vstars What is the use of benevolence in Chapter 201?
What is the use of benevolence in Chapter 201?
Ye Qing'an gripped the door frame tightly for a long while before finally smiling and saying, "I'm from Madam's courtyard. It was Li Mama, the old woman by Madam's side, who sent me here."
"Granny Li told me to take this spirit chicken back to the courtyard and have it cooked in Madam's small kitchen first thing tomorrow morning."
Seeing the maid's somewhat disbelieving look, Ye Qing'an blinked: "Tomorrow at noon, Master is going to have lunch at Madam's place. This spirit chicken is actually prepared for Master. Madam wants to simmer it in the small kitchen so that she can tell Master that she made this soup herself."
Ye Qing'an smiled sweetly: "I've only told you, my sister, about this, so please don't tell anyone else..."
Ye Qing'an's consciousness was detached, and her words and actions were beyond her control. Hearing what she said, she couldn't help but be a little surprised. Perhaps she was forced into a corner. She felt that Ye Qing'an's reaction was already extremely fast.
Moreover, his fabricated stories were so logical and convincing that it was impossible to find any flaws.
However, she still didn't quite understand how this situation could become the original owner's inner demon.
As Ye Qing'an was thinking, she saw that the maid seemed to believe her: "Is that so? Okay, sister, wait a moment, I'll go get a food box to pack it for you."
The maidservant brought a food box from the side, placed the spirit chicken in the food box, and handed it to Ye Qing'an.
"But this thing is very heavy. Did Granny Li really send you here alone?" The maid smiled. "Do you want me to help you?"
"No need," Ye Qing'an said with a smile. "I'm used to doing rough work and can handle it. Otherwise, Granny Li wouldn't have sent me here alone."
As Ye Qing'an spoke, she took the food box.
The food box was indeed quite heavy, and the spirit chicken was much larger than an ordinary chicken, but Ye Qing'an still steadily lifted her foot and left the kitchen.
Seeing this, the maid didn't follow and continued cleaning the kitchen.
Ye Qing'an returned to the courtyard with the basket. When Granny Wei saw that Ye Qing'an had brought such a big chicken, she was also startled. However, they hadn't had a full meal in a long time, let alone meat.
Granny Wei quickly devised a plan to cook the spirit chicken, and the three of them finally ate their fill.
The very next day, Ye Qing'an heard the news that a little maid in the kitchen had lost the mistress's spirit chicken and had been beaten to death.
When Ye Qing'an rushed over, she saw several servants carrying the maid's body out of the courtyard behind the kitchen. The maid's body was covered with whip marks, and there were two whip marks on her face that almost went through her entire face.
Ye Qing'an collapsed to the ground, trembling all over: "How could he be dead? How could he have been beaten to death?"
As Ye Qing'an was muttering to himself, he saw a pair of embroidered shoes adorned with large South Sea pearls stop in front of him.
Ye Qing'an looked up and saw Liu Xueying standing in front of her: "Mother, that spirit rooster..."
"I know you tricked me into giving up that spirit chicken."
Liu Xueying laughed: "But I still had her beaten to death. First, because she neglected her duty; I told her to keep an eye on the spirit chicken, but she was easily fooled by you and handed it over to you. Second, because I wanted you to know..."
"Because you are the eldest daughter of the Ye family, I will not beat or kill you for what you have done wrong. However, someone will pay the price for what you have done."
After Liu Xueying finished speaking, she left with her servants.
Ye Qing'an collapsed to the ground, her face deathly pale, muttering to herself incessantly, "Why? I was the one who took it, yet they want to kill her?"
"Why? I was the one who lied to her..."
"Why should she pay with her life for something I did wrong? She doesn't even... know who I am..."
Looking at the half-grown child who had fallen to the ground, Ye Qing'an realized that this was the source of the inner demon in Ye Qing'an's inner demon illusion.
Sure enough, Ye Qing'an kept repeating his question.
Ye Qing'an himself became a phantom, stepped off her body, and stood opposite her.
"what do you want?"
The boy, Ye Qing'an, who was about ten years old, raised his head and looked at her: "I don't want that maid to die. She did nothing wrong. But I can't let my brother and me go hungry either."
Ye Qing'an narrowed her eyes and laughed: "You are all right. The one who is wrong is Liu Xueying."
Ye Qing'an scoffed: "You are the eldest daughter of the Ye family, and she is the second wife of the Ye family, yet she doesn't let you eat your fill and mistreats the legitimate daughter. This is her fault."
"She was too cruel to distinguish right from wrong and wantonly beat and killed servants. That was also her fault."
Xiao Yeqing'an hesitated for a moment: "Is it all her fault?"
"Yes, it's all her fault."
Ye Qing'an took the Wildfire Whip from her waist and handed it to Little Ye Qing'an: "Take this whip and kill her. As long as Liu Xueying is killed, that maid won't die, and you and Ye Feiran won't go hungry..."
"Kill her? Kill Liu Xueying?"
Ye Qing'an nodded with a seductive look: "Kill her. As long as you kill her, everything will be resolved."
Xiao Yeqing took the whip, trembling all over: "I'll go kill her right now, kill Liu Xueying..."
As soon as Xiao Ye Qing'an finished speaking, a sudden gust of wind arose in the illusion, so strong that Ye Qing'an could barely open her eyes and was almost knocked to the ground.
Immediately, a desolate voice seemed to rise from the heavens, echoing: "A man of noble character will not seek to live at the expense of righteousness, but will sacrifice his life to uphold righteousness..."
Immediately, Ye Qing'an felt something blocking her chest, as if she couldn't breathe properly.
Ye Qing'an used all her strength to break through the blockage, but suddenly, she spat out a mouthful of blood...
"puff……"
Ye Qing'an opened her eyes and saw Jiu Xiao staring blankly at her, his eyes filled with disbelief: "You failed?"
"..." Ye Qing'an's expression was somewhat unpleasant. She had never imagined that she would fail when trying to break through her inner demons, thus preventing her from advancing.
"May I ask you, what kind of inner demon is it?" Jiu Xiao asked cautiously, actually wanting to laugh a little. The main reason was that Ye Qing'an had been so confident before, as if she didn't take this inner demon seriously at all. But she didn't expect that she wasn't trapped in the illusion either, but had failed to break through directly.
"..." Ye Qing'an lifted her eyes: "It's not mine, it belongs to the original owner of this body."
Ye Qing'an recounted what had just happened in the illusion, her face full of confusion: "If we could turn back time, overcome our inner demons, and start over, wouldn't killing Liu Xueying have indeed solved all her problems? Yet they say I'm heartless?"
"What's the use of benevolence?"
Ye Qing'an pursed her lips: "Then what should we do?"