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

Chapter 576 Let Them All Come In

On the day of Ye Jinggui's birthday, no one knew who had spread the news that the Ye family was going to hold a grand celebration. Therefore, many people gathered at the gate of the Ye Mansion early in the morning, including officials and common people, all waiting to enter the mansion to burn incense for the general.

The carriages of the Ye Mansion left the city last night, in two groups. One group went to pick up Madam Mu, and the other group went to pick up Ye Jingsheng and his family.

In order to ensure that she would be energetic today, the old lady did not go to the opera last night. Ye Feiyu took the initiative and let her have a good sleep.

But in fact, I didn’t sleep well at all, because I had suffered all the hardships during the day.

Ye Lianmian's harm to Ye Chulian angered Ye Feiyu and Ye Qingmei. The eldest young master of the Ye family, who was always elegant, and the eldest young lady of the Ye family, who was always gentle, virtuous and the most obedient, came to Fuluyuan together. They dragged the old lady from Fuluyuan to the Ye family ancestral hall, and forced her to kneel in front of the ancestral tablets for a whole day, risking the risk of being branded as unfilial descendants.

When she woke up in the morning, Ye Qingmei recalled everything that happened yesterday, and she felt as if she was in another world. It was as if the eldest daughter of the Ye family, who was once known as the most obedient and sensible, had disappeared overnight. The one who was still alive now was a reborn Ye Qingmei who was clear about gratitude and resentment and would never give up a single grudge. She also found that living like this was the only way to live a truly happy life, and it was not in vain to come to the world.

At dawn, the people of the Ye family gathered in the front yard without any prior arrangement. They did not even go to the Xu Ming Hall, but just stood in the front yard. Everyone was there, except for Ye Feizhou who went back to his hometown to invite the clan leader, all the other young people of the Ye family were there, even Ye Lianmian who was seriously injured yesterday was helped out by the servants.

Her body recovered, because Ye Wenyan felt that Ye Lianmian should be sober and participate in today's grand event, learn everything he should know, and then make his own judgment and choice based on everything he knows. No one in the Ye family should be absent from today's birthday banquet. She had already released the bird that knows the way to meet Ye Feizhou. If Ye Feizhou couldn't get back today, the bird that knows the way would use magic to help him.

Ye Lianmian was still awkward, not liking everyone, and even said to Ye Wenyan: "Just wait, I won't let yesterday's incident go. When mother comes back, I will tell her everything and let her kick you, a witch, out of the house!"

Ye Qingmei reminded her: "Lianmian, the reason you are alive and well right now is all thanks to the life-saving pills given to you by Fourth Sister."

"Bah!" Ye Lianmian cursed back without even thinking, "Ye Qingmei, stop speaking for her! I am alive because I am blessed with a long life. Even God thinks I am wronged and won't let me die. What does it have to do with Ye Wenyan? She wanted to kill me in the first place, and you two are all accomplices. I won't let any of you go!"

Ye Feiyu glanced at her and snorted, "Then don't let her go! If you don't let us go, there's no need for us to let you go. Lianmian, you are the same age as Qingmei. You are already eighteen years old this year, and you are no longer old enough to distinguish right from wrong. If you were eleven or twelve years old now, I might think you are too young, and you have become what the people who raised you taught you.

But you are eighteen years old. Even if the old lady didn't teach you well, you shouldn't be bound by her thoughts and words at this age. The reason why you are still like this now can only mean that this is your nature. Even if there is no old lady, even if you grew up with us, you will still be like this. "

Ye Feiyu hit the nail on the head and revealed Ye Lianmian's true nature. But Ye Lianmian couldn't stand hearing this. In her opinion, her whole family had betrayed her and abandoned her. She was the most wronged one in the family, and she had been wronged since she was born.

She sat on the ground and cried, accusing her mother, Mrs. Mu, of being irresponsible. She gave her newborn baby to the old lady to raise, which meant that her mother didn't like her when she was born. Her father didn't like her either. He only cared about his grandmother, so when his grandmother said she wanted a child, his father agreed without hesitation. His mother also only cared about his father, so when his father agreed, she agreed too.

Ye Wenyan listened to her words and felt that some of her views were correct. For example, apart from fighting in the war, the general may have only one thing to do at home, which was how to please his mother.

As for Mu, what she has done most in recent years is probably how to make her husband love her more.

For this love, she has made many compromises and concessions, and Ye Lianmian is one of them.

No snowflake is innocent in an avalanche, so the Mu family is not unrelated to the fact that the Ye family has fallen from several generations of glory to its current situation.

Ye Lianmian was still crying when there was a noise at the gate. A servant came to report, "The eldest lady is back."

