vstars Chapter 165 The Best Pretext
Chapter 165 The Best Pretext
"Really?" Ye Qing'an had barely finished speaking when Eleven suddenly ran out from behind the waterfall, her eyes full of joy: "Is what Mother said true?"
"Am I the sword my mother hides in her hand?"
Ye Qing'an's eyes were filled with surprise: "Eleven? What are you doing here?"
Eleven ran over quickly: "I just came in. When I came in, I heard Mother talking to Brother Snake about something, so I thought I would go to the other side to meditate and cultivate. That's when I heard Mother say these things."
"Is what mother said true?"
"Of course." Ye Qing'an smiled and patted Eleven's neck: "When has Mother ever lied?"
Upon receiving affirmation, Shiyi's eyes shone with joy, and she simply smiled happily, saying, "That's wonderful."
“I always felt that I was useless, that I only dragged my mother down, that I was always being schemed against, always getting hurt and sick, and that I made my mother worry about me.”
Ye Qing'an raised her eyebrows in surprise: "Why would you think that? My Eleventh is the best."
"You should know that Eleven's talent is extremely high. As long as Eleven focuses on cultivation, his power will definitely be no less than that of his mother."
"Okay." Eleven quickly replied, "Mother, don't worry, I will definitely cultivate diligently, and I will never tell anyone about my cultivation progress, nor will I easily use Xuanling Technique in front of anyone, so that they will not know that I know Xuanling Technique."
"I will unleash my true abilities when Mother needs me."
Ye Qing'an lowered her eyes and chuckled softly, nodding in agreement with a smile: "Okay."
Ye Qing'an accompanied Eleven to cultivate in the Cloud Dream Realm for a while before leaving.
Zixiao has returned: "As Miss instructed, I found a way to spread the word. Although no one knows what happened after Lord Su entered the main courtyard yesterday, many people saw Lord Su angrily rushing into the mansion with his sword in hand before that."
"Therefore, when those messages were spread, although some people were quite surprised, most people believed them."
"After all, there are quite a few sordid things going on in the inner quarters of this mansion, as can be seen from the servants. Many people know exactly what kind of person the Madam is. It's just that because the Madam is the Madam, no one dares to speak ill of her easily."
"But precisely because of this, people only dare to talk about those rumors behind their backs, and probably don't dare to really bring them up in the open."
Ye Qing'an nodded: "It's alright, I also suggest letting them talk about it behind my back. As long as these rumors circulate in this mansion, that's fine. Liu Xueying's spies are all over the Ye mansion, so if such rumors circulate in this mansion, they will reach Liu Xueying's ears sooner or later."
“That’s true.” Zixiao nodded.
Zixiao lowered her eyes and secretly glanced at Ye Qing'an before lowering her voice and saying, "I just saw that Granny Wei went to Madam's place with Sixth Madam."
"Ah..." Ye Qing'an nodded: "Has he already gone?"
Zixiao paused slightly upon hearing Ye Qing'an's words, seemingly somewhat surprised.
Ye Qing'an waved her hand casually: "I sent the nanny. Sixth Aunt said that the matter between Second Sister and Fifth Prince is likely to succeed. She wanted to ask Madam what needs to be prepared."
"This is her first time handling something like this, so she's a bit unsure. But she took control of the household affairs from the madam. If she goes to ask the madam, the madam might just be waiting for her to make a fool of herself."
"So, she came to my place and borrowed Granny Wei. Granny Wei had been working for my mother, so she had some experience with these things."
"Ah..." Zixiao suddenly realized, "So that's how it is."
Zi Xiao stood to one side, and Ye Qing'an took a book from the bookshelf to read.
As evening approached, Zixiao went downstairs to prepare dinner for Ye Qing'an.
Granny Wei walked in from outside the door. Seeing that the room was dim, she quickly went to the table and lit the lamp.
"You went to Liu Xueying's place?"
"Yes." Granny Wei nodded: "I just noticed carefully at Liu Xueying's place, and there are two pieces of the lady's dowry in Liu Xueying's room."
"One is the multi-treasure ruyi vase in the main hall, and the other is the pear wood carved low table in the bedroom. They are both inconspicuous items, probably because they were afraid of being discovered."
"In Ye Weilan's room, there were many more. I counted them; there were more than ten items in total. They were all extremely fine things..."
Ye Qing'an nodded: "Okay."
Granny Wei looked up at Ye Qing'an and asked, "What does Miss plan to do?"
Ye Qing'an smiled and said, "Don't rush, let's wait. I need to find an excuse to go to Ye Weilan's room with Father."
"After all, some things need to be brought up in front of Father. Otherwise, what if that mother and daughter turn around and accuse us?"
Ye Qing'an propped her head up, secretly pondering what kind of excuse she could come up with to go to Ye Weilan's room with Ye Qinghao.
After all, that was Ye Weilan's boudoir.
It's not appropriate for a woman to enter her boudoir, even if she's her own sister or father and daughter.
Ye Qingan thought for a moment and quickly came up with an idea.
The best way, of course, is to... make Ye Weilan sick, preferably so sick that she can't get out of bed.
Visiting someone who is sick is the best excuse.
It's not an easy thing to suddenly make Ye Weilan fall ill when she was perfectly fine.
Ye Qing'an twirled her hair with her fingers, raising her eyebrows slightly. Getting sick is difficult, but getting poisoned is not.
Ye Qing'an quickly came up with an idea...
I just need to go to Yimoxu's place again.
Ye Qing'an couldn't help but sigh softly when she thought of Yi Moxu. This meant that Yi Moxu now held even more leverage over her.
No...
Forget it, let Jiuxiao go outside and get some poison.
Jiuxiao has never appeared in public. Even Yimoxu has only seen it in its snake form and has never seen it in its human form.
Let him go, it shouldn't be a problem.
Ye Qing'an acted immediately, dismissing Granny Wei and going to the Dreamland of Clouds to give instructions.
After Jiu Xiao returned with the medicine, Ye Qing'an used Jiu Xiao's summoning spell to personally visit Ye Weilan's courtyard.
Then, he smeared the poison on the lampshade of the glass lamp in Ye Weilan's room...
Sure enough, news came the very next day.
"The second young lady has fallen ill. I heard that she is quite ill. This morning, we summoned several doctors from the manor."
"The master just returned from court and has already received the news; he has already gone there."
Ye Qing'an stood up: "My second sister is sick, so as her older sister, I should naturally go and visit her..."