20demayo Chapter 168 Is Ye Yaoyao the Emperor's illegitimate daughter?
Chapter 168 Is Ye Yaoyao the Emperor's illegitimate daughter?
“This matter is not so simple. The five of them, mother and children, are of one mind. I still have a use for Ye Li’an, and we also want to take over the shop that Ye Xiyao is currently managing.”
"Oh dear! But now that we've all gotten into trouble, you can keep whoever you want, but you must remove Ye Yaoyao's name from the family register!"
Madam Ye was anxious. Ye Yaoyao was a witch and a jinx, and she had to be eliminated first.
"To get rid of Ye Yaoyao, we need to find the doctor who treated Liu Yunshu back then and the midwife who delivered her."
"Son, do you want them to give false testimonies? Can the people Liu Yunshu found be trusted?"
"Ye Yaoyao is not my daughter. We have all been deceived by Liu Yunshu."
"What? Ye Yaoyao isn't your daughter?" Old Madam Ye stood up in shock.
"sure?"
"Where does she look like me?"
Ye Mian gritted his teeth. He had been so focused on his career that he had never suspected anything.
"Oh dear! Then she should be removed from the family tree. I treated her like my own granddaughter, what a waste of my love and affection."
"That bitch Liu Yunshu actually dared to cheat on you."
Old Madam Ye slapped her thigh and cried.
If Ye Yaoyao heard Old Madam Ye say that she doted on her, she would laugh her head off. She would definitely say that being indifferent and ignoring her is also a form of love.
Ye Mian thought that after Liu Yunshu married him, she was not enthusiastic about him and he had to coax her. But that night she came to see him, so she must be pregnant with his illegitimate child and had come to him openly.
"Ye Yaoyao couldn't have been born at full term. As long as we find a doctor or midwife, we can expose her lie and then kick her and her daughter out."
"Then hurry up and find them!" Old Madam Ye said anxiously, knowing there was a way to get rid of the mother and daughter.
"We're already looking for her. That doctor is Ye Yaoyao's master. The midwife is missing. She must have been hidden by Liu Yunshu."
The doctor is in the capital. We need to find a midwife first before we take action, so as not to alert the enemy.
Furthermore, Ye Yaoyao's background affects the court's situation. Before we find her, you absolutely mustn't let slip that Ye Yaoyao isn't my daughter.
"Who is Ye Yaoyao's biological father?" Given how serious this was, Old Madam Ye couldn't resist asking.
"You don't need to know that. His Majesty knows the situation. He's even more anxious about Ye Yaoyao's matter than I am," Ye Mian said with a cold laugh.
"Okay, I won't ask."
Madam Ye covered her mouth in horror and shook her head repeatedly, but in her heart she was thinking that Ye Yaoyao was actually the emperor's illegitimate daughter.
"If we kick them out, will the Emperor be angry?"
"As long as Ye Yaoyao's biological father is not exposed, everything will be fine."
If Ye Yaoyao weren't the great-granddaughter of Grand Secretary Ye, she would definitely be scorned by everyone, but the late emperor arranged a marriage for her anyway.
Anyway, Ye Mian was going to be laughed at, so he clenched his fist tightly, closed his eyes and gritted his teeth.
Madam Ye thought that no matter how noble Ye Yaoyao's status was, it was still something that couldn't be seen in the light of day, so she was no longer afraid.
"Chengzhu can't walk now, what should we do?"
Ye Mian had calmed down after a few days of worry, and decided to "take a concubine and have another son."
"Okay, then I'll help you make the arrangements."
"The best choice would be a merchant's daughter." I used to look down on merchant's daughters, but now they are the most suitable.
"Give Huang Ying a little something to sweeten things up, and expose Liu Yunshu. We can't leave her out."
"Yes, Mother understands!"
Xue Ruoxue, standing outside the door, overheard their conversation. They were abandoning her son. Through the crack in the door, she watched the mother and son with sinister eyes, a cold smile playing on her lips.
Want a son? Dream on!
In the following days, Madam Ye stayed quietly, and Ye Yaoyao had some free time. She went to see Doctor Han, and the two of them studied the Second Prince's illness together.
When Doctor Han is busy, he's so busy he forgets to eat and sleep. With Ye Yaoyao around, he's a bit more normal.
Seeing that the two had stopped to rest, Wu Feng brought them food and said to Ye Yaoyao:
"Miss, there have been people watching us from outside for the past few days."
"Could it be someone from the palace?"
They concealed the Second Prince's medical treatment very well, but they still managed to find out.
"Grandpa, why don't you come and stay at the Ye family's house for a while?"
"No need. They're probably people who want me to treat their illness. It's good that Wu Feng is here."
Ye Yaoyao understood him; he was a man of his word and didn't try to persuade him further. She figured she would feel more at ease if she sent more people to protect him secretly.
She went back and took a detour to the main street to pick up Ye Xiyao, only to find Liang Xiaozhe hovering around her like a fly.
"Young Master Liang, I am very busy, please do not bother me in the future."
"Miss Ye, why are you so annoyed when you have time to see Qi Jinlan and exchange a few words with me?"
Liang Xiaozhe looked puzzled, his brows furrowed slightly, and his eyes were full of resentment.
He considered himself to be handsome, so why did he always receive a cold shoulder from Ye Xiyao?
Ye Xiyao frowned, her voice growing even colder.
"Young Master Liang, what business is it of yours who I meet? I don't want to befriend you, do you understand?" Ye Xiyao's annoyance turned into disgust.
Liang Xiaozhe must have been out of his mind; Qi Jinlan had barely left before he arrived.
"Miss Ye, I don't understand why you are always so cold to me. Could you please explain?"
"I wonder if Young Master Liang has been bothered by someone he doesn't like, who keeps appearing in front of you against your wishes?" Ye Yaoyao walked over and said loudly.
Liang Xiaozhe's eyes flashed, somewhat annoyed, "So Miss Ye also thought I was just like everyone else, it was all a misunderstanding!"
“Young Master Liang, we are not on the same path and cannot be together. Please do not appear in front of my sister again.”
Liang Xiaozhe felt a little scared looking into Ye Yaoyao's eyes, as if he had been seen through.
"In that case, I'll take my leave."
[I haven't even had a chance to cause him any trouble, yet he's already so shameless.]
"Sister, does he often bother you?"
"I've been here a few times."
"Don't be so polite next time he comes. Have someone kick him out."
"Okay, whatever you say, let's go back!"
Ye Xiyao thought that Liang Xiaozhe was, after all, the heir of a marquis's mansion, and he probably wouldn't come back to humiliate her again.
At the Prince Jing's residence, Jifeng rushed back from Yunmengze and respectfully handed over the envelope.
"Your Highness, a reply from your uncle."
Qin Jingyu took it and looked at it. "Did he bring any message?"
"My uncle said that if His Highness wants to know about the Empress, he might be able to go to the Imperial Mausoleum."
Qin Jingyu put down the letter in his hand and tapped the table with one hand.
"When will Your Highness depart? I will make the arrangements."
"I'll have the housekeeper arrange this. Go and rest!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
After the gust of wind subsided, Qin Jingyu stood by the window.
"The imperial tomb... what secrets are hidden there?"
Not long after, the steward came over and asked, "Your Highness, Gale said you have something to say?"
"How much do you know about Mother Consort? There's no need to hide it from her."
The steward and Granny Li were both secret guards of the late emperor, so they must know something about Consort Xi.
"I don't know much either. After Her Majesty gave birth to His Highness, there was indeed no cure. The late Emperor protected Her Majesty very well. I can confirm that Her Majesty was not poisoned."
"Understood, I will go to the imperial mausoleum."