Chapter 649: Chapter 431 Distrust
ng Zhaojun knew her mother was writing a letter to the Madam in the new county.
She knew who produced the skincare perfu used by Ye Shiqi; the skincare perfu made by others using the sa thod certainly did not have the sa efficacy as Ye Shiqi’s.
She knew this, yet she couldn’t tell her mother. At ho, they had a workshop for producing rouge, and they relied on selling the rouge made there.
All the household expenses, as well as the money for the gifts bought by the noble ladies and Ladies, relied on the earnings from this business.
As for her brother’s educational expenses, her father’s salary was not substantial, and he still had to please his superiors.
The pressure on her mother was huge. ng Zhaojun, albeit reluctantly, had to support her. Her own expenses were not low either; she spent considerable effort on clothing and jewelry, as well as on gifts for visiting, to get acquainted with more nobility’s Ladies and Young Masters.
ng Zhaojun also had her Maid secretly send out invitations, wanting to et with Ye Shiqi alone to talk!
When the other party did not respond, ng Zhaojun, angered, prepared to visit in person.
Housekeeper Ye went to the new county, and many families knew about the interviews he had conducted, mostly officials and teams of Princes and the Emperor’s team.
The Old Emperor was sowhat irate. He had painstakingly managed his affairs, only to have them disrupted by so minor farr.
The begrudging Old Emperor wanted to have his team eliminate the farr’s family far away in the new county.
As for the few young won in the Capital City, in his eyes, they were incapable of stirring up significant trouble. He rely saw them as young girls attracting young masters.
What the Old Emperor least wanted was for General Ye to have a successor; he intended to punish that old farr.
The brokers in his team tried to persuade him, stating that although the old General had a successor, his progeny lacked capability and was not a soldier who had grown up by his side but a re ordinary farr.
To them, such a farr was nothing more than a commoner, not a significant threat in their eyes.
The Old Emperor, though angry, also knew that if he allowed such actions, it would not be like it was twenty or thirty years ago, with so many sons grown up and their teams operating, his deeds would certainly beco known.
The Old Emperor did not wish to be written about in history as an indiscriminate killer, an incompetent, senile ruler!
Therefore, persuaded by his team, he could only relent, giving up the punishnt of the farr’s family, and had them closely monitored instead.
Then they discovered that the old housekeeper ca back without bringing the old farr’s family to acknowledge their ancestry.
This finding puzzled many who knew the ins and outs—the old housekeeper and this family were not playing by the usual rules!
Could it be that they had hardships and were willing to give up the chance for their descendants to acknowledge their ancestry?
Heir Ye Haohuan of Marquis Yongbo, alongside his team and the thirteenth Prince, also received daily reports from spies, keeping an eye on the old housekeeper and the Ye Family’s sisters in the Capital City.
Heir Haohuan of Marquis Yongbo, ever since being called a ‘big simpleton’ by the youngest of the Ye family in secret—a comnt that was overheard by a spy—
was ridiculed by other nobility’s sons when he t them, laughed at for being a ‘big simpleton’!
Haohuan, though laughed at, didn’t care, and after that day, he no longer visited the Ye family’s mansion.
He harbored a notion of avoiding suspicion, and the movents of his mother and sisters at ho were not of concern to him.
He developed an investigative interest in Ye Shiqi among the Ye sisters.
While others laughed at him for being a ‘big simpleton,’ he sneered at those who hadn’t even seen the other party’s face, unaware of her prowess, and who could only hide and provoke ridicule—what of it?
To beco acquainted with this young girl was his objective as Ye Haoxuan. Let those who laughed wait and regret later!
Not only did Haoxuan and the thirteenth Prince pay attention to the old housekeeper, but they also wanted to know how Ye Shiqi managed to send the goods they provided to areas outside the border.
They also knew the old housekeeper was returning and wanted to see how they operated upon his return.
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“Lady, our housekeeper has returned!” Ye Shiqi was in the mansion’s courtyard, in her room practicing her Qin, Chess, Calligraphy, and Painting.
Doing so was rely to make others believe that she was too young to do anything besides coming up with ideas—a clever person indeed.
She would do anything at night, closing the door and entering her space to accomplish it.
Ye Shiqi had to deceive others in this way out of necessity, feeling an increasing number of people spying on their house.
When the maid ca in to report, she stopped her actions, waved the maid over, and ordered her to inform her elder sisters that they would gather in the main hall to dine with the old housekeeper that evening.
As for the arrangents thereafter, naturally, they would discuss together after dinner.
Ye Shiqi felt that the old housekeeper was too aged and not suitable to join them beyond the border.
If the old housekeeper had to accompany them, they would have to let him rest for a day after his long journey today before setting out well-prepared.
Ye Shiqi certainly wanted to leave quietly, but this idea might be impractical, as moving out so many supplies would definitely attract attention.
This ti in the Capital City, the old Emperor and his sons would surely take notice.
Ye Shiqi was very afraid that the old Emperor would secretly send assassins to kill them.
To have soone dressed as bandits to rob their supplies and people.
Ye Shiqi’s worriso thoughts were not unfounded; according to the old housekeeper’s description, that old Emperor was not a kind person.
“Old housekeeper, you’ve worked hard!”
Ye Shiqi arrived at the largest hall in the mansion, where the old housekeeper had already had the transported goods unloaded from the carts and entered the parlor to et the Lady.
“Hehe, it wasn’t hard work!”
The old housekeeper, amid the greetings from the several Ladies, laughed happily, especially fond of the youngest Lady.
Though he was not in the Capital City, he had been inford about the incidents at ho; soone had already written to him about it.
Facing the young Ladies who were won yet were no ordinary weak won, they had minds more formidable than n.
Although the Young Master was still young, with the help of the Ladies, the resources prepared by the old master were ready; a good helper to the old master and the family’s lucky star.
At dinner, Li Zhihao returned and, seeing that the old housekeeper had co back, finally felt a sense of relief.
Yet, during the after-dinner chat, the old housekeeper made it clear to them the findings of this investigation.
Li Zhihao’s heart tightened; his relatives were descendants of a General, whether it was good fortune or misfortune was yet unknown.
Being involved in this, whether it was a blessing or a curse, they could not escape!
When Ye Shiqi and her sisters heard from the old housekeeper that their father was indeed the son of a General’s concubine, they were descendants of a General.
Considering the General’s side was in trouble, they had thought of helping as relatives; now knowing they were descendants of the General, they were even more determined to help.
Ye Shiqi decided even more to make a trip outside the border, to use her abilities to help.
She told the old housekeeper that she would follow the supplies, leaving her three elder sisters in the Capital City.
“Niece, I disapprove of you doing this. You are so young, how can you endure such a long journey?” Li Zhihao was the first to object.
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