After comforting Ye Ying, Mo Jingli turned around and went to the study alone. Sitting in the study, Mo Jingli frowned as he thought about the result of his conversation with Ye Yue at the Ye family. No matter how one looked at it, offending Mo Xiuyao in Li City for Ye Yue was an extremely unwise decision. Mo Jingli was naturally not someone who would lose his head over lust. However, Ye Yue had a condition that he had no choice but to agree to.
Taking out a small jade green porcelain bottle from his sleeve, Mo Jingli's eyes faintly lit up with eagerness.
If he successfully brought Ye Yue back to the southwest, he would receive ten times or even a hundred times what he had paid.
Actually, back then, Mo Jingli could be considered to have saved Ye Li's life. The Empress Dowager originally wanted to kill Ye Li, but Ye Yue was forced by the Empress Dowager. However, Mo Jingli did not want to kill Ye Li at that time. Therefore, after Ye Yue's plan was carried out, he sent people to interfere and take Ye Li out of the palace. If not, Ye Li might really have been killed by Ye Yue. After taking Ye Li away, Mo Jingli did not pay attention to Ye Yue. A concubine of his brother and a pawn in his mother's hands was not worth his attention. Therefore, when Ye Yue was burned to death in the fire, he only thought that his mother killed her to silence her. However, he did not expect that not only did Ye Yue not die, she even avoided the eyes of the Empress Dowager, the palace, and even the Prince Ding Mansion and lived peacefully for so many years. She even came to Li City and came under Mo Xiuyao's nose.
Without a doubt, compared to Ye Ying who only had looks, Ye Yue was the truly intelligent person. Even compared to the group of women in his brother's harem, Ye Yue was the most intelligent one. As long as he could bring Ye Yue back to Jiangnan, then … the Empress Dowager, who had been troubling him, would no longer be his obstacle.
The Empress Dowager had operated in the palace for decades. Even when Mo Jingli was still alive, she had always been at his mercy, not to mention Mo Jingli, who had been in power for far longer than Mo Jingli. Originally, after so many years of suppression by Mo Jingqi and his final attack before his death, the Empress Dowager's power should have been on the verge of collapse. But who would have thought that after Mo Jingli came to power, the Empress Dowager seemed to have the help of God and was able to regain her footing in the court. Mo Jingli knew that there must be someone behind this. He even knew who it was, but there was nothing he could do. He could suppress the Empress Dowager's power, but he couldn't fight with her to the point where both sides suffered and others benefited.
Mo Jingli knew better than anyone else about his mother's methods and ruthlessness. He also knew that in the Empress Dowager's heart, supporting Mo Suyun, that seven or eight year old brat, was more satisfying to the Empress Dowager than her son becoming Emperor. Even after the Empress Dowager's funeral was left unsettled, Mo Jingli often suspected that the Empress Dowager was constantly thinking of ways to depose him.
But with Ye Yue, it was different. Ye Yue had some information that could be used against the Empress Dowager. As long as she used it well, she could even wipe out the Empress Dowager's power in one fell swoop. Ye Yue was very smart. While she was being threatened and used by the Empress Dowager, she also secretly collected a lot of the Empress Dowager's secrets. If Ye Yue hadn't left too early, Mo Jingli even believed that Ye Yue would definitely have a way to get the whereabouts of his son from Mo Jingli. Unfortunately, compared to Ye Li, Ye Yue's luck was really too bad. When Mo Jingqi was alive, he doted on Noble Consort Liu more than Ye Yue, so even someone as smart as her could only keep a low profile in the palace. And how could a concubine go against the Empress Dowager's authority, especially when her father was also on the Empress Dowager's side?
After pondering for a long time, Mo Jingli's eyes finally flashed with a trace of determination. Actually, even if there weren't any reasons from above, Mo Jingli still had to bring Ye Yue back. Unconsciously rubbing the small bottle in his hand, Mo Jingli's brows furrowed even more. Right now, it was impossible to send Ye Yue out of Glass City first. The Prince Ding Mansion's security was so tight that it made people afraid. The only way was to let Ye Yue blend in with the Prince Ding Mansion's entourage when they left Glass City and leave without anyone knowing. But this was something that would happen many days later. In these few days, if … Since Ye Yue could come to Glass City quietly and hide herself for so many years, nothing should happen in these few days, right? Mo Jingli thought in his heart.
In the Ye Residence's study, Ye Wenhua sat with a gloomy expression. His originally white brows were tightly knitted. Ever since Prince Li and Ye Ying left, he had a faint feeling of uneasiness. Thinking about the person in his wife's room … Even though he had left the court for many years, Ye Wenhua still believed in his intuition. This kind of intuition towards danger had helped him avoid danger many times in the court. Even though he was the son-in-law of the Xu family, at least during the years when the Xu family left the court, he had relied on himself to fight for it. Not only did he not let the Ye family decline, but he also became more prosperous.
Ever since he came to Glass City, Ye Wenhua was different from the unwilling Madame Ye and Madame Ye. He was very satisfied with his current life. He had been poor and rich before. He had studied hard, and he had almost reached the top of the court. He had married the most beautiful and talented woman in Da Chu State. Even now, his daughter was the Regent Princess Consort of Da Chu State and the Princess Consort of the Prince Ding Mansion. In the end, he fell from his high position and became a commoner. If it was in the past, he might still be greedy for fame and fortune. But after seeing the suffering of the people in the war, he knew that the stable life he had now was not easy to come by. Ye Wenhua knew clearly that as long as he stayed in Glass City obediently, no one would make things difficult for him because of his identity as Princess Ding's father. But if he went to Jiangnan, even if Mo Jingli could put him in an important position, how long could Jiangnan last? To be honest, after so many years, Ye Wenhua did not have much hope in Mo Jingli's ability. Moreover, compared to Mo Jingli, he was more willing to believe in Mo Xiuyao's character.
"Master, what's wrong? Why do you look so pale?" Madame Ye walked in with a cup of tonic and asked Ye Wenhua with a smile.
Ye Wenhua came back to his senses and looked coldly at her complacent smile. A trace of disgust flashed through his heart. He did not know why, but the face of his wife, who he thought was already blurred, appeared clearly in his mind. At that moment, he even began to wonder why he had neglected his first wife for the sake of Madame Ye. In terms of appearance, talent, virtue, and family background, Madame Xu could throw Madame Ye and Madame Wang by eight streets. Perhaps … it was because Madame Xu was too outstanding. An overly outstanding, fairy-like noble lady fell in love with a poor boy who was born in a poor family. After the initial ecstasy, it was followed by a defeat and pressure that made him feel ashamed of his own inferiority. And the envious and strange gazes of his colleagues …
"The person in your room, kick her out immediately." Ye Wenhua came back to his senses and looked at Madame Wang, whose eyes were filled with joy, and said coldly.
"What?!" Madame Wang was stunned and immediately screamed.
Ye Wenhua stared at her and said coldly, "Do you think I'm blind? You can kick her out, or else you can go out with her! "
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