vstars Chapter 296 Entering the Dark Prison
Chapter 296 Entering the Dark Prison
Ye Qing'an narrowed her eyes and looked at the palace servants.
"This must be Miss Ye Qing'an, the eldest daughter of Prime Minister Ye's family."
"Yes." Ye Qing'an nodded gently.
"That's perfect. The Emperor sent us to the Ye residence to summon Miss Ye to the palace, as he had something to ask her. Since we've met Miss Ye here, it saves us from making a wasted trip."
The palace servant gave Ye Qing'an a forced smile and said, "Miss Ye, please come in."
Ye Qing'an nodded and glanced at the steward: "Then I'll go to the palace first."
"Yes, okay." The butler quickly replied, though he was inwardly extremely anxious.
As soon as Ye Qing'an followed the palace servants into the palace, the steward hurriedly turned around: "Go quickly, go and find out what happened. Go and ask who the people who were with the Second Young Master today, those who were serving by his side..."
The butler was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly slapped his forehead: "I've been so flustered! The young lady came by carriage. Why didn't you just ask her coachman?"
After the steward finished speaking, he ran towards Ye Qing'an's carriage.
……
Ye Qing'an had already entered the palace, but just as she followed those eunuchs through the many palaces and into the inner palace, she suddenly saw several guards appear and hold a knife to her neck.
"What is this?" Ye Qing'an frowned, looking flustered. "No... wasn't it said that the Emperor summoned me to the palace because he had something to ask me?"
The head eunuch smiled and nodded: "Yes, that's right. His Majesty has something to ask Miss Ye, but he doesn't have that much time to interrogate her personally. He ordered me to take Miss Ye away and interrogate her properly, and then present the results of the interrogation to His Majesty."
The eunuch lifted his eyelids, glanced at Ye Qing'an, and thought to himself, "Such a beautiful face, what a pity."
"So, Miss Ye, please."
Ye Qing'an was full of doubts and didn't know what was going on, so she could only nod silently: "Then did you ask them to put the knife down? This is the palace, do you think I'll run away? I'm a little scared with the knife lying like this."
"let it go."
The guard put down his sword, and the eunuch glanced at Ye Qing'an: "Miss Ye, this way please."
Ye Qing'an was taken directly to a dark dungeon in the inner palace. As soon as Ye Qing'an reached the door, she was suddenly pushed by the guard behind her, causing her to stumble: "Go in."
As soon as I stepped into the dark cell, the door was locked from the outside.
Ye Qing'an took a deep breath and turned to look at the eunuch standing outside the iron bars: "Didn't you say you had something to ask me? What does this mean?"
“It’s no use for Miss Ye to make things difficult for me. I’m just following orders. The interrogation of the Second Young Master Ye is not yet complete. Once the interrogation is finished, someone will come.”
Ye Qing'an narrowed her eyes. Although the eunuch hadn't revealed anything, Ye Qing'an had still managed to glean some information. So, Ye Feiran was directly sent to the dark dungeon for interrogation, instead of being sent to Yi Yun Kui?
At this time, a palace banquet should be in progress, and Ye Qinghao should also be at the banquet.
Could it be that they deliberately avoided sending Ye Feiran to the Emperor's presence to prevent Ye Qinghao from learning of this matter? To deny Ye Qinghao a chance to argue, they directly...
And where did she start?
As long as Ye Feiran confesses anything, it can be sent directly to the Emperor to punish Ye Qinghao.
However, probably because Ye Feiran woke up, they found that she had gone completely insane and they couldn't get anything out of her, so they turned their attention back to her.
That's why they sent someone to invite her to the palace only after such a long time.
Countless thoughts flashed through Ye Qing'an's mind, and many conjectures arose.
This matter probably has absolutely nothing to do with Liu Xueying.
Liu Xueying would try to frame Ye Feiran to sabotage her, but she wouldn't want to implicate the Ye family.
After all, no matter what, she is still Ye Qinghao's legal wife and the mistress of the Ye family. If she implicates Ye Qinghao and the Ye family, she and her son and daughter will not fare well either.
But if it wasn't Liu Xueying, then who could it be?
Ye Qing'an recalled what Jiu Xiao had told her about the Sixth Prince's identity and background...
Could it be that the Gu family and the Li family have joined forces to take revenge for past grievances?
It's not entirely impossible.
Ye Qing'an narrowed her eyes. No matter what, she was still the eldest daughter of the Ye family, and she had been brought into the palace under the watchful eye of the steward. No matter how powerful the Li and Gu families were, they couldn't possibly torture her...
They probably just wanted to intimidate her and trick her into saying what they wanted to hear.
Once Ye Qing'an understood this, she felt a little relieved...
As Ye Qing'an was thinking, she looked up and saw the eunuch outside the door staring intently at her, his eyes seemingly filled with a hint of murderous intent.
Ye Qing'an's mind stirred slightly, her body trembled, and she shrank back, looking flustered and frightened.
The eunuch indeed curled the corners of his mouth in satisfaction, his expression disdainful.
Ye Qing'an bit her lip: "Does Your Excellency know how my brother is doing? He suddenly fainted on the street earlier, and I don't know his condition. Could you please ask Your Excellency to invite an imperial physician to examine my brother?"
"Miss Ye," the eunuch spoke slowly, "Does Miss Ye know why the Second Young Master Ye was brought into the palace by the Sixth Prince?"
"I..." Ye Qing'an said, then lowered her head and fell silent.
"Your brother has committed a heinous crime. Miss Ye, surely you are aware of this?"
Ye Qing'an's eyes welled up with tears: "Of course I know, but although my brother is a bit spoiled, he has never spoken so vehemently before. Something must have happened to him. Father-in-law, my brother has not yet been convicted. If something has happened to my brother because you refused to call the imperial physician for him..."
"If in the end it turns out that my brother is completely innocent, then my father-in-law will probably not be able to escape responsibility either."
The eunuch sneered, "Is Miss Ye threatening me?"
"Don't dare."
The eunuch's gaze fell on Ye Qing'an's face: "The imperial physician has already been summoned, Miss Ye, please rest assured. The Second Young Master Ye is already under interrogation..."
So my brother is okay?
The eunuch remained silent.
After a while, footsteps suddenly came from the doorway. Ye Qing'an looked up and saw a figure walking quickly towards her.
The man was masked and held a whip in his hand: "Open the door for me."