Chapter 24: Chapter 24 Ye Qichi's Courage and Insight
Ye Zhengde felt a wave of darkness before his eyes, his body trembling.
Ye Qichi hurriedly supported him, "Dad, keep calm. I'll check on my brother, just wait for
to return."
"Qi'er." Ye Zhengde pulled him back, barely calming himself down, "How can I rest assured if you go?"
"If I go, at least Dad won't lose face in front of all these guests. You can't let them witness and mock us." Ye Qichi spoke frankly, "Don't worry, Dad. If I can't handle it, I'll have the house servant co back and inform you. Then, you can ask Prince to rescue ."
"Qi'er..." Ye Zhengde was truly moved.
"Dad, wait for my good news," Ye Qichi said.
Then turned and called the house servant to leave with him.
The reason she wanted to go personally was to prevent a lot of things from happening.
In the original text, after Ye Zhengde went there, he chose to compromise; she couldn't let the Ye Family repeat the sa mistake.
She quickly left.
In Xiao Jinxing's courtyard, Little Wu was pushing Xiao Jinxing around for his walk, and reported, "Just received news that the illegitimate daughter is shafully involved with a house slave, infuriating Lord Minister to the point of nearly choking with rage. Now the slave has been beaten with twenty heavy strikes, and next, the illegitimate daughter will marry the slave."
Xiao Jinxing listened without any expression.
It was sothing he had expected long ago.
But Ye Qichi's sudden cleverness still gave him so pause for thought.
"Princess has gone to the gambling house now," Little Wu added.
Xiao Jinxing's brows slightly furrowed.
"They say, Ye Yunan has gambled a significant amount of money at the gambling house, and Princess is going to rescue him now."
"Has she gone alone?" Xiao Jinxing asked.
"She brought a house servant and her personal maid Lu You."
Xiao Jinxing was becoming increasingly astonished by Ye Qichi.
"That gambling house is said to be called Changyuan Square, and the owner is Master Zhao's eldest son, Zhao Wentang. Master Zhao and Imperial Concubine are distant relatives. It's rumored among people that Imperial Concubine's son, the Prince of Daxuan, is the patron behind Changyuan Square." Little Wu shared all that he knew, "If it's true, Zhao Wentang is unlikely to give face to Princess. I'm afraid Princess might be in danger on this trip."
Xiao Jinxing didn't show any stance.
Little Wu tentatively asked, "Should I secretly go to protect Princess?"
"If she has the courage to go, she should bear all the consequences," Xiao Jinxing replied indifferently.
Little Wu didn't dare to say more.
Still, he couldn't help wishing that nothing bad would happen to Princess.
"Prepare to collect her corpse," Xiao Jinxing suddenly said coldly.
"..." The Prince is still as cold-blooded and ruthless as ever.
...
Ye Qichi, bringing her entourage, arrived at Changyuan Square.
She looked at the sign over the door, her eyes narrowing.
If she rembered correctly, this was Prince's territory.
She clenched her teeth and brought the house servant and Lu You inside.
The inside was smoky and murky; the sudden appearance of a woman imdiately drew everyone's attention.
Few people had seen Ye Qichi before and were unavoidably astounded by her beauty.
Lu You was sent away by Princess last night, but hearing about the major incident this morning, she hurried to find Princess and insisted on following her out when she learned she was leaving.
Now walking here, she felt sowhat uneasy and scared.
Yet Ye Qichi was at ease; she walked straight in and directly asked the waiter inside, "I'm looking for the owner."
"Who are you?"
"Ye Yunan's sister."
Ye Yunan has two sisters.
One is the legitimate daughter Ye Qichi, the other is the concubine-born Ye Zhilan.
The waiter and everyone inside naturally assud it was Ye Zhilan.
"Miss Ye, please wait a mont. I will go and inform our Master Zhao imdiately."
"Thank you for your troubles." Ye Qichi replied courteously.
The waiter hurried off.
After a while, he returned to Ye Qichi's side, "Miss Ye, please co inside."
Ye Qichi nodded slightly and followed the waiter into a gambling room.
Ye Yunan was restrained and seated on a chair, his face an ashen hue, with a man standing beside him who also appeared extrely anxious.
Both were surprised to see Ye Qichi's appearance.
They had thought Ye Zhengde would co.
It was unexpected that it turned out to be Ye Qichi.
Just as Ye Yunan was about to speak, Ye Qichi cut him off directly, "Father sent
to see what the matter was. How much did my brother gamble that he was detained in a gambling house?"
"So you are Ye Zhilan?" The speaker was Zhao Wentang, his voice laced with derision, "Is the Lord Minister's household lacking people that a woman must step forward?"
"There are many guests at ho and father couldn't get away, so he delegated
to settle my brother's affair. Master Zhao, rest assured that what I say represents my father." Ye Qichi didn't reveal her identity either.
"Since that's the case, I'll speak plainly to Miss Ye. Last night, Young Master Ye ca to my gambling house to gamble and, not being satisfied, he bet a few rounds of 'jumping horse' with . I'm not very skillful, but I narrowly won against Young Master Ye, and happened to win a total of forty-two billion, ninety-four million and so silver taels from him."
As soon as these words were said, Ye Yunan was beside himself with agitation, "You simply did not explain the rules clearly to . You only said each round was for two silver taels, and after six rounds, I've lost so much!"
This sum of money, not to ntion the Minister Mansion, even the treasury of Daxuan Kingdom might not have that many billions of silver.
"Young Master Ye, don't slander. It's clear as black on white; you signed and stamped it yourself." As he spoke, Zhao Wentang presented the contract for An Ning to see.
Ye Qichi took a glance at it.
She understood the so-called 'jumping horse' rules at a glance.
It was not as simple as just two silver taels per round; this kind of gambling was an exponential increase, bluntly put, it was two taels for the first round, four for the second round, sixteen for the third round, and so on!
Obviously, Ye Yunan had been tricked.
"How did you co up with the idea to co to the gambling house? Father usually doesn't allow you to go to these kinds of places, does he?" Ye Qichi was still relatively calm; before solving the issue, she needed to understand the whole story.
Ye Yunan clenched his teeth, reluctant to speak.
He was now utterly humiliated, unable to utter a word.
The man standing next to Ye Yunan hurriedly spoke up, "It's all my fault, I'm new to Xun City and wanted to experience the local customs, so I asked Young Master Ye to show
around. Upon seeing the gambling house, I got tempted and played a few rounds. How could I have known that I'd fall right into Master Zhao's trap!"
Ye Qichi looked at the man.
The man quickly bowed with his hands together, "I am Chen Zihuan, the eldest son of the Military Governor of Yuzhou. I am fortunate to accompany my father to attend Lord Minister's birthday banquet."
Chen Zihuan, later the right-hand man of the King of Chu.
Looking at it now, the arrival of the Military Governor of Yuzhou was preditated.
Ye Qichi pretended to have noticed nothing, turning her gaze to Zhao Wentang, "My brother just said that he wasn't clear about the rules."
"The terms outlined in black and white do not allow for Young Master Ye and Miss Ye to quibble," Zhao Wentang said.
"It's not about making excuses," Ye Qichi spoke, "but about wanting fairness, to make the Ye Family accept the loss convincingly."
Zhao Wentang's face darkened, "What kind of fairness does Miss Ye want?"
"Very simple," Ye Qichi looked at him, "we'll bet again following these rules!"
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