"Ye Qingxue, you wretched child! Your second aunt is so concerned for you, yet you slander her instead! I shouldn't have come to Guanju Courtyard to persuade you to escape. I should have had the Emperor's men arrest you and have you executed on the spot!"
Madam Zhou angrily cursed:
"I should make you cry to heaven and earth until no one answers, before you realize your mistake!"
Dongbai forcibly took her away and gagged her, finally silencing her.
Granny Kang chased after her frantically, trying to snatch Madam Zhou back, but Ye Qingxue grabbed her by the back of her collar and pulled her in front of her.
"Granny Kang, I need you to do something for me. If you do it well, your mistress will be fine. If you don't, I'm capable of anything." Ye Qingxue's eyes were cold.
Kang Mama cried, "The First Madam came to Guanju Courtyard because she truly wanted the young lady to live. She is the young lady's mother. You can't treat her like this!"
Ye Qingxue remained unmoved, only saying, "Go tell Madam Min that I am definitely going to take Chunxia, Qiudong and run away together. I will die in Jingzhou Manor, not in the capital. Jingzhou Manor is my true home."
"It's just that the First Madam is unwell and has returned to Yilan Courtyard. She cannot personally tell Madam Min about my decision."
"You must also tell Madam Min that before I escape, I must cure Aunt Liu. Aunt Liu has been treated by the divine physician Xiang Si Zi and is almost cured. I need to know the true cause of my father's death and seek justice for him before I will leave."
Ye Qingxue pushed Kang Mama forward: "Go on, the life and death of your mistress is in your hands. Don't forget, I'm not joking with you. I'm ruthless and heartless."
Granny Kang staggered forward a few steps before finally regaining her balance.
She was quite frightened; she had witnessed Ye Qingxue's methods before and dared not take her words as a joke.
Kang Mama quickly wiped away her tears: "Alright, this old servant will go right away. I will definitely get things done for you, Miss. You must not harm the First Madam. I will have the servants outside carry the eaves back so that everyone in the mansion will think that the First Madam has already returned to Yilan Courtyard."
Ye Qingxue nodded, satisfied with Kang Mama's reaction.
Granny Kang quickly left, and after finding out Madam Min's location, she headed in that direction.
Meanwhile, the old lady already knew that the emperor's men were about to come to the Marquis's residence to thoroughly investigate Ye Qingxue's treasonous acts.
She stood in front of the small Buddhist shrine, holding a lit incense stick in her hand. She knelt and kowtowed three times before the Buddha statue, chanting, "Amitabha."
The old nanny said, "The old lady has always been devoted to worshipping Buddha. Buddha will protect the Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion for a long time. But now, the eldest daughter has been rebellious and caused so much trouble. The Emperor did not delay at all and quickly sent people over."
The old lady inserted the incense into the incense burner, stepped back in front of the Buddha statue, and bowed again: "I am grateful to the Buddha for his protection, which allowed the Marquis's mansion to be cleansed of its evil deeds so quickly. But the emergence of someone like the eldest daughter has indeed had some impact on the Marquis's mansion."
The old nanny smiled faintly: "It will indeed have some impact, but the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. After all, the eldest daughter didn't grow up in the Marquis's mansion, and her imprisonment and execution have nothing to do with the Marquis's upbringing."
"Moreover, now that her heinous crime has been established, it seems that His Highness Prince Ding's decision to annul the engagement that day was not a wrong choice, but rather the most correct course of action when all other options were exhausted."
"His Highness Prince Ding's reputation will be cleared, and he will be grateful to the Marquis's Mansion. When the Second Miss marries into the family, the relationship between Prince Ding's Mansion and the Marquis's Mansion will become even closer, and the Eldest Young Master will receive more support. It will be just around the corner for him and the Third Young Master to rise to prominence."
The old woman smiled, and her smile deepened, making her aged lips appear even drier.
She said, "Let's go in and take a look. Is the red thread rotten? Maybe it needs to be replaced."
The old woman walked behind the Buddha statue and activated the mechanism. Immediately afterwards, the sound of the door turning came from inside the room. The two women went over and saw a small room behind the Buddha statue.
A sliver of light shone through the window of the small Buddhist shrine, barely illuminating the tiny room. The room was so small that it could only accommodate one person at a time, and it was difficult to even turn around inside.
Inside that small house was a skeleton, its body wrapped in dense red threads of varying ages.
The old nanny glanced at it and said, "It's still secure, so there's no need to tie it with a new one for now. If the old lady is still worried, this old servant will bring a new one and tie it with a new one, so that she will never be able to be reborn."
"Amitabha," the old woman murmured, but said with great certainty, "Tie it up again."
Every time she opened the mechanism and saw the skeleton, the old lady was always uneasy unless she re-tied it with red thread.
The old lady thought to herself, "The current wealth and glory of the Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion depend entirely on her. We must not let her soul escape, nor can we let her be reincarnated. She must be trapped here for all eternity, so that she can no longer affect the Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion in the slightest."
The old woman took the red thread, re-tied it, and when she was done, she came out, activated the mechanism, and the door slowly closed, isolating everything inside in darkness.
The old lady said, "Let's also go to Guanju Courtyard to see the eldest daughter off on her final journey. After all, she was a member of the Marquis of Zhongyong's family."
"The old lady is truly kind-hearted," the old nanny said.
The old lady remained silent. When she went to Guanju Courtyard, in addition to the old nanny, she also specially called two clever maids along.
There was no other reason; she simply knew that no one is fearless when facing death, not even the arrogant, rebellious Ye Qingxue.
She had to take people there to keep an eye on Ye Qingxue and prevent her from escaping. She had to make sure that when the emperor's men arrived, she was still trapped in Guanju Courtyard and unable to go anywhere.
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