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

Chapter 53 Miss Ye Si has a hard life

Shi Liyuan thought that today's drama should be very interesting. He had heard that there were constant fights among the rich and powerful families, and everyone had a very clever mind. But this was the first time he had actually seen such a drama with his own eyes.

Lord Emperor stood at the foot of the wall of the First-Rank General's Mansion, with his arms folded in front of him, and sent a voice transmission to Ye Wenyan's ears: "I don't care what kind of drama you play, but remember not to hurt yourself, even if it means being wronged. Otherwise, since I am here today, I will not hesitate to make the decision for you personally. Whether your Ye family can bear my decision is another matter."

She also replied to him via voice transmission: "Don't worry, there's no way I'll suffer any loss, just watch."

So he watched the show at ease, and even used magic to create a chair, and put a table in front of the chair, and a cup of tea on the table. Zhuier brought the butcher back to the mansion, and attracted many people in Lin'an City. No matter they were officials or slaves, they all came to watch the fun. What's more, some even followed from the outer city to the inner city. Now they are pointing and saying, "I didn't expect that the first-class general's mansion has a great reputation, but in fact it is a deficit. The whole family can't even eat a little meat, and they eat dried vegetables every day. Their life is worse than ours."

"Yes, now they have to deduct the gems on the fourth young lady's wedding dress to buy meat. This shows how poor the First Rank General's Mansion is!"

Zhuier listened to what people were saying, and in her heart she was full of admiration for her young lady. This scene was exactly the same as what the young lady had imagined before.

So she also sighed and said, "In fact, when the old general and the eldest master were alive, our house was really not like this. Not to mention the delicacies of the mountains and the sea for every meal, at least the eldest daughter's room had six dishes and a soup for every meal, and at least four of the six dishes had to be meat. This is the appearance that a family like ours should have."

People echoed again: "Yes, General Ye is a first-rank military commander who has fought for the country all his life, so his family should eat well. Our master is only a third-rank official, and the young masters and young ladies have two or three meat dishes for each meal!"

"My family is a commoner from the outer city. We can't eat meat every meal, but we at least have a bowl of meat soup for three meals a day! That little girl, what did you say at the market before? You said that the eldest lady's family didn't even have a few grains of rice in the porridge they ate?"

Zhuier nodded, "Yes, yes, there are hardly any rice grains to be seen, the porridge is just like clear water."

"Wouldn't that mean you'd be out of rice? It's not enough to just call a butcher, you also have to buy rice. Wait, I'll call a rice merchant to weigh the rice on the spot."

The enthusiastic people went to call the rice merchant, and Zhuier expressed his satisfaction.

The butcher was also a man who knew how to support the crowd. After hearing Zhuier talking to the onlookers, he quickly said loudly, "Since you are delivering meat to the General's Mansion, I will charge you less. I won't make any money today. I will sell it at cost price! It's because the General's Mansion can't afford it. No matter how greedy I am, I can't make money from the Fourth Young Lady's wedding dress. That would be a sinner."

As he said this, the old lady came out supported by Ye Lianmian, followed by the Mu, Xiao, Liu and a group of younger generations.

The words "black heart and black lung" pierced her heart again, and she shouted angrily, "How dare you! This is the government residence, how can a commoner like you come here?"

The butcher was stunned, and said unhappily, "What's wrong with me? I haven't broken any law, and I haven't even stepped into your house. Are you not allowed to stand on the street? The only place where you are not allowed to stand is at the gate of the imperial palace. Do you think your First-Rank General's Mansion has the same rules as the imperial palace?"

This sentence made the old lady speechless. Xiao behind her hurriedly shouted, "Nonsense, which mansion can compare with the imperial palace? Don't talk nonsense and ruin the reputation of my Ye family." After saying that, she glanced at Zhuier, thought about it, and felt that as the second wife of the general's mansion, it was not worth it to talk to a little girl, so she turned to ask Ye Wenyan, "Fourth Miss, what are you doing? Why did you bring a butcher?" Ye Wenyan took a step forward and said with a bitter face, "Second Aunt, don't try to save face. It's not shameful that our family is not living a good life. I am rich now. As long as I have money, I will definitely think of improving the lives of my family first."

Xiao was stunned. When did the family have a hard time? When did she try to save face?

Jinxiu pinched her arm gently and whispered a few words in her ear, and then Xiao suddenly realized.

The government has been really harsh on the eldest wife's family these past few days. I heard that they have been fed with dried vegetable leaves or cabbage stalks for every meal. There are not even a few grains of rice in the porridge they drink in the morning, and the rice for lunch and dinner can't even fill a small bowl.

This was not her idea, it was done by the old lady. However, she did not stop it after she found out. She even instructed the kitchen not to use new rice for the eldest wife. The old lady praised her for this.

Is Wen Yan going to use this as an excuse tonight?

