The dim light shone on the face of the person on the bed, and it turned out to be Ye Cunsi.
His face was pale, and his hair was disheveled, as if he had been seriously injured. He was a far cry from the spirited young man Ye Cunjin remembered.
For a moment, Ye Cunjin thought he was seeing a ghost. It was Ye Cunsi. How could Ye Cunsi be here?
Shouldn't he be in the stable washing and feeding the horses?
Ye Qingxue stepped forward and slapped Ye Cunjin across the face. The crisp sound of the slap stunned Ye Cunjin.
He glared angrily at Ye Qingxue, but Ye Qingxue was even angrier than him!
"I told you not to touch him! He's injured! He collapsed at the entrance of Guanju Hospital, and it took me a lot of effort to save him. Do you know that if you move him like this, he will bleed to death!"
"His name is Ye Cunsi, he's my cousin, and also your own brother. How can you not care about his life or death at all? What kind of older brother are you!"
Ye Qingxue's words came out like a machine gun, leaving Ye Cunjin defenseless. Anger filled Ye Cunjin's chest, and he blurted out angrily, "Why was my second brother injured all of a sudden? And why did he faint at the entrance of Guanju Courtyard?"
"That's a question for you and your second aunt. You and your second aunt are in charge of the entire Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion, yet you made your second brother feed the horses, which led to him being bitten by the family's wild horse. He had nowhere to turn for help and ended up collapsing at the gate of my courtyard!"
Ye Cunjin suddenly remembered that after the Miss Lan incident, Ye Cunsi broke his leg and was then punished by washing and feeding the horses in the stable!
But this is a secret of the Marquis's mansion, and now Ye Qingxue is revealing it in front of outsiders. How will outsiders view him and the Marquis's mansion?
Ye Cunjin subconsciously looked at Cui Shao.
Cui Shao was also looking at him, his brows furrowed, his gaze deep, his surprise mixed with a hint of disgust.
Ye Cunsi is the second young master of the Marquis's mansion. He had his leg broken for making a mistake in the past, and General Lan did not pursue the matter further. However, the Marquis's mansion has treated its own flesh and blood so cruelly that it has disregarded his life and death.
Such actions demonstrate an extreme level of cold-bloodedness and ruthlessness!
Ye Cunjin instantly sensed Cui Shao's emotions and immediately became furious—at Ye Qingxue, but he tried to make amends to Cui Shao.
“Lord Cui, my younger brother committed a grave mistake in the past, which can almost be said to have ruined Miss Lan’s life. Even if the Lan family does not pursue the matter further, the Marquis’s Mansion cannot easily let this matter pass.”
"Otherwise, other brothers or younger generations will become more and more dissolute and follow suit, causing more people to suffer. That would be the sin of me and the Marquis's mansion!"
"Our Marquis's family punishes him in this way not only to make him realize his mistakes and correct them, but also to serve as a warning to our descendants so that they will not repeat the same mistake!"
Cui Shao was the commander of the Palace Guard and served in front of the emperor for many years. Therefore, Ye Cunjin cared a lot about the impression he and the Marquis's mansion had in Cui Shao's mind.
If Cui Shao could put in a good word for him before the emperor, his path to promotion would be much smoother.
However, Cui Shao only frowned and said coldly, "This is a family matter of the Marquis's mansion. Lord Ye doesn't need to explain to me. Our most urgent task is to find the criminals in the Eastern Palace!"
After saying that, he went forward and searched the small house. Finding no other suspicious persons, he turned and left.
Ye Cunjin walked up to Ye Qingxue, looking down at her with murderous intent in his eyes: "You led us here on purpose to mislead us, didn't you? And you also deliberately let Lord Cui see the shameful affairs of our Marquis's mansion, didn't you!"
"Don't think that just because of this, we can't find the criminals in the Eastern Palace. Ye Qingxue, you've committed a capital offense today. Even if the Heavenly King himself came, he couldn't save you. You—just wait!"
Ye Cunjin firmly believed that Changxi was in Guanju Courtyard, and unless Ye Qingxue turned to ashes and vanished with the wind, she would not escape death.
However, when he, Cui Shao, and many guards searched Guanju Courtyard inch by inch, once, twice, three or four times, they still could not find any trace of Changxi!
how so!
Ye Cunjin simply refused to believe it. When Qiu Shen brought Changxi into Guanju Courtyard, his men were already guarding all the exits of the Marquis's residence. There was no way Changxi could have been taken away from the Marquis's residence!
If he had really been taken away, he should have noticed by now!
But now, his men haven't noticed Changxi leaving, yet he can't find Changxi in Guanju Courtyard!
Is it haunted?
Ye Qingxue sat calmly in her chair, sipping her tea: "Should we send someone to buy a few hundred hoes, lock me up in the courtyard, dig three feet into the ground, and search for me a fifth time?"
She changed the subject abruptly, adding a special reminder: "However, Your Excellency, if you continue searching, your younger brother's treatment will be delayed. If he dies, who will be held responsible?"
Ye Cunjin was furious, but then he noticed that Ye Qingxue was clenching her fists, looking very nervous.
His anger subsided, and he suddenly said, "Lord Cui, perhaps the information is wrong. The criminals from the Eastern Palace are not hiding in Guanju Courtyard. Let's drop this matter here, shall we?"
Cui Shao said, "It was the Vice Minister who said that Guanju Courtyard was harboring criminals, and now it is also the Vice Minister who has failed to find the criminals. When the time comes, the Vice Minister will need to personally explain to the Emperor."
Ye Cunjin: "That's easy to say. I'll go and explain it myself, so as not to implicate Lord Cui."
Ye Qingxue said, "After you see Lord Cui off, remember to come back, kneel down and apologize to me, and clear my name!"
Ye Cunjin gritted his teeth and looked at her with a forced smile: "Alright, I, as your older brother, will remember what you said, Sister Qingxue!"
Upon exiting the gate of Guanju Courtyard, Ye Cunjin said, "Lord Cui, my second brother and Sister Qingxue have never had any relationship, but now my second brother is lying in Guanju Courtyard covered in injuries, which is not normal."
"Therefore, I suspect that the criminals from the Eastern Palace might be hiding where my second brother is currently living. Sister Qingxue moved my second brother here, firstly to make room for the criminals from the Eastern Palace, and secondly to divert our attention!"
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