"Third Elder Sister, how could you say that …" Hearing Ye Li's words, Ye Ying's bright and beautiful eyes instantly turned red. Crystal clear tears swirled in her eyes as she looked at Ye Li with an extremely aggrieved expression, "His Highness and I are innocent. Even if this little sister has wronged you, but … this is not what little sister meant, why would Third Elder Sister …"
Ye Li raised her hand slightly and interrupted her. She found it funny and asked, "Fourth Younger Sister, you misunderstood. Who said there's something going on between you and Prince? Just say it. Even if Grandmother and Father don't stand up for you, Third Elder Sister will stand up for you. " She glanced at the people behind her with a questioning look. Qing Shuang covered her mouth and smiled. "I didn't hear anything. But since Fourth Young Miss said so, there must be something going on. Why don't we go back to Old Madame and investigate thoroughly? We'll definitely find the person who slandered Fourth Young Miss and Prince Li. " Ye Ying's expression changed. She glared at Qing Shuang hatefully and turned to look at Mo Jingli pitifully. "Prince …" If Grandmother knew about this, she would definitely be reprimanded. If this matter was blown out of proportion, there would be rumors about them.
"Enough! Ye Li, it's useless no matter what you do. I won't fall for you. Just give up. "Mo Jingli reprimanded coldly. He stared at Ye Li with disgust and disgust.
Ye Li was so surprised that she couldn't recover from her shock. What was Mo Jingli talking about? She couldn't be thinking that he was playing hard to get with this appearance, right? Where did this person get such a good sense of himself?
Being scrutinized by Ye Li, Mo Jingli became angry out of humiliation. He said angrily, "Have you seen enough? Shameless!"
Ye Li rolled her eyes helplessly in her heart. She resisted the urge to say, "It's time for you to take your medicine." She bowed to Mo Jingli. "Enough. Prince, Fourth Younger Sister, take your time. I'll take my leave first. "Without waiting for Mo Jingli's reply, he turned around and walked in the direction of Qing Yi Xuan.
Behind her, Mo Jingli stared at the slender figure leaving with a gloomy expression. Seeing this, Ye Ying's heart tightened. She said softly, "Prince, Third Sister has always been like this. Don't hold it against her."
Seeing the worry and pleading written all over the beautiful face of the person in front of him, Mo Jingli's expression softened a little. He pulled Ye Ying and snorted, saying softly, "Don't worry, since she's your sister, I won't argue with her for your sake." Ye Ying's eyes flashed slightly, and she lowered her head shyly. "Thank you, Prince."
As soon as she entered Qing Yi Xuan, she heard a few maidservants who had nothing to do, exclaiming in surprise about the lavish betrothal gifts sent by Li Wang Fu today. Fourth Young Mistress was really fortunate to be able to marry Li Wang Fu as his legal wife and so on. Of course, they couldn't help but mention the misfortune of Third Young Mistress marrying the good-for-nothing Prince in the capital city. Qing Shuang's face turned pale with anger. Without waiting for Ye Li to speak, she scolded harshly, "How dare you! Who gave you the guts to talk about your master?! " Perhaps the maidservants were too engrossed in their conversation, they didn't even notice that six or seven people were standing behind them. When they heard Qing Shuang's voice, they turned around and were so frightened that they knelt on the ground.
Ye Li looked indifferent as she walked past the maidservants kneeling on the ground. Just when the maidservants thought that they had escaped and were relieved, they heard Ye Li say, "Go down and receive 20 strokes of the plank."
"No … Young Mistress, please forgive us. We won't dare to do it again …" Although Qing Yi Xuan wasn't favored in the residence, it didn't make much of a difference to these maidservants. If there were any good things in other courtyards, the maidservants wouldn't have a chance to do it. However, Third Young Mistress was the master of the Ye residence. Usually, she would never make any excessive demands or make things difficult for the people below her, nor would she get angry at the maidservants. Basically, she had never punished anyone in the courtyard, so these maidservants couldn't help but feel that the Third Young Miss was soft-hearted, and thus, they became more relaxed. They didn't expect that today they would be punished with 20 strokes of the plank just because of a few words of gossip.
