Madam Zhou trembled with rage: "Ye Qingxue, how dare you be so insolent in front of your grandmother! Kneel down and admit your mistake!"
Ye Qingxue's gaze swept across the crowd, and she saw her grandmother, who had been a vegetarian and chanting Buddhist scriptures for many years. With her long neck, slender eyebrows, straight nose with a slightly upturned tip, and thin lips, she must have been a beauty when she was young.
But now that she's old, the slight wrinkles on her skin and her angry expression make her seem nothing but endless meanness and malice.
Everyone around their grandmother looked like they wanted to eat her flesh and drink her blood.
Ye Qingxue played with the whip in her hand; kneeling was out of the question. She asked casually, "Is there something you need?"
These four short words made Madam Zhou's heart ache with anger. How could she have given birth to such a wretched child? Seventeen lashes hadn't even killed her.
I really regret not giving her seventeen stabs back then and sending her to meet the King of Hell. Then she wouldn't have turned the Marquis's mansion upside down.
Madam Zhou angrily said, "Ye Qingxue, do you think that just because you have made great contributions to the Emperor and gained his favor, you can be so disrespectful to your elders in front of your grandmother?"
Even if your second uncle is wrong, you cannot cut off his arm. Today you must give your grandmother an explanation!
Ye Qingxue coldly said, "You want an explanation? Fine, I'll give you an explanation! Aunt Liu was my father's concubine, and she was occupied and abused by my second uncle for nine years. Does Grandmother not know about this?"
“Since Grandmother knew about it, she only went to the temple to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist prayers. She never advised or stopped Second Uncle’s cruel behavior. You did not educate your son. As the daughter of the Marquis of Zhongyong, I had no choice but to stand up for my father and act on behalf of Heaven!”
"This is my explanation!"
The old lady's gaze was like a sharp blade, staring straight at Ye Qingxue, wishing she could cut her into a thousand pieces.
Having lived to this age and seen all sorts of people, she knew that even if Ye Qingxue was arrogant and ruthless, a young woman, for the sake of her reputation and survival, would never dare to be too presumptuous in front of her.
As it turns out, the old lady realized she was wrong. Ye Qingxue was utterly arrogant and disdainful of everyone. She wondered who gave her the audacity to be so presumptuous.
Was it given because of the emperor's favor?
Did she know that even if she gained the emperor's favor, being unfilial to her elders would not be tolerated by the laws of this world?
Since this girl has already broken off her engagement with Prince Ding, there's no need to keep her alive. Send her to the estate first, and then find a way to make her die quietly.
He then turned around and said he had died suddenly.
No one will investigate the truth.
To prevent her from harming the entire Marquis's mansion.
With that thought, the old lady's gaze toward Ye Qingxue turned as cold as a thousand-year-old ice, and a chill seemed to be emanating from the depths of her eyes.
The old lady said, "Are you blaming me for raising you but not teaching you properly? This shows that you look down on the Marquis's mansion. But do you know that the Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion was established because your father went to the battlefield, killed countless enemies, and made great contributions. That's why the emperor granted him a title and built the mansion for him."
"You keep saying you're standing up for your father, but in reality you don't even care about the Marquis's mansion that he fought so hard to build."
"Fine, you didn't grow up in the Marquis's mansion after all, so I don't blame you for looking down on it. But you forced your mother to hang herself and even cut off your own uncle's arm. You are truly an unfilial and disobedient person."
"Your actions have brought shame upon the Marquis's mansion and turned it upside down. You are worse than an animal!"
The old lady spoke earnestly, seemingly in a gentle and persuasive manner, but her choice of words was quite serious.
“If you continue to stay in the Marquis’s mansion, you will completely destroy the glory your father fought so hard to achieve, and ruin the future of our Ye family. So, go back to the manor in Jingzhou.”
The old lady closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and put on a tired, heartbroken but forced-to-be-strong expression.
"You are of the Ye family bloodline after all. Your father has passed away. I will not pursue the mistakes you have made. I only ask that you return to the Jingzhou manor in peace."
The old woman used the word "beg" to place herself in a humble position, but it was actually quite aggressive, expressing great resentment and a relentless resistance.
Anyone with less skill would feel extreme fear, thinking that if they didn't leave, they would kill someone.
The old woman continued, her voice low and cold, like a rusty blade piercing Ye Qingxue's heart: "Your father loved you very much when he was alive, didn't he? Every time he returned to court after a war, he would visit you at the Jingzhou estate."
"Although he has passed away, his heroic spirit will forever remain in the Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion. If you are allowed to continue doing evil in the mansion, and your father's heroic spirit sees this, I don't know how disappointed he will be in you."
"Even if it's not for the future of the Marquis's manor, but only for your father's soul to rest in peace, I beg you to return to the Jingzhou estate."
The old lady said that her father's soul would not find peace, and that he would be disappointed in her...
Is that possible?
Ye Qingxue's face was pale, and her heart felt as if it had been torn into a thousand pieces, so painful that she could hardly breathe.
That can't happen!
The Marquis's mansion is a den of iniquity, a place where murders are committed without bloodshed. It was here that her father was murdered. Only by fighting back and uncovering the truth can she be worthy of her deceased father and herself.
Only when the Marquis's mansion is restored to a clear sky can Father truly rest in peace!
"You few go in and pack up all of the eldest daughter's belongings. Tell the coachman to get ready and take her back to Jingzhou Manor," the old lady ordered directly.
The old women, having received their orders, snorted coldly and strode past Ye Qingxue, deliberately bumping into her, almost causing her to stumble.
She snapped back to reality; the deposed crown prince was still inside the small house undergoing treatment with his head cut open, and she absolutely forbade anyone to go in and disturb or damage the place.
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