Xiao was vaguely worried. It would be ugly if any family affairs were made public. Why didn't Ye Wenyan solve the problem behind closed doors?

While Ye Wenyan was talking, Mu had already come over with Ye Feiyu and Ye Qingmei. Only Ye Lianmian was still standing next to the old lady. At this moment, he was yelling at Ye Wenyan: "Where did you get the money?"

Ye Wenyan was so amused by her question that he immediately said, "I took apart the wedding dress that my grandfather prepared for me when he was alive, and sold the gems on it for the silver. Otherwise, how would I have the money? I am penniless now, poorer than the servants in the mansion."

People heard the rumors coming out: "The fourth young lady is poorer than the servants in the mansion? How can you say that?"

"Don't you understand? The fourth young lady is penniless, but the servants all have regular silver, so naturally they are richer than the fourth young lady."

"What about the fourth young lady's allowance? Shouldn't the young master and young lady also have allowances?"

"Yes, where is the fourth young lady's allowance?"

Zhuier started crying right away, "There was a thief in the mansion, and they stole all my young lady's allowance." While crying, she pulled out a piece of paper from her sleeve, "Look, these are the young lady's three meals a day in recent days, as well as the three meals a day for the mistress, the young master, and the young lady. Look, everyone, what are they eating? You wouldn't even feed a rabbit like this."

The paper sheet in Zhuier's hand was passed around among people. It contained all the food and drink that had been recorded over the past few days. The little girl remembered it in great detail, even wishing she could write down the number of grains of rice in a bowl of porridge.

Those with shallow eyes started to cry as they watched, saying, "Why is the Fourth Miss having such a miserable life this night?"

Some even said: "Everyone used to say that Miss Ye Si was a witch, but I didn't expect that a witch is just pretty and lives such a life at home."

"Look at Fourth Miss Ye's face, it's so pale and she's so thin that she's frail. It's obvious that she's hungry."

"Forget it, forget it. I used to be angry with Miss Ye Si because of her beauty, but now I am not angry anymore. It turns out that we are all pitiful people, and everyone has his own sufferings." Ye Wenyan also wiped his eyes with a handkerchief when he heard this. Although no tears came out, he said sadly: "My family is too poor. Even I have to eat like this. You can imagine what kind of life others live. Grandmother is old, and my second uncle and second aunt used to be pampered. How can they bear such hardships? Anyway, I haven't gotten married yet, so I might as well take the gems on the wedding dress and exchange them for meat for my family. The wedding dress is useless, and it's better to eat it than to throw it away, don't you think? By the way, is this also a kind of human blood steamed bun? After all, the wedding dress is still stained with blood!"

The old lady was so angry that she was confused. "Nonsense! It's just nonsense!" She pointed at Ye Wenyan and cursed loudly, "You are an unfilial descendant. You have brought shame to the Ye family. How could our Ye family give birth to a child like you? You are unfilial!"

Ye Wenyan was puzzled, "How can I be unfilial? On the contrary, I sold my wedding dress to exchange meat for the family, mainly for my grandmother and my second uncle and aunt to eat, which is a manifestation of filial piety. Doesn't grandmother like to eat meat? Or is it that in fact, only our eldest house has been vegetarian these days, and you have never had such a hard life?" She waved her hands repeatedly when she said this, "No, no, how can there be such a thing? Isn't that intentional cruelty? You are the old lady of our general's mansion, and you are carrying the first-rank imperial edict. How could you do such an inhuman thing."

The old lady felt that she was being scolded. She didn't know whether to accept or not. If she didn't accept the meat today and didn't remember Ye Wenyan's kindness, she would be deliberately treating him harshly and would not be a human being. But if she accepted it, where would the face of the Ye family be?

In the crowd, a young lady in blue, who was watching the fun, walked forward a few steps accompanied by her maid, and said with a sad face: "I didn't expect that after the old general passed away, the First-rank General's Mansion would be in such a state. It's really pitiful." She ordered the maid beside her, "Xiao Yu, go back and get some rice and flour from our mansion, and then buy some snacks on the street, and ask someone to bring a carriage to the First-rank General's Mansion. Go quickly!"

The maid named Xiaoyu responded and ran away in a hurry.

Zhuier heard this and said quickly: "Thank you, young lady. I will calculate the money for you later." The young lady shook her head and said, "No need. Just think of it as my poverty alleviation. Just remember that the things sent from my house are for the first lady's family. As for the second lady's family and the old lady in the house... well, it's enough for them to eat Wen Yan's blood steamed buns."

After saying that, she bowed to the old lady with a smile on her face: "Wanting greets Old Madam Ye. How is the old lady these days?"

The old lady was in trouble. She was almost fainted from anger. She wanted to say which girl was so blind and was deliberately causing trouble for her!

After taking a closer look, haha, I felt even more upset.

Isn't this the little sister who always plays best with Ye Wenyan, the only daughter of the Minister of Justice Jiang Feng, Jiang Wanting...