Chapter 45: Ye Qiongying has an affair with the emperor?
Attending a palace banquet did not have any impact on the Ye family. After Ye Qiongying and Madam Hua came back, they were only called over by Old Madam Ye to ask about what happened at the banquet. The turmoil at the Summer Solstice Banquet was over.
But for the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery, it was a heavy blow.
I thought I could take this opportunity to scale new heights, but I didn't expect that before I could achieve anything, Leng Qianqian had already failed.
Old Madam Yin was already very dissatisfied with Leng Qianqian, and now she was even more unwilling to accept having such a daughter-in-law.
Yin Xu was in a dilemma. When facing Leng Qianqian, he didn't even notice that he was actually feeling a bit resentful.
Leng Qianqian might not be able to do serious work, but she knew Yin Xu quite well. Once she felt something was wrong, she started crying.
Before Yin Xu could blame her, he couldn't help but step forward to comfort her.
"My Lord, I'm sorry. I really didn't mean to drag you down," Leng Qianqian cried as tears fell. "I shouldn't have followed Sister Ye because I was worried that something might happen to her and would affect the reputation of the Marquisate. After all, she is your ex-wife after all. If something happens to her, people will definitely mention you. I didn't expect to run into..."
At this point, she started crying again.
Some of these tears were acted out, but some of them were real pain.
The people in the palace are really good at criminal law. They know very well where to hit someone so that it will hurt but will not take their life.
After ten strokes of the board, Leng Qianqian felt like her lower body was about to lose sensation.
If possible, she wished she could faint right now so that she would not feel the pain, but she had to force herself to stay awake, deal with the people in the Marquis' Mansion, and maintain her image in front of Yin Xu.
Hearing this, Yin Xu's expression changed:
"What did you run into?!"
Leng Qianqian's face, which was pale due to the pain, showed some hesitation. She trembled her lips and whispered:
"My Lord, it's not that I don't want to tell you, but... His Majesty has strictly forbidden me from mentioning this matter. I'm afraid that there are ears on the other side of the wall. If you get hurt by this, I will be unforgivable."
The more vague she was, the more Yin Xu imagined.
Damn!
No wonder Ye Qiongying signed the divorce agreement so readily all of a sudden. It turned out that she had been secretly colluding with the palace!
Since the emperor came to power, there has not been a single concubine in the harem, let alone one he favors. Any palace maids who make the slightest move will be severely punished and expelled from the palace.
They really thought that Your Majesty was not interested in women, but it turns out that he has set his eyes on my wife!
Although it was Yin Xu who proposed for divorce, and Ye Qiongying no longer had any relationship with the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery Mansion, and even if she developed a second spring, it had nothing to do with him, Yin Xu still couldn't stop his anger, and always felt like he was being cuckolded.
However, he could not afford to offend the emperor.
Wait, just because His Majesty cannot be offended, does not mean the Ye family cannot be offended.
Why on earth could Ye Qiongying enjoy a wealthy life after her divorce and return to the Ye family, and even have connections with the palace?
However, their Marquis' Mansion had to borrow money to survive, and now even their chance to move up was ruined because of Ye Qiongying's affair.
Yin Xu was so angry that he had long forgotten all his previous pretentious thoughts. The fact that he was chosen by Ye Qiongying for marriage showed that he was not so stupid. Now he came up with an idea with just a glance.
"Qianqian, there's no need to mention this anymore," Yin Xu stroked Leng Qianqian's hair lovingly, "You should take good care of your injuries, and I will comfort your mother. As for the rest... I won't let you get beaten up in vain."
Leng Qianqian felt at ease when she saw his eyes.
As for the emperor and Ye Qiongying, she was not worried about her lies being exposed.
How could a marquis like Yin Xu not know about this kind of thing? Could he not expose it? If he really knew about the affair between the emperor and his wife and dared to contradict him in person, he would be courting death.
Not to mention that the current emperor is a madman who acts decisively and can chop off people's heads if they disagree with him. She doesn't believe that Yin Xu can still confront others.
Therefore, Ye Qiongying and the emperor were bound to bear the blame.
As for her, she is of course an innocent victim.
"Ah!"
Ye Qiongying suddenly sneezed.
Wen Ping sat aside, holding her chin, looking at her daughter, and sighed:
"Master, why do you sneeze every now and then recently? I asked the court doctor to come and see you, and he said you are in good health and there is nothing wrong."
Ye Qiongying laughed:
"Maybe someone is talking about me. You are so young, how can you act so old? You look so miserable all the time. Be careful that your face becomes wrinkled like an old woman. If you keep going like this, how can I find a husband for you?"
Wen Ping snorted unconvincedly:
"I don't want to find a husband! Master, if you want to be a female general, then I will be your front-line soldier! You can't leave me alone!"
By now, people close to Ye Qiongying in the mansion basically know about her plan to go to the border town.
Wenping naturally didn't want to stay in the capital alone.
"You, the conditions in the border town are tough, are you sure you want to follow me?" Ye Qiongying asked, "If we really go to the military camp, all your rouge, powder, clothes and hairbands will be gone."
"I..." Wen Ping hesitated for a moment, then said firmly, "I want to go! Master, don't underestimate me, I'm very powerful!"
Yes.
This girl has stronger willpower than many people.
In the previous life, he was tortured to death by Yin Xu and Leng Qianqian for her, but he never gave in and betrayed her, and used his identity as a personal maid to hurt Ye Qiongying.
"Okay," Ye Qiongying nodded, "If you have thought it through, then come with me to the border town. As for the military camp, it is not a place you can just walk into casually. It depends on the situation."
After the master and servant had finished talking, Uncle Ye suddenly came to the door:
"Girl, are you ready?"
Today they are going to a meeting point in the capital to prepare for their subsequent trip.
Ye Qiongying had never actually come into contact with these things before. In the past three years, she had basically passed on the message for everything that required the Ye family's involvement, and Uncle Ye was responsible for the contact.
She acted more as a middleman, connecting the network of contacts for the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery's Mansion.
"Okay," Ye Qiongying stood up, "Uncle Ye, shall we leave now?"
Wen Ping didn't need to go with them today, so only Ye Qiongying and Uncle Ye were going.
The two of them got into an unmarked carriage from the mansion and left through the back door.
Unexpectedly, just after going a few streets, a young girl dressed in a disheveled manner like a beggar suddenly jumped out in front of the carriage. She had a limp in one leg and fell to the ground as if she had been knocked down by the carriage.
Fortunately, the coachman of the Ye Mansion had also received special training. When the horse's hoof was about to step on the man, he quickly pulled the reins and stopped the carriage steadily.