The Demon Queen of Divine Doctor is not to be trifled with

Chapter 207 The Old Lady’s Daughter

Chapter 207 The Old Lady’s Daughter

Seeing that the old lady was hesitant to speak, Xiao couldn't help but ask, "What does mother want to say?"

The old lady thought for a while and said, "I'm just afraid that she will go to Hongzhuang to make trouble. You don't know, didn't the Sixth Prince take Hongzhuang with him to the palace banquet that night? Now the Sixth Prince is really... really more and more like the Regent. His words, actions, and manners are all the same. He is completely two different people. But they are clearly the same person, so this is a change. The Sixth Prince has changed, and there must be the push of Queen Mother Li and the Regent behind this. In addition, his injuries have been healed, which may be a big turning point for the court, so we can't let go of Hongzhuang yet."

Xiao's eyes lit up, "Mother, do you mean that there is still hope for Hongzhuang?"

The old lady said to her, "Whether there is hope or not depends on whether she can fight for it, whether our Ye family is willing to cooperate, and whether Ye Wenyan is willing to let her go. If she is willing to let her go, everything will be fine. If she is not willing..." The old lady sighed, "I only knew that the child was willful and spoiled by the old man, but now it seems that it is not the case. She has her own ideas and is very vindictive. The most important thing is that she must have a big backer behind her. So I am afraid that she will go to Hongzhuang to make trouble, and I am afraid that the plan that the Sixth Prince has finally restarted will be disrupted by her and fail."

Ye Jingsheng and his wife were deeply touched by the phrase "fail at the last hurdle", so much so that they both shuddered whenever these four words were mentioned.

What a good plan it was, just one step away from success! But as soon as Ye Wenyan came back, everything that was within reach was shattered. Sometimes they thought that on the second day of the twelfth lunar month, even if Ye Wenyan came back an hour later, or even half an hour later, as long as she came back after the death of the previous emperor, everything would be settled, and no matter how she made trouble, she would not be able to break into the palace. What a pity, there are not so many assumptions, and failure is failure, there is no regret. But now things have taken a turn for the better, the Sixth Prince has been cured, and he has changed completely, this is really good news.

So Xiao said, "I will send someone to Prince Su's villa to pass on a message, so that they can prepare first. At worst, they can just close the gate, or simply move to a place where no one knows. In short, they must not meet the fourth young lady. As long as they don't meet, the matter won't be a big deal."

Ye Jingsheng was not optimistic. "Mother said that she has a big backer behind her. Do you have any guesses?"

The old lady was flustered, and a name almost came out of her mouth, but she swallowed it back. Then she shook her head: "No, but it's just Yun Chen."

Xichun, who had been sitting at the side without saying anything, suddenly spoke up: "What's with that arrow, the red arrow? Why did an arrow suddenly appear in front of us and pierce our shoulders? Is it a ghost?" She became more and more panicked as she spoke, and finally knelt down and said to the old lady, "I have a guess, old lady, I have a guess. Tell me, is it true that the fourth young lady had died on the second day of the twelfth lunar month, and the one who came back later was not a living person, but a ghost. Otherwise, why is her face so pale? Yes, not only is her face pale, but her body is also cold. I used to be a first-class maid beside her and had contact with her, so I know that her body is very cold, and it is not the body temperature that a living person should have. So tell me, is she a ghost?"

These words almost frightened Liu to tears, and she curled up in her chair, trembling.

The old lady was also afraid, but she was not afraid of ghosts. She was afraid that if she was wrong and Ye Wenyan’s backer was not Yun Chen, then this matter would be difficult to handle. If she continued to go against Ye Wenyan, she would be courting death.

For a moment, there was a brief silence in the room. Xichun wanted to say something, but the silence made her dare not speak.

I don't know how long it was before I finally heard Ye Jingsheng say, "What the hell? Where did this ghost come from? It's said that Ye Wenyan's backer is Yun Chen, and you all know who Yun Chen serves. I heard that he is the most protective of his subordinates, so it must be Yun Chen who asked for help, so these things happened, there's nothing to be surprised about."

The old lady nodded immediately and scolded Xichun: "A maid is a maid, she has no knowledge. We in Northern Qi are not without god-like figures, so it is normal for such a fact to happen. Who made Yunchen fall in love with Ye Wenyan? So you still have to restrain yourself in the future. At least don't let her feel that it's too much in public, otherwise if it happens again, you will all be dead."

After hearing this explanation, Xichun no longer thought about ghosts, but she didn't understand, "I didn't do anything, why did you take me with you?" Looking at Liu, she felt even more unfair, "Why is Sister Liu okay? If the whole family suffered, shouldn't Sister Liu be the same as us? Why did you only let her go? No, there was also Miss Five, both of them were let go, what does this mean? Could it be that you are in cahoots with Miss Four?"

The old lady was so angry that she slammed the table again, "It's already this time, and you are still vying for favor? Don't you understand why I brought you along? Who did you crawl out of? How could you forget so quickly? Humph! You betrayed your old master, and you expect her to let you go?"

