The Demon Queen of Divine Doctor is not to be trifled with

Chapter 375 Madam Xiao Comes to Visit

I didn't sleep much that night and daybreak came soon.

The servants in the courtyard were already accustomed to their master's schedule. Although they didn't know that the master was not at home at night, they knew that the master didn't want to get up early in the morning. So the servants also got up a little later, walked around lightly, and even postponed the time for cleaning the courtyard, just to let the master sleep a little longer.

But in this environment, no matter how much you want to sleep, it is not as quiet as in the future. No matter how exquisite the materials of the step-out bed are, it is still not as comfortable as the latex mattresses of the future. When she woke up at half past the hour of Si, she saw Xiangdong had come to her bedside. When she saw her open her eyes, she said to her, "The old lady of the Xiao family has arrived and is talking to our old lady in Fuluyuan!"

It took her a while to react, "Second Madam's mother?"

"Yes." Xiang Dong nodded. "Young lady has been busy with things outside these days, leaving early and returning late, and there are some things in the mansion that I haven't had time to tell you. Our second master has decided to marry a concubine, and the concubine he is going to marry is his concubine who has been kept outside for many years. Not only does he have a daughter who is the same age as the third young lady, but the lady is now pregnant."

Ye Wenyan was not surprised by this, because Nanny Ji had already told her about this matter, and it was discovered by the secret guards who were monitoring Xichun. It is said that Xichun had a quarrel with Ye Jingsheng because of this matter.

But Xiangdong only found out about it recently, and Ye Jingsheng also recently made the matter public and exposed it to the world.

Xiang Dong helped her get up, and while holding up the curtain, he said, "The Second Master probably thought he should take the initiative, so he went to the Xiao family yesterday and made a scene, pointing out several major crimes of the Second Madam. This crime not only mentioned the Third Miss's loss of chastity and immorality, but also mentioned the affair between the Second Young Master and the Third Prince, saying that he had no hope of continuing the family line, which was the biggest sin. He also said that the Second Madam could no longer have children, so if he didn't marry a concubine, he would have no legitimate children in the future. He is now the head of the General's Mansion, and the head of the family having no children is equivalent to the Ye family's extinction. How can he face the ancestors of the Ye family?"

Ye Wenyan nodded when he heard this, "This is a really smart way to do it."

Xiang Dong also nodded, "That's right! The Second Master himself thought so too. After he came back, he told the story in front of the Old Madam and the Second Madam. Many servants heard it, and spread the news to us. I guess that the Xiao family might have been intimidated by the Second Master yesterday, and they also felt that they were wrong, so they didn't come directly to our door to make trouble."

As he was speaking, Zhuier also came into the room, holding a basin of water to wash Ye Wenyan's face.

"Maybe he just had a dream, and in the dream he dreamed about how to respond to this and refute the Second Master's words, so he came here today to act arrogantly!" Zhuier said with a smile, "Although the Second Master is annoying, I still find it quite satisfying to hear what he said when he went to the Xiao Mansion. The Second Madam didn't give birth to a good child, and she doesn't let people say that!"

The little maid stuck out her tongue when she said this, "Miss, don't tell the Second Young Master that I said this. I wasn't talking to him."

Ye Wenyan didn't care who she was targeting, nor was he willing to care whether Ye Jingsheng took a concubine or not.

That was the second branch of the Ye family, and after all, it would not have a big impact on her life. But she didn't know whether her revenge for the original owner would become more complicated because of the new mistress in the family.

"Who is in Fuluyuan now?" she asked Xiangdong, "Is the old lady able to get up now? Has she resumed her morning and evening visits?"

Xiang Dong nodded, "She can get up now, and she has resumed her regular visits to the old lady. But the second lady still greets and leaves, and doesn't care whether the old lady is happy or not. But this anger has to go somewhere, so every time our lady and the eldest daughter come over, the old lady will say a few more words, and once she even kept them until lunch time." Ye Wenyan laughed, "How is the saying? If you don't get angry for three days, you will tear the roof off the house! I guess it's because Fuluyuan is not haunted these days, so some people think this matter is over."

She tied the last belt around her waist and said, "Let's go, let's go pay our respects to grandma."

Fuluyuan was very lively today. Old Madam Xiao came in person and sat next to Old Madam Ye. There was a small table between the two of them, with an old lady on each side. The scene was a bit like the days when my aunt Tang was still alive.

Below, Ye Jingsheng and Xiao Shubai were there, Liu and Ye Chulian were there, Xichun was there, and even Ye Feizhou was sitting nearby.

All the people from the eldest house were there, but they just lowered their heads and drank tea, like guests, without saying a word.

Ye Lianmian, who had broken an arm, also arrived today. He looked in good spirits, but one arm was tied with a white cotton bandage and hung around his neck, which looked a little funny. Xiao Shubai's face was as ugly as it could be. The handkerchief in his hand was almost twisted off, and his body was trembling slightly. Unfortunately, her husband, who was sitting next to her, turned a blind eye to this and even looked disgusted.

