12dz Chapter 38: Unreasonable Retaliation
Chapter 38: Unreasonable Retaliation
Chapter 38: Unreasonable Retaliation
Ye Wenyan had just approached the front hall, and before she even stepped over the threshold, she heard the old lady angrily say, "Mu, who said yesterday that if you couldn't raise your daughter well, you would beat her to death? Now that your daughter has done this, what else do you have to say?"
Mrs. Mu argued: "What did my daughter do? She is a pure girl who never leaves the house. What did she do to make the old lady say such a thing?"
Ye Wenyan felt that this mother was really good. At least she was not the kind who would just kneel on the ground and cry and kowtow to admit her mistakes. She also knew how to defend her daughter, even though the other side had more people and her defense was probably useless. But this is a matter of attitude! If mothers don't stand up, won't outsiders be able to bully them even more unscrupulously? Thinking about this in her mind, she stepped over the threshold and walked into the front hall.
The old lady sitting at the head of the table felt a little confused when she saw her coming. She had a conditioned reflex towards Ye Wenyan now. Even though the other party hadn't said anything yet, even though she thought she was right about what happened today, she felt uneasy at the moment.
Ye Wenyan was in a really bad mood today, especially when she clasped her hands in front of her body, with her right hand covering her left wrist and unable to touch the little silver bell, her mood became even worse.
"Sister, why are you kneeling?" The first sentence goes straight to the point.
Mu pulled her and whispered, "Didn't I tell you not to come yesterday? Why are you here again?"
She grinned and said in a loud voice: "I have nothing to do anyway. I am not the one who gets angry every time we meet, so why don't I come?" After saying that, she finally remembered the business. "The granddaughter pays respects to the grandmother and also to the second aunt."
The old lady didn't say anything, Xiao replied: "The fourth lady is here."
Liu and Ye Chulian, who were sitting in the back, also stood up quickly. Ye Chulian called out, "Hello, Fourth Sister."
Liu also said timidly: "My concubine wishes you well, Fourth Miss."
People were coming and going in the room, except that night Lianmian, who just gave her a fierce look as a greeting.
Ye Wenyan ignored her and nodded to Ye Chulian and Aunt Liu, "Fifth sister, Aunt Liu." Then he reached out and grabbed Ye Qingmei's arm, "Sister, get up."
"How dare you!" The old lady slammed the table, "Ye Wenyan, this is Fuluyuan, when will it be your turn to make the decision?"
She glanced at the old lady and said expressionlessly, "My granddaughter dare not make the decision for Fuluyuan. But there must be a reason for the punishment. Maybe I arrived too late and didn't hear the previous situation. So who here can tell me what my elder sister did wrong? Don't worry, if she is really wrong, I will not protect her. But if she is not wrong, we can't punish her casually, right?" Xiao coughed twice and said, "What reason does the fourth lady want? This is a first-rank general's mansion. The old lady always makes the decision. Even if your second uncle is here, he has to listen to the old lady. You are a junior, and you have been rude to the old lady several times. The old lady didn't care about you, but you can't be too pushy."
Ye Wenyan shook his head, "No, no, no, this matter cannot be judged by elders or juniors, we have to use reason. I have always respected my grandmother, but while respecting the elderly, the elderly must also love the young. My grandmother has done unjust things to our family many times, and she has harmed me without restraint, so for me, she is an elder with a criminal record, and I naturally don't trust her. Who knows what kind of punishment will be imposed on my eldest sister this time, how can I not ask clearly. Grandma, I didn't wrong you, did I?"
"Unfilial descendants!" The old lady gritted her teeth.
"You are disrespectful to your elders!" Ye Wenyan immediately fought back.
"We are all the same, so let's not look down on each other. I don't want to cause trouble, but I'm definitely not afraid of it. I want to protect this family, because this is the family business that my grandfather and my father earned with their lives and blood. So you see, I love this general's mansion more than anyone else, and anyone who wants to harm the general's mansion will become my enemy!"
Xiao was speechless, but the old lady was still gritting her teeth.
She asked again: "What on earth did my elder sister do wrong?"
The old lady motioned to Madam Yuan beside her to speak, and Madam Yuan said loudly: "Early this morning, a picture album was found in the room where Miss Ye Qingmei used to live. It was a picture album of spring paintings! The young lady is an unmarried girl, and there are such filthy things in her room. It really hurts the dignity of the first-rank general's mansion. So the old lady ordered her to kneel down and wait for her punishment."
Jun Tao handed over the Yangchun picture, "Please have a look, Miss Fourth."
Ye Wenyan flipped through it casually, and yes, it was indeed a Yangchun picture.
Mrs. Mu was so angry that she was shaking. "This album was kept by me and her father. Qingmei had already been engaged. If it weren't for this great funeral, she would have been married in half a year. As a mother, I have the obligation to tell my daughter these things. This is what every mother must do before her daughter gets married. What's wrong with us?"
Xiao took over the conversation: "Sister-in-law, even if you want to pass on these experiences, they are usually shown to you three days in advance. You are too anxious."
