She closed her eyes. The ancestral tablets were right in front of her. Ye Lily murmured softly: "Ancestors on horseback, if your spirits still exist, please bestow upon me the sharpest arrow and the fastest horse. Please bless me to slay my enemies with my own hands."
Just as she finished and opened her eyes, she saw Jing Zhe blinking and looking at her. Jing Zhe took out a packet of pastries from her bosom and smiled: "The girl has been hungry for so long. It won't do if you don't eat something. I still have some pastries here. It's good for the girl to have some to fill her stomach."
Ye Lily wouldn't really fast just because Old Madam Ye ordered it. She took the paper packet. When she opened it and took a look, she couldn't help but be stunned: "This is..."
"This was found by the servant girl in the girl's room in Wolong Temple." Jing Zhe scratched her head and said embarrassedly: "When the girl gave the pastries to the servant girl, after the servant girl tasted one piece, she had never eaten such delicious pastries and was reluctant to finish them. After returning to the mansion and coming to the ancestral hall with the girl, there was no time to get food from outside, and only these were left."
Ye Lily looked at the delicate and small pastries. They were the ones left when Xiao Jack had a night talk with her. Thinking of this, it was as if she saw again the handsome face of the young man in the rain and his mysterious identity.
Xiao Jack... Ye Lily pondered. What kind of person was he exactly?
...
In Caiyun Courtyard.
The doctor just left. Ye Cindy, who had drunk the calming medicine, was already asleep.
Even after looking several times, whenever she saw the scars on Ye Cindy's body, Ren Wan Yun couldn't help but feel her heart ache like a knife. The doctor was one of their own and naturally wouldn't tell others. And he also clearly told Ren Wan Yun that Ye Cindy's injuries were too serious and her mind was no longer clear. She needed to be taken care of for some time. As for why she wasn't clear-minded, it was naturally because she was scared like this.
On that night, what kind of torture did Ye Cindy endure? Ren Wan Yun didn't dare to think. That night she lived next door to Ye Cindy and even heard Ye Cindy's cry for help halfway. But she thought it was Ye Lily and stopped, resulting in her own daughter being spoiled. Whenever she thought of these, Ren Wan Yun regretted so much that her heart, liver and intestines were all twisting.
Ye Gui took a look at Ye Cindy on the bed and seemed to feel extremely headache. He turned to leave.
"Stop!" Ren Wan Yun called out to him: "Now that Qing'er has become like this, are you still going to those fox spirit's yards?"
Ye Gui was lustful and had several concubines in the house, all of them were beautiful and gentle. Ren Wan Yun was powerful and managed these concubines obediently. Besides, although Ye Gui was lustful, he knew that only Ren Wan Yun could make his official career smoother. No outrageous things would happen. So usually Ren Wan Yun was too lazy to care about him. Men were all the same. Concubines were just playthings. Why should she care about a plaything?
But today, she was a little abnormal.
"Don't be so unreasonable, okay." Ye Gui was a little annoyed. Today he was blocked by his cousin's niece and couldn't speak. He didn't know what the situation would be like with Prince Yu in the future and whether he would be angry with him. Thinking of these, Ye Gui was extremely annoyed. Seeing Ye Cindy at this time was even more adding fuel to the fire. His tone was also a little impatient: "It's useless for me to stay here. It's better to let me have some peace and think about what to do next."
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"Think! Think!" Ren Wan Yun changed her usual overall-situation-oriented nature and screamed sharply: "All you know is thinking! What is Qing'er in your eyes? Now that she has become like this, as her father, you don't ask or care about anything! In your heart, you probably don't have Qing'er as your daughter at all. How could there be such a cruel father like you in the world!"
As soon as these words were spoken, even Xiang Lan and Cai Ju, the two personal maids of Ren Wan Yun, were stunned. Usually, Ren Wan Yun could remain calm. Even when Ye Cindy had an accident in Wolong Temple, she could force herself to focus on the overall situation. As for Ye Gui, she had never said anything harsh. A rational and smooth person like Ren Wan Yun actually quarreled with Ye Gui like a shrew today. It was really unbelievable.
Ren Wan Yun didn't know why she was like this either. Seeing Ye Gui like this, the words Ye Lily said in Rong Jing Hall echoed in her ears again.
When Ye Gui learned about Ye Cindy's accident, the first thing he thought of was not to check Ye Cindy's injuries but to discipline Ye Lily. This was definitely not what a real father would do. Ye Gui didn't care about the life and death of this daughter at all. Perhaps Ye Cindy was just a valuable object to Ye Gui. Before, because she was valuable, he was willing to keep her. Now that she was no longer valuable, he didn't even want to take a look.
Ye Lily's provocation had little effect in Rong Jing Hall but finally accumulated until now and burst out with a bang.
"You shrew!" Ye Gui was often flattered in the officialdom and had never been scolded by someone pointing at his nose. But although he was angry in his heart, he also knew that he couldn't completely tear his face with Ren Wan Yun. So he sneered: "You say I'm not a good father. Have you ever been a good mother? Qing'er was taken to Wolong Temple by you and should have been taken care of by you. You were right beside her but let her have an accident under your nose. Weren't you staying next to her that night? If you really loved her, with such a short distance, how could you not find out that it was Qing'er who had the accident?"
As soon as these words were said, Ren Wan Yun immediately froze.
What she regretted the most and hated the most was that night in the north pavilion. She clearly heard the cry for help and clearly had the chance to save her daughter. But by mistake, Ye Cindy had an accident. Now Ye Gui was stabbing a knife in her heart and sprinkling salt on the wound, making her stand still.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Ye Gui snorted coldly, turned and left with a flick of his sleeves. No one knew which concubine's yard he went to.
Ren Wan Yun stood there dazed for a moment. Suddenly, her legs went weak and she collapsed to the ground. She covered her face and wept softly.
Xiang Lan and Cai Ju were scared and surprised. They had never seen their master like this. Now Ren Wan Yun seemed like all her previous support collapsed overnight and was completely defeated. Where was there any of her previous smugness?
The two maids had to step forward to comfort her. I don't know how long she cried. Ren Wan Yun wiped her eyes and stood up again. She said: "Bring paper and pen. I want to write a letter to Yuan'er."
Ye Yuan was the eldest son of the second branch and Ren Wan Yun's eldest son. Now he was serving in Liuzhou. When his term was over, he should return to the capital and hold an official position in Dingjing.
If among the third branch, Ye Amy was the most proud one. Among the second branch, Ye Yuanbai was young and Ye Cindy was not talented after all. But this Ye Yuan was particularly favored. He passed the imperial examination at a young age and did things well. Even Ye Gui would be more kind in front of this son.
"Dad can't be relied on. There's always the elder brother." Ren Wan Yun looked at Ye Cindy sleeping on the bed and gritted her teeth: "Yuan'er loves your sister the most. Ye Lily that little bitch. This time, I will definitely make you regret for what you have done for a lifetime!"
Xiang Lan quickly trotted to get the paper and pen. Ren Wan Yun took a deep breath and said to Cai Ju beside her: "Are those girls still there?"
"The four girls and Mammy Gui are all in the firewood room. Does the madam want to give them dumb medicine or directly..."
These girls were naturally the ones who witnessed Ye Cindy's accident at that time. There were Yan Mei and Shui Bi, Ye Cindy's maids, Qing Luan and Huang Ying, Ye Amy's maids, and one Mammy Gui.