Ye Hongyang, after speaking, did not go back to find Yingying, but turned and walked out of the mansion.
The servant Changxing, who followed Ye Hongyang, had just returned to his quarters and hadn’t even had ti to sit down, when a gatekeeper’s boy stealthily ca over to tell him: The Old Master just returned, made a brief turn in the mansion, and then left again. He went out with a face full of anger and didn’t take any attendants. It was the gatekeeper uncle who was worried, so he sent two boys to follow him.
Changxing was so startled that he jumped up high, didn’t even have ti to respond, and dashed out like the wind to find Qiao Laiyun.
......
In the Duchess’s room, the furious Ye Hongyang was stomping his feet and shouting angrily at Duke An and the Duchess: "Father, Mother, do you allow outsiders to humiliate like this, and remain indifferent? Are you no longer treating as your son? Daily minor grievances can be overlooked, but now that soone’s defecating on my head, can you still stand by and watch as if it’s entertainnt?"
In the room, besides Duke An and his wife seated in high positions, there were two senior maids attending the Duchess and Nanny Qian. At the door stood two burly guards who brought Ye Hongyang back.
Duke An watched Ye Hongyang jumping and shouting but said nothing.
It’s lantable that he had personally gone to his granddaughter’s house before, intending to seek a backup road for him. But this foolish fellow, let alone plead for rcy, even if given a diamond shield, cannot be stopped from stubbornly heading to his own doom!
Fortunately, the mansion’s servants were all keen hearing and sharp eyesight, able to bring him back in ti. If it were later, had he shouted insults at Madam Yin outside the Marquis’ Mansion, and if Madam Yin’s issues reerged, who could stop that girl Xinyan from taking revenge?
With the help of soone as scheming as Jiang Yifan, isn’t it up to that girl to do whatever she wants?
Now, Duke An even lost his temper towards Ye Hongyang, filled with pity in his heart and eyes.
This son of his, without soone looking after him, might not even know why he died if incited by others, right?
It’s also Duke An’s Mansion’s good fortune that the originally incorrigible granddaughter suddenly woke up, giving Duke An’s Mansion its current layout.
Otherwise, this foolish son alone, the future Duke An’s Mansion would straightforwardly fall under the control of Maternal Aunt Liu and her daughter. When he is utterly useless, with such muddled weakness, would he eventually be locked up by Lady Liu and her daughter, struggling until death?
Beside Duke An, the Duchess looked at the two guards at the door, her heart filled with reluctance.
Her gaze shifted back and forth several tis between Duke An and Ye Hongyang, several tis wanting to speak, but either stopped by Duke An’s gaze or covered by Ye Hongyang’s relentless shouting.
In the end, she could only offer Ye Hongyang so warmth with the gaze of a loving mother.
The Duke’s Mansion was very efficient; Ye Hongyang hadn’t shouted for long before Qiao Laiyun ca in. He rely glanced at Duke An at the doorway, then gestured outside with his hand.
As Qiao Laiyun’s hand fell, Liu Xiang’s residence’s face filled with a forlorn look, entered, imdiately kneeling on the ground, head deeply lowered, waiting for the master to question.
When Ye Xinyi got married, Liu Xiang’s family was among those in the dowry and well-regarded by Maternal Aunt Liu. At that ti, they felt they had attached themselves to good masters, and good days were at hand.
Who would have thought, just a few years later, that Ye Xinyi would step by step fall into such a miserable state. Who could have foreseen, that the once glorious Maternal Aunt Liu would suddenly lose power, so abruptly, yet so logically?
Even more tragically, Maternal Aunt Liu is no longer here, and the Old Master has lost his voice in the house, yet the Second Miss refuses to accept her fate. Under the Duke’s very nose, instigating the Old Master to court disaster, can anything good co of it?