"Go down!" Ye Li didn't want to listen to those begging for mercy. She left these words faintly and left.
"Young Mistress, why get angry with those villains? It's not worth it to get angry for no reason." Qing Shuang followed behind Ye Li and softly advised her.
Ye Li glanced back at her and smiled, "You think I'm angry?"
"Young Mistress … Then what?" In recent years, it was rare to see Third Young Mistress punish maidservants.
Ye Li sneered, "I punished them not because they gossiped, but because they betrayed their master."
"Eh?"
"If you were a maidservant and gossiped about your master, would you stand at the entrance of the courtyard?"
Qing Shuang suddenly understood. She was puzzled and asked, "Then who ordered them? It can't be Madam, right? What good would it do her? Other than angering Young Mistress. "And she might not even be angered.
Ye Li frowned and shook her head. She said to Qing Shuang, "Tomorrow, go to the Imperial Censor's residence and send a letter to Second Uncle for me. Tell others that I don't understand some things and want to ask Second Aunt for advice. Ask her to come over when she has time. Right, tell Second Aunt that there's no rush. "
Imperial Censor's Residence Study
The simple and elegant study room was filled with a faint smell of books. Behind the desk, the Imperial Censor's usually elegant expression was a little gloomy. He stared at a letter on the desk and pondered.
"Qing Feng, what do you think the Virtuous Old Concubine meant by this?" After a while, the Imperial Censor raised his head and asked.
Not far from the desk, a handsome young man stood upright. He frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "My son is slow-witted. Could it be that in order to save face for the King's residence, she …" Imperial Censor Xu shook his head and said, "In my opinion, the Imperial Family's actions are to save face for the King's residence. This method may work for ordinary officials, but it is useless for the King's residence. " Xu Qingfeng's sword-like eyebrows furrowed slightly. His expression was filled with indignation as he said, "The Royal Family has treated the King's Residence well, but they shouldn't have sacrificed my cousin." For many generations, the Xu family had more males than females. In the previous generation, Ye Li's mother was a daughter. In Xu Qingfeng's generation, the Xu family's two branches were actually all sons. Xu Qingfeng, who had always lived in the capital, loved Ye Li very much. He often saw her when she was young.
Imperial Censor Xu sighed and said, "In the eyes of the Imperial Family, other than themselves, who else can't be sacrificed? What's more, after your aunt passed away, Li 'er did not show her face in the capital. Her reputation has long been ruined by that evil woman from the Ye family. Naturally, Li Wang is not willing to marry Li 'er. "Xu Qingfeng snorted and said," My son thinks that my cousin not marrying that Li Wang is right. He hasn't even married and he's already taking things from his fiancée's shop. Is this the Imperial Family's way of doing things? If my cousin really marries him, I'm afraid that the dowry left by us and aunt will be used up by him. " Thinking about the matter that Qing Shuang mentioned when she came over, Xu Qingfeng's heart was filled with anger. His view of Mo Jingli became even worse.
Imperial Censor Xu raised his hand and stroked his beautiful beard. He nodded and said, "That Li Wang is indeed not a good match for Li 'er. Li 'er has always had her own ideas. She probably doesn't see Li Wang in that way. Otherwise, she wouldn't have allowed that mother and daughter from the Ye family to act like that. " Thinking back to when his younger sister passed away, he originally wanted to bring his seriously ill niece back to the Xu family to be educated. However, that old woman from the Ye family stopped him. Li 'er dragged her sick body and sent her wet nurse and mama back to Yunzhou. She lived alone in that isolated and helpless Ye Residence. Although that Ye Wangshi wanted to harm her many times, she was still able to smoothly avoid it. Now, it seems that his niece not only had the intelligence of his younger sister, but also had the strength and sharpness that his younger sister did not have. This made Imperial Censor Xu feel proud.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
