also worked very hard. For nine years, he has been keeping your father's swords, spears, axes, and halberds hidden in his courtyard, not allowing anyone to touch them."
"I remember there was a dagger with a ruby inlaid on the hilt. It was a gift from His Majesty and was quite valuable. It's kept in your second uncle's room."
"Your father often won battles during his lifetime, and His Majesty rewarded him with a lot of gold and silver jewelry. In particular, when he was seriously injured while saving Prince Ding, the Emperor and Empress rewarded him with a hundred-year-old ginseng, precious medicinal herbs, two boxes of South Sea pearls, and a lot of jade jewelry. Your second uncle kept them in his room and often looked at them to remember his father. It was not easy for him."
Ye Xiaowei was startled and shouted angrily, "Wan, shut up! Or I'll tear you apart!"
"Huh?" Madam Wan looked at him blankly: "Hasn't Second Brother been working hard like this for the past nine years? When His Majesty bestowed these gifts, they should have been put into the public treasury, but Second Brother said he couldn't accept the death of Eldest Brother, so he brought all these things to your room."
“You said that when you miss your eldest brother, you can take those things out to look at and touch them. Has your second brother forgotten all of that? But I have never forgotten the deep brotherly affection that my second brother had for my eldest brother. I am still moved by it.”
Ye Xiaowei trembled with rage: "Is this the time to talk about the deep brotherly bond between me and my elder brother?"
"Why not at the right time? The eldest daughter and her elder brother have a deep father-daughter bond. As long as the eldest daughter knows how painstakingly her second brother has protected her elder brother's belongings over the years, she will let go of the young marquis."
Ye Xiaowei: "..."
He used to think that Madam Wan was stupid and lacked common sense; she couldn't understand when others spoke in a more subtle way.
Now it seems she really was stupid, but she was stupid at the worst possible time. He could have ignored it before, since Madam Wan's stupidity didn't affect his interests.
But now, Ye Xiaowei rushed towards Madam Wan, trying to grab her by the throat to shut her up!
But Seven stood in his way.
Madam Wan said, "I know how hard you've worked all these years, and what you've sacrificed for my eldest brother. Today, I must tell you all about it so that the eldest young lady knows how much you've sacrificed!"
Ye Xiaowei: "..."
I want to kill her, I want to kill her, I really want to kill her!
But the white wolf in front of him blocked his way.
Madam Wan: "I remember that my elder brother brought back a woman from the battlefield. She loved my elder brother and followed him all the time. My elder brother couldn't bear to part with her, so he took her as his concubine."
"After my eldest brother died, it was you, second brother, who brought that concubine to your own courtyard and took good care of her."
Ye Qingxue understood. After her father died, her second uncle seized all of her father's belongings, from swords and axes to jewelry and even her father's concubines.
She remembered that her father only had one wife and one concubine during his lifetime, which was considered extremely rare for an official family in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Moreover, her father couldn't bear to refuse the girl, so he took her as a concubine. It's not her place to judge the feelings of her elders, but her second uncle's behavior was truly worse than that of a beast.
My second uncle never goes to the battlefield and doesn't know martial arts, so swords, axes, and halberds are useless to him. However, my father's swords, axes, and halberds are all of excellent quality, and my second uncle can sell them for money after taking them over.
Her second uncle was a womanizer who frequented brothels. It was said that he would spend lavishly on courtesans, and that the money was probably obtained by exchanging his father's belongings.
"You bastard, you're talking nonsense! There's no such thing at all!!" Ye Xiaowei roared, his voice cracking, veins bulging on his face!
Although Ye Cunjin was still being held captive by Ye Qingxue and could hardly protect himself, his gaze fell coldly on Madam Wan, full of threat.
"I...did I say something wrong? I just wanted the eldest daughter to know how hard my second brother has worked. If I said anything wrong, I apologize. Please don't be angry."
“I remember that my second brother wanted to take care of my sister-in-law back then, but she and my mother refused, so my second brother didn’t do it.”
Silence, utter silence, permeated with a thick, intense killing intent and a suffocating aura.
Madam Wan looked at everyone nervously, as if she didn't understand what she had said wrong that made everyone look at her like that. She was so frightened that she quickly shrank back and lowered her eyes.
Ye Xiaowei trembled violently, his teeth chattering: "No such thing! Your third aunt is talking nonsense. If I had done such things, wouldn't that be bringing shame to the Marquis's mansion? What difference would that make me from an animal? My dear niece, please don't believe her."
By the end, his tone was almost pleading.
Ye Qingxue's dagger was still pressed against Ye Cunjin's throat, and then she looked at Madam Zhou, who had been watching the show from the doorway.
"Is what Third Aunt said true? My father's things were all moved to Second Uncle's yard? Even my father's concubine is being taken care of by Second Uncle?"
Madam Zhou frowned: "I have never heard of such a thing. Your father's belongings should have all been buried with him. As for Aunt Liu... after your father died, your second aunt told me that she was willing to leave the mansion and remarry. I have never seen her again."
After thinking for a moment, she said sincerely, "No matter how outrageous your second uncle is, he couldn't possibly have done those things! He respects your father very much!"
Ye Qingxue was truly impressed by her. As the first wife of a marquis and the wife of a general, she was completely oblivious to the world around her. She knew nothing about this or that, and was clueless about everything. She was only interested in being a naive and innocent girl.
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