Bai Xue’s explanation brought up the new county to the Second Lady, a place she hadn’t visited in decades, hadn’t she?
There, she had kin and a collection of not so pleasant mories!
A relative, the granddaughter of her cousin?
Suddenly, she thought of that woodworker cousin; could he have beco wealthy enough to afford a house in the Capital City?
Why would a child co here?
Would her formidable cousin and his wife send a child to them?
Was there sothing she didn’t know about?
The Second Lady wanted to ask more but felt there were things a little maid wouldn’t know. Now that she knew the Lady was her relative, what about that young master?
"Who is that young master?"
Bai Xue then told the Second Lady that he was Ye Haohuan, the heir of Yongbo Mansion and a friend of the young Lady, who insisted on coming here himself. As for why he was here?
It wasn’t as simple as tourism; it could be he was here to see General Ye!
The Second Lady was surprised. Could such a rich young master be a person from the court?
If so, they must not neglect him!
"Go and fetch Madam!"
The Second Lady knew there were matters she could handle; but with an esteed guest arriving, if she failed to personally inform Madam, should any trouble arise, it would make them a laughingstock in front of the guest!
The Madam of General Mansion wasn’t soone who needed to be inford by others to know about the incoming guests.
The Madam of General Mansion was looking rather somber at the mont; others might not know the identity of the people who had entered the mansion, but she had already received a letter!
The family of the Madam was influential; her brother was currently the Pri Minister at the court!
Madam’s marriage to General Ye was an imperial match bestowed by the Emperor himself!
She had no children, and she didn’t know whether it was dicine prescribed by the Emperor or her own family’s doing.
Believing she was infertile, she also followed her family’s orders and prevented General Ye’s concubines from having children.
Years ago, the old housekeeper, in his dedication to the General, secretly brought a woman from afar, only allowing her into General Mansion once she was pregnant!
Madam wanted to get rid of this woman secretly, but she hadn’t anticipated the old housekeeper’s audacity in protecting his master and helping the woman escape!
Moreover, he covertly raised her children, and when they returned to the mansion, she had only birthed a daughter yet they still protected her!
The General safeguarded them as well, while Madam yearned to eliminate the woman!
This woman, having borne a daughter, was made concubine, yet with all her powers, Madam could only ensure that this "lowly" concubine gave birth to just one daughter within General Mansion!
Later, the Emperor sent General Ye’s family to guard the border.
She could have left him, calling upon her family’s power in Pri Minister’s Mansion to avoid such hardship!
Yet, her family in Pri Minister’s Mansion commanded her to stay by General Ye’s side, continually relaying information from the border back to them!
Claiming it was the Emperor’s will!
They also gave Madam so dicine Powder to give to General Ye, which would make him infertile!
For years, Madam hadn’t returned to her family ho, but she received letters, keeping her inford about the affairs of the Capital.
If tasked with a mission, she would undertake it without hesitation!
Learning that the Ye family had a son, along with nurous grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Madam’s fury almost made her spit blood!
The people by Madam’s side had been the trusted aides her family placed when she married into the Ye General’s family.
Over the years at the border, her maids married off and were replaced batch after batch, and those around her also changed over ti, seemingly allowed to leave and then called back, but in fact, they were all arranged by Pri Minister’s Mansion!
Clutching the power of her natal family, although she had not borne any sons or daughters, she appeared very low-key in the General Mansion, but in fact, she was hiding!
The General’s people and everyone’s every move in the mansion, she knew all about them.
It was also the Second Lady who had the power of the housekeeper, and she would report important matters to Madam.
Madam had tasted this kind of silent loss before, when people at the border mysteriously fell ill!
When they discovered the illness and called for the doctor, the doctor however said they had been poisoned!
The Second Lady and their people had all been poisoned, and at that ti, they were both shocked and afraid, also fearing that the General had been poisoned too!
After General Ye learned of this, he also secretly arranged for soone to treat him, but by then he had already learned that his body had been poisoned!
Why, having won around, did he only have one daughter? His body already had issues!
Being unable to have a son to carry on the lineage was just the old General’s heartache, and he was already aware of the danger around him!
On guard,
He endured bitterly for many years!
Madam had not visited her rooms in General Ye’s residence for so many years!
She herself was devoted to Buddhism, and the residences in the Capital City, as well as here, both had a Buddhist Hall!
Here she would eat vegetarian als and chant Buddhist scriptures daily, known for her kind-hearted actions.
Madam appeared in the drawing room, sitting in the main seat with a gloomy expression, waiting for the guests to visit!
Ye Shiqi was arranged to stay in a courtyard that had previously housed the daughter of the General Mansion!
She examined the room of the courtyard and thought that perhaps that noble lady would sotis co back to stay here; the place was kept quite clean!
The flowers planted were also types that could survive in this region.
Compared to so ladies from the Capital, this Lady’s living quarters were relatively humble.
Ye Shiqi entered a room, and after the Maid brought her water, she simply washed her face, bathed, and changed clothes.
The Maid by her side also changed into new clothes, all of them washed and dressed in common won’s attire.
Ye Shiqi dressed herself like a rich young master’s daughter. So of the jewelry given by Tang Shunyan was taken out and a few simple pieces were worn, making the ornants on her person shine brightly.
Ye Shiqi could have dressed more ordinarily, but she felt that first impressions were important, and she didn’t want the people of the General Mansion to think she was a poor peasant!
It wasn’t out of a desire for vanity, but rather from what she had learned from the old housekeeper’s words: in this mansion, apart from the Second Lady, there was also a formidable Madam!
She really wanted to see for herself this formidable Madam, and how she had caused the General Mansion to have so few offspring!
Once she was dressed, Bai Xue arrived, also hurriedly washing her face and changing into won’s clothing, following Lady to the drawing room.
Ye Haohuan arrived at the outer courtyard, and since n generally prepare faster than won, he finished washing his face and dressing quite quickly!
He had no interest in this outer courtyard beyond taking a look around!
But, he was very curious; the Madam of the General Mansion was said to be quite formidable!
This was sothing everyone in the Capital City knew!
Ye Haohuan was the first to arrive in the drawing room, led by others, where he saw a grim-looking old woman sitting in the main seat.
Then there was the Second Lady standing to the side, whom he had t before.
The grim-looking Old Lady was dressed quite plainly, in black attire, resembling the black widow of legends!
She looked at least ten years older than the Second Lady, with a head full of white hair and a face full of wrinkles!
"I pay my respects to the Old Lady!"
While Ye Haohuan examined the old woman, she too, was observing him.
Eventually, it was he who politely spoke first!
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