Chapter 8: The Threat to the Young Lady's Family

  Zhāo Míng Gōng, Piān Tīng

  A man with a British air was drinking tea. A water-ink long shirt made him look like a bookworm, but the hand that tightly held the cup was very powerful.

  His gaze was like a sword, occasionally glancing at the door. A few strands of anger seeped from his eyes, he put down the cup in his hand and asked unpleasantly: "What's going on? Can't even see the prince, and my sister is also hidden?"

  No one dared to offend Ye Xuri, a bold one stepped forward and explained repeatedly: "Uncle Master, please calm down, Xiao Sanzi has already gone to deliver the message to Princess Taizi."

  "Hum!" Ye Xuerui slammed the cup in his hand to the ground, furiously raging at the servant: "Don't think I don't know how you prince treated my sister! Go tell the prince, if I find out my sister is not doing well..."

  Everyone below didn't dare to make a sound again. The people in the mansion all knew that the crown prince's consort was just a decorative vase in this palace, and they also knew that the crown prince couldn't wait to invite Xiao Ruoluan into the Zhao Ming Palace, and even built a special Lianyuan for her. It must have been passed on to the Prime Minister's residence, which is why Ye Xu'er came to find him.

  It's possible that the young master won't show his face in the mansion, and these servants can only endure Ye Xuri's scolding with a stiff upper lip.

  A quiet house, Ye Xuerui's shouting voice came out of the yard. Bai Han, a personal guard who was secretly observing outside the yard, heard these words clearly and saw Xiaosanzi bringing Ye Yuzhuang walking in this direction from afar, and quickly hid.

  Walking in the middle of the courtyard, Ye Yuxuan heard her brother's roar from afar. She raised an eyebrow and clenched her fists tightly. Sometimes she really couldn't understand how someone as cunning and calculating as Ye Lie Feng could raise a fool like Ye Xuerui who acted on impulse.

  "Look, it seems that Uncle is in a bad mood today." Xiaosan was startled by the voice and covered his ears with a look of disgust on his face, looking towards the house facing the courtyard entrance.

  Alas...

  Ye Yuxuan sighed, forcing a wry smile as she looked at Xiaosanzu: "I'm afraid I've made a fool of myself in front of you, Your Excellency. This elder brother of mine has been spoiled by his aunt, so he's not very well-behaved. If you have any other business to attend to, please go ahead and take care of it first. I'll handle things here with my brother."

  "This... how can this be?" Xiao Sanzi's hypocritical troubled expression floated on his face, but in his heart he was actually delighted.

  "The princess also hasn't seen her brother for some time and wants to have a few words with him. Xiaoyu, go and dismiss all the servants in the house." Ye Yusan gave instructions to Xiaoyu amidst her polite conversation with Sanzi.

  The little fish bowed her head, lowering it very low, trying not to let Sanzi see the panic in her eyes. She bent down, turned around, and with a tightly furrowed brow and gritted teeth, she walked towards the inner courtyard.

  "That little Lin just went down first, if there's a need to let others call me, it's courting disaster." Little Lin bowed and left in another direction.

  Ye Yuxuan stood in the middle of the courtyard and didn't rush to go in immediately, secretly glancing around, temporarily not seeing anyone staring at her from all sides, before taking big strides to walk inside.

  Ye Xuerui saw Xiaoyu enter, and he who was originally furious with the servants rushed over and slapped Xiaoyu twice. Xiaoyu touched his face, knelt on the ground with a terrified expression, and kowtowed repeatedly: "I deserve to die! I deserve to die! Young master, please calm down! Young master, please calm down!" Slap!

  Ye Xuerui kicked the little fish with a huff, and shouted angrily: "Your master has suffered so much grievance, you didn't even send back a letter, the Ye manor really wasted all those years raising you. You're going to die, you're going to die!" As he spoke, Ye Xuerui continued to kick the little fish several times, causing the servants around him to secretly worry for the little fish's safety.

  "Stop it!" Just as she reached the door, Ye Yusan saw her brother punching and kicking Xiaoyu, so she rushed over to pull him aside.

  Ye Xuerui was about to push her away, but when she turned around and saw it was her sister, she slightly calmed down. From head to toe, she carefully examined her sister, and her expression looked very heartbroken.

  "Everyone get out!" Ye Yusan waved her hand, this was her brother's consistent style, always making outsiders think that he cared about his sister so much to cover up his ruthlessness.

  "Yes!" Down below, everyone had a relieved expression on their faces, bowed and exited the door one after another.

  Ye Yuxuan helped the little fish up from the ground, and the little fish was afraid of Ye Xuri's gaze and hid in her arms. She pulled him out, wiped the blood stains on his mouth, and sighed discontentedly: "Big brother, if you beat her into some kind of illness, then there won't be anyone to take care of my sister."

  "If it's not working, then change to another one. Anyway, this useless thing is just a waste of space by my side." Ye Xuri gave Xiaoyu a sideways glance, with a hint of murderous intent in his eyes.

  The little fish was terrified, even in the master's arms, she couldn't help but tremble all over. Lowering her head, she pulled on the master's hand.

  Ye Yuxuan tightened her grip on Xiaoyu's hand, blocking him in front of her brother: "Brother, this is not only the Zhao Ming Palace, but also the Imperial Palace. It's not a place where you can just enter and exit as you please."

  Ye Xuerui suppressed his anger and glared at Xiaoyu, shouting: "Get to the door and guard it!"

  "Yes! Yes......" The little fish timidly bowed his head and retreated to the door, covering his pale mouth.

  The door was not closed, because Ye Yuxuan did not want to be gossiped about, even if it was her own brother at home. Who made her not well received in this place, had to be careful everywhere.

  Ye Xuerui calmed down and sat down, raising an eyebrow. With a cold tone, she said: "I didn't expect that a woman from the Prime Minister's residence would be so spineless. That guy brings a demon back to the palace and you don't even make a sound. Don't you think about yourself? You should also consider the face of the Prime Minister's residence?"

  "This palace is just considering the face of Gu's father, so I won't argue with that demoness. It's common for men to have three wives and four concubines, let alone him being the crown prince, taking in one or two more wouldn't be unusual." Ye Yushan spoke calmly, but her words were laced with meaning. Every time she thought of her mother suffering in the Xiang manor, her heart bled.

  The world's parental love, although she only borrowed this body, but for her who has always lacked maternal love, the selfless love of her mother moved her and made her eager to find a way to carefully protect it.

  Ye Xuerui naturally understood the meaning behind Ye Yushan's words and narrowed his eyes. Danger emanated from his gaze, and he swiftly approached Ye Yushan, slapping him with several loud smacks.

  Ye Yuxuan just covered her face and didn't react much, because such treatment was already a common occurrence at home, the pain on her face was much lighter than the pain in her heart.

  Seeing Ye Yuxuan lowering her head, Ye Xuri grasped her hair. Seeing the calmness on her face, he became even more furious, gritting his teeth and spitting out each word: "Don't think that just because you've become the crown prince's consort, you can look down on me and Father! Father had me tell you, he has the ability to make you a crown prince's consort, and also has the ability to make you worthless!"

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