roccoschili Chapter 131 The Original Wife Returns
Chapter 131 The Original Wife Returns
For a moment, the palace fell silent. Qin Jingyu remained calm, as if everything was within his expectations.
The Emperor took a deep breath and announced, "This banquet is now adjourned. All may leave!"
The emperor turned and left, and everyone bowed and took their leave.
"Your Royal Uncle is truly someone I envy."
Qin Jing abdicated his high position and, passing by the Crown Prince, heard these words. He left with a single sentence and strode away.
"Congratulations on your upcoming happy event, Your Highness!"
Ye Mian went to the palace and was indignant on the way back. Without the help of the Liu family, the officials who used to fawn over him ignored him.
He refused to believe that he couldn't regain power without the Liu family. His children were all grown up, and marriage was the best way to consolidate his influence.
Liu Yunshu's children were unreliable. His original plan was to befriend powerful and influential people after Ye Chengzhu became the top scholar in the imperial examination.
With the imperial examinations approaching, and Ye Li'an still in good health, we must make some more careful plans.
As soon as Ye Mian arrived at his doorstep, he had someone push him inside.
Ye Yaoyao didn't say a word on the way, Liu Yunshu was immersed in her own thoughts, and Ye Xiyao didn't know what they were thinking, so the two of them took turns looking at each other.
He hadn't heard Ye Yaoyao's thoughts all night and was a little worried, thinking that Prince Jing had a marriage agreement and she was heartbroken.
"Little sister, are you alright?"
"It's alright!"
Liu Yunshu thought of Qin Yunshang, who must have guessed her daughter's background and was thinking of ways to deal with it.
"Mother, what are you thinking about?" Liu Yunshu was brought back to her senses by Ye Xiyao's call.
"Yaoyao, do you like Prince Jing?" Prince Jing should be able to protect her.
"Like it!"
Liu Yunshu and Ye Xiyao exchanged a glance, feeling that she was acting strangely tonight.
"So you're concerned that Prince Jing and that Miss Ye are engaged?"
"No!" There is a little bit, but that identity is also hers.
Liu Yunshu noticed that her expression didn't seem sad, which puzzled her. She had originally intended to have a serious talk with her to tell her about her background.
"Mom, don't worry, I'm really fine."
The carriage stopped, and Ye Yaoyao jumped down. She saw a woman struggling with the gatekeeper at the entrance.
"what happened?"
"Fourth Miss, you're back. She's a maid from the Yun family. She said she has something to see the master, but the master instructed that he doesn't see any guests recently. She's not listening and has been making things difficult for me."
[It seems Ye Wan hasn't received a reply from the Yun family, so they've sent someone to look for her.]
The Yun family has indeed encountered trouble, but it's a good thing for them, while it's a nightmare for Ye Wan.
Ye Wan is in trouble now and can't leave the Yun family's house. The letters sent by her have all been intercepted by the steward.
The Yun family's first wife didn't die; she returned with a son. Ye Wan can no longer be called a second wife; her days of tyranny are over.
The story of the Yun family dates back to twenty years ago. A shop ran into trouble. At the time, Yun Fei was not around, and his first wife, Qian Ningshuang, went out to manage the business while heavily pregnant.
On the way back, they encountered robbers. Qian Ningshuang went into labor and accidentally hit her head, losing consciousness. The robbers found the silver and assumed she was dead.
Qian Ningshuang was fortunately rescued by a passing couple, but after waking up, she lost her memory due to a head injury. The Yun family, unable to find her body, also assumed she was dead.
Qian Ningshuang gave birth to her child and supported the child with her business acumen. A year ago, Yunfei started a business deal with Qian Ningshuang through an acquaintance.
Yunfei recognized her as his wife. After checking with various sources, he learned that she had no memory. The couple who had embroidered the word "money" on her clothes did not know about her background.
They named her Qian Duoduo after their deceased daughter. Yunfei stayed with the mother and child for half a year, and eventually Qian Ningshuang remembered her past memories.
Now that the couple has been back at the Yun family for half a year, Ye Wan only learned when she returned that the Yun family elders had always liked Qian Ningshuang, not to mention that they now have a grandson.
The elderly couple felt very guilty towards Ye Wan and her son. They used to be afraid to speak harshly to her, but now they could slap her.
Ye Wan doesn't look down on them, but she has no place in the Yun family now. Qian Ningshuang is a capable woman, while Ye Wan is just unreasonable and domineering. She is now confined to the Yun family and can't get out.
As for why Ye Wan's letter was intercepted, it was because Qian Ningshuang had visited Liu Yunshu at the Ye family home long before.
"You want to see your father, but he won't see anyone." Ye Yaoyao noticed the maid looking at her warily; it seemed Ye Wan had instructed her to be careful of them.
“My wife has something to discuss with Lord Ye. She is very ill and wishes to see her brother.”
“My father is seriously injured and won’t even see us. You won’t be able to see anyone.”
Ye Xiyao's gentle voice made the maid not believe she was lying.
The maid hesitated for a long time before leaving to go to another place Ye Wan had mentioned.
That evening, Qin Jingyu came to Ye Yaoyao's room again. Ye Yaoyao glanced at him but didn't say anything.
"what happened?"
"Hmph!" She turned her head away and ignored him.
"Are you angry because you know I'm engaged?" Qin Jingyu said to himself with a smirk as the girl ignored him.
"The Ye family's daughter will be my queen in the future."
"No way." Ye Yaoyao abruptly turned her head and refused.
"why not?"
"She won't agree!"
"Oh! Why?" Qin Jingyu asked with great interest.
"She...she doesn't know." Ye Yaoyao's eyes flickered, and her voice became less firm.
"Now I understand." Qin Jingyu nodded with a barely perceptible smile.
"So you knew about my background all along."
Ye Yaoyao knew that Qin Jingyu was good to her, but she was unhappy because of the marriage agreement made by the late emperor and her great-grandfather, even though it was all her fault.
"Hmm! Your face looks somewhat familiar."
Qin Jingyu affectionately pinched her cheek, but Ye Yaoyao slapped it away.
Yunmengze is located in the north, not far from the Northern Region, so it's normal for Qin Jingyu to have met Ye Yaoyao's biological father.
"How is he?"
Ye Yaoyao looked at the porcelain doll on the table and remembered that when her father gave it to her when she was five years old, he said that if she broke it, he would spank her. Little Yaoyao had actually kept it safe until now.
"The climate in the Northern Region is suitable for my uncle to suppress the love potion. He's doing well, but he misses you and often talks about you."
A hint of surprise flashed in Ye Yaoyao's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by worry.
She had seen the method to remove the curse: if the people afflicted by the curse reach the level of true love for each other, the love curse will naturally disappear on its own. Of course, this is impossible.
The second solution is to find rare herbs to make an antidote and attract the Gu worms out, but several of these herbs are now extinct.
Another solution is more painful: the person afflicted with the Gu must undergo a series of mental trials to overcome the Gu's influence.
This is a method of breaking free from the control of the love curse by relying on strong mental power, and fighting against the love curse every day.
Ye Yaoyao knew that her father must be torturing himself every day thinking about her mother. After eighteen years, he might have conquered the love potion and was planning to come back.
"Were the Ye family killed by rebels while protecting the Emperor?"
She only learned the reason for her family's troubles at a palace banquet eighteen years ago.
"That's how it appears on the surface."
"On the surface!" There really is more to it than meets the eye.