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

Chapter 109 1 stone 2 birds plan

Xu Mo stopped speaking as soon as he finished.

Ye Qing'an frowned. In front of her was a very inconspicuous little wooden door, with nothing particularly special about it.

"Where is this? Why did you bring me here?"

Xu Mo did not answer Ye Qing'an's question, but said directly, "After you go in, no matter what you hear, don't make a sound. Be quiet and don't make any noise."

Having said that, he ignored Ye Qing'an and pushed open the small wooden door.

Inside was a tiny room, about three feet wide and ten feet long.

There was only a tea table and two chairs in the room.

Xu Mo sat down directly in a chair.

Ye Qing'an was completely confused, but she followed him inside and closed the door.

As soon as I sat down, I heard voices coming from the other side of the wall: "The rumors in the city have spread far and wide. Now many people in the city know that someone is impersonating Abbot Jieran to swindle people."

"We have also arranged for people to disguise themselves as the abbot and confuse people in the city."

Ye Qing'an was taken aback. Was he impersonating Abbot Jieran to swindle people?

"Alright, thank you for your trouble." Another voice rang out: "This time, I went to the Ye residence only to repay a favor to His Highness the Crown Prince, but I never expected that I would almost ruin my reputation at the Ye residence. It was really a close call."

Ye Qing'an had heard this voice during the day, so he couldn't be mistaken.

He was a solitary abbot.

To repay His Highness the Crown Prince's favor...

Ye Qing'an narrowed her eyes. Was he trying to repay the Crown Prince's favor by framing her?

She had no grudge against His Highness the Crown Prince, and there was no reason for him to target her.

Ye Qing'an narrowed her eyes, and suddenly remembered that Ye Zirui worked for the Crown Prince.

"It doesn't matter. As long as those rumors spread and some people swear that they saw you at Ju'an Temple these past two days, no one will doubt it."

"But while we were spreading those rumors, we discovered that there was another group of people in the city doing the same thing, but it was Abbot Jilan's people?"

Abbot Jieran was somewhat surprised: "There's another group of people doing the same thing?"

After a pause, Abbot Jieran seemed to remember something: "It's not one of my people, but I can roughly guess who it is."

"who is it?"

"That cannot be said. But please rest assured, Your Highness, that person has the same goal as Your Highness and poses no threat to you."

"Okay, I understand." The man replied, "Then I'll go back and report to His Highness the Crown Prince."

Ye Qing'an heard the sound of the door opening and closing, and then Abbot Jieran seemed to mutter to himself, "That father and son in the Ye family are really interesting. One asked me to say that Ye Qing'an is a jinx, and the other asked me to change my words to say that she is a femme fatale who brings disaster to the country. But after I finished speaking, they went to side with Ye Qing'an."

"I wonder what they're up to. There's quite a bit of pickling stuff going on in these noble families."

After the words were spoken, the sound of a staff hitting the ground rang out, and then it seemed that someone else had left the house, after which it became completely quiet.

Ye Qing'an narrowed her eyes and turned to look at Xu Mo...

Xu Mo stood up, went out the door, and walked to the pavilion in the bamboo forest behind.

Ye Qing'an followed: "Why did you bring me here?"

“I sent someone to follow that solitary abbot. When I learned that he was waiting for someone here, I sensed something was amiss, so I went back specifically to bring you here.”

Xu Mo's gaze fell on Ye Qing'an: "I already know about what happened in the manor today. After hearing the conversation between those two just now, what are your thoughts?"

Ye Qing'an sneered. What could he possibly think?

The person who asked Abbot Jieran to identify her as the jinx was Ye Zirui, and the person who made Abbot Jieran change his tune and call her a femme fatale was naturally Ye Qinghao.

Seeing Ye Qing'an's expression, Xu Mo knew she had already guessed, and then asked, "Do you know what the purpose was for the people involved in this matter—His Highness the Crown Prince, Ye Zirui, and Ye Qinghao—to do what they did?"

Ye Qing'an pursed her lips: "It's not hard to guess. His Highness the Crown Prince covets the throne and is secretly forming factions. Ye Qinghao, for the sake of the Ye family's future prosperity, sent his son to His Highness the Crown Prince's side, supporting the Crown Prince openly and secretly."

"But the Crown Prince understands that Ye Zirui will most likely become the master of the Ye residence in the future. He invited Abbot Jieran to deal with me in order to win over Ye Zirui."

"Ye Zirui did this because he was afraid that I would threaten his position in the future."

“And Ye Qinghao…” Ye Qing’an chuckled. Of all the things in this matter, Ye Qinghao’s actions seemed the most irrational. But upon closer examination, they were not difficult to explain: “Ye Qinghao did this partly to sow discord.”

"Ye Qinghao isn't stupid. He can see through the intricacies between His Highness the Crown Prince and Ye Zirui. He probably also feels that His Highness the Crown Prince and Ye Zirui are too close. If Ye Zirui gets the Crown Prince's support, he is very likely to break free from his control in the future."

"He wouldn't allow that to happen, so he gave Abbot Jieran even greater benefits, making him change his tune and say I was a femme fatale who brought ruin to the country. Then he turned against me halfway and stood by my side, almost causing Abbot Jieran to expose himself because of his birth date and time."

"Once this happens, His Highness the Crown Prince will definitely be dissatisfied with Ye Zirui. After all, it was His Highness the Crown Prince who acted as matchmaker, but because Ye Zirui gave the wrong birth date and time, he almost exposed Abbot Jieran."

Ye Qing'an narrowed his eyes: "After Abbot Jieran said that I was a femme fatale who brought ruin to the country, Ye Qinghao turned around and helped me. Naturally, he did this to gain my trust, make me grateful to him, and then work for him wholeheartedly."

"A plan to kill two birds with one stone".

After Ye Qing'an finished speaking, she only raised her eyes to look at Xu Mo: "The only thing I don't quite understand is whose person this solitary abbot is."

"This Abbot Jieran said he came all this way to repay a favor to His Highness the Crown Prince, so he shouldn't be His Highness's man. Furthermore, he listened to Ye Qinghao's words, and Ye Qinghao even instructed Abbot Jieran to change his story midway, yet he seems completely unconcerned about being suspected or Abbot Jieran revealing anything..."

Ye Qing'an narrowed his eyes: "Could it be that Abbot Jieran is one of Ye Qinghao's men?"

"If that's the case, then it wouldn't be surprising if he knew that Ye Zirui had contacted Abbot Jieran through His Highness the Crown Prince."

Xu Mo did not comment on her judgment, but simply looked at Ye Qing'an quietly: "So, what are you going to do?"

Ye Qing'an chuckled: "What should I do? Naturally, I should repay them for their kindness to me."