Beast Taming Mad Concubine: The Useless Young Lady is Back!

Chapter 232 One Night of Couple's Love

Ye Qinghao showed no concern for Ye Qing'an whatsoever, and went straight to asking, "Do you remember where you were imprisoned?"

Ye Qing'an shook her head: "Daughter, I rarely leave the manor and am not very familiar with Wangjing City. After escaping from that courtyard, I lost my bearings and don't know how long I ran before I reached a bustling street. I remember..."

Ye Qing'an bit her lip: "I remember I ran out and searched for a while before I found the main street, which should be Lancang Street. I asked several people on the street for directions before running back home."

Lancang Street.

Ye Qinghao frowned. If it was just Lancang Street, without knowing the exact location of the courtyard, it would be difficult to determine who the owner of the courtyard was.

This clue is almost useless.

Ye Qing'an, her panic not yet fully subsided, picked up the teacup with trembling hands: "Father, wasn't Gu Duo dead? Why did the person who kidnapped me insist on asking me where Gu Duo was? Asking if there was a madman in our manor, and his tone and expression made it seem as if he was certain that Gu Duo was not dead and was right here in our manor..."

Ye Qinghao scoffed: "There are so many madmen in this world, but not every madman is Gu Duo."

"They are probably our enemies, trying to mislead people and make others think that Gu Duo is in our mansion, so that they can pin a false charge on us, such as harboring a traitor, and drag our Ye family into this mess."

Ye Qing'an opened her mouth slightly and hurriedly asked, "Then what should we do?"

"It's alright." Ye Qinghao pursed his lips. "We naturally won't easily admit to things we didn't do."

"No matter what they say or do, unless they dig that dead man out of our mansion, they're still too green to scheme against me." Ye Qinghao said confidently, "Nothing will happen."

"That's good." Ye Qing'an nodded quickly: "It's good that everything is alright, then Wan can rest assured."

Ye Qinghao's gaze swept over Ye Qing'an for a moment before he nodded: "You should get some rest."

"Yes."

After Ye Qinghao walked out of Ye Qing'an's courtyard, he stopped and turned to look at Ye Qing'an's courtyard.

“Master, regarding this matter…” The butler frowned slightly: “Who exactly is the person who kidnapped the young lady? That incident happened ten years ago, how could it suddenly be brought up again, and the young lady was kidnapped directly?”

"Why did he kidnap the young lady out of all the people in the manor?"

Ye Qinghao pursed his lips: "I guess it's because I've been relying on Qing An a little too much lately, which gave him the wrong signal."

Ye Qinghao turned to the steward and instructed, "Send someone to Gu Duo's grave and see if anything has happened to it."

"Yes."

Ye Qing'an dismissed the servants and went straight to the Cloud Dreamland.

Upon arriving at the Cloud Dreamland, Jiuxiao greeted them: "You guessed right. After Ye Qinghao left your place, he instructed the steward to go to Gu Duo's grave."

“I went to Gu Duo’s grave earlier, intending to dig up the coffin, but when I got there I found that Gu Duo’s grave had already been dug up, and even the coffin had been taken out and was just left out in the open. There was nothing inside the coffin.”

Ye Qing'an nodded: "That's fine, it saves us the trouble of doing anything. Ye Qinghao can just send someone over to take a look and they'll understand."

Jiuxiao responded, "It's just that the place where Gu Duo is buried is relatively remote; otherwise, the news that his grave was dug up would have already spread."

"Go over there and keep an eye on things. Let me know immediately if anything happens."

After Jiu Xiao left, Ye Qing'an resumed her cultivation.

About an hour later, Jiuxiao returned to the Cloud Dreamland: "The steward indeed led people to Gu Duo's grave and found that Gu Duo's grave had been dug up and the coffin had been thrown aside. The steward's expression was not good, and he ordered people to rebury the grave."

Ye Qing'an scoffed: "Buried it back? What are they doing? It was clearly an empty coffin, what difference would it make if they buried it back?"

Jiuxiao clicked his tongue lightly: "Still trying to fool people, huh?"

"Liar?" Ye Qing'an's lips curled slightly: "You can't lie anymore."

“You bribed a few storytellers to tell stories in the city, saying that Prince Gu Duo of Dingxi did not die at all, but was taken back to Ye Qinghao’s mansion and has been hiding in Ye’s mansion for the past ten years.”

Jiuxiao's eyes widened suddenly: "You're trying to undermine the cause! Wouldn't that make the Ye family even more conspicuous? Perhaps even that person in the palace will try to investigate."

Ye Qing'an curled the corners of her lips: "It's great, that's exactly the effect I wanted."

"Let it be chaotic." A glint of light flashed in Ye Qing'an's eyes. "The more chaotic it is, the better. Only in chaos will I have a chance to rise to the top."

Jiu Xiao had no idea what Ye Qing'an was planning. He just stared at Ye Qing'an for a while before saying, "I remember, wasn't Yi Moxu also trying to find Gu Duo? Didn't you say that he entered the manor for this matter?"

"You told Yi Moxu the location of the forbidden area where Gu Duo was being held. Yi Moxu should be taking action soon, right?"

“If you alert them now, what if…” Jiu Xiao stared at Ye Qing’an: “What if Ye Qinghao moves Gu Duo away? Wouldn’t that make it even harder to find him?”

"I think you should discuss this with Yi Moxu," Jiu Xiao muttered. "A night of marriage is a hundred nights of kindness; how can a husband and wife hold a grudge overnight..."

Seeing Ye Qing'an silently take out the whip, Jiu Xiao coughed lightly: "I was just saying, though the words may be rough, the meaning is sound. Yi Moxu finally found out where Gu Duo was being held, and you've caused this mess."

Ye Qing'an toyed with the whip in her hand: "Gu Duo has been dead for ten years. Do you think no one has ever doubted the fact that Gu Duo died? Do you think no one has ever tried to rescue Gu Duo?"

"But isn't Gu Duo still at home?"

Jiuxiao blinked: "What does this mean?"

"What does that mean?" Ye Qing'an pursed her lips: "You've already heard what Ye Qinghao said. That forbidden area has a barrier, guarded by people and spirit beasts. The defenses are tight, and it won't be easy to force your way in."

"Furthermore, the one in the mansion may not be the real Gu Duo."

Jiuxiao's eyes were filled with confusion: "The one in the manor may not be the real Gu Duo?"

"You mean, the one imprisoned in that forbidden area is fake? A trap deliberately set by Ye Qinghao? Then where is the real one?"