Duke An’s face remained calm, his voice calm, as he asked: "Today, after the Old Master ca back, he left again. Soone saw him and the Second Great Aunt coming out one after another from the small path behind the Garden of Silent Thought. At that ti, you and Qingqing were following the Second Great Aunt."
Liu Xiang’s residence trembled at the words, indeed, in the Duke’s Mansion, there was nothing that Duke An couldn’t control.
Duke An asked, "What did the Second Great Aunt and the Old Master say?"
Ye Hongyang stopped speaking after Liu Xiang’s residence ca in, but still didn’t understand what was happening. Even when Duke An’s questioning ca out, he still felt there was nothing wrong. Speaking a few words with his daughter, was that a mistake?
Liu Xiang’s residence bit her lip, it wasn’t that she was betraying her master, but this matter couldn’t be hidden.
Not to ntion the variable of Qingqing, even the muddled Old Master, if Duke An wanted to ask, he would spill everything out. Now finding her, it’s rely that the Duke didn’t want to hear it from the Old Master.
"When the Second Great Aunt was still at the Ji Family, she went with Madam Zhou to Cien Temple to offer incense and happened to hear the Great Aunt of the Marquis’ Mansion say she was requesting a peace charm..."
Liu Xiang’s residence briefly recounted the encounter of Ye Xinyi and her sisters at Cien Temple and the subsequent conversation between Ye Xinyan and Madam Zhou.
From her perspective, that confrontation was a defeat for her Second Great Aunt. The Eldest Aunt not only gained the upper hand but also severely discredited the Second Great Aunt in front of Lady Ji, pushing her into a desperate situation.
Ye Hongyang, listening from the side, beca angry and said: "Father, listen, this is your good granddaughter! This vicious thing, doesn’t even spare her own sister, is she trying to utterly destroy Xinyi?"
Duke An glanced at Ye Hongyang indifferently. Ye Xinyan’s tactics were formidable, but she was rely retaliating against those with malicious intent.
Your concubine-born daughter is even more formidable, to vent her frustration even willing to push her doting father into the fire pit.
Duke An looked at Liu Xiang’s residence, "And then?"
Liu Xiang’s residence continued, not without explanation: "Today, hearing that the Great Aunt of the Marquis’ Mansion is indeed to marry General Zhao, recalling the matters at Cien Temple, was very distressed..." then ca Ye Xinyi’s obviously provocative words.
At the start of Liu Xiang’s residence’s words, Ye Hongyang was still greatly agitated. Clearly, it was Madam Yin’s lack of virtue, who had impure thoughts, instead harming his daughter to such a state.
As Liu Xiang’s residence continued her narrative, the more Ye Hongyang listened, the more sothing felt amiss. In recalling the conversation and scenes at the ti, it seed it should be that way, as it should be.
However, hearing it from soone else’s account, the inaptness beca apparent.
In Ye Hongyang’s muddled eyes, for once, there appeared so doubt: His beloved daughter, if feeling hurt, couldn’t she tell him properly and let him vent for her? Why use such ans?
In the hearts of others present, there was no doubt, but certainty: This Second Great Aunt was truly a troublemaker, with grievances, she hides in the background, instigating her own father to charge and fight; such cold-heartedness... impressive.
Duke An waited until Liu Xiang’s residence finished speaking before saying: "You serve the Second Great Aunt, but you are also a servant of Duke An’s Mansion. Don’t you know you should think for the Old Master?"
Liu Xiang’s residence was montarily stunned; doesn’t the Old Master have attendants in his room? Why need her to think for the Old Master?
Duke An’s face imdiately cooled, saying: "The Eldest Aunt, due to the Second Great Aunt’s words implying her mother, was able to place the Second Great Aunt into such a situation. If the Old Master uses foul language to abuse the Marquis’ Mansion and Madam Yin outside the Marquis’ Mansion, in the Eldest Aunt’s fury, what might she do? You, vile servant, are you trying to stir trouble between the Duke’s Mansion and our own granddaughter?"
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