Everyone went to greet them, and Ye Lianmian followed them out. Soon they saw Mu, dressed in plain clothes, walking around the screen wall and into the courtyard. Outside they could hear the voice of the gatekeeper, who was talking to the people waiting outside the gate: "Don't be anxious, wait a little longer. We haven't made enough preparations in our house yet. It's too early now, and we haven't even set up the incense table yet. Wait a little longer, wait a little longer."

Zhuier glanced at Ye Wenyan and saw her nod, so she quickly walked out of the house and called Zhou Shang who had just brought Mu back.

She walked with Zhou Shang for a while, bypassing the crowd, and walked to the side door for the carriage. Then she said to Zhou Shang, "Let's stop here! I will ask someone to bring the carriage back to the mansion later, and you don't have to enter the Ye Mansion again. This is a silver note, given by the fourth lady, and a household registration certificate, which has also been changed and filed with the government. The fourth lady has torn up your indenture, and the copy in the government has also been stamped and invalidated. Now you are no longer a slave, but a real civilian of the Northern Qi Kingdom. Take these and leave Lin'an City. No matter where you go in the future, it will have nothing to do with the general's mansion."

Zhou Shang was stunned for a moment, looked at the banknote and the household registration form, thought about it, and finally took it.

He didn't remember why he left the Ye Mansion, but he remembered that he had made such an agreement with the Fourth Miss, and he also remembered that he had a serious illness before and was cured by the Fourth Miss. The Fourth Miss was his great benefactor, and he had to listen to her.

So Zhou Shang nodded, took two steps back, then knelt down and kowtowed three times to Ye Fu seriously.

After being a slave for many years, he was reluctant to leave. Although he was a commoner, he had forgotten how to live. Although he still remembered the days of feeding horses at home, he could not restore the Zhou family to its former glory.

Zhou Shang stood up and thanked Zhuier again, then watched Zhuier call the servants of the Ye Mansion, and the two of them pulled the carriage into the mansion together. The side door slammed shut, locking him out. From then on, he could no longer enter this mansion.

Zhou Shang pressed his chest, unable to describe the feeling, as if something was missing, but when he thought about it carefully, nothing was missing. He probably wanted to leave the Ye family! After all, the general was gone, so there was no point in him staying.

When he turned around, he saw a man walking towards him not far away. He looked familiar. When he got closer, he found that it was indeed an acquaintance, so he took a few quick steps and saluted: "I greet General Bai Zhou!"

The man who came was the daytime general Lu Wei. He stood and looked at Zhou Shang for a while, then looked at the banknotes and household registration certificate in Zhou Shang's hand, and asked in confusion: "Are you leaving the First-Rank General's Mansion?"

Zhou Shang nodded, "Yes. The mansion has been in turmoil recently, and the masters are also worried. The second master and his family probably won't live here anymore, so the family doesn't need so many people. The fourth lady showed mercy and tore up my indenture, removed my slave status, and gave me silver notes so that I can live a civilian life. So I have to leave Lin'an City now and go... to visit my hometown."

"Zhou's hometown?" Lu Wei shook his head and said, "I've heard from the general that your Zhou family was in trouble back then. Some members of the family died, some were made slaves, and all the houses were confiscated. Why are you going back?"

"But if I don't go back home, I have nowhere to go!" He looked at the banknotes in his hand, "I still have some money, maybe I can use it to buy a small courtyard and build a Zhou Mansion. My parents and grandfather will be happy if they see it in heaven." Lu Wei didn't think this was a good idea. He suggested to Zhou Shang, "I will go back to the border after the general's birthday banquet. Why don't you come with me? The war horses at the border need to be fed. You are no longer a slave now. If you are willing, I will find a job for you in the camp. In the future, you will be a useful person serving the country. What do you think?"

Zhou Shang knelt down to Lu Wei without even thinking about it, "I do, I do!"

When the carriage entered the Ye Mansion through the side door, Zhuier stood at the door and saw the scene clearly. She went back and told Ye Wenyan about it, and asked if they should stop Zhou Shang. Ye Wenyan said, "No need to stop him, it was his own fate."

As the eldest lady returned home, the servants in the mansion also started running around, some setting up the incense table, some setting up the table.

It was a folk custom in the Northern Qi Dynasty to hold a banquet on the first year of the deceased's death.

Although it is a banquet, there is no joy. The table is covered with white cloth, and the dishes on the table are all vegetarian. No meat or fish is allowed. Even the people who come to the banquet must wear plain clothes to show respect for the deceased. There is also a folk custom that on the day of the deceased's death, the first incense stick must be burned by the wife of the first wife in person, because only in this way can the deceased receive the thoughts and wishes of relatives in the world of the living. It also indicates that the status of the wife of the first wife is still there, and no one can slander or bully her.

Mu Qianqiu took three long incense sticks in his hand, turned to the housekeeper Zhou Cheng of the Ye Mansion and said, "Open the door and let the guests in!"