nucmednet Chapter 367 Things with shallow eyelids
Chapter 367 Things with shallow eyelids
When Ye Qing'an came in earlier, she left Zixiao and Granny Wei at the door. As soon as Ye Qing'an came out, the two of them rushed up to her: "Miss, what exactly happened? Did the Second Miss really do something to Madam?"
"Shh..." Ye Qing'an gestured for silence and pulled her cloak tighter around herself. "We'll talk about it when we get back."
As the weather grew colder and the nights became chilly, Zixiao hurriedly brought in a basin of hot water upon returning to her room: "Miss, warm your hands."
Ye Qing'an responded and dipped her hand into the water.
Once her hands warmed up, Ye Qing'an raised them and saw that Granny Wei and Zixiao were both looking at her expectantly.
Ye Qing'an laughed out loud: "What's with those expressions?"
"Miss, did the Second Miss really make a move?"
Ye Qing'an nodded: "Yes."
Ye Qing'an repeated Liu Xueying's words from before.
"Ah..." Both Granny Wei and Zixiao's eyes showed undisguised astonishment.
“I thought that although the second young lady was a bit willful, she wasn’t that malicious, but I never expected…” Zixiao murmured.
Granny Wei scoffed lightly: "I'm not surprised at all. After all, Liu Xueying is inherently vicious. How good could her daughter be? She harmed Madam, Eldest Miss, and Second Young Master like that before. Now she's being treated like this by her own daughter. This is probably what they call retribution, isn't it?"
"The cycle of Heaven turns, and see who Heaven spares."
After finishing her sentence, Granny Wei asked with concern, "The Second Miss has committed such a serious offense, how should we deal with her?"
Ye Qing'an smiled and said, "What can we do? After all, she is the fifth prince's wife, betrothed by the emperor. This marriage is still very important to our Ye family. If this matter gets out, it will definitely damage the reputation of the Ye family. Not only Ye Weilan, but also the other unmarried girls in the family will be affected."
"We can only keep quiet in the household first, and then deal with the situation behind closed doors."
Ye Qing'an then recounted the proposed solutions she had previously discussed with the steward.
Granny Wei frowned: "Isn't this too lenient on her?"
"Cheap?" Ye Qing'an curled the corners of her lips: "That's not necessarily true."
A sharp glint flashed in Ye Qing'an's eyes: "Ye Weilan just feels that she's about to get married, and once she's married, if Liu Xueying is a madwoman, she'll only be a burden to her. She thinks that once she's married and becomes the Fifth Prince's consort, with that status, she can trample us under her feet."
"Therefore, it can be seen that Ye Weilan takes her marriage to the Fifth Prince very seriously."
Granny Wei nodded: "Yes, the Fifth Prince's Consort is, after all, a royal wife, isn't she? Sigh, I think the best way is to leak this matter out and ruin the Second Miss's marriage, so that she knows what it means to get what she deserves."
"But Miss said that if this matter gets out, it will affect the reputation of our household and also affect other people in the household. I thought about it and I think it makes sense, but in that case, wouldn't Second Miss not be able to receive the punishment she deserves?"
Ye Qing'an curled the corners of her lips: "She takes this marriage very seriously. When the wedding takes place, there will definitely be many people watching. I will halve her dowry, which is enough to express the Ye family's attitude towards her."
“Ah…” Zixiao came back to her senses: “If others see that the Second Miss’s dowry is so small, they will think that we do not value the Second Miss.”
“Yes.” Ye Qing’an curled the corners of her lips: “After a woman gets married, if she suffers any grievances in her husband’s family, her maternal family behind her and the dowry she holds in her hands are her source of confidence.”
"But Ye Weilan completely destroyed her own confidence."
Furthermore, she had previously used some underhanded tactics on the Fifth Prince at that temple, allowing him to overhear Ye Weilan and Liu Xueying's conversation. The Fifth Prince would certainly not let Ye Weilan off easily.
Ye Qing'an's eyes held amusement: "Ye Weilan thought that marrying was a meteoric rise to power, a chance to become a phoenix on a branch. Little did she know what awaited her in the Fifth Prince's residence."
Granny Wei and Zixiao exchanged a glance, both looking somewhat shocked, and remained silent for a long while.
Ye Qing'an smiled and said, "Alright, it's getting late. I'm exhausted after all the commotion tonight. Go and get some rest."
"You all better keep your mouths shut about what happened tonight."
"Yes, Miss, don't worry." Granny Wei quickly pledged her loyalty: "This servant will never tell anyone."
Zixiao nodded as well.
"Go down," Ye Qing'an waved his hand, his expression indifferent.
The next morning, Ye Qing'an had just woken up when Zi Xiao reported that the steward had arrived a while ago.
Ye Qing'an quickly got up and went out the door: "Butler."
The butler nodded, but his eyes were scanning the servants in the room out of the corner of his eye.
Ye Qing'an understood: "You may all go down first."
After the servants had left, the steward spoke up: "Miss, the pills we found on Madam's bed yesterday have been examined carefully by someone. They are indeed poison, and a deadly one at that. However... the poison will not take effect immediately; it will only take effect after a period of time."
Ye Qing'an narrowed her eyes upon hearing this, and immediately put on a stern face: "What is Second Sister trying to do? Yesterday, several doctors examined Mother, and only Doctor Xu prescribed medicine for her. Second Sister, are you planning to use this kind of poison on Mother so that after something happens to her, you can shift the blame for poisoning Mother onto Doctor Xu?"
The steward lowered his eyes and remained silent: "This old servant will also have the people I send out report the truth to the master when the time comes."
Ye Qing'an nodded, then suddenly laughed: "Second sister really does dislike me. Because she dislikes me, she's also targeting the people around me. Doctor Xu is someone Father invited into the manor, and as a retainer. He must be of some use to Father."
“Last night I was still concerned about the reputation of the Ye family, so I ordered a gag order and only punished my second sister within the manor. But my second sister did this because she was unhappy with it, without any regard for Father.”
"What the Second Miss did was indeed somewhat unethical."
Ye Qing'an laughed: "Alright, alright, in the end my second sister didn't succeed anyway, so I don't want to pursue it. The one who was hurt the most by this matter is still Mother. My second sister thinks she can be so reckless just because she's about to get married. She's really too short-sighted. Even if she marries into the Fifth Prince's mansion, she'll probably suffer."
Ye Qing'an waved his hand: "Let someone report to Father first. We can deal with the rest after Father gives us his reply."