Madam Ye flatly denied it, "I didn't do that. Don't listen to other people's instigation. You are my most cherished son. How could I hurt you?"

Ye Qian still had some illusions about her at this moment. If she could admit it frankly, he would forgive her.

However, the answer she got was that she slandered others.

She kept chattering: "Ah Qian, you have to believe in mother. Mother has made great sacrifices for you. You are mother's only support!"

Ye Qian interrupted immediately: "If you really regarded me as your support, you shouldn't have used poison that would make my body weaker and weaker. You are full of lies!"

Madam Ye was trembling violently all over. She was silent for a moment and then suddenly glared at Ye Li fiercely.

She cursed hoarsely, "Are you, this unfilial son, slandering me? You're holding a grudge against me for driving you out of the Duke's Mansion, and you're trying to alienate the mother-son relationship between me and your eldest brother. You've done such evil things, aren't you afraid that your grandmother will crawl out of her grave to avenge you?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she raised her hand and slapped Ye Li hard in the face.

However, Ye Li was no longer the boy who allowed her to beat and scold him.

He grabbed her wrist tightly, his eyes full of disdain.

His cold eyes made Madam Ye feel uneasy and a little scared.

She forced herself to speak: "Let me go, you unfilial son!"

Ye Li said coldly, "Madam Ye, the bond between you and me as mother and son has long been severed. How can you still have the right to insult me?"

Madam Ye was irritated by his tone. She had never expected Ye Li to speak to her in such a tone.

At this time, Ye Qian spoke obscurely: "I already know everything you have done. There is evidence and witnesses, and you cannot deny it!"

After a moment, he added, "As for why the kerosene didn't burn, it's because I sent someone to replace it in advance. Everything you did was under my watch!"

Madam Ye's face turned from green to white. She felt ashamed in front of everyone.

She bit her lip hard and turned to look at Lin Yiwan. "You bewitched my sons and made them your weapons. How could you be so vicious? Isn't what you have now enough? Why do you still care about other people's children?"

Lin Yiwan replied in a deep voice, "I never bewitched them. From the beginning to the end, it was all your imagination. It was you who pushed them further and further away, until we reached the irreversible situation we are in now!"

Madam Ye covered her face and cried, "I didn't. I only did it for the Duke's Mansion. Who could understand the pain I've endured?"

Ye Qian accused him, "Grandmother never asked anything of you. You took all those shackles on yourself. Now that you're tired, how can you take your anger out on others?"

Madam Ye retorted angrily, "Shut up! Anyone can criticize me, but you can't. I raised you with so much hardship, and for what?"

Ye Qian said disappointedly: "I can't let you do whatever you want just because you raised me. You shouldn't repay kindness with hatred. The Marquis's wife is as important to me and Ye Li'en as a mountain. You can't let us bear the blame!"

Madam Ye was shocked and angry. This was the good son she had raised with great effort and high hopes.

Even at the critical moment, he still has to speak for outsiders!

He really disappointed her!

She smiled at Ye Qian. She had already realized that at this point, she had become the target of public criticism.

She said in a hoarse voice, "Ah Qian, mother was wrong. She has been in a trance lately, and all she thinks about is hatred. Perhaps she was blinded, and that's why she made an irreparable mistake. Can you still forgive mother?"

The sudden apology caught Ye Qian off guard. He didn't expect her to admit her mistake so readily.

He thought she would make excuses no matter what!

He clenched his fists tightly, and a fierce struggle flashed in his eyes.

Madam Ye looked at Ye Li again: "Whether you recognize me or not, we are destined to be mother and son. I don't ask for your forgiveness, I just hope you won't be estranged from your eldest brother. You brothers should help each other!"

Ye Li said coldly: "It's between me and my elder brother, you don't need to say it!"

Madam Ye nodded with satisfaction, then knelt in front of Lin Yiwan.

She lowered her eyes and said, "Yes, I intend to harm you. No matter how you treat me, I have no complaints!"

There was a chill in Lin Yiwan's eyes. Madam Ye seemed to have surrendered, but in fact, she was roasting her on the fire.

After all, she is Ye Qian and Ye Li's mother!

She considered it her life-saving gold medal.

If Lin Yiwan keeps pestering her, it will inevitably cause the two children to resent her.

She was sure she could get away with it!

Just as her mind was in a state of confusion, Ye Qian's voice suddenly rang in her ears: "Your son may not be held responsible for the murder, but you attempted to burn and kill the wife of the current Marquis Zhan Yi. This crime cannot be forgiven!"

Madam Ye's eyes widened in disbelief: "Ye Qian, why are you speaking for her?"

Ye Qian interrupted without hesitation: "I've told you long ago that I stand on the side of justice. I can escape the death penalty, but I can't escape the punishment of life. Mother, go to the Ministry of Justice and surrender yourself!"

Madam Ye never expected to hear her most beloved son ask her to surrender to the Ministry of Justice.

Shouldn't he beg Lin Yiwan to forgive her?

As the young lady of the Duke's Mansion, how could she go to jail?

No, jail is good!

She would sentence him to exile three thousand miles away. That road is so difficult to walk, it would be worse than death.

She asked in a trembling voice: "Ye Qian, how can you say such a thing?"

Ye Qian did not answer, but ordered in a deep voice: "Come here, send her to the Ministry of Justice!"

Two maids stepped forward quickly and clamped Madam Ye.

She said disappointedly, "Mother raised you in vain. Your aunt's spirit in heaven is watching you two unfilial sons. You are unworthy of being sons. You will be struck by lightning!"

Ye Qian ignored her curses and looked at Lin Yiwan instead: "Madam Hou, I want to send her to the government office. Let's end this matter today!"

Lin Yiwan nodded: "Okay, be careful!"

After saying that, she took Ye Li and left quickly.

Madam Ye was stuffed into the carriage, her eyes full of resentment.

She accuses him in a hoarse voice: "Ye Qian, why are you aiding and abetting this evil? You knew that bitch stole your brother and instigated him to disown me, yet you still obey her. How can you be so spineless?"

Ye Qian said coldly: "Didn't you drive Ye Li away? You forced him to marry a wife, you forced him to break up with you, it's obviously all your fault!"

Madam Ye argued, "If he hadn't been bewitched, how could he have disobeyed me? Wouldn't it be better for me to let him get married? Do I have to wait until the whole capital knows about his disgusting habit of wearing women's clothes? If that happens, our entire Duke's Mansion will be criticized!"

Ye Qian didn't want to talk to her anymore. She was stubborn and crazy.

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