When Ye Wenyan arrived, he saw Madam Xiao sitting at the head of the table with her back straight, looking coldly at Ye Jingsheng below, and said in a condescending tone: "At the beginning, my Ningguo Marquis Mansion married off the legitimate daughter to you, which was a favor to you, the second son of a general's mansion. Why, now that the second son has become the head of the family, do you think that my Ningguo Marquis Mansion's daughter is not worthy of you? Ye Jingsheng, when you asked to marry Shu Bai, you didn't tell me this."

Ye Wenyan slipped to sit next to Ye Qingmei, and the servants immediately served her tea. She saw Old Madam Xiao glanced in her direction and rolled her eyes.

If it was in the past, Ye Wenyan would not indulge her bad habits. But today, she was not the protagonist, and neither was anyone in their big house. They were sitting here just to watch the show, not even to support the occasion. So she ignored Madam Xiao's attitude towards her, and instead smiled back generously.

Madam Xiao felt that her smile, coupled with her pale face, looked very strange, so she immediately looked away and looked at Ye Jingsheng: "Does your Ye family have to give me an explanation?"

Ye Jingsheng might think that he is the right party today, and he is very arrogant. Hearing Mrs. Xiao's question, he was not in a hurry, and asked calmly: "Excuse me, mother-in-law, when was Shu Bai born?"

Madam Xiao was stunned, as if she didn't expect Ye Jingsheng to ask such a question. She thought Ye Jingsheng would recount the so-called crimes he mentioned yesterday, and she had even thought about how to respond, but the topic suddenly changed and he asked about her daughter's age.

She felt a little panicked.

"We have been married for many years, why do you have to ask me such a question?" She avoided answering and snorted to show her dissatisfaction. Ye Jingsheng also snorted, "Mother-in-law, are you unwilling to say it, or dare not say it? Or even you have forgotten when your daughter was born? Yes, the lie has been made up for too long, even you will think it is true. Then why don't I remind mother-in-law that the exchange of the birth certificate that year said that the Xiao family's legitimate daughter Xiao Shubai was born in May of the second year of Tiansheng, three years younger than me."

Madam Xiao nodded, "That's right. Since you remember everything, why are you still asking me? I'm not here to discuss this with you today, so don't try to avoid the important point."

"I'm not trying to avoid the important point. This is something that needs to be discussed seriously." Ye Jingsheng was determined to argue with Old Madam Xiao. "When the two families discuss marriage and exchange engagement cards, the actual birth dates of both parties must be clearly written on them so that we can find someone to calculate the horoscopes for marriage compatibility. When the engagement cards of the Xiao family were sent to us, our Ye family had doubts, because when the legitimate daughter of the Xiao family was born, the Ningguo Marquis's Mansion held a grand banquet, and our Ye family attended the banquet and also contributed money. I heard from my father and mother that the year was clearly the 43rd year of Tianyun, but why did it become the 2nd year of Tiansheng in the engagement cards of the Xiao family?" He continued to question Old Madam Xiao, "Although they are both in May, there is a difference of four years in between! Your legitimate daughter of the Xiao family is obviously one year older than me, but why did she become three years younger than me in the engagement cards? Mother-in-law, can you give my Ye family an explanation for this in advance?"

Xiao Shubai was sitting next to him, listening to what he said. With a "swish", the handkerchief in his hand was finally torn apart.

Madam Xiao hated to see her daughter being bullied, so she turned hostile at that moment: "Ye Jingsheng! My Ningguo Marquisate was really blind to choose you as a son-in-law. You have been married for nearly twenty years, and now you are coming to settle accounts with me. Can you settle accounts with me? Yes, our Shu Bai was born in the forty-third year of Tianyun, but so what? The original Engagement Letter might have been written wrong. Since your Ye family had doubts long ago, why didn't you mention it at the beginning, but only mentioned it twenty years later?"

Madam Xiao slammed the table so hard that even the teacups on it jumped up and down.

The tea splashed all over the table. Old Madam Ye moved her arm to the side in disgust, fearing that her new clothes would be soiled.

The more Madam Xiao spoke, the more she felt she was right. She even wiped away her tears. "Now that your Ye family has made great military achievements, you look down on our Ningguo Marquisate. But when you asked to marry my Xiao family's legitimate daughter, your mother came to our house in person and proposed the marriage to me in front of me. She promised me that she would treat my daughter well and treat her as her own. Although she married the second son, she would definitely live as well as the eldest son. Why didn't you mention the mistake in the engagement letter at that time? Why didn't you say that your Ye family had participated in the Xiao family's wedding banquet to celebrate the birth of the legitimate daughter? Now you are bringing up the past with me. It seems that the Ye family is relying on their military achievements to look down on our dignified Marquisate?"

The last slap on the table caused the cup of tea to bounce onto the ground and break right at Old Madam Ye's feet.

Madam Ye frowned and finally spoke——