Ye Qingyu looked at Lord Ye with a half-smile, her eyes cold.

Lord Ye panicked and hastily turned his gaze away, speaking with a guilty conscience, "What nonsense are you talking about? I'm going to marry Yinyin soon. Qianqian is her daughter, so naturally she's my daughter. She's naturally the daughter of the Marquis' Mansion."

"Then wait until she becomes the daughter of the Marquis' Mansion, then you can take on this title!" Ye Qingyu snorted coldly.

"May I ask, old lady, did you instruct Lu Qianqian to steal things from my yard?" Ye Qingyu looked at Old Lady Ye coldly.

Old Madam Ye was annoyed by being stared at and glared at Lu Qianqian fiercely. She clearly asked her to go under the pretext of borrowing something, and then she would not return it after getting the item.

I didn't expect that this idiot would be so greedy as to rob directly. How could this not annoy Ye Qingyu?

"What nonsense are you talking about? How could I let her steal your things? Qianqian just came to borrow a few pieces of jewelry from you. How can that be considered stealing? She will return them to you after she's done using them. How can you, as a sister, be so stingy?"

Lu Qianqian quickly changed her words, "Yes, sister, I just lent you these things and will return them when I'm done using them. How can you still accuse me of stealing your things? You really misunderstood me."

Ye Qingyu sneered, "Really? You borrowed something while I was away, and even brought people to beat up everyone in my yard. That's borrowing! Who is slandering whom?"

"Come here, bring those women up to me!"

Immediately, someone pushed up the old women who had helped Lu Qianqian to grab things.

"Tell me, did Lu Qianqian lead you to my yard to steal things and even beat up the people in my yard?"

Seeing that the old lady and Lord Ye were both there, the maid lied, "No, Lord, we helped Miss Qianqian borrow these things, we didn't steal them."

"Yes, it's just a loan."

Ye Qingyu looked at them coldly and ordered, "Bring them up."

"Yes, ma'am."

Then the guards pushed up a few people, all of whom were the sons of these old women.

The old woman panicked, "Miss, what are you doing? Why did you tie up my son? How did he offend you?"

Ye Qingyu looked at them coldly and said, "Tear off one of their arms for me."

"what."

"Oh no, let me go! Ah!"

"Miss, no!"

"Evil girl, what are you doing!"

Lord Ye stood up angrily.

Ye Qingyu smiled coldly, "You guys won't tell the truth, right? Fine, if you tell even one lie, I'll cut off one of your son's arms. If you tell another lie, I'll cut off his legs. If you tell another lie, I'll chop off one of his fingers!"

Ye Qingyu approached the maids, looked at them with a smile and said, "So, do you want your son's finger, or do you want to lie for Lu Qianqian?"

Several old women looked at the woman in front of them with eyes and eyebrows as beautiful as lotus, and they shivered with coldness all over. It was so scary. When did the young lady become so scary and cruel?

"I'm telling the truth. It was Miss Qianqian who told us that the old lady asked us to help her move things to Wanyan Pavilion. We were just following orders. Miss, I've told the truth. Please let my son go."

"Yes, Miss, we all followed Miss Qianqian's instructions. She said it was the old lady's order, so we couldn't disobey."

Ye Qingyu waved her hand, and the guards stopped removing her arms and stood neatly behind her.

"Madam, father, we have all the evidence, what do you say?"

Lord Ye's face was gloomy. "You threatened them, how could they dare not say so?"

Ye Qingyu chuckled, not angry at all. "Really? That's what father thinks. Then I'd better report it to the authorities. I didn't want to trouble the prefect, but it seems I can't escape punishment after all."

The old lady's face was as black as charcoal. "Report it to the police? Do you have any shame? Even if you don't have shame, my mansion still has some shame. It's just a small matter, but you insist on making it known to everyone, right?"

Ye Qingyu smiled and flicked her sleeves. "I'm the victim, there's nothing to be ashamed of. Old Madam, please take a good look at these things. These were given to me and my mother by the Duke's Mansion. They are not from the Marquis' Mansion. These belong to me alone. Lu Qianqian took advantage of my absence to injure the people in my yard and rob them of their valuables."

Ye Qingyu's star-like eyes narrowed slightly, "These must add up to several thousand taels of silver. According to the laws of the Daqing Dynasty, they should be exiled to the frontier."

Lu Qianqian turned pale with fear after hearing this. She looked at Lord Ye in panic, "I don't want to be exiled! Daddy, save me, Grandmother, save me!"

Chen Yinyin looked at Lord Ye with tears in her eyes, "Cousin, this time it's Qianqian's fault. Please beg Qingyu to let Qianqian go."

Lu Qianqian cried, "Sister, I know I was wrong. I was bewildered and touched your things. I apologize to you. I'm sorry, please let me go."

Lord Ye looked at Lu Qianqian like this, and he was really angry and resentful. "Qingyu, let's forget about it this time. Qianqian also knows she's wrong. You can take back all the things, and nothing is missing. She will be your sister from now on. You two should get along well. Forgive her this time."

The old lady looked at Lu Qianqian with hatred, hating her for being short-sighted, but she couldn't let anything happen to Lu Qianqian, because she had the ability to get close to the Fourth Prince.

"Qingyu, Grandmother knows that you are the most sensible. Qianqian is very young and has never seen anything good since she was a child. Seeing your jewelry and clothes, it is inevitable that she will be greedy. Considering that this is her first offense, please forgive her this time."

Ye Qingyu smiled faintly, "It's not impossible. I've suffered a lot of losses this time. Let her pay 5,000 taels of silver, and the matter will be over. I won't care about it."

"Five thousand taels! Why don't you go and rob! Are these things of yours worth five thousand taels?" Lu Qianqian shouted hatefully.

"Or you can go to the Jingzhao prefectural governor and wait to be exiled to Lingnan." Ye Qingyu looked at her coldly.

Lu Qianqian was so frightened that she dared not speak.

"Old Madam, Father, which path do you think Lu Qianqian should take?"

The old lady and Lord Ye were both silent.

They looked at Lu Qianqian, they had no choice.

Now, Ye Qingyu has completely alienated herself from them, and the Duke's Mansion has also become estranged. Now they can only hope that Lu Qianqian can establish a relationship with the Fourth Prince. How could they let Lu Qianqian leave Kyoto? They must not let this matter reach the ears of the Fourth Prince. Otherwise, if the Fourth Prince dislikes Qianqian, their family will really have no chance.

"I'll give you silver." Lord Ye said through gritted teeth.

A brilliant smile spread across Ye Qingyu's face like a spring breeze. "In that case, Qingyu will take her leave first. I also ask my father to send the silver to Wanyan Pavilion today. Otherwise, I can't guarantee that those servants who were beaten will keep their mouths shut."

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