Ye Jingsheng looked at Xichun and took the initiative to smooth things over for her: "Mother, don't be angry. Let's think about what to do in the future."

The old lady snorted again, "What should we do? Didn't I tell you to live your life as usual? I told you so much yesterday, you have to take it to heart. Your father is gone, but our Ye family still has to hold on, otherwise we will be driven out of Lin'an Inner City sooner or later, and it will be ugly then."

As she spoke, she glanced at Xiao Shi again. The mistress of the house was still sitting on the ground. She couldn't help but feel angry that Ye Jingsheng didn't value the Xiao family, and she was also angry that Xiao Shi herself didn't live up to her expectations. "Hurry up and help your wife up! She is the mistress of my general's mansion and your legal wife. If you still want to make up your mind, live a good life with your wife. Only when the husband and wife are of one mind can they resist the foreign enemy together, otherwise you will only wait for death. Don't blame me for scaring you, you should have experienced it yourself these days."

Ye Jingsheng was obedient this time. He not only helped Xiao up, but also helped her pull the corner of her clothes and even wiped her tears. Xiao wanted to cry again when she felt wronged, so he quickly comforted her softly. They really looked like a loving couple.

The old lady was very satisfied with this, nodded and said, "Go back, I am tired too."

The couple bowed to the old lady and walked out of the house first. The old lady glanced at Xichun and said coldly: "Hurry up and follow! I am a servant, and a servant must serve the master. The master and the lady are both your masters, so you should cheer up! The Ye family does not keep useless people. Since you are following your master, you have to give birth to children for him. If you can't even give birth to children, it doesn't make any sense for you to be a concubine."

Although the words were unpleasant to hear, Xichun also understood that the old lady was admonishing her to work hard. Although Xiao was the mistress of the family, she was old after all, and it was definitely not as easy for her to give birth as she was. Now the second young master was not well-received and was about to be killed by the old master. If she could give birth to a son, she might be able to gain status in the future and squeeze out the second lady in one fell swoop.

She was very happy and quickly chased after Ye Jingsheng. Liu also stood up to say goodbye, and the old lady remembered that she seemed to have seen Ye Chulian at the door just now. Now she wanted to ask her where she had been and why she came so late, but when she looked at the door, she found that she was gone again, and she couldn't help getting angry.

"Sons are useless, and daughters who are not legitimate are useless too!" The old lady sighed repeatedly.

Jun Tao quickly comforted her, "Sons are still useful. The Second Master and Second Madam still need a useful legitimate son, who can at least inherit the family business in the future."

"What do you know?" The old lady waved her hand impatiently. "The Ye family is a family of military generals. They have produced two great generals in a row. Such a family is feared by the royal family. The more military power they hold, the more they must know how to avoid suspicion. That's why the eldest brother asked Feiyu to study and learn calligraphy, but didn't teach him martial arts. It's impossible for the Ye family to produce a third generation of generals. Otherwise, three generations in the army will be subordinates of the Ye family. How can the royal family feel at ease? That's why I always say that sons are useless. It's better to have daughters, because daughters can enter the palace, and then use the power of the Ye family to protect her position in the harem and the children she gives birth to. Then if her child can become an emperor in the future, it will be a result that both the royal family and the Ye family want to see."

Jun Tao nodded and agreed, "The old lady is right, I didn't think enough." But she didn't think so in her heart.

Does the royal family really want to see the daughter of the Ye family enter the palace? Do they really want the child born by the daughter of the Ye family to sit on the throne? Once this is accomplished, how powerful will the Ye family be?

I'm afraid this is not what the royal family wants to see, and it's not what the old general and the general want. In the entire Ye family, only the old lady has such ambitions, and only the old lady wants to make the power of the Ye family further.

Seeing Jun Tao thinking about something, the old lady snorted again, "I know what you're thinking. Do you think the old man didn't have such ambitions when he was alive? Humph, if he really didn't, he wouldn't have arranged a marriage for the Sixth Prince that night. At that time, it seemed that the Sixth Prince was going to inherit the throne, so the old man and I have the same physiognomy."

Jun Tao didn't say anything. She was a servant raised by the old lady since she was a child, so naturally she followed the old lady's instructions. But she believed that the old general didn't think so. Because long before the engagement of the fourth young lady, the old general returned all the military power to the royal family on the grounds of old age. Otherwise, the late emperor would not have granted the marriage between the fourth young lady and the sixth prince.

In the final analysis, this is a deal. One is for the sake of the granddaughter and for the Ye family to no longer be feared by the royal family. The other is to make the Ye family voluntarily return the military power and remove most of the power of the Ye family. No matter how you look at it, the Ye family is making concessions, and the royal family has won.

She helped the old lady into the house. As she walked, the old lady kept muttering, "If my daughter could live to this day, Northern Qi would be more than just a world like this!"