The Empress took his hand and patted the back of his hand: "The most urgent thing is to keep Ye Qingxue in check. As for the marriage with Ye Yabing, sisters sharing a husband has existed since ancient times. If she enters the Prince Ding's mansion and does not allow Ye Yabing to enter as a concubine, then she is just jealous."
The thought that his beloved could only be a concubine and not his wife filled Prince Ding with intense disgust for Ye Qingxue.
"Mother, Ye Qingxue is truly cunning. Outsiders are spreading rumors that she and Pan Heng had a secret rendezvous all night, but she doesn't explain. She just waits for everyone to misunderstand her and focus all their attention on this shameful matter."
"She secretly saved Princess Rongqing, killed our men, and made a great contribution! She also made Father Emperor quietly eliminate Wei Jingtong, leaving us no chance to help. She is truly despicable!"
The Empress also felt it was a great pity, as Wei Jingtong was someone she had personally promoted, hoping he would be used by her son in the future.
She had nurtured this chess piece for over a decade, only to have it completely destroyed by Ye Qingxue overnight. How could she not be angry and resentful?
But now is not the time to deal with Ye Qingxue; we need to win her over first!
"I wonder how Ye Qingxue managed to do that; her methods are truly remarkable!" the Empress exclaimed.
"My son, you must suppress your likes and dislikes and marry Ye Qingxue into the palace first. In the future, she will become your princess and live in your backyard. You will have complete control over everything!"
Prince Ding took a deep breath, suppressing his deep-seated hatred, bid farewell to the Empress, and prepared to go find Ye Qingxue.
But what Prince Ding didn't know was that when he entered the palace in his carriage, Huai Fu, the chief eunuch by the emperor's side, had already personally led a team to the Marquis of Zhongyong's residence to deliver the emperor's oral decree to Ye Qingxue.
Because they chose different paths, they did not meet.
Ye Cunjin had just seen Miss Wei off and was about to take the betrothal contract to the backyard to tell Madam Min and Ye Yabing so they could be happy together when the gatekeeper came to report that an eunuch from the palace had arrived, and it was none other than the emperor's chief steward, Eunuch Huaifu.
Ye Cunjin was startled. Prince Ding had only been gone a short while, and Eunuch Huaifu had already arrived? He came so quickly, surely the Emperor didn't know that Prince Ding had taken the initiative to break off the engagement and propose to Ye Yabing?
So the Emperor sent Eunuch Huaifu here to punish the Marquis's family? To blame the Marquis's family for not teaching Ye Qingxue well, allowing Ye Qingxue to commit such a grave mistake?
"Did Eunuch Huaifu reveal what it was about?" Ye Cunjin tucked the betrothal contract into his pocket and had no choice but to turn and walk towards the front yard.
"Eunuch Huaifu brought a lot of people with him, saying that he was there to convey the Emperor's edict, and that Miss Ye was to go and hear the edict."
Ye Cunjin paused, realizing it was related to Ye Qingxue; that vile woman had ruined the entire Marquis's mansion.
He said irritably, "Then why don't you hurry up and go invite the young lady!"
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