Ye Qingmei cried and defended herself: "It was just placed with me, and I never looked at it. My father passed away, and when my mother was packing her things, she said she was afraid that I would lose it again because my mind was confused, so she asked me to keep it first."
Ye Lianmian, who had been silent the whole time, interrupted at this time: "Big sister, you said you haven't seen it, so you haven't seen it? Who would believe it! Besides, why did mother only give it to you and not to me?"
"That's because your marriage hasn't been arranged yet, so naturally I can't give it to you."
"That's not right! We are twins, and everything should be fair. Since mother gave it to you, she wouldn't deny it to me. We always had the same things before, so why are you breaking the rules in this matter? In my opinion, you might have found the book from somewhere, or... who gave it to you? Big sister, you couldn't be..."
"I didn't!" Ye Qingmei's eyes turned red with anxiety, "Lian Mian, don't talk nonsense, I didn't do anything, it was really given to me by my mother."
Mrs. Mu was also very angry with her second daughter. She walked over and was about to hit her. Ye Lianmian was so scared that she quickly ran to the old lady.
The old lady stretched out her hand to protect her, and Ye Lianmian became even more proud.
Mrs. Mu's heart was trembling. She felt sorry for her eldest daughter, angry at her second daughter, and worried about her third daughter.
The third daughter has been strong-willed and fearless since she was a child. She was really worried that Ye Wenyan would have a fight with the old lady and it would end badly.
Seeing Ye Wenyan about to speak, Mu stretched out her hand to stop her and whispered, "Yan'er, don't make a big deal out of it."
Ye Wenyan sighed, "Mother, we didn't mean to make a big fuss about this, but they just won't give in. Are we just going to accept it? I know what mother is worried about. Don't worry. After all, they have been at loggerheads these days, and they have never gotten any advantage."
After hearing her say this, Mu finally came to his senses.
Yes, the third daughter's fighting power seemed to have improved in the past few days. The old lady and Xiao had failed to gain any benefits for several times in a row. It seemed that her worries were indeed unnecessary.
So he stopped trying to stop her, took a half step back, and handed over the battlefield to her.
Ye Wenyan looked at the old lady coldly, "I already know the cause and effect of the matter, so may I ask, how does grandma plan to deal with my elder sister?"
Hmm? The old lady was a little confused. What should she do? Shouldn't she first argue and then refuse to admit her guilt? Now we are talking about the punishment. Could it be that this girl is going to admit it? This... doesn't seem like something Ye Wenyan would do!
In just a few days, the old lady had redefined her granddaughter. She used to be domineering and willful, but now she was unreasoning and determined to retaliate. Unfortunately, no matter how she defined her, she had to fight this granddaughter. She had to let everyone know who had the final say in this first-class general's mansion.
She looked at Nanny Yuan again, who immediately understood and said loudly again, "Send it to the temple in three months!"
Ye Wenyan nodded, "What about three months later?"
Nanny Yuan replied, "She will be brought back in three months, but she can only become a slave in the mansion." Finally, she added, "This is already the greatest blessing for her. Otherwise, such a filthy person should be tattooed on her cheek and sent to the red tent of the army!"
Ye Qingmei was so frightened that she shivered. Ye Wenyan put his hand on her shoulder and pinched it gently. With just this one move, Ye Qingmei felt relieved for some reason.
Ye Wenyan said again: "Is that so! Okay -" She turned around and instructed Xiangdong, "Go and call Xichun, and bring all the maids in the courtyard, as well as Dannuo who is with my mother, and Duanzhu who is with my eldest sister. Then go and borrow the servant from my eldest brother. Let's call Sanqi, right? Yes, call the servant Sanqi as well, so that there will be more people, and go to Tianwuxuan together to capture the third young lady for me and send her to the temple outside the city."
After that, he looked at Nanny Yuan again and gave her a wicked smile, "Being pregnant before marriage, your crime is much greater than my eldest sister's keeping a book of erotic paintings. Imprisonment for three months is not good enough, and becoming a slave is not enough to show the majesty of our First-Rank General's Mansion. Sending her to the army is even more inappropriate, after all, her body is not clean anymore."
At this point, she turned around and asked Madam Mu: "Mother, in our Northern Qi, how should a woman who commits such a crime be punished?"
Mu finally smiled. She knew her words would not be without purpose, and she would not take the blame for her sister for no reason. So she was waiting here!
Mu shouted, "Drop into the pig cage!"
"Yes." Ye Wenyan nodded, "Let's do it. Xiangdong, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and take people to Tianwuxuan, catch the third lady and put her in the pig cage!" Xiangdong was not as obedient as Zhuier, but she knew that this was not the time to hesitate. Once she hesitated, the momentum that the eldest lady and the fourth lady had worked so hard to maintain would be weakened again. So without saying anything, she pulled Dannuo and Duanzhu and turned around and ran.
Xiao's face turned pale with fear, and she screamed in a shrill voice: "No one is allowed to go! Stop right there!"